Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1847-11-25
Oath before tie Mayor IN ,l8i4.


City and County of New York, " % s
H. ST. G. BENJAMIN SMITH, within named,
being duly sworn, deposes and says, that he Is
citizen of the United States and resides in the ci-
ty of New York: and that he is the original inyen-
tor Of SUSar 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 a7a ~ ais .v g. BENZ. SMITH, NJ ID
Sworn before me, this l4th day of June, 1911.
JAMES HARPER,
Mayor of the Cry of New York.
The above was sent to Washington with our
specification and application for Patent The
following is the reply
'aaa e.'a' Patent Office
Received this 18th day Of June, iS44, from DIR.
G. BENJAMIN Smith, the fee of $50, paid on. his APP
picalion for a Patent for Pill Coated with SUI
gar Il ELLSWORTH,
- Commissioner of Patents.
THE ABOVE CONFIRMEDlHa q
The following certificate is from the first Drug.
gists and others in New FORK, which shows lin
vented Sugar Coating i'll ls43, before which time
| Sugar Coating was never heard of
G. BENJAMIN SMITH, M d
New York, June 26th. 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. rs.
Rushton d Co 10 Broadway and 10 Astor House.
Israel Randolph, NJ d Sc Liberty street
Horace EUerett, s6 Hudson-stree
John Castree, 81 Hudson street. And also to
Gen c w Sanford, IL Warren-street Y, and
Also, hundreds of agents
G Benjamin Smith, NJ D-Dear sir: | believe
you were the first by about year, to make and
introduce Sugar Coated Pills. and are following
your business with honorable and praiseworty
ertions Yours A SHERMAN, NJ d
LOG, Nassau street, n
Important Fact--We, the undersigned, whole
sale Druggists in Louisville, Kentucky, are sats-
fed from the information obtain, that DR..
G. Benjamin Smith is the original inventor of the
Sugar Coated Pills. We are prepared to supply
dealers at the New York price
+ Robinson, Peter d Carey, 49a Main-street
j S Morris d Co 46l do q
Rupert q Linden6erger, 5Il sra do
George Lapping 4 Co 79 Fourth street
Bull q 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 most dangerous compound
DR.. Crumbecker of Wheeling, Va, says that
person in that place losing his life from
the effects of the counterfeit Sugar Coated Pills.
Also, gentleman in Louisville, Ky, was seized
Get the genuine or get none, and see that G
BENJAMIN Smith is written with pen on the bot
tom of each box #th
DIR. .CHILTON'S EVIDENCE.
Some of DR. 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, gives 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 r ChiAOn NJ ID, Chemist
New York, July 20, 1916 a
State of New York, e..t.e#
City and County of New York,
Personally appeared before me DR. 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-
tirely composed of vegetable properties; and fur
ther, that he is the inventor of Sugar Coated
Pills a5ss g BENJAMIN SMITH
Sworn before me this 18th day of Aug. A D l945
w + HAVEMEYER, Mayor
(From Messrs Post Willis of Rochester N. "
Your Improved Indian Vegetable Sugar Coated
Pills 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 OF yours than all others
put together. Yours truly Post d Wills
Principal Office 179 Greenwich St., large brick
block, N Y. Price 25 cents abox.
Agents in Monroe Co. Is
Theodore Schoch, Slroudsburg.
Brodhead & Brothers, Dutotsbure,
Jno. Marsh, Fennersvlie.
Daniel Brown. Chesnuthiu, aa
Co And sold throughout the United States and
Canada. tfAf1 NAV 90, 1S47
Fine Pen-Knives and Razors.
A good assortment, for sale low, by
tfF I0HN RI .AEIJCK