Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1891-02-20
A THRILL ING EXPERIENCE.
Rema ri< q BILE Statement OF Personal
Danger and Prov ideutiaI Fsrape.

is so remarkable that We cannot eX
cuse ourselves il we do not lay it be-
fore our readers. entire.
To the Editor Rochester (N. ~ DEM
ocrat:
SlR-On the first day OF June, 1881,
l 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 il a few years
previous any one had told me that |
was TO be brought so low. and by so
terrible disease, should have scoffed
at the idea. | had always been un-
commonly strong and healthy. and
weighed over POO 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 one 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 /
thought nothing OF it; that probably
had taken a cold which would soon
pass away. Shortly after this | no.
ticed heavy and at times neuralgia.
pain ir 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 TO di-
gest causing at times great inconvcni-
ence. Yet even as physician, ! did
not think that these things mcantany-
thing serious. fancied | WAS suffer-
ing from ma aria and doctored myself
accordingly. But | got no better. |
next noticed a peculiar color and odor
about the fluids | was passing-also
that there were large quantities one
day and very little the next and that
persistent froth ana scum appeared
on the surface, and a sediment settled.
And yet | dli not realize my danger,
for indeed, seeing these symptoms
continually. l 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 l should have
been so blind / cannot understand.
l 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 | was trou-
bled with spinal irritation; another,
dyspepsia; another, heart disease; an
other, general debility; another, con-
gcstion of the base OF the brain; and so
on through D 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 POI TO $50 pounds. My
life was burden TO myself and friends.
/ could reta In no food on my stomach,
and lived wholly by injections. l was
n living mas IS of pain. My pulse was
uncontrollable.. In my agony / fire.
I quently fell to the floor and clutcheo
the carpet and prayed for death. Nor.
phine had little or no effect in deaden
ing the pair For six days and night.
| had the death premonitory hiccough.
| constantly. My water was filled with
tube casts and albt.men. | was strug
Cling with Bright's Disease OF the kid
neys in Its last stagesr
While suffering thus l received ;
| call from my pastor, the Rev. DR.
| Foote, at that time rector OF St. Paul.
Episcopal church, OF this city. l fel
that it was our last interview, but il
the course Of conversation DR.. FootC
detailed TO me the many remarkable
cures OF cases like my own which haC
come under his observation. AS prac
| ticing phys Acian and graduate OF tn,
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
finally promised l would waive m,
prejudice. began its use on the frs
day OF june. 1881, and took it accord
ing to directions. At first it sickenet
me; but this thought was a good sigl
for one in my debilitated condition.
continued to take it; the sickening sen
sation departed and | was finally abb,
to retain food upon my stomach
In few days | noticed u decided
change for the better as also did m,
wife and friends. My hiccough
ceased and experienced less pain thar
formerly. | was so rejoiced at thi
improved condition that, upon what
had believed but few days before wa.
my dying bed, vowed. in the pres
ence of my family and friends should
l recover ! would both publicly ant
privately make known this remedy fol
the good OF humanity. wherever ant
whenever had an opportunity, anc
this letter Is in fulfillment of that vow
My improv ement was constant from
that time, and in less than tire,
months | had gained 26 pounds il
flesh, became entirely free from pain
and l belle We / owe my life and pres
ent condition wholly to Warmers SAT,
Cure the remedy which used.
Since my recovery have thorough,
re-investighted the subject of kidne,
difficulties and Bright's disease, ant
the truths developed are astounding
] therefore state, deliberately, and a
a physician, that believe more thar
one-half the deaths which occur il
America are caused by Bright's dis
| ease of the kidneys. This NAV sount