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Otago Witness, Issue 2545, 24 December 1902, Page 10

Tax the Stomacfi TILL IT TURNS?. V THEM F^YTOE FEMLtYf The Case of Mr. J. T. RICHARDS. -■(By a Special Reporter.) - - ,' ' The road!- -from Invercurgill to- the/ Bluff is enough' to make the eyes of the cyclist glisten. . with delight. Tha - scenery along th©' route-does not- pall forth 'bnthiisiasbio. outburstsijof adntira7. _ , .tion/,certain'ly"j /fbutfer" a> tEaveUer»witH ■■ a'cravingfpr exercise,"' and..with'7Mmi.teij' - t§na ~at;his:disposa.li. theicon|[,ition^6f. - the "road wUt be;toiitad mbsVagceealile. .] ■ Such? was.- the'experience •' of -our T rc'» ' poiter -when "ho journeyed- toivther;.jresi-^-dence of>Misi ; James., Thomas^ Richards,-' grocer/ The. Bluff, vTfho' explained • thaio for two-years he -Had- been- engaged'iflf^ the fishing industry whilst being in, , Moeraki. ' , • " ' .. ' JJ y \-- ' "How, did you nndthat occupatioa agree with you?" enquired the newspaper man. " . ; - " Oh, it agreed with me Veil enough, for a while; bub -the great -trouble was a. lack of proper food. I used* to go away; early in tho morning with- 'my "boat, «nrf took my food very irregularly.' The life of a fisherman is not all plain. sailing. There are a lot of hardships to contend with, -the most serious in their consequences being long* periods of ~ exposure to bad weather and a want of nutritious food/ when it is most needed.' Iv onlysaw a butcher once » week, while ' Vegetables and fruit were as scarce as water in tho Desert of Sahara. This hard living broke mo \\j> by degrees. - 1 -used to go out on my fish-catching excursions not caring' whether the wind was • running, with me or against me, and .when 'the nets were, drawn in I did not cape, whether the fish were many: or few.. I> losb all intei-est in my .occupation, and' became so listless- and inert , that-' ib did not matter* to me which\way~ thewind blew 1 . It became more and' nioro ' .difficult for. me to eat-my ■■. humble fare/ tiU iafciasfc twrae.d^agaiasfc^ everj bkhig eatable?' -Lbtle -thing* iihw- " iVu'sed" to ; ransi,dWMttxitf j^ '^ns ;SoW.* to : lo6lc" atl ,'^My: ste«ig?lr<ipsT«t i .way/f cfr '."tiie Vant ''-of- "stoatenaniSe," liaoJ 1 -t t . ,grew:7hpmbl3r"<thin -and V*ary-;iookingwv V-'liy.'CTce f ty|»i : fcii:SC . dull,, heavy ex'pressibn^inVmy" eyas/ \A* T distressing ' sense? ~pf>we»EuresAjtook pou.;. "session of everylimb lii'my bbdy^:andS" to -make" matters worsev I "was -always' extremely crestfallen ami melancholy.*"' l • "Did you, try the efficacy of» good rest?" % ;,. • • .- ■ - .y>' .- "I could not get any rest atalK .-My mind was in 7 a chronic state of yuneasi-v ness, as- though I had all the responsibilities of the world on my shoulders.;. In-* stead of sleeping when I -went -to bed it was my customary Eabitto-lie brooding over - the ' physical frgm which I suffered^ 'I' was ''also -kept awake'by terribly severe pains , bet weea • my shoulders, together with tormenting sick headaches and acute .agonies v in. my side. First thing .in the- morning X had the nauseating, symptoms' of biliousness to contend with. My- mouth waa in a dirty state, and I could not get the bitter taste out of it^ besides,. my tongue was never^ clean. The .disease; was slowly dragging .me. to the, graye-j and at last I was in such a. bad w«yi thafc I did not want to live any. longer. -My nerves were altogether -out-of t». :ne »I ??•- .the least noise"' •«w'b;jnefls'e_nibling. f?omr , - headito hecK ,' Tott^cdirid.^ notjbelieve/ that '-P, was. insuch' jhi appalling. t»niUi> tio'n'of d&bilit^ imleOT'^ouJh^d^sceu'inei >:■ •The" r wh6le of my -vitality had-' gon^and* ' Fwas just, a& useless' as^a .clock' Vitlum^ , j any works." Even to breatlie \va3"a>rou-, ... ble, as'my che3tfejt,&tuffed andhoavjf.'f • i " Were you taking .medicine of anj? kind>" ; . ' " Yes, of various kinds,, but I -might have emptied them intf> the sea for al& the good I derived. I thought my complaint was incurable . till a friend tolcS me he had been just as bad. as I was, and that Clements Tonic saved his life. This information was good enough, anc? that day I bought three bottles of Clements Tonic, and • they saved, my life. , also: ' Clements Tonio -poiired vitality^ into my veins, gave me an< app'etice,. tohod up my ; ner,ves, and made a strong; man of me. My complaint was completely cured by Clements Tonic, and 9 wish other sufferers to hear of theses facts, which you can publish . in an^L' way you chose." - • STATUTORY DECLARATION I. James Thom4? Richards, of The Bhiff, !a.l|J> Colony of New Zealand, do solemnly and slocei; declare that I have carefully read the anna , document, consisting of two folios and consectitk, numbered from one to two, and tha.t it contains* •/ is a true and faithfnl account of my. illness andi by Clements Tonic, and also con.tajns my.iutlr mission to publish in anyway my statements — I giye voluntarily, without receiving any pajr - - and I make this -solemn declaration conscien believing the same to be true, and by virtue provisions of an Act of 41Te General Assembly of N>» Zealand, intituled " The Justices o! Peace Act, tSStf] / /'.*;; Declared at Tiia B'-.i». Ib: S se^enlh day of janu^ ene tbouiiod niu< uundiea and cne, before.mCi J. K. REID. J-P.J