Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1848-03-09
Oath before The Mayor in 1914
State Of New York:
Cifv and County Of New York.

O0fh before ihe Mayor IN 1911.
State Of New York: d.
City and County of New York,
[Lsl C. 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 inven-
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 O. BENZ. Ml1U, W u
Sworn before me, this l4.h day of June, 1914.
JAMES HARPER,
Mayor Of The CiIy 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, 1884, from DIR.
G. Benjamin Smith, the fee of $780, paid on his ap-
plication for Patent for Pill Coated with su-
gar II l. ELLSWORTH
Commissioner of Patents.
THE ABOVE CONFlRMED!!!
The following certificate is from the first Drug
gists and others in New York. which shows in
vented Sugar Coating in l843, before which time
Sugar Coating was never heard of
G.. BENJAMIN SMITH, NJ d
New York, une 26th. 1914
We, the undersigned, never saw or heard OF 'Su
gar Coated Pills, until Dr. G Benjamin Smith man.
ufactured and exhibited them 10 US about year
since.
Rushton d Colo Broadway and 10 Astor House
Israel Randolph, N d sc Liberty street
Horace Euereh. Sc Hudson street
John Castree, 81 Hudson n-street. And also to
Gen c W Sanford, IL Warren-street, n Y, and
Also, hundreds of agents
G Benjamin Smith NJ D. Dear sir: | believe
you were the first by about year, 10 make and
introduce Sugar Coated Pi Is and are following
your business with honorable and praiseworty ex-
erons Yours A HERMAN, NJ ID
LOG, Nassau street, n Y
Important Fact--We, the undersigned, whole
sale Druggists in Louisville, Kentucky, satis-
fed from the information we can 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, 492 Main street
j S Morris d Co 46I do
Rupert d L,nd n5erger. 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 most dangerous compound
Dr. 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, a gentleman in Louisville, KY, was seized
with violent vomiting after their use.
Get the genuine or get none, and see that G
BENJAMIN Snaiih is written with pen on the bot
tom of each box
DR. CAILTON'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 uiv hn fol
| have analyzed box Of Doctor Smiths Sugar
Coated Indian Vegetable Pills, and find that they
90 not contain mercury In any form
James Chiffon, NJ D, Chemist
New York, July 30, l845
State of New York, D.
City and County of New York,
Personally appeared before me DR. 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-
tirely composed of vegetable properties; and fur
ther, that he is the inventor of Sugar Coated
Pills G BENJAMIN NTH
Sworn before me this 18th day of Aug A D Is45
w + HAYEMEYER, Mayor
tFrom Messrs. Post s. 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 then decidedly preferable TO any
other pills. We sell more of yours than all others
put together. Yours truly Post q Wiliis
Principal Office l79 Greenwich St., large brick
block, n Y. Price 25 cents a box.
Agents in Monroe Co.
Theodore Schoch, Stroudsburg.
Btodhead & Brothers, Duiotsburg
Jno. Marsh, Fennersville.
Daniel Brown, Chesnuthll.
o. And sold throughout the United States and
canada. NAV 20, lS47
Fine Pen-kniyes and Razors.
A good assortment, for sale low, by
T0I4N IT YrY