"Snakeroot" Quotes from Famous Books
... to the gait of labor. Very seldom he could have one of his old treasure hunts in swamps and woods, unless, indeed, he could perchance make a labor and a gain of it. Jerome found that sassafras, and snakeroot, and various other aromatic roots and herbs of the wilds about his house had their money value. There was an apothecary in the neighboring village of Dale who would purchase them of him; at the cheapest of rates, it is true—a penny or so ... — Jerome, A Poor Man - A Novel • Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
... hoarhound, snakeroot and tansy, selling to-day? What's the state of the herb market?" joined the young man with ... — After a Shadow, and Other Stories • T. S. Arthur |