Rensselaer Union, Volume 5, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 December 1872 — Page 4

MRS. AVERY’S CHRISTMAS DINNER.

‘‘Ybb,’’Baid Hugh Wetherill, in a decided sort of style essentially his own, “Pve made up my mind to refuse all such invitations. If I spend Christmas anywhere, it will be with old Aunt Nancy, on the farm.” . “Well,’’growled his father, the gentleman addressed, “all I can say is, that you’re a fool. There’s Mrs. Avery has invited you to spend the day with them; and, let me tell you, if you think anything of her daughter Maud, you’d better be working pretty lively. She’s not a girl to drop into anybody’s hand, and John Marvin is following her up close. He'll be there, of course.” “I suppose so," said the other, a little gloomily. “But that makes no difference. If she don’t love him, she won’t, no matter how constant his attendance; and if she does love him, I can’t begin to practice self-denial in the keeping-away line any too soon. At all events, I promised Aunt Jfancy last summer that, if I could-1 get off, I would., surely spend Christmas I with her, and I mean to keep my word. ! So here goes for a regret,” and very phil-. osophically he went to the-iinpleasant j task of declining Mrs. Avery’s elegantlyworded invitation to her Christmas dinner. . “Decidedly cool,” said that ,lady, the j next morning at breakfast, passing it over to the little girl at her right, who flushed rosily as she read: “Mr. Wethorill regrets that, a ..previous engage-j meat will prevent hie being with Mrs. Avery On December ziih, as requested:" 1 - “I do think,” confmned’the'elder lady, • with considerable pique in her* delicately , modulated contralto, “that Hugh We th-1 erill has much too good an opinion of, himself. ‘Previous engagement,’ indeed, i Why, Maud, don't you knb w I asked him | in advance of any of the others, so that he could by no possibility have engaged ' himself to any ore else? and, even if it! is so, he might have broken it off for us —John Marvin would have done it without one moment’s hesitation.” Maud’s little nose elevated itself per-' ceptibly at this juncture. Evidently, Mr. ' Marvin was no favorite with its dainty i mistress. Mw.- Avery- noticed the-mo-tion, and, with a look of dissatisfaction, proceeded; “Now, Maud, it is very foolish in you to make faces when I speak of John Marvin. He .and Wetherill are decidedly the best partis of the season. I have rather given the preference to Wetherill; his family is the oldest; but Marvin is just as wealthy, and just as good-looking, and, ' what is more, wants you. Wetherillpby f all signs,” with a scornful look at the billet before her,” is anything but interested.” ' i Maud’s nose, which had for a moment I resumed its natural position, went up 1 again, higher than before, and the young : lady’s face was scarlet as she answered: “ I hate John Marvin, he is snjfloth and sleepy; and as for Hugh Wetherill, I hate : him, too. I wouldn’t marry either of them for anything.— marry ' anybody; and’ I made up my mind last week, just as soon as' you mentioned this hateful Christmas-dinner, to have ! nothing at all to do with it.” Mrs. Avery looked at the excited girl' in astonishment, then asked: “ May I venture to inquire what disposition you propose to make of yourself on that day?” “£)h, yes; I’m going down to that old red farm-house in Connecticut. wjicre that old couple that fell in love with me last summer live all alone. Don’t you remember? I was visiting the Mortimers, and went over with Carrie one day, and a thunder-storm came up, and we were obliged to stay all night, and I had such a glorious time—it was so lonesome and nice, after all the company I’d been with, that the oil couple asked me to stay and visit with them, and I did. I staid’there a week, all by myself, and I ncyer had such a splendid time in my life. They wanted me to promise to spend- Christmas with them, and I told them I would, if I possibly could; and I can, just as well as not—so I’m going. Now, mamma,” as the elder lady was about to speak, “you might just as well let me go; for, if you forbid it, I’ll snub that horrible- old Marvin so that he’ll never come near the house again.” Mrs. Avery knew her daughter thoroughly—knew that when she said a thing she meant it; and itr was, probably, owing to this knowledge that thejjcxt morning found Miss Maud Avery on the steamcars, speeding along toward the rambling old Connecticut farm-house. “I told you-I’d come, if I could, and here I am,” she said to thepleasant-faced, buxom old lady who met her at the door with a cordial handshake and motherly kiss. “Were you expecting me?” “Wai,” saiddhe old woman, leading her guest into the cheerful sitting-room, where a wonderful log-fire blazed and crackled in pleasant rebelliousness, ~‘T was speaking to Hiram' about it only this . morning, and he sorter thought you wouldn’t come. He said you city folks alwus had your hands full about this time of the year, an’ ’twasn’t likely' a young thing like you would want to run off from the fun and frolic, just to see us two old folks. But I’m powerful glad you’ve come; and you won’t be so lonesome, neither, for my nephew’s cornin’ either to-night or to-morrow morning, an’ he’ll be company for you. He’s as likely a young man aS you’d wish to see.” Maud began to wish she had staid at home! Farmer Seymour and his wife Nancy she really liked; but their “likely young" relative she had no desire to cultivate. But her dissatisfaction soon vanished under the influence of the pleasant December sunshine, and the #trange.quiet and peacefulness, which was part and pat-' cel of this New England homestead. The likely young man was mot forthcoming that evening, and Maud noted his non-appearance with a sigh of relief. ‘‘One evening without strangers,” she murmured, in satisfaction. “And t&ftt is considerably better than heme at all;” and so, at “Uncle Hiram’s” (as she had been desired to call him) request, she seated herself at the old piano, and sang for hours the simple airs which the old gentleman selected. “Bonnie Dodn," and “Old Hundred,” “Pop goes the weasel” and “Lennox,” followed each other in quick succession, and she was just in the midst .of “Hail Columbia!” when in - burst Aunt Nancy, all of aglow with excitement and exercise. “What’s the matter,, wife?” asked the old farmer, breaking off froth “Heavenbom Band,” with a suddenness that caused Maud instinctively to follow his example. “Anything wrong?!’ “Oh, dear! yes,” said the old woman, energetically removing her woolen hood. “Sallie Brown’s sick, and can’t come ...tomorrow to help me in my baking, anif there’s nobody else in the neighborhood I can get, and what on earth I shall do, it’s beyond me to imagine. I can get along well enough in the regular Christmas dinner; but one pair of hands ain’t nowhere in the baking that’s got to, be done beforehand,” and the poor woman very disconsolately gathered up her wrappings and rose from her chair. “Mercy, Aunt Nancy!" said JMafid, cheerily, “don’t worry about that! I don’t believe but I’m just as good a cook ! as Sallie Brown; and I was going to ask you, anyway, to let me help you to-mor-row. Mother laughs at me, because I like the kitchen, and bribe our cook to let me make a cake or a pie once in a while, but I tell her I was born with a knack for it, and ought to put it to some account; but I don’tgetmuch chance home, |

and I’ll be perfectly delighted if you’ll play I am Sallie to-morrow. ” . To thi3.arrangcmcptlhe.old.Jady madefew objections, and the (next morning found Maud duly installed assistant cook in the house of Seymour. Mrs. Avery would have wrung her hands in holyhorror at Ihe-picture preseuled by her lovely daughter on that eventful day. Her soft quilted merino wrapper Aunt Nancy immediately vetoed as too nice for the .“tpjissy” work on hand, and, for lack of anything else, brought forth one of her own dark calicoes. Three of tiny Maud Avery could have occupied it comfortably, but, by dint of a pin here, a loop there, and a general taking-in all over, she at last declared it able to “stay on." This was then enveloped and covered by a voluminous white tub apron, which, although serving to hkje sundry plaits, etc., did not take from the general dumpiness; her abundant wavy brown hair, concerning whose reality there had been standing disputes ever sinefi her debut, was tightly coiled round about her dainty little head, and, altogether, Uncle Hiram’s criticism was just. “You don’t look so citified; but, according to my way o’ thinkin’, ybu are a good sight prettier.” Aunt Nancy was busy in an animated lecture on pumpkin pies, a box of ginger in one hand and a box of cinnamon in another, when her liege lord hurried in with the information that Ilugh-wgs'com-ing up the road. Both boxes were dropped in a jiffy, and,'With a hurried “Now, Child, don’t forget! only half of the pumpkin is to be seasoned with ginger, ’cause soine foik's don’t like it aricT some folks do,” she rushed to the front door. Maud was vexed with herself, for at the mere name of Hugh, the hot blood rushed to her face in torrents. — _‘LlYhaLa;goDse_ycu are, MaudAverx!” she murmured, scornfully, closing the door between the kitchen and the sittingroom the while. “What’s Hugh Wetherill to you, any more than any other man, that a chance name should set you to thinking of him, and make you blush like a school girl? Bah! I’m ashamed of you!”’ and very deliberately she proceeded to the measuring of her different spices; but the sound of a deep voice in me sitling room upset all her composure. The box of ginger dropped into the pan of, undivided pumpkin; -the- cinnamon followed suit, and, all in a tremor of embarrassment, the selLcrtnstitutcd kitchenmaid sought in desperation for some way of escape. At that moment she would have gone straight back to New York city without changing her dress; but it could not be done. She could not get out to the highway without being seen from the adjoining apartment; nor could “sJieget up stairs without passing through it. She was literally cornered. “Yes,” came from the next room in that familiar voice; “I’m here, Aunt Nancy, andyouought to feel considerably flattered, for, I tell you, I was sorely tempted to remain in the cisy.” “Hum!” said Uncle Hiram, reflectively. “I hope you ain’t got no sweetheart?” The other laughed—a hearty, magnetic augh it was.

“ Why, Uncle Hiram, when I was here before, you wouldn’t be satisfied because I hadn’tsuch a possession. You talked matrimony from morning till night. What has changed you?” - • “Oh!” said the old man, lowering .bis, voice to an appaliug whisper, plainly perceptible to the blushing listener, “ I’m of the same mind now; but I don't, want yon to take up with anybody, and we’ve got the nicest little woman here visit - ing ” “Oh!” interrupted the other. “So you propose turning match maker; but it’s no . use, Uncle Hiram. I haven’t exactly a sweetheart; but I know a young lady j whom I should very much like to see in that role, and if I can’t get her, I won’t have anybody.” “Whocanshe. be?” wondered poor ; half-conscious Maud, while the old, farm-' 1 er sighed his disappointment, and then asked with some interest: “Is she a city , girl ?” .' “Oh, yes!” returned the other. “But don’t let that prejudice you against her, Uncle Hiram. She’s not a bit vain or affected, and I want you to be real good friends if—pshaw! I am talking at random. My partner, John Marvin—you’ve seen him, uncle —is following her up at a 1 great rate, and if he don’t marry her, it will be the first time be ever tried for anything and didn’t succeed; so, you see, there’s no great cause for worry;” and with half a smile, half a sigh, the handsome fellow Walked to the window, and looked out. “ Lor’ bless me!” said Aunt Nancy, “something’s burning. I bet Maud there has forgotten them pies I left ip the oven;” 5 and open flew-the doors bet ween the two rooms, and, all of a flurry, the old woman approached the corner where poor, happy, embarrassed Maud hadshrunk away out of sight. “Why, what’s the matter, chi.d?” with-a curious look at the scarlet, quivering face. “Come into the sittingroom, an’be introduced to my nephew-.” Then the young girl hesitated: “Lor’ child, you needn’t care for what you’ve got on. You look enuff sight prettier than when you’re (milled up;” but as she still held aloof, the old lady hikon another tack: “Hugh! Hugh!” she called; “ come out here.” And Hugh came, “I want to make you acquainted with ” and heye she stopped in amazement; for, Without waiting farther words, Hugh had approached her visitor, and tak?n both hands with — “Maud Avery, what are you doing here?” “-Cooking," was the quiet reply, for the young lady’s composure had somewhat returned. “I should think so!" with a very comical look at the burnt pies Aunt Nancy, with many a groan, was removing from the oven. “But what “in the world brought you down here?” He was still holding 1 her hands, while the old pair looked on delighted. She pulled them away, and said in considers-. ble confusion: “I didn’t know you were—the nephew.” He gave her one bright, flashing look, and then turned away; but in that glance both felt themselves understood.* Later in the afternoon, with the cooking done, and everything in readiness for the morrow, as Maud stood by the window, thinking on the strange fate which should 'have brought them together down there, he approached. “Maud, I felt terribly ,at having to decline your mother’s invitatidn; but I should have felt worse if I had ; accepted, and you been absent. But' how came Mrs. Avery to consent to.your absence at such a time?” This was a delicate subject for poor Maud; and she stammered very confusedly, as she replied: “Well—you know—well, I-didn’t want to see the tiresome pokes, and I told mamma I’dhnub them all if she made me stay.” >'"( ! “Pleasant prospect for me if I’d gone. Very complimentary, as it is,” said he, gravely, although if she had looked up, she. would have seen a light in his eyes which contradicted the soberness of his speech. “Oh! but,” she began, anxious to exonerate herself, “you know you were not - to be there.” «? " “Ah!” with perfect seriousness. “So you didn’t decide on this visit until the reception of my regret —is that it ?” Maud felt herself entrapped, and the rosebud mputff quivered -suspiciously, as, drawing her close to his heart, he whispered: - “ Little girl, you are caught; that was what I’ve been tryingalldayto discover.’,

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Eating Frogs.

It seems odd that people who relish the meat of the lobster, a creature that lives on dead and refuse matter, should retuse to eat frogs, whose food is more cleanly—and taken, too, in surprising quantities. The characteristic of all species of the frog is voracity; they eat flies, insects, worms and even smaller frogs; but, singular to relate, they do not "touch these unlcss-they are alive and in motion. Prof. Doremus used to relate an anecdote about some frogs he was keeping in a box for experimental purposes, which shows their voracious propensities There were about a dozen of the frogs, and among the number were two unusually large ones. He had kept them for several weeks, but the attendants had neglected to feed them for a number of days, and upon going to the box he was astonished to find only one frog left, which was.dead and greatly’ swollen. Upon a closer inspection, he found that the two large' frogs had eaten all the smaller ones, and when they equid obtain no more food the larger of these two had swallowed the smaller, but had died in the eflort. Of the dozen or more varieties common to this country and Europe, only two or three are considered bdible, and used as food by man. The celebrated edible frog, or green frog of Europe, which the naturalists call rana esculenlar is the" greatest favorite and the most sought after in the European countries. In the United States, the species called -bMll-frdge, or shad frogs, are about the only kinds that are used for culinary purposes. The European edible- frog is of a bright green color above, with black spots, three yellow stripes along the back and of. a yellowish color underneath. Our bull-frog is familiar to every body, and somewhat resembles the common European frog. In many of the large European cities it is a common thing to see the women fishmongers with a barrel or tub on each side of them—one containing the live, frogs, and the other to hold the portions that are unfit to be eaten. When a purchaser buys the frogs, the fishmonger plunges her hand in the barrel holding the frogs, pulls out. alfrqg by its hind l e £ s > places it on the edge of the other barrel, and, with a dextrous strokeqf the knife, severs the hind legs from the rest of the body, which falls into the barrel. The legs are then skinned carefully, and are ready for cooking. The operation is repeated until the order is filled.' , Pj. Livingstone sppeaks of a-large called the of which hj» children partook with eagerness arid delight. After s thunder shower the pools of the African desert are alive with them, and the natives believe that they are bqrn of the! thunder-cloud, Arid descend to the earth with the rain.;

” • , 1 ’.T./ J” The natives eat them constantly, and also the common toad, which is conas unfit to be eatem — N. Y. Times.

How He Handled the Flail.

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Medical Blunders.

From the period when surgeons applied their salves to weapons instead of wounds to the present wideawake age, the,medical, profession has often unwittingly taken side with Disease in its conflicts with the bunun system. Even yet, in spite of the teachings of centuries of experience, some physicians believfe in depicting their patients, already seriously exhausted by sickness, with powerful evacuauts, cmeties and salivanth, cantliarldal plasters, or the lancet. But, providentially, public intelligence Is ahead of these medical fossils, who belong, of right, to the era of the Crusades! That powerful-ally of nature in its warfare with the"caSses^Ysickness, Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters has opened the eyes of the masses to the paramount importance of Increasing the vital strength of the body when menaced by disease. They understand that.when the atmospuerlcconditions are gdverse to health—as for in damp chilly, or severely cold weather-Mtis wise tO-xciuforce tlie-Rytttcm with a wholesome ionic and stimulant, and thus enable it to combat and repel the depressing influence of an Inclement temperature. If the constitutional and animal powers were a! wavs thus recruited in the prescnee of danger the mortality front-consumption,bron-chroaic rheumatism, etc., would be much less than it now is The causes which produce croups,colds, quinsy, diphtheria and catarrh seldom affect a>trong and active vital system ; and of all vitalizing preparations Hostetter’s Bitters has proved the most efficient. It is not claimed that this standard tonic is a specificfor lung and ’throat as It is for dys|iepsia,_ live'r.complaint and intermittents, but it is unhesitatingly asserted that it is the best-known safeguard against all the atmospheric elements of disease.

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Editor ».JournalAt last the “epizootic” has your city. As we in thiS' Clty (Cincinnati) have suffered -all its Inconvenience and distress, we can impart to you information that Will be of value to your people and horse men: ■ 'r ~ The disease Irt&jre assumed many forms, and as to its treatment nearly all doctors differed, but our beat veterinarians think little medicine is required in light attacks, except good nursing and keeping warm. Our celebrated Dh Bowler, the Veterinarian Surgeon of this city, says fhc disease Is “ typhoid in its character,” therefore nothing should be given the sick horse to weaken or debilitate the patient, “but for those which have It In a more violent, form stimulants and tonics are tint only treatment which can be at any benefit.” Now, on these suggestions, we have carried through fourteen horses all were sick, but hardly one off from duty over a week. Some of them were very'sick. We looked upon the sick horse as wc would on the sick man, and we treated him with similar remedies. Knowing the value as an expectorant remedy of Alien’s Lung Balsam, wc gave them a large spoonful three times a day. While that is tlinulant, it cases their cough, and helps them to throw off the'mucous. Wc bathed their necks with Davis’ PainKiller—a better liniment for that purpose we hard not seen used—and in bad cases we gave the PainKiller as a drench, one half ounce Pain-Killer, six ounces warm water, two ounces molasses, well shaken. A better stimulus than this cannot be given. It is quieting and healing to thd bronchial tubes, ind will warm the patient when little else will. We would urge the livery stable proprietors, or anyone else who has occasion to give this a trial. Keep the horse dry and warm. Gentle exercise in the sun is beneflcial. —OnttWiio Knows. - - From St. The above-named valuable remedies can be found at any Drag or Medicine Store.

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41111 JJ : i IIM iilb Vinegar Blttfcra are hot a vile Fancy Drink, made of Poor Rum, XVhiskcy, Proof Spirits and Refusq Liquors, doclored, spicad, ami Sweetened to please the; taste, called “ Tonics,” “ Appetizers,” “ Restorers,” &c., that lead4he tippler on to drunkenness and ruin,, but are a true Medicine, made from the native roots and herbsof California,ffeefrbm altAlCbholicStimulants. They are the Great Blood Purifier and a Life-giving Principle, a Perfect Renovator and Invigorator of tlie System, carrying off all poisonous matter and restoring th? blood to a healthy condition, enriching it, refreshing ai I invigorating both mind and body. They are easy of adinimsHation, prompt in their action, certain in their Jesuits, safe and reliable in all forms of disease. No Person can take these Bitters according to directions, and remain long unwell, provided their bones are not destroyed by mineral poison or othei means, and the vital organs, wasted beyond the point of repair. Dyspepsia or Indigestion, Herdach?, Pain in the Shoulders, Coughs, Tightness of the-Che:.t, Dizziness, Sour Eructations of the Stomach, Bad Taste -in vlte-Mouth, Bihotis Atracks, Palpitation of rhe H ‘art, Inflammation of the Lungs, Pain in the fegions of the Kidneys, and a hundred other painful symptoms, are the oilsprings of Dyspepsia. In these complaints it lias no equal, and one bottle will prove a better guarantee of its merits than a lengthy advertisement. Far Female Complaints, in young or old, nn’iicd or single, at the dawn of womanhood, or the t: 1 of life, these Tonic Bitters display so decided an ii uence that a marked improvement is soon percepts i •- . l or Inflammatory and Chronic Rheu*-ma-lHtn and Gout, Dyspepsia or Indigestion, Bilious, Rem,stent and Intermittent Fevers Diseases of-the Blood, Liver, Kidneys and Bladder, these* Bitters have b-en most successful. Such Diseases are caused by Vitiated Blood, which is generally produced by derangement of the Digestive Organs. They are a Gentle ..Purgative ns well as a Tonic, possessing also the peculiar merit of acting as a powerful agent in relieving Congestion or lnflammation of the Live r and YisseraL.O and .in. Bilious Diseases. . For "Stein Diseases, “EriipHons, Tetter, Sa!t- • Rheum, BlotclresySpots, Pimples, Pustules, Boils, Carbuncles, Ring-worms, 'Scatd-Head,’ S<ne Eyes, ~Erysipelafc, Itch, Scupfsj Discolorations of the Skin, Humors and Diseases of the Skin; of whatever name or nature, are literally dug up and carried out of the system in a short time by the use of these Bitters. One bottle in such cases will convince the most incredulous of their curative Cleanse the Vitiated Blood whenever you find its impurities bursting through-the skin in Pimples, Eruptions, or Sores; cleanse it whetT you liikl jPobstructed and sluggish in the veins ; cleanse it w’icn it is foul; your feelings will tell you when. Keep the blood pure, and the health of the system will follow. Grateful thoiiftiinds proclaim Vinegar Bitters the most wonderful Invigorant that ever sustained the sinking system. Pin, Tape, and other Worms, lurking in the system of so many thousands, are effectually destroyed and removed Says a. distinguished physiolearth whose body is exempt from the preseb.ee of vvo'rms. It. is not upon the healthy ereinents of the body that worms exist, but upon the diseaseci humors and slimy deposits that breed these living monsters of disease. No system of Medicine, no vermifuges, no antlwiminitics, will free the system from worms like these Bitters. Mechanical Diseases. 'Persons engaged in Paints and Minerals, such as Plumbers, Type-setters, uJ®ld-beaters, and Miners, as they advance’ in life, will be_«ubject to par-alvsrs of the Bowels. I'o guard against take a dose of VVai.keils Vinegar Bitters once or twice a week, as a Preventive. Bilious, Itemittgnt, and Intermittent Fevers, which are so prevalent in the valleys of our great rivers throughout th-‘ Unitfl Suit'-, c- ’> J u’v those of the Mississippi, Ohio, Mnsouri,.lllinois, Teri* nessee, Cumberland, Arkansas, Red, Colorado, B’.izos, Rio Grande, I’earlpAlabama, Mobile. Savannah. L*o.inake, James, and many others, with their v.i t tr ;taries, throughout our entire country (.hiring the Suawner and Autumn, and remarkably so during seasons of unusual heat and dryness, are invariably accompanied by extensive derangements of the stpmacli and liver, and other abdominal viscera. There are always more or less obstructions of the liver, a weakness and irritable state of the stomach, and great toßpor of the bowels,ifecing clogged up with vitiated accumulations. In their tic.itment, a purgative, exerting a powerful influcr.ee upon , these various organs, is.essentially.necessary. There is no cathartic for. the purpose equal to Dr. J. \Valiker’s_ Vinegar Bitters, as tlicv will s;>ee<dily remove the dark-colored viscid matter with which the b.weh. are loaded, at the same time stimulating the secretil-ns of . the liver, and generally restoring the . healthy funenons of the digestive organs. Scrofula, or ££iiig'fl Fvil, White Swellings, Ulcers, Erysipelas, Swelled Neck, Gaiter, Sc:ofulous Inflaminatipns, Indolent Inflammations, Mercurial Affections, Old SorespEmptions of the Sktu, S<»te Eves, etc., etc. In these, as in all other constitutional Diseases, Walker’s Vinegar Bitters have shown their great curative powers in the most obstinate and intractable cases. Dr* Walker’s California Vinegar I?Uters act on all these cases in a . imilai manner.' By purifying the Blood they remove the cause, and by resolving away 1 the effects of the inflammation (Ui&rtubeFcnlar deposits) the affected'parts receive health, and a permanent cure is effected. The propertiesi of Dr. Walker's Vinegar Fitters are Aperient, Diaphoretic and Carminative, Nutritious, Laxative, Diuretic, Sedative, Couhtef-Irri-drint, Sudorific, Alterative, and Anti-Bi I ions. - The Aperient and mild Laxative pnoperties of Dr. Walker’s - Vinegar Bittews are the best safeguard in all cases of erupt ions.. And malignan* fevers, their ualsaimic, htfalingj and soothing properties protect the humors of the sauces. Their Sedative p overties allaj’ pain in the nervous system, stomach, and bowels, either from inflammation, wind,"“colic,' cramps, etc. Their Counter-Irritant influence extends throughout ,the system. Their Diuretic properties, act on the Kidneys, correcting and le.-ulating the fb'w <>l urine. Their Anti-Bi.libnKpropertics stimulate tfi.c liver, in the secretion of bile, and its discharges through the Liiiary ducts, and are superior to, all remedial, agents, for the cure of Bilious Fever, Fever and Ague* etc. » . _ J Fortify the lmdy against disease by purifying all its fluids with Vinegar BiTTiHis. No epidemic can take hold of a system thus forearmed. The liver, the stomach, the bowels, the kidneys, and the nerves are renderetHdisease-prooP by this greatHnvig* orant. Directions. — Take of the Bitters on going tp bed ai night from a half to one and one-half .wmogFassfulL. Eat good nourishing food, such’as Ixiet’steak, mutton chop, tenison, roast beef, and vegetables, a.nd_j&ke, out-door exercise. They are composed of purely vegetable ingredients, and contain no spirit. J.WALKER, Prop’r. ft. 11. McI)ONALD<fc Druggists and Gen. Agts.. 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