The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-09-11
Receipts for Making DIR. Sage's Catarrh
RemedY aMd Or. Plerce,s Golden MedL-

tatlOn or sale In any country, Tor tney would D0
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 a well-known fact that all my
medicines enjoy the reputation honestly earn
ed, of being not only efficacious. but perfectly
mild, pleasant and harmless in effects. Not
Wlthstandlng, however, that the bogus receipts
were SO ridiculously preposterous as scarcely
to have been believed by the most unscientifc,
thoughtless and unsuspecting people, yet
strange and incredible as it may seem, 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 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. 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 sclentlhc 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 uncontradicted, would
imply, 1, 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
der oath, certain individuals. who lounge
around and infest our large cities. gaining
livelihood by perpetrating all kinds of catch
penny frauds upon the credulous. we're there
by given the hint that, my medicines were
universally popular, by advertising for sale
bogus receipts for making them, they could get
One Frank NJ. Reed. of 139 Eighth street, New
York. who publishes 'tLove and Courtship
Cards." u g Fortune Teller and Dream Boz k
The Mysteries of Love Making" How to
Woo and how to Win :" and various other
swlndles, sends his dupes the following in
exchange for their stamps. Il is copied
from the papers alluded to and is as fol-
lows: . For Dr. Sages Catarrh Remedy take
eight grains Carbolic Acid, seven grains of
Camphor, and two and half grains of common
Salt, the whole to be co1ored with a little Prus-
sian blue. This makes q powerful caustIc
mixture as unlike DIR. 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 We're using the same DR. SaCe's cele
brated Catarrh Remedy. they will, 1t is to be
hoped profit by the lesson thereby taught them
and not be so ready next time to bite at every
catch-penny advertising dodge that swindlers
may offer them. For DR.. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery the bogus receipt reads
Take four drachns purified Honey, fifteen
grains extract poisonous Lettuce, thirty grains
of Opium, three and a fourth ounces dilute
Spirits, three ounces water Mix" OF the
ridiculous bogus formula viii say as did
under oath. not of the medicinal! poison
Gus irgredientS therein gaGe1a enters into the
composition Of ny Golden Medical Discovery!
And furthermore. I 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 analyzed SO as to
determine their ingredients. many of which are
new in medicine and. like nearly all vegetable
extracts, there are no known reagents or chem
1ol hEw al14
mined. If ally further proof is wanted to
| satisfy any person that the receipt given above
| is utterly false, let that person have the mix
! ture, as given. compounded and, not only
will it be seen to be entirely unlike my Discov-
| cry in appearance, but if further test is
wanted, by taking dose of it. it will be found
| to produce droWslness and stupor, whereas my
Discovery, i'll ever SO large doses. produces no
such enece. Others, located IN different cities
| and engaged in advertising for eale bogus re-
| celpts for making my medicines. send those
/ that bite at their bait other and various ridcu-
| lous formula. One sent out by villainous
| knave, located in Chicago gives the chief in
! gredient of Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy as
| being Blue Vitriol, which is only equaled in
| absurdity by another issued by parties in Phil
adelphia who say that the Ingredients compos-
| ing DR.. Sage's Catarrh Remedy are burnt
| Alum: white Vitriol, Sugar of Lead, and Prus-
state OF 1ron," and that my Golden Medical
| Discovery is ''simply Syrup and Tincture of
Ginger. In refutation of all the various and
| ridiculous bogus receipts for making INV medi-
| published and circulated, l would say that
have, in dealing with the people, ever been
governed by the maxim that . honesty is the
best policy, and that t' success makes sue
cess )" for it is because some sufferer has OBJ
tanned relief and cure, and that sufferer has
sent another to me and it Is because thou
sands have been cured that they have recon-
mended me and my superior remedies to other
| thousands of sufferers. In this way am con-
stantly making tiuiaag advertisements for my
self and medicines. It is a common thing to
hear people say that plenty OF advertising will
make success out of anything, whether it
has any merit or not. Nothing could be far
ther from the truth. It is with this delusive
idea actuating them that thousands have
rushed headlong into advertising, only to find
themselves bankrupt in little while. Not
more than one in five hundred, who engages
in advertising medicines, ever makes imam
cial success out of the undertaking, for tne
reason that medicine to be successful must
possess unusual and extraordinary merit. It is
not enough that it should be remedy of fair
efficacy it must possess superior and 1cOnder-
fut remedial properties, for if it does not,
those who use it with the most sanguine ex-
pectations will condemn it. They will expect
much OF it, and it must be equal to the test, or
it will prove ruinous to th3 proprietor. For,
although great display or advertising will,
many times, create a considerable immediate
demand for Ito article advertised, yet if that
article does nor possess real merit, the demand
will be only temporary; the fraud will be de-
tected and the reaction will upset the proprie-
tor and all his high expectations, long before
he is able to recover .he amount of money
already expended. With this view of the sub
jcct, have felt warranted in contracting for
hundreds of thousands of dollars worth OF ad.
yertising in tho newspapers of this and other
countries, feeling perfectly assured that the
merits of my remedies were SO great to in.
sure financial success out Of such bold
undertaking. And in this have not been dis.
appointed, for my sales have increased steadily
year after year. until they will this year largely
exceed halfa million dollars worth of my medi.
cInes. This grand success, / am certain, could
! never have been attained had the medicines
not possessed superior and wonderful merits