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 THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD. 
 
 
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 The following chapter is one"of a series of " Sketches from the History of 
 the U. G. R. R.," which will he published in book form. It comprises a full 
 account of the secret workings of that far-famed institution known as the "Un- 
 derground Railroad." The original copy is owned by the American Eye 
 Salve Co.* 
 
 Sketches from the History of the 
 UiidergToiiiid Railroad, 
 
 No. VIII. 
 
 GEORGE AND CLARA. 
 
 Among the exciting incidents con- 
 nected with the U. G. R. R., no case 
 excited our sympathy more than that 
 of George and Clara, George had 
 been his young master's body servant, 
 was of medium height and fine propor- 
 tions, intelligent, respectful, and un- 
 commonly efficient in business. Clara 
 was his sister; she had been lady's 
 maid, and had never been overtasked 
 with hard work. Both of them had 
 seen a good deal of polite society, and 
 availed themselves of such advantages 
 as came in their way to acquire infor- 
 mation and some of the rudiments of 
 an education. They were polite and 
 respectful in their manners, and were 
 as contented and happy as people in 
 their condition could be, and perhaps 
 they would have remained in slavery 
 rather than run the risk of the terrible 
 punishment they knew awaited them if 
 they should be captured, had not her 
 master sold Clara to a trader, who 
 boasted that he cotxld sell her in New 
 Orleans for $3,000. His excuse for 
 selling her, when his family remonstrat- 
 ed, was that she was insolent and re- 
 fused to obey him. Tiie usual remedy 
 for such fault having failed he sold her ; 
 the particular thing in which she diso- 
 beyed he said little about, — whatever 
 it was, it had not reduced her inarhet 
 value. 
 
 A peculiar affection had always ex- 
 isted between the brother and sister, — 
 few slaves had as many comforts and 
 advantages as George, yet he loved his 
 sister more than all other things, and 
 when he heard that she was sold, and 
 her probable fate, he decided at once 
 to save her or die in the attempt. 
 Having traveled with his master, he 
 knew the roads, and what was of more 
 im])ortance, he knew many slaves in 
 most of the towns along their route. 
 
 From the time they started from near 
 the capital of Kentucky until they ar- 
 rived at a noted U. G. R. R. station, 
 within a few miles of Lake Erie, was 
 many weeks, yet there was hardly an 
 hour in which they were not in immi- 
 nent danger of being captured. Major 
 Cuitis, their master, employed Bill 
 Shea, the most noted slave catcher in 
 the State, to aid in capturing them, but 
 George managed to throw the dogs off 
 the track. They Avent southeast, then 
 turning northeast they got into the 
 mountains, and after four weeks they 
 crossed the Ohio river near Parkers- 
 burgh in AVest Virginia. Our enter- 
 prising conductor near that tou'n had 
 them in charge before they crossed 
 over. TJie pursuit was so ^lot and well 
 conducted that although tiieirtrack had 
 been often lost, it had been as often 
 recovered, and the conductors were 
 many times driven to their wit's end in 
 eluding the pursuers. When they ar- 
 rived at the aforesaid station, they 
 were safe for the time; they might 
 stay there, for they were well secrered, 
 
 ♦ Entered according to Act of Congress In the year of our Lord 1869, by Pettit & Babkeb, in the Clerk's 
 Office of the Northern District of New York. 
 
E4-6'o 
 
 AN INFALLIBLE REMEDY FOR 
 
 Ulceration of the Lachrymal Glands, 
 
 FILM AS^D WEAK^JESS OF VBSiOS^ FROM ANY CAUSE. 
 
 DIRECTIONS FOR USING THE EYE-SALVE. 
 
 Apply the salve two or three times a day to the Eyelid, closeti 
 and to its edges and the corners of the Eye, by rubbing it on geulli 
 with tlie finger until absorbed, in quantity to each Eye, half the sizi; 
 OF A WHEAT CORN ; also, to the temple near the Eye. In bathing in 
 the Salve, pass the finger from the inner to the outer angle of the Eye, 
 over the lid. Be careful not to rub it back and forth, as that tends to 
 uTitate the smface. 
 
 Should a copious discharge of Matter or Tears follow a few of the 
 first applications, it shouW je regarded as a favorable symptom, ratlier 
 than otherwise. In such cases a less quantity and more ti-equent, should 
 be applied to the surfaok of the lid only, and gently bathed with the tinger several minutes. 
 A healthy action, the arousing of which caused the aforesaid 63auptoms, will soon get the 
 mastery of the disease. Before each application, let the Eye be cleansed with milk and water, 
 or soft water, and be carelhl to keep the bowels regular by the use of vegetable cathartics. 
 In violent, acute inflajimation, apply the salve to the whole siu'face of the lids in large 
 quantities, to cover them on going to bed. If it comes in contact with the eye-ball it is not 
 injurious. In the morning, cleanse and pursue the course first above, and to a cure. If dis- 
 ease is not arrested by the first night and day's application, repeat the same next night, and 
 the third. When arrested, ajiply as first above, in small quantities, remembering in all cases 
 the directions in regard to tlie bowels. 
 
 ■WARIIANTY,— These dhections being followed without fovorable results, the agent 
 will refund the price paid, on return of the box. 
 
 Is presented to the public with assurance of its eflicacy as a curative of most diseases of the 
 Eye; of acute or chronic infiammation, whether induced by scrofulous origin or otherwise; 
 weakness or defect of vision, diminished tone of the optic nerve, or a diseased state of the 
 tissues constituting that delicate organ. Also, for all persons whose vocation requires an in- 
 cessant action of the eyes, the Eye-Salve will act as a chai-m in restoring a uniform healtliy 
 action, where weakness, pain and misery may have long threatened a fatal termination. 
 
 It is the most simple, safe and effectual remedy ever discovered. The materials of which 
 it is made are pure, perfect ;md costly ; compounded with elaborate care and exactness; safe 
 in its application, being used externally, and of course avoiding the pain and danger which 
 necessarily attends the introduction of caustic minerals and eye-washers. 
 
 RINGWORM and OLD CHRONIC SORES, of scrofulous origin, or resulting from what^ 
 ever cause, yield to the cleansing and healing power of PETTIT'S AJVIERICAN EITE-SALVE. 
 
 First, '^;leanse the sore with a weak solufion of saltpetre ; then apply the Eye-Salve, 
 spread on soft cloth. Dress once or twice a day. To seciu-e a permanent cm-e of Chronic 
 Sores, some aV^rative medicine should be taken while tbe sore is healing. 
 
 TRADE MAUk, 
 
 O^^ I // > the Cover of each Box, 
 
 PETTIT'S AMERICAN EYE-SALVE has the "trade mark" on 
 lover of each Box. 
 
 I^^ALL OTHERS ARE SPURIOTJS^^l 
 
 B, M, PETIIT, Supf, 
 
SKETCH OP THE UNDERGEOUND RAILROAD. 
 
 besides, slave hunters themselves were 
 not ill a safe place if found prowling 
 about Oberlin College. 
 
 Curtis Avas determined to capture 
 them at all hazards. He employed 
 spies at difterent ]wints along the line, 
 and at all the Lake ports from Cleve- 
 land all the way to Buifalo. lie stayed 
 at Cleveland, but Bill was setting his 
 traps along the line. As soon as it was 
 supposed that the pursuit had been 
 abandoned, George and Clara were 
 started east along the line, with a sharp 
 lookout ahead. The spies had been 
 outwitted, and the fugitives had passed 
 this point, when a dispatch came along 
 the line, (not by telegraph, no wires 
 had then been put up,) that all the cros- 
 sings at Buffalo, Black Eoc7<: and Ni- 
 agara Falls icere unsafe. 
 
 They were then hidden away until 
 an opportunity offered to smuggle them 
 in disguise on to a steamboat at her 
 first stopping place, on her way from 
 Buffalo to Detroit. When the boat 
 came to the dock it was 10 o'clock in 
 the evening, and when the crew com- 
 menced " wooding up," two new hands 
 dressed as sailors came from among 
 the wood piles, and though somewhat 
 awkward, they worked with all their 
 might, and when the wood was all 
 loaded, they went aboard with the sail- 
 ors, and were soon on their way. 
 
 Meanwhile Bill Shea, Curtis' accom- 
 plice, having been baffled, had returned 
 to Cleveland to consult with Curtis. 
 They decided to abandon the pursuit, 
 and take the first boat for Sandusky, 
 thence by stage to Cincinnati. The 
 boat on which our fugitives had taken 
 passage was one of the finest sidewheel 
 steamers on the lake, commanded by 
 
 Capt. T , a very popular captain, 
 
 and the same who was in command of 
 the Erie when she was burned off Sil- 
 ver Creek. The boat stopped at Cleve- 
 land for passengers, and just as she 
 was starting off, Curtis and Bill came 
 running and jumped on board. When 
 they called at the office to pay their 
 passage to Sandusky the clerk said, 
 " We do not stop there, we run to De- 
 troit direct." " Well Major," said Bill, 
 "we are in for it, I guess it's your 
 treat," and they passed down toward 
 
 the bar. Bill could never pass anybody 
 witlunit looking to see if they answered 
 the discrij)tion of some slave advertise- 
 ment of wliich he had liis hat full. In 
 pursuit of this laudable object, he 
 stopped to look at two individuals 
 dressed in sailor costume, seated among 
 the bales of freight. At tht- first glance 
 he knew his man. Stepping back, he 
 seized the Major and turned him al)Out, 
 saying "There he is ; Maj., if that isn't 
 George, may I never see Lize again or 
 have a nibble at her corn dodgers." 
 Curtis looked at them, recognized both, 
 and said, "Bill, the other one is the 
 girl, dressed up in sailor toggery." By 
 this time the fugitives had seen and 
 recognized their pursuers, and were so 
 agitated that they coidd not utter a 
 syllable. Curtis walked up to them 
 and said, " How do ye do ? got into 
 business, ha? how do you like it? 
 wasn't aware that you understood this 
 business. Clara could do better with 
 women's clothes on. Come, go with 
 me, I'll introduce you to the captain ; 
 it would be the making of this boat to 
 have you in the ladies' cabin. I should 
 think by your appearance that you are 
 sick of the business and may be you 
 would like to go home ; if so, you can 
 go with us, as we are going right back. 
 How lucky for you that we happened 
 to meet." The talk was embellished 
 with horrid oaths, and continued a 
 long time without a word in answer 
 from the frightened fugitives. 
 
 Capt. T happened to be passing 
 
 and stopped to witness the scene. He 
 had seen and heard it all. When Cur- 
 tis saw him he said, " Well, cajitain, I 
 am in luck this time ! IIei*e I have been 
 chasing these slaves of mine up and 
 down this Lake shore about a month, 
 and finally lost track of them and start- 
 ed for home. Bill and I ha^ e, I fear, 
 committed a sin in swearing about get- 
 ting on the wrong boat, and now it ap- 
 pears that a kind providence has di- 
 rected our steps all the time with- 
 out our asking. How long have they 
 been in your employ ? One of them is 
 a girl ! didn't you know it ? " When 
 he" stopped and gave a chance to ans- 
 wer, the Captain said, " I know notli- 
 ino; about it. I saw them here this 
 
In offerins: this article to the public, tlie proprietor takes the liberty to say that a class of 
 diseases incident to the Hoof of the Horse and destructive to the use of the animal, or greatly 
 depreciating his value as a roadster, may be cured by a proper and discreet application of 
 Uie Hoop Ointment, or, tliat which is better, if applied fei proper time, may be prevented . 
 The horse which is kept on dry food, and when at rest stands on a dry floor, is liable to a 
 feverish state of the foot, causing the hoof to become contracted, hard and brittle, and con- 
 sequently liable to crack, forcing an unnatural pressure upon the Navicular Joint, Coffin 
 Bone aiid Bars. The delicate frame-work of the foot becomes diseased, and the horse if 
 crippled and stiff in his movement, and often becomes useless or nearly so to his owner, tc 
 prevent which, a more rapid growth of the horny portion of the foot needs to be excited 
 and tlie hoof rendered more soft and elastic, and brought to its original shape and size. Tc 
 effect this, the Hoop Ointment should be applied to the Coronary Ring, (the point betweer 
 tJie hair and hoof), once in three days. In a few days the hoof will become soft and elastic 
 and an entire new hoof, sound, smooth, and of its original shape, will be grown in from thre( 
 to six months ; during which time the horse may be kept at moderate labor, due attentior 
 being given to his shoeing, leaving out the nails toward the heel. 
 
 Prevention Better than Cure- 
 By applying the Ointment two or three times per month, the inflammatory action whicl 
 causes the disease will be abated, and a sound and healthy hoof constantly secreted. Car( 
 Bhonld be exercised, and his floor and bed kept clean and dry as circumstances will allo-w 
 Sand and Quarter Cracks require no other treatment than the application of the Ointmen 
 as directed. Cutting the foot above the crack should never be allowed. Apply the Oint 
 ment and allow the horse to stand quietly upon a dry clean floor until the new hoof ha 
 grown an inch or more, when, if desired, he may be put to moderate work, but not to han 
 drafts. 
 
 The proprietor deems it useless to add Testimonials and Certificates, thinking it sufficien 
 to say, " Try it at his expense if it fails to do as he promises." He will state three case 
 which came imder his own eye, and which he can vouch for or substantiate. •'• 
 
 SAPID CRACKS. 
 
 The first is of a Quarter Sand Crack. The hoof was cracked from the shoe to the haii 
 and along the coronary ring to the heel, and the entire quarter was loose. By treating i 
 with the Ointment as directed, the horse was put to work in four weeks, and has not lost 
 day's work in eight months since. His foot now (March, 1854) is sound and smooth, an 
 pronounced by his blacksmitii to be as soft, tough and pliable a foot as he drives a nail in. 
 
 The second case is of the Thrush. The horse's foot seemed to be entirely rotten, and tli 
 stench arising from it was so bad, that the blacksmith almost refused to shoe him. By ap 
 plying the ointment as directed, the disease was entirely cured by loosing the diseased fro 
 and its dropping ofl'and forming a new, sound frog, perfectly healthy. 
 
 CONTRACTED FEET. 
 
 The third case is of Contracted Feet. This case seemed to baffle the usual practice c 
 taking off" his shoes and letting him run to pasture for a season, for when taken up and hi 
 shoes put on, his feet seemed to grow worse instead of better; in fact, he became useless 
 and almost worthless. Two months application enlarged his feet to their natural size, an 
 the horse can be driven to the top of his speed witliout flinchmg, upon the plank or pave 
 ment. 
 
 The Hoop Ointment, in addition to its soothing and healing qualities, has a tendenc; 
 -constiintly to secrete and excite a more rapid groAvth of the crust or wall of the foot, an 
 thus overcome tlie effects of standing upon dry floors, hard driving upon pavements am 
 plank roads, either of which tend to dry up, harden and make brittle the hoof, causing fre 
 -quent shoeing, thus continually cutting off the hoof and leaving the horse without that whic. 
 Natiu-e gave him to stand upon. 
 
 I»3FtXCJ:E3, SO CJIESIN'TS- 
 
 All orders for Br. PETTIT'S IMEDICINES, addressed to 
 
 PETTIT & BARKER, Central Avenue, 
 
 Fredonia, Chautauqua Co., N. Y. 
 
SKETCH OF THE UNDEUGUOU^TD RAILROAD. 
 
 ollavs to land mc and the niggers in 
 [ichigan." 
 
 Capt. — " I can't do it without wood." 
 
 Curtis. — " I sliall hold you to your 
 romise." 
 
 Cajit. — " Of course you will, I'll land 
 Du, I did not promise to land your 
 iggers." 
 
 Curtis now began to swear and use 
 i-utal laniruatre when Capt. T- 
 
 Capt. 
 
 >ld him to stop that or he would have 
 im arrested as soon as they should 
 )uch the wharf. 
 
 George and Clara were among the 
 ands at the gangway, as they had 
 ?en uistructed by the mate, and when 
 10 plank was thrown out they ran into 
 le town, Curtis and Bill after them, '' 
 •ying " Stop thief! " in great excite- 
 
 ment. If they had taken time to 
 think, they would not liave ventnred 
 on shore ; as it was, they were roughly 
 handled, and glad when they found 
 shelter on the boat again. 
 
 Some two years after, I was on a 
 steamboat from Detroit to Ckiveland ; 
 we stopped at Maiden for wood, and 
 while there I fell into conversation witli 
 an intelligent man, arid inquired if he 
 knew George and Clara, relating some- 
 thing of the above incidents. He said 
 he knew them ; they were })rospering 
 in business and much respected. He 
 said that he saw the chase in the 
 streets, and gave a very amusing ac- 
 count of the way the Kentucky gentle- 
 men were handled. 
 
 Conductor. 
 
 PETTIT'S EYE SALYE 
 
 WILL CURE ANY CASE OF 
 
 1= I L E S . 
 
 PETTIT'S EYE SALYE 
 
 WILL CURE ANY CASE OF 
 
 OHIILBXjJLIlsrS 
 
 ^ETTIT'S CANKER BALSAM 
 
 WILL CURE ANY CASE OF 
 
 isTTJiE^siisra- soi^E ivdioxjTH:. 
 
TESTH^OIsri^LLS. 
 
 Gentlemen— I enclose you this letter (one 
 of many,) believing it my duty to do so, that 
 you might know the reputation Pettit's Eye 
 Salve is gaining in this section. I have sev- 
 eral letters from other parties who have used 
 it, they all speak in the same terms of the 
 Salve.' Very Respectfully, 
 
 D. V. McCoBKLE, 
 Druggist, Chattanooga, Tenn. 
 Athens, Tenn., Jan. 27th, 1869. 
 D. V. McCokkle, Esq., Chattanooga, Tenn. 
 
 Dear Sir.— I enclose one dollar for four 
 boxes more of Pettit's Bye Salve, per mail. 
 
 It is gradually restoring the eyes of my 
 daughter, who has suffered with sore eyes 
 for more than two years, and after we had 
 tried almost everything else and failed, includ- 
 ing cauterization of the lids. For six months 
 before commencing the use of the above Eye 
 Salve she was almost totally blind, could 
 only discover the bulk of a person in the 
 doorway ; but can nov.% after a little more 
 than a month's use of it, tell the hour on the 
 face of the clock, and it seems that she will 
 certainly be fully restored to sight. It is cer- 
 tainly a wonderful change under Providence 
 after years of suffering. 
 
 Very Truly Yours, 
 
 A. H. Gregory. 
 
 Sharon, March 6th, 1867. 
 American Eye Salve Co.: — Please find 
 enclosed one dollar and thirty cents, for which 
 please send the worth of it in Dr. Pettit's 
 American Eye Salve, as I think it the best 
 medicine for "the eyes tliat I have found, and 
 if it continues to do as well as it lias done it 
 is likely I shall send for more to use in prac- 
 tice. Please send it all in one box, as it will 
 come some cheaper. Please direct to " James 
 Randolph, Sharon, Noble Co., O." 
 Respectfully Yours, 
 
 JAMES RANDOLPH. 
 Save enough to pay postage. 
 
 E. M. Pettit, Sup't American Eye Salve 
 Co. :— For the enclosed 25 cents please for- 
 ward me a box of the American Eye Salve. 
 
 Two years ago I was very much troubled 
 with weak and inflamed eyes : I obtained a 
 box of your Salve, and to my great pleasure 
 found that it was all that it was recommend- 
 ed, and now send for another box. 
 Yours Respectfully, 
 
 iliss LAURA A. MALLORY, 
 Hamden, Del. Co., N. Y. 
 
 Register Office, U. S. Treasury, 
 Jan. 23, 1868. 
 
 American Eye Salve Co.— Please find en- 
 -closed 35 cents, for Avhich send me a box of 
 Dr. Pettit's Canker Balsam. 
 
 1 have been buying the Eye Salve, which 
 my wife finds helps her eyes more than any 
 thing she ever used before, and I have bought 
 two boxes and sent North to her sister. 
 
 I called on all Druggists here for the Bal- 
 aam, and they have none. Two have written 
 to New York for it, so they say, but have 
 not received it. 
 
 '' 1, now make direct applicatioti to you, 35 
 cents for Balsam, and ten cents for postage, 
 sent by mail. Please re-nit on receipt of en- 
 closed. Yours, 
 
 Wm blasland. 
 
 P. S. — Balsam, not Salve. 
 
 Double Pipe Creek, Carroll Co., ]\Id. 
 
 Dec. 12th, 1867. 
 American Eye Salve Co., Fredonia,N. Y. 
 — Enclosed please find one dollar and seven- 
 ty-five cents ($1.75), for which please send one 
 dozen boxes Dr. Pettit's American Eye Salve, 
 to the address below. I sold him one box 
 some time ago, and now he wants a dozen 
 boxes for himself and friends. He says they 
 won't do without it; that it is the best Eye 
 Salve they ever used. 
 
 Yours Respectfully, 
 
 WILLIAM H. RENNER. 
 
 Send to the address of " Levi Baker, Johns- 
 ville, Frederick Co., Md." 
 
 Weatherly, Carbon Co., Pa. 
 June 1st, 1868. 
 AjfERiCAN Eye Salve Co.— Having open- 
 ed a Drug Store in this place, I would like to 
 keep some of your Eye Salve for sale. Hav- 
 ing used it myself, I can recommend it favor- 
 ably. I would like to have one dozen boxes 
 to begin with ; Iwill send you the money on 
 receipt of goods and bill, or you can send 
 them C. O. D. 
 
 Hoping to hear from you soon, I am your 
 obd't serv't, 
 
 DR. J. B. TWEEDLE. 
 Weatherly, Carbon Co.. Pa. 
 
 South Hadley Falls, Mass., April 12, 1869. 
 
 American Eye Sala-e Co. — I enclose $3.00 
 and want you to send me some Eye Salve. 
 I had some from you last summer and it did 
 wonderful cures. It cured sore eyes for 
 eight persons that were nearly lilind for a 
 long time. My friend, Horace White, was 
 visiting me two years ago. I had sore eyes, 
 and he sent me one box by mail and it cured 
 me. Send by Express, 'fruly yours, 
 
 E. C. WHITE. 
 
 Note : Horace White of Laona. — Am. Eye 
 Salve Co. 
 
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