Generous Testimony

Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 389, 22 October 1903, Page 3

Generous Testimony

IN PRAISE OF MERIT. The One* of Mrs. E. MAOARTHUR.

(by a local HBPORTER.) The generous stirring of neighbourly kindness that prompted Mrs. Ellen Macanhur to give the following information to our reporter has a. beneficent radiation mat will not be lost upon the residents of Woodhaugh, Dunedin, where Mrs. Maoarthurs house is situated on the main road. The lady mentioned began by saying : " In the spring of last year I was in a very different stnte of health to what I am at the present time, for then I was experiencing much unhappiness owing to the sluggish condition of my liver. For a long time previoucly I had been feeling unwell, but for a while I did not take much heed of my little ailments, thinking that they would perhaps go away as they had c.oine—on their own account. What a sorry mistake that was to be sure ! Do you know that at last I got so ill that for six weeks I was laid up in lied, and scarcely able to move from one sde to the other. Oh !it was a terribly trying time, and I pity anybody who suffers as 1 did then." •"•'.; " Was it entirely with the livsr that you were suffering ?" enquired the pressman. " Itfwas.ali.il ugh at the time' I did nob know what was the cause of my distress, as I thought I had lumbago, aud was treating ttiysell for that complaint. The pains in the lower part of my back were so dreadful that, I had to use hot fomentations and poultices on the part affected ; but even those remedies only gave me temporary relief. When I got out of bed it was only with a painfully slow and uncertain gait that I went about, and, being so frightfully weak,- I soon became exhausted and had to return.to, bed again, where 1 never slept without having unpleasant dreams, aud more often than not I did not sleep until morning arrived. Awful pains in th« right side and aches in all my limbs continually harassed me, and sometimes 1 had to endure headaches as well. I believe that the nasty bitter taste which came to my mouth every morning had something to do with spoiling my appetite, which got very poor, and everything seemed to have the same flavor. Quite regularly 1 became troubled with flatulence after taking my food, and the pains like spasms that came to my stomach were i almost unbearable. It looked as though I was going to be subjected to all the ailments, i that are possible to be experienced, as, in ! addition to what I have already told you, I | was frequently affected by turns of dizziness, and my nerves were getting weaker every day." " And all that time you thought you had lumbago." " Yes j and it was not till I read a Clements Tonic book that I really 'knew what was wrong with me, for in it there were several cases just like mine, where people spoke of being cured of disordered livers by Clements Tonic, and I thought it wise to try the same medicine. The very first bottle seemed to do me a little good, and when I had finished my second there was not the slightest doubt in my mind that in' Clements Tonic I had got just the right thing for my ailments, as by that time the pains in the small of my j back were so greatly reduced that there was no more need to resort to fomentations or anything of that kind, and the best part of the whole affair was that Clements Tonic not only eased me, but gave me permanent relief »from my I am very pleased to be able to tell you that the pains in my side also went, likewise the headaches, and for restoring one's appetite I do not think there is anything to equal Clements Tonic, which was just as serviceable to my nervoua system, ( as my nerves were toned up to a nicety. By a further use of that remedy I received a lasting release from all the painfulness which I had .experienced when flatulence took hold of me after eating, the bitter taste disappeared, and dizziness caased to affect me. To one so weaktned as I was Clements Tonic is a sure friend, for its strengthening qualities were really wonderful, and to all who suffer as I did a year ago I heartily recommend a course of the same medicine, my reason for so doing being that Clements Tonic quite cured me." "Then I may report your remarks?" "Certainly. You may publish them in any way." . STATUTORY DECLARATION. I, EtiMSN Macaßthur, o! Main Road, WoodhauKh Dunedin, in the Colony of Mew Zealand, do solemnly and sincerely declare thai I have carefully read the annexed document, consisting- of two folios, and consecutively numbered from one to two, and that it contains and is a true and faithful account ot my illness and cure by Clements Tonic: and also contains my full'" permission to '.publish' 'in any Way my statements—which I give voluntarily, _ without receiving any payment; and I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by i irtue if the provisions ot an Act of the General Assembly ot New Zealand, intituled "The Justices ot Peace Act, ISS2."