Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 19, Number 26, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 22 December 1888 — Page 2
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A PAPER FOR THE PEOPLE.
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II1LLSF0RDS HERMIT.
A CHRISTMAS STORY, NOT ASTER THI REGULATION PATTERN.
l**JLL8FORD is a pretty little viUago'on a river as puro as truth, In the heart ofMlic
Irmjuismw valley, with mountains walling it in north and south. At the time
I write of it liad all tho requisites of a thriving town, including a population which dripped with self satisfaction. This very comfortable commodity was BO donso and universal that it fairly covcml tho place like a fog.
H111*ford's most remarkable citizcn was a hermit, an unkempt and occcntric individual, who lived in a cabin high up on tho North mountain, and waa known as "Old Woavcr." In winter, when the foliage waa loss abundant, hia, Rmall dwelling could bo scon from tho village, a littlo speck of crude architecture, tho smoko from which curled sometimes into the very sky. It was pointed out to viaitora, who were told, without loss of time, of tho hermit, his civilization defyhabks and unspeakable appearanco. it it was difficult to exhibit the man himself. Ho camo down to tho villago at infrequent intervals and then tarried only long enough to procure some simple necessities and dc]arted without holding speech with auy one. Tho townspeople hail tried to break into tho privacy of hia homo without avail. They had 4eoti repulsed with looks and gestures which inspired fear and helped to confirm tho opinion that "Old Weaver was crazj and had better IH let alone."
And surely no man in bis right mind could live tho life ho lived. His hair and whiskers showed no respect for tho prevailing fashion in liirsuto trimming, and his clothes wore a slap at all decent garmonCt*. lo rarely spoke at all. but When ho did his words were briefness itself.
In summer thev who went noar his cabin sometimes round lum sitting outaide muling tho Bible, an occupation from which they could not easily divert him.
This caused some to decide that he was religious crank," and helwsd to dissipate tho theory tiiat ho committed some terrible crime, lsford was full of wonder about the hermit's past life and antecedents, but as there was absolutely no way of finding out it was obliged to remain in cruel ignorance. All it knew about him waa that several years before the time I apeak of he had arrived in tho villages purchased a piece of land on the top of tho mountain, roared a cabin and begun a life of solitude perfectly incomiirehensible to the people «f tho valiev.
At last they mostly settled down to Hie belief that "Old Weaver had been crowed in love." Everybody knew thai love, if it did not run stnoothly, could upset people completely. This gave him exceptional I rest in the eyes of the rottag and ^.timmtal, although the toostImaginative among them could not picture him as having ever been a pergmfige capable of inspiring the divipe h-.- .wy.
NVwr were they fully aesnsible of his value as a romantic figure until after bo had been "written up* for a New York Journal. A newspaper correspondent* e-t hia rammer vacation, wandered Into sford. and, of course, soon heard about the hermit, since he was all there waa outride of the unintenwtin theplae& a esp«nouta and a half of eolid nonpareil, mostly tinged with sentiment. about t1 tfcma recluse.
This had a good remit. It dig led the old *n minds of the Mkurltent. from the raait of a antcyi old mountaineer (o an wwntite hen eisctni ^inaiy sentimental pom. ..
ehind a.
It waao^ that Weavw would be found im froaen to death «dw time. Hk every winusr there
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talk oi
"Jaofclngi im.* by those In authority, buttt „._.J In talk, as he waa not
aocaatly the kind at man to dictate to.1 Iowa.
In the vernacular of Simpson's grocery, he waa "a hard one to tackle." In the beginning of the hermit's last winter on the mountain some hunters, driven by oold to his cabin, entered anci found him moaning on his rude coach. They spread the news in Milford, and "th" authorities** conferred together and dec that it was time to act. But what should they do with him? Nobody could go up to (lis lodgejon the mountain to take care of him his wretched dwelling contained no comforts. And nobody wanted to take him into his home. There was the county house, where all paupers were sent, but that was near the county seat, seven miles away.
They who were most outspoken in the matter of having him "looked after" and who owned the largest and most com fortable houses, "hemmed and hawed' when it came to a question of taking him in. Some one, in a moment of humane feeling, suggested that the seven miles* journey to the poor house might prove dangerous to the sick man, and might even throw serious blame on those who became responsible for it.
However, after much thought and more talk had been put upon the subject, tho poorhouse Saction prevailed, and the fiat went forth that Ola Weaver must be taken charge of by the county, willing or unwilling.
The expedition set forth the next morning. It was principally composed of ''the authorities." otherwise hard headed and dictatorial personages, with that degree of heartlessness peculiar to the class known as "prominent citizens." A heavy snow lay upon the ground, and the mountain roads were unbroken. A big sled, generously supplied with straw and lunch baskets, was made ready.
Tho departure of this hermit capturing expedition was an event. The postoffice loafers gazed upon tho imposing spectacle with envy in their hearts, though they cheered the noble philanthropists roundly. The people at the corner drug store were all outside waving their hats and making other demonstrations of good will and interest. Tho yarn spinners at Simpson's grocery held their tobacco firmly between tlieir teeth and their liands in their trousers' pockets as the sled went by. This was their manner of expressing a very warm interest. Women watched from doors, windows and porches, as women always do, and a swarm of enthusiastic small boys hung on to the sled until driven back when half a mile out of town.
The philanthropists reached Weaver's thin late in the day, after digging their i* through great snowdrifts. All this h'7»ir exertion made them feel more imviit in spirit than ever. The very mat. rap on tno hermit's door liad the sound or authority in it, delivered as it was by tho formidable fist of the town marshal, backed by the approbation of tho other prominent citizens who accompanied him.
Thero was no response. The expression of decision on tho marslial's fnco deepened as he began to beat upon tho door with both fists and kick it with tho thick soles of his tremendous boota
Still there was no answer. While thoy wore parleying about whether it was time to use tho ax or not tho closed shutter of tho hermit's singlo window opened, revealing his haggard face, in winch blazed a pair of eyes whoso wrathful lightning fairly annihilated the prominent citizens. "What do you want?" he asked, after a moment of discomfiting silence, as they Btoofl, wordless, under the spell of his un8|4pten anger. "We heard you were, sick," said the marshal. "Well?" "Wo knew you would need help," said the justice of'tho peace, "and so came to try to do something for you." "\vou havo put yourselves to unnecessary trouble. I want nothing." "But our duty aa citizens will not allow us to let a fellow being suffer," suid Deacon White. "Your first duty is to mind your own business," said tho hermit. "Hero fa Dr. 'Horsefly, who will help vou right off, if you will let U3 in," said Mr. Smollett, also a prominent citizen. Tho doctor stood silent, medicipo case in hand, the rigidity of tho regular's code preventing his doing any trumpeting on his own account. "When I am weary of lifo I shall send for Dr. Horsefly. Until then he must excuse mo," returned tho hermit, with something like merriment dancing in his wild eyes.
The doctor colored under tliis deadly insult, feeling it the more beeauso tho earth waa yet fresh over his two last patients. Tnis offensive defiance of their authority was the tacitly understood signal for a concerted rally of tho rescuers. Instinctively they drew nearer together, and one said:
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"Come, come, Weaver, this no way to da. We are her* in tho friendliest spirit, and are sinoerely anxious to hare you taken care of. You area sach man. You ought not to be alone a* you are."
Well, what do you propose to do with me?" "Why, why—take yon where you will bo properly eared for, of course," answered Justice McCracken. "Now, that is kind, I admit," Mid the herir". and he koV~* r*t then with a •traiv amused ex. in his eyes. Believing that they were gaining ground, thev grew boiJr. "Ye*, wow !i lo be kind. We cant let yon perish up here, yoo know." where do you propose to take
"Hem, h'm: why, you sotvWeaver— see Hilkford has ao hospital— i— "But you have fixed upon some ptae* for me, I presume?* questioned the herin the too* of one about to aur-
"Ah, that's tho county seat, isn't it?* "Yes." "And the county house is near there, it 1 1 "Yea.* 4 l! "Well, that's a good enough place for aav one who wants to go there. I don't. Now it is time for you to leave," and he «h«t the window. ^0
The besiegers conferred together and again began to beat upon the door. Feeling more courageous when Weaver's wild eyes were not on them they called to him' that he must consent to go with them, or they would take him by force.
The window opened once more and revealed the gaunt form of the hermit grasping a shotgun. Instinctively the attacking party fell back a few paces.
The hermit spoke: "I will blow the head off any man who again lays a hand upon my door. I am in my own house, on my own ground, and there is not law enough in tne republic to permit you to enter and lay a liand on a man who is neither criminal nor pauper. Had you come here proffering private"" charity I should haTe resented it, but I uld have respected you. As it is I will kill you like dogs if you trouble me a moment more. And he pointed the gun at them in a way that was convincing.
Grainblinglv they moved away. "He's rijjht," said the justice, who had a mortal fear of firearms: "he's not a pauper. He owns this ground and lie own» the liouse. If he won't come with us wilwe shall have to let him alone." e's as crazy as a kite," piped up two or three others, anxious to cover up their chagrin. "He ought to be confined as a dangerous lunatic," said the doctor, in whose bosom still rankled Weaver's poisoned arrow.
They reached Hillsford in a crestfallen frame*of mind, all agreeing that the liejrmit might die a dozen times over before they would "put themselves out" to do anything for nim again.
Two weeks later, when the weather was bitter cold. Iiobby Hart, a sturdv mothers rushed into his one afternoon, bursting
13-year-old, sitting room with news. panted.
I
Old Weaver's in town," he
His mother looked up from her sewing machine with interest. Like overybody else in Hillsford she knew the history of the fruitless siege of the hermit's cabin. "Yes, he's here awful sick, too out of his head, and is lying on the floor in the back part of Hunt's grocery. They're oin' to send him to tlie poorhouse at ohnstown." "Not in thiB terrible weather," sai^ Mrs. Hart, looking alarmed.
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nn another. "We
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thought we would sake you to Jokw*
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"Yes right off. There's no place here for him, they say." No place for a poor old sick man in all Hillsford? We are not so bad as that, Robby, I am sure."
Oh, but I heard Judge Markle ana Deacon White and all of them say so. It's settled."
"I WILL KILL YOU LIKE DOOS." Perhaps not," said Mrs. Hart as she began to put on her bonnet and cloak. She was, perhaps, tho poorest person of refinement and education in tho town and the meet benevolent. She was a widow, whose only dower were a boy of 12 and a girl of I) years. By sewine almost niglii and day she managed to keep tho wolf out of sight.
Accompanied by Robby she went over to Hunt's to seo tho hermit, and at once knew that he was sick unto death. As the sled which was to transport him te Johnstown drew up at the door Mrs. Hart touched the arm'of Judge Russell, who seemed to be clothed with more authoritv just then than any of tho other "promihent citizens" who hovered about, and said: "I will take care of Weaver if you will send him to my house. He is a very sick man, already "greatly exhausted by his journey down the mountain. The drive to Johnstown might kill him." "Really, Mrs. Hart, you're alwavB doing too much for others. Young Dr. Clay was in here a bit ago, and he said the old fellow oughtn't to be moved so far. But you'd better think twice before you take him. He'll be an awful charge."
that," she answered "but I
will take him and do the best I can for him." So the hermit was put upon the sled and delivered at Mr. Hart like a bale of merchandise. The widow's unselfishness kindled a temporary flazne at the same nature In other breasts, and for the moment volunteer help was plenty. She took advantage of some of this to get her patient bathed and barbered and put to bed in a comfortahle, Christian way.
Then began for her weeks of care, work and anxiety. Hie sewing machine Was silent, with the'unpleasant conseof low finances. Contribution to comfort of the sick man fell away as time passed and the affair became an old story. Young Dr. Clay alooe remained faithful. The donations of other* had dwindled down to advioe. All in all Mrs. Hart had "a hard pull of it."
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RUDE OCHSTCH.
At last the hermit became convalescent. Finding himself in a home where refinement and kindness prevailed, he
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urally as if he nad been accustomed to civilization all his life. & talked genially and charmingly, and
eeemed
He ww ouite well now. but he showed no disposition to return to his smai-aBrr-s«e hie, ao far as any ana outaide at Mrs. Harfs home knew. rfcllrflUM m* gnk. lord was busy buying its preasnii and op feativttisa. At Mrs. Harts were on a aoala ao
Christmas the town
days
had something new to talk about. A middle aged gentleman and lady of the upper class, apparently, arrived at the Hillsford hotel and asked for Weaver While they rested and dined they were regaled with the story of the hermit's queer doings, the ineffectual attempt to send him to the poorhouse, the widow Hart's interference and everything. Then they were piloted to the Hart door, and for "two days afterward, although the town was almost eaten up by curiosity, it could find out nothing at all about them.
It got the whole stoiy on Christmas from The Weekly Chronicle.
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THEIR CHRISTMAS GIFT.
Our r~clers will be surprised and gratified to learn tbat Mrs. Caroline Hart was married night before lact to Mr. Vincent H. Weaver, of New York. The ceremony took place at tho bride's home at 8 o'clock. The groom's Bister, Mrs. C. P. Btevenson, and her husband, also of New York, and two or three of the bride's closest friends wero the only guests.
Mrs. Hart, now Mrs. Weaver, as everybody knows, is one of the most highly respected ladies of Hillsford. Although far from rich, she has been philanthropic to an extraordinary degree.
Every one knows how Weaver, the hermit, fell sick ono day early in the winter when he came into town to buy some supplies, and Mrs. Hart had him removed to her cottage to prevent his being taken to the county house at Johnstown. 12ut not until recently did any one know that Herman Weaver tho hermit, and Vincent H. Weaver the celebrated author were ono and tho same.
It has been generally believed that our hermit had been the victim of some cruelty at Cupid's hands, and for this reason had deserted the society of his fellow men. Wo learn from good authority that this diagnosis was incorrect. He lived in his mountain cabin because he could there devote himself to the work of writing his books without the risk of being lured away by any of the thousand diversions which tempt him from his toil in the city. His character of semi-savago was assumed to protect him from intruders.
Mr. Weaver really did not live in his mountain lodge half the timo he was supposed to. Often, for months together, bo would be absent, mixing with the wits and litterateurs of tho metropolis. 'He has even been several times to Europe, while the people of Hillsford supposed him to be within his solitary cabin.
Eccentric he is, to be sure. For instance, we have been told tbat before he spoke of marriage to Mrs. Hart bo put $30,000 in her name In a substantial New York bank and settled a handsome son upon each of her two children. He wished bo main her independent before (he question of marriage was discussed, and ho considered her entitled to all he could do for her for having taken to her home, thereby saving his life when he ins at death's door.'
This is a truo lovo match, witBout doabt. Their t&ristmas gift is tho very best in Santa Glaus' pack. It is labeled "Love," and comprehends the better part of earth and a portion of heaven.
Mr. Weaver mado final trip to his cabin on the mountain the other day, and wrote across its door in big letters, "It is uot good for man to bo alone." Mr. and Mrs. Weaver will build a splendid bouse here for their summer home, but will spend their winters in New York. Thoy left yesterday to finish the season thero. We wish them every happiness under tho sun.
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This startling pieco of news causea many an eyo to protrudo when it was read. "I always thought that Mrs. Hart was a designing thing. Sly, oh, so sly. I'll warrant she Knew that Weaver waaa rich wuin or she never would have taken him in." said a woman who, only a month before, had expressed the fear tliat the widow "would have old Weaver on her hands for life."
GKBTRTTDS GARMSOIT.
Seizing Christmas Chance.
Do you blame him?
The mince pie was a Christmas favorite in the time of the poet Herriek, who wrote of it:
Tbe while the meat is o-sliseddi&g For the rare mince pie, And tbe plana stand hjr To IB tbe paste that's nislfhrg
TIm Day N store
poe-
1 of as much information aa any of the world, dad in fate right mind and conventional clothes, be tost his chaaacter of hermit entirely. Many of the signs of age. too, had disappeared under the good offices of the tailor and the barber. He did not look a day over 43.
Fat Turkey—I've been living high lately. Wonder what's the matter. What is this Christmasi twain— any-
IVxrkey (who has eonsamctfaB}—
Ton will know Ufcw night ta, tal
CHRISTMAS DINNER.
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Suggestions Concerning the
Observance of This Annual Festival. Now good digestion wait on appetite, And health on both!* ]j No other festival is so universally celebrated throughout Christendom as is Christmas, and no festival carries with it quite such a spirit of joyousness apart from its own inherent reasons for joyousness. Century after century poetry and art have been adding to the associations of the Christ child's day new and beautiful conceptions and associations more than making up for tho gradual dropping off of the grosser traditions and delights of the Christmas of our early English ancestors, when "the mightiest ale was broached and the boars head grimly stared" as tho "wassail cup" went round
Hut if there is less "wassail" the annual feast known as the Christmas dinner remains an interesting feature in the of the day's celebration, ere is less novelty in modern Christinas faro-than in r.nv other yearly feast except Thanksgh ig. Tho timo honored mince pio ranks first as standard Christmas der?-rt, although a real English plum pud' i: ag may. take its place, when both are not provided. It is to the Saxons that wo are indebted as the originators of tho fruity mince pie. The Saxon kings and noblee always had a pie upon their Christmas tables, sometimes so large as to iill up the width of the board. Theso were often used as a means of presenting surprises in the way of gifts that were hidden underneath tho crust. To such excess was tho mince pie carried that Cromwell and his followers looked with horror upon it, and the Scotch and English Presbyterians adopted instead what they called plum porridge, and from this plum porridge was gradually evolved the English plum pudding, which today stands' as tho groat rival of the mince pie.
In place of the boar's head and stout sirloin, wo long ago adopted that national bird, the turkey, which in the past few years has given way in some households to the goose.
For the housekeeper it is an agreeable fact that the preparation for the Christmas dinner can be made so long in advance. The apples for the minoo pies, for instance, many early bo selected for peeling, and the fatted heifer killed for suet and meat. This relieves tho preparations that under any circumstances will pile up as tho day approaches.
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lect from tho round three pounds of lv
—it i3 best not to havo it fat—and loii in water enough to cover it. Smoke uablo ingredient to auu
Chop line and mix
with it three pounds of suet, four pounds of apples, four pounds stoned raisins, two pounds of currants, one pound of citron, a quarter of a pound each of lemon and orange peel, tho juice of four oranges and four lemons, four pounds of coffco sugar, two grated nutmegs, a teaspoonful each of ground cloves, allspice, cinnamon, mace, pepper and two tablespoonfuls of salt, cider enough to moisten.
Tho plum pudding may be made ready also in advance and await tho glorious day. Hero is a receipt which cannot bo bettered: Stono a pound of raisins and pour on them a lialr gill of brandy. Lay on them two ounces of citron, and one each of candied orange and lemon peel liccd, the grated juice and rind of ono orange anu ono lemon, four ounces of blanclMKl almonds, a pound of currants,
a pound of suet chopped, a pound of coffee sugar, and. the interior of a baker's loaf crumbed, mix well with grated nutmeg, a little cayenne and a teaspoonful of salt. Pour over a gill of sherry and set away in a cool place. Just before boiling tho pudding add eight eggs and enough sweet cream to moisten it.
This is Miss Corson's receipt, and sho says, "Notf let all the young ladies of the house desccnd and in turn vigorously stir tho fruity compound for good luck." Butter tho water tight pudding mold, dust with flour, and pack tho mdding in, allowing a counlo of inchcs or tho pudding to swell. Boil or steam for ten hours, and do not open tho mold until tho pudding is ready to serve. Just before using boil again for two hours. Just before serving pour over it a glass of brandy or rum, Bet it on fire and send in blazing. Tho sauce is made of equal quantities of butter and sugar flavored with rum or brandy.
There is ono tiling wo havo not all learned, and that is, that heaven has not granted us stomachs according to our wealth. The rich man cannot eat moro than the poor man because he Is rich. For that reason thero is no use of providing a menu so extensive that even a Christmas day appetite cannot compass it. Aa wo love on this day old timea and old friend's turkey, cranberries and chicken salad are not to bo elbowed out of tho way by any new dishes or four and twenty courses. Here is an old fashioned Christmas day dinner.
Oyster Soup.
Roost Turkey. Qy»ter8aaoo. Mashed Potatoes and Turnips. Boiled Onions. Celery. Cranberry Sauce. Pickles.
Boast Spare Hiba. Apple Sauce. Baked Sweet Potatoes. rhun Pudding.
Mince Pica. Pumpkin Pies. Assorted Fruits and Nuts. Confectionery.
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There are few hotuewirm that need any assistance in preparing any of these good things, so comment is restrained. If a more elaborate and modern menu is required we may offer a word. For example, the procomon of tbe feast will be:
Oyster*.
Portage a la retoa
Fried 8meha, Saoee Tartan. BeoOoped Lobster.
Coast Turkey, stuffed wttb Cbartnuts Roast YeoJson, Currant Jelly. oes. Sweet Potatoes. «et Ooro.
Cranberries. Relii
Asparagus. Whit* BUMS Baumm PoodL
Boast Chicken or Duck, wttfc LettuceSalad, Frand) Pressing
FTNN PDMSME.
Mlcce Pie. Kemerodo Podding. Fruit. Xuta Cantatas. Salted Afauooils Roquefort Cbeeaa.
Black OoOaa
Misa CT*on suggests at the Christmas dinner old same of samp dragon. rai iris are laid on a large shallow bowl or A tablespoonful of bhrandy,ak*•: A,or any spirit {spoored Tjverti. tn •. I lighted tne sport is to catch
ra a
from the midst at the
flames wit) burning the fingers. But dent, oh, don't catch your lace raffle* a-dre and end the merry day in
Here is an old Sootch verse concerning CfczitfmAs:
Yule's oone, sod Yole^s Aa' we has fraatrrl smri Ssa lock maun to his flail agsfe
An* Jsoniatokararhaat Borafbrd's Aoid Pboaphate For Abws sf AlMfeoL It relieves the depression therefrom.
A Woman's Disc®Try.
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Th Vrti irf t'nanimouft.
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The Best i*alve tu the world for Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Vl«. —, S«U Rheum, Kever Sores, Tetter, Chapi
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Hands, Chilblains, i\ms, and
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Snmn Foolish People
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She Was Completely Cured A daughter of my customer missed menstruation on arriving at pnbeitv, her health was completely wrecked. At my suggestion she used ono bottle of Braalields Female Regulator, which cured her. .1. W. Hki.U'MS, Water Valley, Miss. 'u:The Krudtield Regulator Co., Att, •?. Sold by J. E. Somes, nth and 112-4w. i-'M sold Ely's Cream Balm about three years, and havo recommonded its uso in more than a hundred special cases of catarrh. The unanimous answer to our inquiries is, "It's the best remedy that 1 have ever used." Our experience is, that where parties continued Its u*o, it never fails tuenre.—J. II. Montgomery it Co., Druggists, Deeorah, Iowa.
I have used Ely's Cream Balm for dry catarrh (to which Eastern persons are subject who come to live hero). It has proved a cure. B. F. M. Weeks, Denver, Col. li'iliw.
OONSUMI'TION itlCI),
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In one store where I went to buy Hood's Sarsaparilla tho clerk tried to Induce mo buy their own Instead of Hood's he told mo their'# would last longer that 1 might take It on ten
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days' trial that If I did not like It I need not pay anything, etc. But ho could not prevail on mo to change. 1 told him I had taken Hood's Sarsaparilla, know what It was, was satisfied with it, and did not want any other. When I began taking Hood's Sarsaparilla I was feeling real miscrahlo with dyspepsia, and so weak that at times I could hardly
Hood's
stand. I looked llko a person In consumption. Hood's Sarsaparilla did rao so much good thai 1 wonder at myself sometimes, and my friends frequently speak of it." Mas. ELLA.
A.
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Terrace Street, Boston.
Sarsaparilla
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IOO Doses One Dollar
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