The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1878-03-01
A Campaign ISLANDER.

When DR., r V. Pierce was candidate
tor state senator, his political opponents
published pretended analysis OF bis
popular medicines, hoping thereby to
PR iudice tho people against him. His
Election by an csrra L.iniiUg majority
severely rebused his tradurers, who
sough, TO impeach his business integrity.
No notice would have b, en- taken o; there
campaign lies were 1t not that some Ui
his enemies (and every successful busi-
ness man has his iull quota OF envious
rivals) are epublishing these bogus an
alyses. Numerous and most absurd
formulas have been published, purpor.-
ing TO come from high authority; and 1t
is sign iicani fact that no two have b. en-
AT AL Extraordinarily proving Tie
dishonesty OF their authors.
The following Is from the Buffalo
Commercial, OF Oct. 2ji 1877
Hardly dozrn years ego he (Dr.
Pierce came here, young and unknown
man, almost irthdIess, with ho capiini
except his own MANHOOD, which. hon.
ever. included plenty Vi brains and pluck,
indomitabe perseverance and Unborn up.
rightness. Capital enough tor any young
man IN this progressive country, II only
he has good hrallh and hVbts rs well.
lie had all these great natural advantag, 8
and one thing more. M excellent euue,i-
ton. lie had studied medicine and beef,
reg ularly licensed ~ Practice as "A physi-
clan But he was still student. IOnd
investigation and experiment. lie dis.
covered, or iny,nl,d, important remedial
sgen, les or compounds. Not cboosing
to wait wrarily Tor the lick and suti, ring
10 find OUT (wilhuut any body 10 tell
ihei) that liz could do The m good. lie
advrrlls, his MT ,licines and invit, the
whole prot, seiOn, Oi,,tIy school, tOtx-
anime and pronounce Judgment upon his
formulas. lie advertised literally, pro-
ius-ly, but with Extraordinary shrewd-
ness, nd with met oil which IL In itheli
u Lesson TO all who se,k business by that
perfectly giIina means. Ills SUGGEST
has been something maIw lons--,O gr n;
indeed that II mus, BIZ due 10 Intrinsic
merit In the articles he sells more even
than TO his unparall' i skiil In the use Vi
printers Ink. The present writer
once asked u distinguished dispensing
druggist to explain the secret Vi
tho almost universal demand tor DR..
pierce's medicines. lie said they were
In fact genuine melicine,--such COIN
pounds as every good physician would
prescribe for the disease which they were
advertised to cure. or course they cost
lees than any druggist would charge for
the same article .uI piled on physician's
prescription, and besides there was the
doctrl's fee saved. Moreover. buying
IN. drugs In such enormous quantiti,s a..
having perfect apparatus tor i,urif, ing
and c.,np0undinp lie mixture, hu could
NOT only get better ARTICLES IN the first
placp. 6ut present the nedlclne In better
FORM aud cheaper than the same mixture
could possibly b. obtained from any
other source.
II may be thought that aIl this having
rei,rrncs 10 Dr. rtrce's private b,,si.
rps, has no point whatever when con.
adhered In cOnmo tiOn with the proper
qualifications VI u ca. didate tor tile srn.
a.. P.rhaps. But it 10 ths fashion
now. aud will he tor n fortnight more.
with sundry journals to make snprrtng
allns,ons ~ this very matter. Aftpr that
brief period, they viii bS quite ready 10
70 on doing his work No before. and "A
always hsforr. to speak o. hini asa great
public bsusfaetos,"