St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-03-08
4 MODERN RESURRECTION.


4 Miracle that Took Place In Our Midst
Unknown to the Public-Ths
Details In Full.
Detroit Free Pess.)
One Of the most remarkable occurrences
ever given to the public, which took place
hero in our midst, has just come to our
knowledge and will undoubtedly awaken
IS much surprise and attract as great at
tention as it has already in newspaper
circles. The facts are, briefly, as follows:
Mr.. William A. Crombie, a young man
formerly residing at Birmingham, suburb
OF Detroit, and now living at Isl Michigan
Avenue in this city, can truthfuily say that
he has looked into the future world and yet,
returned to this. A representative of this
paper has interviewed him upon this I'M
portant subject and his experiences are
given to the public for the first time. He
said:
81 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-
tain and was unaccountably tired. 1t
was an effort to arise in the morning and
yet ! could not sleep at night. My mouth
tasted badly, had 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. / was nervous and irri-
table, and lost all enthusiasm. At times
my head would seem to whirI and my heart
palpitated terribly. l had no energy, no
ambition. and seemed indifferent of the
present and thoughtless for the future. l
tried to shake tie feeling of and pursuads
myself 1t was simply cold or a little ma
laria. But it would not go. l was deter
mined not to give up, AMI so time passed
along and all the while was getting worse.
i NvA 81 fIrno hat i I h.l
begun to bloat fearfully. My limbs were
swollen SO that by pressing my fingers
upon them deep depressions would be
made. My face also Logan to enlarge, and
continued to until l could scarcely see out
Of my eyes. One of my friends, describ-
ing my appearance at that time, said; IL
Is an animated something, but l should like
to know what In this condition passed
several weeks of the greatest agony.
Finally, one Saturday night, the misery
eliminated. Nature could endure no more.
l became irrational and apparently insensi-
BILE. Cold sweat gathered on my forehead;
my eyes became glazed and my throat
ratified. ! seemed to be in another sphere
and with other surroundings. l knew
nothing Of what occurred around me, al
though ! have since learned 1t was con-
sidered as death by those who stood by.
1t was to me quiet state, and yet one of
great sgony. l was helpless, hopeless, and
Der trying to see what was beyond me, but
the mist before my eyes was too great.
tried to reason, but lad lost all power.
felt that it was death, and realized how
terrible it was. At last the strain upon
my mind gave way and all was u blank.
How long this continued / do not know,
but at last 1realized the presence of friends
and recognized my mother. 1 then thought
it was earth, but was no.. certain. / grad
ually regained consciousness, however. and
the pain lessened. found that my friends
had, during my Inconsistencies, been Civ.
ing me 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 steadily
improved, until to-day am as we'll 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-
ierful instrumentality of Warmers Safe
Cure, the remedy that brought me to life |
after was virtually in another world"
GU have had an unusual experience, |
Mr.. Crombie," said the writer who had |
been breathlessiy listening to the recital |
Yes, l think l have" was the reply, |
= and 1t has been a valuable lesson TO me. |
am certain, though, there are thousands |
If men and women at this very moment |
Who have the same ailment which came SO
near killing me, and they do not know ii.
believe kidney disease is the most decep-
i've trouble in the world. N comes like q
hief in the night. 1t las no certain symp-
oms, but seems to attack each one differ.
ntly. 1t is quiet, treacherous, and all the
more dangerous. 1t is killing more people,
o-day, than any other one complaint. Ii
had the power | would warn the entire
world against it ard urge them to remove
from the system before it is too late"
One of the members of the firm of White
cad q Mitchell. .proprietors of the Bir-
bingham Eccentric, paid fraternal visit
0 this office yesterday, and in the course
conversation, MIR. Crombie's name was
lentioned.
knew about his Sickness said the
ditor, and his reISarkable recovery.
al his obituary al in type and announced
a the Eccentric that he could not live until
next issue. 1t was certainly a most
'onderfui case"
Rev. A. r. Bartlett, formerly pastor of
re NJ. +. Church, at Bi min CHAM, and now
Schoolefaft, Mich, in response to a tele-
ram, replied:
-" MIR. W. A. Crombie was a member of |
" congregation at the time of his sick
rss. the prayers of the church were re-
uested for him on two different occasions,
was with him the day he was reported by
Is physicians as dying, ana consider his
.covery almost a miracle"
Not one person in a million ever comes
, near death as did Mr.. Crombie and then
cover. but the men and women who are
riftins toward the same end are legion.
D noe the slightest symptoms, to realize
lelr significance and to meet them in time |
? the remedy which has been shown to be
ost efficient, is duty from which there
IN be 10 escape. They are fortunate who
} this: they are on the sure road to death |
no neglect it.