Staunton vindicator and general advertiser. (Staunton, Augusta County, Va.) 1858-1860, 1859-02-26
Arctic vs.. Mustang.

A n fnvidious and impudent card, recently pub
IA lished BY the proprietors of tho Mustang,
seems to call for some notice at hands. and al
though we dislike newspaper controversies, and
have ALWAYS avoide. them, shall IN this in
stance depart from usuaf custom. The card al
luded to is aimed at BRACES ARCTIC LINZ
MENT, and very evidently has pecuniary origin,
these disinterested gentlemen diskng to see their
article supplanted 50 rapidly by BRACES ARC
TIC L1NIMENT. The card is too desaItory for us
to follow seriatin, but states that DR.. Bragg had
published card announcing that be had 20 fur
Their connection with the Mustang, and would mot
hold himself responsible for its Seteriorated quality
or for the injuries resulting from the use Of the
spurious article with which the market was gIutt~
ea- Dr. Bragg's. son is the only person Of that
ma ne having any interest in the Arctic Linimsny~
BRACES ARCTIC LINIMFNT is now ana has all
ways been owned by Oliver T. Bragg and NJ. Bur-
rowes, doing business under the style of Bragg l.
BurrOwes, and the only connection Dr.. Bragg ever
had with it was in the simple fact that be invented
it.
Since inventing the Mustang DR.. Bragg has had
many years of experience, and it is but reasona-
BILE to presume that in his mature manhood he
could produce better remedy than in his compar-
atively inexperienced outh. The instantaneous
success of Braggs Arctic Linimert wherever it
was introduced, bears conclusive testimony that
such was the fact Before the Arctic Liniment had
been introduced six months, it had superceoed all
others liniments including the Mustang. In the
meantime spuriou article Of the Mustang made
its appearance in the market, pupt externally
but as unlike it in quality as possible. DR.. Bragg
was constantly annoyed by letters from various
persons who hrd used this deteriorated and iniu-
rious article of Mustang complaining of its bad 81
fects under the mistaken impression that he was
still its proprietor If DR.. Bragg considered it to
be his duty to set the matter before the public in
card announcing that he had no fur Their connection
with it, that was his affair, with which we have
nothing to do. The vaunt Of the Mustang proprie-
tors that they are well known to the business COM
munity is most amusing to those who know their
status The trouble is they are too we'll known.
Their motive in the card alluded to is transparent
they dislike seeing their cheaply made preparation
superseded bv Brage's Arctic Liniment, an arti-
Gle greatly its superior. but which they affect to
consider failure Notwithstanding this Alteration,
they offered large sum for its suppression, and
falling in that are now expanding much money for
newspaper cards, in the vain attempt to persuade
the public that the Arctic Lniment is failure
The public are not so easily gued as these gentle
men suppose and can redily cOmpIe hend that if it
were such a failure these INSCRIPTIONS persons
pretend they would be the last odisturb its quiet
oblivion. The fact is readily percertible that they
are alarmed for the prosperity of their own article
and well they may be, for they know that for an
| article to attain the substantial celebrity Of
BRACES ARCTIC LINiMENT, it must possess
an intrinsic value capable of positive denonstra-
ton, and hence their only hope is in abusing it
that people may be deferred from trying it, we'll
assured that it they once tested its merits, they
could never agasn be induced to use the Mustang.
In conclusion. we claim that the Arctic Liniment
is the best article ever offered to the public, and
that it will bear triumphantly every test which
may be applied toit ,,..s
BRAGG BURROWES.
| Sole Proprietors, St. Louis. Missouri.
! We. tn undersigned, masters and owners Of
steamboats, running 20 from the port of St. Louis
impressed with the importance of having hand,
at all times, safe and certain remedy to be used
in cases of sudden disasters, have obtained sup
ply of Dr. 3raggs Arctic Liniment, which we shall
always hereafter carry upon our respective boats,
believing it to be the most speedy and unfailing
remedy for the cure of burns, scalds, wounds,