The Asheville citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1885-1889, 1888-04-07
MR.. JAMES WOLFE
Gives Citizen Reporter Some In
teresting Information.

It was about nine o'clock yester-
day when representative of the
CITIZEN called at Mr.. James Wolfe's
market, corner of Patton Avenue
and Depot street, and solicited in
formation regarding his experience
past and pr sent relative to his
hsalth. The reporter was received
courteously by the proprietor, and
the following statement was made
by Mr.. Wolfe:
81 am originally from Columbia,
Lancaster county, Pennsylvania,
but for seventeen years prior to nay
coming to Asheville had been liv-
ing at Ciestline, Ohio. It was in the
latter place that Z lost my health.
was yardmaster of q large stock
/ yard in Crestline, and we used to
receive, upon an average, about sixa
teen hundred carloads of cattle per
week. The cold, damp atmosphere,
combined with over-exertion, soon
rendered me a victim to that terri-
BILE affection known as asthma. OF
course l did not pay much attention
to it at first, except to use simple
remedies, from which, however, I
| obtained no beneficial results. The
disease gained ground, and I called
in medical aid, and out of the n
or fifteen physicians | consulted
during my seventeen years resi-
dence in Ciestline the majority of
them pronounced mins 4 hopeless
case. Some of them said vas at
f1icted with heart disease, others
diagnosed the case as lung troubles,
and still others who did not make
complete diagnosis, said lhat l
would never grow any better, it
made no difference where went or
by whom | was treated. The true
Ca use of my ailment was asthma,
which seriously affects the bronchial
tube. Isuffercd terribly, and eeath.
at that time, would have been a
sweet relief to me. was reduced
in flesh from one hundred and sixty
pounds to eighty pounds. [ had
spent hundreds of dollars in medi~
cines, and going to Sulphur Springs
in Ohio and elsewhere, seeking re-
lief, but foutd none. 1t vas Il ire
quent occurrence that l expecto-
rated from gallon to gallon and
a half of accumulation in the bron-
chial tube per day; L wes coughing
all the tine, and it was with ex-
treme difficulty and pain that l
could draw my breath. made up
my mind that if atmosphere had
anything to do with efecting a cure
Western North Caro- ina was the
place to find it, and so came here
on October 9th, 1885. When I
arrived in Asheyille it was all that
/ could 10 to walk across .. room;
my limbs were always cold, ard the
circulation Of the blood had nearly
ceased. [ did not take any medi-
cine, neither did call in medical
assistance, but did employ !. stout
man to rab my limbs until b;ood
circulation began to be easier ard
regular [ enhaled all the frt SD air
it was possible for man in my con-
dition to do, and in one week after
this treatment l was able to walk
about one square. In three weeks l
could walk a mile and return, AID
in two months after my arrival in
your city I walked to tie tap of
Beaucatcher mountain md re-
turned, without the least inconYeu~
ience saye little hard breathing.
In five months / opened my pres
ent beef market, and having al. am
bition to succeed I oYerworked my
self, and the consequence OF this .
was that was laid up for about one
mouth. Since that time I have
constantly regained flesh and
strength, and now l feel almost as
we'll as I ever did in my life. l feel
that l owe it to the atmosphere of
ksheville and most cheerfully give
it the credit for the improvement in
my health.
when l started from home, at
Cincinnati, my cousin, Wan. Tyler,
helped me from the train To the
street oars, and took me to his
home in Newport, Ohio. While at
his place | told him it was no use
for me to go to Asheville; thas him
self aad the family would only have
the trouble of bringing me back
home in a baggage car, instead OF
sleeper. He insisted upon my go-
ing let the consequences be what
they might. Mr.. Henry Lindsey,
Of your city, had told Mr.. Tyler all
about AsheviIle, and the benefits
he h ID himself derived from a So
iotirn in the ''Land of the Sky for
lung troubles, and stated that [
would surely be benefited. [ haye
found since that he spoke words of
truth / feel / ke living once more.
OF course have all inclination for
my old homa. Who has not? Bat
/ know full well that it would be
death for me to return. l think
now that if had gone to Pearson's
view and staid there one year
would have been entirely well now.
AS / said before, / cannot live at
my old home, and I shall not at
tempt to return. l will have to bid
My old home long adieu, and l
am becoming better satisfied the
longer I stay in Asheville. have
found the citizens OF your town ex-
tremely courteous and kind, and |
don't know that l have ever been
Treated better anywhere. am Ger
tainlY glad and willing to take hold
and aid in the progress OF these
people in every effort they may
start afoot.
"AsheYille hes improved materi-
ally since / have been here. Props
erty sells for twice as much at it
did then, and prosperity is stamped
upon everything. The country is
improving in agriculture, and I am