The Wolf and the Balloon.

Manawatu Herald, 30 October 1900, Page 3

The Wolf and the Balloon.

" The Bleep of the labouring mnn is sweet, whether he eat little or much," says the proverb. It depends upon the condition of his digestion, ajjd the character of his last, meal for the 'day. Observation shows that certain forms of rlvqpppsia are even more common among 'abjuring men, meaning those whose work is chiefly of the hands and large' y out of doors, than among the olassea who take life more easi y. 11 Whether I ate little or much I fell blown out Uke a bal'oon, and exceedingly uncomfor'able," says Mr W. H. Johnson. This gent'eman is a stationer, doing * business at 2525, Abercombie Street, Eedfern, Sydney, N.S.W. His ailment was just what he calls it in his statement of November 10th, 1899— incipient indigestion. And, too, the fac' is worth nothing that he was blown cat_ with the same substance which swe ! ls a balloon— gas,; manufactured by a slightly different process. Taken into the stomach, food must either digest and pass on its way, or ferment; and create gas and other products W of decomposition. In the latter c se wp have the condition (often complicated) known as indigestion or dyspepsia. Most of our complaints arise from it, or are aggravated by it. It is a subtle at a ; creeping serpent, and pitiless as a hungry j wolf. i In Mr Johnson's case, had he not had <i j business of hig own, and been, therefore, ; his own master, he would have been com- ; pelled to lie np, and abandon h's work. As matter* were, he humoured himsef. and loat nothing except his enjoyment of good health ; which, he admits, was on item to make account of. " After enduring this most disagreeable affection for a time," says Mr Johnson. "a confectioner of Annandalo, Air Cowling recommended Mother Seige'i'p Syrup, which relieved me immedately I thoroughly believe it cured me, and I commend it to everyone I know. x " Whenever I Have the least suspicion that I am threatened with an attack of indigestion, I take a dose, and it never fai's to ward it off. I am peisuad d that if I had not used Mother Seigel's Syrup in the beginning I should by this time have been suffering severely from this preva'ent. malady. I trust that the public tien« of my experience may lead otherß afflicted with digestive troubles to use the medicine to whioh I am indebted for my own speedy recovery." - ' * Mr Johnson puts" the point cl-arJy acd strongly:— Stop the disease at the very Cutset; don't let is assume the chronic from which, invo'viug mor* or less al 1 th => organs and functions of the body, i 3 so bard to cure. Remember the adage about the ounce of prevention.