JUDGE SLOWLY.

Feilding Star, Volume XXIV, Issue 158, 6 January 1903, Page 4

JUDGE SLOWLY.

It is not nlwayH an easy matter to udye correctly of tie qua ity of things. Less than one in a thousand of us is capable of accurately estimating the worth of a picture ; not more than one in a hundred the quality of a horse. In general, judgments lapidly made are of small value " Did you ever notice," recently inquired a yisitor to an English University town of his companion, as they sat together on a verandah, " that queer looking old fellow with the idiotic face, turned-up coat collar, and boots seven sizes too large, who passes here eyery movnin- at eleven ?" " Many a time," replied the other, " He is Professor of Comparative Grammar to the University of- , and speaks fourteen modern languages, to say nothing of his mastery of Greek, Latin, and Hebrew " The incident will serve to show tbe futility of superficial judgment. Many jndgmnts which uass unchallenged are none the less deplorably wrong, more especially in matters which require a practial test. Who can say positively whether a certain medicine has the power to care Home particular malady or not without giving it a trial ? When the friend of Mr $ Michael Fitzpatrick, of 66, Forbea Street, vVoollootnooloo, Sydney, N.S.W., advised him to take Mother Seigel's Curative Syrup tor the cure of indigestion, he backed his advice with some excellent reasons — excellent because his judgment of that remedy was based upon actual experience of its merit. Says Mr Fitzpatrick in a letter written on the 20kh June, 1902 : " For many years I suffered terribly from indigestion and biliousness, and spent pounds and pounds on doctors' medicines and so called cures ; but without avail. In thoso days I bad no appetite, and the little food I ate turned sour in my stomach, causing seyere attacks of heartburn. I was also troubled with pains in the chest, violent headaches, and habitual constipation. In fact, at one time or other I suffered from most of the symptoms which characterise a sluggish liver and impaired digestion. My worst affliction, however, was a total inability to obtain sufficient sleep. I would to to bed feeling worn-out aod sleepy, bat as soon as my head touched the pillow my brain would become unnaturally active, and I would think of every kind of subject, and roll and toss about between the sheets, listening to the Fish Market Clock as it chimed hour after hour, until all my nerves were in a quiver, Then I would rise and walk the floor backwards and forwards, tbe greater part of tbe night. For years I bad been in this wretched state when one day a friend fortunately called to see me. I was trying tbe bot water cure at the time, and was just in the act of drinking a cupfnl of steaming liquid. He asked me what I was taking it for. I described my troubles to him, and in reply to a farther ques tion informed him that I bad not, so far, gained any relief from the hotwater treatment. He advised me to abandon it and try Mother Seigel's Curative Syrup instead, , He'gave me such excellent reasons for doing so that I accepted his advice— advice which, I am thankful to say, bas had tbe very best results. After taking only one bottle I felt much better. As I continued to take the Syrup, so did I continue to improve in health, and in less tban two months my cure was accomplished. That was three years ago, and I have remained in good health ever since, which proves conclusively that it is not mere passing relief that Mother fc-eigel's Curative Syrup affords to sufferers from indigestion, but permanent cure. Now lam careful never to be without a bottle of the Syrup on baud, as I take a dose occasionally to counteract the ill effects of my sedentary occupation - for I am a bootmaker by trade and for this purpose I find it acts like a charm."