No. 6. 



Remedy for Burns — Sugar Beets—St'C. 



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and would not thousands of abused and sufTiT- 

 ing wives have cause to rejoice inthi; refoniKi- 

 tion of intemperate husbands, and the laliiers 

 of npfrlected children 1 It appears by the re- 

 port of the Benevolent Society above men- 

 tioned, there were in the city proper twelve 

 distilleries — out of these twelve, it will be 

 remembered, I g'we an account of the doinps 

 of bill three; so that 400 barrels of whisky, 

 the quantity these three mnke, is by no means 

 all the liquor made daily in the city and dis- 

 tricts. 



KnowinjT these facts, can we, ought we to re- 

 main idle spectators of this work of devasta- 

 tion, and of ruin to our fellow creatures'! 

 Oug-ht not efforts to be made to prevent the 

 distillation of grain into whisky, and the li- 

 censinir of taverns, and dram-shops, and oys- 

 ter cellars where liquors are soldi 



Inquirer. 



Philada., 12th mo. 28, 1838. 



Remedy for Burns. 



To the Editor of tho United State Gazette. 



Dear Sir, — I have so often seen remedies 

 for human ills given in Ihe newspapers, and 

 then at once consigned to oblivion, that [ have 

 for a great while hesitated to present this re- 

 medy to the public. For fourteen years I 

 have prescribed it, and witnessed its healing 

 effects. I deliberately .say, from fourteen 

 years experience, that no disease or injury to 

 the human system has a more certain reme- 

 dy than this for the most distressing of all 

 injuries, that of scalds and burns. The re- 

 lief is almost instantaneous; from a minute 

 or two to a half an liour, will usually find a 

 full relief from pain. No matter the e.xtent 

 of the burn, even if all the skin is removed 

 from the body. The first knowledge I had 

 of it was the almost miraculous cure of a lit- 

 tle boy, who fell into a half hogshead of boil- 

 ing water, prepared for scalding the bristles 

 from swine. The entire person and limbs 

 of the boy passed under the scalding water 

 up to the chin, so as to scald his whole neck. 

 On removing his clothes, nearly all his skin 

 followed from his neck, hand.*, arms, chest, 

 back, abdomen, and almost every bit of skin 

 from his extremities. In this deplorable con- 

 dition, literally filayed alive with scalding 

 water, tlie remedy was promptly applied as a 

 momentary application until the physicians 

 should arrive. Two eminent physicians 

 soon came, and on learning the extent of the 

 scald, pronoimced it a certainly fatal case, and 

 directed the boy to remain with the remedy 

 over him until he should die. In six weeks 

 he was restored quite well, with scarcely a 

 scar on any part of his person or limbs. The 

 remedy increases in value from the fact, that 

 under almost all circumstances ij. may be ob- 



tained. It is as follows: — Take soot from a 

 cliimney where wood is burned, rub it fine, 

 and mix one part soot to three parts or nearly 

 so of hog's lard, fresh butter, or any kind of 

 fresh grease, that is not sailed; spread this 

 on linen or muslin, or any cotton cloth for 

 easier and more perfect adaptation. If in very 

 extensive burns or scalds, the clotli should 

 be torn into strips before putting over the 

 scald. Let the remedy be freely and fully 

 applied, so as to perfectly coverall tlie burned 

 parts. No other application is required until 

 the patient is well, except to apply fresh ap- 

 plications of the soot and lard, &.c. 



in steamboat explosions, this remedy can 

 in nearly all cases be at once applied, and if 

 done many valuable lives will be saved, and 

 a vast amount of suffering alleviated. 



If you and the corps editorial, will hand 

 the remedy around our country, and invite 

 attention to it, and that also those who use it 

 may give their testimony for or against, I 

 feel assured that in a few months, this most 

 efficacious and almost unfailing remedy will 

 be every where known and used in the United 

 States. 



A Physician of Philadelphia. 



The IVork goes on. 



We learn with plea.sure that a meeting 

 was held on the third December, in the town 

 of Enfield, Conn., at which Ar.PHEis Bil- 

 lings, Esq., presided, and Geo. Teurv, E~q. 

 officiated as Secretary. The object of the 

 meeting being stated in a pertinent address 

 by Jabez CoTjLIN.*:, Esq., the following reso- 

 lution was offered nnd unanimously adopted : 

 Resolved, That this Society shall be known 

 as the Agricultural, Horticultural and Manu- 

 facturing Society of the towns of Enfield, 

 Summers and Ellington. 



Setgar Beets. 



.loHN Palmer, of Lower Makefield town- 

 ship, Bucks county, Pa., notwithstanding the 

 uncommon drought of the last season, raised 

 a fine crop of Sugar Beets, one of which 

 weighed nineteen pounds and three quarters. 



A similar crop of Beets was also raised in 

 the neighborhood of Fallsington, in the same 

 county, by Jonatha.n Palmer, one of which 

 weighed eighteen pounds and three quarters. 

 Well done old Bucks ! 



A stalk of the Chinese Corn, grown by 

 Grant Thorburn, Esq., may be seen at the 

 Horticultural establishment of Messrs. Hirst 

 and Dreer, No. 97 Chesnnt street, where we 

 are requested to say the seed may be obtained. 



