To The Editor Of The Time...
Sir,-You have for so long a period embraced with avidity every opportunity of being useful, that I stop not to apologize for now troubling y ou. About twelve months ago I bought a rockingbhorse for my son, then neaxlv five Years ol4, and of most active babits; he used it very much, and has, in consequence, recently been oblig- ed to undergo an operation for iydrocek rwhich, I havc no doubt, w ould have become a confirmed c"ase of -ernia but for the strength of his constitution, and the early application I rade to my surgeon. Your givingpublicity to this fact may prevent the recurrence of such a csse.-I am resnertfinllv~ .ci 'rm"r n]A J. T. MIlarch 20. TO THE EDITOR OF THE Tfl.j