The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1878-01-31
A CSDpMgA Slanaer.

When DIR. Il. V. Fierce Was II candi-
,letc for state senator. his political OPP
punvnts published II pretended anaiysis
of his popular medicines, hoping there
by to prejudice the people against him.
His election 10y I'M overwhelming mi-
jvrity severely rcbuked his traducers,
who sought To impeich his bisiiicss
integrity. No notice would nave been
taken of these campaign lies were IL
not that some of his enemies tand ev-
cry successful business man has his fuli
quota of cnviOus rivals) are rcpublisii-
ing these bogus analyses. Numerous
and most absurd formulas have been
published, purporting to come from
high authority; aud 1t Is Significant
f,.ct that no two have been at all alike
-conclusively proving the dishonesty
OF their authors.
The following Is from the BaGaio
Commercial, of Oct. 23d, 1877:
"Hardly dozen years ago he (Dr.
Pierce) came here, u young ana UNI
known mun, almost friendless, with
no capital except his own manhood,
which, however, included plenty OF
brains and pluck, indomitai'le pcrsc.
verance, aii,l inborn uprightness. Cap
it.l enough for any young man, III this
progressive country, ifhe only li.is good
health and habits as well. He hat all
these great natural advantages ami one
thing more, an excellent education.
He had studied me'iicinc and been reg
ularly licensed to practice as phys
clan. But he Was still II student, iond
of investigation and experiment. lie
discovered or invented, important rem
cdial agencies or coinpoiinus. Not
all ff.p
and suffering to find out without any
body to tell tliem) that lac could do
| them good, he advertised his medicines
and invited the whole profession, of
every sclloJl, to examine and pro-
no,iiice Judgment upon his Formulas.
Ie advertised libcrilly, profusely, hut
with extraordinary shrcwuness, alt.
with II method which Is in itself les
son to all vino seek business by tiiut
perfectly legitimate means. liis sue
cess has been something marvellous -
| SO great indeed that il Giust bc due 10
| intrinsic merit i'm the articles lie sells
mere even than to his Unparalleled
skill in in the use of printers INK. The
present writer once asked diStih-
guishcd dispensing druggist TO explain
| the secret of the almost universal de-
maud for Dr. picrce's medicines. lie
said they were in fact genuine medi-
cines, s,-slich compounds as every go0'i
physician w.ui,l prescribe fur the dis
eases which they were advertised io
cure. OF course, they cost less than
any druggist woud charge for the same
article supplied OH a physician's pre-
scription, and besides there was TIE
DOCTORS lee saved. More0vcr, buying
the drugs in such enormous quantities,
having perfect apparatus for purifying
aud componndiag the mixture, he
could MOI only get better ARTICLES in ti'c
first place, but present the ncdicirie
iu better fO1n and cheaper than the
same mixture could possibly he obtain
ed from any other source.
1t may be thought that all this hav-
ing reference TO Dir. Picrce's private
business has no point whatever whcn
consi,lerc, iii connection with tie prop
er quail iilicatiuns Of u candidate for the
Scnate. Perhaps. DutIt is tie fashion
now, and will be- for II fortnight more,
with sundry Journals, to make sneering
allusiOns To t.iis very matter. After
that brief period, they will bc quite
ready To 20 on doing mis- work AS be-
fore, and as always ocfore, to speak Oi
him as a great public bcncfactOr."