The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-02-06
A THRrLLIHa E-xpEnInscH.
Remarkable Statement Of persorss i
ger and P~rovidential E.c.r. M


The following story-whichis attracting w;a.
attention from the press-is so remarL.s,'
that we cannot excuse ourselves. il wa s.
lay it before our readers, even thonoh
length would ordinarily preclude its adm;ss,s.
to our limited space.
To THE EDITOR ROCHESTER IN. VI Dvuocn.
sIR.-on the first day OF June. 1881. / law,
ny residence in this city surrounded bv :.
friends and waiting for death. Heaven ~.
knows the agony / then endured. for ,xo,Ss
can never describe it And yet, il 4 few yo.,
previous any one had told me that was l. &
brought 80 low, and by so terrible a disease
should have scofred at the idea. Ihad alws,.
heen uncommonly strong and healthy ~
weighed over 200 pounds and hardly knew I
my own experience, what pain or sicknes
were. Very many people who will read III.
statement realize at times that they ara INNS,
ally tired and cannot account for il. They
feel dull pains in various parts Of the body and
do notunderstand it Or they are exceedingly
hungry one day and entirely without apneita
the next This was just the way / felt when
the relentless malady which had fastened Il
self upon me first began Still I thouoht
nothing of it; that probably I ba
taken a cold which would soon
pass away. Shortly after this I NOTICED
a heavy, and at times n euralgic, pain in ous
side of my head, but as it would come onedsp
and be gone the next I paid little attention d
it. Then my stomach would get out OF orsa,
and nv food nftan foila6 ~ diuaak o-.-
times great Inconvenience. Yet even as 4 phy.
stefan, | did not think that these things mean
anything serious. | fancied / was SUFFERING
from malaria and / doctored my self according
ly. But l got no better. / next noticed q pecs.
4 liar color and odor about the fluid I was pass.
ing-also that there were large quantities one
day and very little the next, and that q persist.
ent froth and scum appeared upon the sui.
face, and a sediment settled. And vet Tdd
not realize my danger, for Isdeed seeing these
symptoms continually, / finally became accus
toned to them, and my suspicion was wholly
1isarmed by the fact that / had no pain in the
affected organs or in their vicinity. Why
should have been so blind / cannot understand
/ consulted the best medical skill IN theland
/ visited all the famed mineral springs in Amer.
lea and travelled from Maine to California SHl
grew worse. No two physicians agreed a. K
nv malady. One said / was troubled wiz.
spinal irritation; another. dyspepsia; another,
heart disease; another, general debility; a.
other, congestion Of the base of the brain, and
so on through a long listof common diseases,
the symptoms OF many of which / really had
In this way several years passed, during which
time / was steadily growing worse. Ny condi
ton had really become pitiable. The slight
symptoms / at first expe rienced were de-
veloped into terrible and constant dis.
orders. MY weight had been reduced
from 207 to 100 pounds. My life was
l..lo. - Y~raaIf and frtanIo I amid ratasa
no food on my stomach, and lived wholly By
Injections. i was a living mass of pain. My
pulse was uncomfortable. In my agony ! fro
ouently fell to the floor and clutched the carpet
and prayed for death Morphine had little Of
no effect in deadening the pain. For six days
and nights / had the death-premonitory hic-
coughs constantly. My water was filed with
tube-casts and albumen. | was struggling
with Bright's Disease of the kidneys IN Its ls'
stages!
! While suffering thus / received q csii from
INV pastor. the Rev. DIR. Foote, at that time rec
tor of st Paul's Episcopal church, OF tins el9.
felt that il was our last interview put no tne
course of conversation DR.. Foote deIaned y
me the many remarkable cures OF cases ilhe
nv own which had come under his Observation
by means of a remedy, which he urged me %
try. AS q practicing physician and q graduas
of the schools, / derided tho idea Of any meu-
icine outside the regular channels being u me
least beneficial. so solicitious, however wss
DR.. Foote, that | finally promised ! MVu ~
waive my prejudice. / began its Hse on ~
first day Of June, 1881, and took : acoordlng y
directions. At first it sickened me; put TINS !
thought was a good sign for one 10 ny ~.
bilitated condition. / continued 70 tahe ~
the sickening sensation departed and was n
naily able to retain food upon my stomach ~ ~
a few days / noticed ii decided ss.5 = u
better. as also did n9y wife and TRENDS ~
biccouohs ceased and I experienced less pam
than formerly. j was so ~rejoiceu ~ snis "
proved condition that, upon what ! nsu = =
fieyed a few DAYS before was my dying p7u,
vowed, in the presence Of my Ia,nl! h t.
friends, should / recover l y oulc po'n - ~ y,
ly and privately make known this ionseuy ].
the & bod of humanity, wherever anu y - tn,sl.
/ had an opportunity, and this leteI = - : con.
ment of that vow. My improvement was W. ~
slant from that time, and in less tnan en w.
months I had gained rs pounds IN nesn, -
came entirely free from pain ana 4 poi,5.s Il
owe my life and present condition wngn Z : 4
!, Warmers Safe Cure, the remedy wnicn : = ~
Since nv recovery I have thorou5niy Ie.m5
yestigated the subject OF kidney difficulties ana
Brights disease, and the truths Develops n
astounding. / therefore state, deliberately =
A 4 physican. that / believe more than onsss-ss
the deaths which occur in America 20 causs1
by Bright's disease OF the kidneys. 1l,s n az
sound like q rash statement but am ptePsai,s ~
TO 1uily verify IL DIlSHt ~ ~ffan
tinctive svmntoms Of ia own, indeed, u oi'en
develops without any pain whatever u ,s me- a v
neys or their vicinity but has the symp'ouu ,s.
nearly every other common compliant. - Ian II.
dreds of people die daily, whose puflaas I
thorized by q physician's certificate ~ ! u sspar.
ring from Heart ID sease [" .Apoplexy, ssm :
alysis,'' Spinal complaint" "Kheumsss;ts
"Pneumonia, and other common compiam 4
when in reality II is from Brights alsoass neo.
the kidneys. Few physiciAne, and FEWER z IL
pie, realize the extent of this disease q n
dangerous and insidious nature y s'cA's an =
10 Tie system like e thief, manifests is preso and
III at all by the commences sympsVn nra ths
fastens itself upon the constitution Delo5s n
victim IL aware OF it 1t is nearly as LEN snd
itary as consumption, quite as common ~
fully as fatal Entire families, .sss
teriting it from their ancestors, .abeI
died. and yet none OF the Es Hh;rh
knew or realized the mysterious power wn,es
was removing them Instead o. con'D Sni
symptoms it often shows Q vna'gss., so'