Starved Himself
"What's the good of living 7" said fclenry Alarehant, a farmer at riltham, l'aranaki. "I'or t-ht 1 im st >«*& rs nl > liie has been a bur'ien. 1 was still. ly li Jing oi hunger, but A didn't liaro to cut a deeont. muul for f«ar .of the j »ims that lolloweU. A inoutjaiul ol light fcod soemutl to turn into a ton of lead wlieu 1 swuilowed it. 1 turned v ii;ny sickly yellow anil always had a bud tuste in my uioiuu.. Day after day anil ingut alter night' I wished 1 wei>e .laad. I took nearly every medicine you could name, but the only way 1 could escape from my misery was practically to starve myself. 1 was as thin as a rake when 1 saw in the Wanganui Chronicle that Dr Williams' pink pills for pule jjtople wer« curing indigestion every day in Auckland, Wellington, .Napier, Ohristchurch, and Dunedin. 1 went straight oil to Mr Kidd, the chemist,, and go« some. After th& lirst week my 'appetite j>i<:ke<l up and I began to get better. i stuck to thu pills and when lour boxes wcro gone 1 was as right as rain. Kvwy pain left me. JNow my health is grand, i am always ready for any tucker, ami I'm hard at work with all my old etrength and energy." There's no reason why Mr Marchant's example should not bo followed by all others who suffer from poor appetite and bile. Why Starve V
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Southland Times, Issue 19194, 4 November 1903, Page 4
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249Starved Himself Southland Times, Issue 19194, 4 November 1903, Page 4
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