The Opelousas courier., 1884-07-05
A TRAGIC EVENT.

A Fathers Despair and Seil-inHtctea Dsnxn
The graphic occurren g that is desctibel
below IS enc of the most renaarkat lie epso&e5
in the domestic history OF America Tvs
abso ute truth which can readily be Verineu:
The inhabit nts of tie pleasant town Oh
Cortland, N. Y, were shocked one morning
by the ammo ncement that Mr.. lnton
Rindge, one OF their nost prominent citizens,
had committed suicide. The Iews spread
RAPIDLY and aroused the entire n%eighborho3d
where Mr.. Rindge WIS so we | and favoraby
known. At first it seemed inp1ssible that
any one so quiet and domestic could Go so
rash a decd, and the INJURY was hearo on
every side as - the csu g. The facts as de-
veloped on Investigation proved to be IS
follows:
Mr.. Rindge was domestic in his tastes and
took the greatest enjoyment in the society OF
his children and pride in their de eiopmenI;;
And indeed he had good reason to be proud
for they gave promise of long lives OF success
and usefu ness. But an evil day came. his
youngest sou, William, began to show signs
of an early decay. He felt unusually tl:ed
each day, and would sometia os sleep tie en-,
tire afternoon il permi ted to do so. Hl'head
panied him, not acute'y, but with a dull,
heavy feeling. There was a sinking sanSatlon
at pit OF his stoma,h. He lost all relish
for food and much of his interest for thlngi
about him. He tried manfuily to over,
come these fee ings, but they seemel
stronger than his will. He began to
lose flesh rapidly. The father Lecan1e
alarmed and consulted physicians as to the
caTe of his S MS line S, but they were una
bic to expla n. Firaly Sc e.e sorel br Ike
out on his arms an be WIS take to Bufia!o,
where a panf, l operation wa p-r.or red re-
sulting in the loss Of much blood but aicrd,
ing little relief. The yong man returned
hon e and a eolnci OF physicians was CO, led.
| A flor on ayEa ct u aYnrDITAfI)n GEGY de-
cared til. re was ohcpe OF fina recovery n
hat he m 1st die w tn n 4 very few days. 10
describe tn, agony which this announcement
caused the father would be imp 2ssible. HIS
micd failed to grasp it, full m aiming at tr5t;
thea finally Sc mel TO / o npreEead 1t, Lut th'
load was to- great. In an aGoly OF merry
he seized a XII and took his own IL G, pre-
ferring death Either t al to sur I've
his idolized son. At that time
William Rindge was too weak to know
what Was Transporting. His face had
turned bla k, his breath ceased entirely at
times, and his friends waited for his death,
believing that the fend Frights di ease OF
could not be +, moved. In this supreme mo
ment Williams sister came forward and de-
clared she VIC Id make a final attempt to
her brother. The docto S inter- o5ed. ass r
ing her it was u eless an thitshe would only
hasten the end by the means she propo Ell
10 Gil u Of. L III SH' al III rbIlSA ' uuSAh~
all back, approached her brothers side and
administer Ell aremdey wifi Ii sh ~fortunately
had on Land. thin an hour he seemed
more easy, and before, tae day was oTtr he
showed signs CT &c @ilei iinprovem Mt. lh3s,
favorable signs continued, and to-day WI
liam B. Rindge is well, having been virtually
raised from the dead through tn marvellous
power oil Warmers Safe fure, as can be rea-
Oily yerifel by any oiti en- Of Cortland.
ANY one wEo reflects upon the ia is above
DIES ribbed must hayea feel n of sa iness.
The ia her, dead by his own hand, supposing
his sons recoyery to be inppssible; the son
restored to health to mourn the loss of hi;
father and the agonized relatives with a mem
ory of sadness to forever darken their lives.
Had Clinton Rindge known that his son could
recover he would to-day be alive and happy
but the facts which turned his brain anc
ca lsel him to commit sui lie were such a:
any ore would acceptas true.
Howeve, sad this clse my be, the trati
remains that thousands o. people are at til
nom mt in as great actual pc il as William
/ inIge and in as great DANCE of causin:
misery if not d,ath to Their friends. Live
) and Ii !ney d sea es are become the ms
connsol and m s. dangerous OF any or al
) mo Tern com laints. They are The mist de
captive in their beginnin IS and Horrible i
. their final stages. Tn are far more decep
) tive til N consumption, and can rarely be d
. te tel even by skiilful physieians unless
E microscopic analysis be resorted to, ard fe.
. d -c'ors understaad how to do this. Thei
slis htsst approach, or poss bilitty G
approach sFoIld strike terror to the on
!. w5o is t threatened as well as
| all his or her frienIs. These diseases have n
9 distn n, t symptoms, but come i'll the form {
lassi5lde, loss of app cite, aching muscles an
9 joints, dull headaches, pains in the bacl
stomach and chest, sour stomach, recrIrin
signs OF cold, irregular Ius't.ons Of IL
@ heart, ard ire luent dizzin,ss. If nsglecte
o t! & e symptoms are certain to rIninto chrol
= ic XII my an / liver o. Bright dis ase, fro
which there is sare TO &c a great amount
agony and cn'y one means of eseaFe, viii
n is by the use OF Warmers Safe Cure. LII
Importance OF falling this great remedy upe
! the slightest appearance of any of the atoN
d symptoms cannot be too strongly Impress
o upon the M nds of all readers who desire
d es he death and pain and prolong life wi
all its pleasures and bles ings.