Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1848-02-24


Ooih bef0re The MAYOR IN 1911.
State Of New York;
City and County of New York,
tLs ! G. BENJAMIN SMITH, within named
being duly sworn, deposes and says, that he Is a
citizen Of the United States and resides in the cl
ty of New York and that he is the original inven
tor of "SHgar Coated Pills." and that To his kuoWl
edge or sugar Coated Pills had never been
manufactured or sold by any person before, and
that the statement, contained in the within are
true e. Benz SMITH, NJ d
Sworn before me, this ith day of June, 1911.
JAMES HARPER,
Mayor Of the Cry of New York.
The above was sent to Washington with our
specification and application !Or Patent. The
following is the reply
Patent Office
Received this 18th day of June l64l, from Dr.
G. BENJAMIN Smith, the fee of $50, paid on his ap
plicaton for Patent for a Pill Coated with su-
gar IL 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 i'll l843, before which time
Sugar Coating was never heard of
G. BENJAMIN SMITH, VI ID
New York, June 26th. 1914
We, the undersigned, never or heard of Su-
gar Coated Pills. until Dr G Benjamin Smith man.
ufactured and exhibited them to US about a year
since.
Rusht0n & Co IIO Broadway and 10 Astor House
Israel Randolph NJ d Sc Liberty street
Horace Euereu IS Hudson street
John Castree. 81 Hudson-street. And also to
Gen G W Sanford, II Warren-sireet. 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 P! Is and are following
your business with honorable and praiseworty ex-
ertions Yours SHERMAN, N d
l06, Nassau street. n Y
Important Faci--We. the undersigned. whole
sale Druggists in Louisville, Kentucky, are salts
fled from the information obtain, that Dr.
Benjamin Smith is the original inventor of the
Sugar Coaled Pills. We are prepared to supply
dealers at the New York price
Robinson, Peter d Carey, 492 Main, street
j S Morris cg Co 46I do
Rupert q Lnden5erger 5lI do
George Lapping q: Co 79 Fourth street
Bull 4 Atden,SI do
The danger Of being deceived is now apparent,
as DR.. Smiths Pills have become very popular
throughout the country, imtators 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 came 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, tlat the astOnlshngscureS these pills
have made, are attributable to mercury 4; but the
first Chemist in New York, after minute chem
icai 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 Gallon, NJ D, Chemist
New York, July 90, 1916
State of New York,
CITY and County of New-York. IS
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 nCt
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 fore me this 18th day of .ug. AD l845
W + HAVE,dEYER, Mayor
From Messrs Post s. Wits, of Rochester W
Your improved lndian Vegetable Sugar Coated
Pills are very popular here, particularly among the
h;gher 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 Willis
Principal Office l79 Greenwich ST., large brick
block n !. Price 25 cents box
Agents in Monroe Co.
Theodore Schoch, Stroudsburp
i'fodhsad q Brothers, Dutotsburg
Jno. Marsh, Fennersville
Daniel Brown, ChesnuthiH.
G5F- And sold throughout the United States and
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