Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-02-05
A THRILLING EXPERIENCE.
remarkable Statement OF Personal
Danger and ProyIdentiaI Escape.

lis so remarkable that we cannot ex-
cuse Ourselves if we do not Law it before
our readers, even though its length
would ordinarily preclude ats admission
to our limited space.
10 the Editor Rochester az " Demo
crdt:
sR,-on the first day of June, 1851.
l lay at my residence in CHS city sur
rounded by my friends and waiting for
death. Heaven only knows the agony
| then endured, for words can never de-
scribe it. And yet, if few years pre-
vious any one had told me that was to
be brought so low. ano by so terrible a
disease. | should have scoffed at the
idea. | had always been uucommonly
strong and healthy, and weighed over
200 pounds and hardly knew, in my own
experience, what pain or sickness were.
Very many people who will read this
statement realize at times that they are
unusually tired and cannot account for
it. They feel dull pans in various
parts OF the body ana do not under
stand il. Or they are exceedingly hun-
cry one day and entirely without ap.
petite the next. This was just the way
| felt When the relentless maady which
bad fastened itself upon me fist began
Still | thought nothing of i; that prob
ably / had taken a cold which would
soon pass away. Shortly Pft,r this
noticed heavy, and at times neuralgic.
pain in one side of my head, but as it
would come enc day and be gone the
next, paid little attention to it. Then
my stomach would get out OF order and
my food often failed to digest, causing
at times great Inconvenience. Yet,
even as a physician, | did not think that
these things meant anything serious.
fenced / was suffering from malaria
am doctored myself accordingly. Bat
got no better. next noticed Pc
culiar color and door about the fluids
was passing-als9 that there were large
quantities one day and very little the
next, and that a persistant froth and
scum appeared upon the surface, and a
sediment settled. And yet / did not rea-
lie my danger, for, indeed, seeing those
symptoms continually, finally became
accustomed to them, and my suspicion
was wholly disarmed by the fact that l
bad no pain in the affected organs or in
their vicinity. Why should have beer
so blind / cannot understand,
l consulted the best medical skill in
the land. visited all the famed min
eral springs in America and travelled
from Maine to California. Still grew
worse. No two physicians agreed as to
my malady. One said ! was troubled
with spinal irritation; another, dyspep-
STA; another heart disease; another, gen
eral debility; another congestion of the
base of the brain; and so ON through q
long list of common diseases, the symp
toms of many of which | really had
In this way several years passed, during
which time | was steadily growing
worse. My condition had really become
pitiable. The slight symptoms l at first
experienced were developed into ter
rible and constant disorders. My weight
had been reduced from 207 TO 1870
pounds. My life was a burden to my
self and friends. | could retain no food
on my stomach, and lived wholly by in
iections. / was a living mass of pain.
My pulse was uncomfortable. In my
agony frequently fell to the floor and
clutohed the carpet, and prayed for
death. Morphine had little or no effect
in deadening the pain. For six days and
nights l had the death-premonitory hic-
coughs constantly. My water was filed
with tube casts and albumen. l was
struggling with Bright's Disease of this
kidneys in its last stages
While suffering thus l received a call
from my pastor, the Rev. DIR. Foote. at
that time rector of st. PauPs Episcopal
Church, OF this city. felt that it was
our last Interview, but in the course of
conversation DIR. FoOte detailed to me
the many remarkable cures of cases like
my own whiuh had come under his OBJ
servatioD, by means of a remedy, which
he urged me to try. AS q racticiHg
physician and a graduate of the schools
| derided the idea of any medicine out
side the regular channels being in the
least BENEFICIAL. SO solicitous, however,
was DR.. Foote, that finally promised |
would waive my prejudice. | begaN its
use on the first day of June, 1881, and
took it according to directions. At first
it sickened me; but this | thought was
a good sign for one in my debilitat"d
condition. | continued to take it; the
sickening sensation departed and | was
finally able to retain food upon my
stomach, In a few Gays / noticed q
decided change for the better, as also
did my wife and friends. My hiccoughs
ceaqed and ] experienced less pain than
formerly. l was so rejoiced at this inn
proved condition that, upon what | had
believed but few days before was my
dying bed / vowed in the presence OF
my family and friends, should ITecover
y would both publicly and privately
make known this remedy for the good
of humanity, wherever and whenever |
had an opportunity, and this letter is in
fufillment of that vow. My improve
ment was constant from that time, and
in less than three months | had gained
26 pounds in flesh, became entirely free
from pain and / believe / owe my life
and present condition wholly TO War
ners Safe Cure the remedy which i
used.
Since my recovery l have thoroughly
re investigated the subject of kidney
difficulties and Brig.t's disease, and the
truths developed are astounding. l
therefore state, deliberately. aad as a
/ physician. that believe more than one
Z half the deaths rhich occur Ia Americd
are caused on Brights deSedse of the
kidneys This may sound like rash
statement, but | am prepared to fully
verify it, Bright's disease has no distinc-
/ tive symptoms of its own dAdees. it
often develops without any pain what
. L.. L. --s.a TOY