The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-05-05 00:00:00

LAAPLIGHTER'S STORY,

The Bridgwater Illereqry furnishes the following
interesting facts : --John Manley, of Bridgwater.
ii a happy man. His good fortune deserves to be
'nada public • Having lived among us all his life,
Ind held the position of laniplig,hter for over twenty •
line years, his name and face are familiar to every- '
body in Bridgwater. He is liked by all, and it is
sefe to say one may go here, there. or yonder, and
whether he meets this, that, or the other person,
tnywhere within the limits of our town, he will be
lure to find a well-wisher of John Manley. While
his life has, generally speaking, been an uneventful
one, he has, nevertheless, daring those twenty-nine
years, met with some strange experiences. In
'lightly furnishing light for us all, as it were, he
hes weathered many a storm and wintry blast. The
tem!" of his present rejoicing is best explained by
qnoting his own words, and we will only add
Viet. being familiar with the facts of the case, we
eadly make public the statement, which ic as
follows :—" Ever since I first got my appointment
fe,m the Gas Company, in 1857, I have made it a
rule to let nothing interfere with my duties, and
for seventeen years I scarcely missed a day, I
was proud of my record, and resolved not to spoil
it; bet one night just twelve years ago, I was
obliged to get a substitute or let the people of
Bridgwater wander about in daekness. Having
been exoosed to a spell of very had weather, I was
etrteken down with a terrible attack of rheumatism
which completely disabled me, 90 that for weeks I
could not move my arms nor do my work. Although
I used everything that was recommended to me, to
get rid of this ailment, I have ever since been a
martyr to it, and for weeks at a time have been un•
able to attend to my duties. In those twelve years
I endured more suffering than words can express,
and I began to regard my case as chronic and al-
'ogether hopeless. When I was recently taken
down again by a fearful attack of my old enemy—
rhenmatiem,—and one of our lady citizens sent me
part of a bottle of a remedy which she said was a
dead shot for that fearful disease as she had found
out from personal experience, I felt it hardly worth
while trying the article. I was persuaded, however
I to make a few applications, and to my astonishment
' and delight the paina and swelling not only left me.
but I have been free from them ever since, and
able to do my work as well in twelve years, and
do not mind saying that I, and all those who knew
of my frequent disabled condition, regard St. Jacobs
Oil, which is the thing that I used, as the best
remedy in the world. It made me happy, and I
know of several who have used it since I tried it,
and all have found it wonderfully effective in driving
away pain. lain sodelighted with the go ,d it did me
that I never cease to speak well of it." Our reporter,
desirous of ascertaining whether others had ex •
perienced like results from the use of this medical
discovery. ab )nt whioh so much is now being said
and written, called upon Mr. W. Hickman, the
wellknown chemist and wholesale druggist., Eastover,
Bridgwater, and questioned him on the snbject.
M. Hickman stated that while it was contrary to
his custom to give his opinion on such matters for
publication, he would cheerfully make an ex leption
in this case, Such a large number of very re-
markable cures by St. Jacobs Oil hat come to his
immediate notice, that he regarded it as a duty to
the pub I; to express his co wfidence in the efficacy
of the article. Among other cases he referred
to that of the wife of a well-known surgeon, whose
experience with the Oil was so satisfactory that she
could scarcely sound its praises too loudly. Its
wonderful pain-curing properties and decided power
to relieve and cure rheumatism, had Mr. Hickman
said, rendered it amazingly popular among our
people. and several residents of Briegwster tad
handed him testimonials with the request that he
would forward them to the proprietors. A friend
of mine, recently returned from Australia, says
that his son has expended more than seven hundred
pounds in his endeavour te obtain relief from severe
rheumatic pains, but derived more benefit trom the
contents of one 2s. 6d. bottle of St Jacobs Oil than
from all other sources combined.