Connecticut western news., 1885-07-15
RARTHnLnI,S RIO GIRL.
The PreIudices Met BY a Canvaszer for the
 Pedestal Fund,

The Preiudices Met By g CanvHsser for the
 The Bartholdi pedestal fund is nearly com plete. The statue has arrived and soon New York harbor will be gIRced by the most mag niicent colossal statue the world has ever seen.
 Liberty Enlightening the Worldf What priceless blessing personal liberty iS It is the shrine at which people, ground under tho heel of tyranny in the oller worlds, worship with a fervency that Americans can scarcely realize; 1t is a principle for which Nihilists willingly die the death of dogs; and fit and proper it Is that at the yery entrance of the Bay of New York this emblematic statue should flash welcome to the world.
 The press is entitled to the credit of this achievement Mir. Philip Beers, who has been making & circuit of the country on be- half of the Pedestal fund, says that the fund will certainly be raised, as the World does not know the word fail
 Mr. Beers says that he has found the most pronounced generosity among those of for eign birth. They seem moro appreciative of liberty than do our native born. Moreover among some strange prejudice seems to ex- ist
 "Prejudieei In what particularT'
 ''l have ever found that however merito- rious thing may be, thousands of people will inevitably be prejudiced against it I have spent most of my life on the road and know the American people liko book In 1873 a personal misfortune illustrated this prevailing prejudice. was very ill, had suf. fered for several years with headache, fickle appetite, dreadful backache, cramps, hot head, cold hands and fee. and a general break down of the system. 1 dragged myself back to New York, seeking the best professional treatment It Sd happens that among my rolatiyes is dis. tinguished physician who upbraided me Ioundly for preaching so much about my own case. Finally, with some spirit, re- marked to him:
 asSir vou know that n,nch of Nrour pro- fessional wisdom is pretense. You are con trolled by prejudice. You cannot reach a case like mine and you know it. can youfn
 "I had him; and he finally conceded the point, for it was hright's disease of the kid neys which had prostrated me, and the school men admit they cannot cure it. Having cured myself, however, in 1879, and not having seer a sick day since, my relative finally admitted that Warmers safe cure, which accomplished this result, was really a wonderful prerara tion. Had President Rutter, of the Central Hudson used it, l nm certain he would b, alive to-day, for he could not have been in [ worse condition than 1 wasn
 'I have found similar prejudices among al classes concerning even so laudable a scheme as this pedestal fund"
 Mir. Beers's experience and the recent deatf of President Rutter, of the Central Hudson railroad, of an extreme kidney disorder proves that the physicians have no req power over such diseases, and indicate the only course ono should pursue If, as thu late Dr. Willard Parker says, head ache, sickness of the stomach, dropsi cal swellings, back ache, dark anC offensive fluids, prematurely impaired eye sight, loss of strength and energy occur, fol they unmistakably indicate fatal result, not promptly arrested.
 "Yes, sir-ee, every cent needed for the pc destal will be raised Of course it will be great triumph for the World, but would i not have been an eternal disgrace had oui people failed to provide for this pedestali"