American Enterprise

AMERICAN ENTERPRISE.

Office of The Evening Tribune. 

Evansville, Ind., July 26, 1887. 

Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co., Lowell, Mass. 

Gentlemen: It is no doubt a pleasure to all manufacturers to be reminded of the popularity of their goods- especially in far distant localities where they may not even know of shipments being made. 

Not a great while since, the writer made an extended journey over Central America. In going from the Sula Vallev, Honduras, toward the capital city, Tegucigalpa, we stopped, toward noon, at a little hacienda about 160 miles from the coast. Here we encountered a number of pack mules, laden with wares destined for Tegucigalpa. In examining these wares we were sotnewhat surprised to iinrt that one of the mules was loaded down with boxes bearing the familiar brand of-"J. C. Ayer"&Co., Lowell, Mass." It was like meeting an old acquaintance to encounter such merchandise in that remote, quarter. The boxes were strapped upon the back of the mule by a net work of strong strands of native pita, forming a package as large as the little beast which bore it. In this way, however, these medicines had been transported over the dangerous passes of the Cordilleras for over 160 miles and were yet destined for a point further ahead. This was certainly a tribute to the virtues of your medicines, and is rendered still more emphatic when it is known that the almost impenetrable jungles and wild and interminable ranges of mountains of Honduras preclude the passage of any and every kind of vehicle, requiring all transportation upon the backs of men or mules. Yours truly, A. J. MILLER, Editor Evening Tribune