Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-08-28
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TOMATO-FIG COMPANY.
Statements Correspondent Investigated
In Washington.

Statements a Correspondent Investigated
In Washington.
News and Courier, Tuesday.
LANCASTER, August 15.-I have .
little more information about the To-
mato-Fig company, of Washington
which will prove more or less interest
ing to the people of the Fifth con
gressional district, provided the editor
of The News and Courier does not see
fit to rule it out on the ground that bis
paper does not publish advertisements
in its news columns.
The Tomato-Fig company is a great
enterprise, and the intimation of the
Manning Times that DR.. Strait has
sunk any of his hard-earned savings
in it. is a mistake. That the doctor
has invested" is true but he has not
sunk anything. In consideration OF
his prestige among the statesmen Of
Washington, and in the further con-
sideration of few hundred dollars in
cash, the doctor was made president
of the Tomato-Fig company. The
other member Of the firm, who is bust
ness manager and treasurer, is shrewd
Yankee, who, by discovering the vir'
tues of the tomato-6g compound, be.
came a benefactor to his race, and
incidentally to DR.. Strait, and the
voters of the Fifth congressional dis
trict, all of whom are interested in the
doctors welfare.
And what is the tomato.fg COM
pound ? The public should not be
kept in ignorance. The discovery was
made in the dead of winter, when TO-
matoes were scarce and figs were not
to be had. The first experimental
brew, therefore, was made from canned
goods, bought from one of the many
family grocers abounding in Washing
ton and the figs were obtained from the
same source. They were dried figs,
but that did not in any wise diminish
their medicinal virtue, and a few
ounces of laxative from the drug store
added to the mixture gave it untold
value. With ripe tomatoes in the sum-
mer time and figs from the south, the
remedy is produced much more econ
omically, and the profits are cores
pondingly greater.
The factory of the Tomato-Fig COM
pany is located at No. 1,012 F street,
Washington. In addition to this won
derful remedy the company also owns
"face steaming" apparatus, which is
largely patronized by the unfortunate
class of Washington females whose
business is such as to make them sub
juct to frequent crops of annoying
pimples. Not being much of a talker
and being prevented by Car Reed
from doing anything on the floor of
the house, DR.. Strait spends most OF
his time in the consulting apartments
of the Tomato. Fig company, and thus
becomes benefactor to suffering hu-
manity in Washington.
AS to whether he will remove his
factory to the 5th district when his
people decide that they need his SER
vices at home, I am unable to say, but
presume that on account of the wider
field for his benefaction he will proba-
bly, remain in Washington. AS presi-
dent of the company DR.. Strait has Of
fered several of his fellow congress
men stock of the par value of 800 for
only 81. This was only in order that
others might derive credit also for the
work that is being done, but as the
other congressman are all too selfish
and narrow to engage in such an un-
selfish enterprise they refused the doc
tors liberal offer. STRAIGHT.
INVESTIGATED IN WASHINGTON.