The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-04-08
AsARAIoGA co. MIRACLE.
Helpless for Years and Excluded
from Hospitals as Incrable.
The Remarkable Experience OF Charles
QUAINT rs Investigated by an Albany
N. W Journal Reporter
Story Of Surprising Interest.
1A,barr q. y Journal. March 4th.l


severe case of locomotor ataxia, or creep
ing paralysis, simply by the use OF
popular remedy known as Pink Pills
for Pale People" prepared and put up
bythe Dr. Williams Medicine Company,
Norristown, n. Y, and Brockville. 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 ut
ferlv 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, miracu-
lous cure was so great that the Evening
Journal reporter thought it worth his
while to 90 to Galway to call on Mr..
QUAINT to learn from his lips, and from
the observation and testimony of his
neichbors, If his alleged cure was
fact or only an unfourded rumor. And
so he drove to Galway and spent day
and night there in visiting Mr.. QUAINT,
getting his story and interviewing his
neighbors and feilow-townsmen. 1t
NAV be proper to say that Galway IS
pretty little village OF about 400 people,
DELIGHTFULLY."- located near the center
of the town of Galway, in Saratoga
county, and about Il miles from Sara
toga Springs. Upon inquiry the resi-
dence of AIr. Charles A. QUAINT was
easily found. for every body seemed to
know him, speak well of him. and be
overlooking with surprise and satisfac-
ton at his wonderful cure and restOra-
ton t. the activities of enterprising cit
izenship, Tor Mr. QUAINT was born in
Galway and had spent most Of his
life there Mr.. QUAINT was found
at his pretty home, on q pleasant street
nearly opposite the academy. In re-
Spouse 10 a knock at the door it was
opened by a man who, in reply to an
quiry If Mr.. QUAINT lived there and was
at home. said: Il am Mr.. QUAINT. Win
you come imp After a little general
and preliminary con versation. 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
rible su1Terings, and of the Intellectual
treatment he had had, and of his final
cure bv the use of DR.. Williams Pink
Pills for Pale People, and cheerfully
gave assent to its use for publication.
He said: My name is Charles A.
QUAINT. am So years old. was born
in the village of Galway, and, excepting
viii c travelling on business and little
while in Amsterdam, have spent my
whole life here. Ny 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 feettall,
weighed $50 pounds and was very
strong. For Is years l was travelling
salesman for piano and organ COM
pany and had to do a great deal of
heavy lifting, got my meals very irreg-
ularly and slept in enough spare beds
in country houses to freeze any ordi-
nary man to death, or at least give him
the rheumatism. About eight years
ago I began to feel distress in nv
stomach and consulted several doctors
about It. They all said it was dyspep-
STA. and for dyspepsia / was treated by
various doctors in different places. and
took all the patent medicines l could
hear Of that claimed to be a cure for
dyspepsia. But / continued to grow
gradually worse for four years. Then
began have pain in ny back and legs
and became conscious that nv legs
were getting weak and my step I'M
steady. and then 1 staggered when I
walked. Having received no benefit
from tie use Of patent medicines. and
feeling that I WIS constantly growing
worse, I then, upon advice, began the
Use Of electric bets. pads and all the
many different kinds OF electric appli-
ances I could hear OF. and spent hun
drcds of dollars for them, but they did
me 70 good. there Mr.. QUAINT showed
the Journal reporter an electric suit of
underwear for which he paid SEA. In
the fall of ISIS the doctors advised
change of climate, 50 went to Atlanta,
Ga, 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 / could
not stand it, and l almost longed for
death as the only certain relief. In
September of 1855 my legs gave out en-
ti-ely and my left eye was drawn to one
side, so that had double sight and was
dizzy. Ny trouble so affected my
to give up business. Then l re-
turned TO New York and went
TO the Roosevelt hospital, where for
four months l was treated by specialists
and they pronounced my ease locomotor
at3xia and incu-able. After ! had been
under treatment by Prof Starr and DR..
War for feur months, they told me they
had done all they could for me. Then
went to the New York hospital on Fiji
teenth street, where, upon examination.
they said was incurable and would not
take me in. At the Presbyterian hospi-
tai they examined me and told me the
same thing. Ia March, 1880, Twas
taken 10 St. Peters hospital in ALBANY,
where Prof. II. II. Hun frankly told my
wife nv case was hopeless; that he
could do nothing for me and that she
had better take ne hack home and save
my money. But wanted to make trial
Of Prof. Huns famous skill and re-
naincd under his treatment for nine
weeks: but secured no benefit All
this time l had been growing worse.
had become entirely paralyzed from
my waist down and had partly lost con-
Sroi Of Hy hands. The pain was ter
-ible; my legs felt as though they were
Freezing and my stomach would not re-
tain food. and l fell away to 10 pounds.
an the Albany hospital they put Il big
burns on nv back one day with red-hot