The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1882-10-17
ApsoTHssroNA1 CONFESSION.
The Unusual Experience Of Prom.
insnt Man Made Public. i,

insnt Man Made Public.
The following article from the Dem
ocrat and Chronicle. Of Rorhcsier N
T., Is OF so striking q Dsinre,- an,
enianatcs from 30 reliable a source
that tits herewith -e-publlshed cntirs
la addition 10 the valuable matter |
contains-it will be found exceedingl,
interesting. &. ,if. es,
ToMe Editor of !. The Democra
and Chronicle: asi.,.....,f,3l
Sir:-My motives for the publica
tion OF the most unusual statement
are, first. graii,udetor the fact that ,
have been saved from a most horrible
death, and, secondly, q desire 70 war;
all who read this statement agains
some OF The most deceptive influences
by which they haye ever been sur
rounded, IL IS, fact that t0-da.
thousands oi people are within q foo
of the grave aud they do moi know II
To tell just how |, was caught away
from just such a. position and 10 warn
Others against nearingi', ure my oh
jects In this communication. 8,,. ia
On the first day OF June 1881. Ia,
at my residence in this city surround
eddy my friends and waiting tor my
death, Heaven only knows the agon.
1 then endured, for words can ItcveI
tlcsrribe il. Aud yet, ii few year.
previous, my one lad told me thatil
waste be brought 50 low, and by 81
terrible a ,iisease, should have scott
ed at iheideq. 1 had always been ua.
commonly strong aud healthy, had
weighed over 2W pounds and hardly
knew, insmy own experience, what
pain and sickness were. Very many
people who will lreud this statement
realize atltiines thatithpy are unilsu-
ally tired aud cannot account for IL.
They frel dull aud indefinite pains
in yariop@ perls of the bolly aud do
not understand Il. Or they arc cx,.
cecdingly hungry one day and entire
Is withon. appetite the next. This
Is Just the way | felt when the rclent-
less maledy which had fastened itself
upon me first began. Still Ii,hough'
il was nothing that probably had
taken cold which would soon pass
away. Shorty after this | noticed a
dub, and ri. times a neuralgia. pain in
my head, but AS il would COME one
day and be gone The next paid but
lille attention toit. However, my
stomach was ont Of order aud my
food often tailed TO digest, causing at
times ogreat Inconvenience. Yet 1
had no idea even as physician, thai
these things meant anything serious
or that nlonstrons disease was be-
coming fixed upon me. Candidly, l
thought 1t was suffering from Malarin
and so doctored myself accordingly.
But got no better. l next noticed
a peculiar color and cdor about the
fluids was passing--also that there
were large quantities one day and
very little the next, and that persis-
tentfroth and scum appeared upon
the surif CO, and u sediment settled IN
the bp,tom. And yeti did not rehi-
ize my danger, for, indeed, seeing
these spinLtoms continually, | finally
became accustomed to them, aud my
suspicion was wholly disarmed By
tho fac, that had no pain IN the Ell
lected organs or III their vicinity,
Why ! should have been so blind
.a,,nof nm dorof.u.l 4ia
There is a terrible future for all
physical neglect, aud impending dan.
ger always brings person TO his sem
ses even though it'msy thenb be to late
realized, at last, my critical cond..
tion aud aroused myself TO overcome
Il. Aud. Oh! how hard | triedl ]
consulted tho best medical skill IN
the land. visited I'LL the prominent
mineral aprings in America aud trav.
eled from Main to California. Still
had.grown worse. No two physicians
agreed rs TO my Inaledy. One said
was troubled with spinal irritation
another nervous prostration; another
malaria; another, dyspepsia; another
heart disease another general debil.
ity another. congestion of the base ol
the brain and 40 ON through loua
list of common diseases, lie symp.
toms OF all OF which Ireally had. In
this waviseverali years passed during
al ofiwhich time | was steadily grow
ing worse. My condition had really
become pitable. The slight symp,
toms / al first expsrienced were de.
yeloped INTO TERRIBLE and constan,
IdIsorders--the li,tle twips of pain had
grown 10 oaks OF agony. NV weigh,
had been reSuced from DOT 10 l3t
mounds. MY lie was a torture tc
my self aud friends. could retain nc
liood upo,l my; stomacll 4 and liveS
wholly by injections. | was a liyins
mass. ot pain, My pulse was uncon
,rollable. In nv agony | frequentl,
fell grpon sthe floor, convulsivel,
cluched the carpet. and prayed fol
death. Morphine had little or no eff
feet in deademng the pain. For sis
days aad nights / had the death pre-
mcnitory hiccoughs constantly. M,
urine was filed with tube casts am
a;bumen. i was s,ruggIiug.j, will
Bright's Disease IN rs last stages.
while suffering thus | received
call from nv pastor, the Rev. Dr
l-Foo,e. rector OF ST. iPaul's Church, o
thiscitv. I.feltthat III was our las
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