Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1892-03-30
A SARATOGA co. MIRACLE.
HELPLESS FOR YEARS AND EX.
CLUDED FROM HOSPITALS
AS 1NCURABLE.

AS 1NCURABLE.
TEE RExARKABLE EXPERIENCE OF CHAs.
QUAINT AS INVESTIGATED BY AN AL
BANY On. " JOURNAL REPORT
ERA STORY OF SUR
PASSING INTEREST.
Albany, n. Y. Journal March 18th.
SARATOGA, March 1fth-For some time
past there have been reports here and else
where in Saratoga County of a most remark
able-lndeed, SO remarka lie as to be miracu-
lous-cure of a most severe case OF loconotor
ataIia, or creeping paralysis, simply by the
use of a popular remedy known Pink
Pllls for Pale People" prepared and put up
by the DR.. Williams Medicine Company,
Morristown, n. Y, and Brockville, Ont
The story was TO the effect that Mr.. Chas
A. QUAINT, Of Galway. who for the last siI
or eight years has been a great sufferer from
creeping paralysis and its attendant ills and
who had become utterly powerless of all
self-hep. had by the use OF few boxes OF
the Pink Pills for Pale People, been fully
restored to health 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 observatio and testi-
inony Of his neighbors, IL his alleged cure
was AdtA VI OuAl uulOuuucI
An so he drove TO Galway and spent a day
and night there in visiting Mr.. QUAINT,
getting his story and interviewing his
neighbors and feilow-townsmeu. 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 ths residence of Mr..
Charles A. QUAINT was easily found. for
everybody seemed 10 know him, speak well OF
him, and to be overfowing 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 a knock at the door it was
o ened by man who, in reply to an inquiry
il Mr.. QUAINT lived there and was at home
said: II am Mr. QUAINT. Will you come inY'
After a little general and preliminary CONVEX
"a ton, and after he had been apprised OF the
object for which the Journal reporter had
called upon him, ne, at request told the
story of himself ana OF his sickness and
terrible sufferings and of the Intellectual
treatment he had had. and of his final curs
Iy the use of DR.. Williams's Pink Pills for
Pale People, and cheerfully gave assent to
its use for publication. He said: my name
is Charles A. QUAINT. / am 81 years old. 1
was born in the village Of Galway. and, ex-
cepting while travelling on business and
little while In Amsterdam, have spent nv
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. l was fully six feet tall, weighed
$50 pounds and was very strong. For twelve
years | was travelling salesman for piano
and organ company and had TO do, or at least
did do, great deal of heavy lifting, got my
meals very iTregularly and slept In enou n
spare beds in country houses TO freeze any
ordinary man to death, or at least give hun the
rheumatism. About eight years ago / began
10 feel distressed IN my stomach and con-
suited several doctors about it. They all
said IL was dyspepsia, and for dyspepsia L
was treated by various doctors in different
places, and took all the patent medicines |
could hear of that claimed to be cure for
dyspepsia. But | continued TO grow grad
uslly worse for four years. Then l began
TO have pain in my back and legs and beca ne
conscious that my legs were getting weak
and my step unsteady. and then | staggered
when 1 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 l could hear of, ami spent
hundreds of dollars for them, but they did
me no good. Here Mr.. QUAINT showed the
journal reporter an electric suit OF unueT-
wear for which he paid S124l In the tall OF
lSSS tns doctors dONlSela q C1duEe Oh china
SO / went TO Atlanta, Ga, and acted as agent
for the Estey Organ Company. While there
l took thorough electric treatment, but 1t
only seemed to aZgravate my disease, and
the only relier l could get from the sharp
and distressing pains was to take NOR
phIne. he pain was so intense at times
that II seemed as though / could not stand
it, and | almost longed for death as the only
certain relief. In September OF 1883 my
Legs gave out entirely and my left eye was
drawn TO one side, so tnat had
double sight and was dizzy. Ny
trouble so affected my whole nervous system
that l 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 ataNis and incurable.
After ! 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 | went to the New York hospital on
Fifteenth street, where, upon examination,
they said | was incursoie and would not take
me in. At the Presbyterian hospital they
examined me and told me the satns thing
In March, lS9I | was taken TO st. Peters
hospital in A lbanY, where Prof. H. 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 home and sdve
my money. But | wanted to make trial
of Prof. nuns famous sKiIl and / remained ,
under his treatment for nine weeks, but So
cured no benefit. All this time l had been
grow ng worse. l had become entirely
paralyZed from my waist down AMI hal
partly lost control of my hands The pain
was terrible; my legs felt though they
were freezing and my stomach would not re-
tain food, and fell away 10 l2J pounds
In the Albany hospital they put Il big
burns on my back one day with red hot
irons, and after a few days they put Ii
more burns on and treated me with cleo
trIcity, but 1 got worse rather than better
lost control OF my bowels and water, AMI
upon advice of the doctor who said there
was no hope for me, | was brought home,
where it was thought that death would soon
come to relieve me of my sutferings. Last
September, while in this helpless and suffer.
ing condition, a friend of mine in Hamilton,
Ont, called my att antion TO the statement
Of one John Marshall, whose case had been
similar to my own, and who had been cured
by the use OF DR. "iiiams's Pink Pills for
Pale People.
''In this case Mr.. Marshall, who is promi-
had after four years OF con-
slant treatment by the most eminent Cana
dian physicians been pronounced inccsSoe D
and was paid the $1,000 total disability saim
allowed by the order in such cases Some
months after Mr.. Marshall began a course OF
treatment with DR.. Willams's Pink Pills,
and after taking some IS boxes was fully re-
stored TO health.
Il thought would try them, and my wife
sent for two boxes of the pills and l took
them according to the directions given on
the wrapper on each box. For the first few
lays the cold baths were pretty severe, as
was so very weak, but continued TO follow
as to taking the pills and treat
nent, and even before I had used up the
two boxes of pills l began to feel beneficial
effects from them. My pains were not so
bad; l felt warmer; my head felt better;
my food began TO relish and agree with me:
could straiZhten up; the feeling began TO