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Many of the Recipes are those of the Inventor of the Gargling Oil, 
and all from reliable sources. 
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iy Purchasers of Gargling Oil will be cautious and see that the 
genuine has " G. W. Merchant, Lockport, N, Y.," blown in each bottle, 
and also his signature over the cork. 
J. M. JOHNSON STEAM PRESS, BUFFALO, X. Y. THE GARGLING OIL 
FOR A QUARTER OF A CENTURY HAS BEEN BEFORE THE PUBLIC, 
And has acquired a Greater Celebrity than any other liniment. 
From Messrs. Zelin (6 Hunt, Macon, Ga., Feb. 26, 1859.-Our stock of Gargling Oil. 25 cent size, ig 
getting low. Please send us some six dozen, and if you will allow us a showing in the papers, there is 
every prospect of making this Oil one of the staple articles. 
From Dr. T. W. Ellis, Troupsmlle, Ga., Jan. 6.1859.-If I should receive both boxes of the Gargling 
Oil. it will not be too much, as I think I could soon find sale for all, the enquiry being frequent since it 
is supposed I.have it for sale. 
F. on Dr. if. S. McCall, Chamois, Mo., Nov. 6,1858.-Your Oil is taking the shine off from all the 
liniments of the day. If you desired them, I could procure you a dozen of certificates from the best 
citizens of the country. 
From A. F. Green, Sabine City, Texas, Dec. 31, 1858.-Your Gargling Oil gives entire satisfaction, 
and the demand is steadily increasing. 
From Mr. T. M Riddle, Brookfield, Aug. 12,1859.-I sold a two shilling bottle of your Gargling 
Oil to a man who had the rheumatism so bad that lie could hardly move; his limbs were badly swollen. 
By the time he had used one bottle he could walk about, and was quite free from pain. Ue had tried 
other kinds of liniments without any effect He is well now. 
The following was enclosed in the above letter: 
I purchased one fifty cent bottle of your Gargling Oil of your agent, Mr. T. M. Riddle, and found 
the best liniment I have ever seen. I have had a humor for more than twenty- five years, have trm< 
many liniments, but to no effect till now. Your Gargling Oil has cured me entirely. 
From Mr. S E. Mllhenny,Georgetown,Ind.,Aug. 2,1859.-From the satisfaction the Gargling Oil haj 
invariably given, I feel perfectly safe in asserting that it will surpass any of the medicines of the day 
From Mr. N. B. Holbrook, Madison, O., July 30, 1859.-Your medicines give universal satisfaction. 
From, Messrs Bro kbhurst it Bro., Marysville, Iowa, Feb- 18, 1859.-Your medicines give more 
satisfaction and go off be ter than anything we have sold before in that line. 
From Me srs. McMillan it Canoon, Bowling G'een, Ind., Feb. 23, 1859.-Your Gargling Oil is every 
increasing in sales and rendering better satisfaction. 
Can't keep house without it.-From Mr. J. R. Robertson. Adel. Iowa, Jan. 18, 1859.-The Garg- 
ling Oil is giving entire satisfaction here; the community can hardly keep bouse without it. 
From Mr. Robt. Best, Bridgewater, Nova Scotia, Jan. 22, 1859.-The article gives perfect satisfac- 
tion where used, and I think I can dispose of a large quantity. 
From Mr. R. G. Shumway, Carroll Co., III., June 11, 1859.-The Gargling Oil sells readily, and 
gives universal satisfactio" 
From Mr. IK. A. Neal, New London, Iowa, June 1, 1859.-The Gargling Oil is getting the best sale 
of any liniment that is used, and every one who uses it once buys again. 
From Mr. A. D. Stiles, Calais, Me., Feb. 9, 1859.-For the last few weeks the sale for the Oil seems to 
have taken quite a sudden start, at ' +he consequences are that now I have none of the Oil adapted to 
family use. My customers are begmmug to find out its qualities as a family medicine. 
From Mr. II. Howey. Wapello, Louisa Co.. Iowa, Feb. 3, 1859.-I value the Gargling Oil; it is the 
best preparation I have for sale, taking the testimony of those w ho use it. 
From Mr. P. M. Bower, Summerside, Prince Edward's Island. Sept. 9,1859.-When I received your 
celebrated Merchant's Gargling Oil at first, its soothing, healing and curing properties, both hr 
human and animal tlesh, were'quite unknown to the public in this section of the country in general. I 
had many objections to surmount in offering it for sale, yet I offered the medicine in good faith, be- 
lieving it was what it has proved itself to be, namely, the best patent medicine I have sold during the 
l ist twelve years, for curing cuts, bruises, scalds, burns, tumors, swellings, rheumatism, pains, aches, 
el j., in the human body, and is also the best medicine of the day for curing diseases in horses and 
•attle generally. Every family ought to have at least a bottle of Merchant's Gargling Oil for family 
use in their house, always at hand in case of accidents. 
From Reuben Leonard. Magnolia, Rock Co., IFu., Sept. 17,1859.-Enclosed is a draft for $12.75, the 
whole amount of Gargling Oil sent me. It took some time to get people to try it; now its reputation 
is established as good for almost everything. Please send me twice as much as before, as I have to 
get a supply from Janesville to last until it is received. 
From Messrs. Roberts it Samuel, Columbus, O.,Feb. 2, 1859.-We are selling considerable Gargling 
Oil, and are satisfied it ts one of the best liniments in use. 
From Mr. J. T. Baker, Bethlehem, Ind., May 12, 1859.-It is the best liniment for cuts, bruises, 
sprains, scratches, or most everything else, I ever saw. 
From Mr. R. Beresford, Cambridge. O.,March 31,1859.-I have used your Gargling Oil for the last 
two or three years, both for horse and human tlesh, and have found it the best liniment I ever used. 
From J. T. Warriner, Cuba. III., Aug. 3, 1859.-It would be useless for me to say anything in 
reference to the merits of the Oil, as the demand here is still increasing, in spite of the trash in 
market claiming for itself all the healing properties of your Oil. 
From Nr. J. F. Crandall, Willir.k, Erie Co.,N. Y, July 18,1SH9.-Your Gargling Oil proves itself to 
be one of the best medicines in the world for horses and cattle; its wonderful cures astonish the people. 
From Mr. A. Corken, Mercer Co., III., Aug. 11, 1859.-Your liniment sells very well here, and 
farmers and others who use it say it is the best horse liniment they ever used. 
From Dr. II. C. Chapman. Matteson, Cook Co., III., May 22, 1859.-I am a physician, and use and 
recommend the Gargling Oil in all cases, in preference to all other liniments. 
From D. G. Robinson. Sercpta, Miss., Feb. 18, 1857.-Please send us anothi r supply of Gargling Oil. 
It has given general satisfaction. It has cured a case of rheumatism of ten years standing, and is 
.great for burn . In fact, it has been successful in almost every case where it has had a fair trial. THE 
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PREFACE. 
This little work is presented to the friends of the "Gargling Oil," not doubting but they will find 
•ome things useful therein, and cause them to preserve it for future reference. There are those, to be 
lure, into whose hands it may fall, who have never used the Oil; such as have used it will know its 
value, and appreciate it. Those unacquainted with it will, by a trial, find it the best Embrocation 
ever known 
The compiler of this work has endeavored to present in the smallest compass, an amount of informa- 
tion of such a varied and valuable character as will make it a welcome visitor and cherished friend of 
•very family that may be fortunate enough to obtain it 
The subject of Farriery, though concise, is quite comprehensive, and cannot fail to be useful to the 
fanner, and his wife and daughters will find the numerous practical Recipes included therein, to be 
not only highly useful, but in a majority of them, that the ingredients are at hand or easily procurable. 
For every-day reference, no work has been published containing the same information in such a 
form as to be generally known, such being usually found only in expensive or rare works, not within 
the reach of all classes. 
A single glance will at once satisfy any one, that no work of the size has ever been published, oea- 
taining so much information of a really useful and practical character, adapted to the wants of all 
families. 
ty PLEASE HANG THIS UP FOR READY REFERENCE. 
VALUABLE MEDICINAL RECIPES. 
Cure for Rattlesnake Bites and other Poisonous Creatures.-Indigo four drama, gum 
eampnor eight drama, alcohol eight ounces ; mixed and kept in close bottles. Apply to the wound 
and the cure is soon completed. 
Cure for a Cough.-One tablespoonful of molasses, two teaspoonfuls of castor oil, one do. pare- 
goric, one do. spirits camphor. Mix and take often. The editor of the Farmer says of this recipe :- 
" It was prescribed for us when we were suffering from a cough that seemed as if we were on the brink 
of consumption ; no cessation nor rest day or night. We took, and were cured in three days." 
Cure for Piles.-Stew a handful of low mallows in about three gills of milk ; strain it, and mix 
about half the quantity of West India molasses with it. As warm as agreeable, to be externally applied. 
Corns.-A corn may be extracted from the foot by binding on half a raw cranberry, with the cut 
aide of the fruit upon the foot. Old and troublesome corns have been drawn out in this way, in the 
course of a few nights 
To Purify Booms.-Dissolve a few spoonfuls of chloride of lime in a saucer, and place it in the 
apartment. 
Physic for Children.-Rhubarb and Magnesia.-Mix one dram of powdered rhubarb with two 
drams of carbonate of magnesia, and half a dram of ginger. Dose, from fifteen grains to one dram. 
Use, as a purgative for children. 
Another.-Compound Soda.-Mix one dram of calomel, five drams of sesqui-carbonate of soda, and 
ten drams of compound chalk ; powder together. Dose, five grains. Use, as a mild purgative for child- 
ren during teething. 
Sure Cure for Dysentery.-Take new churned butter, before it is washed or salted ; clarify 
over the fire, and skim off all the milky particles ; add one-fourth brandy to preserve it, and loaf sugar 
to sweeten it Let the patient (if an adult) take two tablespoonfuls twice a day. The above is a sure 
cure. 
Lee's Windham Anti-Bilious Pills.-Take of aloes, gamboge, each five ounces, soammony 
two ounces, sal nitre, elixir pro., each one ounce, mucilage of gum arabic half an ounce, castile soap 
six ounces, and beat into a mass, of which divide three drams into thirty pills. Dose, from one to four 
Powder the dry articles, and beat in a mortar with the soap ; add the elixir pro and mucilage 
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Eye Water.-Tike of sulphate of zinc ten graine, sugar of lead twenty grama row 'rater on* 
pint ; dissolve each separately and mix. Turn off the clear liquor for nse. 
Godfrey's Cordial.-Dissolve two and a half drams of sal tartar in three and a quarter pinta of 
water, to which add one pint of thick sugarhonae molaases, and afterwards three ounces laudanum 
Dissolve half a dram of oil of sassafras in four ounces alcohol, and add to the above. Shake well, 
and it is ready for use. 
Itch Ointment.-Take of flour of sulphur and lard, each two ounces 1 pulverised white hellebore 
and sal tartar, each two drama ; oil lemon twenty drops. (L W. 980.) 
Anothkr.-Mix four drama of sublimed sulphur, two ounces of lard, and two drams of sulphuric 
acid together. Use twice a day in the ulcerations. 
Thompson's Hot Drops, or No. 6.-Take of myrrh four pounds, bayberry bark one pound, 
balmony twelve ounces, scull cap half a pound, cayenne five ounces good brandy five gallons. 
An Excellent Drink for the Sick.-Toast ripe Indian corn quite brown, or even a little 
black, and put it into hot water to steep. Drink when cold. This makes one of the best drinks for 
the sick, and jvill often stop sickness at the stomach when all other remedies fail. 
Ague Medicine.-Rhubarb, columba, and essence of peppermint, each one ounce, one pint of 
water, forty-five grains quinine. Tablespoonful once an hour until it operates as physic ; then, same 
amount three times a day. To keep, add one gill of whiskey. 
Fever and Ague Mixture.-Take cf the best brandy one pint, camphor one ounce, dissolve ; 
cloves and jalap each half an ounce. Peruvian bark two ounces, Virginia snake root one ounce, water 
one pint; boil the cloves and root with the water, to one half ; strain, and mix the others in powder 
with the above. Dose, a tablespoonful three times a day, in the absence of the fever 
Fever and Ague Pills.-Take of Aloes two ounces, gamboge and cream of tartar each one 
ounce, sal nitre (saltpetre) half an ounce. Divide into pills of five grains each, of wh'ch three are a 
dose. Powder and sift the whole, and mix in a mass with syrnp or molasses. 
Hiera Piera.-Take of aloes one ounce, canella alba four ounces, best ginger and pimento each 
half an ounce. Powder, mix, and sift. 
Hull's Physic.-Take of myrrh, cinnamon, mace, cloves, saffron, and ginger, each one ounce, 
aloes eight ounces, sal nitre two ounces ; powder, mix, and sift. Dose, half dram. Good in colic, etc. 
Hooper's Female Pills.-Take of aloes eight ounces, sulphate of iron (copperas i, dried, two and a 
quarter ounces; canella, ginger, caxrile soap, each one ounce ; myrrh, extract of black hellebore, each 
two ounces. Powder the dry articles, and boat the whole into a mass with syrup, and divide into pills 
of two and a half grains each. Dose, three to four. 
Thompson's Composition Powder.-Take of bayberry bark six pounds, ginger three pounds, 
cayenne six ounces, cloves six ounces ; powder, mix thoroughly, and sift 
Thompson's Cough Syrup.-Take of poplar bark and beth root, each one pound ; water nine 
quarts ; boil gently in a covered vessel fifteen or twenty minutes ; strain through a coarse cloth ; add 
seven pounds loaf sugar, and simmer till the scum ceases to rise. When the syrup is nearly cold 
add one pint ef tincture of lobelia and one gallon of pure French brandy. Dose, a tablespoonful 
three or four times a day. 
Wash and Gargle for Bore Mouth and Throat.-Take of blackberry root, gold thread, 
each one ounce ; sage two ounces, rose leaves half an ounce, water two pints; boil down to one half, 
and strain ; add honey one pint, and boil down to one pint; add, while hot, alum and borax, of each, 
a piece the size of a cranberry. This is known to be a sure remedy for nursing sore mouth, or thrush 
A letter from. Mr. S. W. Poindexter. Martin Co., Ind., May bth, 1859.-It is with pleasure I inform 
you what yonr Gargling Oil has done for me. I had a swelling come on the die of my neck, ana in a 
few hours it became v^ry painful and alarming. Your agent Mr Williams, came past my house with 
your OIL and advised me to take a bottle. I took a twenty-five cent bottle, and bathed the swollen part, 
and, to my great astonishment it gave relief in one night I still applied the OiL and in a few days be- 
came entirely sound. The Oil is doing wonders in these parts 1 am trying it at present for the 
rheumatism, and thus far it has done well. You can use my name in any way you may think fit 
Bcalds and Burns.-It is no time to run for a remedy when an accident of this kind occurs. An 
immediate application cf Merchant's Gargling Oil, or Universal Family Embrocation, will arrest its 
progress, and prevent any soreness or pain in even those of an extensive nature. Therefore, keep it 
on hand. It will also cure your chilblains, frost-bites, and corns. A young man in the town of Wilson, 
who-e clothes were burnt off of him, was restored (without suffering) by the timely use of this Oil 
Extract of a Letter from G'o. IF. Worden, Swan Creek. III., dated January 1st, 1859-There was a 
case a few days ago, not far out in the country, where a child about two years old had a bucket of boil- 
ing hot water turned down its neck and back. Not one of the family thought the child could be saved. 
They had purchased the day before a fifty cent bottle of Gargling OiL and at once applied it as a rem- 
edy. To their great satisfaction, the child was cured. They say, "so long as Gargling Oil can be had, 
it shall have a place in their house." 
Copy if a Letter from Mr. William, Ford, Lewiston, tuy 10, 1840.-I have for a few years past used 
your celebrated Gargling Oil on my horses, and can testify, with many others of those who have used 
it, to its efficacy in curing wounds, etc., as w ell as internal complaints, to which horses are subject. I 
have no doubt I owe the life of a valuable horse to its curative effects. The horse had the Lots, and 
by following the directions in the pamphlet, I found, in a short time after taking the Oil, a cessation 
of their workings. 
I have also used it with much success in my family, in the cure of Burns, Wounds, etc. I would 
recommend to all wbo have horses, to keep a bottle in their stable, or to procure one as soon as their 
horse is wounded. 1 am confident it is the best application I ever used on horses or cattle. 
Dry Cough.-Take of powdered gum arabic half an ounce ; dissolve the gum first in warm water, 
squeeze in the juice of a lemon, then add of paregoric two drams, syrup of squills one drr.m Cork all 
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Asthma.-The following 1s recommended as a relief:-Two ounces of the best honey, end cue 
ounce of cantor oil, mixed. A teaspoon ful to be taken night and morning 
Ointment for the Piles,-Take of hog's lard four ounces, laudanom half an ounce, mix. Make 
an ointment to be atm lied every night at bed time. 
To Prevent wounds from Mortifying.-Sprinkle sugar on them. The Turks wash fresh 
wounds with wine, and sprinkle sugar on them. Obstinate ulcers may be cured with sugar diasolved 
In a strong decoction of walnut leaves. 
Cutaneous Eruptions.-The following mixture is very useful in all cutaneous eruptions :- 
Ipecacuanha wine four drama, flowers of sulphur two drams, tincture of cardamons one ounce ; Mix. 
One teaspoonful to be taken three times a day, in a wine-glassful of water. 
Coughs.-It is said that a small piece of resin dipped in the water which is placed in a vessel on 
a stove (not an open fireplace), will add a peculiar property to the atmosphere of the room, which 
will give great relief to persons troubled with a cough. The beat of the stove is sufficient to throw 
oil the aroma of the resin, and gives the same relief that is afforded by the combustion, because th* 
evaporation is more durable. The same resin may be used for weeks. 
Ringworms.-Apply gunpowder, wet, on retiring at night, and Jet it remain on the ringworm t£U 
morning. The oil obtained from roasting a butternut, applied in the same manner as the gunpowder, 
is good to remove ringworms. 
To Remove Pimples, Styes, and Boils.-Touch them with spirits of turpentine every 
six hours. This should be applied to boils and styes in their first stages, to effect a cure. 
Extract of a Letter front W. W. Eastman, Wendell, N. H.-In the month of November last, I was trav- 
eling in Essex County, N Y. As I entered a public bouse and store connected. I noticed the adver- 
tisement of Merchant's Celebrated Gargling Oil. Having been in business in which I have owned many 
horses, for a few years past, led me to make some particular inquiries concerning its value. The 
simplicity of your advertisement, and what was said concerning the Oil, led me to try one bottle. The 
first application I made was on a sore and corroded finger, which I had cut and took cold in Afl*n 
trying various medicines without any satisfactory effect, I uncorked the Oil and put some on twice, and 
it was well. 
1 then applied it to a sore on a oolt, which bad been hooked in the groin, end the cure was so com- 
plete that it astonished the owner so much, he now thinks there is nothing like the Gargling Oil. 
I next had a case of Scratches, that was bad. and the first application stopped them so they were not 
troublesome afterwards, and were soon well by a few more applications. 
I have a valuable entire horse which, by a slip, started a small Spavin, so much ro that he was quite 
lame. I have been applying the Oil, and he has so much recovered that he does not limp, unless he 
st(q>s on something hard. My Oil is gone, and I want more 
Cl'pup.-As this is a very dangerous and rapid disease, the best medical aid should be procured a* 
soon a« practicable. In the mean time, the most strenuous efforts should be made to arrest the pro- 
gress of the disease Bathe the feet in hot water, and put draughts on the feet, with mustard on them. 
Simmer onions with lard, and apply to the throat. A piece of linen or cotton cloth soaked in lard 01 
sweet oil, sprinkled over with Scotch snuff, and applied where the distress is greatask will often afford 
relief. Turpentine mix^d with hot water, a flannel cloth dipped in it and applied tn the threat, and 
the hands and feet rubbed with it, is a good remedy for this distressing complaint Hive Syrup, taken 
internally, or a syrup made of sliced onions and white sugar, will often be found effectual in arresting 
the progress of the disease 
Scurf in the Head.-A simple and effectual remedy Into a pint of water drop a lump of fresh 
quick lime the size of a walnut; let it stand al) night, then pour the water off clear from the sediment 
or deposit, add a quarter of a pint of the best vinegar, and wash the head with, the mixture. Per- 
fectly harmless ; only wet the roots of the hair. 
Cure for Burns.-Of all applications for a burn, we believe that there are none equal to a simple 
covering of common wheat four. 
Cure for inveterate Coughs.-Tea maue of coltsfoot and flax seed, sweetened with boney, is 
a cure for inveterate coughs. Consumptions have been prevented by it. 
Cure for Dysentery.-English mallowa Steeped in milk, is good for the dysentery. 
Ointment for Scurf in the Heads of Infants.-Lard two ounces, sulphuric acid, diluted, 
two drams. Kub them together, and anoint the head once a day. 
Ague in the Eace.-Apply a poultice made of flour and ginger. Mustard poultice is also good, 
but it is apt to scar the face Hops, steeped, and applied hot to the face, will often afford relief. 
Burns.-Cotton batting, moistened with linseed or sweet niL and applied directly to the burn, is 
very efficacious ; the linseed oil is preferable, as it allays the pain, while at the same time it extract* 
the fire. The cotton should not be removed when the skin is off. until the burn is healed, as the new 
skin will adhere to it while forming, and come off with it. If the burn is washed in lime water, pre- 
vious to applying the cotton, it will not be so liable to leave a scar. 
Convulsions.-Pot the patient in a warm bath, strong mustard plasters on the feet, and ice-water 
on the head 
Preservative against Fevers.-The constant use of malt beer, or malt in any way, is Mid to 
be a preservative against fevers. 
Felon, or Run-Round.-If a felon or run-round appears to be coming on the finger, you 
can do nothing better than to soak the finger thoroughly in hot ley. It will be painful, but it will cure 
& disorder much more painful. 
Caution to Purchasers of Gargling Oil. 
The only genuine has <l G W Merchant. lorkport. N Yblo'vn In each bottle and also ha* his 
donator* o^er th* cork 4 
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FARRIERY. 
Bules to be Kemenabered.-Every person should know how to take care of his domestic am- 
main, as ignorance or neglect in this might result in great loss. A stable should not be very light or 
very dark ; its floor should he plank or soil as brick or stone injure the feet. A horse kept in the 
•table should be rubbed or brushed every day Food or drink should not be giver, when the horse ip 
very warm from exercise, as it causes disease. Keep his legs clean from mud, or disease will be the 
result. Examine the animal every day. and see that he is not galled or otherwise injured ; if so, 
Merchants Gargling Oil, which should always be kept in the stable, should immediately be applied, as 
there is not its equal for such diseases as fresh wounds, galls of all kinds, sprains, bruises, cracked 
heels, ringbone, poll evil, wind galls, callous, spavin, sweeny, fistula, sand cracks, founders, scratches 
or greese. mange, etc It will also prevent flies flora teasing the horse. Its unparalleled success in 
the cure of diseases in horses and cattlo, and even in human flesh, is daily becoming more known to 
the farming community It can hardly be credited, except by those who have been in the habit of 
keeping it in their stables, what a vast amount of pain, suffering, and time, are saved by the timely 
application of this Oil 
No. 1.-Physic Hail tor Horses.-Cape aloes from six to ten drams, castile soap one dram, 
spirits of wine one dram, syrup to form the ball If mercurial physic be wanted, add from one half a 
dram to one dram of calomel 
Previous to physiemg a horse, and during its operation, he should be fed on bran mashes, allowed 
plenty of chilled water, and have exercise. Physic is alw ays useful ; it is necessary to be administered 
in almost every disease It improves digestion, and gives strength to the lacteala by cleansing the 
intestines and unloading the liver ; and if the animal is afterwards properly fed. will improve his 
strength and condition in a remarkable degree Physic, except in urgent cases, should be given in the 
morning, and on an empty stomach ; and if required to be repeated, a week should intervene between 
each dose. 
Before giving a horse a ball, see that it is not too hard or too large. Cattle medicine is always given 
•s a drench. 
No. 2.-Physic for Cattle.-Cape aloes, four drams to one ounce, epaom salts four to six 
ounces, powdered ginger three drams. Mix, and give in a quart of gruel. For calves, one-third of tliin 
will be a dose 
No. 3.-Tonic for Horses and Cattle.-Sulphate of copper one ounce to twelve drama, 
white sugar one half ounce. Mix, and divide into eight powders, and give one or two daily in the 
animal's food. 
No. 4.-Cordial for Horses and Cattle.-Powdered opium one dram, ginger powdered two 
drams, allspice powdered three drams, caraway seed powdered four drams. Make into a ball with mo- 
lasses, or give as a drench in gruel. the Gripes and Hiroe in Cattle, add to the above a teacupful 
of spirits or oil ; or give two ounces of Gargling Oil. and repeat every two hours till the animal is 
relieved. 
No. 5.-Diuretic Ball.-Hard soap and common turpentine each four drama oil of juniper 
twenty drops, powdered resin to form the ball For Dropsy, Water Farcy. Broken Wind, or Febrile. 
Diseases, add to the above allspice and ginger each two drams. Make four balls, and give one morning 
and evening. 
No. 6 -Diuretic Powder.-Powdered resin and nitre each four ounces ; mix and divide into 
twelve parts ; give one daily For Grease. Swelled Lega, etc., using the Gargling Oil externally 
No. 7.-Alterative or Condition Powder.-Resin and nitre each two ounces, levigated 
antimony one ounce Mix for eight or ten doses, and give one night and morning. When this is to 
be given to cattle, add glauber Malta one pound 
No. 8.-Fever Ball.-Cape aloes two ounces, nitre four ounces, molaeses to fbrm a mass. Divide 
Into twelve balls, and give one morning and evening, till the bowels are relaxed ; then give No. 6 or 10. 
No. 0.-Sedative and Worm Ball.-Powdered white hellebore one half dram, linseed pow- 
der one half ounce If necessary make into a ball with molasses This ball is a specific for weed 
Two ounces of Gargling Oil in one half bottle of linseed oiL is an effectual remedy for worms la h^waep 
and cattle 
No. 10.-Anodyne Ball.-Opium one dram, camphor two drams, ginger powder one and a half 
drams; molasses to form a ball Give night and morning, after the bowels are opened, in tetanus, or 
lockjaw With the addition of powdered catechu two drams, this forms an excellent cure for diarrhoea, 
or purging 
No. 11.-Cordial Astringent Drench, fob Diarrb<ba, Purging, or Scouring -Tincture 
of opium one half ounce, allspice two and a half drama powdered caraways one half ounce ; catechu 
powder two drams, strong ale or gruel, one pint. Give every morning till the purging ceases. For 
sheep this will make four doses. 
No. 12.-Blister Ointment.-Hog's lard four ounces, oil of turpentine and Spanish flies each 
one ounce ; mix. This ointment is strong enough for every purpose. 
No. 13.-Powder for Anpleberriea.-After cutting them off, or when they exist in clus- 
ters, sprinkle them daily with equal parts of muriate of ammonia and powdered savin. 
No. 14.-Fever Powder tor Horses.-Nitre from one half ounce to one ounce, camphor 
and tartar emetic each from one to two drams ; powder and mix. To be used after the bowels have 
been opened. 
No. 15.-Astringent Ball, for Looseness in Horses.-Opium from one half to one dram, 
ginger one and a half drams, prepared chalk three drams, flour two drams. Powder, and make into 8 
ball with molasses 
No. 16.-Stomachic Purgative Ball, for thin, ill-conditioned Horses -Aloes on* half 
ounce, rhubarb two drama. calomel one dram, gingnr one and a half drams, oil caraway ten drop*, 
asjtile soap two drama ; iuoIumaph anflident to make it into a ball THE EKOELES V A Ur-M ECL' M 
jNo. 17.-Mixture for Ulcers and all Foul Bores.-Sulphate of sone ou® uonot. ^rrt- 
dve sublimate one dram, npirith of Halt four drama, ^alwr one pint ; mix 
Ko. 18.-Cold Lotion.-Goalaxd'a Extract, laudanum, of each two ounces ; vinegar four cancer ; 
water three quarts. 
The Celebrated G-argling Oil.-The com position and manufacture of 1Mrkchant'h Cklx- 
bhated Gargling Oil." it the result of a series of years of study and application by a practical and 
theoretical chemist. Dr. G. W. Merchant, dipiomated by the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, devoted 
his time and indefatigable energies to it for more than twenty yenra. and finally established a branch of 
business not only extensive but useful to the world We recently heard a gentleman of discriminsting 
observation, and disinterested in the success of the *'<)il." remark, that "Merchants Gargling Oil wm 
the only Patent Remedy he ever knew which lived through and triumphed over all opposition." The 
reason is plain. It has merit beyond that of all others in its way, and as it becomes more widely 
known, it is appreciated by a discerning public. 
Every scientific medical man knows that the combined influence of several ingredients in cert;ud 
fixed proportions, subserves an effect that cannot be attained by the same ingredients separate, or in 
different combinations. So with this compound The chemical affinities which are brought to coope- 
rate in the union of the various ingredients constituting the Liniment, render it an article of universal 
potency, tn its application to the multifarious forms of diseased action ; ami the fact that the Gargling 
Oil has obtained for itself a curative celebrity beyond that of all other Liniments, is attributable meas- 
urably to the combined influence of chemical forces which exist in its formation 
But as well authorized facts, the result of actual experiment are more convincing than theoretical 
deductions, to those acquainted with the virtues of this "Oil." we select from a Hood of Testimonials a 
few for the benefit of those who may have occasion to tost its merits by its application 
What is said of Merchant's Gargling Oil by the public and persons disinterested fully proves that no 
Liniment ever prepared has so high a reputation wherever it has been used. As a family embrocation, 
as well as for horses and cattle, it stands unrivaled. But the annals of medicine and the art of inven- 
tion exhibit numerous instances of the mercenary disposition of persons, who seek to impost) upon the 
unsuspecting by worthless imitations, and, sometimes, even counterfeit preparations. The proprietor 
of this valuable Oil, who paid a large sum for the business, with the recipe, has heard of instances 
where alcohol and spirits of turpentine mixed together, and highly colored, to represent as near as 
possible our preparation, has been put up. and, under some other name, palmed off upon the honest 
farmers and others, as a valuable liniment, when they themselves know that its composition is such 
that it is highly poisonous in numerous complaints Yet they have the effrontery to insist that it is 
equal, if not superior, to Tobias' Liniment, Davis' Pain Extractor, or the Gargling Oil. 
The public should mark such men, and not be taken in by them Nor should the dealer, if he hat 
any regard for his character, allow such impositions upon his shelves or recommend them to his cus- 
tomers, even if he can make a trifle more than by the sale of Standard Medicines 
The Gargling Oil is good for Rheumatism. Chilblains, Corns, Whitlows, Caked Breasta, Sore Nip- 
ples, Cramps, Boils, Bites of Animals. Weakness of the Joints, Contractions of Muscles, Burns and 
Scalds, Frost Bites, Painful Nervous Affections, Chapped Hands, Lame Back, Pain in the Side. Swellings, 
Tumors, Toothache. Old Sorea Hemorrhoids or Piles. Flesh Wounds, Galls of all kinds, Sprains. Bruises, 
Cracked Heels, Ring Bone, Poll Evil, Windgalla. Callous, Spavin. Sweeney, Fistula, Sitfast, External 
Poisons, Scratches or Grease. Springhalt Sand Cracks, Lameness, Strains. Foundered Feet Mange. Horn 
Distemper, Garget in Cows, Cracked Teats, Foot Rot in Sheep, and many other diseases incident to 
Man and Beast 
Directions.-Before using, shake well the bottle. Some persons, as often animals, cannot bear the 
medicine as strong as it is; when this is the case, reduce it with water, but the stronger it is used the 
better. 
in cases where this Oil is used for Rheumatism, Neuralgia, etc., it would be advisable to rub the parts 
affected and dry it in by the fire. 
General Directions for Treatment of Wounds and Diseases. 
Olean every wound well, if possible, without washing. Restore the injured parts as near as possi- 
ble to then original situation, and retain them there by stitches and bandaging. Subdue the inHani- 
mation by oieeding. purging, low diet, poultices, or fermentations. Apply Gargling Oil ; when matter 
appears apply it quite freely If proud Hesh rises, put on a little of No. 3, or burnt alum. 
Testimony Twenty-Two Ybars Old.-From Henry Walbridge, Lockport, April 6. 1838.-1 hereby 
certify that I have for a longtime made use of the Gargling Oil as prepared by Mr Merchant, and have 
had frequent opportunities of witnessing its remarkable healing properties, even in cases which had 
resisted ail other remedies. By the use of this Oil, about three years ago. I saved a fine animal that 
had been severely cut in the flank by a boat knife, while taking him from the bow of a canal boat after 
using many other remedies in vain. I would therefore recommend to all those who keep horses, to 
have it constantly on hand, as its early application will pave much time and trouble ; and I feel happy 
In being able to contribute on my part to confirm the good effects of this valuable medicine. 
Wounds of the Joints and Tendons.-Symptoms-near a joint and discharge of a glairy 
fluid, called joint oil, synovia. Curb-close wound by the actual cautery, or touch edges with lunar 
eaustic. Apply the Gargling Oil. and bandage, bleed, etc., and observe rest 
A Blooded House saved from bring a cripplk for lifb, and Five Hcndrbd Dollars saved in 
ONE SEASON, BY THR CHR OF MERCHANT'S Garolino Oil.-Extract of a Letter from Messrs. Eye^ly & 
Anderson, Monroe, Jasper Co., Iowa.-A Mr Hodgson says he would not ba without the Gargling Oil for 
any money, as he has used it for years in Ohio, before he came to Iowa, and he saved his blooded Stal- 
lion from being crippled for life by using the Oil last winter, as his horse was injured by snagging him- 
aelf baric of the fore shoulder on a fence rail ; where, if the Gargling Oi' bad not cured him, Mr 
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THE PEOPLE'S VADE-MECUM 
Hodgnon weald have lost over five hundred dollars this season. by the lumen es* at too rt&Ulon, mi h« 
could not appear in such a poor plight as the lameness had made him. 
Every one who haw tried the Oil for lameuesa, sprains, bruisea poll evil, sore back, rheumatism, eto^ 
etc., have found it a sure remedy. 
Foul Ulcers.-Ad ill-looking sore, with sanious discharge, and pipes or sinuses. Curb.-Apply a 
poultice, dross with No. 17. When healthy matter flows, apply the Gargling Oil, bandage, bleed, and 
observe rest 
Tuiuors in General.-When inflamed tumors become troublesome, and will not yield to 
other remedies, Gargling Oil will entirely remove them, as it also will callous from other parts of the 
animal 
Poll Evil and Fistula.-Symptoms-Tamor or swelling, sanious discharge, and pipes on poll 
or withers. Cuke-seton* and dress with No 12, or a clay poultice and No. 17. Use the knife. See, 
also, directions that accompany the Gargling Oil. 
From David 8. Ray. Justice of the Peace, Otto, 1U., March 19. 1857.-I know the value your Garg 
ling Oil by trying; ami. therefore, it being unlike nine-tenths of the humbuggery pa med oil on the 
community in the shape of quack nostrums. I shall do all I can to extend the sale l. 
I bought a large bottle of your Gargling Oil to use on a mare which got badlv trained. It had the 
desired effect; it cured her in a few days 
My orother-in-law came to my house after this. One of his horses ha*4 * xarge protuberance on the 
back jf his head. We applied the Gargling Oil twice while here, and wo weeks afterwards b« came 
•gain. when we applied it thoroughly, and, to the astonishment or m, it effected a permanent cure of 
the Poll Evil that time. 
From Kern A: Witsman, Fayetteville, Ind., Oct. 13,1856.-Ynui Gargling Oil has just got a start, and 
sells like hot cakes. One large bottle cures Fistula on th- nurse every trial, and no mistake. It is an 
excellent medicine, and sure cure. The farmers say it ;s the best horse medicine ever used, and those 
who have tried it will not be without it. 
Extract of a Letter f rom, Laban Booker, Texas ind, Dec. 18, 1854.-I have a very fine horse which 
had the Poll Evil on the back of his head which extended down the neck to the withers ; for the cure 
of which I tried every remedy that I could aear of. and all to no purpose, when I was recommended to 
try a bottle of Merchant's Gargling Oil. which I did, ami by the time I had used half the contents or one 
large bottle the animal was entirely well I retain the remainder of the bottle, and if I could not pro- 
cure another. I would not take fifty dollars for it. The truth of the above statement is well know n to 
•H my neighbors, and if of any benefit to you or the public,you can make use of it. 
From I S. Bayles, Bel An. Ind., Dec. 17, 1855.- Your Gargling Oil has cured all the horses in our 
town and vicinity. I take the freedom of saving, that for horses there never was so sure a medicine 
for Fistula, Poll Evil, and the different complaints for which it is recommended. 
From P. A. Stanard, Atwater. Dec. 3b. 1853.-I have cured a very bad case of Fistula, which had been 
of some standing. It bad broken out on both sides of the shoulders, and on top. It is entirely sound. 
Extract of a Letter from Isaac Bigelow. Pleasant Valley. 0.. Dec 15, 1851.-I have been trying an 
experiment with the Oil I purchased in September last, on a fine young mare, valued at one hundred 
dollars when sound. She had become wounded on the withers some time during the last summer, pro- 
ducing a very bad Fistula. I bought the animal for twenty-six dollars and fifty cents, and commenced 
applying the Gargling Oil freely to the wound, and she is now perfectly sound, and is a valuable beast, 
either for saddle or for harness. 
From W G. Williams, Coshocton Co.. O., March, 1852.-I have used Dr. Merchant's Gargling Oil on 
tnjr horses for Fistula. Cuts, Strains and Bruises, and it has not failed to cure in any instance. 1 would 
not do without it, if within my reach. 
From James Fields. Coshocton Co., O., March. 1852.-I have used Dr. Merchants Gargling Oil on my 
horses for the Fistula, and it cured it sound with a half bottle. 
Hidebound.-Skin firm and immovable on the body. Curb-good grooming and diet. Give No. 
1, and every morning after. No 3 Clothe the body, and keep the horse warm. 
Surfeit, or Scab.-Symptoms-coat stares; pimples, or scabs on the skin; skin thick and 
wrinkled, with itching and rubbing; yellow discharge. Core-give No. 1, and two days after. No 7. 
Apply Gargling Oil. and keep cool and uncovered. 
81tfasts and Warbles.-Symptoms-dark colored scabs on back, hard and sore Curb- 
poultice, and heat in the Gargling Oil. 
Warts, Angleberries.-Symptoms-red or black lumps, without hau\ Curb-cut them off. 
Apply No. 13 ; give No. 1 
Farcy.-Symptoms-knotty tumors on body and inside the legs. Curb-give No 8; cauterize 
farcy buds, and dress with No. 17 ; then with Gargling Oil. 
Udder-ills, Yellows.-Symptoms-swelling and pain in the udder. Cure-foment; draw with 
milk. Apply the Gargling Oil, and give No. 1. 
Abscess of the Udder.-Symptoms-discharge of matter from udder or teats. Curb-lance 
very deep, and apply Gargling Oil. 
Swelled Legs, Weed, Black Spall, or Quarter-ill.-Symptoms-enlargement or swell- 
ing of one or both hind legs. Cure-bleed ; give Noe. 9, 1 and 6. with exercise. 
Palsy, Paralysis.-Symptoms-Peculiar motion in hind legs, and loss of feeling. Curb-blister 
loins, or insert seatons ; physic and rest 
Extract of a Letter from Mr. J. L. Scott. Hodgenville, Ky , Aug. 19, 1859.- Your medicine is giving 
general satisfaction to those who ha»-<* used it. 1 used two fifty cent bottles for the stiff complaint, and 
it acted like a charm, or. in other words, my horse got well, and is still in as good condition as it waa 
before it was attacked with the disease. 
Fractures.-Symptoms-inability to move limb ; perceptible to touch. Curb.-Most men would 
•ay, destroy the animal ; but first read the following, related bv an individual from Clarence. N Y. THE PEOPLE'S VADE-MECUM. 
A splendid horse belonging to his neighbor had his fore leg, below the knee, badly broken. After laying 
three waeka, and nothing done for it, the animal in the mean time, by thrashing about in his agony, 
had worn the hair nearly off him. The owner, with axe in hand, was about to put an end to the 
sufferings of his favorite beast, when our informant solicited and obtained a present of the horse, and 
with help got him home. Ho suspended him in a sling, replaced the bones, and applied faithfully 
Merchants celebrated Gargling Oil, which caused the bones speedily to unite, and imparted strength 
to the limb. In a few weeks the horse was sold for a handsome sum, having no other blemish than a 
slight enlargement and stiffness of the pastern joint 
Stringhalt.-Symptoms-peculiar catching up of a hind leg. When in outside muscles, horse 
straddles and throws legs outward ; when inside, legs are twitched up to the belly. Curb-bathe the 
part freely, and with considerable friction, with the Gargling Oil. 
Certificate of Mr. N. Doke, Jasonville, Ind., Oct. 30, 1858.-This is to certify that one twenty-five cent 
bottle of Merchant's Gargling Oil perfectly cured a young horse of mine of the Stringhalt, which he 
bad very badly. I believe it to be by far the best medicine in use. 
Bad cask of Sprain in ths Stifle Joint of a Mclr.-Certificate of Mr. W. Bowles, Adams Co., Hl., 
Feb. 14. Ido9.-This is to certify that my mule had been lame for six weeks with a sprain in the stifle 
joint, and I had tried various kinds of liniments, and all to no effect. I finally concluded to try your 
Gargling Oil, and it acted like a charm. In twenty-four hours it commenced improving, and is now 
entirely well, so that I can ride her about without any trouble or pain whatever. 
Strains.-Symptoms-part hot and tender; severe lameness. Curb-foment, bleed, physic, rest. 
Apply the Gargling Oil. 
Extract of a Letter from Messrs. Holman & Semen, Holton, Ind., March 6,1860.-It is one of the best 
Oils for strains ever in the country. 
Spavin, Curb, Thoroughpin, Capelet.-Symptoms-lameness and enlargement about the 
hock joint. Curb.-These diseases show themselves in a variety of forms, and are very frequently 
obstinate and difficult to manage ; and cases are not unfrequent in which it has resisted every plan of 
regular treatment. They owe their origin to hard labor in early life. In these affections Merchant's 
celebrated Gargling Oil has evinced uncommon energy, and numerous are the instances in which it has 
been known to effect a radical and perfect cure. A number of highly interesting cases, exhibiting the 
remarkable activity of this Oil. could be introduced, but our limits forbid. 
How to Prevent a Spavin.-From Silas Halsey, Franklin?March 12, 1850.-I hereby certify that I 
procured of Abel Turrell, druggist, etc.. Montrose, one bottle of Merchant's celebrated Gargling Oil, 
for which I paid one dollar. I applied it to a sprain in the leg of one of my horses, that would, if 
neglected, undoubtedly have become a confirmed spavin-indeed, the sprain and iameness was so great, 
that I considered the horse nearly ruined. In the course of one week, to my utter astonishment, the 
horse was perfectly cured! I think nearly all diseases, lameness, etc., to which the limbs of horses are 
subject, may be cured by this Oil. No farmer, or owner of horses, should be without this valuable 
remedy constantly on hand. 
From Messrs. L. kB. Fuller, Sun Prairie, Dane Co., Wis -We have used your Gargling Oil on our 
horses with decided success. We have used it in a case of Spavin, and on a wound produced by the 
kick of another horse, and in cases of Founder ; and in all these we have found the Gargling Oil unpai- 
alleled, and superior to any medicine of the kind we ever used. 
From Henry B. Wilson. Paris, Washington Co., Pa., Jan. 2, 1852.-I purchased a bottle of G. W. 
Merchant's Gargling Oil a few weeks since, and applied it to a Bone Spavin on my horse, that Lad been 
walking on three legs for about one year. Not having much faith in the thousands of patent remedies 
before the public for curing such diseases, I must say I was agreeably disappointed in finding the Garg- 
ling Oil all it promisee In about five or six days my-horse began to improve. I have used about half 
of one of the dollar bottles, and my horse is now able to travel with little or no appearance of lame- 
ness ; and 1 presume, by continuing the same application, a perfect cure will be effected. As the horse 
is one I have owned for many years, all may know what 1 mean, when I say it is one of my matched 
bracks. 
From Peter Hitman, Brant, Aug. 15, 1840.-About three years ago I had occasion to make use ot your 
Gargling Oil. and have since made use of it, and will therefore give you some account of my success, 
as it may be of value to farmers and others, who have not yet become acquainted with its virtues. I 
have used it in almost every kind of external complaints on horses, in many of which other medicines 
entirely failed to help, with decided success. In one case of a very bad spavined shoulder, by strict 
attention and prompt application of the Oil. I cured » three days so that the horse was fit to use. I 
can slso produce many who have used the Gargling On without a failure, who will verify the truth of 
the above statement. I wish you would make an agent for the tale of it at or near this place, which I 
think would be much to your advantage. 
From Samuel Sears, Madison, N. I". Feb. 12. 1819 -In the winter of 1843 I had a horse afflicted with 
Bone Spavin, so much so as to be unfit for use. After trying various other remedies without success. I 
was induced to trv your celebrated Gargling Oil. which, in two days, effected an entire cure. It is 
without doubt the best horse medicine now in use. and without humbugging 
Sallanders and Mallenders.-Symptoms-scurfy eruption at bend of the knee and hock 
Cure-keep clean ; apply Gargling Oil freely ; give No. 6. 
Callous Tendons, Chronic Strains.-Symptoms-swelling or thickening of the back sinews. 
Curb-apply the Gargling Oil very freely, and wiUi much friction. 
Caution to Purchasers of Gargling Oil. 
Th* dDly bm» " G W Merchant Lockport. N Y blown In wtccb bottia. haw Lia 
met dot a 8 
Bplents.-Simptomb-bony enlargement below the knee. Cuke-appply Gargling Oil witwt*, 
and heat in with a hot shovel. 
Windfalls.-Symptoms-puffed swelling about the fetlock joint Cukk-tight bandages. kept wet 
with Gargling Oil. Of this celebrated medicine, one gentleman affirms that he cured a valuable horse 
of a Wwdhall which had become callous. 
Another says he has cured a fine horse of the Swkknky, which nothing else would effect 
Another has cured himself by the use of the Oil, of Rubumatism, and in his family has used it for 
all complaints requiring an external remedy. 
Another, who had it ''on hand," says that he relieved himself immediately jt bkvkrb and continued 
Pain, resulting from the setting of a dislocated knee joint, when every application made for twenty- 
four hours had failed-he soon obtained sleep. 
/Yom C. L Safford, Esq., Lockport, Jan. 20, 1841.-One of my horses having a Windgall of long stand- 
ing, which had become callous, and which 1 supposed, from th» many remedies used by me, was past 
cure, I was induced to try your Gargling Oil, which, with be nse of two bottles, entirely effected a 
oure 1 therefore consider it one of the best medicines 'oat can be used for horses 
from Jacob Hickman, Henderson Grove. III., Oct. 1 .306.-I certify that one twenty-five cent bottle 
of Gargling Oil, purchased of J. Delano k Co., rmooved a very bad Blood Wart from the neck of my 
horse, which farriers said would cost twenty iooars to cure, and would have caused Poll Evil if not 
removed. Ido also certify that another hoise got very badly hurt on the leg. causing a hard callous, 
and making the horse very lame. Farriers said he must be cast, and the bone scraped, or I would loss 
the use of nlm. One twenty-five ■w bottle of this Gargling Oil saved all the trouble and expense, 
and cured my horse perfectly 
Bota and Belly Ache in Horses.-The Gargling Oil is used with decided effect in the above 
eases. From one to two smallest (twenty-five cent size) bottles is a dose for a horse It may be given 
dear, or sweetened with molasses 
From Mr Wm Pird, Lewiston. Niagara Co., Aug. 10,1840.-I have for a few years past used your 
celebrated Gargling Oil on my horses, and can testify, with many others of those who have used it, to 
its efficacy in curing wounds, etc., as well as internal complaints, to w hich horses are subject. I have 
no doubt 1 owe the life of a valuable horse to its curative effects. The horse had the Bota and by 
following the directions in the pamphlets I found, in a short time after taking the Oil. a cessation it 
their workings 1 have also used it with much success in my family', in the cure of Burna Woun is, 
etc, I would recommend to all who have horses to keep a bottle in their stable, or to procure one 
as soon as their horse is wounded. 1 am confident it is the best application 1 ever used on horses or 
cattle. 
Grease and Heelcracks.-Symptoms-foetid discharge from heels and fetlock. Curb-wash 
clean, then dry, and apply No. 3 or 17, and heal with Gargling Oil. Also, give Noa 1 and 6 
Crownscab.-Symptoms-a scab and discharge from the coronet. Curb-same as above. 
Prom Sinam Berry, Bremen, O., Sept. 30, 1853.-The box of Gargling Oil you sent me some time last 
spring is al! sold. You will therefore please forward another box of like dimensions ss m-m as possible, 
as 1 have had several applications for it already, since I am out. The inquiry is (I may say almost 
daily). Have you any of Merchant's Gargling Oil yet ? I used it myself last spring, with perfect success, 
on a colt that had the Grease. Numerous others would be willing to testify to its curative properties 
and many say they intend keeping it constantly on hand. 
From A J. Ned, Lewisville, Coshocton Co., 0., March, 1852.-I have used Dr. Merchant's Gargling Oil 
for the Scratches on my horse, and it cured it with the first application. 
From A. V. Larimore, Weston, Ind., Aug. 15, 1856.-As regards the Gargling Oil, I will remark that I 
have generally found it to meet the approbation of the public, and it is easily introduced among my 
neighbora In a word, it is a popular remedy. Our people say it is one of the best remedies for 
Scratches upon horses ever found. 
From H J Morgan, Wetzel Co., Va., March 24.1859.-A gentleman came twenty-five miles to-day, and 
got a bottle of Gargling Oil. He declares that he has had two horses cured of the Ringbone. It is the 
verv best thing for a sore throat I have ever tried. 
j£ingbone,-Symptoms-lameness, bony enlargement, ronnd pastern. Curb-same as in Splenta 
From, E. G. Babcock, Bridgewater, Pa., July 4, 1854.-Having experienced, from personal application, 
beneficial results from your Gargling Oil, I voluntarily send you the following. If you feel disposed to 
use my name, you are at liberty to do so. 
In February last, I drove a four year old horse one hundred miles. He was perfectly sound when I 
started. Driving him this journey caused a Spavin, perfect in its formation Hearing of your Gargling 
Oil, I was induced to purchase a bottle. Its application, before the bottle was exhausted, restored him 
to perfect soundness. He has been constantly at work at my summer's business, and no signs appear 
of a return of the Spavin. 
After witnessing such beneficial results. I applied it to a Ringbone on a three year old horse. He was 
very lame, and after two weeks' application his lameness was gone, and eventually the Ringbone dis- 
appeared. I am satisfied that it is completely and effectually cured. This horse has done his part of 
my spring business. 
From Gko. M. Reynolds, Ed. Lack. Jour., Carbondale City, Pa.-I hereby certify that I have been 
acquainted with Mr. E. G. Babcock fer many years. He is a highly respectable citizen, and very exten- 
sively engaged as a dealer in stock. His word can be implicitly relied on. 
From Messrs. Allen k Howland, Grand Ledge, Mich., June 1, 1854.-The Gargling Oil has produced 
great results in this vicinity-such as curing Ringbone on one of our neighbor's horses. He says that 
the horse had Ringbone upon both fore feet, so that the animal could scarcely walk. By the use of two 
bottles the horse was cured, his feet being as smooth as though he bail never been lame. Other euros 
too numerous to mention have been produced. Enclosed please find $20. Send a box of Gargling OU 
M son u possible, for there lea great demand for It. 
THE PEOPLE'S VaDE-MECUM THE PEOPLES VADE-MECUM 
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from Drvritl C. Dodge, Willfield, Herkimer 6b., AT. K. March 13, 1849.-Permit me to add my testimony 
in fkvor of your justly celebrated Gargling Oil. I had a three year old horse painfully afflicted with 
Bone Spavin, which, by the use of less than one bottle of your Gargling Oil, wag speedily and effect- 
ually cured This was four years ago. and the horse has never been afflicted since. I consider it the 
best horse medicine now in use. 
Inflamed Lamin®, Founder.-Symptoms-fever, great pain and lameness ; goes on heels 
Cure-bleed largely from feet and neck, poultice, give Nos. 1 and o, and use the Gargling Oil according 
to the directions accompanying the name. 
Strain Of the Coffin Joint.-Symptoms-lamer in the trot than walk, foot hot Curb-poul- 
tice, or put a seton through the frog ; rest 
From Charles Sayer, Horseheads, Chemung Co., N. F, May 14, 1849.-I desire to give you. or the 
public. my testimony in regard to G. VV Merchant's celebrated Gargnng Oil. Last November I had a 
horse that had been lame in one foot for about nine weeks, ho that I was deprived of his labor. His 
foot was hot, and the frog was dry and hard ; what the matter was. 1 have yet to learn Being induced 
by the agent. Mr. Warren Lincoln, I purchased a fifty cent bottle of the Oil. and used it according to 
directions, and found my horse improving fast In about ten da)a and after using one bottle and a 
half, ny horse was well, and has remained so since 1 have also used it for Saddle Galls, etc. and deera 
it the best medicine in use. and cheerfully recommend it to my neighborhood and the community 
CoutrftCtion.3.-Symptoms-foot oblong instead of round. 
Corns.-Symptoms-red spot in sole, between bars and crust; lameness. 
Sandcrack.-Symptoms-a fissure or crack in the hoof downwards. CT RR-frog pressure Thia 
•ole and quarters, and keep the feet moist. Apply tips or spring shoes, and Gargling Oil. 
Canker, Loo, Foot Rot.-Symptoms-ulceration of sensible sole, or laminae. Curr-rasp croat 
bind tight with cords, remove under run horn, keep dry, and apply daily No. 3 and Garbling Gil. 
From. J. O. Prait, Quinsy. Chautawfue Co., N. Y., Aug 12, 1854.-I have been acquainted with your 
medicine (Gargling Oil) for the last fourteen years. It has proved a sure cure for Foot Rot in Sheep, 
for which I sold the last bottle, and have calls almost daily for more Please forward as soon as con 
▼enient 
From M Powell, Napoleon, Ohio, March 8. 1857.-Our people have been using your Gaigling OH for 
Kidney Worm in hogs, and find it to be the best thing they can get I will want a new supply soon 
From Messrs. Belding Ik Co., Portage Co.. Ohio, June 2, 1850.-Persons have used your Oil with good 
•access in this neighborhood for cattle, when they were considered worth but little on account of dis- 
•ased feet They call it " Foot Rot." We can get names and dates if you desire it. They tell uh, 
those who have used it in that disease, it has never failed to cure; and one man published it in the 
''Cleveland Plaindealer." over his own signature. 
^rom Messrs Van Valkenburgh & Cvfiin, Poughkeepsie, N. Y., Aug. 13. 1859.-We hear it (the Garg 
ling Oil) highly recommended for the " Foot Rot," by farmers who have used it. 
Thrush.-Symptoms-discharge from cleft of the frog. Cuke-remove the rotten horn, apply No 
17, find then the Gargling Oil. 
Quittor.-Symptoms-lameness, pipes or sinuses in the foot Cuke-poultice, syringe with No 
17, dress with Gargling OiL and bandage. 
Frick in Shoeing.-Symptoms-lameness after shoeing, flinch from pressure. Cure-draw the 
nail and apply the Gargling Oil. 
Fever, Symple or Symptomatic, and General Inflammation.-Symptoms-lassitude, 
shivering, quick pulse and breathing, off feed. General Directions.-In all cases of fever and inflam- 
mation. bleed, open the bowels by clysters and laxative medicine. Keep body and extremities warm 
by clothing and hard rubbing. Diet-green meat or bran mashes; give water (with the chill off), 
and keep the animal as quiet as possible. In fevers of long standing, and the patient emaciated, give 
tonics and malt mashes 
Founder.-From A. H. Burr. Morristown, N. J., Nov. 6, 1852.-The Gargling Oil has given the best 
of satisfaction here There have been so many humbugs imposed on the public, that we are careful 
of recommending until tested thoroughly I was so unfortunate as to get my horse very badly hurt 
some weeks since, and by timely application of your Oil ho has been entirely cured. In another 
instance, a friend of mine foundered his horse so bally that he could not get him out of the stable 
Two bottles of vour Oil have made him entirely sound He was not worth five dollars after being 
injured, but bis owner has now been offered two hundred and fifty dollars for him 
From Alfred Peck. Jewett, N. Y., April 24, 1853.-My horse became lamed last fall in consequence of 
a Founder, or taking cold, and has been lame all winter. On the receipt of the Gargling Oil I com- 
menced using it upon his foot, and now the lame ne ae is almost gone, and 1 am confident that it will cure 
him entirely. 
From V Russell.-By your request I made use of Merchant's Gargling Oil on a horse of mine that 
had been so badly foundered as to render him nearly uselesa, with perfect success, and I would recom- 
mend it. as one of the best horse medicine** now in use. 
Common Cold, Catarrhal Fever, or Distemper.-Symptoms-fever, cough, nasal dis- 
charge of a brown color. Cuke-bleed, unless very weak. Give No. 8 ; steam the head. 
Nervous Exhaustion, or Acute Inflammation.-Symptoms-pulse and breathing greatly 
hurried, lies fiat and sweats. Cuke-copious bleeding and clysters ; avoid purging. 
Tetanus, or Lockjaw.-Symptoms-hair protrudes over the eyes. jaws stiff, muscles rigid, 
nose poked out tail quivers Cure-find the cause. Give Nos. 1 and 10; setons along spine Never 
bleed. 
Hydrophobia, or Madness.-Symptoms-dullness, quickly succeeded by frantic madness. No 
•ure. Preventive-excision, or apply strong caustics to the bitten part 
Chronic Cough, Asthma, Broken Wind, Roaring, etc.-Symptom R-dry oough. dIflU 
wltv in resniraGnn (Tw»- -Nng 1 and 7. or No 5 ; regular vno moderate diet and work 10 
the peoples vade-mecum 
Inflammation of the LunRS, Pleura, or Chest.-Symutoms-fever, stands wide before, 
heaves hard at flanks, never lies down. Curb-bleed copiously ; No. 9 twice a day ; blister sides ; cool 
Ur ; avoid purging. 
Inflammation of Stomach, Stomach Staggers.-Symptoms-great drowsiness, low pulse, 
head forced against the manger or wall, costive. Curb-bleed ; give linseed jelly clysters, No. 1, and 
muzzle ; foment belly, seton poll. 
Inflammation of ths Bowels, or Red Colic.-Symptoms-fever, gripe gradual and unre- 
mitted, never rolls, sometimes great purging. Curb-copious bleeding ; No. 8 ; oily clysters; scald 
the betlv ; linseed drinks. 
Flatulent Colic and Gripes, Hove or Swelling.-Symptoms-no fever, gripe sudden 
and remitting, rolls over, extreme pain, belly tense. Cure-No. 4, back rake, clysters and exercise. 
Diarrhcea or Looseness, Scouring or Purging.-Symptoms-purges in small quantities 
at every movement, sickness, or fever. Cure-give No. 11, or some port wine ; keep body warm; 
astringent clysters. 
Dysentery, or Molton-Grease, Braxy.-Symptoms-discharge of greasy matter, or blood, 
with the dung, costiveness, fever. Curb-blee't, give castor oil, linseed jelly, and clysters ; avoid cord- 
ials or astringents. 
Constipation, Coetivenoss.-Symptoms-belly swelled, dung dry and hard. Cure-mashes 
or green meat, clysters, and exercise. 
\Vorms.-Symptoms-worms expelled, coat stares, eye dull and glazed, great appetite. Curb- 
No. 9 at night ; No. 1 next morning ; fasting. 
Dropsy, AVater Farcy.-Symptoms-rumbling bowels; legs, belly, etc., swelled ; fever ; consti- 
pation. Cure-lance swellings and apply No. 18 ; give Nos. 6 and 3, or 6 ; nourishing diet. 
Inflammation of Liver, Jaundice, or Yellows.-Symptoms-membranes of nose and 
mouth yellow, pain, fever, generally costive Curb-bleed ; give No 1 and clysters ; low diet 
Inflammation of Kidneys, Red Water, Bloody Urine.-Symptoms-constant desire to 
stale, urine high color, fever, pain in the loins, thirst Cure-bleed; give Nos. 1 and 9; stimulate the loins 
Stranguary, or Suppression of Urine.-Symptoms-frequent straining, little voided, gripe* 
Curb-give No. 1, cold clysters, pass catheter. 
Diabetes, or Profuse Btaleing.-Symptoms-increased flow of urine, great debility. Curb- 
give Nos. 1 and 10; rest and warm clothing. 
Inflammation of Brain, Meagrims and Mad Staggers.-Symptoms-drowsdnees, eyei 
blood-shot delirium. Curb-copious bleeding, with physic. Give No. 9; low diet 
Inflammation of the Eye, Sore Eyest Opthalmia.-Symptoms-white film on the eye, 
weeping Curb-bleed, scarify the eyelids, give No. 1 ; apply Gargling Oil and hot fomentations. 
Strangles.-Symptoms-cough, sore throat swelling and abscess under jaws. Curb-blister threat; 
give Nos 8 end 8 ; warm clothing ; nourishing diet Never bleed. 
Glanders.-Symptoms-nasal ulcers, and discharge, hard lumps under jaws, no fever. UI condition. 
Curb-sulphate of copper, or incurable. 
From Ji. G. HerUell, Chairman, Pa, Dec. 20, 1856.-I w ill take an interest in your Gargling Oil, for 1 
know it to be good. I have used it for six years, in my livery stable, with astonishing eflecta. I have 
cured two of the worst cases of Sweeney I ever saw, with two of the large bottles. 
From Jame) Crooks. Bridgeton, Nov. 12, 1855-The Gargling Oil has proved an excellent article in 
every case for which it has been used. There have been three cases of Sweeney, one of Fistula, and 
one of Splint, and other cases of less importance, cured with it- I thiuk the sales will increase 
Pom P. Childs, Altona, III., Feb. 16. 1857.-Since being in business in this place, I have had uumeroui 
calls for your Gargling Oil. It is well known to almost all farmers and farriers. I could get any num ■ 
ber of testimonials in its fivor, end particularly in regard to Sweeney, in which disease it has cured 
when all others failed. Please send immediately. 
From Fred. Patterson, to J. C. C- Hughes, Pottsville, Pa., Aug. 1,1851.-Through your recommemta- 
tion. I have made use of Merchant's Gargling Oil on oue of my horses, for the Sweeney, his hip being 
nearly wasted. By the use of three large bottles he is entirely cured. 
Pom Amos Rogers, South Boston, Pa.. Feb 22. 1856.-The Gargling Oil is a valuable article, and has 
done some wonderful cures in this place. One case of Sweeney, which had baliied the skill of the 
veterinary surgeons, has been cured with the application of one large bottle. 
From Samwl R Dakcns, Jackson Tp, Coslue ton Co, Ohio.-I hereby certify that George W. Mer- 
chant's Gargling Oil sold by Mr. Burna, at Roscoe, will cure Sweeney in the shoulder of a horse. 
Sore Throat, Quincy.-Symptoms-difficulty in swallowing, cough, fever. Cuke-bleeding ; 
cool air ; give No. 8 ; apply No. 12. 
Lampaa, Sore Mouth.-Symptoms-swelling of roof of mouth, or palate. Cckb-bleed In the 
mouth ; give No. 1, and soft meat 
Rowels and Setons.-Their object is to promote a discharge of matter from any particular part 
and keep up an irritation there. The latter is a good remedy for spavins, splenta strains, and chronic 
tumors. When used with a view of relieving internal inflammation or fever, it is requisite to dress 
with No. 15, instead of No. 18. Never place a rowel in a swelling. 
Poultices.-W hen a poultice is applied to a part it must be kept always wet If Buttered to dry, it 
always does harm. 
Fomentations.-In fomenting a part, keep it always covered ; and when finished dry it well, or 
evaporation will do more harm than the fomentation did good. 
Pulse.-The best place to feel the pulse is at the corner of the under jaw-bone. It is soft and mod- 
erate in its action when the horse is in health, being about thirty-six beats iu a minute. During 
inflammation the pulse is hard, and like a cord to the finger ; it is likewise quick iu proportion to th* 
force of the disease. A alow, small pulse accompanies debility ; and a quick, small irregular pules 
generally attends fever THE PEOPLE'S VADE-MECl M 
DOMESTIC ECONOMY. 
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Hweet Marjoram.- Few people know how to keep sweet marjoram, the best, of all herbs for 
broth and stuffing. It should be gathered in bud or blossom, and dried in a tin kitchen at a moderate 
distance from the fire. When dry, it should be immediately rubbed, sifted and corked up in a bottle 
carefully. 
Cure for the Ear-ache.-Cotton wool, wet with sweet oil and paregoric, relieves the ear-ache 
very soon. 
Croup Remedy.-Equal parts of camphor, spirits of wine and hartshorn, well mixed and rubbed 
upon the throat, is said to be good for the croup. 
Piles.-An ointment of lard, sulphur and cream of tartar, simmered together, is good for the piles 
Remedy for the Sting of Bees.-Chalk wet with hartshorn is a remedy for the sting of bees 
Bo is likewise .able salt kept moist with water. 
Positive Cure for Corns.-The strongest acetic acid, applied night and morning with a 
camel's hair brush. In one week the corn will disappear-soft or hard corns. 
Horse-Plies.-Indigo weed stuck plentifully about the harness tends to keep flies from horses 
Some make a decoction of indigo weed, and others of pennyroyal, and blithe horses with it to uefend 
them from insects. 
An English Plum Pudding.-Beat eight eggs very light, add to them a pound of flour sifted 
and a pound of powdered sugar; when it looks quite light, put in a pound of suet finely shred, a pint 
of milk, a nutmeg grated and a gill of brandy; mix with it a pound of currants, washed, picked and 
dried, and a pound of raisins, atoned and floured. Tie it in a thick cloth and boil it steadily eight hours 
Tomato Catsup.-Gather a peck of tomatoes pick out the steins and wash them; put them on 
the tire without water, sprinkle on a few spoonsful of salt, let them boil steadily an hour, stirring them 
frequently; strain them through a colander, and then through a sieve ; put the liquid on the fire with 
half a pint of chopped onions, half a quarter of an ounce of mace broke into small pieces, and if not 
sufficiently salt, add a little more ; one tablespoonful of whole black pepper; boil all together until 
just enough to fill two bottles ; cork it tight. Make it in August, in dry weather. 
Pepper Vinegar.-Get one dozen pods of pepper when ripe, take out the stems, and cut them in 
two; put them in a kettle with three pints of vinegar, boil it away to one quart, and strain it through a 
sieve A little of this is excellent in gravy of every kind, and gives a flavor greatly superior to black 
pepper; it is also very fine when added to each of the various catsups for fish sauce. 
To Pickle Cucumbers.-Gather them full grown but quite young, take off the green rind and 
slice them tolerably thick, put a layer in a deep dish, strew over it some chopped onion and salt; do 
this until they are all in ; sprinkle salt on the top, let them stand six hours, put them in a colander ; 
when ail the liquor has rnn off. put them in a pot, strew a little cayenne pepper over each layer, and 
cover them with strong, cold vinegar ; when the pot is folk pour on some sweet oil and tie it up close ; 
at the end of a fortnight, pour off the first vinegar and put on fresh. 
To Pickle Onions.-Get white onions that are not too large.cut the stem close to the root with 
a sharp knife, put them in a pot, pour on boiling salt and water to cover them, stop the pot closelv, let 
them stand a fortnight, changing the salt and water every three days ; they must be ^hrred daily, er 
those that float will become soft; at the end of this time take off the skin and outer sVeTi. put them in 
plain, cold vinegar with a little tumeric ; if the vinegar be not very pale, they will not be of good color. 
Boiled Onions.-Peel and boil them in milk aud water, with a little salt; if boiled in water, they 
will not look white ; when tender, take them up and butter them. 
Ginger Wine.-To three gallons of water put three pounds of sugar, and four onnces of race 
ginger washed in many waters to cleanse it; boil them together for one hour, and strain it through a 
sieve; when lukewarm, put it in a cask with three lemons cut in slices, and two gills of beer yeast; 
shake it well and atop the cask very tight; let it stand a week to ferment, and if not clear enough to 
bottle it must remain until it becomes so ; it will be fit to driuk in ten days after bottling. 
Currant Wine.-Gather full ripe currants on a dry day. pick them from the stalks, and weigh 
them ; then crush them with your hands, leaving none whole ; for every two pounds of currants put 
one quart of water ; stir all well together and let it stand three hours, and strain the liquor through a 
sieve ; then, for every three pounds of currants put one pound of powdered loaf sugar ; stir it till the 
sugar is dissolved, boil it and keep skimming it as long as any scum will rise ; let it stand sixteen hours 
to cool before you put it in the cask ; stop it very close. If the quantity be twenty gallons, let it stand 
three weeks before yon bottle it; if it be thirty gallons, it must remain a month ; it should be per- 
fectly clear when drawn off; put a lump of sugar in each bottle, cork it well and keep it in a cool place 
or it will turn sour. This is a pleasant and cheap wine, and if properly made will keep good for many 
years ; it makes an agreeable beverage for the sick, when mixed with water. 
Bpruce Beer.-Boil a handful of hops, and twice as much of the chippings of sassafras root, in ten 
gallons of water ; strain it, and pour in, while hot, one gallon of rnoffissea two spoonsful of the essence 
of spruce, two spoonsful of powdered ginger, and one of pdunded allspice ; put it in a cask ; when sufli 
viently cold, add half a pint of good yeast; stir it well, stop it close, and when fermented and clear, 
bottle and cork it tight 
Molasses Beer.-Put five quarts hops and five of wheat bran into fifteen gallons of water; boil 
It three or four hours, strain it and p«ur it into a cask with one head taken out; put in five quarts of 
molasses, stir it till well mixed, throw a cloth over the barrel ; when moderately warm, add a quart of 
good yeast which must be stirred in ; then stop it close with a cloth and board ; when it has fermented 
and become quite clear, bottle it; the corks should be soaked in boiling water an hour or two, and the 
bottles perfectly clean and well drained. 
Honey Vinegar.-To one quart of clear honey, put eight quarts of warm water; mix it weD 
together; when it has passed through the ascetous fermentation, a white vinegar will be formed, in 
marry respects bettor than the ordinary vinegar 12 
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Hungarian Water.-One pint of Bpirite of wine, one ounce of oil of rosemary and two drschtzta 
of ambergris 
To Dry Herbs.-Gather them on a dry day, just before they begin to bloseom ; brush off the 
dust, cut them in small branches and dry them quickly in a moderate oven ; pick off the leaves when 
dry, pound and sift them, bottle them immediately and cork them closely. They must be Kept in a dry 
place. 
To Keep Eggs for Five Months.-It Is advisable to buy eggs for family use when cheap, 
and preserve them as follows : Mix half a pint of unslaked lime with the same quantity of salt and a 
couple of gallons of water ; the water should bo ponred on the lime boiling hot ; when it becomes cold 
put in the eggs carefully, so as not to crack the shells ; if cracked they will spoil very soon. The eggs 
should be perfectly fresh when put in, and the lime water no stronger than the above mixture ; if too 
strong the lime will eat the shells. Another good way is to grease the shells and pack them in salt. 
Early in the fall is a good time to put them down for winter use. 
To Pot Blitter for 'Winter.-The usual method is to pack it in stone jars with alternate layers 
of salt and butter, having salt at the bottom of the jar and a layer of salt at the top ; rock salt is the 
best. The following is said to be a superior mode of keeping butter sweet: Mix a large spoonful of 
powdered white sugar, one of saltpetre, and one of salt; work this quantity into every six pounds of 
fresh made butter ; put it in a stone pot that is thoroughly cleansed, having a thick layer of salt on top. 
To make Good Food of Poor Bread.-If dry or sour bread is cut into small pieces and put 
tn a pan and set in a very moderately warm oven till of a light brown, and hard and dry in the centre, 
it can lie kept for weeka Whenever you wish to use a portion of them for puddings or griddle cakes, 
soak them soft in cold water or milk. If the bread is sour, use sufficient saleratus or soda to destroy 
the acidity of It in making the puddiug or cakes. With proper care, there need be no waste of even 
poor bread 
To keep Cider Sweet.-Put to a barrel of new cider a gill of white mustard seed. This will 
prevent it from becoming hard and sour for many months. If you wish to keep it from fermenting, 
put into the barrel a bag containing pulverized charcoal. Treated in this way. it will not possess any 
intoxicating qualities, and improves by age. In bottling cider, put into each bottle three or four raisius 
to make it brisk. 
To remove Stains from Silk.-Salts of ammonia mixed with lime will take out the stains of 
wine from silk. Spirits of turpentine, alcohol, and clear ammonia are all good to remove the ataina 
from colored silks 
To remove Ink from Furniture, Carpets, etc.-Wipe the spot with oxalic acid; let it 
remain a few minutes, then rub it with a cloth wet with warm water. Colored paint, mahogany and 
carpets will require washing with hartshorn water to restore the original color. 
Fire Proof and Water Proof Paint.-Take a sufficient quantity of water for use ; add as 
much potash as can be dissolved therein ; when the water will dissolve no more potash, stir into the 
solution first a quantity of flour paste of the consistency of painters' size ; second, a sufficiency of pure 
clay to render it of the consistency of cream. Apply with a painters' brush. 
To Soften Hard Water.-A half ounce quick lime sipped into nine quarts of water, and the 
Clear solution put into a barrel of hard water ; the whole will be soft as it settles. 
Oil Paste Blacking.-Take oil of vitriol two ounces, tanners'oil five ounces, ivory black one 
pound, molasses five ounces ; mix the oil and vitriol together and let it stand a day, and then add the 
ivory black and molasses and the white of an egg, and stir it well together to a thick paste. This is a 
superior blacking, will not injure the leather, and gives universal satisfaction. 
Water Proof for Leather.-Take linseed oil one pint, yellow wax and white turpentine, each 
two ouncea burgundy pitch one ounce ; melt and color with lampblack. 
To Pack Butter.-Pack your butter in a clean, scalded firkin, cover it with strong brine in which 
a bit of saltpetre is dissolved, spread a cloth all over the top and it will keep well. 
Celebrated Three Minute Balve.-For removing corns and warts. It has never failed fa a 
single instance : One pound caustic potash, four drams belladonna, two ounces per oxide manganese; 
make into a salve. 
Breath Tainted by Onions.-Leaves of parsley, eaten with vinegar, will prevent the disagree- 
able consequences of eating onions. 
Peas Powder.-Pound in a marble mortar half an ounce each of dried mint and sage, a dram 
of celery seed, and a quarter of a dram of cayenne pepper; rub them together through a fine sieve. 
This gives a very savory relish to pea soup and to gruel, which by its help, if the eater of it has not 
the most lively imagination, he may fancy he is sipping good pea soup. A dram of allspice or black 
pepper may be pounded with the above as an addition, or instead of the cayenne. 
Ginger Beer in Bottles.-Put into a clean vessel one gallon of boiling water, one pound of 
loaf sugar, one ounce best ginger root ( bruised ), one ounce of cream tartar or a sliced lemon ; stir till 
the sugar is dissolved ; let the whole rest till about milk warm, then add a tablespoonful of good yeast 
floured over a slice of bread, and allowed to float on the surface. Cover the whole with a cloth, and 
et it rest twenty-four hours. Strain and fill the bottles three-fourths full; cork with good taper corks 
and tie over. In warm weather it will be fit to drink in two days. 
To make half a barrel of Bpruce Beer.-Mix thoroughly in a pail three quarts of molas- 
ses and one ounce of the essence of double spruce ; to this may be added one pound of best ginger ; 
tin the pail with boiling water; pour the mixture into a clean half barrel ; till it up with cold water ; 
add a quart of yeast ami shake the whole well together; after fermenting one or two days the bung 
may be pnt in. and it will be fit for bottling or for use. 
Drink for the Bick.-Tamarind.-Boil two ounces of the pulp of tamarinds In two pints of 
milk ; then strain. Use as a refrigerant drink. 
Another -Dissolve two ounces of the pulp in two pints of warm water and allow it to get cold ; om 
as a refrigerant- 13 
Cure for Chapped Hands.-Instead of washing the hands with soap, employ oatmeal, and after 
each washing take a little dry oatmeal and rnb over the hands, so as to absorb any moisture. 
Leech Barometer.-Take an eight ounce phial and put in it three gills of water, and place in it 
a healthy leech, changing the water in summer once a week, and in winter once in a fortnight and it 
will most accurately prognosticate the weather. If the weather is to be fine, the leech lies motionless 
at the bottom of the glass, and coiled together in a spiral form ; if rain may ba expected it will creep 
up to the top of its lodgings and remain there till the weather is settled ; if we are to have wind, it 
will move through its habitation with amazing swiftness, and seldom goes to rest till it begins to blow 
hard ; if a remarkable storm of thunder and rain is to succeed, it will lodge for some days before almost 
continually out of the water, and discover great uneasiness in violent throes a,nd convulsive-like mo- 
tions ; in frosty, as in clear, summer-like weather, it lies constantly at the bottom ; and in snow, as in 
rainy weather, it pitches its dwelling in the very mouth of the phial. The top should be covered over 
with a piece of muslin. 
Horseradish Powder.-The time to make this is during November and December ; slice it the 
thickness of a shilling and lay it to dry very gradually in a Dutch oven (a strong heat soon evaporates 
its flavor,; when dry, pound and bottle it. 
To Dye Nankeen Color.-A pailful of ley. with a piece of copperas half as big as a hen's egg 
boiled in it, will color a fine naukeen color, which will never wash out. This is very useful for the linings 
of bed quilts, comforters, etc. 
To Dye Black.-Rusty nails or any rusty iron boiled in vinegar, with a small bit of copperas, 
makes a good black. 
To Pack Pork.-Scald coarse salt in water and skim it till the salt will no longer melt in the 
water ; pack your pork down in light layers ; salt every layer ; when the brine is cool, cover the pork 
with it, and keep a heavy stone on the top to keep the pork under brine. Look to it once in a while 
for the first few weeks, and if the salt has all melted, throw in more. This brine, scalded each time 
used, will keep good twenty years. 
To Kill Cockroaches..-A teacupful of well bruised plaster of paris mixed with double the 
quantity of oatmeal, to which add a little sugar (the latter is not essential). Strew it on the floor or 
in the chinks where they frequent. 
Domestic Yeast.-Boil one pound of good flour, a quarter of a pound of brown sugar, and a little 
salt, in two gallons of water, for one hour. When milk-warm, bottle it and cork it close. It will be fit 
for use in twenty-four hours One pint of this yeast will make eighteen pounds of bread. 
Cure for Cattle Swelled with Green Food.-Give a dose of train oil. I'he quantity of 
oil must vary according to the age or size of the animal. For a grown up beast of ordinary size, the 
quantity recommended is about an English pint. 
Washing.-To save your linen and your labor: Pour on half a pound of soda two quarts of 
boiling water, in an earthenware pan; take half a pound of soap shred fine, put it into a sauce-pan 
with two quarts of cold water, stand it on a fire till it boils, and when perfectly dissolved and boiling, 
add it to the former ; mix it well and let it stand till cold, when it has the appearance of a strong jelly. 
Let your linen be soaked in water, the seams and any other dirty part rubbed in the usual way, and 
remain till the following morning. Get your copper ready and add to the water about a pint basin full; 
when lukewarm, put in your linen and allow it to boil twenty minutes. Rinse in the usual way, and 
that is all which is necessary to get it clean and to keep it in good color. The above recipe is invaluable 
to housekeepers. If you have not tried it, do so without delay. 
Liquid Blacking.- Mix a quarter of a pound of ivory black, six ijills of vinegar, a tablespoonful 
of sweet oil and two of molasses. Stir the whole well'together, and it is fit for use. 
Brilliant Whitewash-Such as is used an the east end of the President s house at Washington.- 
Take half a bushel of nice unslaked lime, slake it with boiling water, cover it during the process to 
keep in the steam, strain the liquid through a fine sieve or strainer, and add to it a peck of salt previ- 
ously well dissolved in warm water, three pounds of ground rice, boiled to a thin paste and stirred in 
boiling hot half abound of powdered Spanish whiting, and a pound of clean glue which has been pre- 
viously dissolved by soaking it well and then hanging it over a slow fire in a small kettle within a large 
one tilled with water ; add five gallons of hot water to the mixture, stir it well and let it stand a few 
days covered from the dirt. It should be put on hot. It is said that about a pint of this mixture will 
cover a square yard upon the outside of a house, if properly applied. 
Black Butter.-Take any kind of ripe berries and put to them .half their weight of brown sugar, 
mash and stew them gently for half an hour, stirring them frequently. This is a good substitute for 
butter spread on bread, and is usually much liked by children, and is more healthy than butter, partic- 
ularly for those afflicted with humors in the blood. 
Superior Preparation for Starching.-Take a couple of ounces of gum arabic. and put it in 
a pitcher, pour on a pint of boiling water, cover it over and let it remain nntil the succeeding day, then 
turn it off carefully from the dregs into a clean bottle and cork it up for use. A tablespoonful of this, 
stirred into a pint of Poland starch made in the usual manner, wall give a fine gloss to linen, and will 
impart a look of newness to either white or colored lawns. 
Mixture for Destroying Flies.-Infusion of quassia one pint, brown sngar four ounces, 
ground pepper two ounces; to be well mixed together and put in small, shallow dishes when required. 
Bug Poison.-Proof spirit one pint, camphor two ounces, oil of turpentine four ounces, corrosive 
sublimate one ounce ; mix. 
Cure for Corns.-Take two ounces of gnm ammonia, two ounces of yellow wax and six drams of 
verdigris ; melt them together and spread the composition on soft leather ; cut away as much of the 
corn as you can. then apply the plaster, and renew it every fortnight till the corn is away. 
To Prevent Mildew on all sorts of Trees.-The best preventive against mildew is to keep 
the plaut subject to it occasionally syringed with a decoction of elder leaves, which will prevent the 
fungus growing on them 
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THE PEOPLE'S VADE-MECUM 
Essence Of Nutmeg.-Dissolve an ounce of the essential oil of nutmeg in a pint oF rectified 
•pints. This is very nice to use for flavoring cakes and puddings. 
Certain Cure for Corns.-One teaspoonful of tar. one of coarse brown sugar and one of salt- 
petre ; the whole to be warmed together Spread it on kid leather the size of the corns, and in two 
days they will be drawn out 
Preventive of the Potato B.ot.-Sow unleashed ashes over the field once a week for six week a 
commencing soon after the second hoeing. Apply two or three bushels to the acre, using care to dust 
the tops well It has never been known to fail where faithfully tested. 
Tooth Powders.-Half an ounce of chalk and half an ounce of pulverized orris root; mix and 
flavor tOHUit, and rub the teeth and gums ; the result will indeed be wonderful. 
Yeast Cakes.-Three ounces of hops in a pail of water boiled down to a quart ; strain it and stir 
in a quart of rye meal while boiling hot; cool it and add half a pint of good yeast; after it has risen a 
few hours. thicken it with Indian meal stiff enough to roll out upon a board ; then put it in the sun 
and air a few days to dry. A piece of this cake two inches square, dissolved in warm water and thick- 
encl with a little flour, will make a large loaf of bread 
Candles.-Very hard and durable candles are made in the following manner: Melt together ten 
ounces of mutton tallow, m quarter of an ounce of camphor, four ounces of beeswax, and tw o ounces of 
alum. Candles made of these materials burn with a very clear light. 
Ink Spots.-If soaked in warm milk before the ink has a cbauoe to dry, the spot may usually be 
removed 
To Make Yeast.-To two middling sized boiled potatoes add a pint of boiling water and two 
tnblespoonsful of brown sugar ; one pint of hot water should be applied to every half pint of the com- 
pound ; hot water is better in warm weather This yeast being made without flour will keep longer, 
and is said to be much better than any previously in use. 
To Keep Suet nicely.-Suet keeps good all the year round if it is picked free from veins and 
akin, melted in water before a moderate fire, then allowed to cool tall it forma'into a hard cake Wipe 
it dry and put it in clean paper in linen bags. 
To Destroy Cockroaches.-Poke root, boiled in water and mixed with a good quantity of 
molasses, set in large deep plates, will kill cockroaches in great numbers, and finally rid the house of 
them. 
Cup Cake.-Cup cake is about as good as pound cake, and is cheaper. One cup of butter, two 
cups of sugar, three cups of flour and four eggs, well beat together and baked in pans or cups. Bake 
twenty minutes, and no more. 
Old fashioned Election Cake.-Take four pounds of flour, three quarters of a pound of 
butter, four eggs, one pound of sugar, one pound of currants (or raisin a if you choose), half a pint of 
good yeast, wet it with milk as soft as it can be and be moulded on h board ; set to rise over night in 
winter ; in warm weather three hours is usually enough for it to rise A loaf the size of common flour 
bread should bake three-quarters of an hour. 
Indian Cake.-One quart of sifted meal, two great spoonsful of molasses, two teaspoousfnl of 
scJt. a bit of shortening half as big as a hen's egg. stirred together ; make it pretty moist with scalding 
water, put it into a well greased pan. smooth over the surface with a spoon, and bake it brown on both 
•udes before a quick fire ; a little stewed pumpkin scalded with the meal improves the cake. Bannock, 
split and dipped in butter, makes very nice toast 
Dyspepsia Bread.-The American Farmer publishes the following recipe fnr making bread, which 
has proved highly salutary to persons afflicted with that complaint viz : Three quarts unbolted wheat 
meal, one quart of soft water, warm, but not hot, one gill of fresh yeast, one gill of molasses, or not 
mav suit the taste, and one teaspo^-Jul of saleratns. 
ilice Jelly.-Boil a quarter of a pound of rice flour with half a pound of loaf sugar In a quart of 
water, till the whole becomes one glutinous mass, then strain off the jelly and let it stand to cool. 
This food is very nourishing and beneficial to invalids 
To Preserve Peaches.-Scald peaches in boiling water, but do not let them boil; take them 
out and put them in cold water, then dry them in a sieve and put them in long, wide-mouthed bottles ; 
to a half dozen peaches put a quarter of a pound of clarified sugar, pour it over the peaches, fill up the 
bottles with brandy, and stop them close 
Corn Bread.-To one quart of sour milk add two tea*poonsful of finely pulverized saleratua tw-o 
*ggs well beaten, one tablespoonful of brown sugar, and a piece of butter as large as an e?? ; salt to 
suit the taste, and then stir in the meal, making the mixtn"e about as stiff as for pound cake. Bake 
quick to the color of a rich light brown 
A Cheap Paint.-Take one bushel of unslaked lime and slake it with cold water ; when slaked, 
add to it twenty pounds of Spanish whiting, seventeen pounds of salt and twelve pounds of sugar; 
strain this mixture through a wire sieve, and it will be fit for use after reducing with cold water ; this 
is intended for the outside of buildings, or where it is exposed to the weather ; in order to give a good 
color, three coats are necessary on brick and two on wood ; it may be laid on with a brush, similar to 
whitewash. Each coat must have sufficient time to drv before the next is applied. 
JT For painting inside walla take, as before, one bushel of unslaked lime, three pounds of sugar, 
five pounds of salt, and prepare as above, and apply with a brush. I have used it on brick, and find it 
well calculated to preserve them ; it is far preferable to oil paint. 1 have also used it on wood, and 
assure you that it will last longer on rough siding than oil paint will on planed siding or boards. You 
can make any color you please If you wish straw color, use yellow ochre instead of whiting; for 
lemon color, ochr€' and chrome yellow; for lead and slate color, lampblack; for blue, indigo ; for 
green, chrome green The di fie rent kinds of paint will not cost more than one-fourth as much as oil 
painta, includingthe labor of putting on. 
To Clarify Cider.-Mix together one quart each of lime and clean, drv ashea and two quarts of 
w milk : pour these into a hr*abaad of erder just from the preas In ten hours it will be fit to rack Whitewash for Fences and Outhouses.-Unslaked lime, one half bushel; salt, one peck; 
ground rice, three pounds; powdered whiting one-half pound ;• glue (dissolved), one pound; slake 
the lime in boiling water in a covered vessel ; strain through a wire sieve ; add the salt dissolved in hot 
water ; add while hot the rice boiled to a thin paste, then the glue and whiting ; let it stand several 
days and put it on hot. 
To Keep Mothe from Furs, etc.-A piece of camphor placed at the bottom of a drawer o' 
woollens 01 furs will prevent moths, and so will red cedar chips or bits of segar boxes. 
To Make Lime-Water.-Take two tablespoonsful of unslaked lime, and put to it three quarts 
of boiling water, which will give two quarts of clear lime water. Should any person wish to make a 
quantity of the lime-water, they can do so, taking of lime and water the proportions as directed above, 
keeping it in a stone jar ready for use. 
To Make Loaf Bread, etc.-To make loaf bread, hot breakfast cakes, and buckwheat cakes, 
superior to anything of the kind before known, mix dry, and well rubbed together, two teaspoonsful of 
cream of tartar with one quart of Hour ; then dissolve three-fourths ot a teuapoonful of super-carbon- 
ate of soda in a sufficient quantity of sweet milk ; mix the whole together and bake immediately. If 
water be used instead of sweet milk, add a little shortening. If the above directions be strictly fol- 
lowed, bread will be produced of superior lightness and whiteness. 
To Poison Bugs.-Corrosive sublimate and sal ammonia, each one-half ounce ; whiskey, one 
pint. 
To Cure Hams.-Take of rock salt, nine pounds ; saltpetre, eight ounces ; molasses, three pints ; 
foroue hundred pounds of meat. Rub the mixture well on to the hams, every three or four days, for 
four or five weeks. 
Dyspeptic Ivey.-The following was employed by the eminent I>r. Physic, in his own case, and. as 
we are informed, was of decided advantage when all other remedies failed : Take of hickory ashes, 
one quart; soot, six ounces ; boiling water, one gallon ; mix and stir frequently; at the end of twenty- 
four hours, pour off the clear liquor. A teacupfiil may be taken three limes a day. 
Ice Cream.-Take of new milk and cream, each two quarts ; sugar, two pounds ; and twelve eggs; 
dissolve the sugar in the milk, beat the eggs to a froth, and add to the whole ; strain and bnng to a 
scald, but be careful not to burn it; when cool, flavor with extract of vanilla or fresh oil of lemon. 
Pack the tin freezer in a deep tub, with broken ice and salt. Whirl the freezer, and occasionally scrape 
down from the inside The proportions are, one quart of salt to each pail of ice. 
Directions for Making the Mixture for Washing.-Take five gallons of soft water, add 
half a gallon of lime-water, ou" pint and a half of soft soap, or half a pound of hard soap, and two 
ounces or two tablespoonsful of sal soda 
Methodof Washing with the Mixture.-Soak the clothes over night if very dirty ; at any rate, wet 
them thoroughly before putting them into the mixture ; when the mixture is at boiling heat, pul in 
the clothes that have been soaked or wet, merely rubbing such parts with a little soap as are usually 
soiled ; boil them one hour, then take them out and drain them, rinse them thoroughly in warm water, 
then rinse them in indigo water as usual,and they are fit for drying. 
For Making Soap.-Take of hard soap, three pounds; rain water, four quarts; sal soda, a half 
pound ; or take of soft soap, two gallons ; rain water, six quarts ; sal soda, one pound. 
For Making a Harder Soap.-Take of hard soap, one pound ; rain water, one gallon ; sal 
soda, half a pound ; super-carbonate soda, two ounces; a small quantity of salt, about a tablespoonful 
to be added while boiling. All of the above are to be boiled until they assume a proper consistency and 
color. By adding to either of the above, while boiling, a little lime-water, it will improve them. 
To Soften Hard Water, or Purify River Water, simply boil it, and then leave it to atmos- 
pheric exposure. 
Potatoes, boiled and mashed while hot, are good to use in making short-cakes and puddings ; they 
save Hour, and less shortening is necessary. 
Boiling Vegetables.-rut in no green vegetables till the water boils,if you would keep all their 
sweetness. 
Swellings.-Nothing is so good to take down swellings as a soft poultice of stewed white beans, 
put on in a thin muslin bag, and renewed every hour or two. 
Cement for Broken Glass, etc.-A bit of isinglass, dissolved in gin, or boiled in spirits of 
wine, is said to make strong cement for broken glass, china, and sea-shells. 
To Destroy Red Ants.-i'lace a dish of cracked shagbarks (of which they are more fond than 
of anything else); they will gather upon it in troops ; put some corrosive sublimate in a cup ; take the 
dish containing the shagbarks aud ants and throw them into the tire, and with a feather sweep those 
that may be left into the cup, and wet all the cracks from whence they came with the corrosive subli 
mate. When thia has been repeated four or five times, the bouse w ill be effectually cleared. 
THE PEOPLES VADE-MECUM 
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MISCELLANEOUS TESTIMONIALS. 
Merchants Gargling Oil has a Celebrity never acquired by any other Liniment. 
From JE. Barnard, TaJIahassa Fa., Feb. 19, 1869.-Inclosed please find draft on Messrs. Goodhue ft 
Co., New York, for one hundred dollars. You will send us in the coining spring some of the dollar and 
fifty cent bottles. The Gargling Oil will in all probability take well, as it has become a little known, 
tad nil who have need it speak well of it. Governor R. K Call esteems it very highly, uct only tn' 
•sttla. bet for ns*1 among negroes arbirtad with rheumatism and other affwetions 16 
From. R. K. Call, Lake Jackson, Dre. 29, 1858-1 owe yon many apologies for my long neglect to 
answer letter, written many months since, and thank you for your kindness in making me acquainted 
with a medicine so valuable as the Gargling Oil I received the three bottles you so kindly sent me, 
and after trial I have been so woU satisfied with the efficiency of the medicine, 1 have used it exten- 
sively, and consider it invaluable. 
The Gargling Oil is for sale by Zelin & Hunt, Macon, and by druggists and dealers in most towns. 
Also sold wholesale by J. Wright & Co., New Orleans, and by all the principal druggists in New York 
Call at the drug store of Zelin It Hunt, and get a Pamphlet, and read the testimonials. 
From J. Morrison. Frankfort Springs, Pa, March 7, 1856.-There was a neighbor of mine had a mare 
stabbed in the shoulder, by running against the end of a rail ; he tried everything he could hear of, 
but of no use. He came to me, and told me she was badly hurt, and said he could put his hand in the 
hole. I told him I was not sure the Gargling Oil would be of service, for it was some two weeks since 
the injury, and he bad tampered with it; but advised him to try it. One fifty cent bottle completely 
cured it in two weeks, sound and well as ever. 
Worst kind ok Khkcmatihm.-From Dr. C. L. Hyde to JI. Tucker, North Lewisburg. Ohampagne Co., 
Ohio.-In justice to you, I must tell you that I saw a man to-day, by the name of William Bates, who 
has been a cripple for many years with a rheumatic affection of the hips and loins, and after having 
given up in despair, was induced to try one medium sized bottle of your Oil, which has restored him 
almost to hie natural soundness. He bought another bottle 
A Bad Cask of Fall, and Hurt in the Back.-Fb-om Mr. D. W. Stanard, Troy, N. Y,Nov.9.1859.- 
I have a neighbor who fell and hurt his back ; he came all bent up to my barn and enquired what he 
should do I gave him Gargling Oil enough to bathe his back, and told him if it did him any good to 
let me hear from him. The next night he came over and wanted to know what kind of stuff 1 gave 
him. He said in the morning he was well, and had done hie day's work ; he did not expect to get well 
this fall. 
From Thomas W. Reynolds.-The above statement is too true to not have the public know the ben- 
efit of the Gargling Oil. 
Tooth achk.-From Messrs. Eyerly It Anderson, Monroe, Jasper Co., Iowa, June 25.1859.-We find the 
Gargling Oil gives entire satisfaction wherever used, and that it is a sure remedy for man or beast. A 
Mr. Jacob Hawkins wished us to say to you. that the Gargling Oil is the surest cure for a severe tooth- 
ache he has ever tried. He had a most painful jum[fing toothache last winter, and he could find no 
rest till he put some Gargling Oil on cotton and put that into the cavity of the tooth ; and almost in 
an instant the pain left the tooth, and it has never ached since. 
Neuralgia.-From M. IF Benton, Monrovia, Ind, Nov. 11, 1859.-I have been afflicted with neural- 
gia. and have used your Gargling Oil to my great relief. 
RhkumatisTM.-From Mr Thos. Brady, New York City, Jan. 16, 1860.-I made my family doctor a 
present of a small bottle of the Oil you sent me some time since, and told him to give it a fair trial in 
his practice. It so happened that his wife was the first patient he had to try the merits of your medi- 
cine It appears she lias been afflicted with rheumatism, and the doctor actually told me that his wife 
said it gave her more relief than all he prescribed for her. This I thought a singular admission for a 
doctor who has a very large practice ; but it is nevertheless true. I mean that they do not like to 
encourage patent medicines. He has since called on me for another bottle. 1 sent him to Farrant's, in 
Greenwich street, to procure one. 
From Mr IF. T. Grisby, Trenton, Tenn., Feb. 21, 1859.-Your Gargling Oil gives satisfaction in every 
instance, and is just beginning to take the place of the Mustang. Arabian, and other liniments. 
Frans Mr. J. O. Boggs, Westport, Mo, March 25,1859.-Please send me another and larger supply than 
formerly That for horses is nearly all gone, and the demand is increasing. 
From Messrs Parks & Light, Newbern, Tenn., May 26. 1859.-We are nearly out of your celebrated 
Gargling Oil So far as we can learn, it has given general satisfaction. Its reputation seems to be on 
the increase. 
Frrrm Messrs. Sherer & Brown, Bethany, Mo, June 10, 1859.-Please ship to Fowles & Farleigh, St 
Joseph, Mo., at your earliest convenience, as your Oil is in great demand here, and giving great satis- 
faction 
Bkht that can bk obtained,-From Messrs. Burrows & Partin, Mirabile, Caldwell Co, Miss, May 
20. 1859.-I believe the Gargling Oil is considered the best liniment that can be obtained for any use on 
horsea 
From Mr. A. Stark, Sunbury. 0, Aug. 31,1859.-The popularity of the Oil increases as people become 
acquainted with its valuable qualities of true sterling worth. 
From Mr. N. B Nichols, Nuholsville, Clermont Co, O, Sept. 30,1859.-You will see that 1 will want a 
new supply immediately. I have been selling liniments for several years, but never got bold of any- 
thing which has rendered the universal satisfaction that Merchant's Gargling Oil has. 
F-om Mr. Henry M Lin. Wilmington, N. C, March 24, 1859.-The last bottle of Gargling Oil was sold 
three weeks ago I can assure you that by my efforts it has been brought prominently before the 
public 
Pom Mr. F. H Bridgewater, Haielwood, Ky, July 16. 1859.-All the large bottles have been sold 
long since The people in this vicinity would hardly know how to keep house now without Gargling 
Oil. 
From Messrs Dodd & leine, Eaton, Tenn, July 4, 1859.-Your medicine has just taken a start here, 
and is called for more than any other. 
From Mr. C. G. Buell, Hebron, Conn, Aug. 25, 1859.-The Oil is getting friends each day, and is much 
liked Shall soon want more. 
From D. F. Cushing, Cambridgeport, Vermont, April 7. 1860.-I would say that I have sold your Gar- 
gling Oil for h number of years, and think it a superior article for what it is recommended The sales 
increase yearly, wbi'di shows to my mind that its merits are valued bv all who use it. 
THE PEOPLE'S VADE-MECUM. TESTIMONIALS. 
Cures a Horse of a Snake-biTil-From W. L. P. Pool, Poolsville, Tenn., July 30, 1859.-My horse 
was bitten by what is called a copper-head snake, on bis pastern joint, and in an hour s tone was swol- 
len up to his hip joint. I commenced rubbing and batning ids leg with Merchant's Gargling Oil; I 
also diluted some in water and drenched him, which cured him in the shortest time possible. I,abo 
know of two dogs that were bitten, who seemed as if they would go mad, but were cured by simply 
bathing them with this Oil. 
1'. S.-1 give you the within statements for what they are worth; it is the truth. "The truth is 
mighty and will prevail." You are at liberty to do with them as you see fit. 
From Mr. Horace Redfield, Kiiliugworth, Ct., April 20, I860.-I shall want more Gargling Oil, as it 
has given good satisfaction in every instance. I never have sold anything equal to it for what it is 
recommended. 
Sciatica.-From Mr. Bradley Squire, Jasonville, Ind., Oct. 8, 1858.-This is to certify that, after 
having sullered for months with severe Sciatica (rheumatism in the hip joint), and trying several 
patent remedies to little elfect, I was finally cured with one twenty-five cent bottle of your Gargling 
Oil. It acted like a charm. 
From Messrs. Gainey d: Gunn, Springfield, led., June 21. 1859.-Your Gargling Oil is the standard 
medicine for horses in this neighboi hood. 
From Messrs. H. Jacobs di Co., Rinsville, Ind., Sept. 22, 1859 -Your Gargling Oil is eclipsing all the 
liniments in this section; we have taken great pains to get it known, as we think it a valuab.e rem- 
edy. It gives great satisfaction. 
From Messrs. Ames d: Houghton, EastTroy, W., June 12,1859.-We have incorporated the Gargling 
Oil into our "articles of faith,'' and consider it one of the permanent "institutions'' of the country. 
From Mr. S. Wicks, Ridge Fann, III., April 19, 1859.-Your Oil is the best medicine to sell I have 
ever sold. 
From Mr. J. G. Hoffmann, Crown Point, Ind., April 1, 1859.-Your Oil is taking the place of all 
liniments that used to sell here formerly. 
From Messrs. Clark d Sons, Benton's Port, Iowa, May 2, 1859.-Our sales of your Oil, owing to hard 
times, have been somewhat limited; yet the demand for it has been far greater than for any others. 
From Doctor Z. R. Millard, McLeansboro, Hl., May 4, 1859.-The Oil gives general satisfaction; 
when they buy they come again. 
From A. N. Smyser, Sullivan, III., May 12, 1860.-There is no article so good here as the Gargling 
Oil. How will you sell to me? 
From Mr. M. D. Beringer. Menomonee Falls, Waukesha Co., Wis., Dec. 31, 1858.-The Oil is begin- 
ning to sell now; it has never before been introduced in this neighborhood; it gives entire satisfaction 
so farms heard from. 
For sale wholesale and retail by E. Barnard, Tallahassee; by J. Wright k Co., New Orleans; J. C. 
Du Hose & Co., Mobile; ami by all the principal Druggists in New York City. 
Call at E. Barnard's and get a pamphlet, and read the numerous testimonials. 
Caution to Purchasers of Gargling OiL 
The country is flooded with counterfeit and worthless imitations of " Merchant's Gargling Oil," and 
the public should be on its guard, and not be imposed upon. They should examine the bottle before 
purchasing. The only genuine has "G. W. Merchant, Lockport, N. Y.," blown in each bottle, and 
also has his signature over the cork. For over twenty years this course has been adhered to. All 
other Gargling Oil is spurious, and gotten up within the last three or four years or so, to imitate 
ours, which has a wide spread celebrity; and upon its popularity these imitators hope to palm off 
their cheap and half made preparations, without much expense in introducing them. 
Every vender of any Gargling Oil, no matter what other appellation may be affixed to it (such as 
Oscar's Gargling Oil, Hoffman's Gargling Oil, or any other Gargling Oil,) is liable to us, and we shall 
most assuredly hold him accountable for damages, as the word Gargling, applied to an Oil, originated 
with Dr. Merchant, and we paid him a large bonus for it. Any person, therefore, at all familiar with 
the laws and late decisions of courts, cannot but perceive that such claim will be sustained. 
The genuine article is sold by Druggists and Merchants generally, and orders addressed to Mer- 
chant's Gargling Oil Co., Lockport, N Y., will receive prompt attention. 
Wholesale Dealers and others wishing to purchase, can avail themselves of a large discount. Terms 
sent on application. 
CASES IN POINT. 
From Wm. S. Austin, Rolling Prairie, Ind., Orf. 9, 1858.-There is some counterfeit Gargling Oil 
in this vicinitv for sale, but it cannot compete with your genuine. A bottle of the counterfeit was 
procured for a young man who was injured by a threshing machine, and by its use he came nigh 
losing his arm. He then obtained a bottle of the genuine article, which restored the injury in about 
two weeks. 
From L. Beecher. Esq., Kent, Ct., June 21,1858.-The diminution in sales is owing to an attempt made 
to introduce various liniments to supersede the Gargline Oil; but they were found not reliable, and 
all now use your Oil in preference to any other Embrocation. 
AU persons dealing in our OU. whether they get it from us or purchase it of others, will 
be furnished with pamphlets, etc., to advertise it, gratis; and they will be sent to them 
free of expense, whenever ordered. INDEX 
z P.UIX. 
Angleberrios, Powder for,... 4 
broken Wind, 9 
Blister Ointment, .... 4 
Ball, Fever, . 4 
" Astringent,."... 4 
" Anodyne,. 4 
* Diuretic,.,-. 4 
" Physic for Horses, ....... 4 
" " " Cattle, 4 
" Stomachic Purgative,. 4 
" Sedative and Worm,.. 4 
Bots and Belly Ache, 8 
Callous Tendons, 7 
Cordial Purging,. 4 
" for Animals, 4 
Crownscab, * 8 
Corns, '. j.. 9 
Canker, Loo, Foot Rot,. i 9 
Cold or Distemper, 9 
Constipation, : ,J,. .. 11) 
Diarrhoea,.. 10 
Dysentery, etc:, 10 
Dfopsy, 10 
Diabetes, ... fa) 
Domestic Economy, ..11 
Farriery,.. 4 
Fistula, .. A 6 
Fractures, .? _T*. 0 
Founder, 9 
Fever, etc., 9 
Fomentations, 10 
Grease, 8 
Glanders,. _ 10 
Hidebound, 6 
Heel Cracks, *-*■-- ® 
Hydrophobia, 9 
Jn PAGW 
Tnflammatj*,. 10 
Lampas, .. ' 10 
Nervous Exhaustion, . 9 
Powder, Fever, for Horses,.. . ' 4 
" Diuretic,.. 4 
" Condition, .. 4 
Poll Evil, 0 
Palsy, Paralysis, 6 
Poultices, .10 
Puls# 10 
Quitter, 9 
Quincy,... 10 
Recipes, Valuable, 1, 2, 3 
Ringbone, 8 
Rowels and Setons, ... . 10 
Rules. Useful, 4 
Sitfasts, 6 
Swelled Legs, etc., 0 
Stringhalt, 7 
-Strains, etc., 7, 9 
Spavin Curb, etc., 7 
Sallenders and Mallenders, 7 
Splents, 8 
Shoeing, Prick in, 9 
Stranguary, I* 
Strangles, *. i 0 
T'onic for AniiiyRs, .. . .. 4 
Tumors, ft 
iThrush, . 9 
Tetanus, / 9 
Ulcers, Mixture for, ... 5, 6 
UWder Ills, ; ft 
Wounds, Treatment of, 5 
.Werts, 6 
Winders, 8 
Worms 10 
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