LIFE AMONG THE SHAKERS
The following account of a Visit to the Shaker Settle-
ment is from Mary F. Carr, of Mount Holly City,
New Jersey.
“Last, but not least, comes up the remembrance of
my visit to the Shaker Settlement. That is a leaf in
memory to which I shall often turn. I have it all be-
fore me now. Its broad acres of rich land; the trees
laden with ripe golden fruit—everything growing in
rich profusion that heart could wish for; the substan-
tial pleasant built houses; the cheerful ways of the
well-ordered families; the great broad-backed, soft-
eyed cows, themselves partaking of the quiet, gentle
ways of their keepers—the rich, pure milk drawn from
theirs udders by the pretty young Shakeresses; the
young brother who passed on before us, showing us
his’stock (and with an air of pride pointing out his
best), with his broad-brimmed hat, fat, rosy cheeks,
and bright black eyes—all these things make a bright
picture that will never fade.
“As I passed from one to another and saw the calm.
happy look on each, I could not but wonder o. ii .. *
inner lives—what of their hopes and fears, etc.
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“As these things crowd my mind the tall, slende"
figure of SISTER SARAH comes up before m
kind, motherly ways gave me the confidence
what I would. She told how, at seven years of t ,
her mother had brought her from the far-off hills of
Vermont, and laid her an offering upon God’s altar,
consecrating her to His service. Fifty years have
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passed since then, and her testimony now is, “I am
happy.” What a lesson for the worldling! I scanned
that placid face; no mark of discontent was there; no
bard drawn lines had settled round any of the features,
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fifty-three years of my life had passed, I should be º
able to bear the same testimony. And then I said to
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her: “Have you never in all these long years longed
for the pleasures of the world?” With an eye beam-
ing with truthfulness and a voice full of sweetness,
she said: ‘Nay, sister, never.” With this testimony I
was led to believe what I had never thought before,
that the Shakers are a happy people. All that I saw
led me to think it. It is surely no convent life with
its rigid laws and penances; no dark vaults or gloomy
cells; no high walls or grated windows. Strong, will-
ing hearts are there, bearing a firm but gentle rule.
A ready obedience from all gives birth to the good
order and happiness that are so plainly visible. As I
passed through the cool, pleasant rooms, seeing the
happy faces and hearing the cheerful voices of old and
young, and seeing the well-filled larders, I thought,
‘O, what a home for the hungry, what a rest for the
weary 1” I know it is very unromantic to talk of being
hungry; but as I am of the earth, earthy, I confess I
was able to do justice to the sweet Graham Bread and
golden butter, the fresh milk, cakes, pies, and fruit
that were set before us. And then there was such a
delicate politeness in the offering of this lunch, almost
making us feel that it was by accident, while we knew
it was placed there especially for us. After feasting
on these good things, we were led back to the recep-
tion room by gentle Sister Sarah. I could not but ex-
press my thankfulness for the kindness she had mani-
fested and the pleasure I had realized, and looking into
her clear, calm eyes, I longed for a place in her
love and memory; and when I asked her to grant me
this boon, bright tears gathered in those soft eyes, and
she bent over and imprinted a fervent kiss on my face.
I shall never forget the pleasure of those sweet lips;
and like the child whom the great Napoleon kissed,
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... must ever keep that spot sacred. I do not know that
it was so, but I shall ever cherish the idea that when
the dewy tears gathered in those soft eyes, and that
warm kiss was given, there went up a prayer for my
eternal welfare. Be that as it may, I shall ever pray
for one who was to me so kind, and I look forward to
the time when I shall rest beside the River of Life and
hold sweet converse with the gentle spirit of Sister
Sarah. MARY FRANCES CARR.”
NEARLY every one has heard something about the
Shakers, but few realize that there are upwards of five
thousand of these God-fearing people in this country,
that have lived among us more than one hundred
years, and have been the most successful communists
in the world. The Shaker community is the only one
that has proved a success. The fact that they have
held together for more than a century, and have
amassed a property worth more than twelve millions
of dollars, is one worthy of an investigation on the
part of students in political economy.
The Shakers claim that the one grand fundamental
cause of this continued success is the religious bond
that holds them together. Of their religious opinions
little is generally known, and a few words of explana-
tion may be of interest. . -
They believe that the second coming of Christ was
made manifest in the person of ANN LEE, their
founder, a little more than one hundred years ago,
when she came to this country from England, and set-
tled in the State of New York, near Albany. The
Shakers believe that the present time is the millennium
of one thousand years, and that a tenth part of it has
already passed. During this period they neither marry
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nor are given in marriage, but they dwell together as
brothers and sisters, living lives of Celibates,
Each member is bound to perform some kind of
honest labor, and to owe no man a dollar. They dwell
together in families of about one hundred each, pre-
sided over by a deacon and a deaconess. Several of
these families usually congregate together and form
communities. In the United States there are eighteen
of these societies, as follows: -
LOCATION OF THE SOCIETIES.
Persons desirous of visiting any of the societies of
Shakers, may beinformed that there are three of them.

in the State of New York, viz:
The first and Sargest at New Lebanon, county of co-
lumbia, 2% milés south of Lebanon Springs. One at .
eS N. W. from t
Watervliet, 7 mil - the City of Albany, in
the same county. One at Groveland, Livingston Coun-
ty, 4 miles S. of Mount Morris. Four in the State of
Massachusetts, viz: One at Hancock, Berkshire Coun-
ty, 5 miles W. of Pittsfield. One at Tyringham, Berk-
shire County, 3 miles S. of South Lee. One at Harvard,
Worcester County, 30 miles N. W. of Boston. One at
in the State of Connecticut, at Enfield, Hartford Coun-
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ty, 4 miles E. of Thompsonville, and 8 miles S. of Spring-
field. Two in the State of New Hampshire, viz: One at
Canterbury, Merrimack County, 12 miles N. by E. of
Concord. Óne at Enfield, Grafton County, 12 miles S. E.
of Dartmouth College. Two in the State of Maine, viz:
One at Alfred, York County, 30 miles S. W. of the City of
Portland. One at New Gloucester, Cumberland County,
25 miles N. W. of Portland. Four in the State of Ohio,
viz: One at Union Village, Warren County,4 miles W.
of Lebanon, and 80 miles N. by E. of Cincinnati. (This
is the first and largest Society in the Western States.)
One at Watervliet, Montgomery County, 6 miles S. E. of
Dayton. One at White Water, Hamilton County, 22miles
N.W. of Cincinnati. One at North Union, Cuyahoga
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County, 8 miles S. E. of Cleveland. Two in the State of
Kentucky, viz: One at Pleasant Hill, Mercer County,
7 miles E. of Harrodsburg. One at South Union, Logan
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These are all the established Societies now existing as
branches of the community, and are easy of access, most
of them being located near to railroad depots. There
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are also individual members in fellowship, who reside
apart from the above-named settlements.
Each one of the Shaker families has a large room or
hall set apart for religious worship, and here they gath-
er together and join in singing songs of praise and ex-
horting one another to be steadfast, and 1ive the Christ.
life they have pledged themselves to follow.
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While singing, they march around the room, keeping
time to the music by a motion of the hands. r
A question often asked is, how can the Shakers kéep
good their number, living, as they do, lives of Celibates? .
they take orpha ldren and bring
them up and educate them; a portion of them on arriv-
ing at the age of maturity become Shakers, and remain
with them; others go out into the world and battle with
life alone. -
To learn about this peculiar secluded people, the
writer was induced to visit the Parent Society at Mount
Lebanon, N. Y. What strikes one most when visiting the
Shakers is the cleanliness of the people—everything is
extremely clean. Industry everywhere prevails. There
re, it ones among them. Everyone performs some
kind of useful labor. -
writer was struck with the excellence of every-
thing they produced. Their butter was of the very best.
Their brooms were prime. The chairs easy, comfortable,
and durable. Their flannels of an extra quality. In-
deed, everything they made was of the very best, and
commanded an extra price when offered for sale. Each
family had some special industry, by means of which a
living was made. - ~
One family made a specialty of medicinal herbs and
plants, and their reputation for this particular branch
had become known throughout the world. Going into
one large building the writer found o O=
men and children putting up medicine, that they said
was being sent to all parts of the world. -
They had agencies in England, Belgium, Germany,
Italy, Spain, Australia, Constantinople, Greece, India,
Africa, and in fact, in all parts of the world. They said
they had shipped enough to London alone within the
last three years, to make the enormous number of 5,000,-
000 bottles. What amazed the writer was that such an
enormous trade could be created for a medicinal prepa-
ration without the usual newspaper puffing and adver-
tising; and what struck him still more forcibly was that
, this vast amount of medicine was for the cure of one sin-
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gle disease—Dyspepsia. The Shakers claim that modern
civilization and modern cooking produced Dyspepsia in
every country and in every climate, That it is not only
a national disease with Americans, but it is a prevailing
disease everywhere. That nearly all our bodily troubles
have their origin in this one cause, viz., Indigestion.
en asked how such an enormous demand could be
created without the usual puffing, they said the remedy
possessed merit, and when once used, the party obtaining
relief recommended it to others, so that its good name
spreadfrom one to another, as news spreads in India.
The writer, fully convinced of the intrinsic value of
this SHAKER ExTRACT or Roots, felt it his duty to make
his views known. It appears that this medicine was of
German origin, and a distinguished New York physician
gives the following account of its e
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Ifirst saw Mrs. Edith Seigel on my visit to her home
in June, 1868. The gentle old lady had just taken off
her spectacles, wiping them with the edge of her apron,
while she was directing her daughter, Agnes to prepare
some jelly for one of the peasants upon her estate, who
hadjust recovered from a dangerous illness.
The old lady loved to do good. She taught her chil-
dren to do good. Every feature of her benevolent and
healthful face was lit up with joy, kindness, and love
when first I beheld her. She had saved the life of one
of her poor tenants, and was now seeking to show
him that her acts of kindness did not stop with his re-
covery. The reader may ask how I came to visit this re-
markable woman. I will relate the circumstance of my
visit in as few words as possible.
• ? THE OBJECT OF THE VISIT.
I had been a practicing physician in the city of New
York for twenty years. With an extensive practice it
was my lot to see very many severe cases; and although
I was presumed to know as much of the science of medi-
cine as any of my profession, still I felt that I lacked
skill topmeet avery large * ot complaints which are
familiar to every practicing physician, especially those
termed Chronic Diseases. The want of this skill to meet
such obstinate cases was felt and confessed by all of my
medical brethren, and in every town in the country are
to-day many living, suffering mples of the ig -
of physicians in curing cases of long standing. . . -
During my practice within the last few years, I fell in
with many Germans who came to this country to make
it their adopted home. From them I learned of Mother
Seigel. They told me she was a woman of most wonder-
ful mental and physical ability; a woman who had dome
more for the well-being of all classes than any one who
had ever lived, and one whose works would live after
her for centuries to come. , . . . . .
Some of these Germans brought with them a number
of packages of what they termed Mother Seigel's Cura-
tive Syrup, and which they claimed was a positive cure
for all diseases arising from impurity of the Blood. Of
course this would include all, diseases, for it is a well-
established fact that all diseases of mankind arise from
one source, namely, IMPURITY or THE BLoop. And this
impurity is caused by Indigestion or Dyspepsia; I, of
course, understood the importance of keeping the va-
rious passages of the body open, for if these become
clogged, the blood becomes thick, diseased and corrupt-
ed. I knew that our health, strength and beauty de-
pend upon the purity and vitality of the blood, and that
all sickness, pains and di s of every *re-re. A
by stagnant humors in the blood, which are not propér-
ly carried off by the bowels, by the urine, and by the
sweat of the body. I knew that nature needed assist-
ance in carrying off these impurities, by opening the
various channels of exit and letting out the foul humors.
I had always in my practice used opening medicines for
the purpose of purifying the blood, but I found many
times that perfect harmony was not produced by the
action of the medicines I used; for instead of keeping
the bowels regular, and the other channels properly
acting, trouble would frequently arise by too frequent
movements" after ** bowels would become gog-
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tive, the skin dry and scurvy, and the water passages
slow to act. - . . . s. - . - - - .
These Germans told me that Mother Seigel's Curative
Syrup left no constipation of the bowels, nor any clog-
ging of the water and sweat' passages after its use, but
kept every avenue of evacuation from the body free and
open. I was, therefore, induced to try some of the “Cura-
tive Syrup,” which these honest laborers had brought
with them, and to my surprise the effect was, indeed,
marvelous. I afterwards submitted some of the Syrup to
some of the more eminent of my medical friends, who
were also equally satisfied with its astonishing healing
and cleansing properties.
The idea, however, of a medical man resorting to the
production or discovery of an old nurse was a little hu-
miliating, but when I came tº consider that the best
remedies now used by the medical profession were the
accidental discoveries of poor ignorant peóple, I felt
that it was my duty as a public benefactor to seek relief
for suffering humanity from any and all sources within
my reach. I was prompted in accepting of the remedy
discovered by Mother Seigel by some eminent medical
men, who suggested that the Buchu was the discovery
of the ignorant Hottentots, who employed it in various
diseases to which the inhabitants of Southern Africa are
subject, - i - -
The Cinchona, or Peruvian Bark, was accidentally dis-
covered by a Jesuit of Peru, who used it upon the wife
of the Conde de Chincon, at that time Viceroy of Peru,
who was cured by it of a malignant fever. The Jesuits
kept the discovery to themselves for a long time, but
the fame of the bark as a febrifuge gradually spread,
until now it is universally used, and the name of
“Jesuit's Bark” still clings from the facts connected
with its origin. 'The medical profession opposed the
use of the Peruvian “Jesuit's Bark” for a long time;
but in 1659 Sturm, of Antwerp, and Bado of Genoa, ad-
vocated its employment, and wrote so highly in praise
of its virtues, that the French Government sent out an
expedition in 1843, under M. Weddell, to investigate its
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medical properties, since which time it has been ex-
tensively and successfully used, and acres upon acres
of land are now planted with it for export. In fact,
nearly all of the best medicines which are to-day used
ere discovered by accident, and nearly all by the poor
and umenlightened classes. . -
After fülly testing the virtues of this wonderful
“Curative Syrup,” I was prompted to sail for Germany,
and learn from Old Mother Seigel herself the composi-
tion of her marvelous remedy. " .
In due time I arrived at the home of the oldlady, near
the great city of Berlin, where I found upon inquiry she. '
possessed a wide and excellent reputation for healing
the sick of diseases which had baffled the skill of the
great physicians, and which had also been given up to
die as incurable cases. . . . . .
As stated above, I called upon her on the 25th of June,
1868. She was a fine, benevolent-looking old lady, about
sixty-five years of age. I made known my business in
a frank manner, and told her I had come all the way to
Europe for the purpose of knowing more of the valuable
medicine which had fallen into my possession, and
which she was said to have discovered. -
She received me kindly, and told me that she knew
her medicine was doing much good on the Continent,
hesitate, nor do I feel ashamed to declare that she taught
me more in a few hours conversation about the diseases
of mankind than I had learned in years from the Pro-
fessors of Medical Colleges at home. -
I at once saw the folly of ignoring the opinions of a
clear-headed, observing woman, who had made nursing
the business of her life. The reason for her extensive
knowledge and information concerning a great variety
of diseases was plaim to me. She had remained with the
patients day and night, * every symptom and the
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sick but a few moments every
I asked the old lady how she came to make this dis-
covery of the Curative Syrup, and what causes led to
its extensive use? Laying down her glasses, and smooth-
ing out the folds of a neat Quaker costume, she began
as follows: -
effect of every remedy used, white the doctor stays with the
day. -
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“In the year 1842, while nursing a very sick patient of
the celebrated Dr. Von Schmidt, I was deprived of my
rest every nightformore than a month. I was completely
broken down; my nervous system was shattered; my
digestion was impaired; I suffered with shifting pains
all over my body; my appetite was gone; my bowels
were constipated; there was a bad taste in my mouthin
the morning, and a blur was before my eyes continually.
“I applied to Hogebomm for relief, and followed his
vice formany weeks, butgradually grew worse. I a
plied to several other physicians, who also prescribed for
me, but in spite of all they could do I grew worse and
worse. Weakness had brought on disease peculiar to the
female sex, which, together with many other diseases,
made me feel that death would indeed prove a blessing.
My suffering was so severe that I longed to die. I tried
first one doctor and then another, until my means were
exhausted, and I was reduced in flesh to a mere skeleton.
“While tottering through the lots near my living
spring, as you see yonder by the side of that old stone
wall (pointing to a stone fence in sight of her win-
dow), I picked up a little sprig and thoughtlessly com-
menced chewing the leaves and small branches. With-
out thinking or knowing what I was doing, I chewed
this coarse wild pasture bush until I reached my home
again. As I entered the house, one of my grand-children
exclaimed, “Poison, grandma poison l’ This arrested
my attention, and I saw that I had been chewing what
we all supposed to be poison. . .
“Well, said Ito myself, ‘Death will be better than this
awful life of suffering and distress.’ So I waited calmly
for the result, not caring how soon I might be borne
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hence, and find relief in a better world. Agnes and my
other children were alarmed and insisted upon vo
ing me, and of resorting to other means to undo what
was believed would result in death; but I felt so calm
and so quiet, and resigned tomy impending doom, that
insisted on remaining undisturbed and desired to be
allowed to sleep. I slept, surrounded by my friends,
who believed I would never wake, and who were happy
to see that after two years of incessant misery, I was en-
joying at least temporary repose, and that I should
probably fall into the sleep of death unconsciously. I
awoke in an hour, refreshed, and arose, declaring that I
felt better, and against the urgent entreaty of my dear
children, I sauntered again alone to the place where the
supposed ‘poison” grew. I picked bunch afterbunch, and
hid them away in my pocket, for I knew it would distress
my children to see me with ti .gº ºr - Therb.
“I felt better; my stomach felt easy; the pain in my
side, shoulders, and back was easier, the palpitation of
my heart had ceased, and a light moisture was upon my
forehead. I felt that the herb had helped me; in fact
I knew it was doing me good. 'I chewed more of the
plant during the night, and arose in the morning feel-
ing more strength in my limbs and more life than I had
known for weeks. . . . .
“I therefore determined to steep some of the roots,
leaves and twigs, and drink the tea. -
“The next day I felt still better, and I continued to
feel betterday by day, until I was entirely well; and from
the year 1845 neither my children nor myself have ever
suffered one day's illness. After my own speedy recov-
ery, I prepared am extract from the plants, and was in
the habit of giving it to the sick and suffering of the
peasantry, as well as giving it to many persons whom I
was nursing from time to time, and who were considered
by their doctors past all human aid. From time to time
, I added other Roots and Plants such I found to be good.
“I found at last that I was successful in nearly all dis.
eases—in fact, I may say all diseases—for; whereyerl used
it, I found it invariably to work the most speedy and al-
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most miraculous results. It is the best purifler of the
blood Ihave ever heard of; it cleanses out the entire sys-
tem of foul and unhealthy humors, and leaves good and
pure blood, upon which all the organs of the body must
thrive. At last the demand became so great I found my-
self called upon to send it to all parts of the empire, and
I was compelled to build a house for the purpose of as-
sorting, drying, compounding, and putting up the
Syrup for use. It has made me rich, but I have always
striven to be free with what I have. I have always sup-
plied the wants of the poor free of charge (I afterwards
learned that this was so from the neighbors and from
the physicians at Berlin, who had employed her as a
nurse for years), and wish for a long life, that I may
make it useful to those about me.”
Such was the old lady's simple but impressive story,
and it was told in such a way as to carry conviction to
my heart. Honesty was delineated in every feature of
good old Mother Seigel's pl 4- – -- > ----t- > * 4-
mance, and I felt that she was like a mother to me—
stranger in the land. I went to Germany prepared to
pay the old lady $10,000 for the recipe of this valuable
blood cleanser, and my surprise can be imagined when
she told me she should charge nothing for all the in-
formation she was able to give me concerning the prep-
aration and uses of her Curative Syrup, for she said:
“I am rich; my aim is to do good; every one in Ger-
many knows me and my Syrup; but if I can give the
sufferers of the New World something for which to be
thankful to Mother Seigel, I shall die feeling that I have
left nothing undone which I can do. This receipe,”
she said, “I give to thee, believing that, as thou hast
come so far to get it, thou wilt do well with it, now that
thou art the possessor of it.” My gratitude was un-
bounded. I felt that I had a legacy, indeed, that was
worth more to me and to the whole world than loads of
diamonds or rubies. I promised to be faithful to her in
granting her all honor for its discovery, and just to
sufferers in preparing it as she had herself directed.
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up of this remedy, and there, indeed, I found a study of
itself. She tripped along as lightly as a young girl,
stopping to point out the various points of interest
connected with the arrangement of the buildings. She
explaimed to me the necessity of gathering the herb in
its proper season, when all the juices of the plant are
contained in the stalk and leaves. She explaimed to me
the importance of her process of drying the herbs;
, then all the other important features connected with
the preparation of the Syrup. After remaining with
her six weeks (a period fraught with much anxiety as
well as interest, for I had left behind me a dear friend,
low with hereditary disease), and becoming familiar
with the entire process of the preparation of the Cura-
tive Syrup, I bade adieu to my steadfast friend, and re-
turned to my home in New York. On my passage home
Iresolved that, injustice to Mother Seigel and the world,
I should use every means to make this valuable remedy
extensively known in the United States, and I deter-
mined to build a laboratory on the plan of Mother
Seigel's in Berlin, and to use every facility for intro-
ducing it to the world.
During my stay at her house in Germany, she was
always the same kind, devoted friend to all classes,
high and low, rich and poor, and was hailed with pleas-
ure and delight whenever and wherever she appeared.
But I must refrain from occupying more space with a
description of her personal appearance, or of her nobler
acts of charity, and must now fulfill my promises to her
of making known to the world the virtue of her most
remarkable and fortunate discovery. . She assured me
she had found the “Curative Syrup" to be a positive
cure for all diseases of skin, liver, kidney, spleen, in-
testines, stomach and pancreas, and for all diseases of
the blood, heart, brain and lungs.
I wondered at the assertion of the old lady, and had I
not seen and heard so much of the efficacy of the Cura-
tive Syrup in the various forms of diseases in which it
has been successfully used, I should have almost felt,
that its virtues had been overrated. But on my retarn
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w the United States I submitted the Plants to analysis,
and found them to be, indeed, a sure cure for all the dis-
*. for which she had applied them, for I found the
ants to contain five alkaloids. The first a sororIFIC,
which quiets the nerves and allays all pain and excite-
ment of the nervous system, giving rest to the body and
to the mind by its soothing quieting influence. The
second, a LAxATIVE, which acts upon the liver, and
carries off through the bowels the impure substances of .
the blood, which are not passed off by the water, by the
sweat, and other outlets; routing out from the system
all foul humors from the blood, and leaving that vital
current pure and wholesome. -
The third, a supoRIFIC, which opens the pores of the
skin, and allows the corrupt subst 4-t- &
to pass out in the form of sweat, producing always a
soft and natural condition of skin, keeping the oil ducts
and sweat glands always healthy and strong to carry on
both sensible and insensible perspiration.
The fourth, a DIURETIo, which acts upon the kidneys,
enabling them to carry off in the urine the impurities
which in health should pass off by the water passages,
thus drawing off a great amount of impurity from the
system. . .
The fifth, an ALTERATIVE, which acts upon, all the
glands, fluids and juices of the body, and prevents, an
excess of acid or of alkali, always keeping the secretions
of the body free from acrid and improper accumula-
tions of unhealthy fluids. It also gives strength to the
liver, producing healthy bile, strengthening the gall
ducts, promoting nutrition and building up the flesh of
the body. -
These five qualities I found by analysis, to be so har-
moniously blended by nature in the structure of this
valuable plant, that it is the best purifier of the bloodthat
ever came under the notice of the medical profession;
and will, indeed, cure all diseases by communicating
through the blood and other fluids of the body the vigor
of life, repairing the wastes of the body with new and
Sound material, .
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This remedy opens, all the natural passages of the
body and casts out diseases, takes away all sickness,
and builds up the body with pure blood and sound
nourishment. Hence it must reach all diseases by puri-
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- , DISEA IVER, . - -
When the liver becomes disordered and diseased,
the person so afflicted is indeed miserable. He suf.
fers with dull pains in the side, bad tastes in the mouth,
spots before the eyes, flashes of heat, irregularity
of the bowels, piles, coated tongue, disordered stomach,
heartburn, costiveness, and pain in the head. He fre-
quently has a dry cough, high-colored urine, yellow
skin, and dull, sleepy sensations, rendering him unfit
for business or for employment. The hands and feet are
fºolói ſei - fthehlood is sl ggi º ; the patient suf-
*—— Lº- T fita nari-
fers with vertigo, ringing - y - ºr -º z
sea and sick headache, heartburn, dry scurvy skin, etc.
The origin of this disease is Dyspepsia. The Extract
of Roots will remove the cause and the Tiver will then
resume its natural functions, and good health will be
the result. The dose should be 10 to 20 drops instantly
after eating, three times a day. ' - . .
. IXISEASE OF THE BOWELS.
The bowels in a healthy state carry off all useless mat-
ter which can be carried offin solid form. Sometimes
the main channel becomes choked up by slime on the
coatings of the intestines, which gives rise to constipa-
tion and irregularity of the bowels. If the bile is not
thrown out from the liver in sufficient quantities the
bowels become costive, and the membranes of the
bowels become weak and irritated. When much
irritation exists diarrhoea follows, because the bowels
Have not the strength to do what is required of
them. Inflammation follows: Thefundamental cause of
this irregularity is Indigestion. The Extract of Roots or
Curative Syrup will remove this Indigestion and cause
the fresh new blood to become pure and healthy.
. PILES AND CoSTIVEN ESS.
The soothing, balsamic, and healing properties of the
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Curative Syrup render it of the utmost value in curing
hemorrhoids or piles. The movements from the bow-
els are made free, regular and natural; all irritation is
removed, inflammation is subdued, and the piles disap-
pear as if by magic under the influence of this agreeable
regulator and healer. Costiveness or diarrhoea, cannot
'exist when this regulator has done its work, for it pro-
motes exudation of the sufficient bile and enough of the
natural fluids of intestines to regulate the movements.
and give tone to the bowels. Blind piles, bleeding piles,
itching piles, etc., disappear with the use of the Syrup,
and are cured as effectually when high up in the bowels
as when at the terminous of the intestines.
NERVOUS OR S ADACHE.
There are few persons who, at times, are not more
or less subject to sick headache. Moderate and occa-
sional use of the Syrup is a sure preventive, as thou-
sands who have tried it are willing to testify.
- DISEASEs of THE STOMACH. -
When the stomach is too weak to properly digest the
food, the person so diseased is usually afflicted. Dys-
pepsia shows itself in very many disagreeable forms,
but more frequently in diseases of the stomach after
eating, sourness of the stomach, beating and trembling
of the stomach and sides, a sense of fullness, headache,
dizziness, bad breath, loss of appetite, difficulty in
breathing, restlessness, nervousness, lossofstrength, etc.
The food remains in the stomach until it becomes cor-
rupted, which poisons the blood, and produces the most
painful and distressing feelings. . - ^ -
The stomach loses its tone, becomes inflamed and fill-
ed with slime and mucus. This produces giddiness, sick
headache, choking up of the circulation, and pressure
upon the brain. The Curatives T 4. 4-Y-
rupt and
4.’t- > -- i.
hto dissol d digest the food, increascs
the flow and strength of the gastric juice, and produces
harmonious action between the stomach, liver and in-
testines. All the organs work in concert—no jarring,
In O OVertaxation of one * above another, which
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always damages the nervous system, and works havoc
and decay. ' . . . . . . . ; : ,
Strength to the stomach, invigoration of the liver,
and tone to the bowels must necessarily follow the use,
of the Curative Syrup. Mother Seigel assured me, when
I was at her home, near Berlin, that a few pack-
ages of the Syrup had cured cases of indigestion of
twenty years' standing, which had baffled the efforts of
the best medical talent in Berlin. It corrects acidity,
and promotes a flow of healthy gastric juice, which dis-
solves the food, and carries it out of the stomach at a
proper time. - -
. Nººyous DEBILITY.
This is caused by a long continued state of impurity of
the blood, which irritates the nerves. Sleepless nights,
twitching of the muscles, trembling of the limbs, poor
appetite, easily disturbed by noise or excitement, desire
to avoid company, peculiar sensations over the entire
body, are among the difficulties which attend this com-
plaint. A dose of the Curative Syrup at night will in a
- ves, and
restore strength to the body, as to make life enjoyable
and happy. Nervous debility vanishes before the quiet-
in ºr .*.*____x 3 *- : * * 4-i- tº-- * ~ 2-4-3 ->..*- 4-3–– — fººt
- IºEVER AND INºLAMMLATION.
When there are free evacuations each day by the
water passages and by the bowels, and by the sweat of
the body, and all the corrupt and uselesss matters are
carried off, there can exist no inflammation or feverish
system. Dyspepsia is the cause of these derangements.
When these diseased pārticles are retained, they poison
the blood, whichsl *...t. - ... * ** * - - - - -º When good
and bad blood are struggling to get the better of each
other, the irritation produced gives rise to fever and in-
flammation. Hownecessary, then, tokeep every outlet of
the body free and open, that no clogging or impure blood
can exist! By attending to these passages of evacuation
persons can live to old age without one feverish symp-
tom; and when bruised or outloy accident the wound will
immediately heal without inflammation, if the blood be

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\ kept in a pure and uncorrupted state by occasional use
of this st gthening, cleansing and invig ting Syrup
RHEUMATISM - . .
Never before has there existed a remedy as unfailingly
successful in rheumatic affections, as Mother Seigel's
Curative Syrup. It lubricates the joints, promotes the
secretions of the fluids necessary to remove the stiffness
of the muscles, removes hardened deposits in the joints,
greases the machinery of nature, and makes it move
e
do more than a hogshead of liniments, for it carries out
of the circulation the acrid humors in the blood upon
which rheumatism depends, removes inflammation,
soreness, and stiffness of the muscles. . - -
A short trial will convince the most discouraged that
it is all that is claimed for it. . -
As-The seeds of disease—the worn-out particles of the
body which are no longer of any service in carrying on
the functions of life, should be carried out of the body
as fast as they are generated. The occasional use of
Mother Seigel's Curative Syrup will clear out all these
passages of the body and purify them. . . . . . .
The Syrup abstracts the diseased humors from the
blood, and makes it flow through the veins freely. No
sluggishness can exist when the Syrup is used.
The blood can be invigorated to such an extent that
even the symptoms of old age are protracted for years
beyond the time when the tottering step and trembling
hand are expected. The body is renewed, life and vigor
return, and every organ is restored to health.
Iºrgºſ AL; DISEASEs.
The Curative Syrup has given health and spirits to
thousands of females. The hollow cheek, the sunken
eye, the sallow countenance, the dark circles under-
neath the eyes, all are indicative of weakness of the
female organs of generation, which are speedily over-
come by the use of the Curative Syrup. -
Its use removes obstructions, brings the hue of health
to the countenance, and should be used by females suf-
fering from the various diseases to which the sex is sub-

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ject, such as leucorrhoea, or whites, falling of the womb,
bearing-down sensations, etc.' Two or three bottles of
the Curative Syrup will bring the blush to the cheek,
and vivacity and elasticity to the system. Flagging
spirits are restored, and new life and vigor takes the
place of the loss of energy, sickness, and decay.
- I.A.S.E.
Many people imagine they have organic disease of the
heart, when they have only Dyspepsia. . "
." - wortMs -
Are produced by corrupted matter in the system, which
breeds these uncomfortable companions. Clear out
these Scavengers by the use of the Syrup, that which so
paralyzes them that they cannot cling to the side of the
bowels, and when the corrupted matter is passed off by
the use of the Syrup they must also go with it. ‘They
and their nests are effectually destroyed and passed off.
Mothers should give their children occasionally doses
of the Syrup, that worms may not breed in corrupt sub-
stances of the body, - . -
Foul matters breed worms; cleanse the system of im-
purities. Worms cannot breed in healthy substances,
for they grow and thrive on the filth and corruption of
the body. -
- DISEASEs of THE skIN.
All diseases of the skin are blood diseases, for when the
blood is pure the skin must be free from all unhealthy
eruptions, and as we have stated, all impurity of the
blood is caused by Indigestion. Pimples on the face or
buncles, and every disease which shows itself upon
the surface of the skin, are caused by bad blood. Scabs
in the hair, sore eyes, running from the ears, etc., etc.,
are caused by vile humors in the blood, which can be
speedily exterminated by the Syrup. w
The skin of Old Mother Seigel was marvelously white
and pure and smooth, and although sixty-five years of
age, she told me she attributed the ivory elastic white-
ness of her skin to the occasional use of the Syrup. The
coarsest skin can be made soft and beautiful by the use
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of the purifying Syrup. Rashes, festers, flesh worms,
pimples, liver spots, blackheads, and all unhealthy ap-
pearances of the skin must yield to this great cleanser
and brightener of the skin; for if the blood be pure, the
skin will be pure. - +
GRAVEL, STONE, AND oth ER URINARY DIFFICULTTEs.
When the body is in a healthy state, the various salts
of the body are carried off by the water passages; but
when there is a weakness in the urinary organs these
particles do not pass off, but lodge in the bladder, kid-
ºneys and urethra, and keep growing in size by con-
tinued fresh adhesions until they sometimes form sub-
stances varying in size from that of a bean or pea to
that of an egg. -
Persons with gravel frequently pass some portions of
it in their urine, but the main part of the sandy sub-
stance remains, and gives rise to inflammation, pain,
Heat, and intense suffering in making water. The ac-
cumulation of sand covers up the water passage, and
the urine cannot find out an outlet, and the most in-
tense misery follows. When the bladder is full, it must
be emptied; but frequently the gravelly substance so
clogs up the mouth of the water passage that an instru-
ment has to be used to push back the gravel and let the
water off. # , , r
Language fails to describe the agonies of persons af.
flicted with stone and gravel. - ;
Pain in the small of the back, hips and thighs; heat
and inflammation; desire to make water, but cannot
do so; and burning, smarting, indescribable agonies
which render life a burden and death courted. Some-
times the particles of gravel are so sharp and cutting
that they tear the sides of the urinary passages, and
blood will come in quantities from the urinary passages.
Sometimes the bladder and kindey fillied with sli
and cannot perform their duty. The water should
always be kept free and open. When there is the least
disposition to an accumulation of gravel it should be
immediately dissolved and made to pass off by its prop-
er channel. -
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The Curative Syrup cléanses the kidneys and bladder
and water passages from slime, and gives strength to
the organs requiring sufficient power of endurance to
perform all the labors required of them in carrying off
the watery portions of the food, after all, the nourish-
ment it contained has entered into the blood and gone
to repair the daily waste of the system.
łośs- EENTo THIRTY DRops two or three times per
day, in a wineglass of water, immediately after ea •
The quantity may be regulated by the patient, who
will bear in mind that sufficient needs to be taken to
operate on the bowels two or three times each day. The
blood will thus be purified, the sweat-glands of the skin
will be opened, and the flesh made soft and healthy as
an infant's. The kidneys and liver will do their duty,
and all humors of the blood will be driven out of the
system, and the body purified and restored to a sound
and healthy condition. The medicine must be taken
instantly after eating, so that it will become mixed with
the food while in the stomach. - -
The usual dose is from fifteen to thirty drops, taken
INSTANTLY,after eating; very costive people should use
the Shaker Family Pills in oonnection with the Extract,
say two to four at bedtime, so as to secure free move-
ments from the bowels. Price of the Syrup, 60 cts. a
loottle; Pills, 25 cts. - - - -
MoTHER SEIGEL's CURATIVE SYRUP is now
manufactured by the SHAKERs of MoUNT LEBANoN, Co-
lumbia county, New York, who have experience in
growing herbs and extracting from them their best .
medicinal properties. It is known as the Shaker Extract
of Roots, or Curative Syrup. - -
The fluid extract in bottles is in very strong and con-
centrated form, and is equal to a pound of the herb.
r FEOPLE SHO OF,
In these days of fraud and deception, we cannot blame
the people if they doubt our statements, because we
have an interest in the sale of the Syrup. All the Cer-
tificates we publish are genuine, and we ask that our
statements may be verified by Writing to one or all of

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the parties to whom werefer. None of these will deceive
ickpeople for the sake of assistingus, strangers to them.
THE STRANGE AND PREVAILING DISEASE of THIs country.
Like a thief at night, it steals in upon us unawares.
The patients have pains about the chest and sides,
and sometimes in the back. , 'They feel dull and
sleepy; the mouth has a bad taste, especially in the
morning. A sort of sticky slime collects about the teeth.
The appetite is poor. There is a feeling like a heavy load
on the stomach; sometimes a faint, all-gone sensation
at the pit of the stomach which food does not satisfy.
The eyes are sunken, the hands and feet become
cold and clammy. After a while a cough setsin, at first
dry, but after a few months it is attended with a green-
ish-colored expectoration. The patient feels tired all
the while, and sleep does not seem to afford any rest.
After a time he becomes nervous, irritable and gloomy,
and has evil forebodings. There is a giddiness, a sort of
whirling sensation in the head when rising up suddenly.
The bowels become costive; the skin is dry and hot at
times; the bloodl thick and stag t; the whites
of the eyes become tinged with yellow; the urine is
scanty and high-colored, depositing a sediment after
standing. There is frequently a spitting up of the food,
sometimes with a sour taste and sometimes with a
sweetish taste; this is frequently attended with palpita-
tion of the heart; the vision becomes impaired, with
spots before the eyes; there is a feeling of great prostra-
tion and weakness. All of these symptoms are in turn
present. It is thought that nearly one-third of our
population has this disease in some of its varied forms.
It has been found that medical men have mistaken the
mature of this disease. Some have treated it for a liver
complaint, some for dyspepsia, others forkidney'disease,
etc., etc., but none of these various kinas of treatment
have been attended with success. It is found, however,
that the SHAREB ExtraoT or Roors (or Mother Seigel's
Curative Syrup) when prepared properly, will remove
the disease in all its stages. Care should be taken to se
cure the good article.

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A MAN who LEARNED To READ BY STUDYING THE LETTERs on
- - TRADEEMEN's SIGNs. . . - . . .
He writes as follows: . . . .
“I do not pretend to be an educated man, for Ilearned.
to read by studying the letters on tradesmen’s signs,
but when I am pricked with a pin I feel it. I can tell .
when I suffer pain and when I obtain relief, as well as
the most learned man in the kingdom. I suffered for
years with Rheumatism and Asthma, so that I could
scarcely hobble about the room, and I know that Mother
Seigel's Curative Syrup made me well. Now, I can walk
twenty miles a day. This made me have confidence in
this Extract of Roots, and I have sincé sold more than
one thousand bottles, and the Syrup has given entire
satisfaction in every instance. It has performed some
wonderful cures. I will give particulars to those that
*** v- . THOS. BRIGGS,
“Brighton Terrace, Throughgate, near Bacup, Eng.”
Familiarly known as “Tommy Briggs, the Collier.”
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE.
FROM AN AGENTS THAT HAS SOLD THOUSANDS OF
- LLARS WORTH.
A gentleman called the other evening for some Shaker
Extract of Roots in quite a hurry. We told him to stop
and we would show him some testimonials of cures. He
thanked us, saying he did not wish to see any, for it was
the best medicine he ever saw. ... • -
Policeman SMITH came to my house the other evening,
saying that two bottles cured him of Chills and Fever,
and he wanted a bottle for his son, who had the same
complaint J. E. DAVIS.
17 County St., New Haven, Conn.
SIR:—Our little girl, seven years old, was troubled
with Chills and Worms at the same time; she used less
than a bottle of Shaker Extract, and she is fully cured
of both. Truly T8,
Mrs. BROADBENT, Edward St., New Haven, Conn,
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tº
SIR:—We feel very thankful that your excellent Shaker
Extract has fully cured our son of the Chills. He has
been troubled with his Liver some years, and with
Dumb Ague, and finally had a hard run of Chills, but
the medicine has made a complete cure. .
r. and Mrs. WILLIS LAW.
. 169 Wooster St., New Haven, Conn.
DEAR SIR:—I am very happy to say, after years of suffer-
ing from that dreadful disease of Liver Complaint, and
Dyspepsia, so bad after eating, I would often go out and
vomit up my food, got terribly reduced, in health and
strength, and suffered almost everything, my flesh re-
duced to almost a skeleton. I bought some of the
Shaker Medicine of Mr. Davis, without much faith, but
it has done wonders for me. I am now as well and
hearty as ever in my life. With much thanks for the
cure, I am, ... Yours trulyº' - - -
. . JOHN ATKIN, West Haven, Conn.
SIR:—I am happy to be able to say of your medicine,
the Shaker Extract, that three bottles has done more
for me that $80 worth of doctoring for General Debility
by º in our city; in fact, it has cured me:
ery thº, ' ' Mrs. PARDEE,
No. 50 Liberty Square, New Haven, Conn.
DEAR SIR:—I have been troubled with Dumb Ague for
ten years; have used a few bottles of Shaker Medicine,
and it has made a perfect cure. . .
Yours with gratitude, 1. C. WATSON,
253 Orchard Street, New Haven, Conn.
DEAR SIR:—I was attacked very severely with Chills
and Fever, one year ago last October, and used two bot-
tles of Shaker Medicine, and have not had a chill since.
I can recommend it for all Bilious Complaints.

Very thankfully#:
- HIRAM AUGER, Fair Haven, Conn.
Our little girl, six years old, had Chills very bad last
summer. We gave her part of a bottle of Shaker Medi-
cine, and she has not had any chills since. Wethink
everything of it. - - Yours truly,
ung * Mrs. ºnar, §§ Conn,
SIR:—Myself and wife have had the pumb Ague, and
wife, Dyspepsia, for three years, and the Shaker Medi-
cine has made a complete cure in both cases.' ' *
With much gratitude,dº; etc.,. H. GODARD,' '
• , , 95 Me ow street, New Haven, Conn
DEAR SIR:-Our son has been troubled, with Rheuma-
tism about three years, and, from September to Febru-
ary, could not walk. After using one dollarbottle of
Shaker Medicine he can walk very well; we think about
two or three bottles more will complete a cure. . . .
Very thankfully yours, Mrs. S. ARCHER, Hamden,Conn.
Our little girl was troubled very badly with Chills and
Fever last summer. We gave her a sixty cent bottle of
Shaker Extract, and she has not had a chill since. My
husband almost scolded when I boughtit, and said throw
it out the door, it's good for nothing; but now he says,
when Mr. Davis comes, buy some more. He thinks
everything of it. I think if people would give it a good
trial, throwing aside all prejudice, they would be large
gainers by it. Y truly

". ours ºr
Mrs. DUNLEY, 295 Orchard Street, New Haven.
A lady came to my house and bought some for her hus-
band for Rheumatism, last Fall, and she told me th
other day he has not had the Rheumatism since. -
A gentleman in Westville, used two bottles for Rheu-
matism, and is very nearly cured; he thinks two more
will make a thorough cure. -
Mrs. Burton (West Main Street, Milford) says, the
Shaker Extract has cured her entirely of Headache, which
she has been troubled with for years. Yours truly,
JAMES E. DAVIS, 17 County St., New Haven, Conn.
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE. -
KEYston E, WELLs Co., IND., Oct. 6, 1878.
Mr. A. J. WHITE, . - - ,
DEAR SIR:—I have had the Chronio Liver Complaint
for two years and have taken a great many kinds of
medicines; and received no benefit until I got your
Shaker Extract of Roots. I think its effect is unsur-
passed, I do not think *; medicine should be with:
held from where there are so many cases of chronic dis-
eases as there äre here. J. T. Brineman will make a
good, responsible Agent; send him the agency, he will
accept it. Yours truly F. N. Brineman.
I got the medicine in Clay ëo, Kansas.
Joseph Davidson (Silver Lake, Minn.) writes:—The
Medicine has cured several cases that were given up by
'the doctors, and performed some wonderful cures.
y Solomon Russell of Waco (Robertson P. O., McHenisan
Co., Texas) after being treated by five different doctors,
without improvement, was entirely cured with the Ex-
tract of Roots, or Curative Sprup. .
John W. Cohol (Calhoun, Henry Co., Mö.) writes, that
his mother has been cured of severe Rheumatism, caus-
ed by Indigestion, when all other remedies had failed.
She feels a $1,000 better off than she did before taking
the Shaker Extract of Roots. . . .
IEliza J. Holb (Centre Texas), writes that she was re-
duced to a mere skeleton, and could get nothing to give
her relief until she took the Shaker Extract, or Curative
p. After taking three bottles shë was restored to
perfect health, having gained many pounds of flesh.
W. M. Parish (Russellville, Ark.), writes:—The Ex-
tract of Roots has cured a lady that was given up to die
by the doctors. It is giving perfect satisfaction every-
where it is used. . ..
A.W. Gillis (Roxboro, N.C.) says, he suffered with Chills
and Fever for fourteen months, and although he tried
the best medical skill at his command, he was unable to
obtain any relief until he took the Extract of Roots,
when he was entirely cured with one small bottle.
A LETTER THAT SPEAKS FOR ITSELF.
EDNEYVILLE, HENDERSON Co., N. C., June 28th, 1878.
Mr. A. J. WHITE.
SIR:—I want to tell you how your Medicine has reliev-
ed me of terrible suffering; I feel so grateful that Iwant
others to use it also, for I honestly believe it will cure
all Liver Diseases. I had all the symptoms that are de-
scribed in your little pamphlet for Liver Disease, and
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- - : , " . . # , . " . . . ~~
life became as a heavy burden. I saw one of your little
pamphlets, that directed metóthe trueremedy, and Isent
several miles and bought one 60 cent, bottle, which gave
memore relief than anything I could take,. As there is
no agent near this place, if you will give a living
chance, you will please send me agent's terms by return
mail; I think I can sell your Medicine—the Shaker Ex-
tract of Roots, or Curative Syrup. Since it has proved
so well in my case my friends are begging me to take
the agency for it. Please send me agent's terms, I think
I can give indoubted evidence that I will pay for the
medicine, and make you a successful agent, . . .
.Very respectfully yours, * D. B. JACKSON. . .
P. S.—Address, D. B. JAckson, , . .
- Edneyville Post Office, Henderson Co., N. C.
Mrs. Hiram Kilbourn (Niles Valley, Tioga Co., Pa.),
writes that she had taken the Shaker Extract for a dis-
ease similar to Consumption and was entirely cured by
taking six bottles. [This was a case of Indigestion.] -
S. W. Bronk (Scipio, Cayuga Co., N.Y.), writes that the
Extract of Roots has given entire satisfaction and per-
formed many wonderful cures. - - . .
Wm. W. Russell (Pottridge, Athens Co., O.) writes:—
. The Shaker Extract of Roots has cured a man that had
been a sufferer for four years, a case that resisted the
best medical skillin the State—nothing did him any good
until he took this medicine. . . . . . . .
MILLVILLE, LINcoln, TENN., Oct. 27, 1880.

Mr. A. J. WHITE. , *
SIR:—I had Liver disease and Dyspepsia for six years;
I had got so that I could not eat without spitting up my
food, I had tried remedies to no effect, until last August,
I got some of your Syrup, and by the time I had taken
one-half of a sixty cent bottle I had gained twelve
pounds, and now Ifeel stout and well. My daughter, aged
six years, had the Scrofula very bad, she has taken one .
sixty cent bottle of the Syrup and it cured her, she is
well and hearty. - J. C. TURNER, Agent.
John L. Maddox was cured of Dyspepsia of twelve
mönths' standing, with one sixty cent bottle of the

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Syrup. He says it will stop anyone from spitting up his
food. . . J. C. TURNER.
October 27th, 1880. .
.A. J. WHITE : CANEYVILLE, KY., Aug. 17, 1880.
Æ iyears'ſh T}x Hicted
with a torpid Liver, Indigestion and Diabetes. I have
suffered extremely at times. I could not obtain relief
in using various remedies, and almost despaired of ever
having any pleasure in life; but two years ago, your
Agent at this place, Mr. W. R. Willis, redommended
your Extract of Roots for my complaint, and after using
four bottles, I have found the torpidity of the Liver has
ceased, my appetite is good and my system very regu-
lar. I am about sixty-one years old, and now in very
good health. I give the praise to your Extract of
Roots. With respect, &c., ISAAC WALTON.
THoMASTown, Miss., Sept.4, 1880.
IMr. A. J. WHITE, New York. -
irºn Sri...ºffeel notoniyan interest, but a pleasure,
in setting forth the merits of your very useful medicine
(Shaker Extract of Roots), by calling your attention to
a very stubborn case of Liver disease and impure blood
which was both the long protracted and distressing
complaint of Mr. John Brazeil, of Newport, Miss., who
by the use of your medicine, can now not only thank
you, but his God for the restoration of good health,
which once was his. Very respectfully,
. *mº JAS. E. TERRY.
GREEN wood P. O., MooRE Co., N. C., Aug. 25, 1880.
Mr. A. J. WHITE, New York? - " .
Íhave been afflicted for the last thirty years, with a
disease that some doctors called Dyspepsia and others
called it Heart disease; but whatever it was I suffered
a great deal with pain about my Heart, and Stomach, and
Kidneys, and Urinary organs, and could not lie on my
left side for the last thirty years, on account of causing
pain at my Heart, and a smothering or shortness of
breath. I was persuaded by your Agent, Mr. Spivy, to
try a bottle of your Shaker Extract, or Curative Syrup.
I did so, and before I had used one 60 cent bottle I could
lie on my left side without pain or difficulty of breath-

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ing, and was benefited in many other respects. I then
purchased a dollar bottle, the last one your Agent had
on hand, and have used the most of that and feel greatly
benefited by its use. I am about sixty years of age and
attending to a mill, and can tote and handle a three
bushel sack of corm or meal with more ease now than I
could a one bushel sack before using the medicine. I
can recommend it as a good medicine, and hope you
will soon supply your Agent with more, so that all who
need may obtain it and be cured,
Respectfully yours, BENJAMIN BARBER.
Mr. Barber has made the above statements to me per-
sonally, without being solicited for them. .
W.M. R. SPIVY, Agent, Centreville, Moore Co., N. C.
SPRING PLACE, MARSHALL Co., TENN., March 31, 1880. .
Mr. A. J. WHITE:—DEARSIR:—This is to certify that I
had Dyspepsia for a considerable time, I tried five good
doctors and found norélief from their treatment. Ipur-
chased two 60 cent bottles of the Shaker's Extract of
Roots from your Agent and used them, and it has cured
me. I am thankful that such a remedy has been intro-
duced into the country. Yours with respect
j. G. Mºi BWs.
Mr. A. J. WHITE-DEAR SIR:—I am personally ac-
quainted with Mr. Matthews and know the condition of
him when he commenced using your Shaker's Extract.
He was so he could not work at all. F. M. DAVIS, Agt.
BIG CLEAR CREEK, GREENBRIER Co., W.W.A., May 8, 1880.
A.J. WHITE–DEAR SIR:—This to certify that for ten
years Ihad been ag tsuff *** *-*— — …t- A. : - - -º-º:
disease, Erysipelas, from head to feet; had been treated
by two of our best physicians, without any relief, and still
getting worse, finally gave up all hope. In April, 1879, I
commenced the use of A. J. White's Extract of Roots,
or Curative Syrup, and before I had used one-half bot-
tle I found myself entirely relieved to my great aston-
ishment, and great relief and gratitude. Have not had
any symptoms of the disease up to this time. Being
confident that the cure is effectual, i
Yours most affectionately, A. N. l'ESSL.E.R.,
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fº. P. ºp;# writes as follows:
Mr. A. J.WHITE. LINGoln Co., TENN., March 15, 1880,
SIR:—Having used your Medicine (the Shaker Extract
of floots), I believe it to be a good medicine worthy of
recommendation. I was confined to my bed for some
time, all thought I would not live very long, and I
was really bad off with Liver and other diseases, I sent
for first one doctor and another, but our best physician
failed to cure me. At last, I sent for an old doctress in
the lower end of my county and she came and examined
me, and said she would send me some medicine; so
she sent me one bottle of your medicine, and I used it,
and ever since I have been improving. I am still using
the medicine with good effect. I have told others how
it relieved me, and a good many are using and wanting
to use it, so I think it is a good medicine.
Mr. A. J. WHITE : — JANUARY 26, 1880.
Your medicine is still current in this section of coun-
try. Many of my old neighbors think they can’t do well
without it. Your medicine has done much good in this
part of the country. . - -
Mr. A. J. White, I wish to speak of three cases that the
Extract has cured. My son, aged fifteen years, was
cured of general Dropsy, by using four bottles of Ex-
tract. Second case, an old lady by the name of Warren,
who was subject to sick headache, and had been for
twenty years, was cured by the use of one 60 cent bottle
of Extract. Third case, a young man, by the name of
C. Loveless, was cured of Chills, by the use of one bot-
tie of Extract. - REV. J. C. N.ELSON.
Mr. A. J. WHITE BURLING'ron, WT., Feb. 10, 1880.
I have used the Curative Syrup in my own case—Uri-
mary Disease—found relief. I think the formula a good
One, … for nearly fifty years. Am
a graduate of the Medical Department of the University
of Vermont, but have retired from business. I think I
could help some people by means of your Syrup, who
would hardly find relief otherwise, Would like an
agency. 'Please send circulars and terms to agents.
Address, , Dr, S. HUMPHREY, .
88 Burlington, Vt., Box 117,
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Mr. WHITE: " " . . . . . . . ANUARY 3, 1880. .
I received the medicine in safety; it is doing me a
great deal of good already. My husband took some two
years ago; he was almost in the grave, now he is quite
well. You have my most sincere gratitude. Very thank-
fully yours, Mrs. CHARLES FLINT, Randolph, Mass.
Mr. A.J. WHITE. - - — NEw HILL, Feb. 6, 1880.
DEAR SIR:—I would like to be an agent for your medi-
cine. I believe that it is the best medicine that I have
ever seen. My mother has been diseased with the Con-
sumption for two years, and the doctors had finally
given her up to die, and I went and got one 60 cent
bottle, and in less time than three weeks, she was
able to carry on her business. We got this bottle from
Miss-Peggy Goodwin, and she is about to get out of here;
she lives about eight miles from us; and I think I can
sell the medicine very fast. And if you want me to sell
your medicine I will do so; and if you want any recom-
mendation I will also send that to you. I know.by my
own mother that it is good medicine. So I will close for
this time by saying write soon. From C. C. OLIVE.
* { New Hill, Wake Co., N. C.
P. S.—This is the Curative Syrup that I recommend.
A. J. WHITE. nuary 23, 1880.
DEAR SIR:—My mother now has been suffering with
Palpitation of the Heart for years, but she has been
cured by using only one sixty cent bottle of the Extract.
Please forward me another box, for I will soon be with-
out. Yours respectfully, M. A. BARKER, Agent. .
Mr. A. J. WHITE. SALYERVILLE, McGUEFIN Co., IKY.
DEAR SIR:—I have used one sixty cent bottle of the
Extract of Roots for the Liver Complaint, and received
greater benefit from its use than any medicine I evor
used. We, the people, want more.
Yours truly ‘’” BišnjīāſīN MONTGOMERY. .
- _-_*. MT. LEBANoN, BIENVILLE PARISH, LA.
A. J. WHITE, 54 Warren St., N. Y. -
Šia:…As i was cured of Rheumatism by the use of
your Medicines, I now ask for an agency for this part of
the country. It has been three years since I was cured
and no return of the disease. One of my neighbors is
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sending twenty-five miles for the medicine, which I
could supply if I had the agency. I would like you to
send me a small lot of both kinds of your medicine, the
Syrup and Pain King. Ship to the care of Thomas
McGuire, Trenton, La. You can send by express to
Monroe, and Thos. McGuire, will have it sent to me at
Mt. Lebanon, La. Yours &c. JAMES F. ALLEN.
References: P. Henderson, j. A. McGuire.
A Cure of Dyspepsia Mistaken for Consumption.
A. J. WHITE. CROFron, CHRISTIAN Co., Ky., Jan. 5, 1880,
DEAR SIR:—My daughter Sarah F. Walker last January
was confined to her bed, and had been for twelve
months, was under treatment of three eminent physi
icians, who said she had Consumption and Heart Dis-
ease. The doctors, and all that saw her said she was
bound to die. But I persuaded her to take your Shaker
Extract of Roots, and after having used two and a half
dollar bottles, she was restored to perfect health, and
said she felt better than; she had for five years. My
aughter is now living and enjoying good health, but
had it not been for your Medicine she would have been
now dead. Yours, etc., Rev. M. MELTON.
Anyone doubting this can write to Sarah F. Walker,
Crofton, Ky.
N. B.-If you think this worth printing, please do so;
if not, give it to the waste basket. -
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tion really have nothing but dyspepsia. The above case
is an instance.
Susan Blair (Hamilton, St. Lawrence Co., N.Y.) writes:
—The Extract has done wonders in my own case. I was
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my system, with Scrofula humor. The doctor said I could
not live but a short time. Six bottles cured me.
Samuel Joslyn, of Otter Lake, Mich., says the Extract
has done him so much good that his neighbors are as-
tonished.
Persons writing to any of the above Parties, should inclose
atamped envelope for a reply.
A. J. WHITE, General Agent,
s? 54, VVarren St., Nevv York City.
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