Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-01-10
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Harrington. Iowa. Hawkeys I

Harrington. Iowa. Ha.kevsl
 An account Is going the round. of ,b, press of woman who was so afIIicied ~ltA rheumatism for fifteen wears tbat her entire muscular system becansf rigld, and for all that period she vas hepi alive by gruel forced between he, teeth. N'en he'
 A prominent New York physician wss once asked what rheumatism was H. replied, God only knows" He was mn. dou6tedly right, because rheumRt,sra seems to spring from different cause ih ever! Individual case. If its origin is hlystcTy, lis effects are too we'll and TOO widely known, for there is scarcely an! season ot the year when some per. SoLs are not more or less affected by it. Ah general however, 1t prevails mostly among the aged, making their last days hafd 10 bear. A prominent physician once remarked in our hearing, If the ! aSei couIi escape the tortures of rheu. | ha!isln, thslr last years ns Tnle gouId ce quiet, peaceful and painless" Aproios or the above, Mir. W. DeGeps ' oi feiia, Iowa, sends us a communica. | sioh "hich ordinarily VIC would rot pub hsh except at 70 much q line. But his | @Nperlenee has cSen sO remarkaLIe that We thlnE We arc justified in giving place | to it. He says:
 Dear Sir: l am 73 years of age. My ilie has been active. I am we'll known m thls town, a1d That 1 say I do not ;hihk VIII be doubted by any enc who knows me. Up 70 year or two ago I Was The possessOr of splendid health, and hoped l should wear out my life ] gradually and gracefully. Two years ago, however, ] was overcome with that | curse of old age, rheumatism. When it nist prostrated me the pain was so acute l thought 1t was neuralgia, which medi- cal authorities tell me indicates t. low state of the system.
 fancied that this attack was tbe be- ginning Of the end. [ sent for a good doctor, who treated me with electrical and other agencies, but l grew worse. he finally said my case was . serious rheumatic enc. Fer SIX months I could not use my limbs at ail, and was handled bY three strong persons, like helpless child. Then came q period of better feelings, bu. reaction followed, and for SIX long months of piiiful suffering was confined to the bed. For over a l Il reputable lotions, hniments, plasters aud preparations m vain. At this stage my friend, Elder Overcamp, came to see me, and uTon his urgent recommenda- ton l began to use Warmers safe rheu- mailc cure, a few bottles of winch gave back 10 me the use of my limbs I an now sleeping without pain, eating with out distress, and feel as spry as I did when l was Co years of age. I cordially recommend that preparation to all per sons afflicted as was, and especially to the thousands of aged men and women whose last days are embiltered by this afiliction. '"
 Mr. DeGens' letter is endorsed by FL der Overcamp, who ssys he Is a member Of his church, and his case to him is surprising and marvellous. Mr F. W. Brinkhoff also endorses the statement ID similar terms.
 There is no doubt that this is true recital Of the case. and Mir. DtGens' ex- perience should be an encouragement to all others suffering as be did to usc the means he 20 successfully employed, for n thing better, fl indeed as good, can be had m the market