THRILLING EXPERIENCE.
Nejtunq close to other comfortable residences m Featherstone on the Te-Whare-ponri Creek is the comfortable home of Mrs. 'Peterson."'Here a reporter elicited a re-
■••J tillable 'story from Mrs. Peterson. It relitaj in the daughter of the bouse, who rejoices in the pretty and uncommon name ;-y & Petrea. This young lady, who is about 121 years oj age, and of prepossessing ap- |; pliance, subsequently volunteered the fol- ';' iojfipg statement t"Whea I was fifteen I began'to suffer '" with heart palpitation, swollen legs, loss of ; ileep and appetite, cramps, and giddiness. The cramps wofe so painful that I would ' scream with pain; often when walking 1 . hecame giddy and. had to catoh at i-ome-.tUngto-saye myself from falling. Although treated by several clever doctors, my illness :-:increased, and I became a sufferer from pains •near the heart. .I was so pale and weak ' that my relatives thought I would .-lie. I noticed a case in the Evening Post somewhat similar to-mine, which bad been cured by . Dr. Williams' pink pills, and some were | "Ought for me. After even a few doses I seemed to feel better, and when I had used several boxes the improvement was noticeahje. I continued with thorn until quite (wed, and' mv improved appearance is a •. ■ rabject of remark". My mother has also beneI fited by Dr. Williams' pink pills, in addition .to three of my friends, and as wo are always recommending them their popularity in - m district is very great." ..-■;■ In almost every neighbourhood a similar ease might bo heard of for there is hardly a town where there are not some people, once . Bering invalids, who have been restored to ... ■health by Dr. Williams' pink pills. The ~f fls «ilers they have cured include paralysis, wtsumption, bronchitis, rheumatism, sciaf. era, blood impoverishment, rickets, irdiges- . «on,'all forms-of female weakness, a.id hys- ■ <m-i^ are a tonic, not a purgative. substitutes are offered by some few re™ep, there '* no instance on record in much a, substitute has benefited anyone. • Tlr'iH. 1 ' aras ' ink lls "re sold by the ti,. iT 08 Medicine Co., Wellington, [Mh shillings per bo X , six boxes sixteen • TJ K ' P° st frce > and b y chemists and Willi • V B,lt mind QU ask for Dr. in Ml- genuine are never loose or
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 11368, 10 May 1900, Page 7
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380THRILLING EXPERIENCE. New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 11368, 10 May 1900, Page 7
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