Staunton vindicator and general advertiser. (Staunton, Augusta County, Va.) 1858-1860, 1859-01-29
Arctic VS.. MUSTANG

4 N inviaious and impudent card, recently pub
"a lished by the proprie'ors OF the Mustang,
though we dislike newspaper controversies, and
have always avoideI them, we shall in this in
stance depart from our usual custom. The card al
luded to is aimed at bKAGt1S ARCTIC LINZ
these disinterested gentlemen disking to see their
article supplanted SO rapidly by BRACES ARC
TIC L1NiMENT.. The card is too desultory for us
to follow seriain', but states that DR.. Bragg had
ther connection with the Mustang, and would not
hold himself responsible for its Geterorated quality
or for the injuries resulting from the use of the
spurious article with which the market was gutt-
~ no HAVING any interest in the Arctic Liniment.
RRAGG'S ARCTIC LINIMFNT is now and has al
WAYS been owned by Oliver I. Bragg and NJ. Bur-
rowes, doing business unaer me style OF bragg
Burrowes, and the only connection DR.. Bragg ever
had with it was in the simple fact that he invented
Since inyenting the Mustang DR.. Bragg has had
many years Of experience, ana II IS out reasona-
could produce better remedy than in his compar
atively inexperienced youth. The instantaneous
success of Bragg's Arctic Linimert wherever it
was introduced, bears conclusive testimony that
such was the fact Before the Arctic Linment 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been introduced six months, it had superseded all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 externally
but as unlike it in quality as possible DR.. Bragg
was constantly annoyed by letters from various
persons who hrd used this deterorated and inju-
rious article Of Mustang complaining of its bad ef-
tects, under the mistaken impression that he was
still its proprietor. Ii Dr.. Bragg considered it to
be his duty to set the matter before the public in
card announcing that he had no further connection
with it, that was his affair, with which we have
nothing to do. The vaunt of the Mustang proprie-
tors that they well known to the business com
munty is most amusing to those who know their
status. The trouble is, they are too well known.
Their motive in the card alluded to is transparent;
they dislike seeing their cheaply made preparation
superseded by Bragg's Arctic Liniment, an arti-
Gle so greatly its superior but which they affect to
| consider failure Notwithstanding this affactation,
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 Eminent is failure
The public not so easily gulled az these gentle
men suppose, and can redily comprehend that if it
were such failure these Inscriptions persons
pretend, they would be the last todisturb its quiet
oblivion The fact is readily perceptible 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 Oh
| BRACES ARCTIC IMMINENT, it must possess
an intrinsic value capable of positive demonstra-
ton, and hence their only hope is in so abusing il
that people may be deferred from trying it, wei
assured that if they once tested its merits they
| In conclusion, we claim that the Arctic Liniment
is the best article offered to the public, and
that it will bear triamphantly every test which
may be applied to it. Ell
BRAGG & BURROWES,
| Sole Proprietors, st. Louis, Missouri.