Democratic Sentinel, Volume 13, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 March 1889 — AN OPEN QUESTION. [ARTICLE]

AN OPEN QUESTION.

I* Harrison a Descendant of Pocahontas? It is popularly believed that President Harrison is descended from Pocahontas and from the Parliamentary soldier and regicide General Thomas Harrison, who was executed in 1660. Pocahontas, daughter of Powhatan, manifested a friendliness for the early white settlers of Virginia when she was but a girl. The story of how she saved the life of Captain John Smith, who had been captured and condemned to death by her father—how she, on several occasions, made known to the settlers their danger when about to be attacked—is well known to all acquainted with the early history of America. Her subsequent marriage with John Rolfe, an. Englishman—her removal to England, where a son was born, from whom numerous wealthy families of Virginia claim descent—is the basis of the opinion thatPresident Harrison is one of her descendants. Whether this be true or not, it is, however, well known that President Harrison is a descendant of a noted family, distinguished alike in -peace and war. The name of Harrison is already indeliblywritten upon the pages of American history, for General William Henry Harrison—tho ninth Pi esident of the United States—was the grandfather of Gen. Ben Harrison. The election of another member of the Harrison family is but another proof of the prevailing disposition of tho public to return to healthy administration of public affairs so characteristic of the earlier years of government. A similar desire has been manifested for a revival of early manners ai J.- l f :ustomß in many various ways, of wTuch mention in particular can be made of the prevailing demand for those old-time preparations which were so successfully employed in the prevention and cure of tho ills and ailments which frequented the early log-cabin homes. After much inquiry and research, a noted manufacturer has procured the original methods used in their preparation, and again, under the name of Warner’s Log Cabin Remedies, the public is possessed of those well-known preparations for the cure of coughs, colds, consumption iu its oariy stages, blood disorders, catarrh, dyspepsia, debility, and other common disorders. Notwithstanding the large amount of time, attention, and expense which the manufacture of Warner’s Safe Cure demands—its well-known reputation as the oniy remedy for the prevention and cure of kidneydiseases being would wide—the manufacturer is resolved to push the merit of Warner’s Log Cabin Sarsaparilla to the front, . because of its splendid blood-purifying properties and great value as a household remedy and spring-time system renovator. Pocahontas, during her life-long friendship for the white settlers of Virginia, besides her many acts of kindness, is said to have contributed much valuable information to the log-cabin home concerning the • successful methods employed by the Indians in the treatment of disease, and it matters little whether the alleged relationship between herself and the President be true or not, for the name of Pocahontas is already immortal.