Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1882-08-03
AN IMPENDING FATE.
An Interesting Chapter From the
Life Of a Prominent BOstOnian.

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which appeared in yesterdays issue. So
unusual were the circumstances connected
with 1t, and so much comment did it &C.
casion on the street and in social circles.
| that representative of this paper was
commission ed to investigate its details
and verify its fact The article referred
to was statement made by Mr.. B. F.
Larabee, of the New York and Boston
Dispatch Express Company, whose office
is on Arch street. Mr.. Larabee was
found by the newspaper man in his
private office, and on being questioned
said
We'll, sir, logically have been dead,
but really l am as you can see me. A
little over a year ago l was taken sick.
| My trouble was rot severe at first and l
| thought it was the result of slight cold.
Somehow l felt unaccountably tired at
times although / took an abundance of
sleep. Then, again, | had dull strange
pains IN various parts OF my body. My
appetite was good one day and had none
whatever the next and my head panied
me more or less much of the time. A while
afterwards | noticed much that was pecu-
liar about the fluids | was passing and
that sediment. scum and strange accu-
mutation appeared in it. Still l did not
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serious and I allowed the illness to run
along until on the 28th day of October l
| fell PROSTATE while walking along Ire
mont street. I was carried home and did
not go out of the house until the middle
| of December. | then went down and at
tempted to attend to my business until the
18th of last January, when | was taken
with very severe relapse, My symp-
| toms were terrible. | was fearfully bloat-
| ed, l suffered severe pains in all parts of
my body and it was almost impossible to
get my breath. For six days 1 never laid
down and never slept. / was constantly
attended by my regular physician, Doctor
Johnson, and Doctor Bowditch also came
to see me nearly every day. There was
no doubt that was suffering from Bright's
disease of the kidneys in its worst form and
last stages, accompanied by other troubles
in my liver and heart. In spite, how.
ever, of the skill of the physicians, l
kept growing worse, and finally they
tapped my side in the vicinity of the
heart, taking away forty-six ounces of
water. This relieved me for the time,
but soon became as bad as before. Then
the doctor gave Inc up entirely, declared
| could not live more than twenty-four
hours, and my daughter, who was residing
in Paris, was telegraphed for. Still [
fingered along for several weeks, far
more dead than alive, but never giving
up hope. One night-it was on the 20th
of April. l very well remember-my at
tendant who was reading the paper to me,
began. an article which described my dis
ease and suferings exactly. 1t told how
some severe cases of Bright's disease had
been cured, and so clearly and sensbly
did it state the case that / determined to
try the means of cure which it described
80 L sent my man TO the drug store, pro
cured bottle of the medicine, unknown
to my physicians and friends, and took
the first dose at 10 o'clock. At that time
| was suffering intensely. | could not
sleep. l had the short breaths and could
scarcely get any air into my lungs. l was
terribly bloated from head to foot, and
| the motion of the heart was irregular and
painful. The next morning | was able to
breathe freely; the pain began to leave
me and the bloating decreased. I con-
tinued to take the medicine, and to-day,
sir, am as well as | ever was in my life,
and wholly owing to the wonderful, al
most mira culous power of Warmers Safe
Kidney and Liver Cure. I do not know
what this medicine is made of. or any
thing else about it. but | know it saved
my life when / was given up by the doc
tors and had really been dead Tor weeks
that it has kept me in perfect health ever
since and has cured many of my friends
to whom [ have recommended it. There
are a number of very remarkable cases in
Lynn and Salem, as well as in this city,
that it has cured, My recovery is so re-
markable that it has excited much atten-
ton, and physicians as well as others
have investigated it thoroughly. [ am
glad they ave, for | feel that the result
of such a wonderful cure should be known
to the thousands in all parts Of the land
who are suffering from troubles of the kid
neys, liver or heart, in some of their
many dangerous forms.
The representative of the press thanked
Mr.. Larrabee for his very frank and clear
statement, and was about to leave the
office when gentleman stepped up to
him and inquired if he was seeking infor-
nation about Mr.. Larrabee's sickness and
recovery. The scribe replied that he was,
whereupon the gentleman said:
"And SO am |, and have come all the
way from Chicago for that very purpose.
Kidney troubles seem to be alarminglv
increasing all over the country, and I
Lave very near relative who is afflicted
much as Mr.. Larrabee was. [ have been
to see the physician of whom Mr.. LARA
bee speaks, and tell you, sir, it is simply
wonderful"
what did they say ?" asked the man of
news.
Say why, sir, they fully confirm every
| thing MIR. Larrabee has stated. l went TO
see DIR. ID. A. johnson. at 20 Worcester
street. He was absent when | called, and
so L stepped into the Commonwealth no.
tel, where Mr.. Larrahee was living at the
time of his sickness. Messrs. Brugh &
Garter are the proprietors, and [ asked
them about Mr.. Larrabee'5 case. Mr..
0rugh pointed to the electric annunciator
and said, why for weeks and weeks every
time that bell rang [ said: That means
the death of Mr.. Larrabee. For no one
around the hotel ever dreamed that he
would recover, and when the doctors
would come down from his room they
would shake their heads and say there
was no hope. The arrangements for the
funeral were made and his recovery was
simply miracle"
I then called on DR.. johnson who said
that Mr.. Larrabee's case was very re-
markable one. He was his family ply
stefan and expected his death every hour
for number of weeks and never called to
see him during that time, but he was pre-
pared for it. The doctor said the recovery
was due to Warmers Safe Kidney and
Liver Cure, aud if he had friends. male or
female, troubled with AIbumen or any
kidney troubles ne should certainly ad-
wise them to use this remedy. DR.. johnson
said that kidney difficulties are more COM
mon than most people think and that
many symptoms which are supposed to be
other diseases arise from the kidneys. He