Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1838-12-19
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BRANDON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER Is, 1888.
For the Telegraph.
oUACK MI DICIN e g

tsntiments expressed by brother Miller, in
bur paper of the 21st of November, in re-
hence to quack medicines; and as you
I've, at the close Of his remarks, kindly |
invited your friends to speak on, would |
Akpress few thoughts on the same subject.
Through the medium of personal expert
nee and observation, happen to possess
One knowledge Of the effects produced by
fhese medicines, and can most heartily
nd conscientiously endorse the opinion
1hat they are, in the general, vile imposi-
Lon upon the public, and that religious news
hAoers should cease to lend their aid in
keeping up and carrying on the base de-
<eplion. .-
For myself, hate the very sight Of those
advertisements which hold up these medi
ines 10 The public eye, and those lying rec
Lamentations which operate so powerfully
1pon the public credulity, and should feel
Gmost as willing 10 have the same space
flled with advertisements for the sale Of
Pm, and gin, and brandy, and cherry cor
Hal for the common intention Of both is
III take money out Of. the pockets Of the
nkpple, without comforting upon them any
corresponding benefit.
And would be quite as willing that the
&&sne space should be filled up with adver-
tinsneots for the sale Of lottery tickets ;
and il 10 worthy ofremark that the high sound
I'D and confident assurances, and staring
pitfalls, and pointing fingers, that once &C
tompanied newspaper advertisements for
bttery tickets, now accompany these ad-
eryisements for quack medicines, giving
|<em distinguished prominence, as if they
Ire almost the only things that required
HSr,icular notice in the whole sheet: and
~ verify believe that the chance Of drawing
Ne highest prize IN a lottery scheme by the
hYchase Of ticket was quite as promising
Zen, as the chance now is of obtaining {
arc from the use of these pulled medicines
Ia all my turnings about, have neve
5und single individual who has bee
Nbred by these medicines, though haV
Zen acquainted with multitudes of ind
'duals, including myself, who have poare
~ vile stuff, dose after dose, week afte
<Hek, and month after month, down the
4EIoats. MY near neighbor, a brother-ir
80. who is troubled With a disorder in tn
N'Dmach, has swallowed the Hygean Veg
Die Unirersal Medicine Of The BIRTHS
<bllege of HsGlth, until his bill for it BIZ
hounted 10 almost forty dollars, witho
81 least permanent advantage, and W;
4auced to continue the use Of these pill
IN year to year, by the crafty assuran
AZ u, if they failed to relieve him at fir
ID they would certainly eradicate the d.
Sc if he would only persevere in TAXI
EN-. ...- .......
In reference to DR.. Goelich's MdtcheIe
$anatire, which makes so conspicuous
fgure in the Telegraph medicine viii
&Dtitles the illuslrious inventor to the gra
tnde Of a world-a medicine whose W.
HfDus virtues have been so glOwingly P
trayed even by some clergymen in tn
pastoral visits to the sick chamber me
lone which costs only three and one III
Hik dollars for half an ounce-a medic
one precious little drop of which is a su
lent dose for an adult, half drop fo
hid, and quarter drop for an infant
nedicine which one might suppose VIC
s. a match for the credulity of the n
<redulous, lin reference TO this medicir
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bring through all the gradations of gu
try, and vault at one leap upon the '
<limax of quackery, and sport with pu
cpn6dence in solitary horror alone
am crediblv informed that Gel
physician living six miles from me, S
owed vial full of this illustnous
Goelick's Malchless Sanatiye, at one {
before a number Of witnesses, merel
how that it was an imposition, destitu
hny healing or harming qualities.
Fan give names and places and dates
eerning these facts, if they are req
express myself thus plainly, not from
personal ill-will to the proprietors OF
ders Of these noslrums, for ! have az
ronal acquaintance with single ind
p Of them; but simply from an hone
are that this growing evil might be 9
ed, aud that the public might be deli
IRON delusicu which is levying such
contributions upon their credulity, and
ing such deep inroads upon their pars