The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-12-27
A Campaign SANDER.

When DIR. r. Y. Pierce was candidate for
State Senator, his political opponents pub
hshed pretended analysis of his popular
medicines, hoping thereby to prejudice the
people against him. His election by an over
whelming majority severely rebuked his ira
ducers who sought to impeach his business in
tegrlty. No notice would have been taken of
these campaign lies were it not that some of
his enemies (and every successful business man
mas his full quota of envious rivals) are repub-
fishing these bogus analyses. Numerous and
most absurd formulas have been published,
purporung to come from high authority and
1t is a significant fact that no two have been at
all allke-conclusively proving the dishonesty
of their authors.
The following is from the Buffalo CONNER
cidl of Oct. %, 1877:
Hardly dozen years ago he CDR. PIERCE
came here, young and unknown man, almost
friendless, with no capital except his own man
hood, which, however, included plenty of
brains and pluck, indomitable perseverance.
and inborn uprightness. Capital enough for
any young man, in this progressive country, if
only he has good health and habits as we'll
He had all these great natural advantages and
one thing more, an excellent education. He
had studied medicine and been regularly Ii
censed to practice as physician. But he was
still student, fond of investigation and ex-
pertinent. He discovered, or invented, impor-
tant remedial agencies or compounds. Not
choosing to wait YEARLY for the sick and suf-
fering to find out (without anybody to tell
lueIn tudC he cOulQ 90 Gnem good, he adVer-
tised his medicines and invited tie whole pro-
fession, OF every school, to examine and pro-
nounce Judgment upon his formula. He ad-
yertised literally, profusey, but with extra
ordinary shrewdness, and with a 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 in
deed that it must be due to intrinsic merit in
the articles he sells more even than to his IN
paralleled skill in tie use of printers ink. The
present writer once asked a distinguished dis
pensing druggist to explain the secret of the
almost universal demand for DIR. Pierce's medi-
cines. He said they were in fact genuine
physician would prescribe for the diseases
which they were advertised to cure. OF course
they cost less than any druggist would charge
prescription, and besides there was the doctors
fee saved. Moreover, buying the drugs in
such enormous quantities., having perfect ap-
paratus for purifying and compromising the
mixture, he could not only get better articles
in the first place, but present the medicine in
better form and cheaper than the same mixture
could possibly be obtained from any other
source.
60 1t may be thought that all this having refer
ence to DR.. Pierce's private business has no
point whatever hen considered in connection
with the proper qualifications of candidate
for the Senate. Perhaps. But it is the fashion
now, and will be for a fortnight more, with
sundry journals, to make sneering illusions to
this very matter. After that brief period, they
will be quite ready to go on doing his work as
before, and, always before, to speak of him
great public benefactOr.