Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1882-07-17
THE IMPENDING FATE.
AN INTERESTING CHAPTER FROM THE LIFE
OF A PROMINENT BOSTONIAN.


less amazed at a most remarkable state
ment from one of our leading citizens
which appeared in yesterdays issue. SO
unusual were the circumstances connected
with it, and so much comment did il oc-
casiOn on the street and in social circles.
that a representative of this paper was
commissioned to investigate its details
and verify its facts. The article referred
to was Il statement made by Mr., B. f.
Larrabee, of the New York and Boston
Dispatch Express company. whose office
is on Arch street. Mr.. Larrabee was
found by the newspaper man in his pri-
vate office, and on being questioned said:
"Well, sir, logically l have been dead,
but really am as you can see me- A lit
tie over year ago | was taken sick MY
trouble was not severe at first and tho't
it was the result Of a slight cold Some
how I felt unaccountably tired at times
although / took an abundance of sleep.
Then, again, had dull and strange pains
in various parts of my body. Ny appe-
tite was good one day and I had none
whatever the next and my head panied
ME more or less much of the time. A
while afterward l noticed much that was
peculiar about the fluids l was passing
and that sediment, scum and a strange
accumulation appeared in it. Still I did
not realize that these things meant any
thing serious and I allowed the illness to
run along until on the 2Sth day of Octo-
Der fell PROSTATE while walking along
fremont street. I was carried home and
did not go out Of the house until the mid
die of December. I then went down town
and attempted to attend to my business
until the 18th of last January, when I was
70 wifi Nv
symptoms were terrible. I was fearfully
bloated; I suffered severe pains in all
parts of my body and it was almost i'm
possible to get my breath. For six days
| never laid down and never slept. I was
constantly attended by my regular physi-
clan, Doctor johnson, and Doctor Bow
dich also came to see me nearly every day.
There was no doubt that l was suffering
from Bright's disease of the kidneys in it's
worst form and last stages, accompanied
by other troubles in my liver and heart.
In spite, however, of the skill of the ply
sicians, I kept growing worse and finally
they tapped my side in the vicinity of the
heart, taking away forty-siX ounces of
water This relieved me for the time,
but | soon became as bad as before. Then
the doctor gave me up entirely, declared
| could not live more than tWenty-four
hours and my daughter, who was residing
in Paris, was telegraphed for. Still l lin
gered along for several weeks, far more
dead than alive, but never giving up hope.
One night-it was on the Goth of April, l
very well remember-my attendant, who
was reading the paper to me, began an
article which described my disease and
suferings exactly. 1t told how some Sc
we're cases of Bright's disease had been
cured, and so clearly and sensibly did it
state the case that | determined to try the
means of cure which it described. So I
sent my man to the drug store, procured
a bottle of the medicine. unknown to my
physicians and friends, and took the first
dose at 10 O'Clock. At that time | was
suffering intensely. l could not sleep;
had the short breaths and could scarcely
get any air into my lungs. / was terribly
bloated from head to foot, and the motion
of my heart was irregular and painful.
The next morning 1 was able to breathe
freely; the pain began to leave me and
the bloating decreased. / continued to
take the medicine, and to-day, sir, l am
as well as 1 ever was in my life, and Who'll
~ owing to the wonderful, almost mirac-
ulous power of Warmers Safe Kidney and
Liver Cure. 1 do not know what this
medicine is made Of, or anything else
about it, but know it saved my life when
l was given up by the doctors and had
really been dead for weeks; that it has
kept me in perfect health ever since and
has cured many of my friends to whom |
have recommended it. There are num-
Der of very remarkable cases in Lynn and
Salem, as well as in this city, that it has
cured. My recovery is so remarkable that
it has excited much attention, and physi-
clans as well as others have investigated
it thoroughly. l am glad they have, for
feel that the results of such wonderful
cure should be known to the thousands
in all parts of the land who are suffering
from troubles of the kidneys, liver or
heat, in some of their dangerous FORMS"
The representative of the press thanked
Mr.. Larrabee for his very frank and clear
statement, and was about to leave the
office when a gentleman stepped up to
him and inquired if he were seeking infor-
nation about Mr.. Larrabee's sickness and
| recovery. The scribe replied that he was,
whereupon the gentleman said:
'And so am 1, and 1 have come all the
way from Chicago for that very purpose.
Kidney troubles SeeA to be alarmingly in
creasing all over the country, and l have
a very near relative who is afflicted much
uS MI. lItl1dDCC was. 1lufC btGl W SCC
the physicians of whom Mr.. Larrabee
speaks, and 1 tell you, sir, it is simply
wonderful. ''What did they say?" asked
the man of news.
"Say! why, sir, they fully confirm every
| thing Mr.. Larrabee has stated. went to
| see DR.. d. A. johnson, at 90 Worcester
| street. He was absent when called, and
| so / stepped into the Commonwealth no
| tel, where Mr.. Larrabee was living at the
| time Of his sickness. MeSsrs. Brugh &
| Carter are the prOprietOrS, and l asked
| them about Mr.. Larrabee'S case. Mr..
Brugh pointed to the electric annunciato1
| and said, why for weeks and weeks every
| time that bell rang | said That means the
death of Mr.. Larrabee. No one around
the hotel ever dreamed that he would re-
| cover and when the doctors would come
down from his room they would shake
their heads and say there was no hope
The arrangements for the funeral were
made and his recovery was miracle
/ then called on DR.. Johnson who sale
| that Mr.. Larrabee's case was q very re
markable one. He was his family physi
clan and expected his death every houl
for number of weeks and never called tt
see him during that time, but he was pre-
pared for it. The doctor said the recov
cry was due to Warmers Safe Kidney an(
Liver Cure, and if he had friends, male o.
female, troubled with albumen or any
kidney troubles he should certainly advise
them to use this remedy. DR.. johnson
said kidney difficulties are more common
than most people think and that man.
symptoms which are supposed to be othe
diseases arise from the kidneys. He salt
that ladies after CESSATION are special,
subject to albuminous troubles which
require prompt attention.
Well, then came down and called OF
DR.. II. Ingersoll Bowditch on BOylstol
street. The old doctor was inclined to b
reticent but fully confirmed all 1 had pre-
viously learned. He had attended MI
Larrabee, and supposed him beyond al
hope, and he was afterwards restored, a
he said, by Warmers Safe Kidney AM
Liver Cure.
/ next went to see DR.. Melville Z
Webb at the Hotel Cluny, for you see
was determined to be thorough in tn
matter. l found DR.. Webb most cleal
headed and well-informed gentleman, an
he said
81 know Of Mr.. Larrabees case fror
having thoroughly investigated it as
medical director of Life Insurance con
pany, and it is one Of the most remarks
BILE cases have ever met Mr.. Larrabe
had all the manifestations Of complies
i, ton Of diseases, and in their worst forms
5 He had albumen and casts in the urine
and terribly diseased liver and spleel
Indeed, he was so bad that he threw hin
self upon the floor, and with his hea