Democratic Sentinel, Volume 11, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 December 1887 — Why Laura Lost Her Bean. [ARTICLE]

Why Laura Lost Her Bean.

Laura once had an affluent beau, Who called twice a fortnight, or so. Now she sit*, Sunday eve, All lonely to grieve. Oh, where is her recreant beau. And why did he leave Laura so? Why, ho saw that Laura was a languishing, delicate girl, subject to dick headache, (sensitive nerves, and uncertain tempers; and, knowing what a lifelong trial is a fretful, sickly wife, he transferred his attentions to her cheerful, healthy cousin, Ellen. The secret is that Laura’s health and strength are sapped by chronic weakness, peculiar to her sex, which Ellen averts and avoids by the use of Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription. This is the only remedy for woman’s peculiar weaknesses and ailments, sold by druggists under a positive guarantee from the manufacturers that it will give satisfaction in every case or money will be refunded. See guarantee on bottle wrapper. Sozzle says the reason he takes his whisky straight is because his mouth always waters for it. —Boston Commercial