The Press., 1885-12-03
 THE DECAY OF THE HILL TOWNS.

Those who have travelled through the hill country of New England must often have been struck by the sight of white church standing almost alone upon summit of the great ridge. Once it was the meeting place of some fourishing viii lage, but when the railroads came, mak- ing their way through the rough forbid ding country by following the water courses closely the villagers descended into the valleys, built up towns along the great highways of travel and left the old church to mourn over it's lost glories and to struggle along weakly until it too had to succumb to the new order of things. The clergy who built up these pillars of orthodoxy were strong and earnest men, and those who have succeeded them are not less so. Their lives are marked by selfsacrifce and severe work. Their la- bors are carried on under many difficult ties and hardships, and it is not surpris- ing that many suffer from rheumatism and neuralgia. That many of them have found cure, however, for these diseases may be seen from these letters. Rev. A. s. Cooper, of Williston, Vt,, says:
 "Twelve hours use of Athlophoros greatly removed the pain from my sys- tenn and rendered the muscles so supple that could get up and down with ease, which l have not done for long time. l called yesterday on gentleman who got bottle from me and who l expec- ted would send for more through me, but found he had got the start of me and ordered for himself, having been much benefited by it."
 Henry l.. Hall, editor of Wiuimantic (Ct.) Journal, who is we'll and favorably known for miles around, says:
 Three doses of Athlophoros relieved me from very acute attack of inflamma, tory rheumatism in nine hours. l con- sider it an invaluable remedy in rheu- matic affections, and esteem it pleasure to recommend Athlophoros."
 Mir. J. B. Webster, who is the carpenter for the Willimantic Linen Co, of Willi- mantle, Conn.,, and is well-known and much respected in that neighborhood, says:
 For three months l suffered with in1ammatory rheumatism, and failed to receive any relief from any of the numer- ous remedies for that complaint until took Athlophoros, which entirely cured me-"
 Rev. S. Donaldson, of Lyndon, Vt, writes:
 "The bottle of Athlophoros helped my wife greatly. She had up to the time of taking it been great sufferer from neu- ralgia and rheumatic difficulties making 1t almost impossible for her to walk with any ease. These difficulties have been about her more or less for fourteen years Since taking the medicine she has been comparatively free from pain and is able to walk better than before for several years"
 Rev. Charles E. Harris, formerly of New Haven, now of Brooklyn, says:
 Athlophoros acted like charm, and I have been quite free from any attack of rheumatism from that time until the pres ent. can, therefore, with all sincerity testify to the valuable quality of Athlo- phoros as rheumatic cure"
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