Rensselaer Union, Volume 6, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 August 1874 — A Mammoth Dispensary. [ARTICLE]

A Mammoth Dispensary.

[from the St. Louis Republican.'] “Among the notable physicians of this country, Dr. R. V. Pierce, o’s Buffalo, N. Y., .stands deservedly high. He lias obtained professional eminence through strictly legitimate and fully deserves the cnvjaluc reputation which he enjoys. A thorough and careful preparation for his calling and extensive reading, during a long and unusually large practice, have made him extraordinarily successful in his private practice, and gained the commendation even of his professional brethren. By devoting his attention mainly to certain speeialties-he has been rewarded in a very great degree, and in these lines is recognized as a leader. Not .a few of his preparations compounded for these special cases have been adopted and are Used in their private practice by physicians throughout the country, and his -pamphlets and larger works upon these subjects have been welcomed as valuable additions to medical literature, and placed among the regular text-books of many medical schools. Acknowledgment of the services which be has performed for, medical science has been made bv presentations of degrees from two of the first medical institutions of the land, and by the translation of several of his works into German, Spanish and other foreign languages. The. increasing demand for his specifics some time since necessitated the opening of a regular dispensary for their preparation, and from a small beginning the business of this establishment has now grown to mammoth proportions. Thus, during the three mouths ending March 31, 1874, the sum expended for postage alone, not to speak of that paid on newspapers, amounted to §2,080.70. Over a hundred persons are employed in the various departments andja corps of able and skilled physicians are retained as an advisory board in difficult cases. Elsewhere in to-day’s Republican a whole page; is devoted to a communication from Dr. Pierce setting forth something of the history and details of this vast establishment, which will be found not uninteresting reading.” If you would patronize Medicines scientifically prepared by a skilled Physician and Chemist—use Dr. Pierce’s Family Medicines. Golden Medical Discovery is nutritious, tonic, alterative or blood cleansing, and an unequaled cough remedy; Pleasant JPurgative Pellets, scarcely larger than mustard seed, constitute an agreeable and reliable physic; Favorite Prescription, an unequaled remedy for debilitated females; Extract of Smartweed, a magical remedy for Pain, Bowel Complaints, and an uijequaled Liniment for both human and horse flesh; while his Dr. Sage’s Catarrh Remedy is known the world over as the -greatest specific for Catarrh and Cold-in Head” ever given to the publie. Just Taken His-Bcttebh.—We hcard a seedy-looking individual with an alarmingly red nose remark to a brother soaker that he had “ just had his bitters, but he did not mind taking another nip.” His remark suggested a train of reflection. How was it, we asked ourselves, that the word “ bitters” had grown to be a synonym for gin, whisky, rum and other alcoholic stimulants, to which .it .was applied indiscriminately? ' Bitters, we reasoned, suggested the idea of a healthful tonic, not of a poisonous stimulant; something invigorating to the system, not an alcoholic irritant, full of fusel-oil, producing present intoxication and ultimate insanity, idiocy, or premature death. Moreover, our idea of bitters was totally irreconcilable with “gin cocktails,” “rum punches” and “ brandy smashes,” which, we are informed, are sweetened with sugar, and rendered doubly injurious with essences colored by means of mineral poison. This was bitter-sweet with a vengeance. We mentioned this problem to a friend. He solved it by exclaiming: “ Why, don’t you know that most of these bitters advertised as renie.dies are only drams in disguise? Topers know it if you do not. I must make one exception, however,” he said, “ and that’s Dr. Walker’s California Vinegar Bitters; there isn’t a particle of alcohol or fermented liquor in it, and it is the best vegetable tonic and alterative in America.” Wanted—loo,ooo,ooo Men.—Apply for «* situation at the nearest gents’, furnishing store. They will engage you bi your paying the price of a box or more of- Elmwood Collars, which you can take home with you. The Northwestern Horse Nail Co.’s > “ Finished ” Nail is the beat tn the world. ■ tv* Asthma can be cured. See Hurst’s advertise. meat.

Wilhoit's Fever and Ague Tonic.—Thia medicine is used by construction companies for the benefit of their employes, when engaged in malarial districts. The highest testimonials have been given by contractors and by the Presidents of some of the leading railroads in the South and West. When men arc congregated in large numbers in the neighborhood of swamps and rivers, Wilhoft’s Tonje will prove a valuable addition to the stock of medicines,-and will amply reward the companv in the saving of time, Tabor and money. We recommend it to all. Wheelock, Finlay & Co., Proprietors, New Orleans. For Sale by All Druggists.