The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1892-04-22
ASARATOGA CO. MIRACLE.
Helpless for Years and Excluded
from Hospitals as 1ncurablo.
Tho Remarkable Experience of Charles
QUAINT Hs Investigated by An Albany
(N. W Journal Reporter -- A
story OF Surprising Interest.
tAlbauy "a. W Journal, March lth ]

SARATOGA, March 4tb. - For some
time past there have been reports here
and elsewhere i'll Saratoga county of n
most remarkable indeed, so remark
able as TO be- miraculous of most
severe case of locomotor aka or creep
ing paralysis, simply by the use of n
popular remedy known as Pink Pills
for Pale People" prepared and put up
by the DIR. Williams Medicine Company,
Norristowu, n. V, and Brockvillc, Ont.
The story was 10 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 ut
tcrly powcrlcsS of all sclf-hclp, had, by
the use of Il few boxes of the Pink Pills
for Pale People, been so fully restored
10 health as 10 bc able TO walk about
the street without the aid Of crutchcS.
The fame Of this wonderful, miracu-
lous cure was So great that the Evening
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
ncighbors, if his alleged cure was "A
fact or only IN uufoundcd rumor. And
so he drove To Galway and spent a day
and n night there in visiting Mr.. QUAINT,
getting his story and interviewing his
ncighborS and fellow townSmcn. 1t
may bc proper To say that Galway is a
pretty little village Of about 400 people.
delightfully."- located near the center
Of the town of Galway, in Saratoga
county, and about l. miles from Sara
toga Springs. Upon inquiry the resi-
dcncc of Mr.. Charles a. QUAINT was
easily found. for every body seemed TO
know him, speak well of him, and bc
OVERLOOKING with surprise and satistac-
ton at his wonderful cure and rcStora-
ton TO the activities of cntcrp"iNlnE cit
izcnship, Tor Mr.. QUAINT was born in
Galway and had spent most of his
life there. Mr.. QUAINT was found
at his pretty home, on pleasant street
nearly opposite the academy. In re-
Spouse TO knock at the door it was
opened 10y man who, in reply 10 an
quiry If Mr.. QUAINT lived there and was
at home, said: II am Mr.. QUAINT. win
you come imp" After little general
and preliminary conversation, and after
he had been appraised 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 ter
riblc sutrCringS, and of the Intellectual
treatment he had had, and of his final
cure by the use of Dr. Williams Pink
Pills for Pale People, and chcCrfully
gave assent to its use for publication
He said: My name is Charles A
QUAINT. am - years old. | was born
in the village of Galway, and, excepting
W hiiC travelling on business and little
while in Amsterdam, haze spent my
whole life here. My wife is native of
Ontario. Up TO about eight years ago |
had never been sick and was then in
perfect health. l was fully six fccttall,
weighed $50 pounds and was very
strong. For II years | was a travelling
salesman for a piano and organ com
pany and had to do IA great deal of
heavy lifting, got my meals very irreG-
ularly and slept in enough spare beds
in country honscs To freeze any ordi-
nary man To death, or nj least give him
the rheumatism About eight years
ago | began To feel distress in my
stomach and consulted several doctors
about it, They all said it was dyspcp-
STA, and for dyspepsia I was treated by
various doctors in different places, and
took All the patent medicines | could
hear of that claimed Ia bc "A cure for
dyspepsia. But | continued To grow
gradually worse for four years Then
began have pain in my back and legs
m nj hnt
were getting weak and my step I'M
steady, and then | staggered when
walked. Having received no benefit
from the use Of patent medicines, and
feeling that | was constantly growing
worse, then, upon advice, began the
use of electric belts, pads and all the
many different kinds of electric appli.
arccS | could hear of, and spent hun
drCdS of dollars for them, hut they did
me no good. lllcrc Mr.. QUAINT showed
the journal reporter an electric suit Of
underwear for which he paid Sl24). In
the fail of lSsS the doctors advised
change of climate, 81 went 20 Atlanta,
Ca, and acted as agent for the EStey
Organ Company. While there | took n
thorough electric treatment, but it only
seemed 10 aCgravatc my disease, ana
the only relief ] could get from the
sharp and distressing pains was To take
morphine. The pain was so intense ut
times that it seemed as though / could
not stand il, and | almost longed for
death as the only certain relief, in
September of lsSs my legs gave out en-
tirely and my left eye was drawn to one
side, so ;hat had double sight and was
dizzy. My trouble so affected my