, 1840-11-07
OLDRIDGE'S.
BALM OF COL
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An Important Recent Chemical Discovery.
THE HUMAN HAIR.
WHERE 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 ~mme through the grosest ignoranee, a.
they hasten the fall Of the hair, by increasing tho n.
taxation Of the skin. When there is a harh. dry, G.
contracted skin, and where the small blood vesssI.
which carry nourishment to the bulb are obstructsd
then the oils. &c, may be good. as they tend to rel.r
the skin; but alone, they are of no avail. There mum
be a stimulus, to rouse the vessels from their torDo,-
and quicken the current of the blood,-EriToet from
Clirehughs Treatise on the hair.
The Balm Of Columbia is the only preparation that
can have that effect, being entirely free from any oilv
substance. Its positive qualities are as follows:
lst-F"r infants, keeping the head free from scurf
and causing a luxurent growth of hair.
2d-For ladies after a child birth, restoring the skin
to its natural strength and frmness and preventing the
falling on! 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,
1t may be preserved by attention to the latest period
OF life.
5th-It frees the heard from dandruf. strengthen,
the roots. inparts health and vigour to the circulation
and prevents the hair from changing colour or getting
gray.
6th--It causes the hair to curl beautifully when done
up in it over night.
~ No ladies' toilet should ever be made without il.
Th--Children who have by any means contracted
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 E Co, the American Agents for
OldrIdgets Balm Of Columbia, have deputies to sell that
article IN Boston and elsewhere-We know q lady Of
this city whose hair was so nearly gone as to expose
entirely her chronological developments, which, consid.
ering thatt they betokened a most smiable disposition, wa,
not in reality very unfortunate. Nevertheless she
mourned the loss of locks that she had worn, and, af.
ter a years fruitless resort TO miscalled restoratiyes,
purchased some months ago, a bottle or two OF Ole ridge's
Balm, and she has now ringlets in rich profusion, glossy,
and of raven blackness. We are not puffing-none Of
the commod ty has been sent to us, and, indeed, We do
not want any, for though We were obliged to wear a wig
a 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. OIdridge. and
have found it highly serviceable not only asa prevent
i've against the falling of ofhair. but also i certain res,o.
ratise. Wh. THATCHER, senior,
Methodist Minister in -. George charge,
No. IS North Fifth street,
JOHN P. INGLISII, :'2I Area street.
JOHN ID. THOMAS, VI ID. 1863 Race st.
JOHN : FCREY. 1nI Spruce st.
HUGH McCUHDY. 2i3 south 9Th It.
JOHN GARD. Jr l23 Arch It.
The aged, and th"-e who persist in wearing. viz,
may nut Away experience it, rr.;nrative qualities,
YES IT will crrt"inl, raise ~ yirtnr- in the e>timation
"i th" public, when IT i known that tnrre Of the
above 'iSn"F' ar" more taan 81 years Of age, and the
"thcr- MT .r.S :hau :u
from the Mayor
CMNoSwF,LTH "g PENNSYLVANIA,
city at Tbiias!rlrhia
]. INRERF II tR ron. Taynr of saiI ritz Of
dn be rely cr1ri:, that I am we'll ac-
iuHiHi"d with Nr->r<. J. p. In :I.sh, John :. Fnrey,
anu iin-h Wet nriN. w""-r hams are signed to the
ABOVE crrtifIcaie that they ar" -rn,iruan Of char
lct"r an! rcsrcctrhiiiy. aud d. III, Il fail credit .huuId
De- given 70 the said crrt.fci'c.
Ia witness whereof, / have hcrrunto set nv hand,
'nh cau-"'i the seal Of the CITY 10 he affixed, this
Us sixth day of December Sc.
ROBERT WHARTON, Mavor.
CF For sab" hy DR. T. :. WATERS & co.
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