Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-09-11
From Mississippi.
For the Fayetteville Observer.
September 4th, 1873.

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Editor Fayetteville Observer
As the old familiar face of
the OBSERVER makes its weekly
appearanceinm my far-away home,
with eagerness | turn to the list
Of deaths to see if any dear
friend, relative or schoolmate
has been borne by the "pale
IbOatman" across the river. All
me! with a saddened heart /
saw and then recognized a IA
milfar name. Last week a cous-
in, this week a schoolmate gone,
Gone? yes, they have fallen
into ranks in that immense army
which is silently marching to
the spirit land. Scarcely a
week but what | have noticed
recorded a death from consump-
ton. Why is it? Is there no
remedy for that dread disease!
The almost universal answer is,
no. Having no earthly object
in view, but to do some poor,
desponding consumptive good.
| write this earnestly request
ing them to try Edward A.
Wilson's Consumptive Medi-
cine. Stop and listen before
condemning observation-disclosures"
Immediately after the war, my
health failed. General debility
accompanied with pain in my
left side and breast, cough, &c.
| consulted an able and expert
enced physician and upon ex-
animation he pronounced my
left lung diseased. He recon-
mended Cod Liver Oil, cough
drops, stimulants, &C., all the
things usually resorted to by
consumptives. | wore fly bis
ter for months, took bottle af-
| ter bottle of Cod Liver Oil,
drank whisky and brandy I'M
til the very sight of them sick
cned me. IaIso travelled some,
which seemed to do me good ;
yet, l was gradually declining,
and as the next winter APP
preached my cough and pain
grew worse, and at length l was
confined to my bed. My cough
was at times very severe. At
this critical period l saw advcr-
tiscd in the Fayetteville OBsER-
YER, Wilson'S Consumptive
Medicine. Pa Immediately
for a package; | did not wish it,
however, as | was worn out with
medicine, feeling, too, that it
was useless as Consumption aoGs
ancuyabLe. The medicine came
and | began taking it. In the
meantime | discontinued the
use Of all other medicines. In
one week from the time l began
using it | was up and able to
walk about the house. | con-
tinued to improve rapidly until
| was entirely restored. I ONLY
took two packages in all. Now
this was in January and Febru-
airy. The next fall | had a slight
cough again and [ took one
package. Since then, l have
married, kept house, done most
Of my own work myself. /
have now two children and am
as free from consumption, APP
parently, as any one. My FAM
lily and friends had all given me
up, and therefore considered my
recovery almost miraculous
Since then | have known many
TO try it, and almost invariably |
when directions are closely fol-
lowed benefit is experienced. /
know one old gentleman, who
had asthma or something of the
kind, and who had not been able
to lie down and sleep all night
for twenty years, until after he
began using this medicine. He
says that he can now sleep as
well as any one, and that no a.
mount Of money could induce
him to be without Wilson's
Now, as [ am in no
way interested in the sale of
Wilson's medicine, l simply
write this hoping that some
poor sufferer will take courage
and give it a fair trial. What
say you, consumptives, will you
do it? 1t can do you no harm,
and may save you. E. {. w.
Z. S.-If any one would like
to try the medicine, bat would
prefer knowing who it is recon-
mending it, and will apply to
the editor, he is at perfect liber-
ty to give my name. e. c. w.