The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-05-11

The subject Of this sketch was
born in Washington, Penn. In
1851 he entered Washington Col
lege, and graduated in 1856 from
that institution. Believing that
his duty called him to preach the
gospel, in the fall Of 1856 he enter
ed the theological department Of
Cumberland University, located at
Lebanon, Tenn, and finished his
theological course in 1853 and was
at once called to take charge of the
Cumberland Presbyterian Church;
at Fayetteville, Lincoln county,
Tenn.
In 1853 he married the daughter
of Rev. A. G. Smith, and was em-
ployed by the Board of Missions to
take charge of the Mission Church
at Paducah, KY, where he was la
boring at the outbreak of the civil
war.
A circumstance, trivial in itself,
has made bis name famous in near
" every household in America.
In visiting the family of one OF
his Pensioners, his attention was
directed to a singular variety OF
herbs in their possession, and he
made inquiries regarding them.
He was told that many years ago,
during the early settlement of Ten
nessee, a kinsman Of this family,
emigrating from North Carolina,
pitched his camp for a night in the
Cherokee Nations reservation in
North Georgia, near an Indian vii
lage.
In his family was a girl about
fifteen years old. just passing to
womanhood. During the evening
this girl was attacked by violent
pains, which threw her into spasms.
An old Indian squaw witnessed it,
and, without a word, went to her
wigwam, selected some herbs from
| her store, prepared decOctiOn, and
administered it to the suffering girl.
in five minutes the pain was en-
tirely relieved
/ The grateful mother of the girl
begged of the squaw a small guam
tity of the herbs Aftcrward, when
using them, she found a few seeds
in a bud Of the herbs, which she
planted and raised the herbs from
year to year for half a century.
The herbs that attracted Nh
McElree's attention were descend
ants of this stock. He was told
that they possessed wonderful quail
tiles in the cure of diseases pecu
liar to females.
Mr.. bIcElree carried away some
of them with him, and was aston
ished at their miraculous action in
cases offemale complaints supposed
to be incurable He raised the
herbs in his garden and furnished
his neighbors gratuitoUsly with {
wine made from them for severa
years; but its reputation spread
abroad and the demand was
soon beyond his limited means tx
| supply. Iu 1879 he solicited TIT
Chattanooga Medicine Co. to talk
charge of the manufacture and salt
of the Wine.
The Medicine Company sent ;
! quantity of the Wine to thei
customers all over the coun
try, instructing them to fur
nish it free Of charge to every
afflicted lady they could hear OF
About seven thousand cases wert
treated in this way and less thar
five hundEsd failures were reported
/ Every class Of female disease wa
treated; chronic cases of twenty
years standing were cured. Ok
and young, rich and poor, doctor
and clergymen all testified to tn
wonderful virtues of McElree'
Wine Of Cardui. 1t was found tina
the Wine was not only al
Emmenagogue, but the most as
tonishing tonic for women know
to medical science. Ladies VIII
were weak, nervous and debihtater
discovered that the Wine restores
their strength, quieted their nerve
and increased their flesh and eneI
ey. Young girls were carried owe
a critical period in their lives by il
in perfect health and safety.
The manufacture Of the Wine t
supply the demand has taxed tn
capacity Of one of the largest med
cine companies in the country
They have however been equal t
the emergency, and McElree Win
of Cardui, or Woman's Relief wi
be a household word in our ssctio
from this time forth.
, Mr.. bIcEIree has done and
still doing much good by preachin
the gospel of Christ; but his diseo'
cry Of McElree's Wine Of Cardui {
Woman's relief is likely to han
his name do gn to posterity, follov
: ed by the blessings of thousands
. women.