Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1886-04-22
ALEGIsLAToR's STORY.

| TheTpecular political changes which have
occurred In Michigan within the past few years,
causing 1t TO be transferred from the list OF
surely Republican States to that of doubtful
told by Mr.. NJ. j. Ludington, Jr, OF Verona,
that State, an eX-member Of the Michigan
Legislature. Mr. Ludington, who is one OF
Verona Mills most progressive citizens was
elected to the Legislature by an appreciative
constituency some six years. That Mr.. Lud-
lngton has not figured largely In public life
since he returned from the State capitol Is due
TO o peculiar confederation of circumstances
that aptly illustrate by whatlapparently trivial
matters a political career may be made .or I'M
made:
1.-THE second day OF August, 1879" in the
honorable gentleman's words, twas n very
hot day, and j ate a hot dinner and got very
warm. / got into my buggy after dinner and
started toward Verona Mills, | had driven
about three miles when ] met Northwest
wind and hail storm. | got little wet and
became ,chilled. i drove ON home, sixteen
miles distant. and when reached there felt
SICK. / went to bed and my wife made me
some ginger tea, but not enough 90 sweat me.
The nextmorning pain, sharp and piercing
as knife, caught me in the ankles and
could hardly step. The next day could not
walk at all. We did everything we could
think of, with NORWOOD and vinegar, smart
weed and other remedies, but with no good
effect. Neitherimy wife nor I could discover
what the matter was.
SIN three or 1our days ] could not stir nor
turn in bed. A doctor was calcl in who said
4 had rheumatism OF the worst kind. Tic re-
lieved me great deal and drove ont the pain
wherever ii caused dwellings, got better In
six months and was able 10 wa little, but
the disease settled in my ankles and continued
to trouble me. Last October 1850 | began
taking prescription which Tic doctor said
would drive the swelling OUT Of my ankles. In
November the rheumatism hogan 10 scatter
first to my toes then TO my hips and back and
all over me. | then quit taking the medicine
as | was getting worse. tried everything In
my efforts to get better. but continued to grow
worse. Finally could not turn over in bed
and it nearly took my life to draw a long
breath. My wife had to put mustard plasters
on my breast and side TO ease me so that |
could breath.
81 read an advertisement of Athlophoros in
a religious paper published at Detroit and
though / had not much faith in it 1 sent for a
bottle. | thought should die before II ar
rived, so great was my pain. In thirty-six
hours after had begun taking the medicine |
was cured of my rheumatism, Lave been able
! TO sleep ever since, and have had no more pain.
| That was ora the l4th OF last May. | sent Tor
and got six bottle, more from Detroit After
taking four of them the swelling has nearly
! all gone, except in one OF my ankles where
| was hurt last fall and that Is getting better
every day. Thank God for AthloDl oros.
! 1t has done everything for me-
| And all this long sickness came from hot
meal taken OH warm day. followed by a
! chill. IL Mr.. Ludington returns { public life
1t may be safe TO say that he will go around
! with bottle of AthlOphoros "A cure for the
physical evils from which not even Legislators
are exempt.
| II you cannot get ATHLoPHoros of your druggist
will send u express paid, on receipt of reg lar
buy it from your druggist but If he hasn't it, do not
be persuaded TO try somethn% cae but oyer a., a.
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