A Point Scored.

Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, 17 September 1903, Page 3

A Point Scored.

A Sound Lesson from Other People's Experience. ' The Case of Mrs. C. LEMON. (B¥ AN OTAGO REPORTER.) Many people with troops of friends get at Christmas time more presents than they care for. A perfect avalanche of turkeys and other good things descends on them, and they grumble at these, at the worry of having everything come together without knowing how to use them all. But there are gifts which prove serviceable all the year round, such a one being bestowed upon our readers by Mrs. Cecilia Lemon, of Gisborue-street, South Dunedin, who said to an enquiring pressman : "I was living in Mornington six yeara ago, and for some time before leaving that locality I was not at all well. My system seemed to be broken down, and I could not get along with my work. My trouble waa indigestion." " Are you quite sure," said the reporter, " that you have not made a mistake about your complaint ?" " Yes ; I know it was indigestion, because I had been to a doctor, and he was treating me for that ailment. Altogether I suffered a good many years, and it seemed so painfully strange to me that the doctor's medicines could never do me any good. After so much ineffective treatment, I began to think I would never be cured, and 1 thought I would rather anything happen than I would live continually in such miser}'. It was so long since 1 had been able to sit down and eat a good meal that I had almost forgotUn what it was like to have an appetite ; but my great misfortune was that the little I did eat had no strengthening effect upon me, and, besides, it gave me such an immense amount of pain. The oppression in my chest after the taking of nourishment was almost unbearable. Everything seemed to lie like a great weight. and stop up the passages through which I breathed, and the paius not only affected my chest, but also went right through into my shoulders. It was quite a common thing for me, when I was doing a little dusting or other light duties in the house, to be taken .with sudden fits of giddiness, which affected me so badly that I would have to put aside ..whatever I waa doing, and rest until the attack had gone away. The daily decrease in my vitality tirought further disaster to me in the form of nervousness, as I could not bear to hear any noise, and if I got- startled by any manner of means my nerves trembled to great excess. Bueh adversities as these were bad enough to endure during the day, but when, through sleeplossness, I had to put up with them at night, it was really terrible. After lying awake for hourn it was usual for me to fall into a slumber that did not do me much good, for I was dreaming all the time, and I awoke feeling as tired as ever. I was troubled greatly with flatulence, and although I was considerab y weakened right throughout, yet it was in my buck that I felt the weakness most, and the aches across my loins were very troublesome. That wearying sickness bro.ight my weight down a good deal, but now, I am thankful to say, I am as stout and hearty as ever I was. and it is all due to the cure which I managed to obtain through the use of Clements Tonic." " Were you advised to use that remedy ?" "No. I read a lestimonial about it, and the case was just like the one I was complaining of, so I thought Clements Tonic might do me good, too, even though the doctor's medicines were of no avail; and it was a blessing that I did get some, for I picked up my health with remarkable rapidity. Clements Tonic acted well upon my whole system, giving me an appetite aad such freedom from pains, giddiness, and nervousness that in a short space of time I scarcely knew myself. I could not realise that the complaint which for Beveral yearshadheld out defiantly against all previous treatment was really being conquered at last, but .the fact became patent to me later on. Headaches, sleeplessness, flatulence, and the other tortures of indigestion were gone, and I always slept soundly, and awoke feeling fit for the day's work. Believe me, it was a happy release, and I shall never forget Clements Tonic for it." "How are others to know your experience ?" " You can publish my story in any way you please." STATUTORY DECLARATION. I, Cbcima Lksion, of Gisborne-street, South Dunedin. in the Colony of New Zealand, do solemnly and sincerely declare that I have carefully read the annexed document consisting- of two folios, and consecutively numbered from one to two, and that ii contains and w a true and faithful account of my illness and cure by Clements Tonic, and also contains my full permission t. publish in any way my statements - which I give voluntarily, without re-c'-iviu-,; any payment ; and I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing- the same to lit true, and by virtue of the provisions of an Act of tin General Assembly of New Zealand, intituled "The Justices of Peace Act, 1832."