At the desire of the proprietors of the new Iron Pear-Tree Water, and fully to satisfy the Public in this particular, I hearby declare... no public trial of the waters was made by us... / Erasmus King.

Cutting from a 1753 newspaper about comparing the water of a new well with that of an old one producing Iron Pear-Tree Water. Erasmus King (along with Sir Tanfield Lemon, Dr. Hill and Mr. Wall) was unable to gain access to the old well to compare the water of the old and the new, although he had privately tried both and found no difference in quality.