The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-01-03

When Dr. r. V. Pierce was a candidate for
State Senator, his political opponents pub
Iished a ptetendsd ANALYSIS Of his popular
medicines. hoping thcrtOy % prejudice the
people against aim His election By au over
whelming majority severely rebuked his ira
iuesrs. who sought to impeach his business in
Ipvrity No notice would have been takeE Of
these canipailsn lies were il not that some oil
his enemies tand sFcTy successful business
ruif has his fun auOta of envioils rivals are
fepublishing these bogus analyses. Numerous
and most absurd formulas have been pub
isshed. purporting to come from high authori-
tv: aid il j. q significant fact that no two have
been at all alike sAnclusively proving the dis
honesty Of their authors.
The following is from the B'tfao ce7"t'sr-
eial of Oct. 2.Ad, 1871:
"Hsrdly dozen years ago he tDr. IleTeel
came here. = Young andunknOwn man, almost
trienHess. with no capital except his own man
bosRl: which. however, included plenty Oh
brains Aid pluck indOmitahie perseverance,
and Unborn ups9htness. Cspitil enough Tor
any 1oung man, in thle PR sressive country
If onIv he has good health aiid habits as well.
He had all these great natural advantages ana
one thing more, AZ excellent education: nc
had studied medicine and been regularly IL
eeused to practice rs a physiclas But ne WAS
still a student fond of investigation and ex-
pertinent. He discovered, or invented mpoftsnt
remedial agencies orcOmpOundS. Not choosing
TO wait YEARLY Tor tNc SICK anu ruiltliii- "a A't
6ut without any body to tell iheml that ne
could do Them good, he advertised his medi-
cines and invited the whole profession, OF
every school, to examine and pronounce ludg-
lneit upon his formulas lie advertised hber-
ally, profusely, but with extraordinary shreWd-
ness, ard with method which is IN itself les
son to all who -eek business by that perfectly
legitimate means Lis -ueeess has been some
thing marvelous-so great, indeed, that 1t
must be duc TO intrinsic merit in the articles
he sells more even than to his unparalleled
skill in the Use of printers ink. The present
write once asked 81 distinguished dispensing
HrTpeIst to explain the secret of the almost
universal demand for DIR. Pierce's medicines.
He said thcv we're in fact genuine medicines
such compounds as every good physician would
prescribe for the diseases which they were al
vertisSt 70 cure. or course they cost less
than any druggist would charge Tor She same
article sup, lied on a Phvsicians prescription,
and besides there was the Doctor Zee saved
Moreover. l,uving the GIs.gs in such enormous
quantities, having perfect apparatus ior Furti-
fyiug and ,0mpoundiug the mixture, re could
hot tmly gg, better articles in the first place
but present The medicine Ia better form and
cheaper tIan the same mixture could possibly
be Obtained from any other sthItee'
q a may be thought that all this having rel
erence 10 - Pieces private business has no
point whatcver when considered IN connection
with the proper qualifications OF - candidate
for the Senate Perhaps. But it is the fash
ion now and viii be for 4 fortnight more, with
suiidf~ journals to make Sneering illusions to
this verv matter. After that brief period,
they will be quits fta@Y To e. on doing his
work as before and Us alHays tfore, TO speak
of him as a great public bauciIt,ofi"