, 1840-10-17
OLDRIDGE,S.
BALM OF COLU MBIA.
An Important Recent Chemical Discovery.
THE HUMAN HAIR.

An Important Recent Chemical Discovery
II HUMAN HAIR.
WHERE the hair is observed to be growing thin
nothing car be more preposterous than the use
OF oils grease, or any fatty matter. Their application can
only be recommended through the grosest ignorance, a.
they hasten the fall Of the hair, by increasing the re-.
taxation of the skin. When there is a 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,-ErLact from
ClTehughs 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 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.
1t may be preserved by attention to the 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.
6lh-It causes the hair to curl beautifully when done
up in il over night.
~ No ladies' toilet should ever be made without il.
7th-Childrcn who have by any means contracted
'erinin IN the heau, 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
Oldndge'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 amiable disposition, was
not IN reality very unfortunate. Nevertheless she
mourned the loss of locks that she had worn. and. af
ter a years fruitless resort 10 miscalled resioratIves,
purchaser some months ago, a bottle or two OF Oldrrdge's
Balm, and she has now ringlets in 1ch proflsion, glossy.
and of raven blackness. We are not puffng-none of
the commod ty has been sent to us, and, indeed, we d.
not want any, for though we were obliged to wear Il wig
a year ago. we have now, through its virtue, HAIR enough.
and OF 4 Plssable 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
have found 1t highly serviceable not only asa prevent
i've against the falling off OF hair, but also u certain resto.
rati'e WV. TIA rCHER, senior,
Methodist Minister in 81. George charge,
No. 50 North Fifth-street,
JOHN P. INGLISII, 32I Arch street.
JOHN ID THOMAS, VI ID. l63 Race st.
JOHN : FUREY. IOI Sprucest.
HUGH McCURDY, Pr south 18th St.
JOHN GARD, Jr I23 Arch It.
The aged, and those who persist in wearing wigs
not aiway- experience its restorative qualities,
'es 1t will certainly raise rts virtnr-. ia the e-trmatinn
pf the public, when it is known that tnne of the
above signers a" more than 81 years of age, and the
others not .es, than ~ i
From the Mayorl
CMHoNwEsLTH OF PExxsYIv,xI., =
City Of Philadelphia. |,
], ROBERT VHARTON, Ma yor of said city of
Philadelphia, do hereby certify that I am we'll &C. :
lnaIntcd with Mcssrs J. 7. Inslish. John =. Fnrey, !,
ma Hugh Mcturdy. whn-e names are signed To the y
hove certificates, that they are gentleman of char. G
ctr and responsibility, aud as such full credit should u
g given TO the said certificate. F."
In witness whereof, | have hereunto set nv hand,
nd caused the seal of the city TO be affixed. this
Us sixth day Ut December &c.
ROBERT WHARTON, Mayor.
o. For sale by DIR. I. 5. WATERS & co.
Bowling Green, Mo. J