The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1854-01-18

ed tue cOncoctlOn, Ut. Cur ctn syrup
of Magalantboropoion" When it was
all bottled and labeled bearing the "Doc
tors signature to prevent counterfcits," l."
and ranged along the shelves and floor,
bright visions of golden realities began
to swim before TIL. minds eye of John
ny The materials were not more than
half expended, aud yet there were eight
hundred and fifty bottles, "prce s SIX
bottles for s. !" and so confident was
johnny then of securing the sale. that
he would have refused deduction of
forty per cent. to have received cash for
the lot The next thing was to open an
agency and advertise it. This he did ,
but only a few bottles were yet sold
However. he went industriously to work.
aud paid poetical advertisement writer
$40, to prepare pamphlet containing a
batch of certificates cxemplifying the
virtues of this wonderful syrup, and n
ten page article detailing a marvellous
pictorial story of DR.. Cur en- saving the
life of Chippewa squaw, aud receiving
from her the formula of his Syrup as a
token of gratitude The apothecaries
however, knew we'll the various ''dodgcs'
that patent medicine proprletors resort
to, to sell their nostrums, aud refused to
receive it until demand for the article
existed. This did no, appal johnny
lie Immediately hired twenty ''rospecta.
bic looking men, of rather advanced age" !"
and dispatched them TO the different
drug stores to enquire for "Dr Cur'cm's
Syrup Of Mcgalanthoropoion," thus caus
ing every drug store in the city to re.
ceivc twenty calls for the same medicine
within two days. This plan succeeded /;
a demand was created, and Johnny's fac
tory was again in full blast. lie advcr.
tiscd literally; circulated his pamphlet.
and established agencies all over the
country and at the end of the fi'st year
found himself worth at least $4,000 He
now found from the certificates of cures
that poured in upon him, that the Syrup
would alse cure Consumption, and his
labels were accordingly altered, to Ger.
tify this fact more fully. Afterwards
he became satisfied that it was an uni
versal panacea; and advertised it accord
ingly.
johnny. about two years ago, married
the daughter ef wealthy merchant. by
which alliance he secured to his capital
a further and to him much more d ,sira.
ble alliance-viz twenty thousand dol
lars in cash. Last year he removed into
Broadway, and gaping crowds daily sur
round his bulletin, reading the rcmarka
bic cures which have been effected by
the Megalanthropoion Syrup. Old wo.
men who have been bcd.riddcn for years
have read his advertisements procured
q pamphlet" perused hat-taken the
medicine. and been healed. Sons and
daughters of the magnates of the land
-aU horcrcr, in rcry distant sections
Senators, Congressman and Judges,
have been raised from the couch of the
consumptive.
"Thc dumb did speak, the lame their couch
forcgo,
And lcapcd exnlting like the bounding roe "
If child had difficulty in cutting
teeth all the mother needed was some
doses Of the syrup and presto through
the gums would the insipicnt molars and
incsors appears; it cured aguc, and it
checked profuse perspiration it was a
wonderful panacca-and so it is now -
johnny has had his portrait published,
with biography written by the same
author as bis pamphlet, in several Sun.
day and weekly papers, and his advertise
ments may now be read in country jour
mails throughout the entire United States
When you prominadc Broadway, his
sign will strike your eye at once from its
conspicuous position, aud DIR. Curem',
genilcmanly and obliging clerks" vii
be happy to take your order for Mcgal
anthoropoion to any extent. The Doctor
himself can lie found in cosy little
sanctum, in the rear of the ''Prihcipa
Depot !" and if you are at all intimat,
with him (provided you don't call TOO of
ten) he will invite you to take some flu
old Cognac, that is ample evidence o
his discrimination in the selection of Ii
quois. And the Doctors lady; she ma,
be seen any fine day in the prominadc
al Stewards, or at Thompson's saloon
and Genin, or Beck, or any Of the retail
mcrchant-princes of Broadway, who d
business on naught but strictost cas-
principles, would willingly-nay. gladl
send home any amount of goods I
her residence, without bilious expire:
sion.
But, really, if you are suffering an
Of the infrmatios that flesh is heir t,
and can imbibe a little of the Doctor
faith in virtues Of his own specific, W
think, no matter what the ailment b
you will find relief by consulting him
; and if you do, remember when the fir!
warmth of gratitude is upon you
ascribc to us our portion of the prai'
for the suggcstion.-Jonrnol Of Con
meTcc.