Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1843-03-16

CsIX wears have now elapsed since PETERS
~ VEGETABLE PILLS were first Introduced
to the public and which is the test Of their
virtue that can be given--tbere are more OF
them sold than any other description Of pills what
ever in the known world. 10 fact, the sale OF the
Vegetable Pill has been enormous beyond all pre-
cedept; the first year il amounted 10 one hundred
thousand boxes--the second to three-the third TO
8-ihe fourth to l3--and so till the year 1871,
lust closed during which. orders the prodiglous
quantity of two millions Of boxes were received,
and duly fulfilled at the establishment. These
facts speak more ia their favor than volumes OF
mere eDlogy, for though an andeservns medicine
may possibly be forced INFO popularity by undue
means such "a feiions certificates and the Ike. It
is sure to Loose It's bold public favor as rapidly
az it made IT, for intrinsic virtues alone can stand
the orderal Of public opinion and ludgmen. Tor any
length Of time. Hence the generality oil newly
discovered medicines have but an ephemerai exits
,ence--,heir reputation goes up like rocket. and
down like the stcs--and hence the reputation and
the sale Of these pills continues to Increase, for
whoever purchases them once, and gives them
fair tial i. sure to patronize them for life need
scarcey observe that nine in ten OF all the regular
phyhcans in the United States order these pills
in their general practice, as this tact IS universally
known, and hos been testified OF time ard again,
by nearly ell the most eminent members Of the itc-
ultv But it Is like giliiug refined gold and paint
ing the llv. to enogize Peters Vegetable Ptls tor
the world has decided their merits, and the IS
sue is that wherever civilization In, extended,
there have the reputation the SALE and the Useful
tess OF Peters Pills extended also.
The complaints in which Peters Vegetable
Pills afe most effective, aud which, when admns-
tered according To- direction they scarcely tail
to curr, are as follows: yellow and bilious levers,
feSer and ague, dyspepsia. Group, LIVER compliant
sick headache, jsundce. asthma, dro?sy, rheuna-
tsrn enlst cement of the spleen, piles, colo, te-
male obstTuctions, hrnrl-burn iurred tongue, nan-
sea dstensions OF the stomach and bowels, incipi-
ent diarrhca. hatulence habnual costivencss, loss
of appete, blotched OF sallow complexion and in
all csses of torpor Of The bowels, where catbartc
or m apericnt ia needed. They are exceedingly
mild in their operation, producing neither nausea,
gripping, nor debility.
Suffolk, Va, Oct 10, 1885,
Doctor J. p. Peters, Dear Sir,-l have obtain
ed, and forward to YOU the certificate OF MIR
Wism Warkins--a gentleman OF high rsspecta-
bty--relative to the good and salutary effects pro-
ducsd BY the use of your medicine, which hope
viii be OF some use to you Your most obed
sery't, ARTHUR SMll IL.
Norfolk Sept %, 1888.
Dear Sir-I very cheeIiully add my testimony
with regard to the efficacy OF DR.. Peters medi-
cine. My wife had been for several years suffering
and lingering under ths Effects OF Dyspepsia, with
its usual accompsnimsnts, in December, 1885,
purchased of you one box, from The use Ct winch
her health was far restored, thai she deemedthe
further use Of il at that time snuecssssry. On
return Of some symptoms OF the disease during he
summer Of 1897 she reserved to the sams remedy,
and continued it until she he'd taken the contents
OF three boxes. Since thot tlms she has been well;
and can without inconvenience, eat Any hing she