Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1879-11-14
THE CASE OF MISS JUDD.
Her Recovery Firmly Believed to be Due
20 Prayer. The Full Story oft Sup
posed Miracle that has Created such a
Stir i'm Western New York.

NeM IOih OtIt, gives JDe following par
ticulars of a strange case One of the
most marvellous cases of restoration to
health has been made public in this city.
Miss Carrie F. Judd, eldest daughter of
Mr.. o. X. Judd, of 260 Connecticut
street, this city, is the person who has
been toured. Mr.. Judd has been con-
nected with the cashiers department of
the American Express Company here
for nearly twenty-nine years, and is well
and favorably known. The story as told
by Miss Judd, who is an intelligent young
lady OF nearly twenty-one years of age,
and substantiated by her father and Mrs.
Hambleton, her nurse, is as follows
For some time prior to January, 1877,
Miss Judd fell into a decline. On the
sixth of January, 1877, she was Frustrated
by violent attack of nervous lever,
having its origin, it was coniectured, in
the spine, which had been injured by a
fall on a stone sidewalk. She grew
worse, the disease taking on a settled
spinal difficulty which was accompanied
by hyper8sthesia of the spine, hips,
knees and ankles. In short time those
parts of her body became so sensitive
that she could not even bear her own
hand upon them and means had to be
devised to lift the weight of even the
bed-clothes upon her. The spinal nerves
and those of the large joints were so un-
naturally alive that they seemed to be
bare, and the slightest noise or Jar in the
room made them vibrate. The pain in
her head was acute and the aching of
the eyelids was so intense that for hours
she could not open them. She had to be
in do
light could not be withstood, so sensi-
tive had her eyes become. Her hearing
was unnaturally acute, and great care
had to be taken to prevent rude sounds
from falling upon her sensitive nerves.
No Eperson was permitted to be in the
room except the nurse and other men,
bers of the family whose attentions were
absolutely necessary.
This state of things continued until
Miss Judd became so weak that she
could not even turn in bed or move her
self in any way. For over eleven months
she was unable to sit up single moment.
During all that time she was under the
care of DR.. Hoxsie, one of the most pop
ular homeopathic practitioners in the
city. After the eleven months of strug-
Cling almost between life and death she
began to improve, and in the following
summer was able to sit up for short
time every day. She was yet unable to
help herself, and in being taken from
her bed the attendants had to place their
hands under her arms, for she could not
bear any pressure whatever upon her
body. At the time when she was gain
ing very slowly the weather was very
hot, which, in addition to the great effort
she made to help herself, threw her into
a relapse, and she again grew worse.
This violent renewal of the old trouble
continued all that fall and winter until
last spring, when she was so far reduced
that she could hardly whisper.
During all these weary months all
that the ingenuity of the bestphysiclans
could devise was done for the patient
little sufferer, but all to no avail. DR..
Davis, a well-known physician, of Attica,
tried his skill, but failed. DR.. Baethig,
of this city, also treated the case with q
like result. Then DR.. Lon See On, a
Chinese physician, educated in his own
country, was called. He is gifted fell
low, and treated the case, but
was unable to do any good. About
$4,000 had been paid out by Mr.. Judd;
the daughter was slowly failing, and
they were almost discouraged. She got
so weak that she could only move her
lips.
About this time Mr. Judd read para
graph in the Buffalo Courier, copied
from the Springfield Republican, in
which colored woman, Mrs. Edward
Mix, of Wolcottville, Conn, was cred
tied with having effected some wonder
full cures by power of faith and prayer
alone.
Mr.. Judd managed to make the pa
tient understand, and by her request her
sister Eva, twelve years of age, wrote to
Mrs. Mix that the sick girl believed that
Mrs. Mix's great faith might avail for her
if she would only pray for her recovery.
On the twenty-fifth of February the
family received the following:
WoLCoTvILLE, Conn, Feb. "a, 1879.
Miss CARRIE F. JUDD. / received a
line from your sister Eva stating your
case, your disease and your faith. | can
encourage you by the word of God, that
according to your faith so be it unto you,
and besides you have this promise:
The prayer of faith shall save the sick,
and the Lord shall raise him up"
Whether the person is present or ah
sent, if it is prayer of faith it is all
the same, and God has promised to raise
up the sick ones, and if they have COM
mitted sins, to forgive t1em. Now, this
promise is to you as ifyou were the only
person living Now, if you can clam
that promise, I have not the least dou ut
but what you will be healed. You will
fst.cf tn Iox oil bn iair
of every description. Use no remedies
of any Kind for any ything; lay aside trust
ing in the arm of flesh, and lean wholly
upon God and His promises. When you
receive this letter, want you to begin
to pray for faith; and Wednesday after
noon the female prayer meeting is at our
house. We will make you a subject of
prayer between the hours of three and
four. want you to pray for yourself,
and pray believing, and then act faith.
1t makes no difference how yor feel, but
get right out of bed and begir 10 wa ]k by
faith. Strength will come, disease will
depart and you will be made whole. We
read in the Gospel "Thy faith hath
made the whole" Write soon.
Yours in faith,
Mrs. EDWARD MIX.
Miss Judd obeyed the instruction to
the letter. She dropped her medicines
and gave herself wholly into the care of
the Almighty She prayed as well as
she could in her weak and emaciated
condition and was filled with faith. At
the time when the women's prayer
meeting in Wolcottville, Conn, was to
make Miss Judd special object OF
prayer, all the members of the Judd
family lifted up their prayers, though
not in the sick girls room. Miss Judd
says that about half-past three o'clock
she felt a sudden and remarkable
change, and, without the least fear OF
hesitation or doubt, she turned over and
raised up alone in bed for the first time
in over two years. When Mrs. Ham
bleton, the nurse who had cared fol
Miss Judd for over year, saw this she