‘Afflicted Many Long And Weary Years.”

Kaikoura Star, Volume XIX, 28 September 1900, Page 7

‘Afflicted Many Long And Weary Years.”

A PERFECT CURE

’ ASCRIBED TO AN Act of Providence.

The Case of EWs. COPLAND. {From the “ Newt mon Chronicled) The other day a “ Chronicle ” reporter was making his usual tour, seeking for news of interest to our readers, when word reached his ears of a most remarkable case. He pursued further enquiries in the matter, and the same day he proceeded to enquire into the cure of Mrs. Copland, of Prospectstreet, Erskineville, near Sydney. This lauy received the man with the notebook with unusual courtesy, asking him to be seated, and volunteering to afford him all the information that he could possibly require. He first of all said ?• “ I hear you were ill, and are cured.’ “Well, rather,” replied Mrs. Copland, “ I was most emphatically ill—ill for many long and weary years with a complicated set of complaints, which entirely defied the efforts of the doctors, as well as the enormous quantities of pillsand medicines which I was induced to take. It is a great wonder that I survived all this physicking. lam sure it did me a lot of harm, and prevented my food from digesting.” “ Do you mean that you deprecate the use of all medicines ?” “Oh, dear no ; but I mean to say that you must use the right kind—if you don’tyou will only suffer for it, and your illness will be prolonged. I found the right kind in the end, and one bottle absolutely cured me from a most distressing list of maladies.I'* 1 '* “ Kindly relate your experience. “ I first of all found that my vitality Yau gradually waning. I lost my interest i/.i things. My work wearied me, and I fel.t it was too much trouble to even walk up the street. My usual cheerfulness of spirits disappeared. < I was dull and depressed, arid it often seemed to me that I was too tired even to think. I took some strong toixics and pick-me-ups, but they were all failures. 1 continued to get -worse. Slowly nay digestive organs lost their power. Bilious attacks came on at frequent intervals, and I was seized with fits of sickness. I now never experienced the sensation of real hunger; /ndeed, it was a matter of utter indifference to me whether I ate anything or not As my complaint established itself I experienced severe pain, especially in the breast The sensation was exactly as though my chest was full of lumps of wood. Again pains in the back and sides began to assert themselves, besides a heavy languorous ache in the fore portion of my head. Often I had to seek the quiet of my bedroom oppressed with a terrible sickness and sick headache. At these times I couldn’t bear anyone to come near me, let alone to speak to me. I was excessively irritable and peevish.” “No wonder, Mrs. Copland.”

“And I could take no pleasure in anything. My nights were a torture to me. I indeed went to bed, but not to sleep. Night after night I.never closed my eyes, and I got ou? of bed languid, tired, and fairly broken down. I lost greatly in flesh. My eyes gofr dull looking, and my complexion was very callow and unhealthy. On and off I suffeiwd like this for years —a regular b T «rden to myself, and a cause of distress to my friends,. Aleanwhile, I consulted doctors. J took bob* e after bottle of physic, 'and boxes of pills too many to count. All were ineffective, and I was forced unwillingly to the conclusion that I was doomed to be a martyr to my complaints, and an invalid for life.'' This wm a very saddening reflection for me, and I often wondered why all these ills should descend on a poor weak

woman. My nervous system was not able to stand the strain, and I got utterly broken down. ”

“How unfortunate you were.” “ Yes, I was ; and I don’t know what ■would have happened to me but for something that, though it seemed at the time a pure accident, I shall always look upon as a veritable act of Providence. I read in a newspaper about an astonishing cure of a lady from a derangement of the liver and other internal organs. On reading further down the column, I found that not only had she suffered from similar symptoms to mine, but had been entirely cured by Clements Tonic after the doctors had given her up as lost. Of course, under these circumstances, it would have been sheer madness on my part not to have given myself a chance, so I sent for a large bottle.” “ What was the effect of Clements Tonic in your case ? ” “ Well, it would have to be felt to be described. Imagine my astonishment when I found that before I had taken half a bottle a marvellous change for *»he better had come over me. The pains in my back, side, and chest disappeared as though I had been touched by the magic wand of a good fairy. My spirits plucked up, and I felt toned and strung up all over. From that time I began to enjoy and digest my meals once more, and to sleep the peaceful, refreshing sleep of a healthy woman—and, mind you, I hadn't done this for years. That’s the astonishing thing about it 1 None of the other things I took were of the least use to me, yet here 1 had run across a remedy, which in a few days had put me on the high road to recovery after years of illness. By the time I had completed the first large bottle all disease seemed eradicated. However, I continued Clements Tonic as a general restorative, to enable me to pick up my lost nervous strength and flesh. It did this most effectively, and made me as strong, and vigorous, and bright as I could wish.” “ Is there anything else that you would like to say about Clements Tonic ? ” “ Yes, there is, and I think it not the least wonderful portion of all that that remedy has done for me.” “ What is that, Mrs. Copland? ”

“ Why, I’ve been absolutely free from any sign of my old complaint ever since Clements Tonic drove it out—or, to use a somewhat slangy expression,” said Mrs. Copland, with, a smile, “ I was cured at one go.” “ May we publish this ? ” “The sooner the better, as I think such a miraculous recovery as mine should be made public.” DECLARATION BEFORE A MAGISTRATE. I, Mrs. Jas. Copland, of Prospect-street, Erskineville, Sydney, in the colony of New South Wales, do solemnly and sincerely declare that I have carefully read the annexed document, consisting of five f. li« s and consecutively numbered from one to five, and that it contains and is a true and faithful account of my illness and cure by Clements Tonic, and also contains my full permission to publish the same in any way ; and I make this solemn declaration voluntarily r.nd without receiving l any payment, conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by xirtue of the provisions of an Act made and passed in the ninth year of the reign of her present Majesty, intituled “An Act for the more effectual abolition of Oaths and Affirmations taken and made in the various Departments of the Government of New South Wales, and to substitute Declarations in lieu thereof, and for the suppression of voluntary and extra judicial Oathsand Affidavits.”

Declared at Erskineville this 24th day of November, 1896. before me, ANDREW MURRAY. J.P.