The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-03-26

Dr heimovid but a lew years SGD
was famed throughout The whole civ
iiiz-d world as probably the sbreso
est business maB ia he line If phar.
macy the age has yet produced Men
tieD ot his name will sise recall ia the
minds OF many the splendid establish
ments at Saratoga, Newport, Long
Branch, Bsltimore, and many ether
Eastern %ciIles, of which he vas ow n
er.
The sp'endid parade 10 which The
Doctors six beautiful equiDes of the
ssiftest and Eimbiest Feet in the
whole c. uDtry formed he most prom
iDsBt attraction GA the occasion If
the celebration of the peace jubilee
10 New York City between Germany
and the UbiteG States in 1871. ~lli
also De b ougbt into rec, llection. Ow-
ing TO the brilliant history which DR..
Heimbold has made for himself. We
suspected that be was a silver b aired,
lettering, broken dowp old man, but
such is uol The case. He is rs bright,
as %aetive, aud as quick witted as
ever.
One a not be long in ~convorsa-
lion with the Doctor until il is found
that he is wonderfully versatile iu all
lines Of thought, and very dueas in
expression A short biographical
sketch OF the Doctor seems just now
opporiune.
He @as born 10 the city Of Pbila-
delphia 10 the year 1881, and educat-
I'd at the Central Higb School of the
same city. He afterwsrds graduated
at The Philadeiphia College of Phar-
macy, and on The occasion OF bis
graduation az that Institution wrote
u thesis on Extracts Of Baebu and
Sarsapsrills.n which drugs be after
weird brought into such prominence.
10 lS48 he learned the business II
p~barmscy with George w Carpenter.
and stated up ia that line for himself
III 1859, on the northeast corner oi
Broad aud Brrwn streets, Pbiladel-
phis, where BE- carried on the bust.
ness with such wonderful success that
be WAS soon compelled 10 remove tn
a large i've story brown stone build
ing, No. $40 Chestnut street. From
that time be ia met with every en-
enlargement, and before be bad at.
tanned the age OF tbirty-6ve be found
himself proprietor of three of The lar
gest and most handsome drug stores
in America, and before he reached
forty be had handled about sac, 900,
600
The Doctor attributes bis almost
incredible success to d liberal use Of
printers ink, having paid upward OF
Sc 600. 600 to the press, d might
say, of the whole civil zed world, fer
advertisements.
His name appeared in 4 600 jour.
nails ID connection With extensive ad,
v~ertisements, which comprised those
of he UnHed States, South America,
the West lGdia Islands, Canada and
toe Old World. By ibe kiud treat.
meDt which be has received AZ the
baods of the press of Pnilsdelphia
Baltimore. and other kindred cirie,
throughout The UaioB, his confidence
over the entire country will suon be
restored.
The great drugs which be has So
much distinguished and brought to
the surface If the world, are the ex.
tracts of Bucbu and Sarsaparilla
These he first discovered and brough'
to light their healing properties. Be.
fore that time these drugs glutted the
market 10 the i~nconvenient form OF
leaves, aud the only mode in which
they were administered as medicines
was in teas. The extracts are made
in voeus. The Doctor deserves the
patronage of the country, which un-
donbtedlv be will soon secure.-Cia-
cinnati Times.