Settler's Peculiar Disablement.

Manawatu Herald, 10 November 1900, Page 2

Settler's Peculiar Disablement.

INJURED BY A PICK HANDLE. Picking; mv way from the township o! Toongibbie (Vic.) one bright morning' through pnddocks and over fencan (says a reporter of the Maffra Spectator) I came in sight of a <ith», active old man. busy clear-, ins. Engaging him in conver atfen be enH that uof withstanding h's 61 y^ars he wi.q qnite capable of doing his work. " Bu f mind you," said he " such was not always 'be. case," and in response to further inquiries h<» s<ud : — •' Mv nam° is Charlas Tdnry Gale?, and I havn livd in .Toonsabbiefor 31 years. Ovi..? to a b'ew from a pick handle in I '08 a pain attacked me in the groin.. T :en •came sharp shooting pains, and a I cont ; nnous ache which grew worse when'l [ rai-e.'i :ny leg or looped. I foand I was a vicifrn to sciatica. Four months later I u)v musel'-s became sr> contracted, and t w.a^ in suc'i agony tji'it I had to give up work A doctor examined me and pre> j scried, bu f . aa I erew no better I wrote to the Dr Wiliams' Meclio'ne Co., Queen'a P-'ace, Sydney, « yinsr full particulars of mv cnse and asked if Dr William?' pink p ; lls would <Mire me. They kindly gave me all necessary information and Icommpnced ' the pills. Af er taking two boxps I fe!t . r leved. The pains >ps -pned and I could nso my leg3 more fre°'y. Three boxes ompetely carp me. and I was soon back to work clearing as. vigorously as ever. I purchased six boxes of Dr ; \£ilUuns.» pink pil's'bnt tbft oib.erib.Me I gave to ray brother and they cured him of a skin disease. My health is perfect- now, and I i-ft^ret I did not use Dr WtfUams' pink pi'ls a f first and so save expense." Sciatica may be induced by sudd«n blows, nervous strain, injury to the nerves, or impovprished blood. Outward applications only give temporary re'ief. Dr Williams' pink pills pnrify.and enrich the b'ood and thus cure very many cases 'of Fciatica and rheumatism, anamia, rickets, erysipe'as, consumption They a'so cureparalysis, locomotor ataxia, St Vitus' danc, nearalg-a. after pffeets of inflqenza ■ and fevers. Sold bv chemists and store-, keepers, and by th Dr Wil'iaros'. Medicine, Co., Welling on. thrpe shillings per- box,.' six boxes sixteen and six, post free. • •