Morning journal and courier., 1888-01-28

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 !SG&MSN( maintain her parrot; an other to take care of all friendless cats; still another to found home for homeless dogs; but the strangest bequest yet coming under our notice is that of lady by the name of Buekland, living in Winona, Minnesota, who is supposed to have been in some way related to doctor of the same name who died a score of years ago in Connecticut.
 It seems that the doctor, who was para 1yzed, after having been given up by the phy- sician in attendance, succeeded in maturing formula of his own, with which he cured himself of paralysis. The use and fame of this nervine spread slowly throughout the country, and u bottle of it came into the hands of the late Mrs. Buckland, of Vino na, who, having a grandchild that had been paralyzed from birth, conceived the idea of trying it upon her, being impressed as much, perhaps, by the similarity of names between herself and that of the inventor of the rem- edy as from any other cause.
 The surprising feature of the matter Is that the girl who was then baby of fifteen sis, and is to-day the healthy and blooming wife of a prominent merchant in Duluth. Minnesota. So monstrcus became the faith of the old lady in the virtues of this nervine that, calling her lawyer, she made will by which she left the sum of nearly half mil- lion dollars to the proprietors of this reme- dy, with the proyiso that every penny of it should be spent for the purpose of acquaint- ing the people of the United States with it's virtues.
 The numerous and brilliant advertisements that have recently been appearing through the large newspapers of this country are all the result, from a pecuniary point of view, of the naagnanimity of this lady. There can be ne question but that this remedy, Dr. BuckIand's Scotch Oats Essence, is the great est known general tonic and special nerve and brain invigorant. The names of these whom it has cured of both grave and simple nervous troubles is legion, and it haa the special advantage of being wholly and abso- lately free from narcotics and purely vegeta- bie.
 The munifcent sum placed at the disposal of uEse Scotch Oats Essence company by the late Mrs Buckland has enabled them to se- cure the services of some of the finest chem ists Germany has ever produced, distilling and extracting apparatus of peculiar intrica- cy and value, and to thus make an extract or essence of oats that contains every particle of active medicinal virtue in the grain.
 It is a curious fact in this connection that experiments recently conducted in the School of Physiology in Paris, France, have demon strated beyond peradventure that the kernel of the oat contains three medicinal prfnci- ples. the first of which acts to calm, soothe and tone up the brain and nerves; the second yielding phosphorus to weakened and hun pry nerve tissues, and the third residing in the husk of the oat or oatmeal, to act as laxative and antt-congestive on the stomach, liver and bowels.