The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-05-09
MR.. GILL'S DAUGHTER

Poor Katie! 4 great sufferer she
and most patiently did she endure IL
hope that at last her sutlerings W
come to an end. She was just budd
into womanhood; iine-looking girl
nearly nineteen, who had, previous to Ia
attack OF illness, enjoyed robust health.
Let her mother tell the story, us ST.,
told it to two of our editorial friends VII,
recently spent an evening at the house.
"Katie's illness came on slowly, wiki
great pain in her tn n and hip. For
while she kept on going to school, but the
pains became SO severe that she had to
stay ut home, and most of the time lie
down on little lounge here in the sitting
room. We tried the best physicians We
could get. The disease bahled them all,
One said it was liberation Of the thigh
bone, and wanted to have the poor child
undergo terrible operation. 1t turned
out to be sciatic rheumatism. Poor
child how she did suffer About four
o'clock in the afternoon she would begin
screaming with pain. She couldn't help
it. She would scream and moan till
about four in the morning. Then she
would fall asleep from WEAKNESS, and
sleep for some hours. This went on for
about eight months. During the nights
neither she nor l could sleep.
Katie was a great reader. One day,
! paper, she saw an advertisement Of
lthlophoros. She asked me to get it and
. if it wouldn't cure her. We had tried
good many different things, but l
ought We would try this. And l went
nd got bottle. l gave her dose of it
wards evening. 1t was simply wonderful
low it quoted the poor childs pain and put
scr into gentle sleep. She slept nicely
ntil ten. Then she was in great
respiration. She walked, and l gave her
mother dose, for the first one had done
ncr so much good. Then she fell asleep
gain and slept till morning. Her pain
vas gone. She had hardly any returns oft.
The Athlophoros did the work for her
most completely.
But the terrible sciatica had drawn
>atie's leg up, and made it shorter than
had been, by several inches. She was
Nme for life, although the rheumatism
VAS all driven out of her. She had to walk
on crutches. One day she fell down stairs
and was so badly hurt that she had to be
taken to the hospital. There she suffered
great deal, and after some weeks she
died.
Father Tscheider, of the Paulist
Fathers, saw much Of Katie during her
illness, and knows all about us. Go and
ask him, and be will tell you all about ii.
Some time ago we gave letter about
Katies case, and it was published. We
have had numerous inquiries in reference
to it, all of which We promptly answer.
az must tell you," continued Mrs. Gill.
"of our neighbor, Mrs. Summers, and her
eleven-year old boy. The boy had one of
the most terrible attacks of rheumatism l
ever knew boy to have. / had little
Athlophoros left in the bottle from which
Katie had taken. gave it to Mrs. Summers,
and she gave it to the child who was scream
ing with pain. When Mr.. Summers came
home, he was surprised to find the boy
sitting up, free from pain, and cheerfully
singing. | wish you would 60 and see
them. They live not far from here, on
West 10Th street, No. 005.'
Mr.. Gill added in his own behalf:
81 have had a good deal ofrheumatism
myself, chiefly in my shoulders and arms.
But took Athlophoros and got rid of
the trouble. l did not have to take much
either. l found the medicine acted very
quickly"
The Rev. Father Peter Tscheidcr, assist
ant pastor of the Church ofthe Holy FAM
lily, was found at his pastoral residence, Nc.
AT West 18th street, Chicago. Fathc:-
rscheider took pleasure in saying that he
knew Mr.. and Mrs. Gill, and that he
esteemed them highly; also that he had
seen Katie frequently during her illness,
and knew all about her wonderful re-
covery from sciatica, and her subsequent
injury and her illness at the hospital.
II you cannot get ATHLoPH. RIOS OF your dri
clst. We Will send 1t express paid, on receipt
r, -rllar prlCc-one dollar per bottle. Wcp.rr
rlaJ Won buy It from your druggist, but fl d
hasn't IT,. do not be persuaded to try sometlliig
"s'. NUt order ut once from us, as directed
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