Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1892-03-25
A SARATOGA co. MIRACLE.
HELPLESS FOR YEARS AND EA.
CLUDED FROM HOSPITALS
AS INCURABLE.


THE REMARKABLE EXPERIENCES or CHAs.
QUAINT AS INVESTIGATED BY An AL
BANY On. Y y JOURNAL REPORT
ERA STORY OF SUR
PASSING INTEREST.
Albany, n Y. Journal, March 18th.
SARATOGA, March 11th.-For some time
past there have been reports here and else
where in Saratoga County OF most remark
able-indeed, so remarka lie as to be miracu-
lous-cure of most severe case of locomotor
ataxia, or creeping paralysis, simply by the
use of a popular remedy known as Pink
Pills for Pale People" prepared and put up
by the Dr. Williams Medicine Company,
Morristown, n. Y, and Brockvllle, Ont
The story was to the effect that Mr. Chas
A. QUAINT, of Galway, who for the last six
or eight years has been great sufferer from
creeping paralysis and its attendant ills, and
who had become utterly powerless OF all
self-help, had, by the use of a few boxes of
the Pink Pills for Pale People, been so fully
restored to health as to be able to walk
about the street without the aid OF crutches.
The fame of this wonderful. miraculous cure
was so great that the Evening Journal re-
porter thought it worth his while TO go to
Galway to call on Mr.. QUAINT, to learn from
his lips, and from the observation and testi-
monY of his neighbors, IL his alleged cure
was a fact or only an unfOunded rumor.
And so he drove to Galway and spent day
and a night there in visiting Mr.. QUAINT,
getting his story and interviewing his
neighbors and fellow-townsmen. 1t may be
proper to say that Galway is a pretty little
village of about 400 people, delightfully."-
located near the centre of the town
of Galway, in Saratoga County, and
about II miles from Sarat oga Springs
Upon inquiry the residence of Mr..
Charles A. QUAINT was easily found, for
every body seemed to know him, speak we'll OF
him, and to be overlooking with surprise and
satisfaction at his wonderful cure and restor
alton to the activities of enterprising citi-
zenship for Mr.. QUAINT was born in Galway
and had spent most of his life there. Mr..
QUAINT was found at his pretty home, on a
pleasant street nearly opposite the academy.
In response to knock at the door 1t was
opened by man who in reply to an inquiry
if Mr.. QUAINT lived there and was at home,
said: II am Mr.. QUAINT Will you come in%'
After a little general and preliminary CONVEX
sation, aud after he had been apprised of the
object for which the Journal reporter had
called upon him, he, at request, told the
story Of himself and Of his sickness and
terrible sutferngs, and of the Intellectual
treatment he had had. and of his final cure
by the use of DIR. Williamss Pink Pills for
Pale People, and cheerfuly gave assent to
its use for publication. He said: My name
is Charles A. QUAINT. | am 81 years old. |
was born in the village of Galway. and. ex-
cepting while travelling on business and
little while in Amsterdam, have spent my
whole life here. My wife is a native of
Ontario. Up to about eight years ago Ihad
never been sick and was then in perfect
health. l was fully six feet tall, weighed
$50 pounds and was very surOng. For twelve
years was a travelling salesman for piano
and organ company and had to do, or at least
did do, a great deal of heavy lifting, got my
meals very irregularly am slept in enough
spare beds in country houses to freeze any
ordinary man to death, or at least give him the
rheumatism. About eight years ago began
to feel distressed IN my stomach and con-
suited several doctors about it. They all
said it was dyspepsia, and for dyspepsia |
was treated by various doctors in different
places, and took all the patent medicines |
could hear Of that claimed to be a cure for
dyspepsia. But continued to grow grad
ually worse for four years. Then began
to have pain in my back and legs and became
conscious that my legs were getting weak
and my step unsteady. and then staggered
when walked. Having received no benefit
from the use OF patent medicines, and feeling
that was constantly growing worse, l 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 under
wear for which he paid $124.) In the fall of
1888 the doctors advised change of climate,
so [ went TO Atlanta, Ga. and acted as agent
for the Estey Organ Company. While there
took thorough electric treatment, but it
only seemed to aggravate my disease, and
the only relief 1 could get from the sharp
and distressing pains was to take
phine. The pain was SO intense at times
that it seemed as though could not stand
it, and almost longed for death as the only
certain relief. In September of 1888 my
legs gave out entirely and my left eye was
drawn to one side, so that l had
6Onhlo SjCht and dizzy Nv
trouble so affected my whole nervous ystem
that had to give up business. Then ! re
turned to New York and went to the Roose-
welt hospital, where for four months | was
treated by specialists and they pronounced
my case locomotor ataxla and incurable.
After l had been under treatment by Prof.
Starr and DR.. Ware for four months, they
told me they had done all they could for me.
Then l went to the New York hospital on
Fifteenth street, where, upon examination
they said [ was incurable and would not take
me in. At the Presbyterian hospital they
examined me and told me the same thing
In March, 1890, / was taken to st. Peters
hospital in Albany, where Prof. II. H. Hun
frankly told my wife my case was hopeless;
that he could do nothing for me and that
she had better take me back homo and save
my money. But l wanted to make trial
of Prof. HUNS famous skill and | remained
under his treatment for nine weeks but Sc
cured no benefit. All this time l had been
growing worse. I had become entirely
paralyzed from my waist down and had
partly lost control of my hands. The pain
was terrible; my legs felt as though they
were freezing and my stomach would not re-
tain food, and [ fell away to 120 pounds
In the Albany hospital they put II big
burns on my back one day with red hot
irons, and after a few days they put IA
more burns on and treated me with cleo
tricity, but 1 got worse rather than better;
lost control OF my bowels and water, and
l~,1< -