Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-02-29

a MODERN HES U.RRla.Ecr1oN.
= arlracle that Took aqace in our Midst
4 Unknown to the Pnbsic The Details
In Full. g ~ .s3 ,.6 0
Detroit Free Press,
One of the most remarkably occurren-
ces ever given to the public, which took !.
place here in our midst, has Just corle
to our knowledge and viii undo qhsodly
awaken as much surprise and attract as
great attention as it has already in news
paper circles. The facts are, briefly, as
follows: Mr.. William A. Crombie, .
young man formerly residing at Birming
ham, suburb of Detroit, and now liv-
ing at 2S7 Michigan Avenue in this city.
can truthfully say that he has looked
into the future world and yet, returned
to this. a representative Of this paper
has interviewed him upon this impor-
tant subjectand his experiences are CIV
en- to the public for the first time. He
said: So ~ .sySs ~zzfTSs t III F.,
ct had been having most peculiar SEN
sations for long while. My head felt
dull and heavy my eyesight did not seem
clear as formerly my appetite was uncer-
tain and [ was unaccountably tired. It
was an effort to rise in the morning and
yeti could not sleep at night. My mouth
tasted badly, I had faint all-gone sensa
ton in the pit Of my stomach that food
did not satisfy, while my hands and feet
We're cold and clammy was nervous
and irritable, and lostall enthusiasm. At
times my head would seem to whirl and
my heart palpitated terribly. I had no
energy, no ambition, and seemed IN
different of the present and thoughtless
for the future. tried to shake the feel
ing off and persuade myself it was sim
ply cold or little malaria. But it
would not go. I was determined not to
give sup, and so time passed along and all
the while was getting worse. It was
about this time that noticed had be-
gun to bloat fearfully. My limbs were
swollen so that by pressing my fingers
upon them deep impressions would be
made. My face also began to enlarge,
and continued to until 1 could scarcely
see out of my eyes. One ofmy friends,
describing my appearance at that time,
said: sit is an animated something but
I should like to R.ow what In this
condition I passed several weeks of the
greatest agony" a..
"Finally, one Saturday night ,. the mis-
cry eliminated. Nature could endure
no more. I became irrational and ap-
parehtly insensible. Cold sweat gath
cred on my forehead; my eyes became
glazed and my throat ratified. Iseemed
to be in another sphere and with other
surroundings. I knew nothing of what
occurred arounda me, although I have
since learned it was considered as death
by those who stood by. 1t was to me
quiet state, yet one of great agony. I
was helpless, hopeless and pain was my
only companion. I remember trying to
see what was beyond me; but the mist
before my eyes was too great. tried to
reason, but had lost all power. I felt
that it was death, and realized how ter
rible it was. At last the strain upon my
mind gave way and all was blank. How
long this continued I do not know, but
at last I realized the presence of friends
and recognized my mother. I then
thoughtit was earth, but was not certain.
1gradually regained consciousness, how
ever, and the pain lessened. found
that my friends had, during my uncon-
seriousness, been giving me preparation
I had never taken before, and the next
day, under the influence of this treat
ment, the. bloating began to disappear
and from that time on I steadily i'm
proved, until to-day I 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
| wonderful instrumentality Of Warmers
Safe Cure, the remedy that brought me
to life after [ was virtually in another
world"
"You have had an unusual expert
ence. Mr.. Crombie," said the writer,
| who had been breathlessly listening to
the recital.
eyes I think [ have,' was the reply,
land it has been a valuable lesson to
me. I am certain, though, there are
| thousands of men and women at this
very moment who have the same ailment
which came so near killing me,
and they do not know it.. Ibe1ieve kid
ney disease is; the the most deceptive
trouble in the world It comes like a
thief in the night. It has no certain
symptoms, but seems to attack each one
| differently. tits quiet ,treacherous, and
all the more dangerous, It is killing
more people, to day, than any other
one complaint. IF I had the power I
would warn the entire world against it
and urge them to remove it from the
system before it is too late."@
! = One of the members of the firm of
Whitehead & Mitchell, proprietors of
the Birnning CHAM Eccentric, paid fra
ternal visit to this Office yesterday, and
in the course of conversation, Mr.. Crom-
bie's name was mentioned.
IT knew about his sickness" said the
| editor, land his remarkable recovery. I
had his obituary all in type and an
nounced in the Eccentric that he could
not live until it's next issue. It was GER
tainly a most wonderful case" 49,
| Rev. A. T. Bartlett, formerly pastor
of the NJ. ID. Church, at Briming CHAM,
and now Of Sohoolcraft, Mich, in re-
Spouse to a telegram, replied:
"Mr. w. A. Crombie, was amember
Of my congregation at the time Of his
sickness. The prayers of the church
were requested for him on two different
occasions, I was with him the day he
was reported by his physicians as dying,
and consider his recover almost mira
cle." .4s-=s.~5 ~. 49, ,.. ..
Not one person in a million ever comes