Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1851-12-24
Old Doctor Jacob Townsend.
THE ORIGINAL DIscovERER OF THE GENUINE
TOWNSEND'S SARSPARILLA

Ulu uOClUf JdtOD lOWnStnu,
THE ORIGINAL DIscovERER OF THE GENUINE
TOWNSEND'S SARSPARILLA.
THERE ARE A CLASS OF SPECTATORS
l. who being both ignorant and unprinciplcd,
seize upon anything by which they can dclude
the public and fill their own pockets. The
great Sarsaparilla root as a cure for all forms
of diseases, has induced many of these men to
to attempt to palm off some compound which
they label as an extract of the pure Honduras
Sarsaparilla. The country has been flooded
with these compounds, and many have been in
duced to purchase them, but the only result has
been cruel disappointment. A thin, washy
mess of stuff, cooked up without any regard to
the effect upon the patient, can but bring down
upon the manufacturers the condemnation Of
deceived public.
One of these Humbugs,
Which has had a more extensive sale than most.
has just exploded We refer to that notorious
sour fermenting compound of S. p. Townsend's
He has been compelled to quit the business, and his
article is new thrown into the market at any
price to get rid of it.
If any desires proof of this we only ask them
to step into any Wholesale drug store and en-
quire for S. Z. Townsend's Sarsaparilla. The
day for creating reputation for medicine by
newspaper putting and forged certificates, is
passed, and it is only those of real irortt which
can stand the test of time.
Whilst this is the fate of most of the Sarsa
parilla Extracts,
Old Dr.. Jacoj Toptnsends
Has gradually grown into favor with the pub
lie, and the sales have never been so large as at
the present time. To-meet with the demand
from the W lest the prapretors have been CON-
PEELED to open a ,isra.scl office in this city, and
appoint General Agent to facilitate their bus
mess transactions.
We ash only One Trial.
The person who purchases a bottle of this
Sarsaparilla finds that he has honey syrup,
prepared by scientific nran-in the manufac.
ture of which the highest knowledge of chem
istry, and the latest discoveries of the arts have
all been brought into requistion.
Prepared in this way it is made the most
powerful agent in the
Cure for Innumerablc Diseases.
And the reason why we hear concentrations
upon every side, from men, women and children.
1T you have used ten, fifteen or twenty bot
ties OF Sarsaparilla, made by S. p. Townsend
and others, and found no relief and even injury
draw not the unreasonable and unjust conclu-
sion that the
Genuine Sd,sapdrilla,
Prepared by Old DR. Jacob Townsend is also
worthless, or similar article.
60 to headquarters
And we will ,carrantyou will derive more ben
eft from one bottle of this
Pure, Concentrated and Unadultc,utcd
Article,
Than from all the others which YOU have used.
The proprietors of this Sarsaparilla having
been compelled by the unparalleled success
which has attended the sales in "The West"
to open branch office in Cincinnati, Ohio, that
their customers may be promptly supplied de-
sire that the public should Distinctly under
stand that they are not connected in any way
with the manufacture of an article known as
5. L. IO,onSend'S Bdrsapa,1ll0.
We could gain no credit or advantage, moth
ing but loss, indignation and wrath; from dis
appointed agents and purchasers by being
IDENTIFIED with him or his peculiar produc-
tions.
That 1t may be Known
What is thought of the true article i'm New
York, where both are manufactured, we invite
the attention of Dealers, and Consumers to the
following Card of the first Retail Druggists in
that City. 1t is doubly valuable coming from
this source-for it is only the retail dealers who
become acquainted with the character of med
icine.
CARD TO THE PUBLIC.
| We, the undersigned, physicians and drug
| gists of New York, Brooklyn and Williams
burg, having seen IN advertisement addressed
to us and others who sell Sarsaparilla by S. P
| Townsend. which is calculated to bring us and
our business into reproach, feel called upon tc
state our personal views of the real merits OF
thetwo Townsends Sarsaparilla Ofthe claims
preferred by the parties to the original Sarsa
parilla we have nothing to do, and leave them
to settle that matter between themselves. But
since we are called "swindlers," and branded
with the declaration of being willing ''to com
NIT any fraud for money! and as s'men having
/ no honor nd 81, b, t,J 4,
that we ought to give the reason why we prefer
to sell Old DR., Jacob Townsend's Sarsaparilla
to Mr. S. p. Townsend's, and leave the public
to Judge whether we are "deceivers and swim
dlers,' and not to be trusted by so doing.
First,
our experience and observation have satisfied
us that the Old Doctors Sarsaparilla possesses
more medical power and virtue than S, p
Townsend's, and the testimony of the public
would seem to be the same, and We always
make it a matter of conscience and duty when
two articles bearing the same name and pur
porting to cure the same disease are in market
to state that which we consider the best
The Fact
that S P. Townsend's Sarsaparlla has greatly
soured, fermented and exploded the bottles
thereby giving great dissati, fact ion to our Gus
toners, has Influenced us in our preference OF
the Old Doctors preparation. We do not fee
| ourselves called upon to decide the true merits
of either article as standard preparations, bu,
when asked by our customers for our opinions
which We believe under all circumstances to be
the best we should not hesitate in giving oul
preference in favor of Old Dr. Jacob Town
sends With these views we leave the public
to decide if We are not justified in giving the
Old Doctors preparation that preference which
it seems to deserve as medicinal compound
as well as the choice of the people SO univer
sally manifested in its favor.
| We have given the names of
Siry Druggists,
among whom are
Sirteen educated Physicians
all disinterested persons, and who of all tn,
world besides are best qualified to Judge of tn,
merits of a medicine and who,
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