Rensselaer Union, Volume 10, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 February 1878 — Mt. Vesuvius. [ARTICLE]

Mt. Vesuvius.

Should an eruption occur in this volcano, and cause the destruction of one-half of the inhabitants who live in the vicinity, the remainder, who barelv escape with their lives, immediately move back upon the half-cooled lava, and tnere live 'in constant fear of another eruption, foolishly fancying that the only tenantable portion of the earth rests within the shadow of the great volcano. This fairly illustrates the force of habit, and the persistency with which people cling to opinions when once formed. For example. Dr. Piewe’s Gold-, en Medical Discovery cure* incipient consumption, coughs, colds, and all affections of .the liver and blood, yet some still depend upon physicians and remedies that have naught but repeated failures to which thejr can refer. And although Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription is sold under a positive guarantee to cure those weaknesses peculiar to women, and notwithstanding that thousands of women bear testimony to its efficacy, and-the truth of all statements made concerning it, many yet submit to tlie use of caustic ana the knife. Again, Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Purgative Pellets, no larger than mustard seeds, will positively cure constipation, where it is dependent uporf dyspepsia or torpid liver; yet some still depend for relief upon the “blue pill” or huge doses of (Im-ttc cathartic, medicine. In the face of such facts, can we wonder at the blindness of the poor Italians} *

9 - V Wisww Consumption.—For the cure of till* llstrcisInR disease there bu been no medicine yet discovered thut e*n show more evidence of reel merit than Alien'd Lung Balaam. This nnequaled expectorant for curing consumption, and all dlseusos leading to it, such as a (Teel lons of the throat, lungs, nml nil diseases of the pulmonary organs, is Introduced to the suffu Ing public after Its merits for the cure of such diseases have hoen fully tested by the medical faculty. The Bhlsumi Is, consequently, recommended by physicians who liuve become acquainted with its great success.