Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-02-05
A THRILLING EXPERIENCE.
n RemarkabIe Statement of Personal ID niger
and PrOvidentiaI Escape.

The following story-which il at
tracing wide aue ton from the press
lis s, remarkable thzt we cannot
excuse ours+lves IL we do not lay 1t
before our realers, en- ire:
To the Editor Rochester IN. "
Democrat
SIK. On the first day Of June, 1881, 4,
I lay at my residence in this city eur.
rounded by my friends ard waiting
for derth. Heaven only knows the
agony then endured, for words ean
never describe It. And vet, II few
years-previOus any one had told me
that I was 10 be brought 81 low, and
by 80 terrible q disease, l should hsv
scOffed at the idea. had always lee 3
uncommOnly strong and healthy, and
weighed over 200 pounds and hardly
knew, In my own experiences, what
pain or sickness were. Verv many
peopIe who will read this statement
realize at times that they are uDnsu
ally tired and cannot account FIR it
They feel duh pains In vari"us parts
Of the body aud do not undeTs.and
why. Or they are exceedingly
hungry one day And entirely without
appetite the next. This was just the
way felt when the relentless malady
which had fastened itself up,n me
fret began. SILL 1 thought nothing
Of IL; that probably had taken cold
which would soon pas away. Shortly
after this noticed q htayy, and at
times neuralgia. pain in one side Of my
head, bot as It would come one day
and be gone the next, paid little at
tention to 1t. Then my stomach would
get out Of order ard INV food often
failed to digest, causing at times great
Inconvenience. Yet, even a. q physi-
clan, did not think that these things
meant snytbing serious. L fAncied l
was suffering from malaris nnd doc
torsd myself accordingly. But / got
no better. l uext noticed a peculiar
cClor and odor about the fluids / wa
passing-slsO that there WAS lArgs
quantities one day and very little the
next, and that persistent froth and
scum appeared on The surface. and q
sediment settled. Aud yet | did not
realize my danger. TCr, indeed, seeing
these symtoms continually, / finally
b, came accustomed TO them, and my
suspicion was wholly disarmed by
the fact that | had no pain in the
affected organs or IN their vicinity.
Why / should have been 80 blind I
cannot understand.
/ consulted the best medical skill In
the land. visited all the famed min
eral springs In America and travelled
frooi Msine to California. Still grew
worse. No two physicians agreed as
to my malady. One said l was
troubled with spinal Irritation; another
dysLepsis; another, neart disesssi
another. general debility; another,
oongs s'i ion Of the base OF the brain;
and 50 on through long list OF COM
MON diseases, the symtoms OF many
OF which I really had. In this way
several year pssted. during which Tins
wss sfeadily growing worse- Ny
condition had really become pltiable
The slight symtoms had ~ arat ex-
perienced were developed into terripl'
and constant disorders. My weigh
had been reduced from 2o7 20 l3'
pouDds. Ny life was a burden 70 my
self and friends. could retain u
food on my stomach. and lived who'll
by Injections. was living mass q
pain Ny rnhe was unoontroliable
/ IN my agony frequently fell - ~
lonr ant elaiched ths esrpel. an