St. Landry democrat., 1884-04-05

"Well, while have not at all times on-
ioyed good health, am certain that the
difficulty which laid me up so long was
not malarial. It was something that had
troubled me for years. A shooting, sting
ing pain that at times attacked different
parts of my body. One day my right arm
and leg would torture me with pain, there
would be great redness, heat and swelling
of the parts; and perhaps the next day the
left arm and leg would be similarly af-
fected. Then again it would locate in
some particular part ofmy body and pro-
duce a tenderness which would well nigh
drive me frantic. There would be weeks
at time that | would be afflicted with an
intermitting kind of pain that would come
on every afternoon and leave me com.
paratively free from suffering during the
balance of the twenty-four hours. Then I
would have terrible paroxysms of pain
coming on at any time during the day or
night when / would be obliged to lie upon
my back for hours and keep as motionless
as possible. Every time I attempted to
move chilly sensation would pass over
my body, or / would faint from hot flashes.
l suffered from a spasmodie contraction of
the muscles and soreness of the back and
bowels, and even my eyeballs became sore
and distressed me greatly whenever /
wiped my face. I became ill.tempered,
peevish, fretful, irritable and desperately
respondent"
VI COURSE you consulted the GOCGOTE re-
garding your difficultyT
Consulted them? well I should saw I
did. Some told me had neuralgia; others
that had inhammatory rheumatism, for
which there was no cure, that / would be
afflicted all my life, and that time alone
would mitigate my sufferings."
"But didn't they try to relieve your mis-
cries w yes, they vomited and physicked
me, blistered and. bled me, plastered and
oiled me, sweat, steamed and everything
but froze me, but without avail"
''But how did you finally recoverW
81 had friend living in Michigan who
had been afflicted in a similar way and
had been cured. He wrote me regarding
his recovery and advised me to try the
remedy which cured him. I procured a
bottle and commenced its use, taking a
tablespoonful after each meal and at bed
time. l had used it about O week when
noticed a decrease of the soreness of the
joints and general feeling of relief.
persevered in its use and finally got so ]
could move around without limping, when
l told my friends that it was Warmers
Safe Rheumatic Cure that had put me on
my feet"
sand do you regard your cure as perma-
nent"
''Certainly; haven't been so well in
years as am now, and although I have
been subjected to frequent and severe
changes OF weather this winter, have not
felt the first intimation of the return of
my rheumatic trouble.n
'tDo you object to the publication of this
interview, Mr.. AshleyW
s'Not at all, sir. l look upon it as a
duty owe my fellow-creatures to alleviate
their sufferings so far as am able, and
any communication regarding my symp. |
toms and cure that may be sent to me at |
506 Maine avenue will receive prompt and |
careful attention.
Judging from your recital, Mr.. Ashley, |
there must be wonderful curative proper |
ties about this medicineW
'Indeed there is, sir, for no man suffered |
more nor longer than did / before this |
remedy gave me reliefN
To go back to the original subject, Mr.. |
Ashley suppose you see the same famil- I
lar faces about the lobby session after ses.
stomp
"No, not so much as you might think.
New faces are constantly seen and old |
ones disappear. The strain upon lobby
lists is necessarily very great, and when
you add to this the demoralizing effect of |
late hours and Incorporate habits and the
fact that they are after found out in their |
steals, their disappearance can easily be
accounted for"
I" What proportion of these blood-bills
are successfulP
"a very small percentage, sir. Not
the power and influence Of
the lobby, but few of these vicious meas
ures pass. Were they successful it would
be sad commentary upon our system of
government, and would virtually annihi.
late one branch of it. The great majority
Of them are either reported adversely or
smothered in committee by the watchful-
ness and loyalty of our Congressmen."
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