Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1889-10-10
THE RLUE-GLAss CRAZE.

BLOWN Soquards Estxir kec1us One OF
the FUNNIEST Medical Exc. trnsnts.
In 1876 General Pleasanton published
q work fully explaining his theory as
to the infallibility OF blue glass for in-
vigorating and retaining or restoring
health. In subsequent edition he
added list OF testimonials from grate-
ful patients who protested to have dc.
rived immense benefits from the treat
ment, and also the full text OF the
specification for his patients His
Sunlight and of the Blue Color OF the
Sky in Developing Animal and Nege-
table Life, in Arresting Disease. and
in Restoring Health in Acute and
Chronic Diseases in Human and Domes-
tic Animals. The General adorned
the frontispiece with a rather unfort.
innate quotations: IF this theory be-
true it upsets all other theories. The
converse seems to have been very
satisfactorily established. A full
record of the Generals military ex-
perience is also given. apparently az
somewhat of guaranty of good faith.
The authors first experiments were
on grape vines. In his greenhouse he
substituted blue for white glass in
every eighth row and succeeded in
producing grapes so fine that all others
were rendered insignificant beside
them. In 1869 he treated some hogs
TO similar dose and some little pigs
grew and thrived so we'll that royal
road to fortune in hog raising seemed
to have been found. Next he tried the
effect of blue glass on an Alderney
bull calf, which grew six inches almost
as by miracle and became veritable
Saul among the little calves on the
estate. From hogs and cattle the de-
scent to poultry was short and easy,
and q chicken-house was fitted with
just the right proportion of blue glass.
The result was as foreordained. The
young chicks were ready for the
boiler almost as soon as they emerged
from the shell, and those that escaped
the usual and proper spring-chickeu
route to oblivion grew into splendidIy
, developed and plumaged birds.
1t needed not implicit belief in OAR
winism to induce the General to APP
ply his experiments to men and
women. Architects would be required
to SO arrange buildings as to insure
the introduction OF the elixiT-like rays
SO that the owners and occupiers
might enjoy the marvellous advantages,
and ''mankind will then not only be
able to live fast, but can live long and
also live we'll -
Judged by the fact that the blue
glass craze, general as it was during
the years 1876 and part OF 1877, died
out quietly and has long since been
decently inferred, some of the testi-
monials as to its efficacy form very
funny reading. They show that il all
the writer's meant what they wrote
General Pleasanton invented an
elixir to cure not only every
ailment but to supersede sur
gerry and obstetrics. In fact it must
have been omnipotent A man with
yaricose veins was able to throw away
his silk stockings after sleeping in O
room few nights with blue glass in
the windows. Typhoid patients, after
q day or two, arose like giants re-
| freshed and dismissed their ply
sicians. A bald-headed lady was de-
lighted to discover an embryo crop Of
hair after seven days treatment.
while another grateful recipient en-.
larged on the marvellous effects of blue
glass on his ancient mule. This once
gay and festive quadruped had beer
deaf for ten years, its limbs were
stiff, and it was in very bad way
but after blue glass was inserted In
the stable window Jack braced up
could hear the word ''oats" IL only
whispered. could kick its owner acros!
the yard. and generally acted like {
vivacious three-yeRr-old.
Excitement ran high and the Graz,
travelled north. south. east and west
The widest stories Of cures were cir
eulstsd- Men heard OF objects Of pub
lie sympathy getting cured almos
without money and without price ant
entirely without trouble, for neve
was there so passive treatmen
recommended. nor one less hamperet
With directions as to what should am
should not be eaten and what habits o.
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