Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1888-10-20
~..DOCTORING OLD TIME"
Striking Picture-A Revival OF Old
Time >itmpifritIe~.


In one OF Harrer's issues 5 given a very
fine II u>tration OF Roberts, celebrated paint
,ny. known as "Doctaring Old Time IL
represents a typical o!3-tlmer, with his bel
.o~s. blowing the dust from an ancient
clock. with its cords AMI weights carefully
secured. Gne Of these clocks in this genera
ton i appreciated only as a rare rellr-
The suggestive name "poctorlnI Old
Ti.ne." brings to our mind another version of
the title, Used for another purpose-"old
Time IuctorIng.
We learn. through a reliable source. that
one ~ the ertetIri~ing proprietary mc iiclne
firms Of the Country has been for years IN
vtst the %f.rinuias ami medical prep
aratIons used III the beginning Of this cen
tury. anieven before. with a view Of ascer-
ia ning why Ieapie IN our great grandfai hers
time en- Dyed a healrn ana physical vigor 50
>eIIom found III the present generation. They
now think they have secured the secret or
ST. refs. They find that the prevailing opinion
that tScn existed, that Nature has a remedy
for every existing q Sorier. was true, and
acting under this belief. our grandparents
use the common herbs and plants. Con-
tnu4I treSpisS upon the forest domain has
made tht - hertrS les abundant aud has driven
s Ii en- further from civilization. until they
have been discarded rs remeiiai agents be-
cause OF the difficulty OF obtaining them.
II. II. Warner. proprietor Of Warmers
safe cure and founder of the arner OBJ
servato.y, Rochester, \. y. has been press
ing nNestlgat!oll III tins direction. into the
annals Of old family histories. until he has
secured some very valuable formulas, from
which his firm IS now preparing medicines,
to he sold by al druggists
They Will. we learn. he known under the
general t tie Ct "Warner's Log Cabin rem
eilts. Among those medicines VIII be
"sarsaparilla. for the blood ami liver. Log
Cabin hops and buchu remedy; for the
stomach, etc, log Cabin cough and con
sumption remedy Log CABIN hair tonic"
log Cabin extract Tor Internal and ex-
tcrnal use, ami All old valuable discovery for
catarrh, called Log Cabin rose cream
Among the fist S al>oa Log Cabin Plaster"
and a log CABIN liver phi"
From the number OF remedies. it will be
seen that they do not propose to cure all
diseases with one preparation. 1t IS believed
by many that with these remedies a new era
is TO dawn upon suffering humanity and that
the close of the nineteenth century VIII SEE
these roots and llefts, as compounded under
the title of Warmers Log Cabin remedies as
I.opular as they were at its beginning
Although they come. in the form of
proprietary medicines, Yet they will be
none the less welcome. for suffer
ing humanity has become tfrel of
modern doctorins aud the public
has great confidence in any remedies put up
Ivy the firm of which H. H.. Warnsr is the
head. The people have become suspicious of
the effects OF doctorlng " it'll poisonous drug
Few realize the IN furious effects following
the prescriptions of many modern physicians.
l hese effects OF poisonous drugs, already
prominent, viii become more pronounced in
coming generations. Therefore we can cor
daily wish the old fashioned new remedies
the best of success.