Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-01-17
A Campaign SANDER.

When DIR. r. " Pierce was candidate for
State Senator his political opponents pub-
lished pretended analysis of his popular med
icines, hoping thereby to prejudice the people
against him. His election by an overwhelms
ing majority severely rebuked 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 ene-
mes land every successful business man has
his full quota of envious rivals) are republish-
ing these bogus analyses Numerous and
most absurd formulas have been published
purporting to have come from high authority !;
and it is a significant fact that no two have
been at all alike-cenclusively proving the dis
honesty of their authors.
TIE following is fiom the Bufalo CONNER
cial of Oct. Esd, 1877:
Hardly dozen years ago he DR. PIERCE
came here young, and unknown man, almost
friendless. with no capital except his own
manhoou, which however, included plenty of
brains and pluck, indomtable perseverance
and Unborn uprightness. Capital enough for
any young man, in this progressive country if
he only 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 physician. But he
Nos oeiai otuuCIb, lOuu VI luftStlHdtlUH dtlu
experiment. He discovered or invented i'm
portant remedial agencies or compounds. Not
choosing 10 wait YEARLY for the sick and suf-
fering to find out without anybody to tell
them) that he could do them good, he adver-
tised his medicines and invited the whole pro-
fession ofevery school to examine and pro-
nounce judgment upon his formulas. He adj
vertised literally, profusely, but with extraor-
binary shrewdness, and with method which
IS in itself lesson to all who seek business by
this perfectly legitimate means. His success
has been something marvelous-so great in
deed that it must be due to the intrinsic mer-
it 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 secret of
the almost universal demand for DIR. 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 the druggist would charge
for the same article supplied on physician s
prescription, and besides there was the Doc
| tors fee saved. Moreover, buying the drugs
In snch enormous quantities, having perfect
apparatus for purifying and compounding the
the mixture, he could not only get better ar.
tlces IN the first place, but present the medi-
cine 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 refer
ence 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 fash.
ion now, and will be for a fortnight more, with
sundry journals to make sneering illusions to
this very matter. After that brief period they
will be quite ready to so on doing bis work as
before, and as always before to speak of him
as a great public benefactorn