Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-04-30

Souls that might else place of pride and honor
claim!
But when had flown forth all the killing woes
That in Pandore's fatal casket lay,
Lo!-trom its depths released, sweep Hope arose,
As breaks through sable clouds sum- ray,
And as she rose, she sang, 'Mourn not for aye!
Some balm shall yet for all these pangs be
found.
Not with vain show do Natures stores display
These trees and herbs that beautity the ground,
Since in them turks the charms to make your
sick ones soundp'
To find the balm pledged in this promise dear,
Were many hearts through many ages fired,
Until, to search our countrys forests here
A young physician came, with soul inspired,
And found at last midst secret shades retired,
The herbs and roots that had neglected grown,
And nurtured in their veins the boon desired,
While Ger them many summers moon had
And many wintry snow those treasures had be-
strown.
Long used to ponder DER the ills of Man,
What rapture now in Pierce's bosom rose!
For he had marked the source from whence be-
gan
The worst and deadliest of our body's woes.
Anatomy's keen knife did well disclose
What organ, from its duty warped away,
Becomes the spring from which envenomed flows
The principle of sickness and decay,
Though by a, thousands names its work we may
portray!
The Liver, formed to keep Life's ruby tide,
Cleansed of each faint, and play guardians
part
By drawing each corrupting germ aside
Was now compelled, by fell Diseases art
To prove traitor, and upon the heart
And painting lungs poisoned stream to pour,
Oping the way for dread ConsumptiOns dart,
And fatal stings of many an ailment more,
Thus bidding countless homes their slaughteIe ed
hopes deplore!
Thence comes the wasted form, the sallow cheek,
The embittered tongue, and often-achng head,
And hence the livid face, with hectic streak
Displayed as Natures danger-signal red
Hence, over many an else fair yisage spread
Unsightly blOtcheS and eruptions vile,
Or hideops Scroiula does horror shed,
Killing Loves glow, and freezing Friendships
smile
Or the scorched heart consumes with black and
burning bile!
That which the very root of all should find,
And by the workings of unerring law
Drive out the foe that thus life undermined,
And with benignant force, aud wisdom kind
The shattered handspring of our frames repair
That Bile no longer, like giant blind,
Might mischief work, but his true part should
To make this mortal mould strong, vigorous and
fair.
This remedy our trembling hearts shall arm
Against Malarias fiend, though wide his reign,
For small would be his power TO work US harm
Did not some drops of poison in each vein,
Traitors in our own CITADEL remain.
Pure blood and healthful bile shall interpose
Celestial Shields while on our brOWS in vain
His foetid breath the arsh-bred demon blows
For these have proved his most victorious foes!
Reneath the Agues KEEN consuming touch,
While scorching fever and congealing chill
Alternate wiring the victim in their clutch.
The healing aid, SO often sought for SUCH,
Is here at last, and by our swamps and streams,
Rest comes for those who have endured so much
And for their titful sleep, with hideous dreams,
Shall slumberS sweet prevail, Till break each
mornings beams
Thus do we foil Consumption's slow advance
That DER Columbia stalks, with stern control
For oft the ills we've touched with speedy glance
Conclude in this, their dark and fatal goal.
And with most joy it shone on Pierce's soul
That here he smote his country's chiefest foe,
And quelled that malady that of the whole I.
Dark list did darkest its death record show
A Hydra, all whose heads he Topped at one brave
blow!
Now then, the new-found remedy to name
Perhaps the choice at first perpleXing seemed
To the discoverer's brain, till, like fame
s'Ihe Golden Medical DiecoUery," beamed
Before his vision, and was worthy deemed
To herald to mankind that precious need
That should DER other potions be esteemed
AS gold DER baser ores, and was decreed,
By bringing health and strength, to make men
Mark, upon shakespeare's page, how wild Mac
beth
That his crowned victim, Duncan, lay in death,
''His silver skin laced with his golden blood"
And richer far is LIES all precious food
When by yon great Discovery purified,
Than the bright metal fortunes folded bud),
That, sought so often, by mountain, vale or
tide,
Doth in auriferous veins of California hide!
But OH delay not to ward off the shaft
Until a mortal wound has pierced you through!
Now let the healing antidote be quaffed
Fer venom can its work CONN, otolV do.
Yon flower whose withered petals now bestrew
The earth, shall soon, from Springs exhaust
Be gifted with fresh leaves and blossoms new,
But Mans frail organs, when destroyed, no
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Can genial suns revive, or earthly skill restore!
Woman no longer plays Pandoras part,
Gazing with cold and curious smile, to see
The unshared evils that afflict Mans heart.
Alas! earth's greatest sufferer is she,
The guiltless prey of wasting agony,
Her path beset with countless springs of pain,
Thus speedily the charms of beauty flee,
And all the toilets arts are piled in vain
Health's clear and blooming hue and roundness
to regain.
The playful. dimpled child, to girlhood grown,
Is seen bereft, at once of strength and bloom,
And, pale and slender as some nymph of stone,
No more her sports and laughter may resume.
Dark DER the parents hearts roll clouds of gloom,
And, as new symptoms strike their fearing sight,
Prophetic fancy shows the untimely tomb
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But. in her budding sweet, struck with insidious
blight!
Or gaze on her who was the radiant bride,
Now sad prisoner, splritless and weak
What nauseous draughts, what penance has she
tried,
Some ease from grinding misery to seek!
Wonder not should her fretted spirit Wreak
Itself in accents peevish or severe,
| Followed by tears that burn the faded cheek
When she beholds that even those most dear
Avoid her weary couch of woe to hnger near!
Now should Earth's gilded days no more return
Our blest Discovery does its power engage
That, with those wise its virtue to discern,
1t shall restore, by skilled prescription sage,
| The Joy of youth, each lifes own golden age,
Renewing manhoods strength and Woman's
pride,