Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1892-03-24
A Saratoga Go. Miracle
HELPLESS FOR YEARS AND Ex-
CLuDED FROM HOSPITALS
AS lNCuRABLE.
rho Remarkable Experience of Chas,
QUAINT as Investigated by an Albany ,
IN. W journal Reportcr--A
Story OF Surprising
Interest.

SARATOGA, March i--for some time
past there have been reports here and
elsewhere in Saratoga county of most
remarkable indeed, SO remarkable rs
10 be miraculous OF u most severe
sase of locomotor utaxia, or creeping
paralysis, simply by the use of n popu-
lar remedy known as "Pink Pills FOR
Pale people, (" prepared and put up by
the DR. Williams Medicine company,
Morstown, n. y. and Broclville, Ont.
The story was to the effect that Mr..
Charles 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 be-
, come utterly powerless of all self-help,
had. by the use of n few boxes OF tho
Pink Pills for Pale People, been SO
fully restored to health MS to bo able
TO walk about the street without the
MD Of crutches, The fame of this
wonderful, miraculous cure was SO
great that the Erenina Journal
reporter thought IL worth his while To
go to Galway TO call on Mr.. Qunnt, to
learn from his lips, and from the obscr'
walton and testimony of his ncighbors,
IL his alleged cure was u fact or only
| nm unfoundcd rumor, Aud SO he drove
! TO Galway aud spent day and night
| there ia visiting Mr.. QUAINT, getting his
story and interviewing his neighbors
and fellow townsmen. IL may be proper
To say that Galway Is prctty'littlc
village of about 400 people, de-
t.,l,, r,,l L. hna nj nI
! town of Galway, in Saratoga courtyard
about seventeen miles from Saratoga
| Springs Upon inquiry, the residence
of MIR. Charles A, QUAINT WINS easily
| found, for everybody seemed TO know
him, speal, well of him and To be over
! flowing with surprise aud satisfaction
! at his wonderful cure and restoration
to the activities Of onterprising citizen
ship, for Mr., QUAINT was born inGnlwny
and had spent most of his life there
Mr.. QUAINT was found at his pretty
home, on pleasant street nearly OPP
posite the academy In response
| To u knock ut the door IL was
opened by u man who, in reply To an
Inquiry II Mr.. QUAINT lived There and
was at home, said: al am Mr. QUAINT.
| win Won come IMP" After II little gen
eral aud 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 terrible suflcrings, and Of the In.
! efrectual treatment he had had, and OF
| his final cure by the use of Dr. Williams
! Pink pills for Pale People, and cheer
! fully gave assent to it's use for publicn-
ton. lie said; "My name Is Charles
A. QUAINT. am ~ years old. was
born in the village Of Galway and, ex-
| cepting while travelling on business
and II little while In Amsterdam, have
spent my whole life here. My wife Is
I u native of Ontario. Up to about
eight years ago never had been sick
and was then In perfect health. ! was
| fully SIX feet tall, weighed $50 pounds
| and was very strong. For ~ years |
was travelling salesman for piano
! and organ company and had To do, or
4 ut least did do u great deal OF heavy
! lifting, got my meals very irregularly
/ and slept in enough spare beds In conn-
/ try houses TO freeze any ordinary man
/ TO death, or ut least give him the
rheumatism About eight years ago !
/ began TO feel distress in my stomach
and consulted several doctors about IL.
1 They all said IL was dyspepsia, and for
! dyspepsia was treated by various doe
tors In different places, and took al
i the patent medicines ] could hear Of
/ that claimed TO be cure for dyspepsia.
But | continued TO grow gradually
worse for four years Then began To
have pain in my back and legs and be-
came conscious that my legs were get
! ting weak and my step unsteady, 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 bolts, pads and all the
MANY different kinds Of electric nppli-
ances could hear Of, and spent huns
dreds OF dollars for them, but they did
| me no good UIere Mr.. QUAINT showed
the journal reporter an electric suit OF
underwear for which he paid Sl2i.) In
! the fall OF 1883 the doctors advised 70
change Of climate, so went To Atlanta,
un., and acted as agent for the Estey
Organ company. While there took y
thorough electric treatment, but IL only
seemed to aggravate my disease, ana the
only relief could get from the sharp
and distressing pains was to take NOR,
| phinc. The pain was SO intense at
! times that il seemed MS though ! could
not stand il, and | almost longcd for
death as the only certain relief In
September Of 1888 my legs gave out en-
tirely and my left eye was drawn to
one side, so that had double sight and
was dizzy. My trouble so effected my
whole nervous system that ! had 20
give up business. Then returned to
| New York and went to the Roosevelt
hospital, where for four months ] wal
treated by specialists and they pro,
nounced my case locomotor ataxia
and incurablc. After | had been
under treatment by Prof. Starr and DR.
Ware for four months, they told mo
they had done all they could for me.
Then went TO the New York hospital
on Fifteenth street, where, upon cx'
animation, they said was incurabla
and would not take me in. At tho
Presbyterian hospital they examined
me and told me the same thing. In
March, 1890, / was taken to ST. Peters
hospital in Albany, where Prof. ii. III.
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 save my money. But
| wanted to make trial OF Prof.
Huns famous skill and re-
NAMED under his treatment
for, nine weeks, but secured no benefit
All this time had been growing worst
had become entirely paralyzed from
my waist down and had partly lost con.
troll of my hands The pain was terri.
BILE; my legs felt as though they were
Freezing and my stomach would not
petain food, and / fell away to 100
tounds In the Albany hospital they
rut II big burns ON my back one day
with red hot irons and after few
days they put II more burns on and
treated me with electricity, but got
worse rather than better; lost control
of my bowels and water, and upon
advice of the doctor, who said
there was no hope for me, was
brought home, where 1t was thought
that death would soon come to relieve
me of my sufferings. Last September.
while in this helpless and suffering
condition, friend of mine in Hamil-
ton, Ont. called my attention to the
! statement of one John Marshall. whose