WORE THEM OUT HERSELF.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 11644, 4 May 1901, Page 7

WORE THEM OUT HERSELF.

« There was a time when Mrs. Hayes considered herself to be what she calls "a {-one woman." Sho actually divided her clothes and other personal effects among her children. Thank Goodnessbut here is her story, told in her own way; by all odds the best way. "Throe years ago," she says, "I had dreadful pains across tho left side of my stomach and under tho shoulder-blades. My left sides swelled up fearfully. 1 was laid up weeks at a time, work being out of the : question. While these fits were on. I could ' neither walk, sit, nor stand with comfort. "I was really ashamed to let the neighbours see me crawling about; so I spent most of my time lying down or leaning against something to ease the dreadful pains. "I had been a hardworking woman all my life, but now I lost my strength and dreaded to oat anything, knowing the woeful suffering I was sure to experience afterwards; as if eating were somehow a crime against the laws'of nature. And at night I rolled and tossed about instead of sleeping. "The doctor said it was indigestion, and no doubt he was right, but he was not able to relieve me. "I considered myself a 'gone woman,' and told my husband I was sure 1 could not last much longer. Indeed, I was so fully persuaded of this that I actually divided my clothes and personal effects among my children. "Thank Goodness and Mother Seigel's Syrup, I have since worn out most of them myself. "After a lot of coaxing and argument (for I was tired of trying things, and hope had about died away in my heart) I consented to take Seigel's Syrup, although the doctor had advised me not to touch it. " I was not quite sure of the effect of the first bottle, but my husband insisted on my going on with it. So I did go on with it, and after I had got through half the second bottle there was no doubt of the result. I was much better; I felt it, and others could see it. "It was hardly short of a miracle, the way Seigel's Syrup brought me round. From a poor, weak, and wretched woman, unable to walk or scarcely to raise my hand to do the smallest piece of work, it gave me back health and strength, restored me to my husband and family, enabled mo to go on with my work once more, and, in short, made me as well as over I was in my life. " I am now upwards of 60, and have reared a large family. I have lived in the district about 37 years, and am well known here. "My husband and sons, as well as our grandchildren, work in connection with the coal mines, for which this district is noted. I havo told all the neighbours what Seigel's Syrup did for me, and am perfectly willing that my caso should be published if you think it may bo useful." (Mrs.) .Tiu.ta HATEB, Mount Ke'ira, Paradise, near Wollongong, New South Wales. October 14, 1899. Mr. John Rickey, blacksmith, at the same place, writes that he has known Mrs. Hayes all his life, and (in common with many others) knows her statement to be true. He adds that sho is respected by everyone.