Staunton vindicator and general advertiser. (Staunton, Augusta County, Va.) 1858-1860, 1859-02-12
Arctic VS.. Mustang.


A N invidious and impudent card, recently pab-
n lishsd by the proprietors of thu Mustang,
seems to call for some notice at our hands, and al
though we dislike newspaper controversies, and
have always avOideA them, shall in this in
stance depart from our usual custom. The card al
luded to is aimed at BRACES ARCTIC LINZ
MENT, and very evidently has peeuniary origin,
these dsinterested gentlemen dlskng to see their
TIC I1NIMENT. The card is toe desuItory for us
to follow seriatim, but states that Dr.. Bragg had
published card announcing that he had no fur
Their connection with the Mustang, and would not
hold himself responsible for its GeteriOrated quality
Or for the injuries resulting from the use OF the
spurious article with which the market was glutt-
ed. DR.. Braggs son is the only person of that
ma ne having any interest in the Arctic Linment.
BRACES ARCTIC LINIMFNT is now and has al
ways been owned by Oliver T. Bragg and NJ. Bur-
rowes, doing business under the style of Bragg &
Burrowes and the only connection DIR. Bragg ever
had with it in the simple fact that he invented
| it.
I! Since inyenting the Mustang DR.. Bragg has had
many years of experience, and 1t Is but -reasona-
BILE to presume that in his mature manhood he
could produce better remedy than in his cOmpar-
atively inexperienced youth The instantaneous
success Of Bragg's Arctic Lnimert wherever it
was introduced, bears conclusive testimony that
i such was the fact Before the Arctic Liniment had
/ been introduced six months, it had superseded all
others liniments including the Mustang. In the
meantime spurious article OF the Mustang made
| its appearance in the market, pupt u externally
*
but unlike it in quality as possible. DR.. Bragg
was constantly annoyed by letters from various
persons who hrd used this deteriorated and inju-
rious article of Mustang complaining Of its bad eff
| fects under the mistaken impression that he was
still it's 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 altar, with which we have
nothing to do. The vaunt of the Mustang prOprie-
tors that they well known to the business COM
munity is most amusing to those who know their
4 w. fhoxru fon xr,all krary
Their motive in the card alluded to is transparent;
they dislike seeing their cheaply made preparation
| superseded by Braggs Arctic Linment, an arti-
Gle so greatly its superior but which they affect to
consider failure Notwithstanding this Alteration,
| they offered large sum for its suppression, and
failing in that are now expanding much money for
newspaper cards, in the vain attempt to persuade
| the public that the Arctic Imminent is failure
The public are not so easily gulled these gentle
men suppose and can redy comprehend that if it
were such failure as these unscrupulous persons
PRETEND they would be the last to disturb its quiet
oblivion. The fact is readily percertibe that they
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 IMMINENT, 1t must possess
an intrinsic value capable of positive demonstra-
ton, and hence their only hope is in abusing il
that people may be deferred from trying it, we'll
assured that it they tested its merits, they
7 could never agasn be induced to use the Mustang.
In conclusion, we claim that the Arctic Liniuent
is the best article ever offered to the public and
that it will bear triumphantly every test which
may be applied oit
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 impor lance of having on hand
at all times, safe and certain remedy to be used
in cases OF sudden disasters, have obtained sup
l ply of DR.. 3ragg's Arctic Imminent, which we shall
always hereafter carry upon respective boats,
believing it to be the most speedy and unfaiiing