HAPPIEST OF ALL.

Otago Witness, Issue 2210, 9 July 1896, Page 12

HAPPIEST OF ALL.

There vn no time in the 24 hours when ond ought to feel so thoroughly satisfied and contents as immediately after a good, hearty ine&l. And all healthy persons do feel so. The body's demands have been me 1 ;, aud we are easy and comfortable, as though we had paid off an old dun aud hid money left. We are accessible, humane, and good natured. Then, if ever, we will grant a request without grumbling. " Truo benevolenca," says a crusty old friend of mine, " ; s located in s capable stomach recently filled." Yes, bat what of (he incapable stomacha, of which, there ara so many— stomachs that disappoint and plague their owners till the uct> of feeding, po delightful to others, becomes an act to avoid the necessity of which they aro almost willing to die ? Ah, that is quite another thing. These pcor souls are they who say, as Miss Wallace says in this Utter of hers, v I was no longer to be counted among those who have pleasure in eating ; far from it. As for me, I was afraid to eat. I felt the need of food, of course— the weakness and sinking -that accompanied abstinence — but what was I to do P The moment I ate, my distress and pain commenced. No matter how light the repait was, oor how careful I was not to hurry in taking it, the result was the same. The distress and gnawing pains followed, with discomfort in the chest, and a flense of chokiog, at if some bits of food had lodged there and wero imitating me.

" So objectionable and repugnant to me was tho act of eating that for d*ys together I didn'b touch a morael of solid food, subsisting entirely on milk and soda water. Owing to this enforced lack of nourishment, I got extremely weak, and about as thin as I could be. I must not forget to say that this happened to me, or rather it hegan to happen, in July 1886, when I was living at Wellington, in Shropshire. It came on, as you may say, gradually, aud nob with any sadden or acute symptoms. I found myself low, languid, and tired. Then came the failure of my appatite and the other things J have named.

" I took the usual medicines for indigestion, but they had no good effect. ■ After «sr monthoJ experienca of ' this kind of misery I read is a book about Mother Seigel's Syrup as a remedy for this disease, and got 5 bottle from Mr Batea, the chemist in Wellington. Having used it a few day* I felt great relief, and when- 1 had consumed tyro bottles I was entirely well. Since then I have heartily commanded Mother Seigel's Syrup to many friends, who havo invariably been cured, as I v/a%. You have my permission to publish my letter if yoa desire to do so. (Signed) Minnie Wallace, nurse, the Union Workhouse, Oldhara, February 22, 1895"

In a communication dated January 8, 1895. Mrs Henrietta M'Callam, of 40 Downsfield road, Wallhamstow, near London, states that her daughter Emma fell ill in the spring o£ 1886 with the same symptoms described by Miss Wallace. She craved food, yet, when it was placed before her, she turned from it almost; with loathing. "As time went on " (so runs the mother's letter) {| my daughter became so weak she could hardly walk. Neither home mcdi« cines nor tho;e of the doctors did any goods Her sufferings continued for over eight years.

'•In June 1894 she began taking Mother Seigel's Syrup, of which we had jusb read in a little book that was left at the house. In a week she ""was better, and in lesn than two months she was enjoying better health than ever before. She has since ailed nothing, and can eat any kind of fcod. (Signed) (Mrs) Henrietta M«Callam."S

" Happy," sings Homer, " were they who fell nnder the htgh walls of Troy." Happier are they who have never fallen under the crashing weight of indigestion or dyspepsia. Happiest, perhaps, of all are they who have been lifted up by Mother Seigel's remedy and plaoed whera once again they can e»t, drink, and ba merry. And if all these could be gathered together they, would make a greater host than the Greek poefr ever dreamed of. . ■ * "

The North Otago Times says : "A heavy tea was roiliDg into the bay on the lstinefc. ; indeed,, the heaviest that bas been experienced foeA years. A portion of the concrete parapet on the bitf&kw&iav bma heaa lifted OQ to tha wait"