St. Landry democrat., 1892-06-18
THE SARATOGA MIRACLE
FURTHER INVESTIGATED BY AN EA-
PRESS REPORTER.

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-1HE MOST vi Ai'' EhoO9 0A"N
IN THE HISTORY OF MEDI-
CAR, Science.
A few weeks ago an artlcle appeared L
this paper copied from the Albany, n. Y.
To,,,,oI ,,i,,ir,, tbo ,,articu!ars of one of fiji
' n ,o.,- .-
most renharkaole cures VI '''o l''h ceutu'y
The article was under tho heading -
Sorafora Co. MiracIeo ami excited suci
,,,i1oe,,.ool ,,,,,,,e,t that arotlo. Alh,,,
pepel-the EAPfeSS--'tcUAii reporter L
make thorough investigation Of the state
ments appearing III the Journals article
The facts as elected 10y the Express reDorte
are given in the following article, which az
peared i'll that paper on April l6tn, am
makes one o. the most interesting sto.lc
ever related:
A few weeks ago there was published il
the Albany Evening Journal the story OF d
most remarkable-lndeej 81 remarkable as
to well justify the term ''IniraculOu,'-c
of a severe case of locOmotor ataxfa, or
creeping paralysis, SIMPLY by the Use OF
Pink Pills for fae People, and, IN comply
ance with instructions, an Express reporter
has been deVotln9 some Time III "a critical
investigation OF the real IactS OF the case
The story OF the wonderful cure OF Charles
a. tluant, OF ''alWay, saratoga county,
N. l., as nfst toll Ill Inc Joufnal, mas
beeh copied INTO huldrei5 il not thonSanls
OF oUhef nai'y ana weekly newspapers ana
mas created such a sensation throughout the
entire country that 1t was deemed duty
due all the people, and especially the thou
SANDS OF similarly an cte1, that the state
mentS OF the case as made III the Albany
journal, anu copied INTO 50 many other
newspapers should, II tlue, De VelIilei; or,
IL raise, exposed as an imposition upon public
creduilty'
ne result OF the Express reporter 5 IN
Vestlgatlons authoIlAeS MN IN saying That
the story OF Charles A. Quants cure OF
,"c"fno'or a'aHha ny Tue Use OF RINK rms
lor fale feofle, popular remedy prepared
ana pun up ny tn7 1T. liIanl' Metlcle
company, MorIistoWn y. Y, ana brock
NHe' chlaflo, 10 liIC II, am that All It's
statements are not only justine put VerlfleI
py me iulief deFeiOPhlehI OIL the lufther
IaCls OF the case.
ferhaps the readers OF the Express are
uoG an VI tLenl luliy lahilllaf WIN tie ue-
tals Vi Ihis miraculous restoration 10 heaiti
VI d Iii'ih ~llo alIei VEGAS tlli 1llohIhS ot
treatment ny lhe most 9NL'lIi doctors III
Two Vi tile peSC hospitals III me 'oCaGe Oh lev
1orh-t1e a. hO9Se'eII Inosl'ital III new YORK
, Uvy f ~ f &c. iapspo"; III Aip1hy
"0o ui'liii0ee' i'iii Vt''i as i"|"' au,o an"
s pecause Ilie case was ueellle! ihcurapIe, ttle
90 my Se'ei d: otn
half. The story AS told by Mr.. QUAINT him
self and published in the Albany journal. is
as follows:
'My name is Charles A. QUAINT; | am 81
years old; | was born in the village of Gal.
way and excepting while travelling on bust
ness and little while i'll Amsterdam, have
spent nay whole lite here. 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 - wears was travelling sales
man for piano and organ company, and
had to do, or at least did do, great deal of
heavy lifting, got mymeals very lrreeularly
and slept in enough spare beds in coun-
try houses to freeze an ordinary man to
death, or at least give him the rhellma-
tism. About eight wears ago | began to
feel distress i'll my stomach and consulted
several doctors about it. They all said it
was dyspepsia, and for dyspepsia | was
treated by various doctors in different
places, and took all the patent medicines |
could hear of that clameI to be cure for
dyspepsia. But l continued to grow grad.
ually worse for four years. Then | began
to have pam i'll my back and legs and be-
came 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 L was constantly growing
worse, then, upon advice, began the use o.
electric belts, pads and all the many different
KINDS OF electric appliances L could hear OF,
ana spent hundreds OF dollars Ioi, them, tut
they dld me no good. tIere Mr.. QUAINT
showed the journal reporter an electric suit
or underwear, for winch he paid $l24.1 In
the tall OF 1888 the doctors advised c1ange
OF climate, SO l went to Atlanta, Ga, and
acted as agent Tor the EStey Organ Com
pany. WINE There took a thorough cleo
trlc treatment, but 1t only emed to agra
Vate my disease, ana the only relief L could