Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-04-09
SARATOGA CO. MIRACLE
HELPLESS FOR YEARS AND Elk
CLUDED FROM HOSPITALS
AS lNCURABLE.
The Remarkable Experience Of Chas.
QUAINT as Investigated by an Albany On.
~ journal Reporter-A story OF Sur
passing Interest.
TAlbany. N. Y. Journal, March ~

lhibbhlf ~ 49,
SARATOGA, March 4-For some time
past there have been reports here and
elsewhere In Saratoga County OF a most
remarkable-indeed, SO remarkable as
TO be miraculous-cure OF a most severe
case OF locomotor ataXia, or creeping
paralysis, simply by the use OF q popn-
lar remedy known as ''Pink Pills for
Pale People," prepared and put up by
the DIR. Williams Medicine Company,
Morristown, y. V, and Brockyille, Ont.
The story was to the effect thaJ Mr..
Charles A. QUAINT OF Galway, who for
the last six or eight years has been a
great sufferer from creeping paralysis
and its attendant ills and who had be-
come utterly powerless Of all self-help,
had, by the use OF q 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
Erentng Journal reporter thought IT
worth his while to go to Galway to call
on Mr.. QUAINT, to learn from his lips,
and from the observation and testimony
of his neighbors, il his alleged cure was
q fact or only an unfounded rumor.
And so he drove 10 Galway and spent a
day aud u night there I'm visiting Mr..
QUAINT, getting his story, and interview
ing his n%eighbors and fellow-townsmen.
1t may be proper to say that Galway Is
a pretty little village OF 400 people, de-
lightfully located neal the inter OF the
town OF Galway, in Saratoga county,
and about seventeen miles from Sara
toga Springs. Upon inquiry, the resi-
dence Of Mr.. Charles a. QUAINT was cas-
lily found, for every n seemed to know
him, speak well Of HIM, and TO be over
flowing with surprise and satisfaction
at his wonderful cure and restoration
To the activities OF e"nterprising citizen
ship, for Mr.. QUAINT was born In Galway
and had spent most OF his life there.
Mr.. QUAINT was found at his pretty home
on n pleasant street nearly opposite the
academy. in response TO a knock at
the door il was opened by a man who,
in reply to an inquiry II Mr.. QUAINT
lived there and was at home, said:
II am Mr.. QUAINT. Will you
come in?" After a little general
and preliminary conversation, and 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 terri
BILE sufferings, and OF the Intellectual
treatment he had had, and OF his final
cure by the use of DIR. Williams Pink
Pills for Pale People, and cheerfully
gave assent TO its use for publication.
He said: "My name is Charles A.
Quant. / am 81 years old. j was born
in the village OF Galway, and, except
ing while travelling on business n u
little while In Amsterdam, have spent
my whole life here. My wife is a native
of Ontario. Up TO about eight years
ago ] had never been sick and was then
In perfect health. was fully six feet
tall, weighed $50 pounds and was very
strong. For twelve years / was "a tray-
cling salesman for a piano and organ
company and had to do, or at least did
do, Il great deal OF heavy lifting, got my
meals very ~irregularly and slept in
enough spare leis' In country houses
to freeze any ordinary man To death, or
at least give him the rheumatism. About
eight years ago began 10 feel distress
in my stomach and consulted several
doctors about il. They all said it was
dyspepsia. and for dyspepsia ! was
treated by various doctors in different
places, and took all the patent medi-
| could hear OF that claimed to be q cure
for dyspepsia. But | continued to grow
gradually worse for four years. Then
l began to have pain In my back and
legs and became conscious thai my legs
were getting weak and my step un-
steady, and then / staggered when |
walked. Having received no tenefit
from the use Of patent medicines, and
feeling that ] was constantly growing
worse, ! then, upon advise, began the
use Of electric belts, pads and all the
many different kinds of electric appli-
ances | could hear Of, and spent hun
dreds of dollars for them, but they did
me no good" Here Mr.. QUAINT showed
the Journal reporter an electric suit Of
underwear for which he paid Sl24.) 'In
the fall Of 1883 the doctors advised a
change of climate, so / went to Atlanta,
Ca, and acted as agent for the Estey
Organ Company. While there / took a
thorough electric treatment, but il only
seemed TO a%ggravate my disease, and
the only relief / could get from the sharp
and distressing pains was to take NOR
phine. The pain was so intense at times
that it seemed as though | could not
stand 1t, and ] almost longed for death
as the only certain relief. In Septem-
Der of 1883 my legs gave out entirely,
and my left eye was drawn TO one side,
so. that l had double sight and was
dizzy. My trouble so affected my whole
nervous system that i had TO give up
business. Then ! returned to New York
and went to the Roosevelt Hospital,
where for four months ] was treated by
specialists and they pronounced my case
locomotor ataXia and incurable. After
! had been under treatment OF Prof.
Starr and DR.. Ware for four months
they told me they had done all they
could for me. Theh j went to the New
York Hospital on Fifteenth Street,
where, upon examination, they said l
was incurable and would not take me
in. At the Presbyterian Hospital they
examined me and told me the same
thing. In March, 1890, i was taken to
st. Peters Hospital in Albany, where
Prof. ii. II. Hun frankly told my wife
my case was hopeless; that he could do
nothing for me. and hat she had better
take me back home and save my money.
But / wanted to make a trial of Prof.
Huns famous skill, and l remained IN.
dr. his treatment for nine weeks, but
secured M benefit. All this time / had
been growing worse. ] had become en-
tirely paralyzed from my waist down.
and had partly lost control of my hands.
The pain was terrible; my legs felt Us
though they were freezing and my
stomach would not retain food and my
weight fell away to 40 pounds. In
the Albany Hospital they put seven
teen big burns on my back one day with
red-hot irons, and after q few days they
put fourteen more burns on and treated
me with electricity, but ] got worse
rather than better; lost control of my
bowels water, and upon advice OF
the doctor, who said there was no hope
for me, ! was brought home, where II
was thought that death wonld soon come
to relieve me Of my sufTerings. Last Sep
TENDER, while In this helpless and suffer
ing condition, q friend OF mine In Ham
ilton, Ont, called my attention to the
statement of one John Marshall, whose
case had been similar to my own. and
who had been cured by the use of DIR.
Williams Pink Pills for Pale People.
"In this case Mr.. Marshall, who is q