Tfcla Will 8ottl» tbe Question, "I don't beliete thereto a word of truth i/iit." That's the way certain foolish people talk'wpen' they hear if aiiythmt; unusual, or p|it«ide the limits of their am obawvatidhir'expy|cnce,'''l'h(iy of'tile sort who laughed at Stephenson when he introduced'the railway, and at Mois'e jrben'Jie sajd' t]iat we cnjld cornmunicatfl by means of electricity. Yet they don't lau»h at those things now. They make use of them daily. Somo month; ago the caso of Mrs Maiy Cuddy was first published. The great public accepted the facts, as they had every reason to do. Others, a yery few (professional men perhaps) pretonfled to doubt, and sent emissaries to f|bi'rein of'tlie lady he'i self fthethk' bir bllegations had not be'eri added'to, or fop the sake of popular effect, fjgre js'her anspr l' She repeats vhatpbe at (hpt said, and puis a miltfiis pnnjl wlio called It will be observed that her -statement is os plain and solemn as language can make it. [copy] J, Mary Cuddy, of 28, Catherine Street, Richmond Road, Leeds, do solemnly and sincerely declare as follows: B»er since I was a girl I have suffered from'jlJnpjjt.' laliyayßhada painifcofh pcfofe and af'er ealiog, aid nover ppemed able tp gain and keep my strength, and felt that somethingwas pulling me down. 1 had a nasty queer ; feeling in my Btom- , ech. Sometimes food seemed to ease it; and at other times it made me feel worse, and often 1 went without food, fori was afraid to cat. Commonly wliui foo(J wa|i before (ne I could not touch'if, and loJlejj fainted fit the; Tory sight of it. ■■ After,a while I became so weak I could scarcely stand or walk, i thought it was consumption coming on by degrees .and I took allsorts of medicines to try and get roliei, but it was of no use, and I got tired of taking phyeit;,
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4072, 25 March 1892, Page 3
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314Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4072, 25 March 1892, Page 3
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