Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-08-01
ACampaign Islander.

When DR.. X. V. Pierce was candi-
date for State Senator, his political
opponents published a pretended
analysis Of his popular medicines,
hoping thereby to prejudice the peo-
pie 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 it not that
some Of his enemies land every sue
cessful business man has his full
quota OF envious rivals) are repub-
fishing these bogus analyses. Nu-
merous and most absurd formulas
have been published, purporting to
come from high authority; and it is a
significant fact that no two have
been at all Extraordinarily prov
ing the dishonesty of their authors.
The followingi Is from the Buffalo
Commercial, of Oct. 23d, 1877:
Hardly dozen years ago he CDR.
PIERCE came here, a young and I'M
known man, almost friendless, with
no capital except his own manhood,
which, however, included plenty
OF brains and pluck, indomitable per-
Capital enough for any young man.
in this progressive country, il 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 a student, fond of investiga-
ton and experiment. He discovered,
or invented, important remedial
agencies or compounds, Not choosing
to wait YEARLY for the sick and suf-
fering to find out without anybody
to tell them) that he could do them
good, he advertised his medicines
and invited the whole profession, of
every school, to examine and pro-
nounce judgment upon his formulas.
He advertised literally, profusely,
but with extraordinary shrewdness,
and with method which is itself a
lesson to all who seek business by
that perfectly legitimate means. His
success has been something marve-
lous-so great indeed that 1t 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
distinguished 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 CON-
pounds as every good physician
would prescribe, for the diseases
which they were advertised to cure.
or course, they cost less than any
druggist would charge for the same
article supplied on physicians pre-
scription, and besides there was the
doctors fee saved. Moreover, buy
ing 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
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 pri-
vate business has no point whatever
when considered In connection with
the proper qualifications of a candi-
date for the Senate. Perhaps. But
1t 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
pers5i. they VIII be 4uite ready TO 60
OF doing his work 80 before ..s<<-'
always before, t. snea,--as =
GREAT public be- -.