Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-07-17
BARTHoLDrs BIG GIRL.
Inc ~PreJudices Met by a Canvasser for TIL,
Pedestal Eund.

"A HreJudlces Met by q Canvasser for the
Pedestal Fand.
Ehe Bartholdi pedestal fund is nearly
complete. The statue has arrived and
~ the most magnificent colossal
statne the world has ever seen.
Liberty .Enlightening the World!"
WHATS priceless blessing personal liberty
is. 1t Is the shrine at which people, ground
under the heel of tyranny in the older
worlds, worship with a ~fervency that
Arericans can scarcely realize; it is a
principle for which Nihilists willingly die
the death Of dogs; and fit and proper it is
mat at the very entrance of the Bay of
new York this emblematic statue should
flash a welcome to the world.
The press is entitled to the credit of this
achievement. Mr.. Philip Beers, who has
been making q circuit of the country on
behalf Of the PEDESTAL fund, says that the
fund will certainly be raised, as the World
does not know the word fail.
MIR. Beers says hat he has found the
most pronounced generosity among those
OF foreign birth. They seem more appreci-
alive Of liberty than do our native born.
moreover, among some q strange prejudice
seems to exist.
"Prejudice? In what particulars"
VI have ever foun that however merito-
rious a thing may be, thousands of people
Will inevitably be prejudiced against it. I
nave spent most of my life on the road and
| know the American people 'like a book,'
In 1879 a personal misfortune illustrated
I'LL, had suffered for several years
with headache, tickle appetite, dread
tul back ache, cramps, hot head, cold
hands and feet and a general break down
OF the system. l dragged myself back to
New York, seeking the best professional
relatives is a distinguished physician who
upbraided me roundly for preaching
so much about my own case. Finally,
with some spirit, I remarked to him !:
Sir, you know that much of your pro-
f%essional wisdom is lpretense. You are
reach a case like mine and you know it,
can you?"
~ had him; and he finally conceded the
point, for it was bright's disease of the
kidneys which had Frustrated me-, and the
schoolmen admit they can not cure it.
Having cured myself, however, in 1870,
and not having seen a sick day since, my
relative finally admitted that WARMERS
safe cure, which accomplished this result,
was really a wonderful preparation. Had
used it, am certain that he would be alive
to-day, for he could not ave been in a
worse condition than I was"
Il have found similar prejudices among
all classes concerning even so laudable a
scheme as this pedestal fund"
l MI. DeeiS ) experience anu Glo recent
death of President Rutter, Of the Central
J Hudson railroad, of an extreme kidney
disorder, proves that the physicians nave
no real power ever such diseases, inc in
dictates the only course one should pursue
is, as the late DR.. Willard Parker says,
headache, sickness of the stomach, dropsi-
cal swellings, back ache ,dark and offensive
fluids, prematurely impaired eyesight,lo loss
Of strength and energy occur, for they un-
mistakably indicate a fatal result, il not
promptly arrested.s
eyes, stree, every cent needed for the
pedestal will be raised. OF course it will
be q great triumph for the World, but
would it not AVE been an eternal disgrace
had our people failed to provide for this
p~edestal?"