Words for the Wise.

Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 403, 28 January 1904, Page 3

Words for the Wise.

A lesson for Those wljo : Can Profit by It. \:,.

ThsCaaeof SSr. «f. E. FAHEY. (BY > ; btKBDIH REPORTER, f ; When at certain seasons we see reviews ef ■ the year—mere dull catalogue! of what are called public events dead and gone even for l such life as there ever was in them—we ■ contrast such little budgets with 'that- real f.ieview of the year which., is unknowable, save that every-individual may review his own infinitesimal part of it, and if he conl aiders it expedient to make known his affairs .to the world'a "reporter's services are"called" • into requisition, as was done in connection with Mr. John Edward Fahey, of No. 36 j /Srange-street, Dunedin, who said :■— "About eighteen moathS;:age my health was in a shockingly bad state, and had been for a good while before that, ! I was suffering from ah obstinate derangement of the internal organs, and matters had arrived at such •an unwelcome stage that I could not get Hpyfpod to j digest. The misery lexper- ' ifenced through that'trouble was greater than; i I can find words to : was doing Iwasnpt by any mean) light, and by the time Jt got home at higlit I was fairly feejings of exhaustion being so 'intensfjhak I qoutd have almost dropped, with fatigue'," - '' I-: expecj lyiim would be able to sleepj very soundly; when Iti that condition ?" »ug~| " Well, that was one thing I really could , do, for exhausted nature could not hold put against any desire. I mightf-have had to I keep awake. Yes, I could sleep right enough, but the difficulty about sleeping '■ was ihat it did not refresh me in any way,; for when I awoke in the I felt ! dead liro'l, SM'for the 'firstp'art of the day' !■ I coul.l i'cel sensations like aches running ! ■ through niyVlimbst. Qne of the worst features 1 of my sickness was the despondency which ! seized me. 1 looked upon life as-an insupI portable burden, as if there was nothing but

desolation all round. There was not one pleasant thought in my; mind to buildvmyself up with, and after meals I felt particularly drowsy and uncomfortable." "What forms of discomfort you have, Mr. Fajiey,?.",, , - r '• ~ •'..... "I had «v terribly heavy 1 feeling in my chest, and pains used to attack me right between thei shoulders. Often turns which made me quite useless for awhile, and my sight seemed to get besmeared in some way or other. Black specks appeared at times before my eyes, which felt heavy atidssoivie#at enlarged in the mornings, and I had an awfully bitter taste besides," :and a -coating ~over my tongue. When I walked or stooped I found that the aches across niy loins got more seveie than whWt they' usually were," and the least exertion or excitement caused my nerves to shake teiribly, for my nervous system was very much weakened,,. -My .appetite was getting poorer aud poorer every day, but whether I ate much, or little it made no difference to |the sense of fulness in the. stomach which followed my meals, and it was quite evident that every particle of food fermented. Some days I'could hardly hob! mv head up for the excruciating aches that afflicted, me, and I was just, about as weak andl miserable as a man could be when I hit upon a medicine that changed my life entirely." ?j ■-■: " What medicine was that?" "It was Clements Tonic, and a grand medicine it was, too. It was all a matter of luck, and came about in this way. One evening I was reading a Clements Tonto testimonial to my wife; .and when I got to the'"en\l*of it I said •?' What do you say ; .if I give it a trial?' An affirmative answer was given, so I bought some Clements Tonic, and by he time I-had finished with that remedy I was twice tlie man I had been.. My health was made so perfect by Clements Tonic that I think no house should bo without it. It becjan by soothing my nerves, and after several days')treatment the weary sensations were not present when I got up in the mornings, neither was the vile taste, nor the coating onmy • tongue. Really, I wss spellbound with amazement to find-that my appetite had come back already, aud by-and-byo the flatulence was done with ; so were the depressing , headaches, giddiness, and the pains about my chest and shoulders. It seemed like a happy dream, but it was better than-that. It was a positive fact that Clements Tonic had cured me, and now you can publish these words of truth in any form you please."

STATUTORY DECLARATION. I. Joan Edwakd Pahby. of No. S6 arang**»treet, Duoediu, in the Colony of Ns« Zealand, do solemnly and eineerely declare that; I have carefully read the annexed document, consisting of. -two folioi, and con-Buuth ely numbered from one ;to two, ..andt that, It contain*and it a true and faithful account of my illness and oureby Clements Tonio; and alio eontains mv full periniision to publish in any way my statements—which I gi*e roluntarily, without receiving any payment; and I make this solemn deohralion conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of the pro-isions of an Act of tfaa General Assembly of New Zealand, intituled "Ib» Justice* of Peace Aot, 1882." "• ' '-' Declared at Dunedin, this sixteenth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and-three, before mo, WILLIAM DICKSON, J. P.