The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-12-16
THE OLD HAMS PRAYRa.
POrvidentialiy Answered, Bua In >
Very Unexpected Manner.

CHURcHVILL9, n. Y. Nov. 10, 1854
Editors of the Democrat and ChrOnlo5e:
SIR:-The experience Of any person
extending over a long period OF time
must necessarily be valuable fox ne les
sons it teaches. While no two experE-
ences in this world are alike, there Il
similarity between them as to make
one which is valuable, in fact Of beneGs
to all.
Your correspondent, the other even
ing, heard the following interesting ex-
perience related. The speaker was ~
bid man, yet his head was erect, his
step firm and elastic and his voice clea-
and distinct. He said: ~ have been 3
hard working man all my life, and an
now Y years of age. From the time
was old enough to work until my forty
fifth year ! did all the hard labor inCS-
dent to farm life. have oyerw0rke6
both physically and mentally and in the
fall of 1880 the strain to which my nina
and body had been subjected began 70
tell NpOn me. The first change l noticed
was duh heavy pain across the small
of my back. This was followed by
sharp, shooting pains in my head and &
general feeling of lassitude. The nexE
radical change ! noticed was a scanty
and highly cOlOred urine. Soon after 5
chronic diarrhGa set in and my bowels
moved as often as twenty times q day.
/ still kept about the house, hOweVeT.
until one day / passed out of the back
door into the yard, when suddenly
| a terrible pain shot up my back and inta
my head, my vision became blurred,
Whirring sound filed my ears, and upon
attempting to grOpe my way back int
the house dizziness seized me and 1 sank
! to the ground. When I regained con
! SciOuSness. I was in my bed, having
! been placed there by members OF my
| family who found me in the yard inseR-
/ sible. For week after week I was CON
| PEELED to keep my bed, only standing uH
! long enough to have it changed. had
! long before this relinquished all business
/ and resigned myself to my fate. AZ
| this time my condition was siInply ter
rible, and only those who saw me dur
! ing those dark hours and have seen me
since my restoration to health. can
form any idea Of the shadow of death
through which passed. The water tha&
Jasseu me burned like molten iron and
| during the passage great beds of persp-
rattan stood out all over my body; my
back and shoulders ached until l imag-
ined myself spread upon the rack; nay
feet and legs were swollen so that the
skin cracked open, resUltingin local u
cerations; my eyes burning with infauz-
nation, failed me day by day, until mp
sight became almost Obliterated: teE-
rible offensive saliva Oozed from my
mouth continuously there was eatarrll-
al discharge from the nose. 3 swelling
Of the glands of the neck and my entire
system became surCharged with virus
my hearing gradually became affected.
and finally my right ear was rendered
entirely useless. Still my face and
hands grew thinner and thinner and ny
feet and legs larger and larger. The
former were so cold that it was impOs-
Sible to warm them, and the latter Sc
hot that l fancied that that part Of my
body was in a furnace. My nervous
system was completely shattered, MY
manhood entirely destroyed and mig
reason almost dethroned. The doctoTS
said could not live, my friends gave
me up and as for myself. my daily
prayer was that God IN his infinite
mercy would have compassion and pUs
an end to my miSeries. Such Was
my condition, when, after the
doctors and medicines had been
tried in vain, commenced
TO use Warmers Safe Care. The very
first bottle gave me relief. AIy water
passed freely and increased in quantity
my bowels assumed their normal con
dition; the bloat in my legs and fees
subsidized; the sores on my feet healed
my hearing and eyesight returned; the
catarrhal discharge and offensive saliva
DISAPPEARED and my mind became sound
and active.
l left my bed and again resumed my
business, fortified with good appetite,
and a relish for food. / arise every
morning at 1 o'clock and do a hare
days work before going to bed ana
strong and healthy, enjoy life and can
do as much hard work in twenty-foGr
hours as any man of my age in this or
i any other country"
Such was the story Ct Mr.. I'M. Hitch
ms, one of the oldest and most re-
| spected of our citizens. L. J. NJ