Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-07-09

The doctors youngest was q cOmpan-
ionable little girl and soon made
friends, and she speedily became ex-
ceedingly popular because she could dc
certain things the others couldn't do.
Some of the things that she could do
were to stand on one leg and wind the
other round ii and double herself into a
human knot and grow black in the face
and utter wild west yells of warfare.
She didn't enjoy these things, but they
did, and whenever she started in she
was surrounded by an interested
crowd. Ii she had had her fathers
business ability. she could have put up
tent and exhibited herself for small
consideration.
And so Marion got plenty Of fresh
mir 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
neighborhood associated with the 9TH
er children in Lengwood, 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
sons. 1t attacked young and old as
well, strong and weak, male and fe-
male.
At first they took it as a joke, ex-
cept those mothers who knew really
what it meant and what 1t involved
But in few more days all Longwood
was in agony-spasmodi 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.
can, for my little boy and so on.
The town bought Ripley's remedy.
The supply became exhausted. DIR.
Ripley had to hire help. He became
famous. From selling his remedy he
became the crack whooping cough doc
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off a hot griddle.
'@Fhe Balm of a Thousand Flowers!'
was the cry. Everybody bought it,
and in the direct sequence of cause
and effect, because everybody bought
the remedy. So young Dr. Ripley pro-
ceeded to buy 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 sign of whooping cough,
Strange, isn't it7 By the way, how do
you think Marion is coming on?"
"Beautifullyr exclaimed his wife.
''But she coughs as yet"
Nance" went on the doctor, "I've
got some relatives in the next town.
Wouldn't you like to take Marion and
go over there and make visit? It'll
be a change for you, aud perhaps her
cough will get better there"
Mrs. Ripley smiled significantly. II
will" she replied, ION one condition.
and that is that you'll tell me what
you put in the Balm Of Thousand
Flowers"
s.I'H de he Eeniied hut neVss;
tell. In this that sell now put about
the same things that the other medi-
cines have, but the main ingredients
are the same as I gave Marion on the
day before we moved
And" asked Mrs. Ripley, sis it real
ly made up of a thousand flowers or is
that only name?"
s.It's not 4 name," replied the doctor,
f'and it Is really gathered from thou
sand-I won't say thousand, but from
hundreds Of flowers at any rate. That's
true, Nance"
"How could it be?' she protested
doubtfully.
'Well," he replied, 81 tell the truth.
1t is gathered from hundreds and hun
dreds of flowers. Yeu can judge for
yourself when / tell you what it chiefly
Isl
"Tell me-" she commanded.
Honey and beeswax and CASTLE
soap, the balm of a thousand flowers" "
he said.
'But the CASTLE soapf' she insisted.
He nodded.
'gThat's the only lye there is about
it." he returned.
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