The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1888-10-05
"DoCToRING OLD TIME"
A Stricking Picture-A Revival of
Old Time Simplicities.

In one of Harper's issues is given a
very fine illustration of Roberts cele-
brated painting, known as "DoctoIing
Old Time.' 1t represents a typical
old-timer, with his bellows, blowing
the dust from an ancient clock, with
its cords and weights carefully secured.
One of these clocks in this generation
is appreciated only as rare rchc. The
suggestive name, "Doctoring Old
Time," brings to our mind another
purpose,-"Old Time Doctoring."
We learn through a reliable source,
that one of the enterprising proprietary
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 ascertaining why
people in our greatgrandfathers' 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
prevailing opinion that then existed,
that Nature has 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 and
has driven them further from civila-
ton, until they have been discarded,
as remedial agents because of the diff
Guilty of obtaining them.
Ii. H. Warner, proprietor of Warmers
safe cure and founder of the Warner
observatory, Rochester, n. Y, has been
pressing investigations in this direction
into the annals of old family histories,
until he has secured some very valua-
BILE formulas, from which his firm is
now preparing medicines, to be sold by
all druggists. They WILL we learn, be
known under the general title of"War-
ner's Log Cabin remedies" Among
these medicines will be "sarsaparilla, !"
for the blood and liver. LOG Cabin
hops and buchu remedy" for the
stomach, elc., LOG Cabin cough and
consumption remedy" Log Cabin
hair tonic" "Log Cabin extract" for
internal and external use. and an old
valuable discovery for catarrh, called
LOG Cabin rose cream" Among the
list is also Log Cabin plaster" and
Log Cabin liver pill"
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 new era is to dawn upon suf-
fering humanity and that the close of
the nineteenth century will see these
roots and herbs, as compounded under
the title of Warmers Log Cabin rene
dies, as popular as they were at its beg
inning. Although they come in the
form of proprietary medicines, yet they
will De none the less welcome, for suf-
fering humanity has become tired of
modern doctoring and the public has
great confidence in any remedies put
up by the firm of which H. II. Warner
is the head. The people have become
suspicious of the effects of doctoring
with poisonous drugs. Few realize the
injurious effects following the prescrip-
tons of many modern physicians.
These effects of poisonous drugs, al
ready prominent, will become more
pronounced in coming generations.
Therefore we can cordially wish the
ld-fashioned new remedies the best of
success.