The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-11-23
A professional Confession.
INC Onus"n, Wan fnas Public! t''"'


and Chronicle, of Rochester, N. Y, is of SO
striking nature, and emanates from so re-
liable q source, that it is herewith re-pub- |
lished entire. In addition TO tho valuable |
matter it contains, 1t will be found exceed
ingly interesting.
10 The Editor Of the Democrat and Chronicle.
Sin: My motives for tho publication of the
most unusual statements which follow are,
first, gratitude for the fact that | have been
saved from d most horrible death, and, sec
ondly, a desire to warn all who read this
statement against some OK the most decep-
tive influences by which they have ever been
surrounded. 1t is fact that to-day thou
sands of people are within a foot of the
l was caught away from just this position
and to warn others against nearing ii, are
my objects in this communication.
On the first day of June 1881, ! lay Mt my
residence in this city surrounded by my
friends and waiting for my death. Heaven
only knows the agony then endured, for
words can never describe It, And yet, if a
few years previous, any one had told me that
l was to be brought 30 low, and by so Terri
BILE q disease, should have scoffod at the
idea. Ihad always been uncommonly strong
and healthy, had weighed.o over 200 pounds and
hardly knew; iti my own experience, what
pain or sickness were. Very many people
who will read this statement realize at times
that they are unusually tired and cannot
account for it. They feel dull and ip-
definite pains in various parts of the body
and do not understand it. Or they are ex-
ceedingly hungry one day. and entirely with
out appetite the next. This was Just the
way felt when the relentless malady which
had fastened itself upon me first began.
Still thought il was nothing; that probably
| had taken cold which would soon pass
away. Shortly after this / noticed q dull,
and at times neuralgia, pain in my head,
but as it would come one day dnd be gone
the next, paid but little attention 10 it.
However, my stomach was out of order and
my food often failed to digest, causing at
times great inconvenience. Yet had
no idea, even as a physician, that
these things meant anything serious or
that n monstrous disease was becoming fixed
upon me. Candidly, thought was suffer
ing from Malaria and SO doctored myself
accordingly But got no better. l next
noticed a peculiar color and odor about the
fluids L was passing-also that there were
large quantities one day and very little the
next, and that persistent froth and scum
appeared upon the surface, and a sediment
settled in the bottom. And yet did not re-
alizo my danger, for, indeed, seeing these
symptoms continually, finally became ac-
customed to them, and my suspicion was
wholly disarmed by the fact that | had no
pain In the affected organs or in their
vicinity. Why / should have been SO blind |
cannot understand.
| There is a terrible future for all physical
| neglect, and impending danger always brings
p i ~ W | llto 'eIsoo , 1soii .nHusn ~ may
;e inai on 9EG ia'o & rn ruaSe1' ~ iHs' my crit
80 - And "1I on hou Iard 49, i.
suited the hnst OndnoI st;iI i, the lo,d 1oii
Visited ali the nrominent mineral 'e snr;ng. o in
America and travelled from Maine to Cali
forniu. Still grew worse. No two physi-
S-os frn,iIod ,-itb sr,,ai ;rntS Oo tar etti.
merynnS ros+rat;nn n,,othnr
nber Jysnensia enotbar bn5,rt dsnass a,,-
otber General deb;j;fv arnthar c5,n~es,+;o, ;,,,
of az boso Of tha hro; a,'S 30 ~ it.I II
Ionn Ist Of common dissosa. tba
81 5n 1 &C ,,I;oI reoiII, Io, 'h1 ~
eavora, Ieors nosseJ d,,ri,,,r u al ot i9 ,,
timn wac steodir ,rroH,;nl, ISorsa nv n,,l
| dition had reaiiy become 1it;obio Tho
SHIt s,,n'r+an,S ~ ft ~ pn,,;o,,no1 LIZ
Jassaionad ;,1to tarr;,,Ia od on,,nt,,t Ia
ordersNthe little twirs of main had crown to
oaks of agony. NV weight had been ra-
duced from 2O7 to t3O rounds, Nv life was
n torture to myself and friends. IconId re-
tain no food upon nv stomach. and lived
wholly by injections. l was n liyino
mass of main. NV pulse was uncontrolIabIe
In nv agony FREQUENTLY fell upon The floor.
convnlsiyelv clutched the Garnet and nraved
for death Mornhine had little or NO oGaoi
in deadeninp the pain. For six davs ond
nights / had the death h-premonitorv bic.
| pDuClS constantly. NV uIjnH filled with
tube casts and aibumen. was strn@gI;no
with Bripht's Disease of the Kidneys in its
last stages
While suffering thus I received n cal
from nv pastor. Rev. DIR. Foote' recto,
of ST Poul,s church of tbis citv 7 feIi
that It was our last interviez, lt2t in III,
course of conversation he mentioned ,
remedy of which I had heard much I'm
had never used. DIR. Footo detailed IN m,
the many remarkable cures which had com,
under bis observation. by means of thi
remedy, and urged me- to trv Il, AS shnrac
t:cinc physician and a graduate of tn,
schools, | Cherished the prejudice both nat
ural and common with all reonlar nroctition
ers, and derided the idea of anv medicine ont
side the regular channels beino thn leos
beneficial. So solicitous, however, was DR.
. Foote, that I finally promised that woul,
: waive my prejudice and try the remedy he S,
highly recommended. began IFS use on tn
first dov of Juno md tool, Il occord,no I.
jirections A. r.t ;t'' IL eicl-nna5 al NO. ht ibi
tbonTbt was n Tood sion for me in NV de
= bilitnted cond;Iior 7 Continued to tni,o il
fhe sicTening sensation Jenarted and wa
5 allie To retain food mon NV stomach, Tn
g few d0vs noticed n decided chance for tb
better, as also did NV wife and friends N
hiccouGhs ceased and 7 exnerienced loss noii
tLan formerly. was so reioiced Mt tbis i'm
proved I, eondition @ HAT upon What had Be-
: he'd 7 yowed in ne nretence of nv famii
: and friends, should / recover would both pub
licly and privately make known this remed
. for the Good of humanity. wherever AM
!. whenever had an oDportunity. | also de
,, termined that | wonId rive n course of lee
Il trres i'm the Corinthipn Academy of Musi
of this city. stating in full tie symptoms an
: almost hopelessness of my disease and til