, 1840-08-15
oLDRIDGE's.
BALM OF COLUMBIA. -
An Important Recent Chemical Discovery.

An Important Recent Chemical Discovery.
ID. THE HUMAN HAIR.
the hair il observed to b grewing. thin.
w nothing can b more prsposterous than the use
Of oils grease, or any fatty matter. Their application can
only be- recommended through the grossst Ignorance, -
they hasten the fall Of the hair, BY increasing the re-
taxation of the skin. When there 10 . harfh, dry, 81
contracted skin, and where the small blsod vessels
which carry nourishment 70 the bulb are sbstructed,
then the oils, Sc, may b good. a. they tend to relax
the Skin but alone, they are Of no avail. There must
b a stimulus, to rouse the vessels from their torpor,
and quicken the current OF the blooo,-Exteet from
Clirehsghs Treatise on the hsr.
The Balm of Columbis 10 tho only preparation that
can have that effect, being entirely free from any oily
substance. Its positive qualities are a. follows:
lst-For infants, keeping the head free from souri,
and causing q luxurient growth OF hair. -.
2d--For ladies after q child birth, restoring the skin
10 its natural strength and 6rmness and preventing Inc
3deFor any person recovering from any debility the
same effect is produced.
4th-Ifused in infancy till . good growth is started,
il may be preserved by attention to the latest period
Of life.
stb-It frees the heard frsm dandruff. strengthens
the roots. imparts health and vigous to the circulation
and prevents the hair from changing colour or getting
gray.
up in it over night.
p No ladies' toilet should ever Be made without il.
7th-Children who have by any means contracted
vermln IN the head, are immeofeteiy ana Pefiecuy cureo
of them by its use. II ID infalible. -
From the Boston Chronicle, Jan, 10.
We see by an advertisement in another column that
Messrs. Comstock 4 Co., the American Agents fol
Oldr,dge's Balm Of Columbia, have deputies to sell that
article in Boston and elsewhere-We know a lady oil
this city whose hair was 90 nearly gone as TO expose
! entirely her chronological developments, which, consid
! ering that they betokened q most amiable disposition, wal
not in reality very unfortunate. Nevertheless shs
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ter q years fruitless resort to miscalled restsratives
purchased some months sgo. . bottle ortwo OF Oidndge'
Balm, and she has now ringletsi in rich profusion, glossy
and Of raven blackness. We are not Puf g--none o
> not want any, for though We were obliged to wear a wiz
. year ago, we have now, through its virtue, hair enough
> and Of a passable quality, Of our own.
ROBERT WHARTON. Esq, late Mayer Of Phils
9 delphia, has certified, as may be seen below, TO the higl
character Of the following gentlemen.
The undersigned do hereby certify that We have uset
the Balm Of Columbia discovered BY J. Oldridge. AM
have found it highly serviceahle not only asa prevent
i've ssains, the falling of ofhair, but also u certain resto
, rative. WIN. THATCHER, senior,
Methodist Minister in st. George charge,
No. S6 North Fifth-street,
JOHN P. INGLISH, 32l Arch street.
JOHN d. THOMAS, N. d. 1853 Race st.
JOHN s. FUREY, lOl Spruce st.
HUGE McCURDY, 243 South 7th st.
s JOHN GARD, Jr. 123 Arch st.
:. The aged, and those who persist 10 wearing wig
may not always experience its restorative ~quslitie.
] yes il will certainly raise its virtues in the estimation
. Of the public, when il is known that three Of tn
above signen are more than 81 years Of sge, and tn
] Others not less than 30.
From the Mayor1
CnnoSwEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA,
c City OF Philadelphia.
], ROBERT WHARTON, Mayor OF said city o
p 4 DA.t- u ar A. Ill -
3 quainted with NJ "a. J. P. Inglish, John s. Furey
and Hugh McCurdy, whose names are signed to th
above certificates, that they are gentleman Of char
acter and respectability, and as such full credit ,houl
be given to the said certificate.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand
and caused the seal Of the city to be affixed, thi
lis. sixth day Of December &c.
ROBERT WHARTON, Mayor.
II o. For sale by Dr.. +. s. WATERS & CO.
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