¶ The wormes is a lyght dysease, and they lye in the greatte paunche, in the belye of the horse, and they are shynynge, of colour lyke a snake, syxe inches in lengthe, greate in the myddes, and sharpe at bothe 4 endes, and as moche as a spyndel, and wyll sone be kylde.
— from The Book of Husbandry by Anthony Fitzherbert

Dr. M‘Grigor Croft , late Army Staff, says: “It is a most valuable medicine.”
— from The Aristocracy of London: Part I: Kensington Titled, Untitled, Professional, & Commercial by Anonymous

Revenue 3,875 to 2,625 Presidential P. O. Adrian $2,400 Ann Arbor 2,600 Battle Creek 2,600 Bay City 2,700 Big Rapids 2,300 Detroit 3,700 East Saginaw 2,700 Flint 2,400 Grand Rapids 3,200 Jackson 2,700 Kalamazoo 2,700 Lansing 2,700 Marshall 2,300 Muskegon 2,500 Port Huron 2,400 Saginaw 2,300 52 P.O. $2,200 to 1,500 38 P.O. 1,400 to 1,100 9 P.O. 1,000 Ranks first in copper, lumber and salt; second in iron ore; third in buckwheat; fifth in sheep, hops and potatoes; sixth in wheat and barley; seventh in agricultural implements; eighth in miles railway; ninth in oats.
— from Alden's Handy Atlas of the World Including One Hundred and Thirty-eight Colored Maps, Diagrams, Tables, Etc. by John B. (John Berry) Alden