, 1840-09-12
OLDRIDGE,S.
BALM OF COL
An Important Recent Chemical Discovery.

THE HUMAN HAIR.
VTHERE 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 mmen 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 obstructed,
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,-Eztraet 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 irmness and preventing the
falling out 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,
of life.
5th-It frees the heard from dandruff, strengthens
The roots. imparts health and yigour 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.
u No ladies' toilet should ever be made without it.
7h--Chidren who have by any means contracted
vcrmin in the head, are Immediately and perfectly cured
Of them by its use. 1t is infalible.
From the Boston Chronicle, Jan, 10.
We see by an advertisement in another column that
Messrs. Comstock d Co, the American Agents for
OldrIdge's Balm of Columbia, have deputies TO sell that
article in Boston and elsewhere-We know n 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 to miscalled res,oratives.
purchased some months sgo, 4 bottle or two OF OlGridge'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 passablc 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 it highly serviceable not only asa prevent
i've agains, the falling off ofhair, but also u certain resto-
ratiye. WM. THATCHER, senior,
Methodist Minister in 81. George charge,
No. Sc North Fifth-street,
JOHN P. INGLISH, 32l Arch street.
JOHN ID. THOMAS, VI. d.. l63 Race st.
JOHN 5. FUREY. I0I Spruce It.
HUGH McCURDY, 2i3 South 7th It.
JOHN GARD, Jr. I23 Arch t.
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 signers are more than 80 years of age, and the
Others not less than ~.
From the Mayor
CM~uoSwEALTu OF PExxsrLv.xr,,
City of Philadelphia.
l, koBERr ART Mayor of said city of
Philadelphia, do hereby ce,tif, that | am well ac-
quaintrd with hr.'rs. J. p. Inclish, John $. Furey,
and Hugh McCurdy, whose names are signed to the
above certificates, that they are gentleman of char
actrr aud respectability and as such full credit should
be given 20 the said certificate.
In witness whereof, | have hereunto set my hand,
and caused the seal of the city to be affixed, this
LIS sixth day of December &c.
ROBERT WHARTON, Mayor.
0rFor sale by Dr. +. S. WATERS Il CO..
Bowling Green, Mo.