Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-03-18
A SAD HISTORY.
The Story of John Rogers-Hfs Reseue
from Death.

From the Atlanta (Gs.) Constitution, March 4th.
About eighteen years ago John ]. Rogers
was one OF the brightest young men in the
service OF the Southern Express Company
popular, sotive and capable young fellow,
numbering friends BY the hundreds devoted
TO his business, and enjoying the fullest con-
fidence Of his employers. Handsome and
vigorous, his life promised as much of hap
piness and usefulness as slmos. any OF the
young men who then made up Atlsnta's
population. He was q generous, whole
souled fellow, and his praise was in every
body's mouth.
About that time he contracted fearful
disease that bsffled the skill of the pbysi-
clans and made him a complete wreck. 1t
robbed him OF his vigor, his eyes lost their
brightness and step its elasticity. He soon
after threw up his position, being unable 10
attend to any business. He was covered with
sores, his eyes became affected, and the ex-
cessive Use of mercury brought on paralysis,
and he at length found his way 10 the poor
| house, a wretched man. He had tried every
| physician in Atlanta, and had been to the
Hot Springs twice, without avail. At length
the disease attacked his brain, and he be-
| came an imbecile. He was unable 10 tell
| his own name; did not know the day Of the
week or month; was barely able 10 walk,
| dragging one leg after the other like
skotched snake. For years he lived in the
poorhouse, on bright days riding 10 town on
the poorhouse wagon, receiving money from
those of his friends who met him.
| At length the proprleters of Swift's Spe-
| ci6c determined to give their medicine
trial in his case. They realized that through
simple indiscrstion this young fellow OF
good mind, deposition and prospects had be-
come a wreck, and they believed that their
| remedy would cleanse his system and restore
| him once more to health and reason. About
one yesr SGD they gave him The first dose of
the Specifi:, which he has continued TO take
| since. The result has been wonderful. On
yesterday morning he walked seven miles
from the poorhouse into the city, without
the least fatigue. The effects OF the mer.
| curry still make his joints somewhat stiff,
| but his blood has been thoroughly cleansed
and purified, and his system TO day is free
from The slightest faint OF the disease that
| brought HIM to such wretched straits. He
has rtcove. ed his reason, sight and voice,
and spesks distinctly, hopefully and intelli-
gently. He says:
81 feel, for the fret time in eighteen years
that my blood, instead of being poison tina;
eais my life away, ia once more clean and
healthy, and that have many years Of life
and / hope of usefulness, ahead of me-"
He says further: 81 owe my life to the
owners Of the Ssift's Specific. They came
to me when L was in bed and ,srslysed. All
TIE physicians had given my case up as hope
| less, and L did not even have enough OF rea-
son left 10 know what they were proposing to
do when they began TO treat me. / was as 3
simple child and did not know the men who
came 10 my bedside, If they had let me
alone l am satisfied few months would
have ended my wretched life, and that
would months ago been dead and forgotten
Though the use of Swiffs Specific nv
strength and reason gradually returned &c
: me until l now feel that / am cured; and if
2 it were not for lingering traces of the mer
/ curry still left in my joints, would be al
active aud vigorous as / ever was. ] wan
the public 10 know what this medicine ha
: done for me, that others who are suffering n
i have, q thousand deaths for the past eight
, cen years, may get the remedy in time tt
arrest their disease, before it has dethrened
their reason and robbed them of theil
strength, and before the use of minerals hai
poisoned their systems beyond recovery"
The above is the history OF a remarkable
case. The subject is a delicate one to dea
with and the story told is almost incredible
We have endeavored 10 state nothing bu
the exact truth. There are thousands in At
lata who know the sad history of this younl
: man, and who have seen him at intervals fol
:: the past eighteen yesrs, and who will testify
th at we have not done justice to the horror
of his case. He can be seen now any day OF
the streets, and the above statement verified
by conversation with him. 1t is doubtful
If the range of medicine shows a more des
perste CAGE or speedier cure.