The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1849-02-17
Tricks OF Quacks.
TT EVERY BODY RE.9D THIS

NmaIN IT
THNHENE 10 Sars1plflla for sale IN inc
Y different towns called old DIR. Jacob
Townscnd's Rnru1pHtila It's advertised as
the Original, &,d THIS 10 notorious talHrhoof
~ Townsend has expended lover goo, uUu
the last eight years in advertising hts Shrsn-
purilln, which has Obtained character and rep
utution throughout the United States aud o
greater part Of the world-the sale being e.
noTmous,
n IL excited the cupidity Of certain unpTin.
cipled men, aud an old man who has been en-.
ghgcd IN pcddling cheap publications for II
number of ycars. This man y name 10 Jacob
Townsend lie applied TO number ofmen To
get employ mcni, or TO sell the use Of his name
10 put mp DR., Townsend SarBaparilla, stating
the large sales aud sums we had expended IN
advertising as an intucomcnt 10 embark "a the
business Among others he applied 10 Charles
Watrous, Esq. editor Of the Jamaica Farmer,
who scorncd such proposition. MIR IL, q.
Andrews, formerly one of the PtoptletorS Of
Me a listers Ointment, Ralph Pomeroy, for.
mcrly cashier and fnAneicr Of the broken shih
plaster Dank, at Beliville, New Jcrs"y, John
Skillman, and VIM, Thompson, under the
name Of Thompson. SLlABaH d 90. have en-
ploycd this old man, aud agreed, ~ we un"cc''
stand, TO pny him seven dollars per We" ~,
the use OF his name These mcP Gave p
insnItina aud libcling US IN all PoSsp| . ,V'"'p
in hopes We would notice Ncm, 49, ,"I D',"s
then, and their dccoct'.h ipto ,"IetkeN ~ 'ho
public. decide uPseS;- Wv co., "
and honorabi, ,"e"' q. r.. -. .,,J
c,s,r Then, but $50 per dozen for II, expect.
E;s ihc agents would sell II, rs they would
make more money by selling theirs and dccciv.
ing the public but very few have accepted Their
base proposal. few have and should be- watch
cd irthcy attempt r., sell ms the genuine -
We think Merchants and Druggists who would
lend themselves 10 palm this auf of onihr
public as the genuine and original DIR. Towns.
end u .Sarsapafila, would be base enough TO
commit any iraud-nonc is the original and
rrnuinc.anrss signed by-S r., Townsend.
ONE; or THEIR TRICKS.
They say. that DR.. Townsrnds SdrsapaFilla
sours aud lcunenls--this 10 false we have
kept IT through the whole year in NewOTlcans,
Texas, Mexico and South America and the
West Indies--in fact, the older IL grows the
better IL becomes We made a few bottles by
mistake la st-spring that spoiled. This was re-.
GREETED aud exchanged as soon as posalblrisuch
an accident viii never occur again. THIS thcr
attempt 10 make great story of, aud say mar
The whole OF our SarsaParilIa sours,Ss wnch
NV are aware that they are publishing iaiSe'
hoods. ,,,1-
ANOTHER TRICK.
W. went TO an expense OF five hundred
,b,II,rs In grt up p splendid engraving for our
Label ard Ind the portal Of DR.. Townsend
ON II. 20 di.anguish IL from al others and pre-
y,nt mistake. These men are now getting up
A lnl,ef on stool with portrait of old Jacob
Tnompson--Iet the public decide upon such
actions, aud let them remember that none
is genuine and ne original, unless signed with
the name of $. T. Townsend. The plate is
engraved on steel and contains the portrait of
Dr, Tdwnsond, three female Ggurcs and a view
of Our. factory. The spurious has no fhctu.y
or female figure. bg6m3