A RECORD OF MERIT

Otago Witness, Issue 2757, 16 January 1907, Page 85

A RECORD OF MERIT

SUCH PROOF As No Imitations Can Show Th» Oa«e o-f Mrs. A. CHURCHILL: (BT A SPICIAL RIPORTCR.) However modest our meant, we can att ' help someone do something if we will bat consider how. To perform a laudable acfe, great wealth is not always ,imper*tiVew} though, of course, it is sometimes useful? but in matters similar to those referred w by Mrs. Annie Churchill, of Kensngtoatjt street, Bouth Dunedin, it is only » consider* . ate disposition that is needed to enable u| - to place before the general reader something that should prove both interesting and profile able. At the commencement of her narra« tive, Mrs. Churchill said : — " Two years come April I was in rerjf dire straits with my kidneys, and had bees, ■o for about three years previously. It wm J a dreadful feeling that always affected mi-%' as if I wanted to do nothing else but fieap* I was living in Christchuroh when I wasji taken ill, and people there could tell yon how dreadful my sufferings were.' I eonlah not eat, I could not sleep— even though I was continually in suoh a drowsy and depressed condition — for it happened that whin I retired to bed the inclination to sleep wentawayv owing to my brain becoming active with th£ most unhappy thought*, and I could own tarn about in a state of restlessness till ' morning. Never without a bitter taste i$ my mouth in the mornings, the desire foe food was entirely absent, so I had to raakij myself eat a litte ; but how did I have ty suffer for it afterwards 1 Goodness me ! if 1 only took a cup of tea I was nearly oat Ox ■ my mind with pains, and any food I hacT seemed to turn sour, and cause me to be* inflated with wind., I was then persecute^ with what people call windy spaams; and oh, dear ! how terribly severe they were ! « 41 What were you taking to check youf: sufferings ! " inquired a special repofter. " What was I taking ? Why, pretty wejl everything in the medicine line that a per* son could take ; but as much cold watef would have done the same good, for I wai not benefited at all. My head often turuef bo giddy that I used to think I was going t? tumble down in the street, and my loiuf ached so badly that it was really painful to stand* I dared not move any more thajß I could help for the violent pains tpatr were fixed between my shoulders, but I think my chest troubles were as bad as any.« The heavy pains there almost had a suffocating effect. It seemed tome that something had got blocked in my chest, with the resuljfr that as I drew my breath I had , to lift a weight that caused me pain is the operation. My limbs ached again simply from ..beer weakness, and to show you how thin I got I may as well tell you that I went from te> stone odd down to eight stone seven." _j- " A loss of nearly two stone," interr the writer. * ■ r _ " Yes. Wasn't that awful. And x got so utterly nervous that I became excited and timid at the least noise, and could not bear to be in the house by myself at nights. Now that I have told you so much, can you wonder at my great appreciation of Clements Tonic for sending away from my life all those physical persecutions? Several people advised me to try it, but I thought it was a lot of nonsense doing so, because I had taken so many medicines before for nothing. Thea some German friends wrote and advised tap to take Clements Tonic, and between tbernr all I was at length persuaded. Thank God I was ! as I got such wonderful ease from my agonies after taking two or three bottles of Clements Tonic that the world was brighter to me than it had been for nearly three years. Before long the pains about my back and chest had vanished. I started eating well, and the effect of Clements Tonic on my digestion was marvellous. So with my nervous system, and I was so delighted to find that giddiness was not troubling me, and that my strength bad all come back. There was such a pacifying influence about Clements Tonic that I could always sleep well, and to that medicine alone I owe my thanks for quite caring me of my terrible ailments." "Have I your permission to use thete remarks ? " You are at liberty to publish them in aty form you want." STATUTORY DECLARATION. I, Akmis CiromoiiiLL, of K«nsington-»tre«t, B«*tk Duntdin, in tb» Colony ef New Ztaland, d« spleoaw and •inotrely deolar* th»t I h»v« oarifully r«a£ the Mnexad dooummt, oontiating of two folios, am* oonseoutivelv ■umbtrid from ona to two, and t&M it eonuiat and i» a tru* and faithful aceouol of mp illnMS and cure by Cltmentf Tonio. and alto oonttlM my full peraViMion to publish in any way aw •tettmanU— which I giv« voluntarily, without it. Seirinf any payment; and I asakj this ••'9*4) declaration cooacientiouily oelievtof the uni U hV ttu«. and by »ittue of th« pro»i«loai of »• Act «f In* Qtntral Alterably of K«w ZtaUud. iatitulcd "!•• Jaiticti of Ftace Act, 1132." Deoland at Duntdin, this Unth day ef Itartfe, taf tbouuod nint btuuLud *ad ihttt, tattort at, k N. BBOWV, IT,

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