The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-01-06
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MOrristOwn, N. j.

a prominent citizen reported
that the use of Ripans Tabules in
that fashionable suburb has become
something absolutely unprecented
!" Why, everybody uses them Y said
he. Gwen Mrs. | men,
ton her not because she is excep-
tional, save for her riches, being a
daughter Of the family"
Believing the statement worthy
OF verification, reporter was sent
over to interview the druggists in
Morristown. What he learned is
recorded below:
1--WE sell gross of Ripans Tabule,
every week. said the dispensing CLERK
at Andrews Pharmacy. 1--WE order q
gross every Monday, and sometimes we
get SO near out that we have to give our
order on Saturday. The cent carton is
the seller, and there is no cutting in
price. There is no money in the dollar
bottle, for we have to sell it for IS cents.
We sell some of the so cent boxes. The
proprietor is not in this afternoon, and
won't be until toward evening. Would
like to have you see him. think be
will soon buy in five gross lots"
1--WE sell quite good many Ripans
Tabules. We buy two or three dozen at
time" said the.manager of the Brown
& O'Connell Drug Company, "and usu-
ally have to put in stock of them twice
a week
I'VE sell a pile of the 5 cent Ripans
Tabules and just keep a good stock of
them all the time There is very little
call for the other sized boxes. Even the
best trade want the 8 cent package. .
This was the report of Mr.. E. A. CarrellH
the druggist.
Mr.. Henry NJ Smith, the next drug
gist visited, said: "Ripans are selling
very well with us. Some of my custom
ers buy the so cent boxes in preference
to the 5 cent kind. They think they are
better I have no doubt but what they
are if they are kept long, for the glass
vial holds the peppermint better
"Ripans are selling well with us, said
the proprietor of the J. E. Stiles drug
store who also wished to be told what
the picture on the advertising poster is
supposed to represent. He thought it
probably intended to show lone of those
talking machines hollering 'Ripansl'"
The real object in the mind Of the artist
had been to discover the letters
R.I.P.AN.S. imprinted on the sky by
the application of powerful search
light mo trouble to sell Ripans. Wesold
eighteen packages of the cent kind
yesterday, said the clerk at the Roy &
Burns drug store. II tell you, gross
don't last very long"
The experience that capped the eli
max, however, the reporter met with at
the pharmacy of Brown Brothers. "Look
here" said Mr.. Brown, opening a
drawer, 1--WE put in our usual weeks
supply ON Thursday, and here it is but
Monday and have only one and one-half
dozen left. We have a good trade on
them every day. One of my customers
said he had a very distressing feeling af-
ter eating, and advised him to use Ri
pans. He tried cent package, and,
not being satisfied with the result, pur-
chased small vial from one of the sc
cent boxes, getting six tabules in glass
for 10 cents instead of 10 in pasteboard
carton for B cents. When he had used
those he said: 1 don't feel right yet. ]
don't believe Ripans Tabules are any
good Knowing the formula OF
Ripans, l was sure they would
cure if he would only continue
their use, but he did not believe in patent
medicines, SO 1 told him to call in next
morning and l would have something fol-
him. emptied two of the cent pack
ages of Ripans into bottle and sold them
to him for % cents, and called them
digestive tablets, and wrote on the bottle
the name of the ingredients of which the
tabule was composed He used them,
ana reported they were just the proper
medicine and had cured him. l will say
l am not in the habit of doing this, and
hope ! did not do any harm by using
Ripans Tabules and selling them for di-
gestive tablets. have not told the
young man that used Ripans Tabulet
to cure him, but he said to me, "They
tasted just like Ripans."
This experience in Morristowr
goes far to sustain the opinion al