The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1859-04-08
Arctic VS., Mustang.

Ninvidons and impudcnt card recently
| N published hy tho pruprictors uf the Mus.
tang, seems to call for some notice at our
hands, and alt huugh we dislike newspaper con.
truvcrsirs. aud have always avoided them. we
shall in this instance dr'Hrt from our usual
custom. The card alluded Ia is aimed at
lbRAGGS ARCTIC liNiMENT, aud very cvi.
IDENTIFY has a prrunidIH origin. these diSintcrcs.
cd gentlemen dislking Ia src thcirHriiclc sup.
planted So rapidly hy BRAGT = ARCTIC LIN.
lNlNENT. The card Is too dpSultury for us 80
follow seridiim but states that DR.. llragg had
published card announcing that hc had no
further connection with the Mustang, and
would not hold himself responsible hr lis de.
teriurltcd quality. or iurthc h I,iurics resulting
rom the use uf the spurious article with which
the market was gluttcd. Dr. Bragg son is the
| only person of that name having any interest
| IN tho Arctic lnimcnt. BRAGGs NWCTIC IINI
iMENr is now aud always has been owned lN
oliver I. Bragg and VI. Burruwes doing bilsi
ness under the style uf Bragg n Burruwcs. a,d
the only connection Dr, Bragg ever had with II
was in the simple fact that he invented II.
\ Since inventng the Mustang Dr. Bragg has
had mSny years of experience, and II is but
reasonable to presume that IN his mature man.
hood he could produce u better remedy than
in his comparatively inexperienced youth,
| Tho instantaneous success uf Braggs Arctic
Llniment wherever II was introduced, bears
conclusive testimony that such was the fact.
/ Before the Arctic l.iuimcnt had been intro
duccd six months. II had superseded all other
linmenlS, including the Mustang. In the mean.
| time a spuriousarticlc Of the Mustang made il,
appearance IN the market put up externally
exactly rs the genuine had dbecn by Bragg, but
aS unlike II IN quality as possible. DIR. Bragg
was constantly ANNOYED by letters from va
rious persons who had used this dcteriUratc,
aud injurious article of Mustang. complaining
of its bad effects. under the mistaken impress
ion that he WAS still lis proprietor. II Ur
Bragg considered il tu he his duty to set tlIt
matter before the public IN cardann"unclnl
that he had no further connection with II, tha
was his affair with which we have nothing I,
do. The vaunt of the Mustang proprietors th,,
thCy are well known tO the business cumnuni
Ity Is most amusing. To those who know thc
status. The trouble Is, they are too wei
known. Their motive IN the card alluded To- Il
A transparent; they dislike seeing their rhcapll
- made preparation supcrcecdcd by Bragg
. Arctic Linimcnt, an article So greatly It's su
lperiur, but which they Affect to consider
= failure. Notwithstanding this aIlrctaiiui
i they offered large sum for lis suppression, AN
( failing IN thai are now cNpendlng much none
a for new Spaper cards, in the vain attempt Il
persuade the public that the Arctic linlmen
lisa failure. The pni'llc are not 50 easily gull
ed rs thcS" gentlemen SuppNsc, and can readi
lly comprehend that II II were such a failure
e rs these unscrupulouS persons pretend, they
4 wunld be the las, to disturb It's quiet oblivion
. The fact is readily peTccptblc that they ar,
n alarmed iurth prosperity oi their own article
r. and well they may he, for they knew that iu
AN article tU attain the substantial celebrity u
II BRACES ARCTIC ilNiMENT. It must po.
i Sess IN intrinsic value capable OtpOsitivc den
:, unsiratiun, and hence their only hope Is In :
i abusing II that people may lao deferred trui
,, ltryilg II, well assured that they once tcStc
- i,s merits, they could never again be induce
y 10 use the Mustang. In conclusion, we cla!i
c that the Arctic l.inmcnt Is the best article .,
i or offered t. the public, and that il will bea
a triumphantly every test which may be apple
y DpIsr T. pt,pn,,upc