PAWNING A PAIR OF TROSUERS FOR MEDICINE.
James Francis i ho.mas lives in Pontnewy, t y ~i, „.af Fomyp >ol, olommiuuii-u r.*« H.i is now twenty three yens oi age, avi .g with liia moiuio., a wm w, seme eleven years ago, th u a mere boy, he went to work in the coa. pit as a miner, in order to .a.J,t his m ithsr in reanVg her (amily of i Clue enndrun. Boon, however, he lit la fellow t*roke down in hoa.t'i ; hut the necessities of the family seemed to icq lire i-, and he eon inucdtotoi in the mine-, niff r* ing all the time from the effects ol .1 ~es linn, an agonising symptom being slhiii ~ in such a ronhieauine form tea, the imy was uiiah.e to lie in bed. Wo. lung through iha ilay, anil reatiug as bust he could in a arm-chair during ihe night naturally uu lermined his coiututiou. Year oy year Its health grew worse and worse, mm.- a: la.- • rheumatism euue wi|h all iis dreadful agony. •Oue f , joi.irt after another ■ fnoauie swollen mid inflamed, ’bo th,t he M.,S aoligi? i to stop w »rk. lu tbis sa i p'.ign.i the now young man was oouli.ieil to uho ho, is > for two mug years, suffering at that-,, ort.l could endure One physician af.er ano*btr. wfts called upon to ifeat his cmplaiut, but' with no benefit for the poor fedow eontin--ued to grow worse and worse. Hoping to find some means of relioi, a consultation of doctors was held, wadi it was decided that an organic rise-so of cue heart existed in an incurable form, and that medical aid could no, all' rd mdef. He .was given up to die. These years o. expensive medical treatment had ex austu i th > litt.e savings of iho mo:h ir, aid they had no money to buy even the necessaries of life. But a fond raot.uer never gives up in despair. There was on spark of hope left. Someone had told her of a remedy that cured so many cases —even wnen as hopeless as this one seeme I to be and the mother’s love wen, out lor her dear boy. But how to get tuo medicine was the question. Their money was entirely gone Tua boy ha I a new pit of trousers teat he had been 10 ill to Wea ■, and the mother reasoned within herself, “ if the boy is to die ho will not nee t th in, so I may as well pie Ige them lor medcins with an effort 10 save is life.” Strange as it may appear, the bottles of medicine procured at the chemis’s shop in Pouty.-o d with tuo money m,mined from the pawnbroker effected a cure in t ns hopeless ease, which had been pronounced as n.eurabie But it is only just to say that n the chemist hail known of the wants ot the family die medicine could have been o tune I without a visit to the pawnbroker. 1, is imw nearly' two years s nev th.s took place, a d youn < James Francis Thomas has been working in cue coal-pit uu le ground e/er sine. , earning extra pay lor over-work, wmc.i lie is able to perform. Of course, lie ever had organic disease ol th lira c, as was suppose .. The palpitation, ili.-umat sin, an i ascmui were symptoms of the real disc «e, which was dyspepsia, or indigestion, to wntca the remelywas specially ml pted. Ihosowbo wish Co eommuniC ite with this you ig man can write to mm at the uoove address, and bo will vouch for the curative pro on ties ,f Seigel’s Syrup, the a ticl t nit ello; ed this almost. miraeuluH cure. The f Plowing letter is from a chemist, who tn nigh: He following fact should be made known:— “ Janies Francis Th on is, of Boumewynydd, near Boinypool, age tiveaty-thive, cullin', wus ill for nine years, u able to do any work f r three years, never lay down in bed for nine years, bail to sleep in a stooping pus tnre, was heated, by nearly ail the doe.ors for miles arum I who generally sta.eihis complaint to be rheumatism mil heir: disease of a chronic na ure, and beyond all power to cure. When hope hid nearly died out, be was persuaded to try Scigel’s Syrup ; ami, to the delight of his relatives and aslonailment of his neighbours after taking half a bottle he canid he down in licit. After taking one bottle he went to vvoik. Has now taken two bottles, ami on with the third, and is now quite well and s'long. His mother is in raptures, and can talk ot nod? ing else but this marvelous cure, and wishes mo to make it known.” loth ngusfc, 1883, Bear Sir,—l write to teh you tli.v Mr Henry Hillin', of Yates ury. Wilts, informs me that ho suffered from a seve e form of ndigcstiou for upwards of four years, and look no end of doctor’s medicine without the slightest bench:, a d declares Mo.her Sen el’s Syrup which ho got from me has saved his the. Yours truly, (signed) N. Webb Mr White. Chemist, Caine Seigel’s Operating Fills arc thu tost family physic that has ever been discovered. They cleanse the bowels from all imitating substances, art i leave them in a lieadhy condition. Tucy cure oostivencas.
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Dunstan Times, Issue 1178, 26 September 1884, Page 3
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