The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1882-01-20

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Chrouir}< 81 Rochester, n. n, q Of 90 striking
I nature, and emanatcs from % reliable .
source. that Il Is herewith re published entire
In addition % the valuable matter 4 contains
Il WIN BE- found exceedingly Interesting:
10 ne Editor of ne D<mocruf and chrnicf<;
SHINY motives for the publication 81 me
most unusual statements which follow are
first, gratitude for the fact that ! have been
saved from = most horrible death, and sccond-
H.. 4 desire 10 warn all. who read this state
mcnt against some Of the most deceptive m
fIuenccs hy which they have ever been .ur..
rounded. II u . fact that to-day thousandsol
IS 5ev nv know wi n r. til II how i was caught
away from just this position and % warn otn-
ers against nearing Il, are my objects IN TINS
communication.
On the iirst day Of June. 1851, l lay a my
residence Ia this city surrounded bym my friends
ana sAiting for death. Heaven only knows
the agony then endured, for words can never
describe II. And yet, II \ few years previous,
any one had told me that 1 was 10 be brought
20 low. and BIZ so terrible . disease, | should
have scofIcd II the idea. l had always beer!
uncommonly strong and healthy, had weighed
over zoo pounds and hardly knew, IN my
experience. what pain or sickness were very
many people who win read this statement re.
alIze at tines that they are unusually tirci!
and cannot account for II. They feel dull ana
indefinite pains In various parts Of the body
and d. not understand Il. Or they ARE ex-
cecdingiy hungry one day and entirely with
/ fclt when tie relentless maladS which had
fastened itself upon me first began. still
thought II was nothing; that probably l
had taken q cold which would soon pass
away. shortly after this noticed . dun,
and a times neuralgia, pain IN my head, buy
r.tI h,,S flitflo attention
TO II. However. my stomach was out Of order
and my food often failed 10 digest, causing AZ
times great inconvenience. Yet ! had no idea,
even a. . physician. that these things meant
anything serious or that . monsfrous disease
was becoming fixed upon me, candidiy' !
doctored myself accordingly. But ! got NO
better. next noticed q peculiar color ana
0dor about the fluids l was p~aeslng-also that
there were large quantities one day and very
little the next, and that q persistent roth ana
scum appeared upon the surface, and = sedi.
ment settled In the bottom. And yet ! did
not realize nv danger. for. indeed, seeing
these symptoms continually, | finally became
accustomed 10 them. and my suspicion was
wholly disarmcd By the fact that | had no pain
IN the affected organs or In their vicinity
Why ! should have been 90 blind cannot IN
dersfand.
There Is 4 terrible future FOR al physical
neglect. and impending danger usually brings
4 person to his senses even though II may then
Re ito late. realized. a. last, my critical
condition and aroused myself TO overcome II
And. On, how hard l tried consulted the
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- ri ie sr..n Ua,.s ~ r-l,f,rnia sill /
~re" werse NJ iva nhxsirisns agreed a. to
NY malndy. One said l was troubled with
spinal irritation another. nervous prustrafion;
another. malaria: another dyspepsia another
a 1880 n MIA - Mo- ~.
~trs- .s.~n., ~ XVI ~. 6,.e N IN bra,n ana
Avn s.r,-vh . i,ng i,st ~ cnmmnn diseases
~. N .-rense,as of III ~ wh'ch i rcalls
hsat IL XII. w.v 'cver,i vear< raised. durinr
49, Y ~ ~ s,,''h, srrnrsoms <. AM exirerj
e en \ 80. 49,, en.j ,nto ferrihie ana con-
s,"r, 5,ser,ers NV iitfie twiv- N main had
vrnwn ~ nsks ~ svonv, nv weight had hccn
redneri from ~: III iSo pounds. NV life was
| sa;n ~ fnod unon nv stomach. and lived
~ha,1s hx iniertinns Wa x living mass "
rs;n NJ nslse was ,ncontrnljahle. m M,
scn,x frenncntlv fcu nnon TIE foor. conyul
sivcis ciutehe5 Inv Garnet. And prayed r.,
death Morphine hal little or no effect III
desdeninr lie pain. For Ak days and nights
/ MA ne death uremonifory hiccourhs con
%stsnfiv' Nv urine WA filled with tube casts
snd sihnmen / Va str,rrlinr with Rrirht'l
Di~e.e~ ~ ~ Kidneys il ia LAT starea.
While suffering thus received call Iron
ny pastor, ne kev IT. foote' rector q ~
faul's Church, of TINS city. ! felt nat y va
our last interview, but ~ the course q con,
yersAfion he mentioned : remedy q which
had hcard much but nau never used n!
foote detailed 70 me the many fcmaIkhns
cures which nad come under MS ~oosers4tion
~ means "a ~. remedy, ana urged me totr,
u. A. = practicing physician =
81 the Schools cnerisnea ne pfcJuu,cs
potn natural ana common Mn y reyu,a
practitioners, anu oeridea the fdeA OF an,
medicine outside tts regular channels bcini
the east pcnenciai. - soncttious' however
was ~. foote, tnA. \ nnsiiy psoiniseu
would waivc my prejudice Anl try We rcmeul
ne a. nigniy began ~ vs.
on tnc nIst NY u eune sn1 W.
y ncco!uing " ui'.stIons. "a uIst \
s'ckeneu me- w I'M tnousnt Nv
goo1 slgn ior = u ny uepIIitateo
condition. continued 70 x NJ
tnt sickenln8 sensation ucpartcu hno VA