, 1840-08-29
OLDRIDGE,S.
BALM OF COLUMBIA.
An Important Recent Chemical Discovery
THE NJ HAIR.

An Important Recent Chemical Discovery.
THE HUMAN HAIR.
VKTHERE The hair is observed to be growing thin,
nothing can be more preposterous than the use
of oils grease, or any fatty matter. Their application can
only be 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 DISTRACTED,
then the oils, &C., may be good, as they tend TO relax
be a stimulus, to rouse the vessels from their torpor,
and quicken the current of the blood,-Eztraet from
C~lrehughs 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:
1st-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 frmness and preventing tho
falling out Of the hair.
3d--For any person recovering from any debility the
same effect is produced.
4th-lfused in infancy till a good growth is started,
it may be preserved by attention to the latest period
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.
6th-It causes the hair to curl beautifully when done
up in il over night.
" No ladies' toilet should ever be made without il.
7th--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 f. Co, the American Agents for
Oldndge's Balm of Columbia, have deputies TO sell that
article in Boston and elsewhere-We know u lady of
this city whose hair was so nearly gone Us to expose
entirely her chronological Developments, which, consid.
ering that they betokened a most amiable disposition, was
not in reality very unfortunate. Nevertheless she
mourned the loss of locks that she had worn, and, af-
ter a years fruitiess resort 10 miscalled resisratives,
purchased some months go, a bottle ortwo of Oidridge's
Balm, and she has now ringlets in rich profusion, glossy,
and of raven blackness. We arc not pufing-none of
the commodity has been sent to US, and, indeed, We do
not want any, for though we were obliged to wear 4 wig
4 year ago, we have now, through IFS virtue, hair enough.
and OF a passable quality, of our own.
ROBERT WHARTON, Esq, late Mayor of Phla.
delPhia, has certified, as may be seen below, 10 the high
character Of the following gentlemen.
The undersigned do hereby certify that we have used
the Balm of Columbia discovered by ]. Oldridge, and
have found it highly serviceable not only asa prevent
i've against the falling of 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, 32I Arch street.
JOHN ID. THOMAS, NJ. ID. 1853 Race st.
JOHN S. FUREY, 1Ol Spruce st.
HUGH McCURDY, 2i3 South eth st.
JOHN GARD, J. 123 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 signes are more than 50 years of age, aud the
Others not less than ~.
from the Mayor
CMuoSwEALrm or PENNSYLVANIA,
City of Philadelphia.
j, ROBERT WHARTON, Mayor Of said city Of
Philadelphia, do hereby certify that I am well &C.
quainted with Mcssrs. J. p. IngIish, John 5. Furey,
and Hugh McCurdy, whose names are signed TO the
above certificates, that they are gentleman of char.
acter aud respectability, aud as such full credit should
be given 10 the said certificate.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand,
and caused the seal OF the city to be affixed, this
Us. sixth day OF December &c.
ROBERT WHARTON, Mayor.
o. For sale by DIR. T. S. WATERS & co.
Bowling Green. Mo-