The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-25
aTHRiLLIsc EXPERIENCE I!
Remarkable statement OF Per
sonal Danger and Prc.tdentiel
Escape.

Ire ~sa.5ov.u. story wfe h IL
y 8, attention from Press
+. % remarkable that we eAnrat excuse
ourselves st ve do unt lAy before eur
readers, even though s. .eu-tt Wau.i
ordinarily preclude it> 'm * on to "uF
3m.tea space.
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Graf:
Sr.-Onta FL first day y. Jur- lo-l.
laV lit ms re, ltnec ln th.S cty -u
rounded TN my friends aud waiting
aca.h. Heaven only SHOWS tie 4 uh
/ then endured. tor words can ucytr.s~-
criae Il. And yet, + a lew Years prev
gu, any one had told me that | was ~
be brought so low. ana by 50 terrible d
disease. should have scutlcd al t,
iaea. / had always hecn uucommon}y
strong and healthy, ana weighed over
200 pounds and hardly knew, in my ="
experience. what pam or sickness were.
Very many people who viii read tins
/ statement realize at times that they are
unusually tired aud counot account Tor
it.. They feel duh pa ns in various parts
! of the body and do not understand II.
Or they are exceedingly hungry one
dav and entirely without appetite the
next. This was lust the way | felt when
the relentless malaiy which had iast,u-
ed itself upon me FIRST began. SUI !
thought nothing of li: that probably l
had taken a cold which would SOC pass
away. shortly after this | noticed a
heavy. and at times neuralgia. pain IN
one side OF my head. but a. il would
come "a d3v and hc zone the next. |
PAD ittlc Altttl'h ~ A. l"''' my
stomach would get out ol orGtr ana my
food often la.led TO aGr>t' causing AT
times great inconvenience. lti. even
n a physician, dtd net thanh t,ai 'ntNe
things meant anything seIleua. Ilutlr4
| was suffering from malaria ana aot
tored myself accordingly. hul 2"thn
better. next nouged q ',"IaL e''ol
and ode about ihc ldid- ! WIZ passing
also that there "trt iaI-' l"tnHt'S
one day and very .itae iac next. y
that a persistent lfoih ana scum appear
ed upon the surface, ahd q sed-n'nl set
tied. Ana }el dtd h't it".@' INl "'h-
Ger. tor, Iudccd, seeing these symptoms
continually. | Hn20l} become a''uot'ui-
ed 70 them, and my suorlclou was "h'I-
y Dis rned by the tact Una 'ad ~"
pam IN the effected organs or n '1e'r
N-'thf'N -
blind cannot understand
consulted the est medical sklIIiu
the land. visited all the famed min
eral spriugs in America and travelled
from Maine to California. Ntll | grew
worse. 40 two physicians agreed a.
to my maladv. one SAID ! was troub-
led with spinal irritation; another, dys-
pepsia: another. heart disease; another.
general debility another congestion oil
the base OF the brain; and 80 ON through
a long list OF common diseases. the
symptoms.of many of which ! really
had. Ia this way several years passed.
during which time | was steadily grow
ing worse. My condition had really be-
come pitiablc The slight symptoms |
at first experienced were developed INTO
terrible and constant disorders. My
weight had been reduced from POI 10
1870 pounds. Nv life was a burden to
myself and friends. | could retain no
food on my stomach. and lived wholly
by infections. was a living mass of
pain. NV pulse was uncomfortable. In
nv AGONY | frequently fell 10 the floor
and clutrhed the carpet. and PRAYED for
death. Morphine had littlc or no effect
in deadcning the paIn. For SIX days
IT, 11h hI0 L Il ii III VIZ ri '
hiccoughs constantly. MY water was
filed with tubc-casts aud aIbumrn. |
was struggling with Bright. Disease OF
the kidneys In its last stages,
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DR.. Foote tIat finally :sed /
would waive my prejudice beam il.
use on the first dav Of June. 1881. and
took it accordingto directions. At first
it sickened me; but this thought was
, a good sign Tor one in my dehilJtated
condition. | continued to take it.; the
: sickeniug sensation DEPARTED aud | was
finally able to retain food mon NV
/ stomach. In a few dav. noticed q
] decided change iur the better. as also
+; did my witeaud friends. Nv hiccoughs
, ceased aud l experienced less pain than
formerly. was so rciOlced at this IN
proved condition that. upon what | had
; believed but a.cw DAYS before wa. my
t dying bed. | vowed. in the presence OF
my family and friends. should | recover
| would both publicly and privately
make known this remedy for the good
OF humanity, wherever and whenever
had an opportunity, and this letter j. ID
tuldlmeut OF that vow. Mn improve
meut was constant from that time. and