Rensselaer Republican, Volume 28, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 October 1895 — A Scriptural Inn. [ARTICLE]

A Scriptural Inn.

The landlord of the Jerusalem hotel at Jaffa is uamed Hardegg. He is a German, who tinges everything connected with his establishment with a sacred hue. The two wings of his hotel are respectively designated the Old Testament and the New Testament;, while the twelve rooms In each correspondingly bear the names of the twelve tribes of Israel and the twelve apostles. Before leaving Mr. Hardegg presents each tourist with a little book of his own composing, styled “Bible Pills,” and carrying on its covers the injunction, “One to be taken every. bight and morning to assist your spiritual digestion.” A gentleman from Boston writes: “Five brothers and -sisters all brought up on Ridge’s Food, one unde saved from the grave, and now lhy own children are of course introduced to it. One 18 months old, as fat and hearty as any in the land, the other, five weeks old, has gained 2*4 pounds since birth. There is uo substitute for Ridge’s Food.”