Daily Republican., 1879-06-27
LIVING ON MEDICINE.
Truth Str anger Than Fiction
Walking Human Drug Maya.

| ON
Truth 1T, anger Than Fiction
Walking Human Drug Maga-
Zines.
From the Philadelphia Sunday Times.
A few weeks ago Alexander Barney,
of Wilmington, Del, entered suit
against DR.. Joseph P. Filter, the Rheu-
matte Remedy man, to recover the
amount of money paid by the plaintiff
for seventy-fvs bottles of Rheumatic
Remedy, thirty boxes of pills, a score
or more of bottles of Kidney Cordial,
and no end Of amoniacal liniment. The
Doctor had given his patient guaran-
tee that If sixty nine bottles of Rheu-
matte Remedy did not cure him of his
malady the money paid for the medi.
cine should be refunded. There was
no charge for professional services, and
alexander Barney, of Wilmington, sat.
isfed that his years of search for health
were about to BE- rewarded, sped him
to his Delaware home and began to
empty the Remedy into himself. He
filled himself full with it, and kept so
from May, 1877, till January oi the
next year. In that time he put himself
outside of all the drugs named few
lines above, and still he wasn't any
better.
In gallons the amount of Rheumatic
Remedy he took, ateaspoonful at time
sum up five or six, not to speak of the
cheering kidney cordial and thirty
boxes Of pills, each box of which con-
tained between twenty-five and thirty
of its kind. 1t will be seen that Mr..
Barney made quite chemical store.
room of his insides, and yet he didn't
get we'll. So he entered suit and OBJ
tanned judgment for something over
one hundred dollars, and Or. Filter,
feeling his business seriously injured
by the exposure attending the lack of
curative power in half gross of his
great Remedy gave notice that he
would at once proceed to have new
trial. This is one of the first times in
the history of the courts in this city
that verdict has been obtained in
similar case, and for that reason alone
the circumstances are interesting; but
the experience OF Mr.. Barney struggling
with seventy-fivs bottles of Rheumatic
Remedy, much of it Of double strength,
and therefore twice as expensive, pres
ents chapter much more entertain
ing.
BARNEY's STORY ABOUT MEDICINE.
Thus he tells his story: "Some years
ago was struck with pain in my
right ankle. 1t was just like Jump
ing tooth ache. went to the doctors
and they told me | had rheumatism OF
the nerves and sciataca, and took a
great deal of medicine. But none of
them could do anything for me. Idon't
know how much | took, but took a
great deal. Got SO used to taking it
that it was as natural as sitting down
to dinner. Somtimes was laid up and
sometimes was able to be around
still was never we'll. l took vegetine
by the bottle and Kunkel's Bitter Wine
of Iron, and score of other kinds of
stuff. l forget them all, and | had
been SO shenanaganed that didn't
know what to do about it. 1t made me
mad to think about it. tell you if |
was newspaper people like you are |
would never let all advertisement of
patent medicine go into my paper. |
wouldn't do it, sir.
Why, cut the advertisement of a
patent medicine chap who shenangan-
ed me worse than anybody out, of a re-
ligious paper. | got so mad when |
found had been shenanaganed that |
stopped that paper and never would let
it come into my house again. sup
pose during the years | suffered took
of every kind of medicine nigh onto six
hundred bottles, and no end to pills,
not to speak of ointments. | didn't
get no better. thought then l would
60 to see DR.. Filter. He inspired me
with confidence from the first. He told
me just what other doctors had told
me, and told him didn't want to be
shenanagansd any more, and then he
signed the guarantee that if he didn't
cure me with sixty-Dine bottles why l
should have the money paid for
them"
FILLED UP WITH REMEDY.
81 took the guarantee and carried
the medicine home. got dozen after
dozen Of it, and swallowed it all, then
| began to lose confidence. went to
see him several times. He told me once
/ was better, but | knew | wasn't well,
and when we got nearly through ask
ed for the medicine to be increased in
strength, and the doctor said it was all
right. lie sent ME the package that
made up the seventy-two bottles. BY
this time was somewhat skilled in
analyzing the medicine and said to
my wife when | took the first dose:
why that's just the same as the other
stuff and sent it back. After awhile
he sent me the package again, and it
was Just like the other. then went
to zee him. He was so busy on some
thing he wouldn't talk to Inc and left
the Office. The book keeper then said:
"Don't you mind the Doctor, some
things crossed him. He don't mean
anything
showed him the medicine and he
didn't know anything about it but
would send for the chemist. The chem
ist came down stairs and he said he
didn't know anything about it. Isaid
'Don't you know what it's made of
l'm,a wood-worker and if man brought !