Thursday, September iB, 1879,]

THE ASHBURTON HERALD.

Printed and Published by Horace John Weeks and Charles Dixon, at their Printing Office, East Street, Ashburton Thursday, September 18, 1879.



Medicinal. Testimonials. Tuam Street, Christchurch, April 28, 1879. ' 0 Professor Guscott. Sir, —I have been troubled with Livei ( Vomplain these last six years,’ many times not |,eing able to attend to work. 1 have tried very thing in the shape of patent medicines. f . have been an outdoor patient in the Hospi yal; I got at times temporary relief. I could 'not sleep on my left side; I kept rolling about backwards and forwards in bed. When I got up in the morning, I would rather be in bed but work 1 had to attend to. When I had eaten a light meal I found it always lodged in my stomach. Always costive, a great palpi tation, pains across the chest, more particu larly under the left breast, always a violent pain between the shoulders, felt just the same as if any one was pouring water down my back, feet always cold. Happened to get one of your bills when you came to St. Asaph street, which explained to me the symptoms I was laboring under. When I applied to you, you told me all my symptoms, and guaranteed me a perfect cure, which, I am happy to say, you have done through your herbal treatment. I should recommend those troubled with Liver Complaint ta place themselves under your treatment. I am, Sir, Truly thankful, William Manson. Colombo Street, April 21, 1879. To Professor Guscott. Sir, —I have been troubled with Dysentery for the last three months, so much so that I was perfectly exhausted, the linings of my intestines peeled away in flakes. I tried every remedy that I could hear of, but to no purpose. Hearing that you were in Christchurch, and seeing the many wonderful cures, was induced to place myself under your treatment, and I am happy to say in one week I am free from the diarrhoea, and gaining strength from your herbal treatment. I am, yours respectfully, Ellen Brown. I give you this testimonial for the benefit o others, as I know there are a great many others suffering from the same complaint in Christchurch. Borough Hotel, Manchester Street, Christchurch, April 21, 1879. To Professor Guscott. SIR,--I have been troubled with Sciataca and Rh.umatism since the commencement cf the West Coast diggings in 1864, where I had to leave through medical advice, and went to Melbourne, and thence to Sydney, and then I thought I would try the tropical climate of Queensland, and only found temporary relief. I came to Christchurch, and tried doctors of the best medical repute, and got no better. Thinking that it was useless to go any further 1 gave up all hopes of being restored ; I could scarcely -walk, and staying at an old friend’s, he advised me to consult you, and I am happy to say I am in as perfect health as I was in 1864, when I crossed the ranges of the West Coast, and was only ten days under your treatment. Tohn O’Brien. To Professor Guscott. Sir, —Having been troubled with asthma for the last seven years, on several occasions I have been propped up in bed, and many times I had to get up and walk to get a breath of air, and had become so bad that 1 was not able to attend to my business ; in fact, I had become burden to myself and the people with whom I was stopping. When I came to you you told me all my symptoms, which gave me confidence to place myself under your treatment, and, being a believer in herbs, and seeing the large assortment in your establishment, and also the references from other sufferers the same as myself, in looking back to the time of my suflering so long, and spending so much money without receiving any benefit from the treat ment until I applied to you. —I remain, yours ever thankful, Donald Smith. Great King-street, Dunedin, May 30. To Professor Guscott. Sir, —I have to inform you that I am able to return home after your treatment of 4 weeks’ duration, having been troubled with dropsy this last 4 years. I have been tapped twice ; I have been under the doctors in Oamaru, and also in Dunedin, and never received any bene fit from iheir treatment. When my sister called on you last April you told her if I would erme to St. Kilda and stop with her you would treat me for a fortnight free of charge, and after that time, if I were no better, you would require no payment; but lam happy to inform you that I feel as well as ever I felt, and free of dropsy, and can eat and sleep well. I trust that your days may be long in Dunedin. You may be assured that I will speak of the cure you have effected in me on my return home, as I leave my sistei to-morrow. —I remain yours ever grateful, Mrs. Isabella Fraser. St. Kilda, June 10, 1878. Manchester Street, Christchurch, April 29th, 1579. To Professor Guscott, Sir, —I have been troubled with Neuralgia for a length of time, and have suffered the most excruciating pains ; tried e' erything that I could hear of, 1 then saw your testimonials in the papers, and the “ Star.” I was advised to give you a trial, but I have this to say that I am perfectly free from pain. I can eat and sleep well, and am not disturbed at nights or meal times as I have been for a length of time. I have told several the pain I suffered, and the wonderful relief I have had, and I would ad vise anyone troubled with Neuralgia to apply to you, as they can depend on a perfect cure. Yours ever grateful, H. B. Williams, Tuam street, Christchurch. To Professor Guscptt, Sir, —Hawing for the last four years suffered Ifrom bad eyes, being totally blind in one, and from using a solution of nitrate of silver as a lotion, which had penetrated my whole system, causing me the most acute pains, which, added ito rheumatism, prevented my sleeping at night, and rendered my life absolutely burdensome to mie, I have consulted and been treated by doc tors in different parts of Canterbury, as also in the Christchurch Hospital, but without obtain ing the slightest relief. Determined to leave no stone unturned while the smallest chance iremaiaed of an abatement of my sufferings, I applied to you immediately I heard of your arrival, .and the cure which you have effected would :seem to many incredible, but as I am “iffirhate .ft .living proof of the success of your itreatmertt, ;as .can only be testified by hundreds in Christchurch, who knowing what I was like for so Jang -.qp to a week ago, look with astonishment .at .the change which you have wrought. Wishing you many years of happi ness and prosperity, in pursuing your useful career, I am,, .dear Sir, yours respectfully, Patrick Burns. Sexton’s Afienton House, * St. Asaph-street, Christchurch.



Business Notices. HTI/T OFFAT begs to inform the . IVI inhabitants of Ashburton and surrounding districts that his NEW FLOUR MILL AT WAKANUI HAS COMMENCED WORK, And hopes, by strict attention to busi ness, and turning out a First-class article, to merit a share of public support. Special attention paid to Gristing, and Farmers from a distance can have their Grist ground by return. 248 a SEALY BROS., NURSERYMEN AND SEEDSMEN, f)EG to thank their friends and the ) public of Ashburton for the liberal support accorded them during the past five years, and to intimate that they HAVE OPENED - new business premises in East Street, near the Bank of New Zealand, where they will be prepared to supply Agricul tural and Garden Seeds of every descrip tion. SEALY BROS., NURSERYMEN AND SEEDSMEN, EAST STREET. The facilities we possess for testing the quality of all Seeds offered by us, and our desire to extend this branch of our busi ness, will be a sufficient guarantee that all Seeds offered by us will be such as will give the utmost satisfaction. SEALY BROS., THE ASHBURTON NURSERY, BEACH ROAD, MOORE STREET. 306 a NEW rjIAILORING ESTABLISHMENT, THE TRIANGLE, Wakanui Road, near H. M. Jones’. G. J. F. LUBLOW, PRACTICAL TAILOR AND HABIT MAKER, Begs to announce to the public of Ashbur ton and the surrounding district that lie HAS COMMENCED BUSINESS, and is prepared to execute orders equal to anything in the Colony. One trial will he sufficient as to Fit, Style, and Workmanship. Dress Suits, in various styles, and latest fashions. I weed Suits of every kind in latest styles. Fancy Coatings and Vest ings. Cord Pants; Trousers strapped and cuffed. A good assortment of Tweeds and Cloth m Stock. Reasonable Prices will be charged, and satisfaction guaranteed. Yp„Note the address— G. J. F. LUBLOW, Wakanui Road, Ashburton. 283 a Gasfitters, &c. PUBLIC NOTICE. TRADESMEN and others who intend § using the Ashburton Gas Company 's Gas should give their orders at once have their premises fitted with Gas Fittings, to ensure no delay when the Gas is brought into the town. J. C. DOLMAN, LICENSED GAS FITTER, Plumber, Locksmith, Whitesmith, Bell hanger, Zinc and Tin-plate Worker, Hot and Gold Water Engineer, TANCRED STREET, ASHBURTON. N.B.—Artesian Wells sunk and Pumps fitted and repaired ; O. G. Guttering fixed at Current Rates. Electric Bells supplied and fitted. Orders punctually attended to in town and country. 812 Fruiterers, &c. A V I S 0 N, GREENGROCER AND FRUITERER, HAS ON SALE- Onions, Good Potatoes, Carrots, Parsnips, Turnips, Herbs. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, (Next to Fowler, Grocer) TANCRED STREET, ASHBURTON 7 <;a Cabinetmakers. TINWALD FURNITURE DEPOT. OHARLES JgRADER CABINET MAKER, FURNITURE DEALER, &c. Venetian and other Blinds, Curtain Poles, Oxford and other Picture Frames made to order. Repairs Executed with Despatch. Note the Address— Great South Road, TinwalA), (Next to Mr. Prettejohn’s, Shoe Makei. 286



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The Little Camp on Eagle Hill, 3s. Gd. Sceptres and Crowns, 3s. Gd. Fairy Stories with a Purpose, 2s. Marco Visconte, 2s. lOd. Sydney Stuart, 2s. 4d. Aunt Martha’s Corner Cupboard, 3s. Gd. In India, 3s. Gd. Little Mercy, an Australian Temperance Tale, 3s. Gd. Favorite Fairy, Tales, 2s. Bd. The Fairy Spinner, 3s. Hall’s Vineyard, a Temperance Tale, 3/G Too Good for Anything, 2s. 4d. Prince Übbcley Bubble, 3s. The Lost Father, 4s. Miss Roberts’ Fortune, 2s. Little Hazel, 3s. Gd. Washed Ashore, 2s. 4d. Turnaside Cottage, 3s. Trot’s Letters to her Doll, 3s. Gd. Told in the Twilight, 2s. 4d. Penelope, 2s. lOd. Tract Magazine, Is. Gd. On the Eve, 2s. lOd. The Silver Casket, 4s. Swiss Family Hobinson, 4s. Gd. Recreations of a Country Parson, 4s. A Cloud of Witnesses, Gs. Moody, and his Work, Gs. The Argonaut (2), 3s. 9d. each Church Life in Australia (2), 2s. each The Home and the Synagogue, 4s. Christmas at Annesley, 3s. Richard Hunna, 4s. Sword and Garment, 2s. 9d. The Land of the Sun, ss. Lectures on Preaching, 4s. 3d. Tales of Old Ocean, 3s. Gd. Military Heroes of England, 4s. Earth and its Treasures, 4s. General Beckwith, 3s. Gd. The Diary of Dampier, 3s. Gd.



Wholesale and Retail Stationers, &c. BOOKS! BOOKS! CLEARING OUT SALE Reduction of ss. in the Pound. AND DIXON T» EG to call special attention to their Clearing-Ont Sale of the undermentioned JL> Books, at a Great Reduction on former prices, in order to effect a Speedy Clearance, as they intend giving up the Book Trade, and carry on the Stationery and Account Book Business on a more extensive scale. Particular attention is invited to their Large and Varied Assortment of Church Services, Wesleyan and Presbyterian Hymn Books, some of which are in Very Elegant Bindings, all to be Sold Out at 25 per cent, reduction. REDUCED P LICE LIST.



Scott’s Poems, 3s. Lyric Gems of Scotland (2), ss. each. ~ ~ moi’oceo binding, 6s. 6d, Goldsmith’s Poems, 4s. 6d. Sunday School Speaker, Is. 2d. Sabbath School Reciter, Is. 2d. Temperance Speaker (4), Is. 2d. each. Excelsior Reciter, Is. lOd. Afloat and Ashore, 2s. 3d. Sons of the Cross and Crown Is. 6d. Under the Microscope, Is. 9d. Humming Birds, 2s. 3d. City Sparrows, 2s. 3d. Conrad and Columbine, 2s. 9d. The Children and the Robin, 2s. Stories of the Apostles, Is. lOd. Diversions at Holycott, 2s. 3d. The Hew Year’s Bargain, 2s. Child’s Corner Book, 2s. 9d. The Absentee, 2s. Children of the Line, Is. lOd. Philip and his Garden, 2s. The Boy’s Book of Recreation, 4s. 6d. The Boy’s Prize Book, 4s. 6d. The Boy’s Book, 4s. 6d. Every Boy’s Annual, 6s. Once a Week (2;, 3s. 9d. each. Hails Driven Home, 2s. 3d. Hettie’s Mission, 3s. 6d. Revolt of the Field, 2s. Kate Brunton, 2s. Homely Proverbs, 2s. Phrenological Works (2), 4s. 6d. each. Ball Room Companion, 7d. Ready Reckaners, 6d. each Mercantile Letter Writers, Is. each Carpenters Spelling, 7d. Comprehensive Letter Writer, Is. 2d. Advice to a Mother, 2s. British History, 2s. Royal Readei's, 2s. 3d. Grammar and Analysis, 2s. lOd.



REMEMBER— The Sale will be held for a limited period, to make room for Consignments of Stationery, Account Books, &c., SOLD AT THE ASHBURTON HERALD OFFICE WEEKS AND DIXON, PROPRIETORS, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON.



Business Notices. B L I G H'S CANTERBURY RESTAURANT, Papanui Road, near Post Office, Christchurch. MEA L S AT ALL HOURS OF THE DAY. Board and Lodging, 175., 18s., £1 a week. BEDS & MEALS—Is. Each. 452 CHERTSEY. A. R. MARKHAM (Next Montgomery’s, Chertsey), GENERAL STOREKEEPER, HAYING taken over the store of Messrs. Orr and Co., and increased the stock, is prepared to supply first-class articles in Grocery, Drapery, Ironmongery. etc. Agent for THE ASHBURTON HERALD. 423 Medicinal. STEEDMAN’S SOOTHING POWDERS FOR CHILDREN CUTTING TEETH. CAUTION TO PURCHASERS. The value of this well-known Family Medi cine has been largely tested in all parts of the world, and by all grades of society, for upwards of FIFTY YEARS. Its well-earned exten sive sale has induced SPURIOUS IMITA TIONS, some of which in OUTWARD APPEARANCE so closely resemble the ori ginal as to have deceived many purchasers. The proprietor therefore feels it clue to the public to give a special caution against the use of SUCH IMITATIONS. Purchasers are therefore requested carefully to observe the four following distinctive characteristics, without which none are genuine : Ist—ln every case the words JOHN STEEDMAN, CHEMIST, WALWORTH, SURREY, are engraved on the Government Stamp affixed to each packet. 2nd—Each Single Powder has directions for the dose, and the words, John Steedman, Chemist, Walworth, 'Surrey, printed thereon. 3rd —The name, Steedman, is always spelt with two EE’s. 4th —The manufacture is carried on solely at Walworth, Surrey. Sold in Packets by all Chemists and Medi cine Vendors. Sold by Kempthorne, Prosser and Co., Auckland. 49° HEALTH FOR ALL. HOLLOWAY’S PILLS AND OINTMENT THE PILLS Purify the Lioo.l, correct all disorders of the Liver, Stomach, Kidneys ami Bowels, and are invaluable in all com* plaints incidental to Females. THE GIIS OIEHT.is the only reliable remedy for Bad Legs Oid Wounds, Sores, and Ulcers. For Bronchitis, Diphtheria, Cough*, C\ Ids, Goth, Rheumatism, and all Skin Diseases it has no equal. Sold by the Proprietor, Thojiao Holloway, 533, Oxford Street, Loudon, and by all Medicine Vendors throughout the World* GRATEFUL —COMFORTIN' G. EPPS’S BREAKFAST COCOA. “By a thorough knowledge of the natural laws which govern the operations of digestion and nutrition, and by a careful application of the fine properties of well selected cocoa, Mr. Epps has provided our breakfast tables with a delicately-flavoured beverage which may save us many heavy doctors’ bills. It is by tne judi cious use of such articles of diet, that a constitu tion may be gradually built up until strong enough to resist every tendency to disease. Hundreds of subtle maladies are floating around us, ready to attack wherever there is a weak point. We may escape many a fata ishaft by keeping ourselves well fortified with pmeblcod and a properly nourished frame.” —The Chit Service Gazette. SOLD ONLY IN PACKETS LABELLED JAMES EPPS AND CO Homoepathic Chemists, London. KEATING’S COUGH LOZENGES, COUGHS, ASTHMA, BRONCHITIS, ACCUMULATION OF PHLEGM. Composed of the purest articles. These Lozenges contain no opium nor any deleterious drug, therefore the most delicate can take them with perfect confidence. Their beneficial effect is speedy and certain. This old unfail ing family remedy is daily recommended by the most eminent physicians. In use nearly 60 years. MEDICAL TESTIMONY. 22, Cold Harbour Lane, London, July 25th, 1577. Sir, —Your Lozenges are excellent, and their beneficial effect most reliable. I stiongly recommend them in cases of ..ougli and asthma. You are at liberty to state this as my opinion, formed from many years’ experience. J. Bringloe, M.R.C.S.L., L.S.A., L.M. Mr. T. Keating, Indian Medical Service. Dear Sir, —Having tried your Lozenges in India I have much pleasure in testifying to their beneficial effects in cases of Incipient Consumption, Asthma and Bronchial Affec tions. 1 have prescribed them largely with the best results. W. B. G , Apothecary, H.M.S. Keating’s Cough Lozenges are sold by all Chemists, in tins of various sizes, each having the words “Keating’s Cough Lozenges” engraven on the Government stamp. 637 KEATING’S WORM TABLETS, A PURELY VEGETABLE SWEETMEAT, both in appearance and taste, furnishing a most agreeable method of administering the only certain remedy for INTES TIN A L or THREAD WORMS. It is a perfectly safe and mild preparation, and is especially adapted for childien. Sold in tins by all chemists. Proprietor, THOS. KEATING, London, Export Chemist and Druggist. 6jy



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