News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-04-27
PRESENTIMENTS.
An InvestfgatiOn of the Causes of Those
DARK FOrehOdings Which Make
Powerful Men Weak,
Golden Rule.1


cised over this announcement, an event of far
more serious importance, which is taking place
to-day, seems to be almost wholly overlooked |
The nature of this most vital subject can be |
better explained by relating the following expe-
riences:
Bishop E. o. Haven, known to the entire
land, was unaccountably awakened one night |
out of sound sleep, and lay awake until morn
ing. His mind seemed unusually active, and |
he not only reviewed his past life, which had
been au eventful one, but laid extensive plans
for the future. He did not feel especially i'll,
but could not account for the unusual activity |
OF his brain, nor for the restlessness which |
seemed to possess him. In the morning he had
but little appetite, but was apparently well in
| other respects. In few days, however, he be-
gan to feel restless and morbid although he
| tried earnestly to overcome the feeling which
had taken possession of him. But try as he would
| the shade OF some evil seemed to follow him,
and he was conscious of a gradual sinking
and wasting away of a his physical faculties
| He had been an earnest and diligent worker
| and i'll his zeal frequently over-taxed his
| strength, and being absorbed in his duties
| failed to observe the common symptoms with
| which he was afflicted, thus permitting the
| work of destruction to go on UNDECIDED. But
| the end finally came in a most peremptory
manner. Shortly before his death he wrote
| letter-the last one he ever indited- in which
he speaks as follows "a belief that death is
| near affects different minds differently, but
| probably all who are in fair condition of
! physical and mental strength instinctively
| shrink from it with an indetnable dread and
| horror. A dying man is no more able of him
self to foresee his own destiny or the destiny
ofthose he leaves than he was before he began
! to die."
| The recent sad and sudden death of Hon.
| Clarkson N Potter is one Of the most serious
warnings ever given in the long list of innu-
| merabie cases of fatal neglect. 1t is not suff-
| Gent to say that many other brilliant men,
| including Everett, Sumner, Chase, Wood Will
! son and Carpenter, were swept away by the
| same fatal trouble. The question is, were
these men sufficiently Careful of their heal tn
| and could they have been saved The Albany
| Arqus in speaking of Mr. Potter's sudden i'll
| ness and death, says:
| Zone of the physicians who attended Mr..
| Potter here was interviewed last evening. He
stated that Mr.. Potters inability to converse
| had for some time served to battle the ply
sicians in their efforts to determine the root of
| his illness. 1t seems, however, that Mr.. Pot
| ter, some two years ago, suffered a slight at
| tack of kidney disease. Unwlse dependence
| upon a robust constitution and naturally per-
| feet health, and neglect of proper clothing,
| doubtless sowed the seeds of disease that
needed but some such personal neglect as that
| of Tuesday morning to develop. from the
| symptoms at frat shown, it was thought that
| his only trouble was nervous prostration; bat
| his long continuance in q semi unconscious
state led to the belief that his illness was seated
| in a chronic difficulty more mysterious and
dangerous"
Up to the latter part of last year Mr.. Ed
ward F. Rock, a member of the New YORK
| stock exchange, was doing business in wall
| street, New York. He had everything to en-
| courage him and make life happy, but was the
| victim of unaccountahle uneasiuess His ex-
| perience as described by one who knew, was
| as follows: cat unexpected times, and on occa-
sions when he had the greatest reason to feel
| Joyous he was irritable and haunted with
| strange feelings of discomfort. He endeavored
| to check these feelings and appear pleasant but
| it required great effort to do so after which
| he would again relapse into his former morbid
mood This feeling continued for number OF
months when he became conscious of an
added sensation of lassitude. He was tired
even when resting, and although ex
| periencing no acute pain, had dull,
| aching sensations in his limbs and various parts
| of his body Shortly afterward his head began
| to ache most frequently and his stomach failed
to digest properly. Being told that he was
| suffering from malaria he consulted an emil
nent physician, who informed him that his
| kidneys were slightly affected, and gave him
medicine to restore them. But he grew worse
| instead of better. He then consulted other
| eminent doctors of another school and was in
| formed that he had brain difficulty somewhat
| in the nature of a tumor, but in spite of all
| efforts to the contrary he continued to grow
| worse. At this time his condition was terrible.
| What were at first simple symptoms had devel-
| oped to terrible troubles. He was flushed and
| feverish, constantly uneasy, and yet always
| weary. He had an intense appetite one day
| and very little the next His pulse was irreg-
ular his breathing labored, and every mo-
ment of existence was burden. These disas-
| trous symptoms continued, his face and body
| became discolored his heart was irregular in
| its action, and his breath came in Short con-
vulsive gasps. He grew constantly worse, not
| withstanding the utmost precautions of his
| friends, and finally died in the greatest agony.
| After his death an examination as to its actual
cause was made, when his brain was found to
| be in perfect condition, and the reason of his
! decease was of an entirely different nature"
The experiences which have been cited above
| all had common cause and we're each the re-
| suit of one disease. That disease, which SO de-
| ceitfully, yet surely removed the people above
mentioned was Brights disease of the kidneys.
| In the case of Mr. Rock the examination after
| death, while showing the brain to be in perfect
| condition, revealed the terrible fact that he
was the victim of slight kidney trouble, which
| had gone on unchecked, until it resulted in
| acute Brght's disease. The leading physicians
and scientists of the world are fast learning that
more than one-half the deaths which occur are
! caused by this monstrous scOurge. 1t ID one OF
| the most deceitful maladies ever known
| to the human race. 1t manlfests IL
self by symptoms so slight and common
| as to seem unworthy Of attention;
| and vet these very insignificant symptoms are
| the first stages of the worst complaint known
| in the history of the world. Thousands OF
| people have died from troubles that are called
| heart disease, apopleXy, pneumonia, brain fever
and similar diseases when it was IN TACT
| Brights disease of the kidneys The ravages
| of this disease have been greatly increased
| from the fact that until recent years no way was
| known to prevent its beginning nor check lts
| increase when it had become once fixed upon
| the system. Within the past two years, how
| ever, we have learned of more than four hun
! dred pronounced cases of Bright's disease,
many of them much worse than those above
| described, and most of whom had been given
up bv prominent physicians, who have been
| completely cured The means used to accom-
| plish this end has been Warmers Safe Kidney
| and Liver Cure manufactured in Rochester, N.
Y, a remedy that has won its way into the con-
| fdence of the public solely upon the remarka-
| bic merits it possesses. As result it is more
| widely used and thoroughly praised than any
| medicine which has ever been before the Amer
| lean public. Indeed there is not drug store
| in the entire land where it cannot be found.
Although Bright's disease is so common in
Cities it is still more prevalent in the country.
| When eminent physicians in the largest cities
are not able to recognize Bright's disease, 1t is
! only natural that in the country, where there
| are few physicians of any kind and those few
| 60 unacquainted with the disease as to call it
| by some other name, it should rage terribly
| and yet unknown 10 the ones who are suffering
| with it. Thousands of people can look back
and recall the death of friends from what was
supposed to be some common complaint,
WHEN IL was IedIlS DliSiI GisedSe, AM
| so ONE KNEW IT. The terrible pleuro-
pneumonia, which has been so dreaded, is
usually the result of uremic or kidney poison.
| Lung fever can be traced to a similar source
Most cases of paralysis arise from the same
difficulty, as well as innumerable fevers, lung,
| throat, head and bowel troubles. A vast num-
| Der of ladies have suffered and died from com
| plants common to their sex called, perhaps,
| general debility, when, could the real cause
| have been known, it would have been found
| TO be Bright's disease, masquerading under
| another name. In marked contrast to the sad
| cases which have been above described
are the experiences of many prominent peo-
| pie who were as low as any of the per-
sons mentioned, but who were remarkably re-
stored to former health and vigor by this same
remedy. Among this number are the following
prominent names: Colonel John G. Whitner,
Atlanta, Ga; b. F. Larrabee, Boston, Mass;
General c. A. Hickman, Philiipsburg, N. j.;
Rev. D. D. Buck, DID,, Geneva, n. Y; DR.. F.
A. McManus, Baltimore, Md; Edwin Fay,
Davenport, Iowa; Rev. A @. Kendrick, LID,
Mich; @. W. Eastwood, New York; DR.. A. A
Ramsay Abba Iowa; Chancellor c. N. Sims,
DID, Syracuse, N. Y: DR.. s. P. Jones, Mar
ienette, Wis; T. s. Ingraham, Cleveland, o.;
Henry T. Champney, Boston, Mass; Elder
James S. Prescott, North Union, O., who is
prominent member of the Shaker community,
and many others.
To all candid minds the force of the above
facts must come with special power. They
show the importance of promptness and atten-
ton to the first symptoms of disordered health
before disease becomes fixed and hope departs.
They show this can successfully be done, and
| that the dangers which await neglect can only
with difficulty be removed.