The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1903-07-21

crowd. II she had had her fathers
business ability, she could have put up
a tent and exhibited herself for a small
consideration
And 50 Marion got plenty of fresh
air and incidentally all Longwood took
the whooping cough. 1t was only a
question Of time.
1t so happened that school opened
about two weeks after the doctor had
tackled up his placards through the
town. The children from the doctors
neighborhood associated with the 9TH
er children in Longwood, as was to be
expected, and. 10 and behold, one
bright day the school was closed-all
the schools were closed. Longwood
had whooping cough for fair, and
whooping cough is no respecter of per-
sons. 1t attacked young and old as
well, strong and weak, male and fe-
male.
At first they took II as a joke, ex-
cept those mothers who knew really
what 1t meant and what 1t involved.
But in few more days all Longwood
was in agony-spasmodic agony-and
then Longwood as one man sought for
a remedy.
TRY the Balm of a Thousand Flow
ers, ma'am," the druggist would say.
"a new remedy and a good one and
very cheap. We can recommend it.
I can, for my little boy and SO on
The town bought Ripley's remedy.
The supply became exhausted. DR..
Ripley had to hire help. He became
famous. From selling his remedy he
became the crack whooping cough doc
tor and sold prescriptions like cakes
OF a hot griddle.
"The Balm Of Thousand Flowersr'
was the cry. Everybody bought II,
and in the direct sequence Of cause
and effect, because everybody bought
the remedy. So young DIR. Ripley pro-
ceeded to buy a horse and buggy and
then a new house, and around the
house was a flower bed, and in the
flower bed were planted at least q
thousand flowers.
'Nance," he said one day, ''it's funny,
but, do you know. in the next town
there's not a sign Of whooping cough.
Strange, isn't it7 By the way, how dc
you think Marion is coming onr
"Beautifullyr exclaimed his wife
~But she coughs as yet"
Nance" went on the doctor, Tive
| got some relatives in the next town
Wouldn't you like to take Marion and
| 90 over there and make a visit? It'll
be change for you. and perhaps her
cough will get better there"
L
WILL" she replied, ION one condition
and that is that you'll tell me whai
| you put In the Balm Of q Thousant
Flowers"
| "T'n do It," he replied, "but nevel
tell. In this that sell now put abou
the same things that the other medi
cines have. but the main ingredient,
are the same as gave Marion on tn
day before we moved"
"And," asked Mrs Ripley, els IT real
ly made up Of a thousand flowers or Il
that only a Manner
| Its not a name" replied the doctor
"and it is really gathered from a thou
sand-I won't say thousand, but from
hundreds of flowers at any rate. That
true. Nance"
"How could It beT she protested
doubtfully.
"Well." he replied. Il tell the truth
1t is gathered from hundreds and hun
dreds OF flowers. You can judge 70
yourself when tell you what it chief,
Is"
Tell me-" she commanded.
Honey and beeswax and castil
soap. the balm of thousand flowers,
he said.
"But the CASTLE soap?" she insisted
He nodded.
That's the only lye there is abou
It." he returned.