Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-03-20

DR.. Helmbold but few years ago was
famed thrOugout the whole civilized
world as probably the shrewdest business
man in the line of pharmacy the age has
yet produced. Mention of his name will
also recall in the minds of the many the
splendid establishments at Saratoga,
Newport, Long Branch, Baltimore, and
many other Eastern cities, of which he
was owner. The splendid parade in
which the Doctors six beautiful equines
of the sWiftest and nimblest feet in the
whole country formed the most promi-
nent attraction on the occasion of the cell
ebratiOn of the peace jubilee in New Z 4Ork
City between Germany and the United
States in 1871, will also bring into recOl-
lection. Owing to the brilliant history
which DIR. Helmbold has made for him
self, we suspected that he was a silver
haired, tottering, broken down old man5
but such is not the case. He is as bright,
as active, and as quick witted as ever.
One cannot be long in conversation with
the Doctor until it is found that he is
wonderfully versatile in all lines of
thought, and very fluent in expression.
A short biographical sketch of the Doctor
seems just now opportune. He was born
in the city of Philadelphia in the year
l7S3I, and educated at the Central High
School of the same city. He afterWard
graduated at the Philadelphia College of
| Pharmacy, and on the occasion of his
graduation at that institution wrote the
| sis on FExtracts of Cuchu and Sarsapa-
rilla,' which drugs he afterward brought
| into such prominence. In 1S4S he learned
the business of Pharmacy with George
w. Carpenter, and started up in that line
! for himself in 1852, on the northeast corr
ner of Broad and Brown streets, Phila-
| delphia, where he carried on the business
with such wonderful success that he was
soon compelled to remove to a large five
| NP.nVx cfn hT1Il No
| Chestnut street. From that time he was
met by every encouragement, and before
he had attained the age of thirty-five he
found himself proprietor of three of the
| largest and most handsome drug stores in
America, and before he reached forty he
had handled about $40, ,O00, 600. The Doc
tor attributes his almost incredible sue
cess to a liberal use of printers ink, hav-
ing paid upward of 100000 to the
i press, one might say, of the whole civil
| lied world, for advertisements. His name
appeared in 4, 200 journals in connection
with extensive advertisements, which
comprised those of the United States,
South America, the West India Islands,
Canada, and the Old World. BY the
kind treatment which he has received at
the hands of the press of Philadelphia,
Baltimore, and other kindred cities
throughout the Union his confidence over
the entire country will soon be restored.
Inc gfeaG ufuSs Whlch ne mas SO mucn
distinguished and brought to the surface
of the world, are the extracts of Bchu
and Sarsaparilla. These he first dfscov-
cred and brought to light their healing
properties. Before that time these drugs
glutted the market in the inconvenient
form of leaves, and the only mode in
which they were administered as medi-
cines was in teas. The extracts are made
in vocuo. The Doctor deserves the pat
ronage of the country, which he will un-