The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1891-02-13
A THRILLING EXPERIENCE.
Remarkable Statement Of Personal
Danger and PrOyidential Escape.

tracing wide attention from the press
lis SO remarkable that we cannot ex
cuse ourselves if we do not lay it be-
fore our readers. entire.
To the Editor Rochester On. y DEM
Ocrat:
SIR-On the first day of June. 1881,
/ lay at my residence in this city sur
rounded by my friends and waiting for
death. Heaven only knows the agony
/ then endured, for words can never
describe it. And yet, if a few years
previous any one had told me hat |
was to be brought SO low. and by so
terrible a disease, / should have scoffed
at the idea. | had always been un-
commonly strong and healthy, and
weighed over 200 pounds and hardly
knew, in my own experience, what
pain or sickness were. Very many
people who will read this statement
realize at times that they are unusually
tired and cannot account for it. They
feel dull pains in various parts Of the
body and do not understand why. Or
they are exceedingly hungry n day
and entirely without appetite the next.
This was just the way | felt when the
relentless malady which. had fastened
itself upon me first began. Still L
thought nothing of it; that probably |
had taken q cold which would soon
pass away. Shortly after this l no.
ticed a heavy, and at times neuralgia.
pain in one side of my head, but as it
would come one day and be gone the
next. | paid little attention to it.
Then my stomach would get out OF
order and my food often failed 10 Gi-
gest, causing at times great inconveni-
ence. Yet ever as a physician, l did
not think hat these things meantany-
thing serious. / fancied | was suffer-
ing from malaria and doctored myself
accordingly. But l got no better. l
next noticed a peculiar color and odor
about the fluids | was passing-also
hal there were large quantities one
day and very little the next, and that
a persistent froth and scum appeared
on the surface. and a sediment settled.
And yet l did not realize my danger,
for, indeed, seeing these symptoms
continually. | finally became accus-
toned to them, and my suspicion was
wholly disarmed by the fact that | had
no pain in the affected organs or in
their vicinity. Why 1 should have
been so blind | cannot understand.
/ consulted the best medical skill in
the land. / visited all the famed min
eral springs in America and travelled
from Maine to California. Still | grew
worse. No two physicians agreed as
to my malady. One said 1 was trou-
bled with spinal irritation; another,
dyspepsia; another, heart disease; an
other, general debility; another, con-
gestion of the base of,the brain; and so
on through Il long list OF common dis
eases, the symptoms OF many OF which
/ really had. In this way several years
passed, during which time | was stead
lily growing worse. My condition had
really become pitiable. The. slight
symptoms | had at first experienced
were developed into terrible and con-
slant disorders. My weight had been
reduced from 207 to $50 pounds. My
life was a burden to myself and friends.
l could retain no food on my stomach,
and lived wholly by injections. l was
Il living mass of pain. My pulse was
uncomfortable. In my agony l fire.
quently fell to the floor and clutched
the carpet and prayed for death. Nor
phine had little or no effect in deaden-
ing the pain. For six days and nights
l had the death premonitory ~hiccoughs
constantly Nv Ho+n. yvoS fj1aS with
tube casts and albLmen. l was strug-
Cling with Bright's Disease of the kid
neys in Its last stages!"
While suffering thus l received q
call from my pastor, the Rev. DR..
Foote, at that time rector of st. Paul's
Episcopal church. of this city. | felt
that it was our last interview, but in
the course of conversation DR.. Foote
detailed to me the many remarkable
cures of cases like my own which had
come under his observation. As a prac-
ticing physician and q graduate of the
schools, | derided the idea of any med
icine outside the regular channels be-
ing in the least beneficial. So solicit
Gus, however, was DR.. Foote, that l
uudlIs ptOIuISCO i WOulO waive lily
prejudice. l began its use on the first
day OF June. 1881. and took it accord
ing to directions. At first it sickened
me-; but this l thought was a good sign
for n in my debilitated condition. /
continued to take it; the sickening SEN
sation departed and ! was finally able
to retain food upon my stomach.
In q few days l noticed a decided
change for the better, as also did my
wife and friends. My %hiccoughs
ceased and Experienced less pain than
formerly. was so rejoiced at this
improved condition that, upon what l
had believed but a few days before was
my dying bed, / vowed. in the pres
ence OF my family and friends, should
l recover, l would both publicly and
privately make known this remedy. for
the good of humanity, wherever and
whenever ] had an opportunity, and
this letter is in fulfillment of that VOW.
My improvement was constant from
that time, and in less than three
months l had gained 26. pounds in
flesh, became entirely free from pain
and | believe l owe my life and pres
ent condition wholly to Warmers Safe
Cure, the remedy which | used.