American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1826-05-26
TO THE EpIrons OF THE WATERMAN.

dc clnes TO mention where that nominal Museum is s
ted; but says he has taken his information from Knights
Quarterly Magazine and commences with his iternrs
abilities, by dealing story he calls the Tale of Chemist
The Practical Chemist supposes this scrbber the same
person that got deranged in his inellecs seeing ,s
Practical Chemists vertisement in the Newspapers !,
the month of February last, when the talented sophsc
made display of his pouns,ing Abilities in expressions Of
mideIy 10 God, and dctracton TO man-frst nockins
Providence for the miracle he was in his infinite goodness
pleased work through the pous suppicatons Of Prince
Iohenoe and secondly, by his slanderousy deracng TN,
Practical Chemist, man that never gave him the smallest
offence-nor do know that ever spoke word to him
and the laws OF society demand OF every treat
fellow with respect so long as he treats him with The
same respect, the Gospel Law commands do unto all
men as we would wish them to do unto US. Neither or
these laws, divine human, have any restraint on This
professional sopser, whose nebrated and vindictye
mind fomented with malice and governed with mpassone
prejudice, caused by the delicious and fragrant test of the
Practical Chemists gaves, whose effects the people who
purchased them, preferred as being well cooked to tile
professional sopsers pill box. is this preference
the people give to the Practical Chemists well cooked
graves that the particular of those symptoms o
arrangement which visible in the practical sophser
who with falsehood in his mouth presumption in his words
atooned impudence in his face tranples divine and
human laws.
Fa,es bEndfpld reign the atheist boldly owns
And Providence blasphemously dethiones.
The practical sophister ridcues the miracles of Prov
dence and then turns to rdicule the Practical Chemist
The practical sophster asgnoant of the physical science
that the Practical Chemist is possest of. he is OF the
miracles of Providence in the works of and he
practical sophls knows more of extracting the medl
cnal virtues contained in the works of the all ounteous
Providence than he does of the Turkish koranan, Mr.
sophister practical chemists the that possess the
physical science investigate the changes produced in all
the bodies in nature, by the mutual action of their parts
upon each other, which necessarily taking place in the
great laboratory OF nature which presnmpii,e impudence
and professional ignorance will never to the knowl
edge Of 1t is for the want Of this physical science Cf
practical chemistry that numbers OF distressed fellow
creatures n8er out miserable exstcnce-severa of whom
may be relieved if timely and proper assistance is admins
tered to them.
1t is derogatory to my principles to deprecae the ab.
tiles Of any man. and if this baefaced aud sanderous scrb
bier did not vent his presidential sapors poison the
public opinion against the Prac ical Chemists we'll cooked
grayiesand not content with that. but With the Of
vpers tongue, says the Practical Chemist changed bis
and fed his countryas for this part OF his calumny
it not worthy of my notice. for acquainted and
known by people in New York and Philadelphia more
respectable than ever he was can be acquainted With
and for country can eturn there when think pro.
per-and is evident you would wish there 10
place, You threaten with thmps Of law and
10 envelope me in rings OF Saturn. MIR Practical Sops
ter, your Pre- sumptye npudence obges YOU to expose
your physical ignorance, you unacquanted with the
philosophical terms Of the principal Metals Tor lead
is called after the planet Saturn and after the planet
Mars-and f you knew how TO extract the medicinal rr
contained in lead and iron you could turn II en- bet
ter for many Of the diseases Of the SEX and afflicted
and for the want of this physical science Of praca Chem
sty, you obliged so carry round With you Pandoraf
Box stuffed with your pilua hydiargy which when mprop
erly administered to the SICK leaves many living spectacle
to lnger miserable existence. There is living wit!
lad of the nane Of John IIoh, and perhaps many Others
IF you the professional character That displayed your
skill in the attendance Of this miserable example of phs
cal knowledge you well entitled to call the public
and the eouence of the press assist you drive the
Practical Chemist from the Borough and its neghborood
and lest you should fail in your application to the public
and the press your subtefuge is knock the Prac-
cal Chemist down with hunps of law MIR. Practical So
phser, the Practical Chemist thinks tat he is able to turn
those tumrs oflaw you threaten him @ith YOURSELF and
that he is able in his furnace to anayze your knowledge
nhySical nOsScSSeu
probation will leave but little in the reort save the cap
Ut mortum and you translator OF Bog Latin r.
your literary translation OF gravm and gravy you may ca
the caput mortm, terra donnaa After first interview
with the professional gentlemen at Doctor MI anes house.
plainly tina, my advertisement sounded the tocsin OF
aarmthat the pill boxes in danger OF rsng on the
mane-and this The Of my being blackguarded
from hell TO hackney-fiom the combination which sec
formed against me- which was not concealed BY some OF
the party for Of the polite gentlemen, without the
smaes, cause, insuted me, and another threatened me
with fine If should practice medicine in this state ny
reply was, that capable of the practice OF medl
cine as he any man in the State. In some time T'e
Doctor M'Lane, whose gentlemanke behaviour must
acknowledge, during the interviews had, remarked 70
me that the Doctors here did not prepare medicine MY
answer TO him was, that my principal object was the pre-
paraton and sale Of medicine, and that prepared some
valuable medicines which to sell in Philadelphia
and baltimore and as to any private practice could eK
pect, would not be worth my notice. Doctor M'Lane told
me If confined myself to the preparation of medicine the
Doctors had right interfere with me- and changed
my advertisement tina, it would be agreeable to them
t0,d MN Wouiu CONSIDER OF IT, calleu OH MN diem
and told him would change it and had it changed from
the words practice to prepare medicine; and to prevent
jealousy have not attended patient received one
cent for attendance advice since commenced to this
day have given medicine and healed the poor and do
not charge cent, yet am to be knocked down with
hnmps of law by this professional sophster and his sup
posed colleagues From the expressions of this mighty
man of awtumping power, it would seem that the three
departments were invested in him and his colleagues
that the executive legsave AID judicial powers OF the
government could be executed against any person VINO
would prepare offer for sale any of medicine hlcl
he the sophste supposed would endange the circulation
of the professional sophser's pill box and sir you ough,
give yourself time reflect that the law never intended
10 give monopoly any body of the intention Of
the law TO prevent from practising medicine, VINO