[Enclosure 1]

KILFINANE, | KILMALLOCK,

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SIR

[2 lines deleted]⁴ Farm Stock, and Crops, Potato Blight included, published at 21/ for the present edition, but will be advanced to 42/ the next.

I am also the discoverer of the remedies for Lunacy, Epilepsy, Rheumatism, and Consumption, each at 45/; and one on “Married Women,” at 100/.

The prices appear high, but the information is invaluable to a sufferer of any of the above diseases, each of which is cured by simple means, at every one’s disposal, and without medicine of any kind whatever. This is a boon that has never been offered before to the public, and, therefore, my prices are high.

What can be a greater boon to a farmer than to know how to save his cows from foot and mouth disease, lung distemper, and all the diseases following that animal, the pig and her diseases, the sheep and the horses? And should they get it from neglect of the advice given, there is also a remedy for each without medicine, so that every man can be his own doctor and veterinary, and also able to save his most valuable crop—the potato—from blight, for ever more, and through all seasons.

I therefore make no apology for the prices named, but I am glad that I am the medium through which the discoveries are come to my countrymen, and save us from future losses by those diseases that have devastated our country.

I am, Sir, | Faithfully yours, | CHARLES O’SHAUGHNESSY.

[Enclosure 2]

In consequence of my works being discoveries I am obliged to resort to original means for diffusing their practical usefulness, by not permitting the public to see them until they are bought—and once bought they will be valued. But if certain clever professions were allowed into the knowledge of their strain, the author would indeed be made the victim of their dodge.

It is now pretty well known that I am changing the state of recognized science and philosophy, and also astronomy; and it will be evident to any man of education and common sense that I have made enemies of a good many: but I disregard all for the public good.

I hereby guarantee that the work on … that accompanies this, is true in all its bearings.

Given under my hand this … day of … … 18

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Kilfinane, Kilmallock, | Ireland.

P.S.—I will reply to any letter or letters regarding questions to be asked by the purchaser on the subject of the work, free of expense.

C. O’S.