Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-11-30
A MINISTER'S ESCAPE.
Prom the Asylum to tSe BOSOM of
His Hometown 1t Was Done.

| His Home-HOw 1t Was Done.
a prominent minister residing at the
east has lust made the following state
ment, which is herewith reprinted entire:
To the Editor Of the Herald:
! have always shrunk from appearing
prominently before the public, but sense
of the duty owe humanity ard the world
prompts me to ask this opportunity for
making brief statement in your paper
Whether it be true with others cannot
say, but during my entire life l have fire.
quently been conscious that something
was slowly and silently working to under
mine my health and life. What it was
could not tell, but that some enemy OF nv
being was devouring me within l was GER
tain. At times l wsuld seem compara-
lively well and then l would be attacked
with the most distressing symptoms. l
! would feel peculiar pains in various parts
of my body; my head would seem heavy;
my respiration labored my appetite
would be ravenous one day and l would
loathe food the day following. Then
again | would lose all interest in life;
would feel weary without exertion; would
become sleepy at midday and restless at
night. Occasionally my breathing would
be labored and my heart almost motion
less, while at other times it would palipi-
tate violently. thought these troubles
were the result of malaria. and treated
them accordingly, but got no better.
Shortly afterward my stomach became de-
ranged. my food failed 10 digest, and the
fluids l passed were of peculiar odor
and color. And yet did not realize that
these things meant anything serious.
Finally Consulted a number of eminen,
physicians, each one of whom took diff
ferent view az to the cause of my troubles.
One said l was suffering from brain dis
ease; another spinal difficulty; others
heart affection, kidney disease, etc. Ny
symptoms were terrible, and in the hope
of relief l was cauterized, cupped. bis
tered and subjected to almost every known
form of treatment. During one of these
attacks while at Red Bank, N. j., a rhysi-
clan was called, and left prescription.
70 and ask him what he thought of my
trouble. The reply was: "Oh, he will
be all right in few days; it is only an
attack Of delirium tremens." He was at
once informed that this was impossible,
as had never used any kind of intox-
eating drinks; whereupon he returned,
made inquiries, and changed his prescrip-
ton. But all the care of my friends and
physicians availed nothing. Igrew worse
cons antly, and what is most terrible to
think Of, l did not know what allied me,
nor could l find any one who did.
During the summer and fall of last
year my pulse ranged from 100 to $50
per minute; l had no relish for food. and
was indeed most pitiable object. l be-
came unconscious and lost my reason.
though l had two physicians in whom
myself and friends placed implicit conf
dence. In this condition l was taken to
Brattleboro. VT, for the purpose of being
placed in the insane asylum. / remained
there until last April. being attended all
the while by my faithful wife who never
left me, and believed that some disease
and not insanity was the cause Of all my
trouble. / regained consciousness in
March last and insisted upon being taken
home. The physicians advised that re-
main, but | insisted upon leaving. and we
began the journey, travelling slowly. |
was met at the dock by friend whom
recognized and then | became again
unconscious and remained so for over a
week. When | once more recognized m y
friend and knew my surroundings | de-
termined to try, as last resort, n treat
ment of which I had heard much but
knew nothing. Neither myself nor
friends had much faith that it or any
thing could help nae. but we resolved to
try. We accordingly dismissed the physi.
clans, gave up all other remedies, and l
rejoice to say with the blessing of Him
who guided us. am to-day well man
having not been so vigorous for many
years, and owe it all to the wonderful,
almost miraculous, power of Warmers
Safe Kidney and Livre Cure, the remedy
which l Used.
You can we'll imagine how grateful
must feel under the circumstance, and,
| like new convert, / earnestly desire that
all who are suffering should know and
avail themselves of this means of recov-
ory. Had it not been for the remedy
| above named I should doubtless now be
within the walls of an asylum or in my
grave. The great trouble with my case
was that DO one seemed to know what
was fiji jcied with, and am positive that
| thousands of people In America to-day are
| in the same or a similar condition, and do
| not know its cause. Kidney troubles are
| the most deceptive of all diseases. They
have no sym ptoms Of their own. but often
show the SYM pi oms of nearly every known
complaint. l know that people are dying
i every day from supposed consumption,
apoplexy, heart disease, spinal complaint,
and many other diseases, when, could tie
real cause be known, it would be found 10
originate in the kidneys. In their ad-
vanced stages. kidney troubles are the
most terrible of all known maladies, as
my own experience can fully verify.
That had Bright's disease OF the kidneys
there can be no doubt. That the symp-
| toms were those Of many other diseases is
equally certain, and that was doomed to
terrible death had l not been saved as |
was, am positive. The following letters
| just received, confirm this
VERMONT ASYLUM FOR TH. INSANE,
BRATTLEBoRo, W., OFT. B, 1882.
Rec. T. d. Hopkins
! DEAR Sir: Yours of the 2lst 81. re-
ceived. We congratulate you not only up
on the continuance of your health, but also
upon it's apparent continual improvement.
Few persons, think, have passed through
70 exhausting an experience as you and
rallied from it. Certainly | cannot recall
one who came to us in SO critical, aud for