Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1888-01-26
THROUGH THE FOREST.
The Old and Young Danced All Might
..Our Hardy Ancestors.
Old men live in the past.

Old men live in the past.
Perhaps il would be better for the young
men of the present. If they lived little
bit more in the past, and drew less on
the future.
The log cabins of primitive times would
seem very cherries habitations to the
people who live in the finely constructed,
furnace heated mansions of to-day. But
our grandparents took great deal OF
comfort in these rude homes.
They were rugged and healthy. The
men had stalwart and hardy frames, and
the women were free from the modern
ailments that make the sex of to-day
practically helpless slaves to hired foreign
help.
White.haired grand-sires frequently
took their life partners and on horseback
rode score Of miles through the forests
to enjoy the lively pleasures of frontier
ball. danced till daylight. rode home
again in the early morning, then put in a
good days work
Middle-aged folks Of to-day couldn' t
stand that sort Of a racket
To these mud chinked log cabins
doctors visits were rarity. The
inhabitants lived to rugged and green
old age.
Sometimes these log cabin old.timers
were taken i'll. They were not proof
against all the exposures to which they
were subjected. They found the effective
remedies for these common ailments in
the roots and herbs which grew in the
neighboring forests and fields. They
had learned that nature has cure for
every i'll. These potent remedies assist.
ed their sturdy frames to quickly throw
of disease and left no poison in the
system.
The unpleasant feature of modern prac.
tice with mineral medicines is the injur-
ious after affect on the system. May not
modern physical degeneracy be due to
this feature?
A drug saturated system Is not in a
natural, consequently not in healthy,
state. If any of the main organs are clog
gled with traces Of the mineral poisons
used to drive out particular disease, the
whole machinery of life is deranged and
early decay of natural powers is the in.
cvitable result.
There can be no question lat remedies
from the laboratory of nature are the best.
If they are as afficacious, they have the
advantage { leaving no after sting.
Their efficacy. If properly compounded,
and the proper remedy applied to the
proper disease. will not be doubted. The
experience of ages proves it.
Their disusc has come about principally
through the rapid congregation of people
in cities and villages, rendering these nat.
ural remedies difficult to obtain. Pro-
gressive business enterprise has lately led
to putting these old time remedies within
reach of all classes.
The propretors of Warmers safe rene.
dies, in the faith that the people of to day
would be benefited by using the remedies
Of log cabin days, have caused investiga-
tons to be made and secured the formulas
of number of those which long and sue
ccssful use had proved to be most valua-
BILE.
They will, we learn. be known Under
the general title of Warmers Log Cabin
Remedies" Among these medicines will
be ''Sarsaparlla" for the blood and
liver, Log Cabin Hops and Buchu
Remedy" for the stomach. etc. Log
Cabin Cough and Consumption Remedy. !"
a remedy called "Scalpine." for the hair,
Log Cabin Extract" for internal and
external use and an old valuable discov-
cry for catarrh, called Log Cabin Rose
Cream" Among the list is also Log
Cabin Plaster" and Log CABIN Liver
Pill"