The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-12-16
nIs DAYS wounp Soon pr NuMnrnnp.

HIS DAYS WOULD SOON DE NUMBERED.
Acting upon this advice, Ferguson" came
20 western Texas, so feeble that he had to
be helped in and out of q carriage, and
the outlook was in every way gloomy and
2iscouraging. To use his own language:
"As soon as was able to carry my gun
went hunting. kept in the open air as
much as possible. suppose that during
my four months sojourn in Texas there
were not more than fifteen days that did
not spend large portion of each day in
the open air, sometimes on horse
back, sometimes on foot. MY
health began to improve from
the start. was careful about my diet
for awhile, but soon found could eat
anything wished and digest it, and my
appetite grew amazingly. There is some
thing inexplicable about that Texas at
mosphere.
1T MAKES YOU EAT LIKE A HoRsB
and helps you to digest, all you eat. In
valids are the terror of boarding house
keepers in that country. II you ride or
drive five or six miles in the oper air, you
feel like you had taken strong stimu-
( liant. A bucket of stagnant water hung
up in tree for few days becomes aB
sweet and pure as If 1t had just been
dipped from a spring. Game will keep
for week or two, hung up, without salt.
Whatever there ia anywhere to Aoothe
the mind, give buoyancy to the spirits, TO
rebuild the wasted tissue of the body, u
seems to me can be found in this surpas
ingly healthy country. There are more
old people in Texas than / ever saw in
any other state. 1t is said a native Toxsni
was dilating on the healthfulness OF bic
state. An astonished listener asked him
il people ever died out there. The reply
was: swell, stranger, they don't exactly
die; they just DR. es up"
The same w;iter says: ~ think IL
safe to say that If person has no COM
plication of diseases, besides
CONSUMPTION IN THE FIRST STAGES,
the chances for his recovery In southwest
Texas are good provided he lives much
in the open air. II he does not make up
his mind to stir around at lively rate,
he need not expect much benefit. For
dyspepsia, an active outdoor life In Texas
/ bslieve to be pretty sure cure.u
The writer OF the foregoing letter had
tasted of the sweets of this climate and
what he has said il worthy of careful con-
sideration by all whose health is impaired.
His statement Is conservative and truth
full, and his experience IL but reflex OF
that of hundreds of others who are day
living monuments to tho salubrity OF the
climate.
10 the consumptiye invalid whose Gaze
has not progressed beyond tho earlier
stages, the climate of
AUSTIN oRFERs GREAT INDUCEMENTS,
especially IN the hhemorrhagio and A.
brOid forms, Even in the more advanced
stages the progress Of the disease IL ar
rested and life prolonged, in much
larger percentage of cases than would
naturally be supposed possible. There
are men walking the streets OF Austin TO-
day who were brought here on their beds,
almost as helpless as new born babes, and
who are now in the full enjoyment OF ro-
bust health Among our business and
professional men there are scores who
have been prompted to remove to this city
in search of health. who have been fully
repaid for the confidence repGsed IN the
climate. The circumstances of two cases
at hand will serve as additional iliustrar
tions:
A gentleman formerly residing In st.
Louis. Mo-, had suffered severely from
hemorrhages of the lungs, running him
down in weight from l54 to 116 pounds.
On advice Of his physician, that TO remain
in st. Louis was certain death, and q
change of climate to Southwest Texae
might prolong his life for many years, no
located in Austin in 1878, ssmained 20
months, improved rapidly; 10 fact,
thouht he had regained his health, whom
he returned to st. Louis, remaining 20
months, during which time his troubles
gradually returned, and in 1881 be was OBJ
liged 10 return to Austin, bringing his
family and locating permanently. Up
10 the present time he has
continued in good health,
without the aid OF medicine, working con-
tinuously at his trade, and expresses him
self as feeling better than he has for
twenty years.
Another case is that of physician, for.
Laerly a resident Of Iowa, who had suf
fered from severe cough all bis life, nnd
Continued on rage siI5