The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1883-12-12
Corners wen and he Late d. Sins
-Tnteresting Lister from Bishop
Green.

res-nss fLAnros: In late issue Of
von, a.,er i saw notice Of Coopers
wen .nl / letter from the late DR.. :.
Marion sins. in relation 70 his visit 70
hat Mace. This carries me back u
memory to my first meeting with that
great physician and bsnefaesOr o. hss
-aee Hewas then-about thirty years
.ro-on his return from his third visit
. the well. Three years from tf1at tine
I he had besa % reduced in he3ith ny
chronic a;srrhsa - 70 aispair Of recovery.
AZ ! last resort, he 4ors away from z
,,ra..t;..a thar was wsaTing ont the rsm-
| nants az hin life, to try thu benenI q =
faw -.lar. travel. On the cars ~ was
| reeoon;.sa br our late friend, Gev. NC
Wiliie. but was 50 changed BY dlssAss
that fhs Governor, though an old friend,
bezitafsd 70 address him BIZ name. Upon
heino asked where he was going, ne
despairingly answered: cry Ne5Iea ea g
ret away from my practlce, ana nnu
some relief from my disease. 1ns uO1-
ernorthen earnestly recommended aim g
90 to Coopsr's Well. be immeolate.!
turred back, and did soi and II ~
/ weeks. was again In hls nsnai heaisn,
The next summer, and the third, 1ouao
him broken down, - at the nrst, by :
facilitating climate and the increasing
claims of his profession. When We nrst
met ae told me that CooPers wen was
then. for the third time sending him
home s9.frd man; and that e. soon 2.
he could get the opportunity, he would
publish for the benefit OF the Worid,
! history of his cure, and Of the won
1arfr,I efFrcta Of that water on diseases
1F the liver. the stomach and the bowels.
a. never have heard of such pubfl-
alton / prasume that his immediate re
novel n New York, and the amount OF
ar,era yar,.nts that flowed in upon him
prevented his doing So.
Nv next Meeting with the Doctor wal
in New York soon after one OF ~ =.
heightened visits to Europe. II was y
a crowd of nearly three Thousand Peopl,
in I'oopers' Union, assembled to hear
| celebrated lecturer on the Anatomy o.
tba brute CREATION At the c.ose OF th'
iacture. Dr.. Sims, whose retarn wa
not generally known, and whose Prs
nee mad not yet been noticed oy "a
.ro,vd arose to say few words as % "a
sooinent and deserved position OF Ia
lecturer among the scientists OF the AZ
Ha had scarcely spoken.a dozen weT Il
,vb.,, the greeting cry Of Dr.. Sssns! DR
cr,ssi M sTMS! arose in one un1yei
saI shout from tho whole assembly,
tr;bufe rarely paid so any man; put
his case most Justly due. When
i saie hoard Of his death, could bu
exclain: "What = loss 70 ne1 n' r. -
encel What 4 loss 10 humanity II "
Medical Profession shall see nj 70 eieS
monument to his memory, tne WHY
I and daughters of our country snoul
, build one still higher, to perpetuate J. |.
: fame of one who by his inventive SKI
, and successful practice made hlmse
: the Bsncfactor o their se1. Well ma e
orr Southern soil be proudly thankf'
For having given to the world one
loved and so distinguished.
Let me now 4 ID word or two aDot
. .sCooner's Well" that God.given, hit
Known, and much neglected fountain
health. Tell me not, as a Southerne
: If the wonderful effects OF Baiston
Saratoga. when benefcent PrQVlden'
It hos placed in our midst q well or wat
most kindly and most skilltully adap1e
d 70 18th the prevailing diseases Of our climst
20 sl3 ttat Of which DIR. Sims W
J. three times happily relieved.
The writer OF This article has NO Pec1t
:, ary interest in that well; : but ne a1'
in common with many thousands as. !sel
s. 4 debtor, under God, to its healing po
ers on himself. And in behalf OF tnot
at ands vet to come, be would relolee
hear of its being in hands that are car
HE of making the adornments and t
accommodations of the place wort .,
al Of the invaluable and .iae1haustil
treasure of health with which HeaV
has endowed it. W Il ~