Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1888-07-26

The subject of this sketch waa
born in Washington, Penn. In
1851 he entered Washington Col
lege, and graduated in 1855 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 1858 and was
at once called to take charge Of the
Cumberland Presbyterian Church,
at Fayetteville, Lincoln county,
Tenn.
In 1853 he married the d lighter
of Rev. A. G.. Smith, and was EN-
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,
his made is name famous in near
ly every household in America.
In visiting the family of one of
his Pensioners, his attention was
directed to 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, kinsman of this family,
emigrating from North Carolina,
pitched his camp for 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 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 small guam
titv of the herbs. AflerWard, when
using them, she fond a few seeds
in a bud of the herbs, which she
planted and raised the herbs from
year to year for half century.
The herbs that attracted Mr.
McElroe's attention were descend
ants of this stock. He was tolC
that they possessed wonderful quail
tiles in the cure Of diseases pecu
liar to females.
Mr.. McElree carried away som,
of them with him, and was aston
ished at their miraculous action il
cases offemale complaints supposed
to be incurable. He raised TIN
herbs in his garden and furnished
his neighbors gratuitously with
wine made from them for severa
years; but its reputation spreaC
abroad and the demand wa
soon beyond his limited means t.
supply. Iu 1879 he solicited tn
Chattanooga Medicine Co. to tax
charge of the manufacture and sal
of the Wine.
The Medicine Company sent
+. quantity of the Wine to thei
f customers all over the cour
try, instructing them to fur
nish it free of charge to ever
afflicted Lady they could hear O
( About seven thousand cases wer
: treated in this way and less tina
five hundred failures were reported
Every class of female disease wa
!. treated; chronic cases of twent
years standing were cured. Oh
and young, rich and poor, doctor
and clergymen all testified to tn
wonderful virtues of McElree
Wine of Cardui. 1t was found tha
+. the Wine was not only
. Emmenagogue, but the most a
u tonishing tonic for women know
to medical science. Ladies VIII
S were weak, nervous and debilitate
discovered that the Wine restore
their strength, quoted their nerve
y and increased their flesh and enc
e gy. Young girls were carried ov,
l. a critical period in their lives by j
# in perfect health and safety.
The manufacture of the Wine
supply the demand has taxed Il
h capacity of one of the largest med
d cine companies in the countr
They have however been equal
the emergency, and McElree VIII
of Cardui, or Woman's Relief wi
s. be household word in our s:ctiC
from this tins forth.
Mr.. McElree has done and
10 still doing much good by preachil
is the gospel of Christ; but his disco
cry OF McElree's Wine of Cardui
,e Woman's relief is likely to han