The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-01-29
A THRILLING EXPERIENCE.
Remarkable Statement of Personal Dan
GER and Providential Escape.

Remarkable Statement OF Personal Ian.
ger and Providential Escape.
The following story, which is attract
ing wide attention from the press, is so
remarkable that we cannot excuse our
selves if we do not lay it before our read
ers, even though its length would ordi-
narily preclude its admission TO our
limited space:
To the Editor Rochester, n. Y. Democrat:
SIR-On tho first day Of June, 1881, l
Law at my residence in this city sur
rounded by my friends and waiting for
death. Heaven only knows the agony
/ then endured, for words can never
describe it. And yet, a few years pre-
vious, if any one had told me that was
TO be brought so low, and by so terrible
a disease, | should haye scoffed at the
idea. l had always been uncommonly
strong and healthy, and weighed over
200 pounds, and hardly knew,
in my own experience, what
pain or sickness were. Very
many people who will read this state
ment realize at times that they are UNI
usually tired and cannot acco unit for IL:
They feel dull pains IN various parts Of
the body and do not understand it. Or
they are exceedingly hungry one day
and entirely without appetite the next.
This was lust the way L felt when the
relentless malady which had fastened
itself upon me first began. Still |
thought nothing of it; that probably L
had taken a cold which would soon pass
away. Shortly after this noticed a
heavy, and at times, neuralgia, pain IN n
one side of my head, but as 1T would
come one day and be gone the next, L
paid little attention to it. Then my
stomach would get out of order and my
food often failed to digest, causing at
times great Inconvenience. 4et, even as
a ply stefan, 1 did not think that these
things meant anything serious. fancled
I was suffering from malarial and
doctored myself accordingly, But
ticed a peculiar color and odor about
the fluids was passing-also, that there
were large quantities one day and very
little the next, and that a persistent
froth and scum appeared upon the sur
face, and sediment settled. And yet l
did not realize my danger, for, indeed,
seeing these symptoms continually, !
finally became accustomed to them, ana
NV suspicion was wholly disarmed by
| the fact that I had no pain in the affected
organs or in their vicinity. why
sbould have been so blind / cannot UNI
derstand.
consulted the best medical skill in
the land. / visited all the famed min,
eral springs in America, and travelled
from Maine to California. Still grew
worse. No two physicians agreed as tG
nv malady. One said l was troubled
with spinal irration; another, dyspep-
STA; another, heart disease; another
general debility; another congestion O.
the base of the brain; and SO on through
a long list of common diseases, the
symptoms of many of which l really
had. In this way several years passed
during which time l was steadily grow
ing worse. My condition had really be
come pitiable. The slight symptoms J
at first experienced were developed int
terrible and constant disorders. My
weight had been reduced from 207 to 13
pounds. My life was burden to mysel
and friends. could retain no food OF
nv stomach, and lived wholly by injec
tions. was living mass of pain. M.
pulse was uncomfortable. In my agony
frequently fell to the floor and clutchet
phine had little or no effect in deaden
ing the pain. For six days and nights
had the death-premonitory hiccough
constantly. My water was filled will
tube-casts and albumen. l was struE
cling with Bright's Disease of the kid
neys in its last stages.
While thus suffering, received cal
Il from nv pastor, inc NeV. Dr. EOOCo, q
that time rector of st. Paul's Episcopa
church, of this city. I felt that it wa
our last interview, but in the course Q
conversation DR.. Foote detailed to M
the many remarkable cures of cases Xix
INV own which had come under his oh
seryation, by means of a remedy, whicl
he urged me to try. AS a practicin
physician and graduate of the schools
derided the idea of any medicine out
side the regular channels being in tn
least beneficial. So solicitous, heweyel
was DR.. Foote, that finally promised
would waive my prejudice. began 1t
use on the first day of June, 1881, an
took it according to directions. At hrs
it sickened me, but this, thought, wa
good sign for one in my debilitate
condition. continued to take y
the sickening sensation departed and
|, was finally able to retain food upon IN
stomach. In q few days noticed a d.
d clded change for the better, as also 81
INV wife ard friends. My kiccougi
cea.s.s-, sxperie eced: less pam tns
, formerly, was so rejoieed at tn
Improved condition that, upon what
lad believed but q few days before WI
NV diving bed, / vowed, In the presep'
, of my family and friends, should
/. soyer, / would botn publicly and pr
' vataIv make known this remedy for u