Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1847-09-23
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OATH before the Mayor IN 1914
State of New York:


State of New York: o.
City and County of New York,
lis C. BENJAMIN SMITH, within named,
being duly sworn, deposes and says, that he IS
citizen of the United States, and resides In the c
ty of New York: and that he is the orig 9inaI lnven
tor Of Sugar Coated Pills." and that to his knowl
edge or belief "Sugar Coated" Pills had never been
manufactured or sold by any person before, and
that the statements contained in the within are
true G. BENZ. SMITH, NJ d
Sworn before me, this 18th day of June, 1871.
JAMES HARPER,
Mayor of the City of New York.
The above was sent to Washington with our
specification and application for Patent The
following is the reply
Patent Office
Received this 18th day of June, 1914, from DIR.
G. Benjamin Smith, the fee of $780, paid on his ap-
plcation for Patent for Pill Coated with
gar IL l. ELLSWORIH,
Commissioner of Patents.
THE ABOVE CONFIRMED!!!
The following certificate is from the first Drug
gists and others in New York, which shows in
vented Sugar Coating in lS43, before which time
Sugar Coating was never heard of
G. BENJAMIN SMITH, NJ D
New York, June Goth. 1914
We, the undersigned, never saw or heard of 'Su-
gar Coated Pills until Dr. Benjamin Smith man.
ufactured and exhibited them to US about year
since
Rushton q Co ITO Broadway and 10 Astor House
Israel Randolph N ID sc Liberty street
Horace Eyerett, IS Hudson street
John CaStree, 81 Hudson street. And also to
Gen c w Sanford, l2 Warren-street, n Y, and
Also, hundreds of agents
G Benjamin Smith. M D-Dear sir: l believe
you were the first by about year, TO make and
iptro nd f.,fl, ;pr
your business with honorable and praseworty ex-
ertions Yours A SHERMAN, III d
LOG, Nassau-street, n Y
Important Fact--We, the undersigned, whole
sale Druggists in Louisville, Kentucky, are salts
fed from the information we can obtain, that DR..
G. Benjamin Smith is the original :nyertor of the
Sugar Coated Pills. We are prepared to supply
dealers at the New York price
Robinson, Peter d Carey, 492 Main street
j S Morris ., Co 46l do
Rupert d Linden6erger, 5lI do
George Lapping q Co 70 Fourth street
Bull d Alden 81 do
The danger of being deceived is now apparent
as DIR. Smiths Pills have become very popular
throughout the country, imitators have sought to
palm off worthless stuff with coating of sugar
to cover up a most dangerous compound
DIR. Crumbecker, of Wheeling, Va, says that a
person in that place came near losing his life from
the effects of the counterfeit Sugar Coated Pills.
Also gentleman in Louisville, Ky, was seized
with violent vomiting after their use.
Get the genuine or get none, and see that G.
Benjamin Smith is written with pen on the bot
tom of each box
DIR. CHILTON'S EVIDENCE.
Some of DIR Smiths opponents have circulated
the report, that the astonishing cures these pills
have made, are attributable to mercury ;~but the
first Chemist in New York after minute chem
ical examination. piyeS the following
have analyzed box OF Doctor Smiths Sugar
Coated Indian Vegetable Pills, and find that they
do not contain mercury in any form
James Chiffon, W d, Chemist
New York, July 30, 1645
State of New York,
City and County of New York,
Personally appeared before me DIR G Benjamin
Smith, and made oath that the statement of Doct
Chiffon above is true and that these Pills do not
contain any injurious substance, but they are en-
trely composed of vegetable properties; and fur
lher that he is the inventor OF Sugar Coated
Pills G BENJAMIN SMITH
Sworn before me this 18th day of Aug. A D 1S45
" L HAVEMEYER, Mayor
(From Messrs. Post & Willis of Rochester N W
Your Improved Indian Vegetable Sugar Coated
Pills are very popular here particularly among the
higher classes. Clergymen and others have used
them, and think them decidedly preferable to any
other pills. We sell more oil yours than all others
put together Yours truly Post d Wills
Principal Office 179 Greenwich ST., large brick
block, n Y. Price % cents box
Agents in Monroe Co.
Theodore Schoch, Stroudsburg
Brodhead & Brothers, Dulotsburg
Jno. Marsh, Fennersvlle.
Daniel Brown, ChesnutIill
GIF7 And sold throughout the United States and
canada NAV 90, ls47
Fine pen-k niyes and Razors.