THE OABE OF Mr. Reginald! Owen.

Otago Witness, Issue 2454, 27 March 1901, Page 70

THE OABE OF Mr. Reginald! Owen.

\From the •' Liverpool Herald," August 6ih 3 'i 1898.) r (BY OUR SPECIAL REPORTER). Anyone arriving at Liverpool Tby train canmot fail to observe, near the railway station jat the foot of the bridge that here spans jjihe river, the picturesque residence and flboat-houses of Air. Reginald Owen, boat (proprietor and builder. There is not a man, (woman or child in the district but what; | knows Mr. Owen. A reporter from the Herald office paid this gentleman '» visit. ! •• J hay« come," said the newspaper man, '•'to learn all about your recovery and how it was effected." " Welcome," replied Mr. Owen. " I give a complete f History cf My Case. "Some time ago I found myself getting weak and unable to do even the light work which my bus'ness demands. Often I 'should be forced to sit down and take a 'rest after being but a few minutes at work. ,i!This puzzled me, for ordinarily I could do a (hard day's work and not feel the least fatigued afterwards ; bat now all day long I Felt languid and dissatisfied with everything. Then, again, I found my appetite gradually waning, till I didn't i trouble about coining to my meals till I was 'called. Then I would sit down, turn my food over once or twice, perhaps cat • mouthful or two, and then — -- * Could cat no more* •• You wanted anteppcyser." "So my people said; and I got two or three bottles of »tuff I saw advertised, which was guaranteed to string a man together and make him cat. I remember I took a conplc of doses before dinner.'' . "What result?" " Why, I couldn't cat a mouthful. Tho •tuff completely turned me up, and I went outside and threw the rest into the river there (pointing to George's River). I slowly got thin, and no wonder, as I was cot eating anything, and then, to make matters worse, my nerves' began to go wrong. I couldn't stand any strain wJ atcver ; even the trains that passed my Ihu,p, to whicn I had long been accustomed, worrit d me A great deal. My Energy was Gone. If anyone came to see me ou a matter that I could make a profit of, I was afraid to ace them. I lost the money rather than undergo the trial of an interview. As time went on my compVmt obtained a deeper hold upon me, and I lost my sleep. I used to be awafcc and long for morning so that 1 could get away from my bed, ami when morning cune I felt Too Weak and Miserable to get up. My weakness became general, and affected every poition of my body. I got thinner and thinner. I bad to throw np my work altogether. I became terribly irritable, and at length I got into a state ■which I can only describe a3 general debility." « " bid you feel any pain ? " "No, I did not. I should have been far better pleased if I could have located a good ache somewhere. But here I was, with no organic trouble the matter with me that I could make out — with no special disease — and yet falling away, through. I suppose, a

Lack o-f Vital Force in my nervous system." " There must have been something wrong Mr. Owen." " Yes, I knew that, but it was yen subtle and elusive. There must have been a cause for my illness, but there were no particular signs by which we could tell tho nature of the disease. The doctor* said they could do nothing except recommend a change of air and scene, and give me certain rules as to living and diet. Their treatment did n;e no good, and I could have once showed you a goodly collection of The Remedies that Failed.". " Yon had a bad time ? " "Yc3, and I looked bad.teo. I was deeply despondent. I didn't know which way to turn for assistance. My nerves were shattered and my physical strength was very low, and it was only through reading a book containing a case which in most details was similar to mine that I am alive to teJl you the story of my sufferings. This book described the effects of Clements Tonic. If it cmed him, why not me? Our cases were alike. I first of all satisfied myself that the report of The Case was Genuine, aad then I sent for some of the remedy." "Wlyvt effect had it?" "I could not perceive any immediate change, but after a few doses I began to feel better, I thought, and I suppose it supplied my system with something that was missing, for I began to shake off some of the despondency and nervousness th«a with eve»y dose. A more Hopeful feeling set in. * I got up and about, began to eat again, and I needed do second call after my long period of starvation. The dawn of every day saw me better. I could sleep like a rock, and I . dou't believe a railway collision would have awakened me. In time I put on the flesh I had lost and obtained my usual robust and healthy appearance. My recovery was so perfect that 'people who knew me were astounded ; they evidently did not expect me to pull through. " Here Mr. Owenlaughed heartily, and continued : "They wouldn't believe I was the same man that a few weeks before Was a Helpless Invalid, but Clements Tonic alone did it, and for it to cure a man reduced in vitality as I was is simply wonderful. I don't believe, after my case, that there is any curable disease a man can have but what Clements Tonic will eradicate. STATUTORY DECLARATION. I, Rbqisat.d Owbs, of Liverpool, in the Colony of New South Wales, do solemnly and sincerely declare that I have carefully read the annexed document, consisting of nine folios and consecutively numbered from ono to nine, and that it contains and is a true and faithful account of my illnesß and cure by Clement* Tonic, and also contains my full permission to publUh the lino ia any way ; and I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of the provisions of an Act made and passed in the ninth year of the reign of her present S£ajesf.v, intituled " An Act for the more effectual abolition of Oaths »nd Affirmation* taken and made in the various Departments of the Government of New South Wales, and to substitute Declarations in lieu thereof, and for the suppression of voluntary and extra-judicial Oaths and Affidavit*." QSKeq t,i*€t/«f ts*** 4 ** Dee'ared »t Liverpool this Ilth day of JuTy'IROS before me. FRED. CHAPMAN, J P.