The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-11-23
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and Chronicle, Of Rochester, N. Y, Is of so
striking nature, and emanates from SO
reliable a source, that 1t is herewith re-
published entire. In addition to the val.
liable r,atter 1t contains, 1t will be found
exceedingly interesting:
To tho Editor of GhS Democrat and Chronicle
SrR:--My motives for the publication OF
the nost unusual statements which follow
| are, first, gfatittde fBf the fact that / have
been aved frorti q most Horrible death,
| and, secondly, d desire to warn AL who
| read this statement against some Of the
| most deceptive influences by which they
have ever been surrounded It is a fact
hs loot 0da1b 81 1b thSSssas S n sS sSpo dc afo 5 Th~ fan
| it. To tell how I was caught away from
just this position and to warn others
against nearing it, are my objects in this
| communication.
On thS first day Of June, 1881, lay at
my residence iii tbis city surrounded by
my friends and waiting for my death.
Heaven only knows the agony then en-
| dured, for words can never describe it.
And yet, II few years previous, any one
| had . told me that l was to be brought
have scoffed at the idea. / had always
been uncommonly strong and healthy, had
weighed over 900 pounds and hardly knew,
| in my own experience, what pain or sick
ness we're. Very many, people who will
read this statement realize at times that
| they are unusually tired and cannot
account for 1t. They feel dull and indef-
mite pains in Various parts of the body, and
| do not understand It, Or they are exceed
ingly hungry one day and entirely without
| appetite the next. This was just the way
! felt when the relentless malady which
had fastened itself upon me first began.
| Still thought it was nothing; that prob
| ably | had taken cold which would soon
pass away. Shortly after this l noticed
dull, and at times, neuralgic, pain in my
| head, but as 1T would come one day and be
| gone the next, l paid but little atten ton
to 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 monstrous dsease was becoming
| fixed upon me. Candidly, thought was
suffering from Malaria, and so doctored my
self accordingly. But 1 got no better. l
| next noticed q peculiar color and odor
about the fluids 1 was passing-also that
there were large quantities one day and
very little the next, and that a persistent
froth and sc,1m appeared Upon the surface,
and sediment settled In the bottom. And
| yet / did not realize my danger, for, in
deed, seeing these symptoms continually,
| | finally became accustomed to them, and
| my suspicion was wholly disar1ned by the
fact that 1 had no pain in the affected
organs or in their vicinity. Why should
| have been SO blind l cannot understand.
There is terrible future for oil physical
neglect, and impending danger always
brings a person to his senses even though
| it may then be too late. l realized at last,
my critical condition and aroused myself
| to overcome it. And, oh! how hard l
| tried! | consulted the best medical skill
in the land. visited all the prominent
mineral springs in America and travelled
from Maine to California. Still l grew
| worse. No two physicians agreed as to my
malady One said | was troubled with
spinal irritation; another, nervous pros
| lratiCn; another, malaria; another dys-
pepsia; another, heart disease; another,
general debility; another, congestion of
the base Of the brain; and so on through
! a long list of common diseases, the symp
toms of all of which l really had. In this
way several years passed, during all OF
Whicn time was steadily growing worse
NY c0ndltion had really become pitiable.
lhe slight symptoms n: first experienced
were developed into terrible and constI. G
dlsorders-the little twigs of pain had
grown to be oaks Of agony Ny weight bad
oeeh reduced from 207 to 130 pounds NV
HE was torture to myself and friends. !
r"uln retain no food upon my stomach
'"i iri,I 'lTen I wholly by injections l was a
l'iuS mass of pain. My pulse was uncon-
tfoll"bIe. In my agony frequently fell
'pon the floor, convulsivelv cIutched the
i"P%t and prayed for death. Morphine
n''d httie or no effect in deadening the
p'Hh For six days and nights had inc
'ra' prcmonitory hiccoughs cOnstantlv
Ny urine was filled with tube casts and
%loumen. was strug ding with Bright's
Disease OF the Kidneys in its last stages.
While suffering thus | received a call
rom my pastor the Rev. DR.. Foote, rector
OF st: Pnnrs Church, Of this city. l felt
| lnS i,,tn
course OF conversation he mentioned n
remedy OF which l had heard much but
| nad never used. DR.. FoOte detailed to me
the many remarkable cures which had
| come under his observation, by means Of
| ms remedy, and urged me to try it. Asa
practiclng physician and graduate of the
| schools, | cherished the prejudice bo;h
natural and common with all regular
practitioners, and derided the idea of any
medlclne outside the regular channels
neihg the least beneficial. SO solcitous
however, was Or. Foote, that I finally
promised I would waive nv prejudice and
try the remedy he SO highly recommended.
began its use on the lst day of June and
t1ok it according to directions. At first II
Ackened me; but this I thought was a
9ood sign for me in my deblitated condi-
ing sensation departed and I was able to
retain food upon my stomach. In few
days 1 noticed a decided change for the
better as also did my wife and friends.
Ny hiccoughs ceased and I experienced
iess pain than formerly. was so reioiced
at this improved condition that, upon what
had believed but few days before was
my dying bed, vowed in the presence of
my family and friends, should I recover I
would both publicly and privately make
known this remedy for the good of human
n.y. wherever and whenever I had an
opportunity. l also determined that
would give course of lectures in the
Corinthian Academy Of Music in this eitv,
stating in full the symptoms and almost
hopeelessness of my disease and the re.
markable means by which I have been
saved, My improvement was constant
from that time, and In less than three
months 1 had gained 20 pounds in flesh,
became entirely free from pain, and |
believe owe my life and present condi-
ton wholly to Warmers Safe Kidney and
LIVER Cure, the remedy which 1 used.
Since my recovery have thoroughly re-
Investigated the subject of kidney dificul-
ties and Brights disease. and the truthe