The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-10-11
aDOCTORING OLp TINE"
A Striking pIcturc-A Revival Of Old
Time stmpitcitics.


In one Of Harper's issues is given n very
fine illustration OF Robertss celebrated paint
ing, known as "Doctoring Old Time" It
represents typical old-timer, with his bel
lows, blowing the dust from an ancient
clock, with its cords and weights carefully
secured. One of these clocks in this genera
ton is appreciated only as a rare relic.
The suggt stive name, "Doctoring Old
Time" brings to our mind another version OF
the title, used for another purpose-"Old
Time Doctoring"
We learn, through a reliable source, that
one Of the enterprising proprietary medicine
firms of the country has becn for years in
vestigatng the formulas and medical prep
arations used in the beginning of this cen
tury, and even before with view OF ascer-
tanning why people in our great grandfathcrs'
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 thatthe prevailing opinion
that ther existed, that Mature has n remedy
for every existing disorder was true, and
acting under this belief, our grandparents
used the common herbs and plants. Con-
tinual trespass upon the forest domain has
made these herbs less abundant aud has driven
them further from civilization, until they
have been discarded as remedial agents bc-
cause OF the difficulty OF obtaining them.
II. II. Warner, proprietor of Warmers
safe cure and founder of the Warner OBJ
servatory, Rochester, y. Y. has been press.
ing Investigations in this 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 lie sold by all druggists
They will, We learn. bc known under the
genera, tito Of Warmers Log Cabin rom.
edies.n Among those medicines will be
"sarsaparilla" for the blood and liver. Log
Cabin hops aud buchu remedy for the
stomach, etc, LOG Cabin cough and con
sumption remedy Log Cabin hair toniC,n
ternal use aud an old valuable discovery for
catarrh, called LOG Cabin rose cream"
Among the list IS nsoa Log Cabin Plastcr,'
AMI log Cabin liver pill
From the number ot remedies. 10 will he
seen That they do not propose to cure all
Diseases with one preparation. Il is believed
by many that with these remedies II new era
is 70 dawn upon suffering humanity and that
the close OF the nineteenth century will SEQ
these roots and herbs, MS comp lunded under
the title of Warmers Log CaGin remedies. as
popular 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 of
modern doctoring and the public
has great confidence III any remedies put up
10y the firm of which II. II. Warner is the
head. The peopc have become suspicious of
the effects of dlctpring with poisonous drugs.
Few realize the injurious effects following
the prescriptions of many mo Tern physicians.
these effects of poisonous drugs, already
prominent, will become more pronounced IN
coming generations. Therefore we can cor
dinlly wish the old fashioned new remedies
the best OF success.