PAWNING A PAIR OF TROWSERS FOR MEDICINE.

Thames Advertiser, Volume XVII, Issue 5646, 26 November 1886, Page 3

PAWNING A PAIR OF TROWSERS FOR MEDICINE.

•lajies Francis Tiiojias lives in ionaewynydd, nor Pontypool,Monmouthshire, Jin is now twenty-three years of ape, living with Ilia mother, a widow. Souio eleven years V?o, then a.mere boy, he went t > work in a coni-pit as a minor in order to assist hismother in'rearing her family of little children, Soon, however, the little follow broke'dawn in health; hut the necessities'of the family, seemed to reiuire- it, and he continued to fcpil in the mines, suffering all the,time from the effectsof indigestion, an agonkingsymp--tom being asthma, in such a troublesome f orm 'hat the boy. was unable'to lie in lici VV'oi - Øog through the day, and resting as lies (could in an arm chair diiring the night, Orally undermined hiscoristitution 1 Year } year his health grew worse and-worse,-until at last rheumatism came wi'th-'j all its dreadful apron'y;* One pint af-er another became swollcn'and inflamed, so that he wa.< obligprl. to stop work. In; this sad plight the now : young roan was confined to his house for two long years, suffering; allthat mortal can endure.. One. physician, after another was called upon .to.: treat his complaint but _with rio 4 benefit,: for the poor fellow continued to grow worse aiirl worse,' Hoping to find some means of relief,'a consultation •of doctors was held,'when it was decided that an; organic disease of the heart existed- in an incurable' form, and that medical aid could uotafford reliefHe;was given up to die... These, years of expensive medical trratment.4i.id exhausted the little savings .of the, mother, and'they, had no mpnsy.to buy even the necessaries of life. Bat a fond mother never gives-;u'p-in despair.' There -w-s' one spark of hope, tfift. Sorhcone had told her of" a remedy that had'cured so many cases'—even"'when as hopeless as this one se--*tn?d to be—and' the mother's love went out for herdear boy. But how to get the.. meiiicin> . was the question. Their money wss entit'e'y gone. The boy had a new pair-, of- .trousers that he had been too ill to. wear, and-the mother reasoned within herself "If th'o boy is to die he will not need them, so I may as well pledge them for medicine with au effort to save his life." (strange as it may I appear, the bottles of medicine procured ! -it the chemist's shop in Pontypool with tho [ money obtained from the pawnbroker, ef |fecteda cure in this hopeless case, -.which had been prquounc-'d as incurable. But itis only just to say that if the chemist.had known-of the wants of the family the medicine could have been obtained'without 'a visit to the pawnbroker. It'is'nownearly' two years since this took place, and young James Francis Thomas is now working in the coal-pit underground ever since, earning ex'ta pay for over-work, which he is able to perform.: Of course, he never had organic disease of the heart, as was supposed. The palpitation, rheumatism, and asthma were m re symptoms of the real' disease, whidh was dyspepsia, or indigestion, for which the remedy was spcially adapted, Those-who wish tq communicate with this young, man can write to him at the above address, and he will vouch for the curative'properties of Seigel's Syrup, the article, that, effected this almost miraculous' cure. 7 The following is from a chemist who thought the facts should be made known James Francis Thomas of ' Pontnewynyd, near' Pontypool, age twenty-three, collier,-was ill for nine months, unable to do any woi'k for ' three years, never lay down in bed for-rnine-: years,' had to sleep in a stooping posture, was heated by nearly all the doctors for miles around, who generally stated hiscomplant to''be'rheumatism and heart disease of a chronic nature, and ncyond .all power to' cure. When hope had nearly died out, he /' wis'persiiaded to try Siegel's Syru.p; and, to the delight of his relative^and asonishfnent of 'i s neighbours, after takhg half a bottlehe could lie down in bed, • iff ter taking one bottle he went to work, x£as now taken two bottles; and on with the thiril and'in quite well and strong. His mother is in raptures, and can talk of 'nothing else but this marvellous cure, and' wishes me tor make it known;"' ■

15th August. 1883. Dear Sir,—l write to tell you. that Mr. Henry Hillier, of Yatesbury, Wilts, informs' me that lie suffered from a very severe'form of indigestion for upwards of four years, and; took'no'end of doctor's medicine without the slightest heiiefifc; and declares Mother Ssigel's Syrup which he got, from me saved his life, '■

| Yours truly, - ' (Signed) N W.KBB, • . Chemist, Calne, AGENTS. Kempthorsr, Pkosser,' and Co.'s New.. Zealand Drug Co. Limited,—Dunedin,,. Cliristchurch, Wellington, and'.