, 1840-06-27
OLDRIDGE'S.
BALM OF COL MB1A.
An important Recent Chemical Discovery.
THE HUMAN HAIR.
OLDRIDGE ELS.

THE HUMAN HAIR.
vxTHERE the hair is observed To be growing thin,
wv nothing car be more preposterous than tbs uss
Of OILS grease, or any fatty matter. Their application can
only be recommended through the grosest Ignorance, -
they hasten the fall of the hair, by increasing the re-
Taxation of the skin. When there il 4 harsh. dry, Or
contracted skin, and where the small blood vessels
which carry nourishment to the bulb are obstructed,
then the oils, SC, may be good. as they tsnd to relax
the skin; but alone, they are OF no avail. There musf
be a stimulus, to rouse the vessels from their torPor.
and quicken the current Of the bleod,-Exfrse JSR
C~lirehughs 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 a. follows:
lst-For infants, keeping the head free from scurf.
and causing q luxurent growth of hair.
2d-For ladies after a child birth, restoring the skin
to its natural strength and 6rmness and preventing the
falling out Of the hair.
3deFor any person recovering from any debility the
same effect is produced.
4th-Ifussd in infancy till q good growth ID started.
il may be preserved by attention to the latest Psriea
Of life.
Shit frees the heard from dandruff. strengthens
the roots. imparts health and vigour to the circulation
and prevents the hair from changing colour or getting
gray. .
up in it over night.
n No ladies' toilet should ever be made without IT.
7th--Children who have by anv means contraetsd
vermin in the head, are Immediately and perfectly cured
Of them by its use. II is infallible.
From the Boston Chronicle, Jan. 10.
We see BY an advertisement in another column that
Messn. Comstock q Co., the American Agents tor
Oldrdpe's Balm of Columbia, have deputies to eel that
article in Boston and elsewhere--We know . lady OF
this city whose hair was so nearly gone a. To expose
entirely her chronological Developments, which, eonsid-
erin that they betokened a most smiable disposition. was
nus IN reality very unfortunate. Nevertheiess she
mourned the loss OF ,oSLL: that she bad worn, and, A.
ii ---.- a.. ,,..ea1lsd YeainPntfveG-
purchased some months go, q bottle or two o! Oldndgss
Balm, and she has now ringlots in rich Profusion, glossy.
and Of raven blackness. We are not pufing--none Of
the commod ty has been sent to US, and. indeed, We 90
not want any, for though we were obliged 10 woar wig
a year SGD, we have now, through its virtue, hair enough.
and OF a passable quality, Of our own.
ROBERT WHARTON. Esq, late Mayor of Phil..
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
have found it highly serviceable not only asa prevent
i've agains, the falling of ofhair, but also = certain fs's0'
,stiye. wM. THATCHER, senior,
Methodist Minister in ST. George charge,
No. sc North Fith-street,
JOHN P. INGLISH, 32I Arch street.
JOHN ID. THOMAS, N. d. l63 Race st.
JOHN S. FUREY, l0l spruces st.
HUGH McCURDY, 243 South 18th st.
JoHN GARD, J. 1913 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 i, known that taree OF the
above signes arc more than 50 years of age, and the
Others not less than 30.
From the Mnyorl
C-nYoSwEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA,
City of Philadelphia.
l, ROBERT WHARTON, Mayor of said city of
Philadelphia, do hereby certify that l am well &C
quainted with Messs. J. p. Inglish, John 8. fnrey,
and Hugh McCurdy, whose names are signed to tho
above certificates, that they are gentleman Of char
actrr and respectability, and as such full credit should
be given to tho said certificate.
In witness whereof, l have hcreunto set my hand,
and caused the seal of the city to be affixed, this
Us sixth day of December, &c.
ROBERT WHARTON, Mayor.
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