The Hawaiian gazette., 1896-06-12
HAPPIEsT OF ALL.

There is no time in the twenty-four
hours when one ought to feel so thor
oughly satisfied and centent as immedi-
ately after a good, hearty meal. And all
healthy persons do feel So The body's
demands have been met and we are easy
end comfortable. as though We he'd maid
off an old dun and had money left. We
are accessible, humane and good natur-
ed Then, if ever, we will grant re-
quest without grumbling. True be-
nevolence," says crusty old friend OF
mine, sis located in a capable stomach
recently filed"
Yes, but what of the incapable stom-
achs, of which there are so many
stomachs that disappoint and plague
their owners, till the act of feeding, so
delightful to others, becomes an act TO
avoid the necessity of which they are
almost willing to die? All, that is quite
another thing These poor souls are
they who say, as Miss Wallace says in
this letter of hers, Il was no longer to
be counted among those who have pleas
ure in eating. Far from it. As for me,
/ was afraid to eat. l felt the need of
food, of course-the weakness and sink
ing that accompanied abstinence-but
what was l to do? The moment l ate
my distress and pain commenced. No
matter how light the repast was, nor
how careful was not to hurry in taking
it, the result was the same. The dis
tress and gnawing pains followed, with
discomfort in the chest and sense of
choking, as if some bits of food had
lodged there and were irritating me.
$50 Objectionable and repugnant to
me was the act of eating that for days
together / didn't touch solid food, sub
sisting entirely on milk and soda water.
Owing to this enforced lack of nourish-
ment l got extremely weak, and about
as thin as l could be. l must not for
get to say that this happened to me, or
rather it began to happen, in July, 1886,
when | was living at Wellington, in
Shropshire. 1t came on, as you may say,
gradually, and not with any sudden or
acute symptoms. l found myself low
languid and tired. Then came the fail
ure of my appetite and the other things
have named.
gestion, but they had no good effect.
After six months experience of this
kind of misery | read in book about
Mother Seigel's Syrup as a remedy for
this disease, and got bottle from Mr.
Bates, the chemist in Wellington. Hav-
ing used it few days felt great relief,
and when / had consumed two bottles
| was entirely WELL Since then l have
heartily commended Mother Seigers
Syrup to many friends, who have in
variably been cured, as l was. You have
my permission to publish my letter, if
you desire to do So" (Signed) Minnie
Wallace, Nurse, The Union Workhouse,
Oldham, February 22d, 1895.
In communication dated January
Sth, 1895, Mrs. Henrietta McCallam, of
40 Downsfield Road, Walthamstow, near
London, states that her daughter En-
ma fell i'll in the spring of 1886 with the
same symptoms described by Miss Wal
lace. She craved food, yet when it was
placed before her she turned from it al
most with loathing. "As time went on,
so runs the mothers letter, my daugh-
ter became so weak she could hardly
walk. Neither home medicines nor
those of the doctors did any good Her
sTfferings continued for over eight
years.
an June. 1894, she began taking
Mother Seigers Syrup, of which we
had just read in little book that was
left at the house. In a week she was
better, and in less than two months she
was enjoying better health than ever
before. She has since allied nothing.
and can eat any kind of food" (Signed)
Mrs. Henrietta McCallam.
Happily" says Homer, were they
who fell under the high walls of Troy .
are they who have never fallen |
under the crushing weight of indiges- |
ton or dyspepsia. Happiest, perhaps, |
Of all are they who have been lifted up |
by Mother Seigel's remedy and placed |
where once again they can eat, drink |
and be merry. And if all these could be
gathered together they would make
greater host than the Greek poet ever
dreamed of.