The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1888-10-18
"Doetorlng Old Time

A STRIKING PICTURE-A REVIVAL OF OLD
TINE SIMPLICIrIES.
In one of Ilarper's issues is given very
fine illustration of Roberts celebrated paint
ing. known as "Doctoring Old Time" 1t rep
rcsents typical old-timer, with his bellows,
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 4 rare relic.
Tie suggestive name, "Doctoring Old Time,"
brings to our mind another version Of the title,
used for another purpose.--"Oid Time Doctor
ing"
We learn. through a reliable source, that one
of the enterprising proprietary medicine firms
of the country. has been for Years investigating
the formulas and medical preparations used in
the beginning of this century, and even be-
fore, 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 secret or secrets. They find
that the prevailing opinion that then existed.
that Mature has Il remedy for every existing
disorder" was true. and acting under this be-
lief. our grandparents used the common herbs
and plants. Continual trespass upon the forest
domain, has made these herbs less abundant
aud 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 Observatory,
Rochester, n, I.. has been pressing investiga-
tions III this direction, into the annals 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.
They will, we learn, be known under the
general title of ''Warner's Log Cabin rene
dies Among these medicines will be ''sar-
saparilla," 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 valll-
able 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, 1t will he
seen that they do not propose to cure all dis
eases with one preparation. 1t Is believed 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
of Warmers Log Cabin remedies, as popular
as they were at its beginning. Although they
come in the form of proprietary medicines,
yet they will he none the less welcome. for suf-
fering humanity has become tired of modern
doctoriDg and the public has great confidence
in any remedies put up by the firm Of which
II. II. Warner is the head. The people have
| become suspicious of the effects of doctoring
with poisonous drugs. Few realize the injuri.
GUS effects following the prescriptions Of many
modern physicians. These effects Of poisonous
| drugs, already prominent, will become more
pronounced in coming generations. Therefore
we can cordially wish the old. fashioned new
remedies the best of success.