The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1892-03-17
ASARATOGA 70. MIRACLE.
Helpless for Years and Excluded
nom Hospitals as Inourable.
VIII Remarkable Experience OF Charles
QUAINT as Investigated by IN Albany
(N. ~ journal Reporter "A
Story of Surprising Interest,"
tAreany IN. " Journal, March 4th.l


SARATOGA, March 4th. = For some
time past there have been reports here
and elsewhere in Saratoga county of q
most remarkable indeed, SO remark
able as to be miraculous-cure Of q most
severe case of locomotor ataxia, or creep
ing paralysis, simply by the use of a
popular remedy known as Pink Pills
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 six or eight years has been a great
sufferer from creeping paralysis and its
attendant ills, and who had become ut
terly powerless OF all'self-help, had, by
the use of 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 n
fact or only an unfounded rumor. And
SO he drove to Galway and spent a day
and a night there in visiting Mr.. QUAINT,
getting his story and interviewing his
neighbors 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 seemed to
know him, speak we'll of him, and be
overlooking with surprise and satisfac-
ton at his wonderful cure and restora-
ton to the activities of enterprising cit
izenship, for 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 to 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: II am Mr.. QUAINT. Will
you come inf" After q 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
rible sufferings, 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 cheerfully
gave assent to it's use for publication.
He said: my name is Charles A.
QUAINT. l am 81 years old. was born
in the village of Galway, and, excepting
while travelling on business and a little
while in Amsterdam, have spent my
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. / was fully six feet tall,
weighed $50 pounds and was very
strong. For 10 years l was a travelling
salesman for n 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 my
stomach and consulted several doctors
about it. They all said it was dyspep
STA, and for dyspepsia I was treated by
various doctors in different places, and
took all the patent medicines l coult
hear of that claimed to be a cure fol-
dyspepsia. But / continued to grow
gradually worse for four years. Thel
/ began have pain in my back and legs
and became conscious hat my legs
were getting weak and my step un
steady, and then i staggered when
walked. Having received no benefit
from the use of patent medicines, ant
feeling that l was constantly growing
worse, / then, upon advice, began the
use of electric belts, pads and all the
many different kinds of electric appli
ances I could hear of, and spent hun
dreds of dollars for them, but they die
me no good. Here MIR. QUAINT showed
the Journal reporter an electric suit O
underwear for which he paid S124). Ii
the fall of 1883 the doctors advised c
change of climate, so l went to Atlanta
Ga, and acted as agent for the Este,
Organ Company. While there / took
thorough electric treatment, but it only
seemed to ~aggravate my disease, ant
the only relief ] could get from tn,
sharp and distressing pains was to tax,
morphine. The pain was so intense a
times that it seemed as though l coul,
not stand it, and l almost longed TO
death as the only certain relief. il
September of 1888 my legs gave out en-
tirely and my left eye was drawn to on
side, so that had double sight and wa
dizzy. My trouble SO affected m,
whole nervous system that 1 ha,
to give up business. Then l re
turned to New York and wen
to the Roosevelt hospital, where TO
four months l was treated by specialist
and they pronounced my case locomoto
ataxia and incurable. After / had bee
under treatment by Prof. Starr and d.
Ware for four months, they told me the
had done all they could for me. Then
went to the New York hospital on Fl
teenth street, where, upon examination
they said l was incurable and would nj
take me in. At the Presbyterian hosp
tai they examined me ard told me IL
same thing. In March, 1890, l wa
taken to st. Peters hospital in Albany
where Prof. H. II. Hun frankly told m
wife my case was hopeless; that h
could do nothing for me and that sh
had better take me back home and say
my money. But I wanted to make a trii
of Prof. Huns famous skill and l r
manned under his treatment for mir
weeks; but secured no benefit. A
this time I had been growing wors