The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-02-12
4 THRILLING EXPERIENCE.
e90axl1blo 0tatement az Personal D.n-
ger and Provldential Esoana.

0tot0m0ne Of Personal Dan.
ser ana Providential Escape.
Tho following story-which Is attract.
ing wide attention from the press-isso
remarkable that we cannot excuse our
selves Il we do not lay it before our
readers, entire.
10 GAs Editor Rochestsr az n Democrat.
Six On the first day Of June, 1881, law
ct my residence in this city surrounded bv
my iriends and waiting for death. Heaven
only knows the agony then endured, for
words can never describe it. And vet. il =
few years previous any one had told mo
that was to be brought 30 low, and BY 30
terrible . disease, should have sconed at
the idea I had always been uncommonly
strong and healthy, and weighed over 200
pounds and hardly knew, In my own expert
ence, what pain or sickness were. VERY
many people who will read this statement
realize ct times that they are unusually
tired and cannot account for it. They feel
hull pains in various parts OF the body and
do not understand why. Or they are ex.
eeedingly hungry one day and entirely
without appetite the next This was lust
the way I felt when the relentless malady
which had fastened itself upon me first be-
gan. Still thought nothing Of it; that
probably l had taken a cold which would
soon pass away. Shortly after this I no.
doed heavy, and at times neuralgic, pain
In one side Of my head, but as it would come
one day and be gone the next, I paid little
sttentfon to It. Then my stomach would get
put of order and my food often failed to
digest, causing at times great inconven-
lence. Yet, even as physician, did not
think that these things meant anything seri-
ous. fancied was suffering from ma
laria and doctored myself accordingly. But
l got no better. next noticed peculiar
color and odor about the fluids I was pass
ing-also that there were large quantities
ono day and very little the next, and that q
persistent froth and scum appeared ON the
surface, and q sediment settled And yet
did not realize my danger, for, indeed, see-
Ing these symptoms continually, finally
became accustomed to them, and my suspi-
cion was wholly disarmed by the fact that
had no pain in the affected organs or in their
vicinity. Why should have been so blind
cannot understand.
consulted the best medical skill In the
land. visited all the famed mineral springs
In America and travelled from Maine to
California Still I grew worse. No two
physicians agreed as to my malady. One
oNAN "6o IIOuUAcO Will SpAual lEflC6IlOuS
smother, dyspepsia; another, heart disease;
smother, general debility; another ccnges-
ton of the base OF the brain; and so on
through long list of common diseases, the
symptoms Of many of which really had.
In this way several years passed, during
which time was steadily growing worse
My condition had really become pitiable
The slight symptoms had at first expert
enced were developed into terrible and
constant disorders. Ny weight had been
reduced from 207 to 1870 pounds. My life
was burden to myself and friends. 1could
retain no food on my stomach. and lived
wholly by injections was living mass
Of pain. My pulse was uncomfortable. In
my agony frequently fell to the floor and
clutched the carpet, and prayed for death.