The Portland daily press., 1882-09-26
An Arch Enemy Foully Conspires to
Destroy Their Lives.
Full Statement by the SurViyOrs-Their
Painful Experience.


covered in our midst. Hundreds of our citi-
zens have been seized with mysterious symp-
toms of illness, which have puzzled learned
physicians and scientists alike. Same have
rapidly succumbed and fallen by the wayside,
like parched and thirsting plants under the
scorching and whitening rays Of pitiless mid
summer sun. Others have suffered all the
pangs and torments of the horrible inquis
ton. Their limbs have been raked with ex-
circulating pains, while their bodies have burn
ed with an inward and consuming fire, I'M
quenchable, unconquerable, until, when mind
has been destroyed, and the soul tortured be-
yond human endurance, they have died a death
OF misery and anguish. Some OF their friends
have suggested poison, basipg their opinion,
perhaps, on certain astounding revelations
made by recent chemical analyses. conducted in
this city, still no traces could be found of min
oral poisoning, and the only questions remain
ing to be answered were, "Are these cases of
blooe-poisoning, and if so, in what manner of
form was the contamination brought about?
Have our frieGds who have been SO ruthlessly
taken away from Us, been made the unwilling
victims of treacherolls men, who, under the
garb Of friendship, hav Q sought their acquain-
tance, and in secrecy prcked them with the
poisoned poignard2'' A reporter was put upe n
the trail, given plenty of time to investigate
the affair and commanded to probe the myste-
nv to its verybottom, sparing nobody IN prose-
cutting the inquiry. 1t was necssA airy, hrst TO
interview some of those who had passed
through the trying ordeal in safetys and obtain
from them an account of their several expert
encss. The FIRST person interviewed was Mr..
Frank Dixon, tonsorial artist known to aEout
all our principal business men. He is now en-
gagged at Lawton's tonsorial rooms, on North
Main street. Mr.. Dixon said that the malsdy
completely used him up. why" he said,
"I couldn't tarn over in my bed; whenever
desired to vacate my bed l had to be lifted out
of it, and I could not go up and down stairs
without the aid of Others had Dr.-and
Dr.----attending me. They dosed me with
this medicine and then with that but without
giving me any relief. Finally, when I had
about given up all idea of getting better, some
one asked me why did not try Hunts RENE
dy. had but little faith in the compound,
still / was persuaded to get bottle of it. Be
fore had taken two-thirds of the quantity
contained in that one bottle began to feel its
good effects and by the time had finished it
was able TO 60 down town and attend to my
business. bought another bottle of the Rem
edy and took half of it, and since then / have
never been troubled with the malady, which
proved in the end to have been an uncommon
ly severe attack of the kidney complaint. /
see people every day walking about our streets
whom know, if they had not used Hunts
Remedy, would have been laid away to sleep
the long sleep months ago. My attack was
seven OF eight years ago, and tell you it was
pretty tough one and left me in very bad
shape. Some idea of what suffered can be
Cd frnx,. fbof ia hot mn
ITO pounds down to 122 pounds
Still more wonderful was the experience OF
Mr.. Stephen G. Mason, of No. 319 South Main
street. Mr.Mason said that in 1869 he was at
tackled with infiammatory rheumatism, which
was Of so nnvora nature that no did not taka
step in four months His physicians thought
hat he was paralyzed on one side of his body.
From that time until February, 1880, he suf-
fered very much with pains in his knees,
which had become decidedly stiff. He was
told that he could never recover. In February,
1880, he was in his office talking with Mr..
William z. Clarke, proprietor of Hunts RENE
d. when Mr.. Clarke told him he could be
cured. ''I know l cannot" said Mr. Mason,
81 have taken everything, and the physicians
say cure is impossible" Mr.. Clarke again
claimed that cure could be made, and that
Hunts Remedy would do the business. Mr..
Mason laughed at the idea but Mr. Clarke as
sorting that it was kidney complaint and not
rheumatism which was causing MIR. Mason's
snfferings, and that all his trout les originated
him to try Hunts Remedy. Mr.. Mason took
the medicine for six weeks, and since then he
has not been troubled with rheumatism" of
any kind or nature whatsoever. 81 must at
tribute my relief from pain and suffering to
Hunts Remedy said Mr.. Mason, in narrating
his experience to the reporter. 81 use6 to be
greatly troubled in damp weather, and it was
often question with me how am l to get out
Of bed to-day but that is matter of the past
now. During the past year frequently had
wet feet while travelling about in Indictment
weather, but felt no bad effects from it,
Captain Nathaniel Grant, the manufacturing
jewsler, everybody knows that he is the very
prince Of good fellows, told the reporter that
he knows that Hunts Remedy is an invaluable
medicine.
A friend of his had been great sufferer
dating back to infancy. The family physician
had attended the sufferer faithfully several
years, bat could afford only temporary relief
Finally, the physician advised his patient to
try Hunts Remedy. Capt. Grant secuted at
the idea, considering the Remedy "a snide,'
rs he expressed it, Still, wishing to follow the
advice Of his physician he purchased two bot
ties of Hunts Remedy, and is now better than
at any time during the past five years, and, so
far as present indications are concerned, has
obtained permanent relief, in fact, considers
himself cured.
Mr.. G. A. P. Mason, the well-known drug
gist, doing business at No. Glib High street,
said: 81 have known the medicine Hunts
Remedy for more than ten years. never saw
mended that would give as quick relief. 1
know of many persons who have used it, and
all of them speak of it in the same way, as
being worth all it costs to obtain quick relief.
One man said he would have given 500 bot
tie rather than have been without Hunts
Remedy"
Mr.. George f. Clark, employed in the dress
goods department at Laid, Davis g. Drum
nond's establishment, said that ne suffered ex-
tremely with kidney disease, but that after
WI ha VIC
enabled to attend to his business again. he
placed high value on the Remedy, and con-
sidered 1t q most important acquisition to the
iisr Of the really mertorious and standard
Capt Augustus j. Winship, of the City Po-
lice Department, told the reporter that he had
been q great sufferer from kidney disease
which first attacked him four or five years ago,
He had taken Hunts Remedy, and had been
cured by it. He considered that it could be
taken by any man having kidney disease with
beneficial results. There were hundreds of
people afflicted with kidney disease, who, by
neglecting to attend to the matter in time, had
either been wrecked physically or had died
f-ozr the attack. He mentioned the late Chief
of Police Ayers case. Mr.. Aver died of kid
ney disease, and when the autopsy was made
it was found that one kidney was entirely
gone, and the other seriously affected. Hunts
Remedy, if taken in time, might have saved
his life. In conclusion Capt. Winship said
that Hunts Remedy was, in his opinion, a
mO6L VALUABLE IutulCiuos
Mr.. William b. Blanding, the wholesale
druggist, Nos 81 and 58 Weybosset street, told
the reporter that he had sold Hunts Remedy
for IA years, so that it will be seen that the
medicine is no clap-trap invention intended
for a day only. He said Hunts Remedy was
an article Of unusual merit, and probably the
best remedy for the diseases it is advertised to
cure He had, no doubt, sold more of Hunts
Remedy than any one else, his sales in two
particular years aggregating thirty-th tnous-
and one hundred and twenty (33, l20) BOTTLES.
Daring the time he had dealt in Hunts Rem
edy some most wonderful cures made by it had
come to his knowledge. In conclusion, he
would recommend it very highly to all suffer
ing from kidney compile ATOMS.
Among the remarkable instances of cure re-
lated to the reporter was that of Mrs. Good
speed. -Four years ago, when she was in very
destitute circumstances, she was attacked with
kidney disease, The physician attending her
said that she could not live more than forty
eight hours, and that when she left her bed it
would be for the grave; she was according to
the doctors opinion doomed to die, as sheawas
suffering from an aggravated attack of Bright's
disease OF the kidneys. While she was in this
condition and calmly awaiting the end, a kind
lady interested herself in hehaif of the suf-