MARTYR TO GOUT.

Otago Witness, Issue 2756, 9 January 1907, Page 49

MARTYR TO GOUT.

Richard Jenner, Rangiora Two Years of Torture Cripjpled Hand and Foot Hard at Work Again Dr Williams' Pink Pills ' "Th.c pain I went through with Rheu* matio Gout was enough to drive a man mad," said Mr Richard- Jenner, of King, street, Rangiora. " For J;wo,- years I never knew when an attack was going to cripple me. For weeks I couldn't get off my bed. When I had to be moved, it was torture beyond words. "-As* luck . happened/ Jr «h»nced ftj hear about Dr Williams* Pinle Pills for Pale People. Mr took twenty-two boxes of them to rid 1 me of the Gout— buji they did it well while they were about it". For the past four years and more" I haven't had any ache or a pain. To-day I anj over 70, but there are few men in the district can work tike me. VFor a good while before the Gout took" me I was anything but well,'* said' Me Jenner. .J'No matter where I was or where I went, I was miserable. My friends - said they wouldn't know me for the . same , man. Everything seemed to rub me up* the wrong way. There were times, when. I hadn't a- oivil word for my best friend, I was beginning to lose all heart. I neverfelt like tackling my ,meals. Many a day I Tjrought my food home, juet as it was pub up for me in the morning. A sandwich or two lay like a stone on my chest, and gave me a sharp pain at the end of my breast. It kept up for- hours. Often' I couldn't get a wink of sleep. la the mornings J gob up as limp as a rag, &nd with every bone in my body ready to ache. "It was in the. winter of '98 that I wentf down with my first attack of Gfut. I was driving one of my" -teams al<>ng . the road, when all of a sudden a sharp pain caught me in the right fooi. I thought ifc was just a bit of a cramp that would soon' pass off. But I soon found out my mistake. -My foot got a 9a 9 hot as, fire,- anct swelled, up so that I had. to pull my bootoff. Every jolt of the waggon was'like a • knife thrust. When I got home they had 1 ' to help me straight- to bed. - There I Jay for days in mortal agony. When the pain: died down it left me a cripple. I was just' able to hobble' about, and that's all". " I was'living at Flaxton at the time, and there are scores there who know how bad X. was," "Mr Jenner went on. ' " Every time H drove into Kaiapoi, I had" to be lifted in and - out of the trap. For two^Jng years, J was a misery to myself, and everyone arounJ me. Every attack of the Gout was worsethan the one before. The last bout capped all the others. The pain I suffered was awful. Hour after hour, I lay moaning and groaning. A tearing pain shot from my ankle down to my toes. It was so fierce that I had to clinch my fists to keep from; crying out. I was' bad' enough in the^dayrime, but at night I was fifty times worse. . I hardly ever closed my eyes. Perhaps, just as it was coming on to '^morning, I might doze* off. But I woke if anyone walked across the room. The least knock against the bed nearly, sent me mad. Everyday I was getting worse. I started to worry, for I couldn't help thinking I wm always going to have this Rheumatism. Nearly 'every joint in my body swelled up, and the skin round them got all red end . shiny. I was as helpless as the day I was born. „My elbows got stiff. ._ I couldn't - put my hand up to my head if you paid me. When my knees started to get drawn up, I gave up hope. If ever a man suffered torture I did. My flesh was so tender that • I could'nt bear the bed -<4oth.es to touch me. " I was at my worst when I got to know of a case of Gout that Dr Williams-P ink Pills had cured," added Mr Jenner. "They * were my sufferings to aT. There and then, Mrs Jenner sent to May's store for some of the pills. At first, I thought they were not . going to do me any good, for I had nearly , got through the second box before I felt; , better in any way. But my wife said . I . was eating better all along*. From' that out, • I gained every day. One by one, the pains 'died down. In the mornings I got up with a light heart, and ready*to do a day's work with anyone. I kept on with Dr Williams' Pink Pills for over five monthif but the time wa« well spent, I can tell you. * When Dr Williams'' Pink Pills cured me, they never -did m more for any man." ' • y Remember, Dr Williams' Pink Pills foe Pale People- actually make^ new blood—nothing more. They do not act on the bowels. Tfiey do nOt tinker"* with mer,e symptoms. No other medicine strikes at' the root of disease as they do. They have cured the^ worst cases of Liver Trouble, Indigestion, Neuralgia,- Rheumatism, Sciatica, General Weakness, Paralysis, Locomotor Ataxia, and even Consumption. Dr Williams' Pink- Pills are a\zo good in a , special way for the secret blood troubles that ruin the regular health* of growing 1 girls and women Xf you are not sure • whether Dr Williams' Pink Pills are suited to your own case, write for free medical advice to the Dr Williams' M-edjcine Co.', . Wellington. From the same address wju can' order the genuine Dr Williams" Pmlc - Pills at 3/- a box, or six boxes 16/6, post free- .

We have received from the Dunlop Rubber Co. of Australasia an artistic calendar foil 1907 in the shape of » coloured picture of San Francisco in flames. A choice dairy farm of 200 acres, situated a. few miles from Wellington, together wifchf ' comfortable dwelling and out offices, etc., if offered for sale. For particulars ccc adver- «. tisement elsewhere in this issue. The cutting of oate has begun north of Timaru, but there *re wide gaps betw^ajf the stooks. • . _

in with Ms breastplate hae called forth no a little hostile and unjustifiable criticisr Sgainst the objector's action, but the cart and trouble which has been expended or the compilation of the Rules of Racinj would make them appear a fatuous wast of work in the interests of the sport i the laws which govern the game were eithei carelessly observed or entirely ignored. I may savour of the ivin-tie-or-wrangl< spirit to lodge an objection on a grount which did not materially affect the run ning of a race ; but if rules are mad© t< be observed anfl not ignored, a proteai should not be required when a diatinci breach of the law has been committed. Ii 'should be sufficient that a steward' 6 atten tion be drawn to the fact, and the official" of the club -would then have no opt ; or but to perform their duty. It is not bj any means suggested here that any fraac or attempt at fraud took place in connec tion with the Hawke's Bay incident, bui the rule on the point is clearly includes m our racing laws to prevent frond by juggling with, the weight carried <<by a hors« in a race. Loaded breastplates, bridles; ami whips have all played their parts in turf history, and ac the -outcome of changing whips — one heavily ' loaded and ' th« other weighing a few ounces — a rider is nowadays not allowed to weigh either in or out with his whip. For those who ar« not fally conversant with the rules and the 'aw bearing on the -point it may prove of interest to know that Part XXTT, sections 6 and 7, read as follows : — 6. It shall be optional for a jockey to weigb out or in with his bridle. and i the clerk oi the sctles shall, if reouesttd, r.Uow lib foi -the bridle. Ko whip or substitute for t whip shall be allowed in the scales. 7. Any iiacA. muzzle, martingnle, breast plate, or do-thing (other than "hoots oi bandages; in which a horse runs shall be put inrto th« scales and included in the jockey's weight, otherwise the norse shall be disqualified for tbe race. There is little doubt that the dominant note in racing nowadays,^ commercialism, and some owners want to win and win money, and as a case in point it may be mentioned Jhat a northern owner who won aa intrinsically valuable trophy within a recent date treated bis prize in a contemptuous and insulting manner. However, that is by the way, and the incident is mentioned to show that commercialism clearly accounted for the presence of that owner's colours on our turf. At the last New Zealand Gup meeting one of the -Hon. J. D. Ormond'« horsas was deprived of the fruits of getting second place in a race because the rider did not go straight to the scales, and neglected to weigh in. A disqualification for the race resulted, and although it was a piece of bad luck, tho writer heard no one allude to the matter as unjustifiable, or as a win-tie-or-wxangle episode. When a distinct contravention of the rules takes place through carelessness or ignorance it may press -hardly upon an ow.ier, but stewards have to do their duty, and although one owner may o"bj€ct to win on a technical pouit, others, again, would get very wroth, with a trainer who did not study his employer's interest* up to the very -hilt a« far as the law is concerned. The- writer had no sympathy with the protest whioh deprived Gladsome'e owner 'of the stakes which she w6n wh«n ridden by Jones at Wellington. In that case :\ic law was strained to. the utmost, and the surrounding circumstances were looked upon with different eyes to that of the Hawke's Bay> and similar incidents. One required a good deal of expert handling: to get it unravelled, whilst the other was in clear contradiction of what ia stated in cold print, and creates an offenjj wh cb must be followed by disqualifi. ation. 9