Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-09-10
Receipts for Making DIR. Sage's Catarrh
Remedy and DIR. Picrce's Golden Medi-
cal Discovery:

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Receipts for Making DIR. Sage's Catarrh
Remedy and DIR. Picrce's Golden Medi-
cal Discovery:
Something over q year since, periodical
issued in Berlin, Prussia, ana laying claims toa
scientific character published what was repre-
scented as being the formula or receipts for
making DR. Sages Catarrh Remedy and DR..
Pierces Golden Medical Discovery. The
peope were left to infer that these had been
deducted from a careful chemical analysis of
TIE medicines, which are rapidly growing in
popular favor in that as well as in this and
most other civilized countries. The receipts
were evidently invented by those jealous of
the reputation and large sale which these
medicines are rapidly acquiring and who are
pecuniarily interested in endeavoring to check
their sale. So ridiculously preposterous are
those receipts that medicines compounded
after them could never have gained any repu-
tation or sale in any country, for they would be
so caustic, poisonous. Immediately and posi-
lively injurious as IN every case to be prompt
ly condemned By the people on the first trial
as miserable, dangerous and wicked humbugs.
Whereas, it is well-known fact that all my
medicines enjoy the reputation, honestly earn
ed, of being not only eficacious, but perfectly
mild. pleasant and harmless in effects. Not
withstanding, however, that the bogus receipts
were so ridiculously preposterous as scarcely
to have been believed by the most unscientiic,
thoughtless and unsuspecting people, yet
strange and incredible as it may seem, a paper
of high scientific pretensions, published in this
country, copied the fictitious receipts from the
German paper. This they evidently did with
out moments reflection, for that much con-
sideration, given by an intelligent mind, to the
receipts and the properties and effects OF the
mixtures that would result from such a COM
pounding of well-known caustic and poisonous
chemicals and drugs, would have condemned
them as bogus fabrications, and the pretentious
publishers of the paper that originally inserted
them, as either knaves or fools. On my atten-
ton being called to the matter, in order that
some thoughtless and over-credulous people
might not be deceived and misled by seeing
such an announcement in paper laying claim
to scientific character, as well as to clear my
self of the imputation of being guilty of perpe-
trating a wicked fraud upon the people, as
such announcement. if uncontradcted, would
imply, /. as proprietor and manufacturer of
the aforesaid celebrated medicines, went be-
fore magistrate and made oath to the fact
that the said receipts were utterly false. My
affidavit was sent to the publishers Of the pa
per into which the bogus receipts had been
copied, and in q subsequent issue an editorial
notice was given of nay denial. But, notwith-
standing such correction and denial. made I'M
der oath, certain individuals, who lounge
around and infest our large cities, gaining q
livelihood by perpetrating all kinds of catch
penny frauds upon the credulous, we're there
by given the hint that, as my medicines were
universally popular, by advertising for sale
bogus receipts for making them, thew could get
lots of ignorant people to bite at their bait.
One Frank NJ. Reed. of 139 Eighth street, New
York, who publishes "Love and Courtship
Cards." Fortune Teller and Dream Book, I"
The Mysteries of Love Making" "How to
Woo and how to Win" and various other
swindles, sends his dupes the following in
exchange for their stamps. 1t is copied
from the papers alluded to and is as fol-
lows: For DIR. Sage's Catarrh Remedy, take
eight grains Carbolic Acid, seven grains of
Camphor, and two and a half grains of common
Salt, the whole to be colored with little Prus-
sian blue" This makes q powerful caustic
mixture as unlike DR.. Sage's Catarrh Remedy
(Which is perfectly unirritating, mild, soothing
and pleasantly as light is from darkness. As
" burnt child breads the fire" If any have
been so foolish as to have burned their noses
sore with this caustic compound. thinking that
they were using the same as DR.. Sage's cele-
brated Catarrh Remedy. they will, it is to be
hoped,protit by the lesson thereby taught them
and not be so ready next time to bite at every
catch-penny advertising dodge that swindlers
Medical Discovery the bogus receipt reads
Take four drachrns purified Honey, fifteen
Hains extract poisonous Lettuce thirty grams
Of Opium, three and q fourth ounces dilute
Spirits, three ounces water. Mix" OF the
ridiculous bogus formula will say, as did
under oath. not one of the medicinal or poison
| Gus ingredients therein giCeTs enters into the
| composition Of my Golden Medical Discovery
| And furthermore, will say that defy all the
chemists in the world to ascertain, by chemical
| analysis, the composition of any of my Family
Medicines, as they cannot be analysed so as to
determine their ingredients. many of which are
new in medicine and, like nearly all vegetable
4 extra.ts there ara no known reaOenfs or heu,-
ical tests by which their presence can be deter
mined II any further proof is wanted to
| satisfy any person that the receipt given above
| is utterly false let that person have the mix
| ture, IS given, compounded and, not only
will it be seen to be entirely unlike my Dscov-
cry IN appearance, but if a further test is
wanted, by taking dose Of it, it will be found
to produce drowsiness and stupor, whereas my
Discovery, in ever so large doses. produces no
such effect. Others, located in different cities
| and engaged in advertising for sale bogus re-
| ceipss for making my medicines. send those
that bite at their bait other and various ridicu-
lous formula. One sent out by villainous
knaye, located in Chicago, gives the chief in
| gredient OF DR.. Sages Catarrh Remedy as
being Blue Vit-iol, which is only equaled in
absurdity by another issued by parties in Phil
adelphia who say that the ingredients compos-
| ing DIR. Sage's Catarrh Remedy are burnt
Alum: white Vitriol, Sugar of Lead, and Prus-
state Of Iron," and that my Golden Medical
Discovery is "simply Syrup and Tincture of
Ginger" In refutation Of all the various and
ridiculous bogus receiptsfor making my medi-
cines that have ever been, or may hereafter be
| published and circulated, wosI.d cay that
have, IN dealing with the people, ever been
governed by the maxim that "honesty is the
best policy" and that success makes sue
tanned relief and cure, and that sufferer has
| eont another IN and 10 haoar <l,cr,-