The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-04-27
A GREAT LABORATORY.

Ihe Courier, OF LuWelI, MASS, daCed
April 2lst, has large display cut of
the celebrated Ayers Laboratory and
store rooms, from which 90 forth every
year the medical preparations of that
company. which stands over Il three
column description of the chemical
works aud manufactures Of that cele-
brated company. We copy II paragraph
showing the immense work they are
doing all the year round:
The work of manufacturing, or more
properly speaking. compounding the
medicines, is carried on with the most
exacting aud scrupulOus care. All the
materials are of the very best. Ofsar-
saparilla alone the com pany has stored
on its floors more of the root than is to
be purchased in all the markets Of the
world today, II is all OF the best Hon
duras brand, and rs one looks at the
big bales, bound in raw hide and
stamped with the foreign mark, one
feels new sense "f the Intimate cnn~
nection of the company with the dis.
tant parts Of the globe. The mixing of
The ingredients is naturally an affair of
Wholesale proportions. Mammoth
tanks stand on the upper floors, filled
to the brim with the liquid Drepara-
tiOns, while great boxes, larger than
packing eases, are full Of pills, some
wearing their dazzling coat Of suga,y
whiteness and others as yet unalo, net
but all the epitome of medicinal effect
iveness. Very potent are Ayers Pills,
and in the glisteniDg mass of small
white globules there is little sugg+s
tion ot the power they contain to reach
the seat Of disease and apply the REM
edy. When the maceratiOn' of the
drugs aud simples that form the Sarsa-
parilla, to cite one medicine to answer
for all, is fully accomplishod-a and the
process is one calculated to extract all
the medicinal properties they contain
the preparation goes through sGndry
filtrations and transfers from one tank
to another till is is ready for the bot .
tling. This is AL interesting part of
the work and is accomplished with
great dex:erity by the bright young
people who attend the automatic ap.
parxtus. The filling of the bottle is
one in long series of processes neces-
sary before the Sarsaparilla finds its
place upon the shelves of the druggists.
The labelling, wrapping and packing
employ many hands. In the case of
some of the company's preparations,
Ayers Hair Vigor for example, the
wrapping of the bottle is the work of
dainty manipulation that no purchaser
can realize, and one must witness it to
see how really difficult and ingenious
it is. All the year round this work of
preparing, bottling or boxing. wrap
ping and doing up into half-doZans or
dozens, goes on, and Oftentimes it is a
matter of very close calculation to
keep up with the demand. The ship
ment of goods often waits upon their
manufacture, and great as are the
company's facilities, it Is seldom that
much medicine is in storage.
Enough has been said to support the
assertion that the establishment of the
J. g. Aver company is one OF J.oWell's
chief claims to fame, and also to indi'
cate that it is business managed in a
marvellously perfect and successful
manner. Everything within its walls
speaks of order, system, experiences and
business capacity. From the spacious
| office, with its ample accommodations
for 60 clerks. through all the floors and
departments of the laboratory, print
| ing Office and bindery, there is no sug
gestion of feverish rush and haste
work goes on throughout. steadily and
calmly, and great amount of it il
done. 1t is a monument to well-di
rected energy. And it bids fair to req CT
still greater proportions as the name
and genuine worth of Ayers medicines
| which it sends forth become better
known and appreciated among tht
peoples Of the earth.