The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-04-24
A TRAGIC EVENT.

A TRAGIC EVENT.
A Fathers Despair and elf-InAicted
Death. His Sons Final Rescue, Too Lato
to Save His Parent.
The graphic occurrence that is des5
cribed below is one of the most remark
able episodes in the domestic history Of
America. It is absolute truth which
can readily be verified. ~ i
The inhabitants of the pleasant town
Of Cortland, N. Y. were shocked one
morning by the announcement that Mr..
CintonR indge, one of their most prom
inent citizens, had committed suicide.
The news spread rapidly and aroused
the etnire neighborhood where Mr..
Rindge was so we'll and favorably known.
At first it seemed impossible that any
one SO quiet and domestic could do so
rash a deed, and the inquiry was heard
on every side as to the cause. The facts
as developed on investigation proved to:
be as follows:
Mr.. Rindge was domestic in his tastes
and took the greatest enjoyment in the
society of his children and pride in their
development. And indeed he had good
reason to be proud for they gave promise
of long lives of success and usefulness.
But an evil day came. Hisyoungest son,
William, began to show signs of an early
decay. He felt unusually tired each day
and would sometimes sleep the whole af-
ternoon if permitted to do so. His head
panied him, not acutely. but with dull,
heavy feeling There was sinking sen
sation at the pit of his stomach. He lost
all relish for food and much Of his inter-
est for things about him. He tried man
fully to overcome these feelings; but
they seemed stronger than his will. He
began to lose flesh rapidly. The father be-
came alarmed and consulted physicians
as to the cause of his sons
illness, but they were unable to
explain. Finally severe sores broke out
on his arms and lie was taken to Buffalo
where painful operation was performed
resulting in the loss Of much blood but
afording little relief. The young man
returned home and a council Of physi-
clans was called. After an exhaustive
examination they declared there was no
hope of final recovery and that he must
die within very few days. To describe
the agony which this announc ement
caused the father would be impossible.
His mind failed to grasp it's full meaning
at first; then finally seemed to compre-
bend it, but the load was too great. In
an agony Of frenzy he SIZED a knife and
took his own life, preferring death rath-
err than to survive his idolized son. At
that time William Rindge was too weak
to know what was transporting. His face
had turned black, his breath ceased en-
tirely at times, and his friends
waited for his death believing that
the fend Bright's disease of the kidneys,
from which he was suffering, could not
be removed. In this supreme moment
Williams sister came forward and de-
clared she would make final attempt
to save her brother The doctors in
terposed, assuring her it was useless
and that she would only hasten the end
by the means she proposed to employ.
But she was firm, and putting all back,
approached her brothers. side and adj
ministered remedy which she FORUM
ately had on hand. Within all hour he
seemed more easy, and befo re the day
was over he showed signs Of decided
improvement. These favorable signs
continued, and to-day William B.
Rindge is we'll, having been virtually
raised from the dead through the mar
velous power of Warmers Safe Cure, as
can he readily verified by any citizen of
Cortland.
Any one who reflects upon the facts
above described must have a feeling of
sadness. The father, dead by his own
hand, supposing his sons recovery to be
impossible; the son restored to health to
mourn the loss of his father and the ag
onized relatives with memory Of sad
ness to forever darken their lives. Had
Clinton Ridge known that his son could
recover he would to-day he alive and
happy, but the facts which turned his
brain and caused him to commit suicide
were such as any one would accept as
true
However sad this case may be, the
truth remains that thousands of people
are at this moment in as great actual
peril as William Rindge and in as great
danger of causing misery if not death to
their friends. Liver and Kidney di-
seases are become the most comm on and
most dangerous of any or all modern
complaints. They are the most decep-
tive in their beginnings and horrible in
their final stages. They are far more
deceptive than consumption, and can
rarely be detected even by skillful ply
sicians unless microscopic analysis be
resorted to, and few doctors understand
how to do this. Their slightest ap-
proach, or possibility of approach should
strike terror to the one who is threat
ened as we'll as to all his or her friends
These diseases have no distinct svmp
toms, but come in the form of lassitude,
loss Of appetite, aching muscles and
joints, dull headaches, pains in the back,
stomach and chest, sour stomach, re-
curing signs of cold, irregular pulsations
of the heart, and frequent dizziness.
If neglected, these symptoms are GER
tain to run into chronic kidney and liver
or Bright's disease, from which there is
sure to be great amount OF agony and
only one means of escape, which is by
the use of Warmers Safe Cure. The
Importance of taking this great remedy
upon the slightest appearance of any of
the above symptoms cannot be too
strongly impressed upon the minds of
all readers who desire ia escape death
and pain and prolong life with all it's
pleasures and blessings.