St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-10-17

Leander McCummings, 613 Hoag
Avenue North, Minneapolis.
''I have been for several years." Mr. Cum
mings said. I'm the lumber business. Prior to
that and to my coming to Minneapolis was
railroad contractor in Iowa. In the last twenty
years, in fact ever since leaving the army,
have led an active life, bat led it under diff
culties.''
Under difficulties?"
Eyes. During the war Iserved in the Fifth
Illinois regiment-in the Egiu battery, as it
was called, because
SUPPLIED AND EQUIPPED
by the Elgins. Some way Or other, during the
exposure of the. service, l contracted severe
colds. These, allowed to run unchecked, led
into catarrh. After leaving the war 1 tried in
vain to get cured. found that my ears were
affected, and that was gradually but surely
growing deaf. My health got so bad that it
was simply horrible. l ooctored with one
physician six months, but Ican't say that l
got much help from it,
''Well. the years passed, and my trouble
kept getting stronger grip on me all the
time. 1t was chronic, as they called it, and
some told me that there wasIt any cure for
it. l had cough and pain in the head, over
the eyes. l breathed at times with difficulty:
there was wheezy sound in my chest when
breathed; | came up into Minnesota think
ing possibly the climate would be better for
me here. But got worse instead of better.
My deafness increased to such an extent that
people had to shout at me to make me hear.
When 1 lay down at night 1 could feel Jumps
in my throat which sometimes
ALMOST CHOKED NE
as lay upon my back. had sweats every
night, and in the morning my night garment
would look as if ii had been wet with water.
/ had fits of coughing and would raise tough
kind of mucus. 1t had bad odor, and
I lfxi TIM
ing it up. Then / would vOmit. Often was
called up at night by fits of vomiting, and for
years l haven't been able to take anything on
my stomach in the morning. Day after day
l would throw up even the cup OF coffee
took for my breakfast in the morning. Every
once in the while / took fresh cold
seemed to be forever taking cold and then 1
would be worse than ever. l could no longer
sleep, and as for appetite, / seemed to dislike
all kinds of food. l think it was about
month ago that went to Or. McCoy's Office.
He told me that ] had catarrh of the head,
throat and stomach. When Iwent to see him
was so deaf that he
HAD TO SPEAK LOUD
in my ear to make me hear what he said. !
went under his treatment. He did something
Il don't know how to describe ito my head
and ears and / seemed to be all cleared out
The next day could hear quite well, and
within q weak could hear as well as ever
did in my life. MY deafness was cured en-
tirely. continued under his treatment. NJ
night sweats stopped. had no more snuff
ing, no more coughing, no more raising of
phlegm. My appetite returned to me, and
now l eat hearty breakfast every morning,
have no more of the languid, tired, uneasy
feeling that once had. ] have not symp-
tom left Of the nauseating, miserable disease
from which had suffered for twenty years
have been cured completely.
Mr.. Leander McCummings. who made the
statement above given, is well known in the
lumber trade and about town. His face is
fairly reproduced in the above cut. He re-
sides at 6I3 Hoag avenue, and is the buyer for
Brooks Brothers, lumber dealers, and success
sors to Farnbam Lovejoy.