The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-09-26 00:00:00

RO WLEY WAKE.
T. the Editor of the"Obseeeee."

DEM: Saw—According to a custom established some
years since, Rowley Wake, was held a few days ago, met
the mond complement of ataPs, shows, shooting gaiter-
ies, Ac,, were present. It was surprising to see the
quantity of people wending their way to the groped,
where the above shows, &c , had been stationed. Bay.
Mg a great antipathy to all such things, I, of course,
studiously avoided visiting it. and I only wish there were
more of my opinion. When I see the amount of drunk•
curse wakes, Afe., cause— when I hear the piteous wail
of the beggar-boy, ViIIOSP parent or parents have eon.
verted all their convertible property into money for
drielc—wlien I see the numerous women and elithlren
miserably clad, crowding the pawnshop, and asal
almost famished—and when I behold the demoralising
influence such scenes exert on the minds of the your,
children, whose parents foolishly and wickedly allow to
be present. I cannot but feel indignant that such seen,
are allowed year after year to be enacted. How often la
it that the labours of the Day and Sunday School
teacher, for nearly a year, are quite spoiled, and the in,
pressions he has made for good, eradicated, by the three
or four days revelling which characterise these wakes?
And this is not the only consideration. How much theft
is committed by young people who cannot get at the
money honestly, wherewith to enjoy themselves 0, and
how much money is squandered by th.oughtless and i tea •
ant people, which but for the occasion the Wake affords
would pass into the tradesman's till, and thus do goal to
those people.
. . . . .

hope, 'sir, that in this age of intelligence, when peo-
ple Ars so discriminating and enlightened, wakes will
soon be abolished. 1 am sure if some philanthropic
gentleman would undertake to canvas! Cradley Heath,
Old Hill, and the neighbourhood, that he would obtain
such a number of signatures that the proper authorities
could not fail to see that wakes were disliked, and thy
would therefore seek to prevent them being hell.
Hoping this subject will be taken into consideration
by your numerous readers, and some steps taken to pro.
vent Rowley Wake and all others being held in this
neighborhood,

I remain, yours, &c.,
HOPEFUL.
A SucensarcL hicraens airr.—TheCVM: Service Gazelle
has the following There are very few simple article.
of food which can boast so many valuable and important
dietary properties as cocoa. While acting on the threes
as a gentle stimulant, it provides the body with sonic of
the purest elements of nutrition, and at the sail, time
corrects and invigorates the action of the digestive or-
gans. These beneficial effects depend in a great mea-
sure upon the manner of its preparation, but of late years
such close attention has been given to the growth and
treatment of cocoa that there is no difficulty in securing
it with every useful quality fully develovd. The siinni•
lar success which Mr. Epps attained by WS hOalitOpittli•E
preparation of cocoa has never been surpassed by auy ex-
perimentalist. For and wide the reputation of EPP'',
Cocoa has spread by the simple force of its owe extraor
dinary merits. Medical men of all shades of opinion
have agreed in recommending it as the safest and most
beneficial article of diet for persons of weak constitu-
tions. This superiority of a particular mode of prepara-
tion over all others is a remarkable proof of the great
results to be obtained from little causes. By a Ong-kr-lit
knowledge of the natural laws which govern the opera-
tions of digestion and nutrition, and by a careful amine*.
lion of the line properties of well-selected cocoa, Mr.
Epps has provided our breakfast tables with a delicately
flavoured beverage which may sate us ninny heavy doc-
tors' bills. It is by the judicious use of such articles of
diet that a constitution may be gradually built up until
strong enough to resist every tendency to decease. Hun-
dreds of subtle maladies are floating around us ready to
attack whereever there is a weak point. We may 0-
cape many a fatal shaft by keeping ourselves well foal-
lied with pure blond and a properly nourished frame.
HOLLOWAY'S Ors:rimy? AND PlLLN.—liheartllltiM sad
rheumatic gout are the most dreaded of all diseases, be-
cause their victims know that they are safe at no season,
and at no age secure. Holloway's Ointment, after fom-
entation of the painful parts, gives greater relief than
any other application, but it must be diligently used to
obtain this desirable result. It has been highly con-
mended by rheumatic subjects of all ages and of both
sexes for rendering their attacks less frequent and less
rigorous ; and for repressing the sour perspirations and
soothing the nerves. In many cases Holloway's Oint-
ment and Pills have proved the greatest blessings in re-
moving rbenmatisin and rheumatic gout, which had as-
sailed persons previously healthy and in the prime of
life.

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other communication+ most be addressed.
Saturday, September te, 1888.