The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-11-01
PLAIN DEALER,
THURSDAY NOV. 1, 1888.
"DOCTORING OLD TINE"
A Striking Picture "A Revival Of Old
Time Simplicities.

In one of Harper's issues is given n
very fine illustration of Roberts cele-
brated painting, known as Doctor
ing Old Time 1t represents a typi-
cal old-tiiner, with his bellows, blow
ing the dust from an ancient clock,
with its cords and weights carefully
secured. One Of these clocks in this
generation is appreciated only as a
rare relic.
The suggestive name, "Doctoring
Old Time, brings to our mind anoth-
er version Of the title, used for anoth-
er purpose-''Old Time Doctoring.'
We learn, through areliable source,
that one of the enterprising proprie-
tary medicine firms Of the country,
has been for years investigating the
formulas and medical preparations
used in the beginning OF this century,
and even before, with view of as
/ pertaining why people in our great
grandfathers' time enjoyed health
and physical vigor SO seldom found in
the present generation. They now
| think they have secured the secret or
secrets. They find that the prevail
ing opinion that then existed. that
| Mature has n remedy for every ex-
listing disorder" was true, and acting
under this belief, our grandparents
| used The common herbs and plants.
Continual trespass upon the forest
domain has made these herbs less
abundant and has driven them furth
er from civilization, until they have
been discarded as remedial agents be-
cause of the difficulty of obtaining
them.
II. Fl. Warner, proprietor of War
ner.s safe cure, and founder of the
Warner observatory. Rochester. n.
L., has been pressing investigations
in this direction. into the annals OF
old family histories, until he has re
cured some very valuable formulas,
from which his firm is now preparing
medicines, to be sold by all druggists.
They will, we learn, be known un-
der the general title of Warmers Log
Cabin remedies" Among these med
icines will be ''sarsaparilla," for the
blood and liver. Log Cabin hops and
buchu remedy" for the stomach, etc,
Log Cabin cough and consumption
remedy Log Cabin hair tonic, y
Log Cabin extract" for internal and
external use, and an old valuable dis.
covery for catarrh, called Log Cab
i'm rose cream Among the list is al.
SO Log Cabin plaster and Log
Cabin liver pill"
From the number of remedies, il
will be seen that they do not propose
to cure all diseases with one prepare.
ton. 1t is believed by many that
with these remedies n new era is ia
dawn upon suffering humanity, and
that the close of the nineteenth cen.
fury will see these roots and herbs,
as compounded under the title oi
Warmers Log Cabin remedies as pop.
ular 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 tired oi
modern doctoring and the public has
great confidence in any remedies put
up by the firm of which II. H. War
ner is the head. The people have be-
come suspicious of the effects of doc.
toring with poisonous drugs. Few
realize the injurious effects following
the prescriptions of many modern
physicians. These effects of poison
GUS drugs, already prominent, will
become more pronounced in coming
generations. Therefore we can cor
daily wish the old fashioned RENE
dies the best of success.