Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-10-11
"DOCToRING OLD TIME"
A Striking Picture-A Revival of Old
Time Simplicities.

In one of Harper's issues is given a very
fine illustration of Roberts celebrated paint
ing, known ''Doctoring Old Time" II
represents typical old-timer, with his bel
lows, 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 relic.
The suggestive name, "Doctoring Old
Time" brings to our mind another version
of the title, used for 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 in
vestigating the formulas and medical prepa-
rations used i'll the beginning of this century
and even before, with a view of ascertaining
why people in our great-grandfather's time
enjoyed health and physical vigor so ser
dom found in the present generation. They
now think they have secured the secret or
secrets. They find that the prevailing opin-
ion that then existed, that Mature has
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 remedial agents
because of the difficulty of obtaining them.
ii. ii. Warner, proprietor of Warmers
safe cure and founder of the Warner observ
atory, Rochester, n. Y, has been pressing
Investigations in this direction, into the an
nails of old family histories, until he has
secured some very valuable formulas, from
which his firm is now preparing medicines,
to be sold by all druggists.
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general title of Warmers Log Cabin rene
dies" 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 con-
sumption remedy LOG Cabin hair tonic
Log Cabin extract" for internal and exter-
nal 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 be-
lieved by many that with these remedies
new era is to dawn upon suffering humanity
and that the close of the nineteenth century
will see these roots and herbs, as compound
ed under the title of Warmers Log Cabin
remedies, as popular as they were at its be-
ginning. Although they come IN the form of
proprietary medicines, yet they will be none
the less welcome, for suffering humanity has
become tired of modern doctoring and the
public has great confidence in any remedies
put up by the firm of which II. H. Warner
is the head. The people have become sus-
picious of the effects of doctoring with
poisonous drugs. Few realize the injurious
effects following the prescriptions of many
modern physicians These effects of poison
Gus drugs, already prominent, will become
more pronounced in coming generations.
Therefore we can cordially wish the old
fashioned new remedies the best of success.