The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-08-01 00:00:00

FUNZI:AL OF "TOMMY TriUoli."
To the Editor .f dr" Obs•retr."

SlR,—%early forty years ago the smilers of the Shirk
Conntry took it iuM their beads to kill one Mr. " Tommy
Truck,- and blot out his name fears the memory of pos-
terity. Accordingly they watched an opportunity, and
on • certain occasion they gave him several deadly illst4
and levelled him at ono'. He was now to ell sppearance
dead enough, and it was deters:am I to bury lomat once,
withont drlay. A subseription -was Act on loot, sod in s
short time sufficient money was collected to buy •coffin,
&i.e.. wherein to deposit the remains of this monster.
A coffin was accordingly purchased, and the elli* of Mr.
"Truck " was duly deposited therein. The card raffia.
together with its contents, was carried round the room
try followed by an army of nail forgers, shouting in
triumpli at the victory they had gained over their great
foe. After duly celebrating the victory • gme was deg
at Lye Waste, and Mr. '• Track' was interred—it wo
said never to rise again—and a "grand fuddle "tioS
place among the nailer; in token of their cemplete
triumph over poor "Torn Track." Bat alas! Mr.
" 'truck" left a numerous family behind him, and they
have set np the old business. and extended their operas
lions from one end of the Black Country to the other.
Yours respectfully, Sir.
wuomAs sfursorg.
Crtaley, July.

A 81"crEsoFCL Gazeol
has the following :—" There are very few simples:Moles
of fond which can bout so many valuable and importaig
dietary properties as cocoa. While acting on the vertu
as a gentle stimulant, it provides the holy with some of
the purest elements of nutrition, rind at the same tins
corrects and invig,rates the action of the digestive or
gene. These beneficial effects depend in • great mew
sure upon the manner of its preparation, but of late year,
such close attention has been given to the growth sod
treatment of coc.m that there is no difficulty in tecuriag
it with every octal quality fully developed. Tile eloeO
tar ounces which Me. Epps atLoned by his hOweopsibit
preparation of Locos has never been surpassed by any
pertinent:olcl Far and wile the reputation of Epp..
Cocoa boo spread by the iimple force of its own extreor
liinary Merits. Medical men of all shades of opiaina
have agreed in recommending it as the safest and neat
beneficial article of dirt for ix noes of weak coast:hp
hone. This superiority of a part,eular mode of prepare.
tion over all others is a remarkable proof of the greet
results to be obtained from httie causes. By tkoroug:l
knowledge of the natural laws which govern the opera-
tions of digestion and nutrition, and by a careful apple".
tion Of the fine properties of welLselected tornil, Mr.
Epps has provided our breakfast tildes with a it-Hi:Maly
flavoured beverage which may save us many lissiy doe.
tors bills. It is by the judicious rise of such articles of
dirt that ft conotitution may be gradually built up natil
Atroag enough hi resist every tendency to decease. Hut 7
areas of subtle maladies are floatimi around rio reedy to I
attack whereci or there is a weak point. We may MP
cape many a fatal shaft by keeping ourselves well forth
lied with pure blood mot a properly nourished fratilli.
ADVICI 10 you broken of your rest
by a sbrk child, sn6eriug with the pain of cutting teeth!
(lo at once to a chemist. and get a bottle of Id/ X. Woe.
low'. Soothing Syrup. It will relieve the poor satferer
immediatily ; it is pert, oily harmless ; it produces natu-
ral quiet sleep, by relieving the child from pain, and the
little cherub awakes "as bright as a button." It hat
been long in use in America, and is highly re,ornruen,l4
by medical men ; it is very pleasant to take', it soothes
the chili; it softens the gains, allays all coin,
wind, regulates the bowels, and is thi. best known remedy
for dysentery and diarrlrea, whether arising from te.411-
ing or other closes. Be sure and task for Mrs.
I loft's Soothing Syrup, and are that Curtis and l'rrkink
I New York awl London" icon the outside wrapper. No
mother should Inc a ithout it. —Sold by all medicine
dealers at Is lid per Bottle, London Depot, 21.5.
Holborn.

HOLLOWAY'a IPILLI.—A:O(PAMa MEd byvs/fr.4,—The
medicines commonly used for the subjugation of tlic.s
diseases so frequently fail of effecting that object that
should be known to ali sufferers from these maladies that
Holloway's Ointment, well riddled upon the abdomen w
or three times a day, with the application of warm bran
pennies lathe interval., gives immediate relief. gradually
soothes the irritable I.OWkIB, and assuages their most dis•
teeming pains. This treatment is applicable to all forms
of diarrlsow, dysentery, and cholera. and, with attruttoss
will always he successful. laritaseeous dit. and
barley water should give subsistence duriog the coati,
, mice of the discus,, to the utter excinairou of all .44
food, which the deranged bowels are incompetent to OW
milste.