The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-05-06
( SARATOGA MIRACLE
PklHR INVESTIGATED BY AN Ex-
PRESS REPORTER.

v3<n1urR INVESTIGATED BY AN Ex.
PRESS REPORTER.
Lnn XxcTs ALREADY STATED FULLY Cow
~ IMuD-INrERvIEws WITH LEADING
& RuxsrcrAns Who TREATED QUAINT
VI The Mosr MARVELLOUS CASE
n In THE History OF MKDi-
CAL SCIENCE.
- ~ In Weeks ago an article appeared In
ma pepce copied from the Albany. N. Y,
3JpoFnal giving the particulars OF one OF the
mofo 1raaarksblc cures OF the 10th century.
she erl3ole was under the heading "a
s.A1otn Go. Miracle" and excited such
66rSSd coshmsat that another Albany
papss the Rxpsess-- detailed reporter TO
make q thorouch Investigation OF the state
nlcuts appearing In the Journals article.
The facts as elicited by the Express reporter
are given In ths following article, which ap.
pcared In that paper on April 10th, and
makes one OF the most interesting stories
ever related;
A few weeks ago there was published i'm
the Albany Evening Journal the story of
most remarkable--indeed remarkable as
20 well justify the term miraculous" cure
OF severe case Of locomotor ataxia, or
creeping paralysis, simply by the use OF
Pink Pills for Pale People and, in comply
ance with instructions, an Express Reporter
has been devoting some time in II critical
Investigation OF the real facts OF the case.
The story OF tho wonderful cure OF Charles
a. QUAINT, of Galway, Saratoga County,
N. ", as first told IN the Journal. has
been copied into hundreds if not thousands
VI other daily and weekly newspapers and
has created such n sensation throughout the
entire country that IL was deemed duty
due all the people, and especially the thou
sands Of similarly afflicted, that the state
ments Of the case made in the Albany
II S.-.-l -.
newspapers should. n true, be verified or,
IL false, exposed rs an imposition upon puhlic
creChility,
OF the Express reporters in.
vestigations authorizes him in saying that
the story OF Charles A. Quants cure of
locomotor ataNia by the use OF Pink Pills
for Pale Peoplc, Il popular remedy prepared
and put up by the DR.. Williams Medicine
Company, MorriStown. y. ", and Brock
viile Ontario. Is TRUE, anu that all its
shipments are not only justIiio but verified
by the fuller development Of tho further
facts OF the case.
Perhaps the readers IT the Express are
not all OF them fully familiar with the le-
tails OF this miraculous restoration tn health
OF man who after weeks and months nf
treatment 10y the most sk'iiful doctors i'm
two OF the best hospitals in the State OF New
y ork--the Roosevelt Hospital i'm New York
City aud ST. Peters Hospital in Albany
was dismissed from eacu as incurabie and,
beseuse the case was deemed incurable, the
man was denied admission into several 9TH
ers to which application was made i'm his be-
half. The story as told 10y Mr. QUAINT him.
self and published in the Albany Journal, is
as follows:
''My name is Charles a. QUAINT; | am 81
years old; was horn in the village of Gal
way and excepting while travelling on bust
ness AMI a little while in Amsterdam, have
spent nay Whole lie here. Up to about eight
years ago I had never been sick and was
hpp m Loot h,al | NIL six
tall weighed $50 pounds and was very
strong. For II years was travelling sales
man Tor a piano and organ company, and
had TO do, or at least did do, u great deal of
heavy lifting, got my meals very irregularly
and slept in enough Spare beIs in couu-
try houses TO freeze an ordinary man to
DEATH or at least give him the rheuma.
tsm. About eight years ago | began to
feel distress in my stomach, and consulted
several doctors about 1t. they all said it
was dyspepsia, and for dyspepsia was
treated by various doctors i'll different
places. ami took all the patent medicines |
could uear of that elaine to be a cure for
dyspep psa. But continued to grow grai.
ually worse for four years. Then | began
To have PUN in my back and legs and be-
came conscious that my legs Were getting
weak and my step unsteady, ami then [
staggered when | walked Having received
no benefit from the Use of patent medicines.
and feeling that | was constantly prowiur
worse, | then, upon advice, began the use OF
electric belts pads and all the many different
kinds OF electric appliances | could hear Of,
and spent hundreds of dollars Tor them, but
they did me no good. Here Mr.. QUAINT
showed the Journal reporter an electric suit
OF underwear, for which he paid Sl24l In
the fall of 1883 the doctors advised clange
of climate, So went to Atlanta, Ga and
acted as agent for the Estey Organ Com
pary. While there took a thorough cleo
trio treatment hut II oniy .emei to aggra-
vate my disease, and the only relief | c0ul
get from the sharp and distressing piins was
TO take morphine. The pain was 50 in
tense at times that IT seemed as thousb
could not stand u. and almost louged Tor
death as the only certain relief. ~ Septem-
Der OF 1883 my legs gave out entirely and my
lett eye was drawn 10 one side - that had
double sight and was dizzy Nv trouble %
affected my whr" nervous system that |
bad To give up business Then | r-turnei.0
New York ami went TO tn. Roosevelt: Hos
pital, where for :pur mon. b. vas tr.atei
by specialists AMI they pronounced my a5s
!ocomotor ataNli AZ. incur a1i- After |
had been uniel Treatment ~ rot Starr
ami Dr. W are f,r our months, .n"y tod -is
they had done all they Couli for M Then
/ went to- the S-S York Hospital on FIJI
tenth street. V here. upon examination. .hey
said Vas !ncurab!- and SouI / Eoc take me
IN Az the Presbyterian Hospital they er-
aininei me ani tol ne the ,ane thing. IN
March, lN'~l ! Wa IA ."n T. st. Peter fic.-
frankly tod my wIie my cas- was hOacle,,;
that he CpuI do nothing for mean that IN.
had letter take IN" ht"E hon. aut ,av.. NV
money. But j want To- max" a trial OF
Prof. Hun famou- -EIll AMI remained
un :"r M treatment frr nine week. bu' so
crIr.-i no t.neiit. All rhi, tIm. / na h."n
growing wors". ! ntd b.-pn- entirely
paraiyI-i from my ~e,-t DOWN tui iiii
nrtIy lost rJniToi Ct my nan l. Ih" pam
va, terrible, my legs fet - though they
w"r- 'r" zrps AMI my -" mach would not r".
tam i"Di ant fell nwav To- ~ p"uuI,
In ia" NIhrny Hospital they put s.vcnt". N
hiS turn, on my back one diy with rel hot
IRON, ,ahi a't'r a few Iavs they put fourteen
more burn on and treated III" with c!e"-
tricIty, hut got wOrs" rather than better,
lost control pf my bowels anl water and,
~ on ndyI"" ot the doctor VINO said
Tier" was no hope for me. ] wa~ brought
home, wher" ~ was thou Sht that death would
soon com" 10 relieve me ot my SuifcrngS.
Last sept s<sSAr, while IN this helDl,.sS and
-uh"riuS con htIpn, "a friend of mime IN
fiamIit"n, ont, caIl"i my attention to tn"
-tat"'ucut ~ one John Marshall who's. case
had been smrlu to- my own. and who had
been Cur"d rv tn" use OF DR.. Williams Pink
filis for Fat" People. In this cas-" Mr. Mar
shall who - u prominent n"urb.r Of the
hoyni I"Inpinr~ uf Temperance" GaI after
tour Years "i constant treatment 10y the
most eminent Canadian physicians been