The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1884-06-11

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OF HAPPINESS--SoME DOMESTIC
EXPERIENCES.
The following letter to the Kansas City |
Times describing the striking, almost |
dramatic experience of an American |
lady is so interesting, and pictures so |
clearly the feelings and emotions of |
others that we reproduce it entire. 1t |
will be found very readable and instruc-
tive
Messrs. Editors:
Did l not know that this land is filed
with women who are unhappy and can
not tell the reason; are miserable when
they have every reason to be Joyous,
should not venture to address you this
letter. / believe, however, / can offer
some suggestions that will be valuable
to all women, and invaluable to many.
When l was fifteen years old presume
/ was happier and healthier than most
girls in America to-day. I hardly knew
what pain was except by hearsay. But
the situation changed suddenly and Sc
verely. [ became aware that something
was undermining my life. l felt strange
sensations that would come and go and
then return with greater power than be-
| fore. My side panied me at times, and
again would feel dull aching between
| the shoulders. had darling pains thro'
my temples and a pressure on top OF my
head. 1 lost sleep, appetite and flesh,
| and my friends feared | was going into
decline. l know that the feelings | then
had are not an uncommon occurrence
among women, both young and old, but
I did not realize what it meant at that
time, and so was careless-with what
results will appear. From then until
within the past two years ] have seen
but few comfortable days, aud am now
fifty-fiye years old.
< few years after the events above
stated my heart began to trouble me.
At times would feel acute darling pains
and gurgling as if water was forming.
| Nv entire right side enlarged and felt
sharp cutting pains through my lungs
| and around nay shoulder blades. could
only breathe in catches or gasps, and
| then with the greatest effort. | was
i without appetite one day and the next
very hungry, but always constipated.
| During all these years did not know
l what these troubles meant, nor did | re-
| alize how terribly they must end. OF
| course / tried TO overcome them; con-
suited doctors and used remedies, but it
| was OF no avail. My troubles increased
with the years; / had q severe pain in
the small of the back; my teeth became
| loosened; my tongue swelled to twice its
natural size my gums were like sponges,
bleeding freely at times, and my lungs
! and nose both bled on different occa-
sions. At that time felt cold chills
running up my back and constantly
expectorated brown mucous substance
t1 at Vas to veny a9 Se nsERD0TnoSe
2 passed were frequently like bloody milk
Is and then again almost solid albumen
l. For thirty years / did not know what
le was to be free from headache. Occa
" sionally would have feeling of suffo
Il cation followed by hot flashes and pro
ST fuse Precipitation. God only knows wha
q. suffered for cannot describe it. / onl
10 know that existed and that my tire
le life was ebbing away with nothing to al
id rest decay.
at / was in this condition little over tw
us years ago, and neither myself nor m
IN friends expected or hopedfor anything BIT
IL death. Picture, if you can, nearly fort
il, years of agony and you can understan
n why we felt in that way. But brighte
he day came. I began a new manner {
be treatment and l saw new results. M
he pain became less intense. The MOI
nd severe symptoms decreased. My hor
! ICNltC0 aI1O SSSIu0Q dWdhculIlg W Ill
liz other life. continued to improve unit
,r- my health and strength returned, thu
o. enabling me to carry out desire which
th consider duty in writing you this lettt
IS and saying that my life, health and hoI
To for coming years are due wholly to Wa
a. ner's Safe Cure, which has done wonder
I'm for me, and also restored many of m
friends.
Many who may read these lines wi
possibly think am over enthusiast
Is it possible to be over-enthusiastic aft
being delivered from life of misery an
on brought into world of comfort and hal
re piness? Was the blind man mentione
IN IN in the Bible, whose sight was restoreC
IL too enthusiastic? The fact is l am on
se doing what believe to be my duty
eo making my experience public, for kno
ny there are myriads of women who al
m going into the same dark path unlel
ne they are warned in time and saved as
py have been. This is most serious ma
! IN ter, and one which concerns the welfal
ne of the nation as we'll as the happ
es ness of the people. If the mothers
Is, this land are unhealthy America will b
ey come nation of invalids, and any NEAR
gh which can SO safely and surely avert tn
$50 danger as that I have described, shoul
M be gladly welcomed by all true men an
ny women. Mrs. w. MASON,
~ III Quincy street.
W ,Isrs