The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1869-07-22

lows, VIZ:
l. lie denies that he is either making or
selling a counterfeit Of our Bitters, and be
threatens to prosecute US for saying 80.
ii. He claims to have purchased A copv n,
'the original Mishler recipe" Of Mr.. Alexan.
der Patton, who once had trivial interest in
our sales.
H. lie thinks II strange we should don
that Mr.. Patton knows anything about the
ingredients or method OF manufacturing Misb-
ler's Herb. Bitters:
Nv. lie announces to the publ,c that ,;,,,
he purchased the Patton recipe, he has male
many deebtsf ehaycs,' Improvements he call.
them) in his mixture.
V. He proposes to submit his mixture and
M'shler's Herb Bitters to rome competent
chemlst, for the purpoye ofascert AIM ny which
IS the purest and best.
Now, we do not intend to enter into nevs-
paper controversy with this individual, and
the only reason why we thus notice his oh.
iections, Is because they convict him or the
charge We have made against him, and prove
that our estimate ofhis character Is substan
TALLY correct.
Briefly then, we invite public attention to
our reply.
In 'he frSt place We scarcely need assure the
puolIc mat 1t Is our earnest desire TO be sued
by this Circlevile party. We sincerely hone
he will not stand upon any ceremonv. hut
rather that he will at once proceed TO ruIsll
the promise he has thus made 10 Ne pvb,i,
lot we are really anxious that he should save
us the trouble and expense, rs far as he can. of
exposing his rascaliiy for him.
In the second place, he certainly knew that
The Patton recipe was bogus when he pa,d
Mr. Patton $500 forit; for Mr.. Patton informs
Ms That the cnly information he sold was bo,v
TO give to any mixture the faror and appear.
dHee of our Bitters.
In the third place, Mr.. Patton only knoxs
"h"' every employee in our laboratory Is
aware Of viz; the two articles we use for f1ro,-
mJ purposes, which the public must see arc
not at all important. We use no lees tbo,
twenty-five different tingre1ients-two Of which
are imported for us directly from France
The retafiUe proportions we use of all tbeso
ingredients, and our method of ertroc,ino and
eoA'o,"'"g their medicinal virtues, IS secret
now known to only three Hring individuals, and
they are connec!edwth our house,-Mr. Pat.
ton is not connected with us. We sub,ni,
therefore, that the nostrlm manufactured nv
the party in question, does not possess any
medicinal virtue; that it is only a common
har-drnk; that it is made to sell-not to cure
and that in representing it to be our Great
HOnaphnlu Rama,p hn
ty OF a gross fraud and is unworthy ofthe pub
lie confidence.
In the FOURTH place, he says that since be
purchased the Patton recipe he has made
many decided changes. Improvements he
calls them,) in his mixture. This declaration
settles the whole ques ton at ISSUE for herein
he informs The public that his article !, uot
made according to "the original Mishler re-
cIpe." This is what we have contended for alt
along, and now If he claims that II Ia the
counterpart OF Mshler's Herb Btters. the
public will certainly agree with us that his mr.. |
tlcle is counterfeit Mishler's Herb Bitters
can only be prepared in one way, and any do. |
parturc whatever from tho recipe rnust v,ti,ta
tho value OF the Bitters as q remedy. But to
show the public how much Importance il to
be attached to his statement that he has "in-
proved" his article we will merely inform them
that he is totally ignorant Of medicine, both
theoretically and practically, and we assert
that for any such person to attempt to alter or
Improve in quality or essence any remedy for
the SICK is the very height of prcsumpton.-'
II his article has really been "improv ved," We |
the citizens of Circlevillc, and olI
Others who may hereafter resort TO IT as
beverage. We will here remind the pubic
that they should never jeopardze their lives
by using an article advertised as n medicine
unless it has stood public test of eight or ten |
years. Mishler's Herb Bitters has been tested |
daily since 1860, in many hospitals, asylums; |
dispensatories, prisons and IN thousands o.
American families, and il is recommended by |
a large number OF acknowledged leaders in the |
medical profession such rs Doctor naYis, Ba-
kcr, Wishart, Lane, Talby Palmer, Campbell, |
Hoffman, Hilton. Heitish, etc., etc., whose skill
and fame are established not only IN the To-
callties where they reside, but also wherever
they are known. Our Bitters is prepared un-
der the personal supenntendance Of the sen.
ior member OF our firm, DR.. 8. B. II HARTMAN,
who is regularly educated PHI hyscian and sur
geon, and graduate of the jefferson Medical
College Of Philadelphia, Pa. The public know
also, that Mishlers Herb Bitters has conquer-
ed IN immense field solely on the strength Of
Thattt does aud can do in preventing, check
ng and curing disease, and everybody ought
to use it for Indigestion, Dyspepsia, Fever and
Ague, and Bilious complaints generally; Kid
ley diseases, Liver complaints, &C., &c.
In conclusion, we respectfully decline to &C.
,ept the proposition made to submit our Pre-
,aIation along with that Of the nostrum IN
question, TO a chemist for the purpose OF he
ng tested, for the following reasons, namely:
First. We know that this CIrcleville party
8 anxious to ascertain the chemical proper.
les OF onr Bitters, but We do not intend to
Iratfy his curiosity.
Second. The question at issue is not which
$ the best beverage, but which is the genuine
ilshler's Herb Btters, and which the coun-
erieit. As this individual has now admitted
hat he does not manufacture his article from
the origi nal Mlshler recipe" a chemical an.
lysis is rendered unnecessary.
Third. Many worthless things are some.
lines presumed to possess more or less merit
because they have been associated, (no matter
Iow,) with things that are really valuable. We
Till not give the Circevil,e nostrum the bene.
It Of such association with Mishler's Herb Bit.
ers.
finally, II the Crcleville party really has
i 900, las he claims,) to invest IN such n test
sis proposed, We will here remind him that
here Is on our books an unpaid account ofhis,
to 81 ,O3s.OI, with interest from July
8, 1868. The payment ofthls sum will enable
is to close tho account. This will be credlta.
le and honorable in him, and exceedingly
ratfying to us.
The public's obedient servants,
DR.. S. B. Hartman Dc Co.,
Lancaster and Pittsburg, Pa.
Messrs. d. SIFFoRD b SON, have just re.
cived large lot of MIsHLER's HERB BIT.
ERs, direct from the mandatory at Lancss-
er, Pa, and wi II sell the same at retail, or by
hOleRnle at Lmann6,cfurnrs nrices nd rea nect