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Waikato Argus, Volume V, Issue 354, 15 October 1898, Page 4

"FORTY YEARS AGO.” OLD COLONIAL REMINISCENCES. “ Forty years ago!” What a long stretch back in a young colony. But many of the older generation remember occurrences in 1557 as well as we remember the events of last year. Mrs T. J. Thomas, who resides at the oldestablished town of Heathcote, is one who recollects as far back as ’57 most vividly. The memory, unforfortunately, is a most painful one. Speaking reminiscently to a journalist some time ago, the good lady, who is over 75 years of age, said that from ’57 to, comparatively, a few months ago, she had not known what permanent relief from pain was. “It was, as near as I can remember, PAINFUL REMINISCENCES. . Ulld this in itself, more than sufficient to kill most people of my age, was aggravated by inflammation of the kidneys. As you may imagine, I was in a very crital condition for a long time, and when just about to pull together again another severe attack of rheumatism brought me down. This brings me to about five years back, when I caught influenza the first time. But to shorten my story, I had further attacks of rheumatism and influenza again the following year, and though the influenza missed me for the next two years, rheumatism didjjnot. But I had more to face yet, for about a year and nine months I was laid up with a third attack of influenza, I never seemed to be able to throw this off as I had the others, and it made me feel terribly low-spirited. Rheumatism kept going at me, and it seemed that between them they were going to get the better of me. 1 had four or five doctors, but their advice and physic was not the least good, and I felt I could not last much longer. The pain I suffered beats description. I could not lie down, and the only position in which partial relief was to be found was sitting, bearing to one side. I could not bear anything tc touch my back. I don’t like to think of the torture through which 1 have passed ; it was terrible. I lost all power in my legs. At this stage my attention was attracted to some of the pub'ished cures, w hich had been effected by Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills for Pale People, of cases which had been pronounced by doctors and hospitals as hopeless, and I determined to make a trial of them. I was at the twelfth box quite enabled to discontinue the treatment. My friends and acquaintances w'erc astonished at my recovery. and quite a number arc taking the pilis, and others have expressed their determination to do so should they ever feel the need of treatment.” Ask your dealers for Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills for Pale People, and refuse all imitations and substitutes. Sold by chemists and storekeepers generally, or the Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co., Wellington, New Zealand, will forward, on receipt of stamps or post-order, one box for three .shillings, or half-a-dozen for sixteen and sixpence. Be sure you ask for Ih\ Williams’ Pink Pills ; it is uidii Hr. Williams' Pink Pills which have performed the thousands of wonderful cures as advertised. They build up the constitution and strengthen the system in such a way as to prevent any ill-effects occurring after measles, influenza, colds, etc. 'They are also a certain cure for rheumatism, sciatica, lumbago, loss of physical strength, neuralgia, amemia, all female irregularities, insomnia, debility, indigestion, and sick headache. About nine years ago my troubles were added to by enlargement of the liver, in ’o/, says she, “ that I had my first attack of rheumatism, and these have followed me up, on and off, for forty years.

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