The Penn's Grove record., 1885-08-01
rAErnD.prs mo aIRL.
The Preiudlocs Met By a Canvasser for the
pedestal Hund.

The Bartholdi pedestal fund is nearly
complete. The statue has arrived AID
soon New York hsTbor Will be graced
by the most magnificent colossal statue
the world has ever seen.
Liberty Enlighteuing the World u
What a priceless blessing personal lib
erty is. 1t is the shrine at which peo-
pie, ground under the heel Of granny
in the older worlds, worship with a fer
vency that Americans can scarcely real
izelt is a principle Tor which NihilIsts will
lingly die the death Of dogs; and dt and
proper it is that at the very entrance Of
the Bay of New York this emblematIc
statue should fash a welcome to the
world.
The press is entitled to the credit of
this achievement. Mr.. Philip Beers.
who has been making a circuit of the
country on behalf of the Pedestal fund,
says that the fund will certainly be
raised, as the WoTd 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 appreciatIve of liberty .han do our
native born. Moreover, among some a
strange prejudice seems to exist.
Prejudice ? In what particular 2"
81 have ever found that however
m%eritorious a thing may be, thousands
of people will inevitably be prejudiced
against it. l have spent most of my life
on the road and / know the American
people like a book In 1879 a person
al misfortune illustrated this prevailing
prejudice. / was very i'll, had suffered
for several years with headsche. tickle
appetite, dreadful backache, cramps,
hot head, cold hands and feet and gene
raj break down of the system. l drag
ged myself back TO New. York, seeking
the best professional treatment. 1t SO
happens that among my relatives is a
physician who upbTalded me roundly
for preaching SO much about my W
case. Finally, with some spirit, L re-
marked to him 4:
&" Sir, You know that much of your
professional wisdom is pretense. You
are controlled by prejudice. You can
not reach a case like mine and you
know it, can your"
'sIhad him ;and he finally conceded the
point, for it was Brlght's disease of the
kidneys 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 a wonderful pre-
paration. Had President Rutter, OF
the CentraI-Hudson used it, [ am GER
tain he would be alive to-day, for he
could not have been III a worse condl-
ton thsn L was"
81 have found similar preiudices
among all classes concerning even so
laudabIe a scheme us this pedestal
fund"
Mr.. Beers experience and the recent
death of President Rutter, of the Gen.
trail Hudson railroad, of an extreme kid
ney disorder, proves that the physi-
clans have no real power over such dis
eases, and indicates the only course one
should pursue if, as the late DIR. vii.
lard Parker says, headache, sickness of
the stomach, dropsical swellIngs, back
ache, DARK and offensive fluids, prema-
turely impaired eye-sight, loss of
strength and energy occur, for they I'M
mistakably indicate a fatal result, if
not promptly arrested.
ayes. sir ee, every CEN needed Tor
the pedestal will be raised. OF course
it will be a great triumph for the World,
but would 1t not have been an eternal
disgrace had our people failed to pro-
vide for the pedestal 2"