Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-07-26
[HERALD Correspondence
Quack 'Doctors-How They 0perate-A
Warning.

Mr.. EDITOR Il wish to appropri-
ate little space in your columns to
the benefit of the public, and es-
pecially to that part of the public
who are suffering from diseases of
the eye. Don't understand me, now.
as offering anythingin the way of
remedies for the great multiplicity of
eye disease, but only trying to save
the people from the impositions prac-
ticed by certain quack oculists.
Some time in the fore part of May
last, two vagabonds visited our neigh
borhood as professional oculists, rep
resenting themselves as agents for
the Eclectic Pebble Glass Company,
the company's Office located by these
swindlers at IL Maiden Lane, New
York. One of these sharks called
himself G. Drake, says his office is
430 South Fourth Street, ST. Louis
the other, r. Marcue, 1876 South
Clark Street, Chicago. They pro-
fess to cure all eye diseases by the
use OF their pebble glasses. Here is
a copy of guarantee given by one
OF these swindlers to Mr.. Mayhem,
who was duped by the falsehoods Of
the two worthless into buying pair
of their spectacles to cure or remove
cataract:
We, the company, guarantee to Mr.. Melvin
Mayhem that the glasses sold TO him by our
agent will restore the eyes to their former
strength and power, so that the necessity OF
wearing glasses can be dispensed with in six
weeks time. If the glasses do not prove sat :
| istactory, the company will refund the money
through their agent. (Signed)
c. DRAKE, Agent.
This all sounds very well, but who
knows that there is such a company
as the New York Pebble Glass Com
pany, and who knows that there is
such man as G. Drake in st. Louis,
or Il. Marcue in Chicago.
These oily tongued imposters called
at my house to see me, | think
about the 9Th of May. L was absent
and did not have the satisfaction OF
seeing them, They left for Boscobel
in something of a hurry, as important
business was pressing, but manage d
to steal enough time to stop at Esq
Loomis' and .swindle Mr.. Mayhem out
of SO for two pair of their glasses
one pair, as | have already stated, t.
remove cataract from the old gentle
mans eyes, the, other pair to cur,
neuralgia, from which old Mrs. May
hew is suffering. The way they tool
to accomplish their rascality is this
They had ascertained in some way
that | have been suffering from cat
aract Of the eye, they stopped to see
mo, and that answered their purpose
quite as well as if they had seen me
They then went to Esq. Loomis'
and finding these old folks afflicted al
above stated, they manufactured
the very plausible story, that they
were doctoring my eyes, that they
were getting we'll, that l had paiC
them S25 and would pay them an
other S25 as soon as my eyes were
we'll. They got the confidence o
the old folks, got SO in cash and :
promise of S. more when their eye
were cured. OF course they'll neve
call for the other So, neither will
they send back the $40 they lied on
of the old folks.
These fellows should have beef
published long ago, but the matter wa.
neglected. 1t may not yet be too
late to save some innocent sufferers
from their impositions and here
will give word of advice: have
suffered long with my eyes and
would gladly give $50 to have then
cured ; yet poor as they are | woulC
not risk any renegade M. D., no mat
ter how fluent they talk or how mucl
they promise. If they are what they
profess they can have ample employ
ment at home. Sufferers, don't b
gulled. G. w. GRIMEsY.
Mt. Hope Wis, July 8, 1870.