Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-08-09
NO HOME EXEMPT.
The Source ofThosc Mysterious Trou-
blcs That Come TO Every House
hold Explained.

from SO reliable source, that it is here
with re-published entire. In addition
TO the valuable matter it contains, :.
will be found exceedingly interesting:
10 the Editor of the Democrat and
Chronicle:
SIR:-My motives for the publication
of the most unusual statements which
| follow are, first, gratitude for the fact
that | have been saved from most hor
rible death, and, secondly a desire to warn
all who read this statement against some
of the most deceptive influences by which
they have ever been surrounded. 1t is q
fact that to-day thousands of people
are within a foot of the grave and they
do not know it. To tell how l was
caught away from just this position and
to warn others against nearing it, are
my objects in this communication.
On the first day Of june 1881, l lay at
my residence in this city surrounded by
my friends and waiting for death.
Heaven only knows the agony i then
endured, for words can never describe
il. And yet, if a few years previous,
any one had told me that ! was to be
brought so low, and by so terrible a dis
ease, l should have scoffed at the idea.
/ had ALWAYS been uncommonly strong
and healthy, had weighed over 200
/ pounds and hardly knew, in my own ex-
/ perience, what pain or sickness were.
/ Very many people who will read this
/ statement, realize at times that they are
unusually tired and cannot account for
/ it. They feel dull and indefinite pains
in various parts of the body and do not
understand it. Or they are exceedingly
/ hungry one day and entirely without
4 appetite the next. This was just the
way felt when the relentless malady
1 which had fastened itself upon me first
/ began. Still | thought it was nothing;
/ that probably had taken a cold which
would soon pass away. Shortly after
/ this l noticed heavy, and at times a
neuralgia, pain in my head, but as it
would come ore day and be gone the
next, l paid but little attention TO it.
I However, my stomach was out of order
and my food often failed to digest,
causing at times great inconvenience.
Yet / had no idea, even as a physician,
that these things meant anything serious
or that a monstrous disease was becom-
ing fixed upon me. Candidly, | thought
/ was suffering from Malaria, and so
doctored myself accordingly. But got
no better. | next noticed peculiar
color and odor about the fluids was
passing also that there were large
quantities one day and very little the
next, and that a persistent froth and
scum appeared upon the surface, and a
sediment sc tiled in the bottom. And
vet did not realize my danger, for, in
deed, seeing these symptoms continual
ly, | finally became accustomed to them.
and my suspicion was wholly disarmed
by the fact that | had no pain in the
affected organs or in their vicinity.
Why / should have been SO blind can
not understand
There is a terrible future for all ply
steal neglect, and impending danger al
ways brings a person to his senses, even
though it may then be too late. ] real
lied, at last, my critical condition and
aroused myself to overcome il. And,
Oh! how hard / tried! l consulted the
best medical skill in the land. / visited
all the prominent mineral springs in
America and travelled from Maine to
California. Still grew worse. No two
physicians agreed as tony malady. One
said was troubled with spinal irrita-
ton: another, nervous prostration;
another, malaria; another, dyspepsia;
another heart disease; another, general
debility; another, congestion of the base
of the brain; and so ON through long
list of common diseases, the symptoms
of all of which really had. In this way
several years passed, during oil of which
time / was steadily growing worse. My
condition had really become pitiable.
The slight symptoms / at first expert
enced were developed into terrible and
constant disorders-the little twigs of
pain had grown to oaks Of agony. My
weight had been reduced from 201 to
100 pounds. My life was a torture TO
myself and friends | could retain no
food upon my stomach, and lived Who'll
ly by injections. was living mass Of
pain Ny pulse was uncomfortable. In
my agony | frequently fell upon the
floor, convulsively clutched the carpet.
and PRAYED for death. Morphine had
little or no effect in deadening the pain.
For six days and nights had the death
premonitory hiccoughs constantly. My
urine was filled with tube casts and al
bumen' ! was struggling with Bright S
/ tease of the kidneys III its last stages.
While suffering thus l received call
from my pastor, the Rev. DR.. Foote,
rector of st. Pauls church of this city.
felt that it was our last interview, but
in the course of conversation he men.
toned aremedy Of which had heard
much but had never used. DR.. Foote
detailed to me the many remarkable
cures which had come under his obser-
walton, by means of this remedy, and
urged me to- try it. AS a practicing
physician and graduate of the schools
l cherished the prejudice both natural
and common with all regular practition
ers, and derided the idea of any medi
cine outside the regular channels being
the least beneficial. So solicitious, how.
ever, was DIR. Foote, that finally prom.
ised | would waive my prejudice and try
the remedy he so highly recommended
began its use on the 1st day of June
and took it according to directions
At first it sickened me; but this / thought
was a good sign for me in my debilitated
condition. i continued to take it; the
sikening sensation departed and ! was
able to retain food upon my stomach
J In few days noticed decided change
for-the better as also did my wife and
friends. My hiecoughs ceased and ex
perienced less pain than formerly. was
so reioiced at this improved condition
that, upon 'shat / had believed but q