Democratic Sentinel, Volume 6, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 June 1882 — SUICIDE MADE EASY. [ARTICLE]
SUICIDE MADE EASY.
Let your liver complaint take its own course, and don’t take Dr. Pierce’s “Golden Medical Discovery.” Bold by druggists. Aristocratic distinction: Countess—“ That is the portrait oLthe filth Earl, sometimes called ‘ the somnambulist.’ ” Visitor—“ Er—because, I presume, be—er—walked in his sleep? ” Countess—“ Walked? Certainly not Invariably rode ! ” Db. Tierce’s “ Pellets/’ or sugar-coated granules—the original “ Idtlle Liver Pills ” (beware of imitations) —cure sick and bilious headache, cleanse the stomach and bowels and purify the blood. To get genuine, see Dr. Pierce’s liguature and portrait on Government stamp. 25 cents per vial, by druggists. A man of a literary turn of mind was very fond of his dog, that barked day and night. A neighbor asked what the dog’s name was. “Echo,” was the reply. “What kind, of a name is that?” “It was the name of Ben Vorlich’s dog.” “ Who the mischief is Ben Vorlich ?” The owner of the dog smiled in derision, and replied : “You never could have read Walter Scott’s ‘ Lady of the Lake’, or you would remember where it says : ‘ No rest Ben Vorlich’s Echo knew.’ ” The neighbor did not say anything, but that night he softly called Echo to the fence, gave him a piece of sausage, and now Echo is as silent as Ben Vorlich, and even more so.
