Cheraw gazette and Pee Dee farmer. [volume] (Cheraw S.C.) 1838-1839, 1839-04-12
From the National Silk Worm.
BASE IMPOSITION.
QCACK MEDICINES.

BASE IMPOSITION
- oUAcK MEDICINES.
Z The Editor Of The Silk Worm considers
it a duly he owes,o the community, to put
inval:ds, on their guard agains. quack
impos.ure now attempted to be palmed of
under The name of "Peters' Vegetable
Pills." Were this an imposition tha, a(-
fected merely the pockets of purchasers,
we should consider it less incumbent upon
us 10 make this exp sure but tamperlng,
as 1t does, with health and with the lives
Of the people, we do not for moment hesi-
tate to hold up this new attempt Il, deception
and imposition 10 its true light. Health is
is emphatica|ly "the poor mans blessing"
TOO often i. is the only one he can boast cf,
and We abhor, from our souls, the wrotch
who, for filthy lucre, can set down and
deliberately concoct falsehood, for the Pur.
pose Of scattering pills for portions through.
out the land, the indiscriminate use Of which,
is destructive Of health Brandelh's Pills."
after running or impairing the health of
scores, for every one they benefited, have
had their day, and are now fast settling 10
their proper l.vel. The success of that
nos'rum has induced others 10 enter the field,
and among them 0ourishes conspiculously,
"Dr. Jos. Priestly Peters," whose Preten.
sions We shall take it upon ourselves 10
expose in thorough and efficient manner.
a, our earliest convenience. In the mean.
time we caution the public against placing
any reliance in the certificates and recon-
mendations with which he is filling the pa.
pers, and by means Of which he expects 10
deceive and mislead the credulous.
We have right to be thus explicit, when
we have in our possession conclusive ev'.
dence, in relation to lhe direct and positive
falsehood of several portions Of his publish
ed statement, and have therefore a right to
infer the falsedhood of the whole. FIct'.
tious recommendations and certificates OF
quack nostrums, shall no, be pamed OF
upon This community with impuniy--and
after having disposed of this case Of I'M.
posture in satisfactory manner, we lntenl
to take up other similar humbugs Wi h which
our city is infested, having determined TO
do what lies in on: power, 10 preven. sick.
ness and disease from being made the sport
Of uniee!ing and mercenary spectators.
in his pamphlet and newspaper adver.
iisements, PriestIy Peters asserts that he
"has the pleasure Of informing the public
that his Pills have received the direct sane.
ton and patronage Of the following d;slIn.
suished individuals: -
Here follows The names ola score pub.
lie functionaries at the sea. Of government
and elsewhere, intending the President Of
the United States, Presidents, Senators,
Governors Of five Safes, Bishops, anl the
Post Master General. From severn! OF
these distinguished individuals, we lave
been politely favoured with such evidence
as fixes the charge Of imposition upon this
quack inposor conclusivcIy. MIR. Kendall
says:
" You are right in believing that such use
ofmy name is unauthorized by me. | know
nothing Of those pills --have never used one
TO my knowledge, and any asscr-
lion, by way Of advertisement or otherwise,
lha. " SANCTION" or "patronise" them. is
a base imposition upon the country.
IL wish you success in putting down ali
such "qmckery."
The HIN. T.. Fl. Benton. in commun.
cation 10 the Editor, says; In answer TO
your enquiries have 10 say, never heard
or read of Peters Vegetable Pills, until re.
ccived your letter, and that all attempts 10
exhibit me as sanclioning or pa,ronisins
those pills. arc irnpudent imposilions upon
the public"
Letters from oilers, and equally ds'n.
guished individuals, among whom we may
mention the Hon. Daniel Webster and the
Hon. John c. Calhoun. are equally explicit
in their denial Of sanc.ionng or paroni.
sing Peters Vegetable Pllls"--no:with-
standing which, Pricslly Peters has the
merceuary efIioutery 10 assure the citizens
Of Philadelphia, that his hostrum "has re.
ceived their direct sanction and patronage"
We therefore pat our citizens on their
guard against this GROSS imposition
this lMPUDENT attempt to SWINDLE
them out Of their money and their health,
and induce them 10 buy al article which has
nothing but QUACKERY and FALSE
HOOD 10 recommend 1t.
There are other inposItons Of similar
character, designed to fleece tho poor and
,arnper with health, which we mean to cx:
anime into, and shall mako faithful and
independent report of their merits.
REMARKS or Mr.. ELY MOORE, OF
NEW YORK.
IN the House of Representatives, February
4. 1889. on presenting a reponstrance
from citizens Of the District Of Columbia
against the reception Of abolition ps''"
tions &c.