The article was advertised in the 1859 San Francisco Directory. It was called Rosemary & Castor Oil, so it may have been an imitation of J. Russell Spalding's Rosemary and Castor Oil. The following text was transcribed from the ad:
May Rhymes. ---BY A LADY.
Take the sweetest of names, and the fairest of flowers,
Combine them, and lo! What a treasure is ours,
Richly blooming in winter, when the earth is all dreary;
We hail with delight the green fragrant Rosemary.
Its dark shaded leaves, with an essence is filled,
Which, when from its secret recesses distilled,
And combined with an oil of a quality rare,
As by Little & Co., is just right for the hair.
With this baldness and Time's bad effects you can foil,
By the use of their Rosemary and Castor Oil.
Little's Rosemary
Is acknowledged by all who have used it, to be the finest preparation for the hair ever invented. A few applications of it will make the coarsest and most brash hair soft and glossy -- stop its falling off or turning gray, remove all dandruff, and cure all diseases of the scalp. It imparts a natural moisture and brilliant lustre to the Hair, and has a delightful perfume.
137 Montgomery street.
Pint bottles only one dollar. Half pint bottles, fifty cents. Trial bottles twenty-five cents.
Little & Co. were Chemists and Apothecaries. They also sold Cedron Beans, for the cure of rattlesnake bites, Pitch Lozenges, Lemon Aperient (purgative lemonade), Bay Rum, St. Ignatius Pills. If that weren't enough, they promised to analyze and reproduce anything their customers brought in.