Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1848-03-30
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Oath before the Mayor in 1914
State Of New York:
City and County of New York,

oath before the Mayor an 1914.
| State of New York:
| City and County of New York,
! [Ls] G. BENJAMIN SMITH, within named
being duly sworn, deposes and says, that he is a
citizen of the United States, and resides in the ci-
tor of Sugar Coated Pills." and that to his knowl-
edge belle" Sugar Coated" Pills had never been
manufactured or sold by any person before, and
that the statements contained in the within are
true e.. BENZ. NTH, NJ ID
Sworn before me, this 18th day of June, 1874.
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, !, from DR..
G. Benjamin Smith, the fee of $50, paid on his ap-
plication for Patent for Pill Coated with SUI
gar H L ELLSWORTH,
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 3,before which time
Sugar Coating was never heard of
G. BENJAMIN NTH, M d
New York, June 26th.
We, the undersigned, never saw or heard of Su-
ufactured and exhibited them to as about year
since.
Rushton d Co Broadway and 10 Astor House
Israel Randolph, NJ d Liberty-s street
Horace EUeren, Hudson street
John Castree, 81 Hudson street. And also to
Gen 4 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, to make and
introduce Sugar Coated Pi ,ls, and are following
your business with honorable and praiseworty ex-
ertions Yours A HERMAN, NJ d
LOG, Nassau-str n Y
Important Fact--We, the undersigned, whole
sale Druggists in Louisville, Kentucky, salts
fed from the information we can obtain, that DR..
G Benjamin Smith is the original inventor of the
Sugar Coated Pills. We prepared to supply
dealers at the New York price
Robinson, Peter q Carey, 492 Main street
j S Morris d Co 81 do
Rupert d Lindenberger, 5lI do
George Lapping & Co 79 Fourth street
Bull d Alden, do
The danger of being deceived is now apparent;
as DR.. 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 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 @
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. DivpS 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, NJ d, Chemist
New York, July 90, As
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 As
WI HAVEMEYER, Mayor
(From Messrs. Post & Willis of Rochester W
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 Wallis
Principal Office l79 Greenwich ST., large brick
block, N Y. Price 25 cents box. asI
Agents in Monroe Co.
Theodore Schoch, Stroudsburg.
Brodhead & Brothers, Duiotsburg.
Jno. Marsh, Fennersyille.
Daniel Brown, Chesnuthill.
% And sold throughout the United States and
Canada. NAV 90. AZ
Fine Pen-knives and RazOrs.
A oood assortmept FIR cal. Io.v h.,