The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1859-07-15
Arctic vs.. Mustang.

A Ninvidious and impudent card, recently
N published by the proprietors Of the Mus
tang, seems 20 call for some notice ut our
hands, and although we dislike newspaper con.
troverrics, and have always avoided thom, we
4hall In this instance dei art from Our usual
custom, The card alluded 10 is aimed al
BRAG0s ARCTIC LlNlMENT, and very evi.
dently has psc,tnia,y origin, these distntere ST.
ed gentlemen disiking to- sec their article sup.
planted 30 rapidly by DRAGe'S ARCTIC LIN.
llNlMENT. The card Is too dcsultory Tor us IT,
follow se,iafia, but states that DR.. Brs ~ had
published card announcing that he lad no
further connection with tho Mustang, and
would not hold himself responsible for Its de-
tertorstcd quality, or for the .iurics resulting
rom the use Of the spurious article with which
the marketwas rlutted. DR.. Bragg's son IL the
in tho Arctic Lniment. BRAso's Ascric LrSi
rnESr is now and always has been owned by
oliver T. Bragg and N. Burrowes doing busi
ness under the style " Bragg 4 Burrowes. aud
the only connection Or. Bragg ever had with II
was IN the simple fact that he invented IT,
Since inventing the Mustang DR.. Bragg has
had many years Of experience, and II is but
reasonable to presume that In his mature man.
hood he could produce q better remedy than
IN his comparatively inexperienced youth.
The instantaneous success of Bragg's Arctic
Llni,nent wherever II WAS introduced. bears
conclusive Testimony that such was tho fact
Before the Arctic Liniment bad been intro
duced six months. II had superseded pll other
time u spurlousartiole of the Mustang made It's
nppoarnce In the market, put up externally
exactly rs tho genuine had been by Bragg but
As unlike Il In quality IN possible. DR.. Bragg
was constantly annoyed by lettors from va.
rious persons who had used this deteriorated
ind injurious article of Mustang, complaining
OF its bad effects under the mistaken impress.
ion that he WAS still its proprietor. ff DIR.
Uragg considered II To be Ills duty TO set tho
matter before the public in a card announcing
hat ha haH has aatt.
was his affair. with which we have nothing to
,lo. The vaunt OF the Mustang proprietors That
they are well known 10 tho business ccmmuni.
~ Is most amusing TO those who know their
'tatus. The trouble In, they are too well
known. Their motive IN the card all ujod to Ia
transparent: they dislike seeing their cheaply
made preparation suporceeded by Brnyg's
Arctic Liniment, an article SO greatly it's su.
perior, but which they affect to consider q
failure. Notwithstanding this affectation,
they offered large sum for lis suppression, and
failing in that arc now expending much money
for newspaper car,is, in the vain attempt To-
persuade the public that tho Arctic Liniment
isa failure. The public are not 40 easily gull.
cd as these Rentemen suppose, and can readi
ly comprehend that " II were such q failure
as these unscrupulous persons pretend, they
wonld be the last to disturb It's quiet oblivion.
The fact IL readily pefceptiblc that they are
alarmed for the prosperity ofther own article.
nnd well they may he, for they knew that for
an article to attain the suhsi antial celebrity of
BRAGG'S ARCTIC LINlMENT, II must pos.
sess an intrinsic value capable ofpositive dem. !
onstration, and hence their only hope IL In so I
abusing II tnat people may be deferred from
trying II. well assured that ifthey once tested
it's merits, they could never again be induced
10 use the Mustang. In conclusion, we claim
that the Arctic Linment Is the best article ev.
er offered to the public, and that II will bear
every test which may be applied
In II.
BRAGG i BURROwEs.
Sole Propriet tors, st. Louis, Missouri