Comparisons NOT ALWAYS ODIOUS.

Otago Witness, Issue 2685, 30 August 1905, Page 77

Comparisons NOT ALWAYS ODIOUS.

ALL MAY SUFFER ALIKE,

The Caso of Mrs. M. COLLETT.

(by a dunkdin kepokter.)

At a moment when things go hardly with Borne member* of the community it is not amiss, perhaps, to be reminded that in days gone by they were sometimes harder for other people. The following anecdote, contributed by Mrs. Mary Collett, of No. 47 Forth-street, Dunedin, cannot fail to be read with interest by those who desire to draw a comparison between their own affairs and these of their fellow citizens :—: — " It does not seem so far removed from the present in fact as in does id time, 1 ' said Mrs. Collett to our reporter, " that I was suffering so much owing to the poverty of my blood. For close on four years I did not know what it was to feel well even for a day, and I was so weak that if I went into the street I used to faint after going a few steps.* I also suffered from jaundice, a complaint that made my complexion turn awfully

sallow, and even the whites of my eyes had a yellowish tinge. Ido not care what kind of sickness a person may suffer from, I am sure it could not make one feel more wretched than I did, for I had not the energy to do any woi'k, and my spirits were depressed to the utmost degree. If I exerted myself to the slightest extent I used to take bad turns very suddenly, when everything seemed to be turning round and round, and I had to clutch hold of anything near at hand to save myself from falling. The m et intense headaches imaginable were constantly attacking me, and there was nothing that I could do which would

assist me to take my thoughts away from

the wretched condition I was in." g" Brooding over your afflictions would not help you, but, on the contrary, mighb

make you worse," joined in the reporter. " I believe it did, for I seemed to get weaker and more downhearted every day. There was one portion of my illness when I went for three weeks, and I only

had a tablespoonful of arrowroot a day.

That was because my organs of digestion were in such a dreadful slate. I seemed to have no powers of digestion lefb, in fact, as I could nob keep any food on my stomach, while the pains I had in that part; were something horrible, and all coming through the» fermentation of my food. For two years I was under the care of doctors, but somehow or other they could not do me any good, and so I had to bear my troub'es as best as I could. It was awfully trying to think that I had drunk so much vile medicine for nothing but it was worse still to think that nothing could cure me, for you must know that when I had given up the

doctors in despair I took to trying medicines that I read about in the pa-pers, until I had tried scores and scores of them ; but I was only throwing my money away all the lime. As no benefit resulted, I never knew what it was to feel the least bit hungry, and sleep steadfastly refused to come to my aid. Sometimes I turned about from side to side till it was daylight, although I was so worn out that there seemed to be scarcely any life left in me, and when, by way of a change, I did have any sleep it was always of a troublous kind, and did not refresh me at all $ I used to dream terribly, and ifc was my habib to wake up from them feeling awfully nervous and terrified, and all o\ er my body I was covered with perspiration. My tongue was covered with fur, and there was a most peculiar feeling in my eyes, as if the lids had swollen, and many a morning I

could scarcely see for a while. I remember having a bitter taste in my mouth every day, although it is eight years ago since my afflictions were banished, and I am positive

that I shall never forgot the excruciating painsthatran from my chest right through to my shoulders. As if my sufferings were not great enough already, I had achinc senea.

tions in my loins that made each movement painful, and if I got a little bit excited my nerves trembled all over. Often and often 1 thought to myself that I was done for, and if I had no other"reason to think so the way my heart palpitated was enough to make me form those morbid opinions. Considering that I was just a physical wreck —being complete'y broken up altogether —and that none of my medicines were able to relieve my sufferings, what else could I think 1" " It certainly seems that you had cause to lose heart, but I am very anxious to heae how you recovered " " Ah, yes. That is the bright side of my story, and the part that surprised more than 1 my3elf. It was Clements Tonic that brought me round, and ifc was thiough my mothee reading a testimonial referring to it that I purchased some, although a lot. of my friends had given me advice in the sama direction some time previously, ©but I did not heed it because my faith in medicines was destroyed. But it was a good thing for me that I did not overlook Clements Tonic, as ifc is more than likely that I would still be a poor suffering mortal instead of being as I am. I did not fee} the benefits of Clements Tonic all at once, and I began to think that perhaps it was like everything else, and was doubtful whether to continue with it or no 1, bui something semed to tell me tliat I ought ta give it a fair trial, and so I did. You can see the result for yourself It was like a magical charm to me when I had used Clements Tonic to a certain extent, for then I began to feel the good work it had been doing. The feelings of inertness«wer« quickly passing away, and with the mitigation of my pains, which only Clements Tonic produced, I enjoyed a sense of eas« and contentment, which was inspired by the soothing and invigorating influences of mjf new medicine. To my own delight and astonishment I began to eat well, and such a thing as retchiiig or vomiting never again occurred. This was enough to build up the hopes of the most despondent-, and when I had no difficulty in getting a good sleej; every night, and found that my headaches did not return in the mornings, I thanked God from my heart that at last I had been persuaded to persevere with Clements Tonic, as it was surely pulling me througt my trying ordeal. To one like me,* wbosj digestion was completely gone, Clements Tonic is the one thing needed, for I car safely say that it was the only medicini that could restore my internal organs to a thoroughly healthy condition, and I believe that in this seeret'lies my complete restora. tion to health. You would hardly credi* how my pains drifted away one by one. and what a mercy it was to be able to get about with feelings of strength and vigor, and with no aches of any sort to bother me." " You are able to help others now." " I always recommend the use of ClemsntA Tonic, and you may publish my remarks iX any way.' 3 STATUTORY DEOLAKATION. 1, Mary Collbtt, of Nc. 47 Forth-streefc, DunetJin in the Colony of New Zealand, do solemnly and sin> cerely deolaie that I have carefully reacl the annexei 1 document, consisting- of three folios, and consecutively numbered from one to three, and that ib containi and is a true and faithful account of my illness ancl cure by Clements Tonic, and also contains my full permission to publish in any way my statements— which I she voluntarily, without receiving ac> pajment : and I make this solemn declaration cot scientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of the "provisions of an Act of the Gsnerai Assembly of New Zealand, iutituled " The Justices cf Pence Aot, 1882."

Declared as Du'iedin, this twelfth day of March, oue thousand niuo hundred and three, before me. TV'ii. p UAh'LOii i *

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