WAGGONER'S UPS AND DOWNS.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXVII, Issue XIII, 28 September 1901, Page 586

WAGGONER'S UPS AND DOWNS.

Mr Robert Clueas Is a sturdy specimen of a waggoner, who has passed through fifty years of arduous work, and it was with a view to obtaining an account of some episodes in his life that a reporter invaded his home in Oxford, Canterbury. “Doubtless, Mr Clueas," said the reporter, “in the ui>s and downs of existence you have met with incidents well worth publication?”

“As a waggoner," was the reply, “I had to endure the hardships common to those of that calling. Often I have had to go about in my wet clothes all day long, and night after night I have lain in damp blankets.

1 was also exposDuring my trips, ed to rain by day

and frost at night, with the result that many years ago rheumatism and sciatica laid hold of me. My legs, arms and shoulders ached with continual gnawing pains, while sharp, shooting pains, something like needles going through one's flesh, tormented me in my thigh. These pains, I was told, were due to sciatica. At last I became so crippled by these diseases that I was unable to work for my living, and for six months I could not walk outside the house without both a crutch and stick.” “Confinement indoors must have been a terrible affliction,” said the reporter. ‘‘for one used to outdoor life.” “Indeed it was,” said Mr Clucas, “quite apart from the pain. I could get about so little that even a door mat formed an impassable, barrier to me. Often for weeks I slept neither by day nor night, and as a natural consequence lost nil desire for food of any kind- During these years of Suffering I had excellent medical treatment and plenty of home remedies, sqch as hot water ‘cure,* cold water ‘cure,” and acid ‘cure.’ I also tried patent medicines, but they were

equally useless. Through continually seeing Dr. Williams' pink pills advertised in the papers 1 became at last convinced, that there must be ‘something in them,’ and I sent for a box. After using its contents I improved considerably, and thus encouraged I continued the treatment. As I did so the pains of sciatica and the aches of rheumatism gradually disappeared, my appetite returned, and 1 slept well every night. Now I have the full use of my limbs and faculties, and can do a day’s work without trouble. I have advised friends to take these wonderful Dr. Williams' pink pills, and am pleased to learn that they have been benefited by so doing.” The case of Mr Clueas amply proves that Dr. Williams' pink pills are both a blood-builder and nerve tonie, for they cured him of rheumatism and sciatica, the first a disease caused by impure blood, the second a nerve disorder. For the same reason they cure neuralgia, lumbago, bronchitis, consumption, dysentery, skin diseases, St. Vitus’ dance, hysteria, liver and kidney troubles, dyspepsia, anaemia, debility, nervous disorders of either sex, etc. Sold by chemists and storekeepers, and by the Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co., Wellington,' three shillings, six boxes sixteen and six, post free. By regulating health they impart to ladies a beautiful complexion.