Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-01-02

When DR.. X. V. Pierce was a candi-
date for State Senator, his political OppO-
nents published q pretended analysis of his
popular medicines, hoping thereby to preju.
dice the people against him. His election
by an overwhelming majority severely re-
buked his traducers, who sought to impeach
his business integrity. No notice would
have been taken of these campaign lies were
il not that some of his enemies land every
successful business man has his full quota
of e~nyious rivals) are republishing these
bogus analyses. Numerous and most absurd
formulas have been published, purporting
to come from high authority; and 1t a sig.
nifcant fact that no two have been at all
extraordinarily proving the dishonesty
Of their authors.
The following Is from the Buffalo Com.
mercidl, of Oct. 23d, 1877:
Hardly u dozen years ago he Or.
PIERCE came here, q young and unknown
man, almost friendless, with no capital ex-
cept his own manhood, which, however, in
cluded plenty Of brains and pluck, indomi-
table perseverance,, and Unborn uprightness.
Capital enough for any young man, in this
progressive country, If only he has good
health and habits as well. He had all these
great natural advantages and one thing
studied medicine and been regularly
licensed to practice MS u 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 profession, of every school, to ex.
anime and pronounce judgment upon his
formulas. He advertised literally, pro-
fusely, but with extraordinary 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 marvelons-sO great indeed that
it must be due to intrinsic merit in the
articles he sells more even than to his I'M
paralleled skill in the use of printers ink.
The present writer once asked q distinguish
ed 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 compounds as
every good physician would prescribe for
the diseases which they were advertised to
cure. Of course, they cost less than any
druggist would charge for the same article
supplied on u physicians prescription, and
besides there was the doctors fee saved.
Moreover, buying the drugs in such enorm-
Gus quantities, having perfect apparatus 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.
1t may be thought that all this having
reference to DR.. 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 4 fort
night more, with sundry journals, to make
s~neering illusions to this very matter.
After that brief period, they will be quite
ready to go on doing his work as before,
great public henefactor."