Poverty and Stjkfebing.—"l was dragged down with debt,poverty, and suffering for years, caused by a sick family and large bills for doctoring, which did them no good. I was completely discouraged, 'until one year ago, by * the advice of ray pastor, I procured Hop Bitters and commenced their use, and in one month we i were all well, and none of us have seen a sick day since; and I want to say to all t>oor men, you can keep your ' families well a year with Hop Bitters for less than one doctor's visit will cost. I know it." —A Working Man. Read. The following romantic and thrilling incident which lately occurred in the King Country, was only rer cently divulged to us: The principal actor in the affair did not wish, to become the lion of the hour. It was on a cold,' (L'eary, raw afternoon, with a dull drizzling rain, and ".loody atmosphere, that made the day look as if it had"" '■'■': nc> into mourning for the loss of the sun. A weary j; ._ "".Uev was seen wending his way along the path that 1 U'fl'l't'-.".. I'g far-fumed, but much-feared, King Country. j bu'ldVV -the traveller paused and listened. Surely his ears lifiQ/'; deceived him. Was that, the dreaded Te KootiSi.-C" --■..troops he heard ? It was. There• was no ' misi.aking' .-. l>. terrible " Houp|-la Fauerhaballagh.''. Another aiiiC'-" Mil' the'mud bespattered tribe were on him. "Oli.- ~<*o my life/ he cried," butspare my unmentionables';v.'. -"' <*y areithe only articles of civlized respectability t»vr • '-was;, and. .they-were, made/at the Zealuiv.' i..:... \ «pbugpahy, establishm.entt.in Queen-street, ; t w .'*'*■:' ftivianageinont of ..famedYJqo. MowM-r-^nd ! .the'^jabubt*b}^-i.^g^s< l fi*om'Po6le;'9f,'Lou-;' don, desigaed them;'' Thoae-'-nr .Is sdred his li{e."233f
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Observer, Volume 6, Issue 142, 2 June 1883, Page 166
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