Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-05-02
A TRAGIC EVENT.
Fathers Despair and SeIf-Inflicted
Death. His Sons Final Rescue,
Too Late TO Save His Parent,

The graphic occurrence thai is de-
scribed below Is one of the most re-
markasle episodes in the domestic his
tory of America It is absolute truth
which can readily be verified.
The inhabitants of the pleasant inland
town of Cortland, n. Y, wero shocked
one morning by the announcement that
MIR. Clinton RiRdge, one of their most
prominent citizens, mad committed sui
eide. The news spread rapidly and
aroused the entire neighborhood, where
Mr.. Rindge was so well and favorably
known. AT first it seemed impossible
that any one so quiet and domestic could
do so rash deed, and the inquiry was
heard on every side as to the cause.
The facts as developed on investigation
proved to be as follows
Dir. Rlndge was domestic in his tastes
and took the greatest enjoyment in the
society of his children, and pride in
their development. And indeed he had
good reason to be proud, for they gave
premise of long lives of success and
usefulness. But an evil day came. His
youngest son, William, began to show
signs of an early decay. He felt unusu-
ally tired each day, and would some
times sleep the entire afternoon if per
mltted to do so. His head panied him.
not acutely, but with dull, heavy
feeling. There was sinking sensation
at the pit of his stomach. He lost all
relish for food and much of his interest
for things about him. He tried manfully
20 overcome these feelings, but they
seemed stronger than his will. he
began to loose flesh rapidly. The fatker
became alarmed and consulted physi-
clans as to the cause of his sons illness,
brit they were unable to explain. Final
y severe sores broke out on his arms
and he was taken to Buffalo where a
painful operation was performed result
ing IN the loss of much blood but afford-
ing little relief. The young man return
ed home and council of physicians
was called. After an exhaustive exam
nation they declared there was no hope
of final recovery and that he must die
within very few days. To describe the
agony which this announcement caus-
Cd the father would be impossible. His
mind failed to grasp its full meaning at
first; then finally seemed to comprehend
1t. but the load was too great. In an
agony of frenzy he seized knife and
took his own life, preferring death rath-
er than to survive his idolized son. At
that time William Rindge was too weak
to know what was transporting. His
face had turned black, his breath ceas-
cd entirely at times, and his friends
waited for his death believing that the
tlend, Bright's disease of the kidneys,
from which he was suffering, could not
be removed. In this supreme moment
Williams sister came forward and de-
clared she would make a final attempt
to save her brother. The doctors inter
posed, assuring her it was useless and
that she would only hasten the end by
the means she proposed to employ. But
she was firm, and putting all back, APP
preached her brothers side and admin
Istered a remedy which she fortunately
had on hand. Within an hour he seem
cd more easy, and before the day was
over he showed signs of decided i'm
provement. These favorable signs con-
tInued, and to-day William B. Rindge
Is well, having been virtually raised
from the dead through the marvellous
power of Warmers Safe Cure, as can be
readily verified by any citizen of Cort-
land.
Any ore who reflects upon the facts
above described must have a feeling of
sadness. The father, dead by his own
hand, surprising his sons recovery to be
impossible; the son restored to health to
mourn the loss of his father, and thu
agonlZed relatives with memory of sad
ness to forever darken their lives. Had
Clinton Ridge known that his son could
recover, he would to-day be alive and
happy, but the facts which turned his
brain AID caused him to commit sui
eide were such as anyone would accept
as rue.
However sad this case may be, tn.
frI1th fhot fha,1Soy Nd IF ,@Dpnlc
are at this moment in as great actual
peril as William Rindge and in as great
danger of causing misery if NOT death
to their friends. Liver and kidney dis
eases are becoming the most common and
most dangerous of any or all modern
complaints. They are the most de-
ceptive in their beginnings and hor-
riblc in their final stages. They are
far more deceptive than Consumption
and can rarely be detected even by
skillful physicians unless misros-
copic analysis be resorted to, and
few doctors understand how to do this.
Their slightest approach, or possibility
of approach should strike terror to the
one who.is threatened as well as to all his
or her friends. These diseases have no
distinct symptoms, but come in the form
of lassitude, loss of appetite, aching
and joints, dull headaches,
pains in the back, stomach and chest,
sour stomach, recurring signs of colds,
irregular pulsatiens of the heart and
frequent dizziness. If neglected, these
symptoms are certain to run into chronic
kidney and liver or Bright's d:slas
from which there is sure TO be
a great amount of agony and only ono
of escape, which is by the use
of Warmers Safe Cure. The Importance
of taking this great remedy upon the
slightest appearance of any of the above
S. mptoms cannot be too strongly i'm
pressed upon the minds of all readers
who desire to escape|death and pain and
prolong life with all its pleasures aud
blessings.