The Hawaiian gazette., 1896-05-29
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 good, hearty meal. And all
healthy persons do feel so. The body's
demands have been met and we are easy
and comfortable, as though we had paid
off an old dun and had money left. We
are accessible, huFane and goodeatur-
ed. Then. if everss we will grant a re-
quest without gr7lmbling. True be-
nevolence,' says crusty old friend of
mine, lis located in a capable stomach
recently filled"
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 / felt the need of
food, of course-the weakness and sink
ing that accompanied abstinence-bu
what was l to do? The moment | 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 a 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 | could be. l must not for
get to say that this happened to me, or
rather it began to happen, in July, 1886,
when I 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
l have named.
gestion, but they had no good effect
After six months experience of this
kind of misery I 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 I felt great relief,
and when / had consumed two bottles
l was entirely well. Since then | have
heartily commended Mother Seigel's
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" CSigned) Minnie
Wallace, Nurse, The Union Workhouse,
Oldham, February 22d, 1895.
In a communication dated January
Sth, 1895, Mrs. Henrietta McCallam, of
40 DownsfieId Road, Walthamstow, near
London, states that her daughter EN-
ma fell i'll in the spring of 1856 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. CAS- 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
sufferings continued for over eight
years.
In June, 1894, she began taking
Mother Seigels Syrup, of which we
had just read in a 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 a
greater host than the Greek poet ever
of.