People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-04-08
A SARAT0GA co. MIRACLE.
Helpless for Years and Excluded
from Hospitals as IncurabIe.
The Remarkable Experience OF Charles
QUAINT as Investigat by an Albany
On. ~ journal Reporter
Story Of Surprising Interest.
Albany On. " journal. March An !

ALBANY On. " Journal, March 4th1
SARATOGA, March 4th. For some
time past there have been reports here
and elsewhere in Saratoga county of a
most remarkable indeed, so remark
able as to be miraculous-cure of a most
severe case Of locomotor ataxia. or Creep
ing paralysis, simply by the use of a
popular remedy known as Pink Pills
Tor Pale People, prepared and put up
blythe Dr. Williams Medicine Company.
Morristown, y. Y, and Brocllville, Ont.
The story was to the effect that Mr..
Chas. 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 become at
tcrly powerless Of all self-help. had. by
the use Of 4 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. miracu-
lous cure was so great that the Evening
Journal reporter thought it worth his
while to 60 to Galway to call on Mr.
QUAINT to learn from his lips, and from
the observation and testimony Of his
neighbors, if his alleged cure was a
fact or only an unfounded rumor. And
SO he drove to Galway and spent a dav
and night there in visiting Mr.. QUAINT,
getting his story and interviewing his
nelghbors and fellow-townsmen. 1t
may be 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 II miles from Sara.
toga Springs. Upon inquiry the resi-
dence Of Mr.. Charles A. QUAINT was
easily found, for everybody SEE ned to
know him, speak well Of HI and be
overlooking with surprise ana satisfac-
ton at his wonderful cure and restora-
ton to the activities OF euterprising cit
izenship, for Mr. Quant 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 a knock at the door it was
opened by q man who, in reply to an
qulry If Mr.. QUAINT lived there and was
at home, SAID: Il am Mr.. QUAINT. Will
you come in?' After a little general
and preliminary conversation. and after
ne 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
rlble sutferings, 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 cheerfullv
gave assent to its use for publication.
He said: My name is Charles A.
QUAINT. l am 81 years old. Twas born
IN the village of Galway, and, excepting
while travelling on business and a little
while in Amsterdam, have spent nv
whole life here. Ny wife is a native of
Ontario. Up to about eight years ago l
had never been sick and was then in
perfect health. was fully six feet tall.
weighed $50 pounds and was very
strong. For u years l was q travelling
salesman for a piano and organ COM
pany and had to do a great deal of
heavy lifting, got my meals very irrec-
ularly and slept in enough spare beds
IN country houses to freeze apv ordi-
nary man to death, or at least give him
the rheumatism. About eight Years
ago l began to feel distress in nv
stomach and consulted several doctors
about it. They all said it was dvspep-
STA, and for dyspepsia I 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 l continued to grow
gradually worse for four years. Then
began have pain in my back and legs
and became conscious that nv legs
were getting weak and my step un.
steady, and then l staggered when I
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.
ances could hear of, and spent hun.
dreds Of dollars for them, but they did
me no good. (Here MIR. QUAINT showed
the Journal reporter an electric suit of
underwear for which he paid SPA. In
the fall of 1883 the doctors advised a
change OF climate, so Invent to Atlanta.
"a, and acted as agent for the Estey
Organ Company. While there took a
thorough electric treatment. but it only
seemed to aggravate my disease, and
the only relief could get from the
sharp and distressing pains was to take
morphine. The pain was so intense at
times that it seemed as though l could
not stand it, and l almost longed for
death as the only certain relief. In
September OF 1883 my legs gave out en-.
tlrely and my left eye was drawn to one