Rensselaer Republican, Volume 21, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 December 1888 — Can a Man Swallow a Cannon-Ball? [ARTICLE]

Can a Man Swallow a Cannon-Ball?

Well, “that depends.” He can if his throat is large enough and the cannon ball not too large. 'The question really seems worthy of some consideration in view of the size of some of the pills that are prescribed for suffering humanity Why not throw them “to the dogs,” and take Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Purgative Pellets? Small, sugar-coated, purely vegetable, perfectly harmless, in glass and always fresh. .. The Senate is considering and will push to a vote the tariff reduction bill. Don’t You Know that'you can not afford to neglect that catarrh? Don’t you know that it may lead to consumption, to insanity, to death? Don’t you know that it can be easily cured? Don’t you know that while the thousand and one nostrums you have tried have utterly failed that Dr. Sage’s Catarrh Remedy is a certain cure? It has stood the test of years, and there are hundreds of thousands of grateful men and women in all parts of thecounty who can testify to its efficacy. All druggists. It is odd that a fruit dealer should do a fruitless business.