St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-05-14
A SARATOGA co. MIRACLE.
-'i.t>> FOR YEARS AND Ex.
DED FROM HOSPITALS
As lNCURABlE.
lie REMARKABLE EXPERIENCE or Cu.s
QUAINT AS INVESTIGATOR nv AN 4,
BANY On. " JOURNAL REPORT
ERA STORY OF SUR
PASSING INTEREST.

Lh-A STORY OF SUR
PASSING INTEREST
Albany, N. Y. journal, March 10Th
SARATOGA, March 1Ith.--For some tim
P1So Uitfe nave been reports here and else
where Ill Saratoga Ounty of a most ran,,rl
ape-lndced, 50 remarka lp rs to he ,nir,rn
lolS-cure OF a most severe o. So of Ioconr,+n,
a'aXla, or creeping paralysis, simply bt tn,
use OF a popular remedy known as t:pjnl
rms Tor Iale People, prepared and put mr.
ny the DR.. Williams Medicine Company
MorrlstoWn, n. Y, and Brock Vile Ont
he story was to the effect that Mr. Chas
"A. QUAINT, of Galway, who for the last 81 Y
or eight years has been a great sufferer from
creeping paralysis and its attendant ills. and
VINO mad become utterly poweress OF all
seiL-nelp, had, by the 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
| Inc tame of this wonderful miraculous cure
was SO great that the Evening Journal re-
porter thought it worth his while to 90 to
HalWay TO call on Mr.. QUAINT, to learn from
| MS ups ana from the observation and testi-
mony or bis nel9hbors, il his alleged cure
was a TACT or only an unfOunlcl rrnor
| ana so he drove to Galway AMI spent a dav
ana night there in visiting Mr.. Ouant
| gettihg his story and interviewing his
| nelghbors and teIlow-tOwnsmen 1t NAV ba
| proper to say that Galway is a pretty little
village OF about 400 people, delightfully."-
| located near the centre of the town
| or Galway, in Saratoga County. and
ABOUT IL miles from Saratoga Springs.
| Upon inquiry the residence of Mr.
Charles A. QUAINT was easily found for
everybody seemed to know him, speak well of
MN, and to be Overlooking with surprise and
satisfaction at his wonderful cure and restor-
ation TO Tue activities of enterprising cti-
zenshlp, for Mr.. QUAINT was born in Galway
and had spent most of his life there. Mr..
Vuaht was founu at his pretty home, on
pleasant street nearly opposite the academy.
In response to a knock at the door it was
Of ened by man who, in reply to an inquiry
II MIR. QUAINT lived there ami was at home
said: Il am Mr.. QUAINT, Will you come iny'
Alter little general and preliminary CONVEX
sauon, 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 sufferlngs and Of the Intellectual
treatment he had had, and of his final cure
by the use of Or. Wiams's Pink Pills for
Pale People, and cheerfuIly gave assent to
Its use for publication. He SAID: MY name
is Charles A. QUAINT. | am 81 years Old. |
was born i'll the village OF Galway, and. ex-
cepting While travelling on business and a
llttle While III 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 |
loO pounds and was very strong. For twelve |
years was travelling salesman for piano |
ana organ company and had to do, or at least |
did do, a great deal of heavy lifting, got NV |
meals very lrregularly ami slept in enough
spare beds III country houses to freeze any
ordinary man to death, or at least give him the
rheumatism. About eight years ago began
to feel distressed IN my stomach and con-
suited several doctors about it. They all
SAID IL was dyspepsia and tor GySIC-sie [
was treatcdby various doctors il different
places, and took all the patent medicines [
could hear Of that claimed to be cure for
dyspepsia. But continued to grow grab
ually worse for four years. Then | began
to have pain in my back and legs and became
conscious that my legs were getting 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 o. electric belts |
l'ads and all the many different kinds OF
electric appliances | could hear Of an spent
hundreds OF dollars for them, but they did
me no good. Here Mr.. QUAINT showed the
Journal reporter an electric suit of under
wear for which he paid S134) In the fall of
1888 the doctors adviseda change of climate
80 went TO Atlanta, Ga, and acted as agent
or the Eotey Organ company. While there
took thorough electric treatment but it
)nly seemed TO assravate my disease, and
he only relief could get from the sharp
and distressing pains was to take NOR
1hlne. The pain was so intense at times
hat it seemed us though | could not stand
t. and L almost longed for death as the only |
certain rellef. In September of 1888 my !
egs gave out entirely and my left eve was
rawn to one side, SO that l had
ouble sight and was dizzy. My
rouhle so aHectelmy whole nervous system
hat had to give up business. Then | re {
urncd to New York and went to the Roose- ,
cit hospital, where for tour months was
reated by specialists and they pronounced
ny case lCcomotor ataxia and ncurable
Alter had been under treatment by Prof s
tarr and DIR. Ware for four months, they ,
old me they hal done all they could for me-
hen went to the New York hospital on
fifteenth street where, upon examination, |
hey said was incurahle and would not take 7
lie IN. AT the Presbyterian hospital they
me and told me the same thing. :
II Marcn, 1880, ! was taken to st. Peters {
ospltal III Albany, where Prof. II. H. Hun i
'ankly told my wife my case was hopeless; ,
nat he could do nothing for me and that
lie had better take me hack home and save q
" money. But wanted to make trial /
[ Prof. Huns famous skill and | reman.e, h
Ihier his treatment for nine weeks but 50. -
lred no benefit. All this time | had be en- /
rowing worse. | had become entirely S
arayzed from my waist down and had e
rtiy lost control OF my hands The pain Il
as Terrible my legs felt as though they =
ere freezing and my stomach would not re- J.
I'm TODD, and fell away to 13D pounds II
the Albany hospital they put II big II
lrns on my back one day with red hot 4,
ons, and after few DAYS they put IA u
ore burns on and treated me with cleo Ii
lefty, but got worse rather than better. n
ST control OF my bowels and water. and =,
ION advice of the doctor, who said there %
rs no hope for me, | was brought home e.
here 1t was thought that death would soon ii
me 10 relieve me OF my sufferings Last ~
ptenl5er, while in this helpless and suffer =,
condltlon a friend Of mine in Hamilton, u
IT., called my attention to the statement II
one John Marshall, whose case had been "
nliar to Hiy own, and who hal be. n curel !,
the use of DR.. Wiiamss Pink Pills for u
lie People ii
In this case Mr.. Marshall, who is promi- :.
Mt member of the Royal Tempiars of -,
importance, had after four year, of con- W
mt treatment by the most eminent Cana 1t
m physicians been pronounced incurabc. W
was paid the $1,000 total disability claim sr
owed by the order III such cases. Some -, -
nths after Mr. Marshall began a course Of III
atment with Dr. Williams's Pink Pills, eS
aiter taking some Is boxes was fully re- pe
red to health /
1 thought would try them and my wife
t Tor two boxes of the pills and [ took
III according to the directions given on
wrapper on each box. For the first few
rs the cold baths were pretty severe, as |
5 so very weak, but | continued to follow
Fructlons as to taking the pills and treat to
Mt, and even before | hal used I'D the ,-r
/ n lie H., II