Rensselaer Union, Volume 3, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 September 1871 — The Invalid--A Pen Picture. [ARTICLE]

The Invalid --A Pen Picture.

See b?r pallid countenance, hut a short time ago the picture of ruddy health, this envy of the school and the prkfo of the household. She was always welcomed by her schoolmates, for her lithe fo£|h and pleasing disposition carried cheerfulness into their rank's. Diligent, punctual and exemplary, obedient and graceful at home, sho won the heart of all. Bui, alas, we aro sorrowful. Those rosy checks and ruddy lips are blanched by Consumption. The voice orico so enchanting In laugh and song Is feeble, husky, and supplanted by a hollow cough. Let us approach her couch gently and take her hand. Do not shudder because of the feeble and passionless grasp. The hand once so hearty and plump is emaciated, aud shows long outlines, while the cords and tortuous veins are plainly mapped upon the surface. The pulse that bounded with repletion, carrying vigor to the whole system and Imparting lire, beauty, vivacity, health and strength, is delicate to the touch. The feeble heart cannot propel the thin scanty blood with force. Must we lose her while yet in her teenß?“‘Companions and friends gather around with words of cheer and consolation, and depart with moistened eyes and silent steps: Must we lose her? No! there Is relief! We can stay the destroyer of our happiness and not suffer tjie loss of so bright a gem. Something more Is required now than dietary and hygienic observance, lor nature calls for aid and she shall have it. Take this pleasant medicine. It is invigorating. How it allays the irritable cough, improves the appetite and digestion, and sends a healthy tingle through the frame. The blood Is enriched, nervous force increased, aud the heart bounds with anew impulse. See her face brighten by degrees; the color is returning ; her voice is getting clearer, and pleasant words arc spoken. The strength falters yet, but is gaining. Let us take her out in the warm sunshine. In a short time she will be able to go w ithout our aid, a cheerful girl. This delightful medicine must be God-blessed. It is restoring ljealth to our lortd one. She is emerging from her sicknefes sweeter aud nobler than before, and Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery must have the credit. It has raised her. Soid by all first-class druggists everywhere. 552 * Tub attention of parents and students is directed to the advertisements, injhis paper, of several excellent schools and colleges. 1 The house of J. -V. Farwell & Co., now import all their foreign goods through the St. Law-red tie River, direct to Chicago, thus saving time and expense. Dead men tell no tales. If„they did, anathemas against the depleting lancet, the drastic purge, and the terrible salivants of the materia arise from every graveyard. The motto of modern medical science is, “Preserve and Regulate, not 'Destroy," and no remedy of our day is so entirely in harmony with this philauthoplc logic as Dr. Walker’s Vegetable Vinegar Bitters. In this powerful, yet harmless restorative, dyspepsia, bilious complaints, and all diseases of the stomach, liver, bowels and nerves, encounter an irresistible antidote. Among the late importations of J. V. Farwell & Co. is a superior and choice lot of cloths, English doeskins and other woolens. Merchants wishing to sdb the best goods, should not fail to examine them when in Chicago. t ■ How are you to-day ? I'm not feeling well, bilious and sick headache; have been looking around for a box of Parsons' Purgative Pills, but our traders are all sold out. — Country Paper. No lady now considers her wardrobe complete without a.sapply of black alpaca dresses. But to be good the fabric should be strong, of good lustre and shade, and these, qualities are combined in the Railroad brand. Purchasers of this brand will surely be pleased. Wood’s Household Magazine.— A great variety of excellent reading matter, mostly original, will be found in the September number, which abounds in good stories, poems, sketches, etc. The subscription price of the Household Magazine is only tl 00 a year. Single number, ten cepts. Valuable premiums are given to subscribers. 8. S. Wood & Co., Newburgh, N. Y. * TnE Children’s Hour for September contains several very pretty pictures and a number of short, attractive stories for the children, who can always look with confidence for entertaining and instrac.ive reading in the pages of this little magaxine. Specimen number free on receipt of stamp.forpostage. T. 8. Arthur* Sons, Philadelphia, at t1.25a year; five copies, $5 00; and one extra, SIO.OO. * Tns Lady’s Home Magazine.— “ Summer Evening,” a very pretty view, is the title of the frontispiece in the September number. A double page engraving of the “Spring, “Summer and Autumn ” of life tells its own pleasing story. We have in thisjinmber the usual fashion illustrations, with descriptions and instructions; several good stories and sketches and a collection of choice poems, while the Health and Home Departments arc replete with useful information. Published by T. S. Arthur & Sons, Philadelphia. Terms,|s2 a year; three copies, $5; four, fC; eight, and one extra, sl2; flfteeen, and one extra, S2O. *