Democratic Sentinel, Volume 5, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 February 1881 — A Rich Puff. [ARTICLE]

A Rich Puff.

A manufacturer and vender of quack medicines wrote to a friend for a stiong recommendation of his (the manufacturer's “Balsam.” In a few days he received the following, which we call pretty strong : “Dear Sir: The land* composing this farm has hitherto been so poor that a Scotchman could not get a living off it, and so stony that we had to slice our potatoes and plant them edgeways ; but, hearing of your balsam, I put some on the corner of a ten-acre field surrounded by a rail fence, and in the morning I found that the rock had entirely disappeared, a neat stone wall encircled the field, and the rails were split into firewood and piled up symmetrically in my back yard. I put half an ounce in the middle of a huckleberry swamp ; in two days it was cleared off, planted with cbrn and pumpkins, and a row of peachtrees in full blossom through the middle. As an evidence of its tremendous strength, I w’ould say that it drew a striking likeness of my eldest son out of a mill-pond ; drew a blister all over his stomach; drew a load of potatoes four miles to market, and eventually drew a prize of $97 in a lottery.” [From the Danville (111.) News.) John Stein, Esq, City Brewer, referring to its valuable qualities, said to a News representative: I have used St. Jacobs Oil in my family and recommend it to my acquaintances. It has always given the best Satisfaction, and is truly a wonderful remedy.