It Was not his Fault.

Manawatu Herald, 13 November 1900, Page 2

It Was not his Fault.

The man who sits down tabis supper tind refuses to pat it is not likely fo riacritt the estee » of his wife or faia cook. Excellent cooks have thrown up their si nations, and gone off in a huff simply because he master of the house has oasualiy remarked that there was a trifle too much salt in the soup. Nevertheless, Mr John Bennett, according to his own s'ory, failed 10 get any satisfac' ion out of his m^als for several years. Yet noboiy complained of him because it wa« not his fault, fle would no; have dreaded the coming of a meal time, a3 he actually did dread it, had he pos3 ssed the power to choose bis own feelings. But a'as ! a deaf man may love music, or a bind one long vainly for the sight of remembered col ur«. " From 1884 to 1889." eay=» Mr Bennett, " I was a he ple-a victim of that tormenting and incorrigib'e complaing—indigestion. How ii cims on me at the outset I cannot s iy. It is like wak'ng up in the night aad finding a thief in your house. How he got in you may nover disco ve%oot eten bj the Aid of toe police.

"What I do know is, that it annihi'ated my appetite ancf spoiled by contort. The little I did worry down often cama np again — undigested, and consequently of no advantage to me. " In fact, I dreaded the coming cf men,! , time, and wishod it were po?sib'e to k V along without eating. But tbis is tiia j horror of chVonic dyspeps : a— that one must eat in ord- v to live, aud that existi'iio ; under euch circumstances is scarcely worth having. j " During ail these years— about fiitnni hem — I never knew what is wa to b ; ; well. Of a!! the medicines I restored to, j and they comprised a most everything I ; heard of that had the niight-st hope in it, j none did me any gocd ; >hat is, none went ' to the bottom of my trouble. Any wea< v and hapless dyspeptic will understand what I mean. «• So'-ue t: me in 1899 (just ten years ago ; now), I bought a bottle of Mosher Seigel's j Syrup of Mr Sept. Powel . the Chemist j here in Paddington. He has been lopr in j business in this place and can be trusted . to recommend only what is good in his j . line. ! " I need on'y add that Ihe result ot my , U3ing this medicine ussfav bcynd mv j hopes or dreams. Before I had finished : the first boltle I was better, and after , taking the Syrup a few weeks longer I was . cared. Yes, and really cured ; for never l since then had a sign of my o d trouble shown itself. "What 1 think of Mother Seigel's Syrup may be inferred."— John Bennett, 48, Begs ! Street, Paddington, Sydney, N.S.W., j **" August 30th, 1899. . '