The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1894-03-08
TIME HAS PROVED ITS WORTH.

| n hanueu Down generations
More Than century ago there lived in
| Lancaster Co., Pa, q wise Swiss-German
| Doctor, Peter Fahrney by name, who was
| famed far and wide for his wonderful cures.
People made journeys of days in order to
get the benefit of his honest advice and sue
| cessful treatment. After years of patient
study and experiment, he gave to the world
a remedy for the blood, made simply of roots
and herbs. 1t grew in favor because it was
pure and good, and it still holds its old pop
| ularity.
The present manufacturer Of the medicine
is DIR. Peter Fahrney, of Chicago, grandson
of the original DR.. Fahrney. 1t is now called
! DR.. Peters Vitalizer.
The writer, npOn recent visit to the
establishment, was at once impressed with
| the substantial nature of the building, the
cleanliness of the establishment and the
| systematic management of the different de-
partments.
DIR. Fabrney while sitting in his private
Office is so situated that he can keep track
of the entire system. The compounding
room, comprising the first floor, is conducted
under his personal supervision, while a
transparent test tube running through his
Office allows him to inspect every drop OF
the Vitalizer before it is bottled.
Three of the five floors are superintendent
each by one of the doctors three sons, while
the fifth floor is used as storage room for
the immense quantities of roots and herbs
which, purchased in their crude state, allow
no opportunity for adulteraiion, and immedi-
ately impress the visitor, by the odor con-
yeyed 10 the nostrils, with a sense OF their
strength and freshness
On the preparatory floor the eye is greeted
with quantities of expensive machinery run
by twenty-five horse power engine, which,
attended by the ready hands of the busy
workmen, rapidly puts the ingredients in
shape to be used, while a large number of
watts, stew-pans and stills in another section
draw from the gifts of nature the ingredients
which are required.
On another floor is the extensive bottling
department where scores of girls in white caps
and tidy aprons are filling, corking, and
labelling the bottles. Nearby a dozen en-
ployes are to be seen boxing up the medi-
cine ready to be shipped. That DR.. Peters
Vitaizer Is in great demand is evinced by
the number of double teams which are con-
stantly engaged III hauling the remedy to
the different depots for shipment And
this demand does not seem to be limited to
our own country, as the writer saw boxes
marked to different parts of the world from
northern Finland to southern Africa.
The general offices on the second floor pre-
sided over by the eldest son, contain many
things of interest. On large table, over
shadOwing all the other books in its immen-
sity, lies the volume of tesimOnials-th
largest book in the world. 1t requires the
utmost strength of several men to handle it,
and contains thousands and thousands of
testimonials from all parts of the globe.
Another item of interest is their special
foreign department comprising some twelve
different languages each of which is pre-
sided over by clerks and stenOgraphers of
special nationality to attend to the cores
pOndence. iN''
Still another interesting feature is a col
lection of rare old books once constituting
part of the library of the original DR.. Fahr-
ney. 1t consists of an old German Bible
printed in 1857 Saur,s Tune and Hymn
book, together with two vOlumns of medical
works printed by Laurentius. These are of
great antiquity, as they were printed shortly
after the art OF printing was discovered.
During the Worlds Fair season the Doctor
entertained thousands of visitors whose Curl
osity prompted them to investigate the in
side workings of medicine establishment.
Unlike most establishments of this nature,
visitors will find "the latch-string always
out" as the Doctor takes pleasure in show
ing them through the building. In fact, we
feel safe in saying that all who call at his
comfortable Offices, 112 and ia S. Hoyne
ave-, Chicago, will be accorded most kindly
welcome.