, 1840-08-22
OLDRIDGE'S.
BALM OF COLUMBIA.
An LuDortant Recent Chemical Discovery.


An Important Recent Chemical Discovery.
THE HUMAN HAIR.
VETHERE the hair is observed to be growing thin,
w nothing can be more preposterous than the 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 tho re-
taxation of the skin. When there is 4 harsh, dry, CT
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 a stimulus, to rouse the vessels from their torpor,
and quicken the current of the blood,-EItract 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 Of hair.
2d-For ladies after a child birth, restoring the skin
to its natural strength and firmness and preventing tho
falling on. of the hair.
sd-FOr any person recovering from any debility the
same effect is produced.
4th-Ifused in infancy till a good growth is started,
il may be preserved by attention to tho latest period
Of life.
5th-It 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.
Chit causes the hair to curl beautifully when done
up in it over night.
" No ladies' toilet should ever be made without it.
su-SuiIuICu uutC ny any ucdns COutI1Cleu
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
Messrs. Comstock & CO., the American Agents for
Oldrrdge'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 TO expose
entirely her chronological developments, which, consid-
ering ~thatthey betokened a most amiabhe disposition, was
NOT in aoIt aru Earstn NayArthataa. .ta
mourned The loss of locks that she had worn, and, af.
ter a years fruitless resort to miscalled restsratives,
purchased some months 60. q bottle or two Of Oldridges
Balm, and she has now ringlets in rich profusion, glossy,
and of raven blackness. We arc not pufing--noDe Of
the commodity has been sent to US, and, indeed, We do
not want any, for though we were obliged TO wear q wig
q year ago, We have now, through its virtue, hair enough.
and Of a passable quality, Of our own.
ROBERT WHARTON. Esq, late Mayer 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
have found it highly serviceablc not only asa prevent.
i've against the falling off Of hair, but also u certain resto-
%rative. WIN. THATCHER, senior,
Methodist Minister in st. George charge,
No. Sc North Fifth-street,
JOHN p. INGLISH, 32l Arch street.
JOHN d. THOMAS, NJ. ID. 1853 Race st.
JOHN S. FUREY, lOl Spruce st.
HUGH McCURDY, 2i3 South It'll st.
JOHN GARD, JL. I23 Arch st.
The aged, and those who persist in wearing wigs
may not always experience its restorative qualities,
yes il will certainly raise its virtues in the estimation
Of the public, when il is known that three of the
above signers are more than 81 years Of age, and the
Others not less than 30.
From the Mayor.1
C~MMoSwEALTH OF PExSsYLvASIa,
City Of Philadelphia.
i, ROBERT WHARTON, Mayor Of said city of
Philadelphia, do hereby certify that l am well a-
quainted with Messrs. J. p. Inglish, John S. Furey,
and Hugh McCurdy, whose names are signed to the
above certificates, that they are gentleman of char.
acter and respectability, and as such full credit should
be given TO the said certificate.
In witness whereof, I have hcreunto set my hand,
and caused the seal of the city TO be affixed, this
li.S sixth day Of December &c.
ROBERT WHARTON, Mayor.
CS-F or sale by DR.. T.. S. WATERS & co.
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