The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-10-22 00:00:00

AN IMPORTANT INVE iTIGATION.
From The Dublin Irish Tin.

There being so much said, both in the Irish and
English Press, in favour of an article now being;
largely i-3ed and recommended in Ireland,we deter-
mined to make our own investigation, and learn
for oursk3ves if one half that was said was true, or
w,hethc or not it was one of those gigantic ather..
t4ing Ce eines, the magnitude of which i tbes.:
mo den iues fail talcs one's breath away. Our
fir 8; info -uant was Mr. E. Stratford Tuite, Justice
of the lace, and Captain of the 4th Battalion

Royal Irish Fusiliers of Granard, County Longfor d
who stated—"l suffered dreadfully with a sprained
ankle, and tried many things without much sum ens.
To aid to my woes, rheumatism set in around the
region of the part affected. and this left me a oc,;m-
plete cripple. I was advised to try St. Jacobs u
Teo effect after three applications was simPly
marvellous ; the pain at once departed, and has not
siPeP returned. A lady afflicted with pains in the
leek, of long standing, used the remaining contents
of the tottle with best results. I think it only due
as a matter of justice to say this much in favour of
what I believe is undoubtedly a sure and certain
"painkiller."
The following from Mr. John M. Campbell, pro-
prietor of the Adair Arms Hotel, Ballymena, speaks
for itself. Mr Campbell is well-known in connec-
tion with the above hotel, and his testimony can be
relied upon. He writes that it is with much pleas-
ure he acquaintit us with the great change that he
has experienced, from the application of St. Jacobs
0 1 the remedy in question ; that it woald be herd
to rinceive anything to work a cure so rapidly,
an that on application his leg seemed to be ex-
pe: iencing ane!ectrie shock, After years of
th umatic gout, or rheumatism, he says he is now
i--houtpain ; and, furtir r, that he has used the
Oil for cramp and croup on his children, a:d found
it most efficacious. The remedy seems also to
I have a magical influence over sprains and bruises.
Sergeant Jeremiah Maher, of the Ardcath Royal
Irish Constabulary. Garristown, Co. Dublin. writes:
"I have much pleasure in informing you that my
friend Mr Thomas Hand, who has been a great
from rheumatism in the back and joints fer the
last four years, during which time he has employed
many diff rent methods of treatment, lent obtained
no relief whatever, and for the last two yearn has
been unable to walk without a stick and sometimes
two sticks, tiad in great pain constantly, when hear-
ing of the wonderful cures effected by St. Jacobs
Oil, I induced him to procure a few bottles, which
he applied with the most astonishing and marvel-
lous effects. Before he had finished using the
contents of the first bottle he could walk readily
without the aid of a stick, and after a few applica-
tions from the second bottle he was free from pain,
and has been ever since, and, although fifty years
of age and a farmer, he can walk and work without
esperienc:ng any pain or difficulty whatever. This
being such a remarkable, complete, and wholly un-
expected cure, my friend Mr Hand and myself
sh-11 consider it our duty from this on to recom -
tn:.nd the oil to anyone we know to be in pain."
Mr David Sloan, of 53, Solway Street, Newtown-
ards Road, Belfast, in a recent interview with Mr.
John H. Shaw, the well-known and popular mer-
client, of 120, Newtownards Road, stated that his
son, who had suffered intensely for four years from
rheumatism in the legs, arras and back, and who
has tried many different remedies without obtain-
ing relief, procured a supply of St. Jacobs Oil
which he caused to be rubbed on the afflicted parts.
After four applications he was entirely free from
pain, and is now quite well
Kate Hanley, of Ballyhane, Castlebar, County
May, says :—"I write to let you know of the al
post tniracu'oue cure which my mother has ex-
perienced from using the invaluable St. Jacobs Oil.
She had suffered for over two years with a severe
pain in her right shoulder which rendered her hand
almost powerless ; she had always to be assisted in
eratsing and could never lie on her eight side at
night. We tried several remedies but they were all
quite nveless A friend recornmen-lei St. Jacobs
Oil, and she had scarcely more than half the eon.
tents of the botlle used when he was quite well,
not a trace of the pain left, and she can use her
arm as usual. She is 79 years of age, and we con.
eider her cure complete. I gave the remainder of
the eontsnts ef the bottle to a friend suffering
from severe toothache, and it afforded instant relief."
M. J. Calahan, Surgeon of Tipperary, Ireland,
writes : —"For the sake of suffering humanity, and
in justice to the St. Jacobs Oil Company. I deem it
only fair to send you particulars of one of the many
cures efieoted in this locality by the use of St. Jacobs
Oil. The Rev. Father Keane, P. P., suffered intense
agony for a long time. His case was pronounced
sciatica, and for week after week he was attended
by a profess!onal M D. Poor Father Keane was
a ni .rtyr to his ailment, as well as to the firing and
blistering of the medical man, to whom he said at
the end—'l am nothing relieved after all your
treatment; to which the medical man assented.
Fortunately, a priest from England called on him
and :winced him to send for a supply of St. Jacobs
Oil. In three days after beginning to use the Oil
he was completely cured and now at ends to his
du ies regularly."
Mr. A. W. Wallace, of Gort, County Galway,
wr tes :—`-For years I heve suffered the neekt intense
rheuma ic pains, during wick time I have been
prescribed for by our most eminen. physicians, all
to no purpose. Learning of the great value of St.
Jacobs Oil in rheumatic complaints. I procured a
bottle, the contents of which allayed all pain.
Long live St. Jacobs Oil."
Ml... Thomas O'Connor, cooper, of Beale, Count
Kerry, says .—"Before I began using St. Jacobs
Oil my knee was twice its natural size—very stiff
and painful. end I was unable to walk or stand
The first application of this famous Oil removed all
pain, and, continuing its use one week, the swelling
disappeared entirely, and I can walk as well as
ever."

The father of Mr. Daniel Lind, arn , Mallow, County
Cork, suffered from rheumatism, and was unable to
find relief for six years. From otie application of
St. Jacobs Oil he received marked benefit, and in a
week all pain left him, and he was cured.
Mr. MichaA Crow', draper, Bank Place, Tipperary,
was unable to attend to his business on account

severe rheumatic pains in his arms and legs. St.
Jacobs Oil was in the end applied to the afflicted
parts, and in three days the pain entirely disap-
peared, and the sufferer was fully restored.
The above are only a few of the many replies re-
ceived to our numerous inquiries. All speak in
high praise of the marvellous !limits obtained from
using St. Jacobs Oil as an outward application for
pain. Knowing that our readers would like to learn
the views of the Dublin Chemists respecting the
virtues of this magical Oil, our rePorter. was in-
structed to interview some of the most prominent
in the trade; among others Messrs. R. Simpson &
Co., of 16, Henry street, were called upon, and in
reply to our reporter's inquiry, Mr. R. Simpson, the
senior partner, said—"Oh, yes, St. Jacobs Oil is
,the
most popular remedy which we now sell ; people
everywhere speak in the highest terms of its great
ai.d marvellous pain-killing properties. T!:e de-
iniAti for the Oil is simply unprecedented in the
history of proprietary medicines. " Why, would
You believe it," said Mr. Simpson, "our last order
for St. Jacobs Oil was for 600 dozen, or 7,200
bottles ; it i. no uncommon thing for us to sell 100
dozed, or 1,200 bottles in a single week, and you can
rest assured that no medicine wou:d have this
enor nous sale unless it possessed actual merit."
Thanking Mr, Simpson for hi s valued information,
our reporter to )1c his departure, having eatisael
himself that the praise bestowed on St. Jacobs Oil
was richly deserved, and that after all it was honest,
and not one of those gigantic advertising scheav s
go. toe u? to make money.