Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1878-02-02
A CAMPAIGN ISLANDER.

w Oeu LIT. II. v. iSTCe Was CauOl-
date for State Senator, his political op-
ponents published a pretended analysis
of his popular medicines, hoping there
by 10 prejudice the people against him.
His election by an overwhelming ma
jority severely rebuked his traducers,
who sought to impeach his business in-
tegrity. No notice would have been
taken of these campaign lies were it not
that some of his enimies (and every sue
cessful business man has his full quota
of envious rivals are republishing these
bogus analyses. Numerous and most
absurd formulas have been published,
purporIing to come from high authori-
ty; and it is significant fact that no
two have been at all alike-conciusive-
ly proving the dishonesty of their au-
thors
The following is from the Bufalo
Commercial, of Oct Esd, 1877:
"Hardly dozen years ago he Or.
PIERCE came here, young and un.
known man, almost friendless, with no
capital except his own manhood, which
however, included plenty of brains and
pluck, indomitable 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 more,
an excellent education. He had studied
medicine and been regularly licensed to
practice as a physician. But he was
still student, fond ofinvestigation and
experiment He discovered or invent
ed, important remedial agencies or com
pounds. 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 profess
sion. 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 les
son TO all who seek business by that
perfectly Legitimate means. His sue
cess has been perfectly marvelous-so
great indeed that it must be due to in
trinsic merit iu the articles he sells more
even than to his unparalleled skill in
the use of printers ink. The present
writer once asked distinguished dis
pensing 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 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
a physicians prescription, and besides
there was the doctors fee saved. More
over, buying the drugs in snch enor
nous quantities, having perfect appara
tus 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 cheap
er than the same mixture could possibly
be obtained from any other source.
1t may be thought that all this hav
ing reference to DR.. Pierce's private
business has no point whatever wher
considered in connection with the prop
er qualifications of candidate for the
Senate. Perhaps But it is the fash
ion now, and will be for fortnight
more, with sundry journals, to make
sneering illusions to this very matter
After that brief period, they will b
quite ready to 90 on doing his work a
before, and as always before, to speal
of him as a great public benefactor."