Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-07-08
BARTHOEDI'S BIG GIRL.
The PrejuGices Met BY Canvasser for
the Pedestal Fund,

The Barthol pedestal fund is nearly
complete. The statue has arrived and soon
New York harbor will egraced by the most
magnificent colossal statue the world has
ever seen.
Liberty Enlightening the World !" What
priceless blessing personal liberty is. 1t
is the shrine at which people, ground under
the heel of tyranny in the older worlds,
worship with fervency that Americans
can scarcely realize; it is a principle for
which Nihiists willingly die the death of
dogs; and fit and proper it is that at the
very entrance of the Bay OF New York this
emblematic statue should flash a welcome
to the world
The press is entitled to the credit of this
achievement. Mr.. Phillip Beers, who has
been making a circuit of the country on be-
hall OF the Pedestal fund, says that thefund
will certainly be raised, as the World does
not know the word fail.
Mr.. Beers says that he has found the
most pronounced generosity among those
OF foreign birth. They seem more apprecia-
tive OF liberty than DO our native born.
Moreover, among some O. strange prejudice
seems to exist.
Prejudice? In what particularly"
p" have ever found that however merito-
nous thing may be, thousands Of people
Will inevitably be preiudiced against it. /
have spent most of my life on the road and
In 1879 personal misfortune illustrated
this prevailing prejudice. / was very i'll,
mad suffered Tor several years with head
ache, tickle appetite, dreadful backache,
cramps, hot head, cold hands and feet and
general break down of the system. |
dragged myself back to New York, seeking
the best professional treatment. Itso hap
pens that among my relatives is a distin
guished physician who upbraided me
roundly for preaching SO much about my
own case. Finally, with some spirit, [ re-
marked to him:
" Sir, you know that much of your pro-
fessional wisdom is pretense. You are con-
trolled by prejudice. You cannot reach
case like mine and you knowit, can your"
9 had him; and he finally conceded the
point, for it was Bright's disease OF the kid
neys which had FRUSTRATED me, and the
school-men admit they cannot cure it.
Having cured myself, however, in 1879,
and not having seen a sick day since, my
relative finally admitted that Warmers
safe cure, which accomplished this result
was really wonderful preparation. Had
President Rutter, OF the Central Hudson,
used it, | am certain he would be alive to-
day, for he could not have been in a worse
condition than l was"
have found similar prejudices among
all classes concerning even SO laudable a
scheme as this pedestal fund"
Mr.. Beers experience and the recent death
OF President Rutter, Of the GENERALIZATION
Railroad, of an extreme kidney disorder,
proves that the physicians have no real
power over such diseases, and indicates the
only course one should pursue it, as the late
DR.. Willard Parker says, headache, sick
ness OF the stomach, dropsical swellings,
backache, dark and offensive fluids, pre-
maturely impaired eyesight, loss ofstrength
and energy occur, for they Enthusiastically In
dieatee fatal result, if not promptly ar
rested.
Yes, stree, every cent needed for the
pedestal will be raised. OF course it will be
a great triumph for the World, but would
it not have been an eternal disgrace had
our people failed to provide for this pedes-
tal?n