The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-12-20

When DIR. r. v. Pierce was 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
business integrity. No notice would have
been taken of these campaign lies were it
not that some of his enemies (and every sue
cessful business man has his full quota of
envious rlvals) are republishing these bogus
analyses. Numerous and most absurd formu-
las 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
m1ercidl, of Oct. %, 1877:
=" Hardly dozen years ago he CDR. 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 man, in this pro-
gressive country, if only he has good health
and habits as well. He had all these great
natural advantages and one thing more. an
excellent education. He had studied medi-
cine and been regularly licensed to practice
as physician. But he was still student,
fond of investigation and experiment. He
discovered, or invented, important remedial
agencies or compounds. Not choosing to
wait wearily 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 profession,
of every school, to examine and pronounce
Judgment upon his formulas. He advertised
literally, profusely, but with extraordinary
shrewdness, and with method which is in
itself a lesson to all who seek business by
that perfectly legitimate means. His sue
cess has been something marvelous-so
great indeed that it must be due to intrinsic
merit in the articles he sells more even tnan
to his unparalleled skill in the of printers
ink. The present writer once asked distin-
guished dispensing druggist to explain the
secret of the almost universal demand for
DR.. Pierce's medicines. He said they were
in fact genuine medicines, such COM
pounds as every good phys clan would pre-
scribe for the diseases which they were ad-
| vertised to cure. Of course, they cost less
than any druggist would charge for the same
article supplied ON physicians prescrip-
ton, and besides there was the doctors fee
| saved. Moreover, buying the drugs in such
enormous quantities, having perfect ap-
| paratus for purifying and compounding 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.
at may be thought that all this having
reference to DIR. Pierce's private business
has no point whatever when considered in
connection with the proper qualifications of
a candidate for the Senate. Perhaps. But
| it is the fashion now, and will be for a fort
| night 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 as al.
ways before, to speak of him as great pub.
| lie benefactor."