PLUMP AGAINST A BIG FACT.

Otago Witness, Issue 2252, 29 April 1897, Page 53

PLUMP AGAINST A BIG FACT.

It is not propetly any part of t»y business to entorce lassons in ethics ; therefore I commonly !eave that responsible task to those whose vocation it is. But no man can continually write on the subject which constitutes the burden of. these tssays without now oud then running plump against a mighty fact iv morak. If you. will b? good enough to rend the following short letters I will th<;n try to ahow why t was moved to speak as {.have spoken.

"My daughter Annie Jane," writes thab young girl's mother, "now five years of age, was a. fine healthy child up to March 1891 when she begnn to sicken and fall away. She had no appetite, and every particle of food she took came up. She lo3fc strength rapidly, and within a fortn : ght ahe was tutu as iv rake, being not mucU else than skin aud bone. For days u'jd da.yn she laid iv a half-conscious condition, scarcely moving hand or foot, and to all sppftivai.co lifeleEa. I had a doctor attending her for four weeks, and h& said tbe child waa Buffering trom indigestion, yet, to far as we couid see, hia treatment had no effect. My husband aud I. and all that «vw the poor baby, thought she was slowly dying, aiul we wero almost heai't-brokeu at the thought of losing her.

" Nothing that we gave her did the slightest good, and the child was fading away, when one day, towards the end of April, a lady called, and after seeing Annie Jane advised us to uso Mother fteigel'e Symp. She ssid she had known the livts ol many children saved by this medicine who were down with the same complaint. I hurried to get a buttle from Mr floutly, the chemist, iv Sudan's road, and began giving it in small doses. In less than 24hours the child began to eat, tho sickness stopped, and we could sue a change for the better. We kept on giving the Syrup, and in two week* Anuie was well as evor, and fast getting buck her flesh. Since that time — now four years ago — she has never been ill. We consider that Mother Seigel'n Syrup saved her life. You can publish rhn statement and refer auyone to me. (Signed) Mrs Annie Alexander, 35 Melbourne road, Eastbourne, August 1, 1895 " '

" My son Joseph," writes Mr Joseph Bond, of Salter'R Greeu, Mayfield, Sussex, " was nevtst strong. He did nob come ou like other children. He was weak, sickly, and puny. He ate but little, and waa usually in paiii until he vomitsd most of it up again. Nothing gave him strength. . In February 1894 hi 1 ? feet and ankles began to fester. Next, three abscesses formed on his neck and under the chin, making deep holes. He was merely ekin aad boae, . The abscesses seemed to be exhausting his life's blood. He was in a doctor's care five months, but got no better. From July 189+ be had four months' treatment at the Tunbridge Wells Hospital* without benefit. The doctors gave him medicines and cod-liver oil, but uothing strengthened him. " In December 189* I concluded to take the case into my own hands, and gave him a medicine that had cured my wife — Mother Seigal's Syrup. To our astonishment and delight be began to improve in a few days. He could eat, and was stronger for it. We kept giving bim the syrup, and he grew better every day. The abscesses soon healed, and he is now a fine healthy boy, nine years old, aud strong/or the first time since he ivas born. Publish this letter i( you wish and refer inquirers to me. (Signed) Joseph Bond, July 26, 1895." What, now, is thai mighty faofc in moralß ? Ask yourself the question. What justice was there in the suffering of these two little children r For whose sake was it ? Why do the majority of the human race die in infancy and childhood ? That bundle of laws aud forces called " Nature " has no pity, no mercy. Obey and live ; disobey and perish — that's the whole story. Then how does Mother Seigel'a Syrup cure ? It cures by bringing the diseased aud suffering body back where Nature's baud cau reach it. It puts the derailed coach back on the metals, it re* launches the stranded ship. The radical trouble of both Auoie Alexander -and Joseph Bond was of the digestion, the first (a mere bsby then) having been seized with acuts indigestion, and the boy having, as his father tells us, been born with a feeble stomach. Hence, in his case, the bad blood and the abscesses by which Nature sought to remove it. Will parents tak6 warning from these instances ? I hope so. Watch the little ones, and uoe Mother Seigel's Syrup whenever you lee them inclined to droop 02 languish.

The death is announced of Mi- John O'KaceA of O' Kane's Hotel, Gore-,

SB

am

BC

as

v

X