Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-01-09
A CAMPAIGN SANDER.

When DIR. r. V. Pierce was q can
didate for State Senator, his political
opponents published a pretended anal
ysis Of his popular medicines, hoping
thereby to prejudice the people
against him. His election by an ov-
erwhelming majority severely rebuk-
ed his traducers, who sought to i'm
peach his business integrity. No no.
tice would have been taken of these
campaign lies were it not that some
of his enemies (and every successful
business man has his full quota of en-
vious rivals) are republishing these
bogus analyses. Numerous and most
absurd formulas have been published,
purporting to come from high au-
thority and it is significant fact that
no two have been at all alike-conclu-
sively proving the dishonesty of their
authors.
The following is from the Buffalo
Commercial, of Oct. 23d, 1877:
Hardly dozen years ago he CDR.
PIERCE came here, young and I'm.
known man, almost friendless, with
no capital except his own manhood,
which, however, included plenty OF
brains and pluck, indomitable perse-
verance, and Unborn uprightness -
Capital enough for any young man
in this progressive country, if only he
has good health and habits as we'll
He had all these great natural advan.
tages and one thing more, an excel.
lent education. He had studied med.
icine and been regularly licensed to
practice az physician. But he was
still q student, fond of investigation
and experiment. He discovered, or
invented, important remedial agen.
cies or compounds. Not choosing to
wait YEARLY for the sick and suffer.
ing to find out without any body to
tell them) that he could do them good
he advertised his medicines and invi.
ted the whole profession of every
school, to examine and pronounce
judgment upon his formulas. He ad.
vertised literally, profusely, but with
extraordinary shrewdness, and with
method which is in itself lesson tc
all who seek business by that perfect.
ly legitimate means. His success has
been something marvelous-so great
indeed that 1t must be due to intrin.
sic merit in the articles he sells more
even than to his unparalleled skill in
the use of printers ink. The present
writer once asked distinguished
dispensing druggist to explain the Sc.
cret 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 physicians
prescription, and besides there was
the doctors fec saved, Moreover,
buying the drugs in such enormous
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 cheap
er than the same mixture c0pld posi-
bly, 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 when
considered in connection with the
proper qualifications of candidate
for the Senate. Perhaps. But it is
the fashion now, and will be for q
fortnight more, with sundry journ-
ais, to make sneering illusions to this
very matter. After that brief period,
they will be quite ready to 60 on do
ing his work as before, and as always
before, to speak Of him As great pub.
lie bepefactor."