GARDENER AND COOPER.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XL, Issue 12241, 9 April 1903, Page 3

GARDENER AND COOPER.

SOME CHRISTOHUECSH COMPLICATIONS. Robert Thomas, a landscape gardener off Christchureh, has been sharing in some way; interesting experiences with a local cooper-fi The story is going the rounds just a3 Miv Thomas gave the facts to the Cforistchurchr press. " The beginning of my strange complicated; experiences," said Mr. Thomas, " dates back"; long before I met my friend the cooper. Ife< is how more than nine years ago that I was suddenly doubled up by a strange shooting;; pain in the back, and," continued Mr,i Thomas, when seen at 110, Durham-street,. Sydenham, "Dr. Williams' pink pills alone.' saved me from being crippled for life. Jit proved to be sciatica. , Th© first attack made, me shriek aloud in excruciating agony. A' ! doctor was immediately sent for. Lotions, internal medicines, and an electric battery! were triedbut, oh, the agony and anguish! of those terrible pains! My flesh seemed to : be stuck full of red-hot wires that were be-; ing continually drawn in and out of thequivering flesh. Year after year I continued" to suffer, and I often prayed for death.* One clay Mrs. Thomas said, 'Robert, youf. haven't tried Dr. Williams' pink pills: foijj palo people. I have read in the Daily Press! that they strike right at the cause of alii blood and nerve diseases like anaemia, inch"--; gestion, neuralgia, and sciatica.' I wouldi' not hear of it, but she was determined. So J at last a supply was bought—the genuine: kind, with the address, Wellington, New' Zealand, in red on the outside wrapper. I was careful, too, to see that the pills were ! in boxes and not in glass bottles. Well, I had used only one box when I felt a greafe deal better. My limbs had been stiff and-' painful before, but now the joints and muscles became easier. Soon I was walking about actively. It took over a dozen boxes to cure me, but now I can go out in the rain and wind and, work all dav without ill effect. lam certain that these pills, by purifying and enriching my blood, fed, strength- ■ ened, tcned, and soothed the nerves, so that every trace of sciatica was rooted out. Indeed, I feel 20 years younger. As I was cured several years ago there isn't any doubt about the permanency." THE COOPER'S TROUBLES. " But I must tell you about my friend the cooper," said Mr. Thomas. " Some time ago there was a cooper living near us here in Durham-street. He had rheumatism so badly in his shoulder blades that he was kept awake night after night, and could only walk slowly wiiu the greatest difficulty. Every movement of his arms seemed to wrench his shoulders. I told him about these pills, and how they cured me. H<" he began talking them. Well, I didn't see him till three months later, and then he was as hearty arid robust a man as you could meet.' 'Five boxes of your pills drove every bit of nek l from "my blood.' said ho, 'and 1 have never had ' the slightest twinge of rheumatism since.' I have just told you plainly what happened to both of us." added Mr. Thomas, "and my friends and neighbours can verify every word I say. lam sure my experiences are interesting enough to publish."