THE WOLF AND THE BALLOON,

Otago Witness, Issue 2433, 31 October 1900, Page 44

THE WOLF AND THE BALLOON,

" The sleep of the labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much," says the proverb. v-~v -~ It depends upon the' condition of his digestion and the character of his last meal for the day. Observation shows that certain, forms of dyspepsia are even more common, among labouring men, meaning those whose work is chiefly of the hands and largely out of doors, than' among the classes who take life more easily. " Whether I ate little or much I felt blown out like a balloon, and- exceedingly uncomfortable," says W. H. Johnson. This gentleman is a stationer, doing business at 252£ Abercrombie street, Redfern, Sydney, N.S.W-. His ailment was just iwhat he calls it in, his statment of November 10, 1899— incipient indigestion.^ And, too, the fact is worth noting that he was blown out with the same substance which swells a balloon — gas; manufactured by a slightly, different process. Taken into the stomach, food must either digest and pass "on its way, or ferment and create gas and other products of decomposition. In the latter case we have the condition (often complicated) known as indigestion or dyspepsia. *. Most of our complaints arise from it, or are aggravated by it. It is subtlo as a creeping serpent, and pitiless as' a hungry; wolf.

In Mr Johnson's case, had he not had a business of his own, and been, therefore, his own master, he would have been compelled to lie up, and abandon his work. As matters were, he humoured himself, and lost nothing except his enjoyment -of good health ;] which, he admits, was an item to make aq* count of.

" After enduring this most disagreeable affection for a time," says Mr Johnson, " a confectioner of Annandale, Mr Cowling, recommended Mother Seigel's Syrup, which relieved me immediately. I thoroughly believe it cured me, and I commend it to everyone, I know.

"Whenever I have the least suspicion that I am threatened with an attack of indigestion 1 , I take a dose, and it never fails to ward it off* I am persuaded that if I had not used Mother, Seigel's Syrup in the beginning I should! by this time have been suffering severely, from this prevalent malady. I trust that the publication of my experience may lead others afflicted with digestive troubles to use the medicine to which I am indebted for my own, speedy recovery." Mr Johnson puts the point clearly &nctf strongly: — Stop the diseasa,at the very out» set; do.n't,let it assume Uie chronic form! whioh, involving more or less the organs and functions of the body, is so hard to cure. Remember the adage Jibput the ounce of pre« venfciosft *- * —~^-*~~