The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-12-20
A Campaign Islander.

When DIR. R.V. Pierce was a candidate for
State Senator, his political opponents pub
lished a pretended analysis Of his popular
medicines, hoping thereby to prejudice the
people against him. His election by an
overwhelming majority severely rebuked his
traducers, who sought to impeach his bust
ness integrity. No notice would have been
taken of these campaign lies were it not that
some of his enemies land every successful
business man has his full quota of envious
rivals are republishing these bogus analyses.
Numerous and most absurd formulas have
been published, purporting to come from
high authority; and it is significant fact
that no two have been at all alike con-
clusively proving the dishonesty of their
authors.
The following is from the Buffalo Com
mercial, of Oct. %, 1877:
"Hardlya dozen years ago he(Dr. PIERCE
came here, a young and unknown man, al
most friendless, with no capital except his
own manhood, which, however, included
plenty of brains and pluck, indomitable per-
severance, and Unborn ~uprightness. Capital
enough for any young nan, in this progress
sive country, if only he has good heath and
habits as well. He had ali these great
natural advantages and one thing more, an
excellent education. He had studied medi-
cine and been regularly licensed to practice
as a physician. But he was still a student,
fond of investigation and experiment. He
discovered, or invented, important remedial
agencies or compounds. Not choosing to
wait YEARLY for the sick and suffering to
find out without any body to tell them
that he could do them good, he advertised
his medicines and invited the whole profes.
sion, of every school, to examine and pro
nounce judgment upon his formulas. He
advertised literally, profusely, but with
extraordinary s~hrewdness, and with
method which is in itself a lesson to all who
seek business by that perfectly Legitimate
means. His success has been something
marvelous-so great indeed that it must bt
due to intrinsic merritt the articles he sells
more even than to his unparalleled skill il
the use of printers ink. The present writer
once askeda distinguished dispensing drug
gist to explain the secret of the almost uni
versal demand for DIR. Pierce's medicines
He said they were in fact genuine medi
cine,-such compounds as every good ply
stefan would prescribe for the diseases which
they were advertised to cure. OF course
they cost less than any druggist woult
charge for the same article supplied on
physicians prescription, and besides Their,
was the doctors fee saved. Moreover, buy
ing the drugs in such enormous quantities
having perfect apparatus for purifying ant
compromising the mixture, he could no
only get better articles in the first place
but present the medicine in better form
and cheaper than the same mixture coult
possibly be obtained from any othe
source.
at may be thought that all this having
reference to DIR. Pierce's private bushes
has no point whatever when considered il
connection with the proper qualifications o
a candidate for the Senate Perhaps. Blu
it is the fashion now, and will be for a fort
night more, with sundry journals, to max
sneering illusions to this very matter. Al
ter that brief period, they will be quite read,
to go on doing his work as before, and as al
ways before, to speak of him as a great pub
lie benefaetor."