SWISS SEPTUAGENARIAN

New Zealand Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 4319, 30 March 1901, Page 2

SWISS SEPTUAGENARIAN

A HARDY SETTLER. The hardiness of- the Swiss as settlers is clearly'exemplified (writes .a reporter) in the Case of Mr John Alkvnann, of Dudley Road, Inglewood. Though seventy years of age h© was hard at work with his-.family, cutting and' stacking chaff when I called. , Knowing that his life must have been full of incident, I questioned the old gentleman, with the following result. ' “I am a> native of German Switzerland,” said he, “and I came to Nsw Zealand in 1876 after spending some years on different : Australian goldfields. Some of the places I prospected had just been opened, and we could scarcely obtain the bare necessities of life. Tho result of the exposure to cold and wet,, when mining, was npt fully apparent r ;)l ten years ago. Then acute rheumatic, pains came in my neck, arms, back and legs. My muscles were contracted, and I could scarcely more. I lost my appetite, lost weight, and became enf joined. Skilful doctors treated me, and sent mo to,the Rotorua Hof Springs, but I cbtained only temporary relief. Having

heard of the beneficial effects of Dr. Williams' pink pills for pale people in cases of rheumatism, I was easily persuaded fay an Inglewood storekeeper to try them. A few days after beginning to take them, the pains lessened, and a little later the rheumatism left my neck. I continued taking Dr. Williams’ pink pills until completely cured. Now I .have the full use of my limbs, and suffer no pain whatever. Ever since then I have been hard at work, and exposure to cold and wet has no effect on me.” In Mr Allemann’s case, hardship and , exposure had thinned and impoverished .J the blood. Thus the seeds of rheuma- f tism were sown, and cold and wet soon; started the pains. By enriching the blood,’'Dr, Williams’ pink pills cure, not only rheumatism; hut anaemia, debility, scrofula, erysipelas, indigestion, consumption, etc. By toning up the nerves they cure St. Vitus’ dance, nervous exhaustion, neuralgia, locomotor ataxia, etc. ■ Sold by chemists and storekeepers, and-by the'Dr. Williams’ Medicine ; Co., Wellington, three shillings per box, :six boxes sixteen and six, post free. Writ© for. our list of cured patients in New Zealand.