The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1892-08-20
1t Was Mary Sherlock's Wake.

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1t was the wake of Mary Sher-
lock, who had died of old age; and
took place ON the night of Thursday,
March 10th, 1891, in the City of New
York. The room was crowded with .
men and women, old and young, and /
an aged iunkman, who sat ON kcg, /
in the middle of the room, said to .
every newcomer, "Therc lays a
hundred years of peace and happi- /
ness to which the party responded |
in chorus, Faith, Mike, nivcr truer
words did We speak"
For Grandma Sherlock had come F.
to- America from Ireland before any |
of them, and, no doubt, was at least |
los years old when she ended her
long journey.
But she was one OF the old stock,
and never knew what illness was.
How different is such a story as
this, for instance, told by a woman!
IL was never we'll in my life" she
says, always weak and ailing, con
stantly sick, and troubled with giddi-
ness and swimming in the head.
People who did not know me would
at times think | was tipsy. | always
had poor appetite, with bad taste
in the mouth in the morning, and
pain after eating. | had great pain
and tightness in the chest and side,
and was languid and tired after the
! least eXertion, SO | was unable to do
any work or get my own living.
AS to sick headache, was seldom
free 'FRONT.', and often my heart would
palptate, SO | had to stop and hold
myself for fear of falling. | was
nearly always under the doctor, and
when was so. something formed in
my mouth that the doctor called
'ranula,' and | was confined in the
Exeter Hospital II weeks with it.
From that time | was worse than
ever; and after eating the least NOR
sci of food | heaved at the stomach
and would spit up a sour fluid.
Better and worse | continued I'M
til April, 1889, when | became much
til it reached great size, and pain
in the side and back made me scream
out. Indeed | was in such agony |
could not stir hand or foot. Just
then my neighbor, Mrs. Harris, wife
of Joshua Harris, the road contrac
tor, came in, and had to be carried
to bed. So dreadful was the pain
that broke out into heavy sweat,
and a faintness came over me. Mrs.
Harris stayed with me and poulticed
me, but as got no better my mo-
ther, who lived at ROusdon, was
sent Tor. She came at once and sent
for doctor, as 1 was III terrible dis
tress, and fighting for breath. The
doctor said he could not tell what
was the matter, and a second doctor
was sent for from Seaton by the
clergyman, who thought | was dy-
ing. So critical was my condition
considered that prayers were made
for me at the church.
The swelling of the bowels in
creased, and the doctor said if this
swelling did not go down | could
not get better, as it must be Il
tumor. He seemed puzzled by my
. case and kept changing my medl-
cine, but got no relief. My brother
and others who came to see me all
believed me to be dying.
after two months of this lady
named Mrs. Stocker, who lived at
Rousdon, came to see me and told
me about medicine called Mother
Seigel's Syrup, and said, "You try it,
for it once saved my life"
Il sent to Mr.. Gage, the grocer at
f Seaton, and got a bottle, and before
, | had taken the contents | felt bet
ter, the pain was easier, and the
swelling | have spoken of gradually
went away. After having taken three
t. bottles | was able to move about
, and now feel better than | ever did
in my life before, and am stronger
than when | was girl. But, oh, il
| had known of Mother Seigel's
Syrup sooner, it would have saved
me years of misery.
(Signed) Mrs. MARY HoARE,
"Combpyne, Administer, Devon, Feb
Is, 1891"
This was a case of chronic indi-
r gestion and dyspepsia, with terrible
, constipation; the swelling was caused
I by matter in the intestines which
had probably been slowly accumu,
lating for months. In the meantime
this fostering mass filled the whole
: system with poison, causing all the
other symptoms described. Women
are subject to this far more than
men, on account of their careless
= habits. 1t occasionally happens that
d. surgical interference is necessary
, There was no tumor of course, but
in the end there might have been
had not Seigels Syrup removed the
= loathsome deposit before it was toe
late.
t What a pity that women land mer
too) will not check the first symp,
;, toms of disease, and thus, like Mary
u Sherlock, enjoy a hundred years o
+ peace and happiness.
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