A True Story.

Manawatu Herald, 7 July 1903, Page 3

A True Story.

England is a long way off and fifty-three years is rather far in the past; still there are few people among us able to_ veca I what ihe old country was like in 1000, the • year o£ the incident to be re'at d. ! - At that time there lived in a detached ciltage near an English cathedra’ city a v«y eccentric bachelor. He had formerly been wealthy; but having dissipated the greater part of bis fortune, he went to the other extreme, and not on*y beer me a t etota'ler but a’most denied himself the necessaries of life. For years he kept himself a prisoner in his cottage, his on y companions being two ferocious bu.l dogs named Beer and Whisky. Two tramps, who chanc’d to near thou this singular r«.oluso was very well-off, and that he was never without beer ana whisky resolved to rob him. Accordingly they one night broke into the lonely man’s cottage? and immediately discovered that the Beer and Whisky therein w. re of quite different brands than they had expected io find One of the tramp fleeing in mad t -rror from the dogs. Ml into a mil’ stream and was drowned. H s companion, bacly bitten, just managed to climb a tall fence ; but fe’l over it and f actored his skull, so , lh.it he d ul the n xt day. ! Tae incident caused must excitement at he time, and it had scarcely subside ! wtvm the local shopkeeper reported that Qjjiy answer he could obtain to his knocking was the growls of Ben- and Whhky; whereupon the po ice broke into the cottage and discovered the old man— ; tleal. Ihe inquest was remarkable for a aivnutc which it occasioned beiwee" ‘.wo doctors One maimaned t'-at d- a i> was r suh of fright at the reo n It- mpted #oV ery * the ot e*. that deceased d el from obromc indigestion brought about by im Btoner diet and want ot exercise, he not having been outside bis collage for cigh Zen. The discussion was taken up bv th“ gian’s of the medical profession, and ably debated, the conclusion reach* d biin that indig stion is a disease arising Icjm infin tely numerous causes, and it■slf productive of comp amts hardly Us? numerous. But it was not then known (es it has been now for-thirty-five years) t' at ltdiges ion has one sure cure, viz., Seign’s S^ilr P H C. Blackie. of Post Office Cham here. Auckland, N Z., has not kept willvii his hPUSe for eighteen years. Oh the cont-arv. he is a traveller and knows the world well. Wri ing on 16fch March, 1903, Mr Blackie observes; “ For years I was a »*iiyr to indigestion and flatulence. Wind mad,to pres* 0Q the valve of my heart to ■uoh* an alarming degree that on two coauions I fainted on the platform when n ib-icly speaking. Dietary and medicinal treatment fai'ed utterly until, on the racommmdatien of a Professor at the Working M«n’s College, Melbourne, I tried Mother Belgel'B Syrup. By taking it regularly after each meal I very soon found relief, and have over since been able to enjoy at food* without inconvenience. My cure was affected about four years ago, when I had consumed frqm six to eight bottles;

but one bottle was sufficient to offord me relief. I have never cessed to pra se the virtues of Seige’s Syrup in Colonies I visited as commercial traveller, mere’y.in gratitude for the great benefit derived from it-for I have no business connection whatever with its proprietors. What I now say is quite unsolicited. Certainly there is no other such patent and easy remedy for all forms of indigestion.” Such fs the testimony of an intelligent and experienced man. Of ind'gestion it may be said, as was said of fame. so"’e inherit it, some achieve it, and some have it thrust upon ihnn (as in the c* c of per sons compelled to lead a sedentary life); but ad may eradicate it by following tbs example of Mr Blackie.