Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-02-29
A MODERN RESURRECTION.
A Miracle that Took Place In Our Midst
Unknown to the Public-The
Details In Full.
(DetrOik Free press.o

Au III
Detroit Free Press.)
One Of the most remarkable occurrences
ever given to the public, which took place
here in our midst, has just come to our
knowledge and will undoubtedly awaken
as much surprise and attract as great at
tehtlon as it has already in newspaper
circles. The facts are, briefly, as follows:
MI. William A. Crombie, a young man
formerly residing at Birmingham, a suburb
OF Detroit, and now living at 2S7 Michigan
Avenue in this city, can t%ruthfully say that
he has looked into the future world and yet
returned to this. A representative of this
paper has interviewed him upon this inn
portant subject and his experiences are
given to the public for the first time. He
said:
IL had been having most peculiar sensa-
lions for a long while. My head felt dull
and heavy; my eyesight did not seem so
clear as formerly; my appetite was uncer-
was an effort to arise in the morning and
yet L could not sleep at night. My mouth
tasted badly, l had u faint all-gone sensa-
ton in the pit of my stomach that food did
not satisfy, while my hands and feet felt
cold and clammy. l was nervous and irri-
my head would seem to whirl and my heart
palpitated terribly. l had no energy, no
ambition, and l seemed Indifferent Of the
present and thoughtless for the future. l
tried to shake the feeling off and pursuade
myself it was simply a cold or a little ma
laria. But it would not go. l was deter
mined not to give up, and so time passed
along and all the while l was getting worse.
1t was about this time that l noticed l had
begun to bloat fearfully. My limbs were
swollen so that by pressing my fingers
upon them deep depressions would be
nrn1n Me- fonA ,1e~ Eo~rr ~ nal ,.frn onI
continued to until l could scarcely see out
OF my eyes. One of my friends, describ-
ing my appearance at that time, said: 1T
is an animated something, but l should like
to know what In this condition l passed
several weeks Of the greatest agony.
"Finally, one Saturday night, the misery
eliminated. Nature could enduren no more.
l became irrational and apparently ~insensi-
BILE. Cold sweat gathered on my forehead;
my eyes became glazed and my throat
ratified. l seemed to be in another sphere
and with other surroundings. l knew
nothing of what occurred around me, al
though l have since learned it was con-
sidered as death by those who stood by.
It was to me a quiet state, and yet one of
great agony. l was helpless, hopeless, and
pain was my only companion. l remem-
Der trying to see what was beyond me, but
tried to reason, but | had lost all power. l
felt that it was death, and realized how
terrible it was. At last the strain upon
my mind gave way and all was a blank.
How long this continued l do not know,
but at last Irealized the presence of friends
II recognized my mother. l then thought
it was earth, but was not certain. L grad
ually regained consciousness, however, and
the pain lessened. l our that my friends
had, during my Inconsistencies, been CIV
ing me q preparation l had never taken be-
fore, and the next day, under the influence
Of this treatment, the bloating began to
disappear and from that time on l steadily
improved, until to-day 1 I'm as well as ever
before in my life, have no traces OF the
terrible acute Bright's disease, which so
nearly killed me, and all through the won
derful instrumentality of Warmers Safe
Cure, the remedy that brought me to life
after l was virtually in another world"
"You have had an unusual experience,
Mr.. Crombie," said the writer who had
been breathlessly listening to the recital.
Yes, l think 1 have" was the reply,
"and it has been a valuable lesson to me.
l am certain, though, there are thousands
of men and women at this very moment
near killing me, and they do not know it.
l believe kidney disease is the most deep
tive roubl in the world. 1t comes like
thief in the night. 1t has no certain symp
toms, but seems to attack each one differ
emily. 1t is quiet, treacherous, and all the
more dangerous. 1t is killing more people
to-day, than any other one complaint. L
l had the power [ would warn the entire
world against it and urge them to remov
it from the system before it is too late"
One of the members of the firm of White
head G. Mitchell, proprietors of the Biz
mingham Eccentric, paid a fraternal visi
to this office yesterday, and in the cours'
of conversation, Mr.. Crombie's name wa!
mentioned.
81 knew about his Sickness" said tn
editor, and his remarkable recovery.
had his obituary all in type and announce
in the Eccentric that he could not live unit
its next issue. 1t was certainly u mos
wonderful case"
Rev. A. r. Bartlett, formerly pastor o
the NJ. K. Church, at Birmingham, and nov
of Schoolcraft, Mich, in response to a tele
gram, replied:
"Mr. w. A. Crombie was a member o
my congregation at the time of his sick
ness. The prayers of the church were re
uuested for him on two different occasions
i was with him the day he was reported b,
his physicians as dying, and consider hi
recovery almost a miracle"
Not one person in a million ever come
so near death as did Mr.. Crombie and thel
recover, but the men and women who ar
drifting toward the same end are legion
To note the slightest symptoms, to realiz'
their significance and to meet them in tim
by the remedy which has been shown to b
most efficient, is a duty from which Their
do this; they are on the sure road to dealt
who neglect it,.
A BURLINGTON mother has m~iraculouslJ
cured her youngest hopeful of smoking BY
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