The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-07-06
A VETERAN BENEFACTOR.
His Past Life, Present Plans, md VIVA,
Tint Ast0nished Him.

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Nearly forty years ago a young man, OF
unusual endowments, began to mold public
opinion upon a subject of vital importance,
Like all pioneers, his early efforts were un-
successful, but his ability and the value of
his work soon won public confidence, and
to-day there is not a village or hamlet in the
country that has not been influenced by DR..
Dio Lewis. When, therefore, it was learned
yesterday that he contemplated the establish
ment of a large magazine in this city, the
fact was deemed SO important that a repre-
sentative of this paper was commissioned to
see him and ascertain the truth of the rumor,
Dr. Dio Lewis is a gentleman of sixty years
and two hundred pounds, with snow-white
hair and beard, but probably the most per-
feet picture of health and vigor in the me-
tropolis. He is a living exponent of his
teachings, and notwithstanding the amount
of work he has already done, promises still
greater activity for years to come. He re-
celved the interviewer most courteously, and
in reply to a question said:
at is true l have come to New York to
establish a monthly magazine. I have come
here for the same reason that l went to Boston
twenty-five years ago. Then Boston was the
best platform in the country from which to
speak of education. New York has now be-
and especially so to movements on behalf of
physical training.
Il have reason to know the great and
abiding interest of the American people in
this subject. They have come to realize that
the future of our country pivots mon our
physical vitality, and especially upon the
vigor of our women. My new magazine will
bear the title 'Dio Lewis Monthly and be
devoted to Sanitary and Social Science. 1
hope through its pages to inaugurate a new
departure in hygiene"
"Have you not written several books on
the subject?'
Yes, nine volumes, and some of them like
',Our Girls published by the Harpers, have
had an enormous circulation, but the best
work of my life / shall give the world in the
new magazine. Forty years of diminishing
ought to conclude with ten years of organized
warfare"
doctor, what is the occasion of this new
interest in health q~uestions?"
1t has come through suffering, which
seems the only road to self knowledge. The
stomach, heart, kidneys or liver fall into
trouble, happiness is gone, and then people
give attention to their health"
Which of these organs is most frequently
the victim OF our %errors?" asked the reporter.
Within the last few years diseases of the
Kidneys have greatly multiplied. When I
was engaged in practice, thirty-iv and forty
years ago, serious disease of the kidneys was
fatal"
"To what do you attribute this great in
crease of kidney troubles?"
ITO the use of stimulating drinks, adul-
toiatco lOOu lii Irregular ndDltS OF l1fe.' o
Doctor, have you any confidence in the
remedy of which we hear SO much nowadays,
Warmers Safe Cure?'
81 believe in the ounce of prevention,
rather than in a ton of cure"
But have you noticed the remarkable
testimonials of Warmers remedy?"
81 have, and confess that they have puz-
zled and astonished me. The Communications
OF proprietary medicines usually come from
unknown persons residing in back counties.
But 1 see in our most reputable newspapers
the wermest praise of Warmers Safe Cure
from college Professors, respectable physi-
clans, and other persons of high intelligence
and character. To thrust such testimony.
aside may be professional, but it is unmanly.
No physician can forget that valuable addi-
tions to our Materia Medica have sprung from
Just such sources. l was so impressed with
this cloud of witnesses that I purchased some
bottles of Warmers Safe Cure at a neighbor-,
ing drug store, and analysed one of them to
see IT 1t contained anything poisonous. Then
1 took three of the prescribed doses at once,
and found there was nothing injurious in it.
l do not hesitate to say that if l found my:
kidneys in serious trouble, 1 should use this
remedy, because of the hopelessness of all
ordinary treatment, and because when a
hundred intelligent reputable persons unite
In the statement that a certain remedy has
cured them Of a grave malady, l choose 10
believe that they speak the truth.
but as you may know, my great interest
in life lies in prevention. For forty years j
have labored in this field. One of the phases
of my work in New England was the estab.
lishment of the Ladies' Seminary at Lexinp.
ton, Mass. My aim was TO illustrate the
possibilities in the physical training of girls
during their school life. This institution
became, before / left it, the largest and most
successful seminary for young women owned
and managed by one person in our country.
l sat down to dinner every day with a family
of two hundred persons. The remarkable
results OF this muscle training among girls
were given in my paper published in the
North American Reuiet0 of December, 1885,.
Besides l established the Normal Institute
Tor Physical training in Boston, and for ten
years was its President and Manager. DIR.
Walter Claiming, DR.. Thomas Hoskins, Pro
fessor Leonard and others were among its
teachers, and more than four hundred per-
sons took its diploma and went out into all
parts OF the land to teach the new school of
gymnastics. And now the years left to me |
propose to devote to the magazine which /
have come here to establish. 1t will be the
largest periodical ever devoted to this field OF
literature, and will present the hundred and
one questions of hygiene with the simplicity
OF a child's talk. To this end all so-called
zine will be more or less illustrated, and will
strive to reach a high place in the confidence
and hearts OF the people. In a few weeks
our first number will appear. and we shall
fondly hope for it a hearty welcome"
The facts above narrated are indeed most
important. 1t is gratifying to know that the
lifelong experiences of a gentleman who
stands without a peer in successfully demon
strating the principles of hygiene; whose
heart has always been in sympathy with the
afflicted, and whose brain has ever been &C
tive in planning for their relief, are to be
given to the public through the pages of a
magazine. And it is specially significant
ana PROOF positive OF rare merit that a pro-
prietary medicine, even with such high stand
ing as Warmers Safe Cure is known to have,
should be Endorsed and recommended by a
man so able, SO reputable and of such
national renown as DR.. Dio Lewis.
ABOUT 100, OO0, 900 tons of water pass over
Niagara Falls every hour.