Morning journal and courier., 1882-09-27
MIRACULOUS /!
Wonderful Escape of a Number Of
 Our Prominent Citizens.
An Arch Enemy FouIIy Conspiras t|
 Destroy Their Lives.
Full Statement by the SurvIvors-Thetr
 Painful Experience.

An alarming state of affairs discovered in our midst. Hundreds of citizens have been seized with mysterious symptoms of illness which have puzzled learned physicians and scientists alike Some rapidly succumbed and fallen by the way side, like parched and thirsting plants under the scorching and whitening rays of pitiless midsum- Others have suffered all the bangs and tor ments of the horrible inquisiton. Their limbs have been rack.d with excrucatng pains. while their bod les have burned with inward and consuming fire, unquenckable. unconquerabe, unti when mind has been destroyed and the soul tortured beyond human endurance, they have died death of misery and an guish. Some of their friends have suggested poison passing their opinion, perhaps, certain astounding revelations made by recent chemical analyses con ducted in this city, still traces could be found o1 mineral poisoning and the only questions remalnlhe to be answered were "Are these of biood-pos- oning and if so, in what manner of form was the contamination brought about? Have friends, who have been ruth essy taken away from us been
 made the unwilling victims of treaoherous men, who, under the garb of friendship, have sought their ac quain tancs, and in secrecy pricked them with the poisoned poignard? ?' A reporter put upon the trail given plenty of time to investigate the affair." commanded to probe the mystery to its very bot tom, sparing nobody in prosecuting the inquiry. It was necessary. first to interview Of those who had passed through the trying ordeal in safety and obtain thom account of their several experi ences. The first person interviewed was Mr. Frank Dixon, tonsorial artist known to about all of principal business men. He IS now engaged at LAW tons tonsoria1 rooms, North Main street. Mr. Dixon said that the malady completely used him up ''Why," said he, II couldn't turn over in my bed ; whenever desired to vacate my bed had to be lift ed out of it, and could not go up and down stair without the aid of others I had Dr. - and Dr.
 - attending They dosed me with this medi- cine and then with that, but without giving any relief Finally, when had about given up all idea of getting better, some one asked why did not try Hunts Remedy. had but little faith in the pound, still persuaded get bottle of it. Be- fore had taken twothrds of the quantity contained in that bottle began to feel it's good effects and by the time had finished it able to go down town and attend to my business. I bought another bottle of the Remedy and took half of it. and since then have been troubled with the malady, which proved in the end to have been uncommon ly severe attack of the kidney complaint see peo- pie every day walking about streets whom know, if they had not used Hunts Remedy, would have been laid away to sleep the long sleep months ago. My attack eight years ago, and tell you 1t was pretty tough and left me in very bad shape. Some idea of wAat I suffered be gained from the fact that my weight fell from ITO pounds down to 122 pounds"
 Still more wonderful was the experience of Mir Stephen G. Mason, of Ne 319 South Main street MT. Mason said that in 1869 he attacked with in
  tare that he did not take step in four months His physicians thought that he parayzed side of his body. From that time until February, 1880, he suffered very with pains in his knees which had become decidedly stiff. Ne told that he could never recover In February, 1880, he was in his office talking with MT. William E. Clarke, proprie tor of Hunts Remedy, when Mr. Clarke told him he could be cured. I know canno, said MT. Mason, I have taken everything, and the physicians say 8 cure is impossible" MT. Clarke again claimed that .uld be made, and that Hunss Rem dy would do the business MT. Mason laughed at the i'd but Mir. Clarke asserting that it kidney complaint and no rheumatism which was causing MT. Masonf uheriJlgs, and that all his troubles originated in hose organs being disarranged induced him to try Hunts Remedy. Mir. Mason took the medicine for weeks and since then he has not been troubled with "rheumatism" of any kind or nature whatso- ever. s'I must attribute my relief from pain and suffering to Hunts Remedy said MT. Mason, in mar rating his experience to the reporter q used to be greatly troubled in damp weather aod 1t was often question with how to get out of bed to-day :? but that is a matter of the past During the past year frequently had wet feet while travelling about in indictment weather, but felt bad effects from it."
 Captain Nathaniel Grant, the manufacturing jewel every ybody knows that he is the very priHce oi good fellows, told the reporter that he knows that Hunts Remedy is an invaluable medicine
 friend of his had been great sufferer. dating back to infancy. The family physician had attended the faithfully several years, but could afford only temporary relief.
 Finally, the physician advised his patient to try Hunts Remedy. Captain Grant secuted at the idea considering the Remedy a snde," as he expressed 1t Still, wishing to follow the advice of his physician he purchased two bottles of Hunts Remedy, and is now better than at any time during the past five I years, and, so far present indications con
 cerned has obtained permanent relief in fact, con 1 siders himself cured.
 MT. c. A. P. Mason, the ellknown druggist. doing business at No. 613 High street. said 'I have known | the medicine tRunts Remedy for more than ter years. never anything for which this medicine | is recommended that would give quick relief. 1 know of many persons who have used it, and all O them speak of it in the way, being worth al 1 it costs to obtain quick relief One man said hs would have given $OO bottle rather than have beer without Hunts Remedy"
 NIT. GeorgH E. Clark, employed in the dress good department at Ladd, Davis & Drummond's establish ment said that he suffered extremely with kidne. disease, but that after using Hunts Remedy just tw
 days he enabled to attend to his business again ! He plgced high value the Remedy and consid cred it most important acquisition to the list of tn
 real y meritorious and standard remedies of the day 1 Captain Augustus J. Winship, of the City Polio Department, told the reporter that he had been great sufferer from kidney disease, which first at ! tackled him four five years ago. He had takel 1 Hunts Remedy and had been cured by it. He con
 sidered that it could be taken by any man having
 kidney disease with beneficial results There wer
 hundreds people afflicted with kidney disease who
 by neglecting to attend to the matter in time. ha
 either been wrecked physically had died from tn
 attack He mentioned the late Chief of Police Aver
 Case MT Aver died of kidney disease, and when tn autopsy made it found that one kidney wa
 entirely gone and the other seriously affected Hunt
 Remedy, if taken in time might have saved his life 1 In conclusion Captain Wnship said that Hunt I Remedy was, in his opinion, most valuable med \ cine.
 2 Mr. William B. Banding the wholesale druggis
 Nos 54 5s street. told the reporter thi
 he had sold Hunts Remedy for fourteen years 50 th'
 It will be that the medicine is no clap-trap l vention intended for day only He said Hunt | Issmedy article of unusual merit, and proba
 bay best remedy for the diseases it IS advertise Q cure He had, doubt, sold more of Hunts Rem | dy than anyone else his sales in two particula
 y sars aggregatipg thirty three thousand hundre
 a ad twenty (3312O) bottles. During the time he ha
 d salt in Hunts Remedy some most wonderful cure
 m zde by it had come to his knowledge. In conclr
 si he would recommend it very highly to all sue
 ip 6 from kidney complications
 l Among the remarkable instances of cure related | tn @ reporter that of Mrs. Goodspesd. Fou
 st ances she was attacked with kidney disease Tn
 hysican attending her said that she could not lv
 lore than forty eight hours, and that when she lei
 or bed it would be for the grave she was, accordin 0 the doctors opinion, doomed to die, she wa differing from aa1 aggravated attack of Brights al