West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1888-10-05
4DoCToRING OLD TIME"


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In one of Harper's issues is given
a very fine illustration Of Robert
celebrated painting, known as @Doc-
toring Old Time" 1t represents a
a typical old-timer, with his bellows,
blowing the dust from an ancient
clock, with its cords and weights
earefully, secured. One of these
clocks in this generation is apprecia-
tied only as rare relic ga sr 'f
The suggestive name, sDoctoring
Old Time" brings To our mind an
other version Of the title, used for
another purpose,-"Old Time Doc
toring."
We learn, through reliable 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 centu
ry, and even before. with view Of
ascertaining why people in our great
grandfathers' time enjoyed a health
and physical vigor SO seldom found
in the present generation. They
now think they have secured the Sc
cret or secrets. They find that the
prevailing opinion that then existed,
that Mature has a remedy for every
existing disorder" was true, and
acting under this belief, our grand
parents used the common herbs and
plants. Continual trespass upon
the forest domain, has made these
herbs less abundant and has driven
them further from civilization, until
they have been discarded, as rene
dial agents because OF the difficulty
of obtaining them.Dode in'iis til9sl
II. Ii. Warner, proprietor of War
ner's 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 Sc
cured some very valnble formulas,
from which his firm is now preparing
medicines, to be sold by all drug
gists. a ~
They will, we learn, beknown un-
der tile general title of Warmers
Log Cabin remedies Among these
medicines 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" "Log Cabin extract for
internal and external use, and an old
valuable discovery for catarrh, call
ed "Log Cabin rose cream" Among
the list is also 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 prepa-
ration. 1t is believed by many that
with these remedies a new era is TO
dawn upon suffering humanity and
that the close Of the nineteenth cen
tury will see these roots and herbs,
as compounded under the tiSe of
Warmers Log Cabin remedies, as
popular as they were at its begin
ming. Although they come in the
form of proprietary medicines, yet
they will be none the less welcome,
for sugering humanity has become
tired OF modern doctoring and the
public has great confidence in any
remedies put up by the firm ofwhich
II. H.Warneris thehead. The peo
pie have become suspicious OF tho
effects Of doctoring with poisonous
drugs. Few realize the injurious
effects following the prescriptions of
many modern physicians. These
effects Of poisonous drugs, already
prominent, will become more pro-
nounced in coming generations.
Therefore we can cordially wish the
old-fashioncd new remedies the best
of success 'm 4ya 'af .sAi+e ="