Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-02-20
A THRILLING EXPERIENCE.
Remarkable Statement of Personal Dan.
ger and Proyidcntial Escane.

The following ~story-which is attracting
VIDE attention from h press-is so re-
markable that we can not excuse ourselves
II we do not lay it before our readers, ever
though its length would ordinarily pre-
clude its admission to our limited space.
To the Editor Rochester IN. W Democrat:
sIR-On the first day of June, 1881, l lay
at my residence in this city surrounded by
my friends and waiting for death. Heaven
N Knows the agony | then endured, for
words can never describe it. And yet, if
that was to be brought so low, and by so
terrible a disease, 1 should have scoffed at
tne idea. l had always been uncommonly
strong and healthy, and weighed over 200
pounds and hardly knew, in my own exc
Ryerience, what pain or sickness were.
VERY many people who will read this
statement realize ut times that they are
unusually tired and can not account for it.
Iheey feel dull pains in various parts of the
BODY and do not understand it. Or they
t tire iI1 Sitbn'i{ gh hungry tb one eod day r and en-
Just the way l felt when the relentless
malady which had fastened itself upon me
first began. Still 1 thought nothing of it;
that probably had taken a cold which
Tou1a soon pass away. Shortly after this
pam, IN one side of my head, but as it
would come one day and be gone the next,
l paid little attention to it. Then nv
STOMACH would get out of order and my
food tna. often failed to digest, causing at
physician, I did not think that these
things meant anything serious. 1 fancied
l was suffering from malaria and doctored
myself accordingly. But l got no better.
l next noticed a peculiar color and odor
there were large quantities one dav and
very little the next, and that a persistent
froth and scum appeared upon the surface.
and a sediment settled. And yet 1 did NOT
realize my danger, for, indeed, seeing
c caese symptoms nnn!stansaS continually Mt l finally be-
picion was wholly disarmed by the fact
that l had no pain in the affected organs
or in their vicinity. Why 1 should have
been so blind can not understand.
l consulted the best medical skill in the
land. l visited all the famed mineral
springs in America and travelled from
Maine to California. Still 1 grew worse.
No two physicians agreed as to nv mala.
d!y: One said l was troubled with spinal
irritation: another, dyspepsia; another,
a anatSaa!se con;e afosnep f. general zen e AID debility;
brain; and so on through a long list of
common diseases, the symptoms Of many
of which ] really had. Ii this way sever
al years passed, during which time 1 was
steadily growing worse. Ny condition
NNN ASSJ oSSOAhO plOAuUk0s Inc SllQlG
symptoms | at first experienced were de-
y7eloped into terrible and constant disor-
ders. My weight had been reduced from
~ to lD pounds. My life was a burden
to myself and friends. ! could retain no
food on my stomach, and lived wholly by
injections. 1 was a living mass of pai9.
MY pulse was uncomfortable. In my agony
! frequently fell to the floor and clutched
the carpet, and prayed for death. Nor
R,hlne had little or no effect in d%eadening
tie pain. For six days and nights l had
the death-premonitory hiccoughs constant-
ly.. My water was filled with tube4casts
and a!bumen. l was struggling with
Brlght's Disease of the kidneys in its last
stages!
While suffering thus 1 received a. call
from my pastor, Bev;:Dr. Foote, at that
of this city. I felt that it was our last in
terview, but in the course of conversation
DIR. Foote detailed to me the many remark
able cures of cases like my own which had
come under his observation, by means of q
remedy which he urged me to try. As q
practicing physician and a graduate Of the
schools, l derided the idea Of any medicine
outside the regular channels being in the
least beneficial. So solicitous, however,
was DR.. Foote, that 1 finally promised t
would waive my prejudice. I began it's
according to directions. At first it sickened
me; but this I thought was a good sign for
one in my debilitated condition. 1 contin-
ued to take it; the sickening sensation de-
parted and 1 was finally able to retain
food upon my stomach. In a few days I
noticed a decided change for the better, as
also did my wife and friends. My hic-
coughs ceased and l experienced less pain
than formerly: l was so rejoiced at this
improved condition that, upon what I be-
lieyed but a few days before was my dying
bed, / vowed, in the presence of my family
and friends, should I recover I would both
publicly and privately make known this
remedy for the good of humanity,
wherever n whenever 1 had an oppor-
tunity, and this letter is in fulfllment of
from that time, and in less than three
months l had gained twenty-six pounds in
flesh, became entirely free from pain, and
I believe | owe my life and present condi-
ton wholly to Warmers Safe Cure, which
remedy l used.
Since my recovery 1 lave thoroughly re-
investigated the subject of kidney difficult
ties and Bright's disease, and the truths
developed are astounding. I therefore
state, deliberately, and as a physician,
that | believe more than one-hal the deaths
Brsght's disease Of the Kidneys. This may
sound like a rash statement, but 1 am pre-
pared to fully verify it. Bright's disease
has no distinctive symptoms of it's own (in-
deed, it often develops without any pain
WudCeVeF III Gne hluueyS Ut tneIr V1clulCy),
but has the symptoms of nearly every
other common complaint. Hundreds Of
people die daily, whose burials are author
lied by a physicians certificate as occur.
ring from Heart Disease" "Apoplexy,'
"Paralysis," "Spinal Complaint" ''Rheu-
matisnl,," Pneumonia" and other COM
mon complaints, when in reality it is from
Bright's disease of the kidneys. Few ply
sicians, and fewer people, realize the <
tent of this disease or its dangerous and in
sidious nature. 1t steals into the system
like a thief, manifests its presence if at all
by the commonest symptoms and fastens
Itself upon the constitution before che VIC
tin is aware of it. 1t is nearly as heredi-
tary as consumption, quite as common and
fully as fatal. Entire families, inheriting
it from their ancestors, have died, and yet
none of the number knew or realized the
mysterious power which was removing
them. Instead of common symptoms it
often shows none whatever, but brings
death suddenly. from commissions, apo
plexy or heart disease. AS one who has
suffered, and knows by bitter experience
whathe says, I impfore everyone who
reads these words not to neglect the slight
est symptoms of kidney difficulty. Certain
agony and probable death will be the sure
result Of such neglect, and no n can at