Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-11-13
OLD REsIDEslNrs or yYIscoxs1N

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The old residents who first settled wis.
consin and have watched sit grow from i
t atl MI populated territory into one 81 the
most " prosperous and progressive States 81
the Union ION are last passing away. Every
iew days are printed accounts OF the death
81 some village patriarch, whose les soi
fishts with the Indians and 81 8 hardships
endured and overcome in earlier DAYS hav e
seemed to the rising generation like chap.
ters in ancient history. To those who still
remain all honor due. They will not
be with us long, but while they yet tarry
their experience and advice should be
needed. Samuel Barstow, Of Lancaster,
Wis, is one Of those old residents and il
well known, not only in the State, but be-.
yond it's borders as well. b In recounting
some Of his experiences recently he said:
+ u have suffered more or less Il ON rheu-
matism and general debility for a number
OF years Tor the last year the trouble
has constantly increased and for month
1could not dress myself or get up from my
chair without help. From my head to nv
ieet every cord and muscle was stiff and
sore. During this time | used various RENE.
dles, but all to no. purpose, and continued
to get worse. My attention WAS called to
Athlophoros. procured q bottle and on
the 22d of.lanuary, 1884, began to use it..
| took five doses and then slept easily un-
til eight O'Clock in the morning. / then
got up and dressed myself and walked out
| without n cane. ! was astonished at the
result and could hardly realize that the
medicine had produced such an effect. I
am getting to be an. old mani am now
seventy-two years old--and I don't sup
pose that it will make me a young man,
but 1t will help the lamp OF lie, to burn
down calmly try:
Mrs. r. +. Bowers, OF Racine, Wis, is
well known in that city as one Of the old
| residents, she having lived there thirty sew
en- years Her present address is 9O2
State Street. She has this to say:
II have been troubled with rheumatism
Tor the last three years. ! did notsuffer as
much pain as some do with the same COM
plaInt, my difficulty being principally stiff
| ness OF the joints. The trouble was most
| ~ IN my knee joints, and it was with much
difficulty that could bend them, especially
in going up and down stairs During the
time was troubled in this way tried
many medicines without any good effects.
Athiophoros came to my notice, and being
anxious to get some relief I thought
would try it. After using it for A short
! time was able to bend my knees easily
and could e up or down STAIRS
Mrs. L: =. Neff, OF Calamine, Wis, who
| has herself been benefited by taking Athlo-
phoros for her rheumatism, tells an inter.
esting story OF the improvement wrought
IN her brother-in-law, Mr.. John w. Nsff, of
Calamine, an old gentleman ofseventy-five
| years. She says:
when he got the first bottle of Athlo-
! phoros, which sent for for him, he was SO
badly Oft with rheumatism and had been
Tor nearly a year that he could not step
without two crutches. 1t took two or
three men to help him out of q wagon or
sleigh, and he could not dress or undress
alone. He had paid out grent many dol.
| lars Tor remedies. He took eighteen bot
Ties OF Athlophores, and now he can walk
| three-quarters OF a mile with just one cane,
| and can hoe i'll the garden and chop wood )"
IL you cannot get ATHLoPHoRos Of your
! druggist, We will send it express paid, on re-
Ge1pe OF regular price one dollarpe bottle.
| We prefer that you buy it from your drug.
gust, but ii he hasn't it, do not be persuaded
e. try something else, but order at once
! from us. as directed. ATHLopHoROs Co..
1l2 Wall Street, New York.
Adjut:.nt- General DRUMS Report.
! Ad!t. Gen. Drum, III his annual report to
| the secretary OF war, invites attention to
the subject of the obsolete arms and
ammunition In the hands of the
state militia or stored in the several arm
cries.
ut would" he says, ''seem q most wise
measure, if at the approaching session of
congress, n general act were passed provid-
ing for the immediate exchange, when re-
quested OF all obsolete arms now in the
hands OF the state militia of the several
states for improved Springfield rifles, cali
per 45, and appropriate ammunition
thereof. He recommends that proof be
required with the application for the de-
tail OF a military professor at any military
school that at least $50 pupils above
the age OF fifteen years are actually pres.
| emit. He finds that in some ases the num-
Der runs as low as sixty. He recommends
that non-commissoned officers and pri-
Yates on the retired list be paid q gross sum
| OF money in lieu Of the present nav and
Communication of allowances, and he sub
'nits table embodying a proposition to
pay them at Il rate varying from $36.4O
| per month for chief musicians to S23. 80
for artiticers. He also calls attention to
the difficulty OF securing clerks acquainted
with army forms and recommends RENE
dies. He calls special attention to the
| value OF work done by the prisoners in mill
tacy prisons.
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