Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1882-11-22
A Professional Confession.
THE UNUSUAL EXPERIENCE OF
PROMINkAI MAN MADE PUBLIC.

/ HE UNUSUAL EAIEhiFNNN VI -
PROMINENT MAN MADE PUBLIC.
The following ant Gle from the Demo
craf aad Chroniclc Of Rochester, y. \.
is OF so striking nature, and emanateo
from 30 reliable a source. tina. it i
herewith re-publshed entire. In ad-
diton lo lhe valuable mailer il con-
TAI. 5. It nill bc found exceedingly in.
tereslius.
Editor ofMe Democrai and Chronicle:
S1n:-My motives for the pub!!ca.
l.ou If ue most unusual statements
nliea follow are. first, gratitude ior tic
tact ,halI have been saved from , uosl
horrible death, aud, seccpGiy, a deslr'
to warn all who read ;he ,ialea.eb
against some o. the most deceptive IN
iuences by wh'cl theY h,ie ever beeu
lur.ouuaed. :. IS .Ac. that to-day
thousands o e9ple are w.,nin q loot
the grave aud lhcy DO not kno@ j.. l.
tell how vas caught away ;rom ia,
this position and to waln others against
nearing It, are ny objects in THIS com
munlcaUou.
On the lr,t day Of June 1881, laJ
al my residence in this city surrounded
by M friends and waiting for my death.
Heaven only knows the agony het
endured, for words can never describe
it. And yet, if a fe@ years previous.
any one had told me, Jha, vas to b.
brought 50 log. and by - terrible q
disease, should have scohed q. th'
idea. l had always been uncommonh
strong aud healthy, had weighted over
200 pouuds and hardly knew, 10 my
own experience, what pain or sickness
were. Very many people Who will
read this .tslemsnt realize at tines
that theY are unusually tired asd can
not account FOR II. They feel doll all
Indefinite pains IL various parts OF ih'
BOD, and DO not understand Il. Or they
are exceedingly hungry one day and
entirely without appetite the next Thi'
was just the way l felt when the re-
enlless nalady which had fastened
itself ulon me first began. sal
thought It was no.L,ug; that pro5avl
[ had taken "a cold which wouil soon
pass away. Shortly after ibis I noticed
a dull, and at times neuTal sic, pain III
my head, but as it would come one day
and be gone The next, l paid 5u' NItlt
attention 10 H.. However, my s,cmac'
was out Of order and my food often
'+Iei TO digest. causing at times grea'
- ~,picuce. Xet 1 had 10 idca,
, physician, that these things
,o.'v, sing serious or that a mon'
-. S.-,.., -ss becoming fixed upon
ne. csad.dly, I bought WAS suffer
jns from Malaria and '0 doc'or.d my
self accordingly. Bull no o.''. T.
| next noticed peculiar coi, v ".'o Ouo'
aboul the fuIds was passing ~0 'H''
there were large q1auu.ies one day en'
very little the uexl, aud that pc.
.,stent gro.h and scum appeared upon
the surface. and sediment settled 10
the bottom. And yct ! did not real!z
nv danger. Tor, indeed, seeing these
SYMPTOMS continually, finally be-
cane accustomed to them. and ny
susuicion was wholy d.sarmed by the
fac. that bad 10 PAIN IN the aaec'e'
organs or ia lheir vicinity. Way J
should have been SO Mind cannot ua
dsrsiand.
There is terrible future Tor all ply
steal ueg ec,, and impending dnger al
ways briussa person 70 bis senses even
,noagh. /. may then Be 100 late. !
real.zed. a last, my critical condition
aud arou. ed myself to overcome Il. And
o., how hard lried consulted tn
,est medical skill in tle land. Visited
al the prominsu. mineral sp-'ns' il
America and travelled from Maine to
California. Still ! grew worae. No
two rhysicNus agreed as % my malady'
One said ! wa troubled win spinal
irria,ion, another, nervous prosTatlon;
a.olher, rnalara; auO.her dyspep-ia;
another. hesrt disease; another, general
debility; another, congestion OF the
base Of the brain and 50 Oh through
long list OF common diseases, the
symptoms ol all OF which I really had
IN this way several years passed nur.n-
all Of which time va, >t.adiy grow
inc worse. Ny condition .u1 really
become riliable. Tho slight s)mpioos
| at f.s. experienced were developed
INTO terrible aud .onstan. d.sP-ders-,he
li,lle tviss Of pam had gown 10 oaks
Of agony. Ny weight bal been re-
dccel from 297 TO 80 poords. Ny
lie WAS a torture 70 NY sell aad iriends.
| could retaiA no food upOn my stomach
aud lived wholly by injections / "a'
a living u4ass 0. pain. Ny pn.sc "'s
unconuolable. IL my aeooy / Ac-
quently fell pom .ie fool, ccuva.sis,'
ito cagpet, and prayed Tor
death. Mo1hinc had hale or no effect
m deaden'ng HE pain. OR six days
and night, ] had lbe deash-premonnoN
hlccooshs constantly. ny urue vas
filed with tube casts and albuMen. /
was ,,rucsliu. with Bright Disease OF
the Kidneys n Els last stages
Willie suffering thus received call
from my pastor. ,ne Rev. DR.. Foo'e.
rector of -. Paurs Church. Of this city.
[ fen Tia, is was our last interview.
bu, .n The course OF conversation he