, 1840-10-03
OLDRIDGE,S.
BALM OF COL

An important Recent Chemical Discovery.
THE HUMAN HAIR.
lvHTHERE the hair is observed to be growing thin,
w nothing can be more PrePosaerous man .he use
of oils grease, or any fatty matter. Their application can
only be recommended through the grosest ignorance, as
they hasten the fall of the hair, by increasing the re-
taxation of the skin. When there is a harsh, dry, or
contracted skin, and where the small blood vessels
which carry nourishment to the bulb are INSTRUCTED,
then the oils, &C., may be good, as they tend to relax
the skin but alone, they are Of no avail. There must
be q stimulus, to rouse the vessels from their torpor,
and quicken the current of the blood,-Ertroet from
Clirehughs Treatise on the hair.
The Balm Of Columbia is the only preparation that
can have that effect, being entirely free from any oily
substance. Its positive qualities are as follows:
lst-For infants, keeping the head free from scurf,
and causing a luxurient growth CT hair.
2d-For ladies after a child birth, restoring the skin
to its natural strength and frmness and preventing tho
falling out Of the hair.
3d-For any person recovering from any debility the
same effect is produced.
4th-Ifused in infancy till a good growth is started,
It may be preserved by attention to the latest period
Of life.
5th-It frees the heard from ~dandruf,. strengthens
the roots. impaTts health and vigour to the circulation
and prevents the hair from changing colour or getting
gray.
6ih--It causes the hair TO curl beautifully when done
up in it over night.
M No ladies' toilet should ever be made without it.
7th--Children who have by any means contracted
yermin in the head, are Immediately and perfectly cured
Of them by its use. 1t is ~infallible.
From the Boston Chronicle, Jan, 10.
We see by an advertisement in another column that
Messrs. Comstock d. Co, the American Agents for
Oldrdge's Balm Of Columbia, have deputies to sell that
article in Boston and elsewhere-We know a lady Of
this city whose hair was SO nearly gone as 10 expose
entirely her chronological developments, which, consid-
ering that they bctokened a most amiable disposition, was
not in reality very unfortunate. Nevertheless she
incurred the loss of locks that she had worn, and, al
ter a years fruitless resort to miscalled resioratives,
purchased some months ago, a bottle or two OF oidrIdge's
Balm, and she has now ringlets in rich profusIon, glossy
and of raven blackness. We are not puffng--none Of
the commod ty has been sent to US, and, indeed. We dc
not want any. for though we were obliged to wear a wig
n year ago, we have now, through its virtue, hair enough
and OF a Passable quality, Of our own.
ROBERT WHARTON. Esq, late Mayor of Phila
delphia, has certified, as may be seen below, TO the high
character Of the following gentlemen.
The undersigned do hereby certify that we have used
the Balm of Columbia discovered by J. Oldridge, and
i've against the falling off ofhair, but also u certain resto
rati,e. WIN. THATCHER, senior,
Methodist Minister in -. George charge,
No. Sc North Fifth-street,
JOHN P. INGLISH, 32l Arch street.
JOHN d.. THOMAS, VI. ID. 1853 Race st.
JOHN 5. FUREY, 10l Spruce st.
HUGH McCuRDY, 2i3 South 9TH st.
JOHN GARD, J. l23 Arch st.
The aged, and those who persist in wearing wigs
may not always experience its restorative qualities
yes it will certainly raise its virtues in the estimation
of the public, when it is known that tnree OF the
above signers are more than 80 years of age, and the
Others not less than 30.
From the Mayorl
CMMoSwEALTu OF PENNSYLVANIA,
City OF Philadelphia.
/, ROBERT WHARTON, Mayor of said city o
Philadelphia, do hereby certify that | am well &C
qnainted with Messrs. J. p. Inglish, John :. Furey
and Hugh McCurdy, whose names are signed To tht
above certificates, that they are gentleman of char
actrr and resPectability, and as such full credit shoulc
! be given to the said certificate.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand
sRd caused the seal OF the city to be affixed, Thu
lis sixth day of December &c.
ROBERT WHARTON, Mayor.
o. For sale by DR.. T. S. WATERS & co.
Bowling Green, Mo.