Sensation at Makaretu.

Manawatu Herald, 12 August 1899, Page 2

Sensation at Makaretu.

A SUCCESSFUL VENTURE/

There is little, if any, exaggeration In all that has been written sod said of late about the hard times experienced as the result of a suooession of bad seasons, tightness, of the money market, etc. We find a few short years have brought about an evolution aaL unappreciated <M~k'unexpected "In the good old days," we are tod, " one could not help malting money ; everything tared to gold." Bat now that times are so bad, and what was tha^rule formerly is the exception, it comes as a relief and pleasure to hear of a successful venture. It was therefore with; a keen taste for the work that our reporter, catching the interest centred in Mr Angus Bergereton's good fortune, hastened to pay that gentleman a call at his residence «t Makaretu. It was at one? evident that Mr Bergerson was delighted at the change in his life whioh the last few months had wrought, for, as he said, "nothing will please me better than to give you the information you want. You must know, in order to quite understand how fully I appreciated the happy turn affairs have taken, tba*. I have had many hardships to face during my life. For the last twelve months I have been made miserable by my inability to find relief from sciatica ; the shooting pains ran right along my hips, down the back of my thighs, and Ijito -toy knees. During the whole of this time I set myself the task of endeavouring to find a oure for my sufferings." •' Will you describe them ? " . , " Well, if you had p'unged liot needles into my flesh I could not have experienced greater pain than this ailment inflected upon me. My spine -seemed *to*%m its vigor and strength, and ached without ceasing It was whilst shearing in October 97 that I was first troubled, and no doubt the exposure and hard work made me an easy prey. Later on. insomnia set in. and what with the want of steep, iha agony of the sciatica pains, and the weary feeling occasioned by a weak back, I was reduced to a pitiable condition. It was in this miserable state that I existed for over twelve months. This brings me to November of last year, and a happy month it was for me, for it was then that my attention wa3 drawn to Dr Williams' pink pills. Notwithstanding freqaSft^ftiMffiß with other remedies I give them ft tr.al regarding the outlay of money neefesary for purchasing them, quite as a sp'cifaiion It was a venture, and failure with other remedies had made me regard it as such, but that one Sir,"4emphatiealiy said Mr