Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-01-03
THE OLD MANS PRAYER.
ProyIdenIIally Answered. Hut In Very
 Unexpected Manner.
CHURcHvILLE, N. r., Nov. 18th, 1884

CHURCHYILLE, N. l., Nov. 10th, leSA To the Editor of the Democrat and Chronicle:
 SIR:-The experience of any person extending over a long period of time must necessarily be valuable for the les sons it teaches. While no two expert ences in this world are exactly alike, there is such a similarity between them us to make one which IS valuable ID fact of benefit to all
 Your correspondent the other evening heard the following interesting experi- ence related: The speaker was an old man, yet his head was erect, his step firm and elastic and his voice clear and distinct. He said: T have been a hard working man all my life and am now 12 years of age. From the time 1 was old enough to work until I was Tn my forty fifth year I did All the hard labor In- cident to farm life. 1 have ovrTwoTked both physically and mentally, and m the fall Of 1880 the strain to winch my mind and body had been subjected, began Co tell upon me. The first change l noticed was dnll heavy pain across the small of my back. This was followed by sharp, shooting pains in my head and a general feeling of lassitude. The next radical change I noticed was a scanty and highly cOlOred urine. Soon after a chrome diarrhea set m and my bowels moved as often as twenty times day. 1 still kept about the house, however, until one day 1 passel out of the back door into the yard when suddenly ter rife pain shot mp my back and into my | head, my vision became blurred, a wklFr- ing sound filled my ears and upon at- tempting to grope my way back into the house diZziuess seized he ani l sank to the ground. When l rcgaIned con seriousness I was in my bed. having been placed there by members Uf my family who found me ID the yard insenslble. For week after week I was compelled to keep my bel only sitting mp long enough to have it changed. l had long before tbis relinquished all business and re- signed myself to my fate. At this time my condition was simply terrible, and only those who saw me during tho [ dark hours and have seen me since my
 restoration 10 health, can form any idea of the shadow of death through which l passed. The water that passed me burned like molten iron and during the passage great beads of precipitation stood out all over my body; my back and shoulders ached until I imagined myself spread upon the rack; my feet and legs were swollen so that the skin cracked open, resulting Tn local alterations; my eyes burning with inflammation, failed me day by day, until my sight became almust obliterated; terribly offensive saliva oOzed from my mouth cOntinI- ously; there was n catarrhal discharge from the nose, a swelling of the glands of the neck and my entire system ue- came suTcharged with virus; my hearing gradually became affected, and finally my right ear WAS rendered entirely use less. Still my face and hands grew thinner and thinner and my feet and legs larger and larger. The fGJmer were so cold that 1t was impossible to warm them, and the latter so hot that l fan cied that that part of my body was in q furnace. My nervous system was com pletely shattered, my manhood entirely destroyed and my reason almost de l throned. The doctors said l could not live, my friends gave me up and as for myself, my daily prayer was that God h his infinite mercy would have com passion and put an end to my miserles. Such was my condition. when, after the doctOrs and medicines had been tried in vain, l commenced to use Warmers Safe Cure. The very first bottle gave me relief. Ny water passed freely and increased in quantity; my bowels as- stunned their normal condition: the blOat m my legs and feet subsided; the sores on my feet healed; my hearing and eye sight returned; the catarrhal discha ge and offensive saliva disappeared and my
 miud became sound and active.
 1 ] left my bed aud again resumed my business, fortified with a good appetite, and a relish for food. l arise every morning at o'clock and do a harl days work before gong to bed. am strong and healthy, enJ'y life and csn do Gs much hard work Tn twcaty-four as any man of my age in this or any other country"
 Such was the story of J. VI. Hitchius. one of tine oldest and most resp cted of our citizens. T.. J. M.