The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1871-04-19
Extract

From a speech made by DR., j..
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ON ihr n"r"s'rn 81 ihc HHaHGIl;l-
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-" r:;..nH:.--ErH .:::"" CHOSEN
;I;c !r:tm" | iIi.rrilrd for your
town with an extraordinary unan-
unity, aud have thereby conferred
an honor upon me, the proper ac-
acknowledgements Of which l do not
feel fully able to- express. But l
beg yon to be assured that it IS
appreciated and that it will be
gratefully remem bered with a llv-
ing interest in your prosperity
While life remains to me, and, l
trust, beyond that by my children
! after me.
fthis name; has become noted
among the many that are wor-
thier around you, that is greatly
due to its publicity. May l be
permitted to state whence that
came? Until within 4 few CEN
turies all the civilized nations
of the globe were pent up on the
Eastern continent. Two or three
hundred years ago they leaked
over into this few and tearfulIy
at first, then more and more but
always in their settlements tim
idly hugging the Atlantic coast.
Within the last two or three gen
erations, they have burst out, as
it were, and over-run these vast
continents of the West. Now,
they are scattered here and pos
scss these measurcIcss stretches Of
mountains and valleys, hills. plains,
forests and prairics with the
boundlcss pampas anl mountain
ranges of South America. Former
generations lived in villages and
towns, thickly settled together
where physicians were plenty and
rear at hand. Now, the people
are widely scattered, in many sec.
tons of.thcse many countrlcs.-
For great numbers the timely
treatment Of physicians cannot be
had over large tracts of country
good or competent physicians can
not be had at all. They cannot
visit patients enough many miles
apart to live by their profession,
nor can they carry medicines
enough with them On horseback
! for their requirements. Hence
has arisen in these modern times,
IL necessity for remedies ready at
hand, with directions for their use
"a present recourse for relief in
the cxiyencic$ of sickness, when
10 other aid is near. 1t is q new
necessity consequent upon the
changed conditions Of human life
ii want | have spent my years
IN. supplying, and | will tell you
something of its extent. Our Ia
boratory makes every day some
100000 portions Or doses Of our
preparations. These are all taken
bv somebody. Here is a number
equal to the population Of fifteen
cities as large as Lowell, taking
them every day (for sickness
keeps no Sabbaths) nor for once
only, but again and again year
after year, through nearly one
tHird of a century. We all join in
the jokes about medicines as we
do about the Doctors mission to
kill, the clergyman's inSinccrity
and the lawyers cheating. Yet
each Of these arc labors among the
most serious realities Of life. Sick
ncSs and its attendant suffering
arc no iokc. HaItncT is :he trea;-
mrnt If them. This system ii
irnn~"nrt"i'i" :"i;nl. 20 re mad"
HvuiiaIic 10 tic Pcu?!", :?gS' Keep
lis .cmc'!ins fresh in their in"n".
r;cS. This is d"nc by advertising.
Mark its extent. An ADVERTISE
ment, taking the run Of the news
papers with which we contract
(some 1900 annually is struck off
in such numbers, that when piled
upon each other fatwise, like the
leaves Of book, the thickness
through them is sixteen miles. In
addition, it takes some seven mil.
lions of pamphlets and twelve mil
lions Of circulars to meet the pub
lie demand for this kind of intor-
nation. Our annual Issue Of
pamphlets alone, laid solid upon
each other, make L pile eight and
one quarter miles high. The cir
culars measured endwisc reach
1894 miles, and these assertions
are matters Of mathematical Ger
tainty. Whatever the estimation
in which these publications may
be held here, they reach the fire
sides Of millions upon millions of
men who do treasure and regard
them, and who in their trials do
heed the counsel they bring.
Not only over these great West
ern continents but throughout
that other land so little known to
you, under cur feet. the Austra!-
ian continent, there are few vii
lagos as large us this which arc
MT familiar with the name you
have chosen, and employing the