The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1863-03-27
Removal of the scandinavian
Laboratory and Business
HOuse--Catawba and Swedish
BrandieS, &c, &c.

Removal OF the scandinavian
Laboratory and Business
HOuse--Catawba and Swedish
Brandies, &C., &c.
For some Weekspas the large stone front
buildings on Third street, east Of Sycamore,
lately occupied in part by the Adams Express
Company, have been in course Of preparation
for the reception Of the business carried on so
successfully for some years past in our city,
by DR.. G. w. Roback, proprietor Of the cele-
brated Scandinavian Remedies, the Blood Pnri-
fer and Pills, and the we'll Stomach
Bitters, which bear his name. The constantly
increasing popularity Of these medicines, has
required a third extension Of the limits here
tOfore occupied in their manufacture.
The new premises, one hundred feet front,
and extending one hundred and thirty feet in
the rear, have, internally, been completely
remodeled, the spacious apartments now being
connected by archways cut through heretofore
solid walls, and everything else having been
done, which can facilitate the purposes to
which they are devoted.
In connection with the extensive business in
which DR.. 4. bad previously been engaged, he
has, for some time past entered largely into
the manufacture of genuine Catawba Brandy,
on article already enjoyinga most favorable
reputation, and being widely used for medi-
cinial purposes. A large amount of this has
been introduced, most benefcially, into the
army hospitals, heavy orders having been fill
ed for the use of those institutions in WASH
ington city.
Another extensive branch Of this institution
is the manufactures Of the celebrated Swedish
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slightly medicinal, being an excellent remedy
for dyspepsia. 1t is q pleasant beverage
Ladies can even partake of ordinary quanti-
ties. .withoutfeeling undue intoxicating effects,
so mild is it in its composition. 1t is great
favorite in Sweden-in fact, so much so that it
may be styled the national beverage. 1t is
prepared in the purest quality by DR., ROback.
A short visit to the new premises of DR.. R.,
on Saturday last, proved most interesting, and
we think is worthy apassing notice. Entering
from the neatly arranged counting room, we
go first to the rear of the premises, and find
ourselves in q large area, where the presence
of spacious furnaces and capacious copper
stills, notify US that we are in the region ap.
propriated to the purposes Of distillation. H.
From this we enter a spacious apartment lined
with immense receivers, each containing hun.
dreds Of gallons, devoted to the more especial
purposes Of the laboratory as needful in the
preparation of the Scandinavian remedies.
Entering another apartment, we come upon
long tiers Of barrels, slowed in every direction
and filled with the pumioe and lees of las
years growth, to be used in the manufacture
of the Catawba Brandy. Another still is de-
voted to the storage of immense quantities O.
glassware, roots, and other requisites needfuI
to the proper preparation and putting up Of
the medicines.
One story higher up, and we come upon thu
workshop, or the apartments appropriated tC
the making of pills by machinery, and the box
ing and labelling of the same by hand, the bot
tling Of the bitters, and the other arrange
ments necessary to fit them for market. Here
are employed quite number of men and boys
whose duties are confined to this department
alone. Other departments are occupied fol
packing and making ready for shipment the
articles produced in the establishment.
Taking this establishment all in all, with it
offices, warerooms, laboratories, workshops
&c., it is without doubt the most extensive il
its department to be found in the West.
We can not but congratulate Dr. r. upon his
increasing business as evinced by this enlarge
ment of his premises. He will now be fully
able, we think, to meet all demands for hi
medicines, and give them even o more extend
ed circulation than they have heretofore en-
joyed, which already comprises an introduction
into almost every State of the Northwest, al
well as in the most important cities of tn
East.