Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1852-11-17
The Wine q Inznortality.

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From recent review, We derive the following
account of celebrated enterprise in the line Of
popular humbugs: w, '.''' 'f l'i.' ss.'. '.
A few literary adventures were one day discuss
| ing their own embarrassed finances IN a Gale at
Paris One Of them gEieyonsly lamented that men
of talent should beso lI-paid, whilst by the mere
advertisement of his Polynesian Pulp, on Jacques
Robinet had become so enormously wealthy,
'Bahr exclaimed asyoung man named Garden,
who afterwards in the prime of his intellect des-
troyed himself ~ excess Of dissipation; 'Bah il
you want fortunes like jacques PolYnesian Pulp
Robnet why not follow his examplesa What say
you, gentlemen, shhllwe start q company for the
sale of the most wonderful medicine IN the world!
Everything, nowadays, is done by advertisement,
and all we want is the capital to advertise Fol
my part, have no money, but devote my gold
watch to the demon Of speculation
sAnd my new coat said q second.
d have twenty francs to space said third.
n Il have nothing to ofer,' said the fourth, but
myself. will give upmy dignity as gentleman,
and roll the Tread pills, cork the colored water
in walls, Iii E3GElG
With such slender means was commenced the
sale of the Immortal Vine the most wonderful
quack medicine ever advertised Garden drew up
the prospectus, and got hundred thousand copies
struck off on credit In an obscure room in the
Marais, the friends themselves manufactured the
precious elixir. They found an agent for its sale
in poor druggist, with large family, IN the Mont
martfe. AlItheir money was spent in one burst
of advertisements in the papers. They boldly an
nounced the elixir asthe discovery OF years of stu
dy and experiment, and referred to host of lmagi-
nary experimentalists in different departments of
France, and in foreign Countries, who, according
to their own accounts, had IN many cases reached
the ages of one hundred or one hnnLIed and fifty
years, without feeling any symptoms OF decay
Garden himself, who was a stranger at Fans, I'M
pudently boosted of his own two hundred years.
and like Cagliosro, related with deliberate apdaci7
ty his adventures with the people Of byrgone age,
In the full tide of its success, the imposture was
stopped by the interference of the police, but Car
den and his friends realized an immense sum of
money by the speculation ae t,lsse s;lt VI Z
risit1f 81 rfar1 &
{ NJ The Providence Or. u Journal says that Mr.
Perry Davis, well known as the proprietor of the
Pain Killer IS building at his aown expense,
handsome brick church for tho High Street BaP-
tst SocietYin that city, at cost of about ,000
He not only gives the edice TO the society during
his life, but proposes to make up any deficiency
which may arise, shouldt the pew rents prove in
sufficient for the salary of the minister and other
expenses of the society. Mr.. Davis has acquired
the wealth which he's so cprlnepdabi ply employing
by the sale of a patent medicine, that, whatever
may be It's good alities would have yielded him
very little no profit, had II not been literally and
systematically advertised. Hoowes his affluence
to q thorough system, of advertising in the news
papers Of the day, and the Baptist Society above
mentioned, owe their hand church to the same
thing. Every year fortunes are made through the
public press, yet there still found, here and
elsewhere, many business men, who can see any
use in adyeTtiang,s ss5i ,ts- ..fi
QuirK SAIEs AND Bic PRSiTlTiTs.!@-A gentle Of
San Francisco sent 5000 to China and boughtnce.
The day before it reached lis destination he sold
the load to Ohinaman. foT Is cents per pound or
1900. The Chinanhdn then had a monopoly of
the article. and sold out for $4,000.