The Opelousas courier., 1892-06-11
A SARATOGA 90. MIRACLE.
HELPLESS FOR YEARS AND Elk.
CLUDED FROM HOSPITALS
AS INCURABLE.
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Albany, N. Y. Journal, March 18th.
SARATOGA, March 11th.-For some time
past there have been reports here and else.
where in Saratoga County Of a most remark
able-indeed, SO remarka lie as to be miracu'
lous-cure of a most severe case of locomotor
~ataxia, or creeping 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 tie 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 utterly 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, miraculous cure
was so great that the Evening journal re-
porter thought it worth his while to go to
Galway to call on Mr.. QUAINT, to learn from
his lips, and from the observation and testi-
monY Of his %neighbors, il his alleged cure
was a 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-townsmeI. It may be
proper to say that Galway is a pretty little
village of about 400 people, delightfully."-
located near the centre of the town
Of Galway, in Saratoga County, and
Upon inquiry the residence Of Mr..
Charles A. QUAINT was easily found, for
everybody seemed to know him, speak well of
him, and to be overfowing with surprise and
satisfaction at his wonderful cure n restor-
alton to the activities of e~nterprising citi-
zenship, for Mr.. QUAINT was born in Galway
and had spent most of his life there. Mr..
QUAINT was found at his pretty home, on a
pleasant street nearly opposite the academy.
In response to a knock at the door it was
OF ened by a man who, in replyto an INQUIRY
If Mr.. QUAINT lived there and was at home,
said: Il am Mr.. QUAINT, Will you come inP'
After a little general and preliminary CONVEX
sation, and after he had been apprised 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 sufferings, and of the Intellectual
treatment be had had, and of his final cure
by the use of Or. Williams's Pink Pills for
Pale People, and oheerfully gave assent to
its use for publication. He said: my name
is Charles A. QUAINT. | am 81 years old. L
was born in the village of Galway, and. ex-
cepting while travelling on business and a
little 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
1870 pounds and was very strong. For twelve
years | was a travelling salesman for q piano
and organ company and had to do, or at least
did do, a great deal of heavy lifting, got my
meals very ~irregularly and slept in enough
spare beds in country houses to freeze any
ordinary mant to deaths or atleast give him the
rheumatism. About eight years ago 1 began
to feel distressed In my stomach and con-
suited several doctors about it. They all
said it was dyspepsia, and for dyspepsia I
was treated by various doctors In different
places, and took all the patent medicines |
could hear of that claimed to be a cure for
dyspepsia. But | continued to grow grad
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 | v 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 belts,
pads and all the many different kinds OF
electric appliances | could hear of, and 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 $124.) In the fall Of
1888 the doctors advised a change Of climate
so I vent TO Atlanta, Ca, and acted as agent
for the Estey Organ Company. While there
/ took a thorough electric treatment, but 1t
only seemed to aggravate my disease, and
the only relief | could get from the sharp
and distressing pains was to take NOR
phine. The pain was SO intense at times
that it seemed as though I could not stand
it, and | almost longed for death as the only
certain relief. In September of 1883 my
legs gave out entirely and my left eye was
drawn to one side, SO that l had
double sight and was dizzy. MY
trouble SO affected my whole nervous system
that | had to give up business. Then I re.
turned to New York and went to the Roose~
velt hospital. where for four months | was
treated by specialists and they pronounced
my case locomotor ataxia and inctirable.
After | had been under treatment by Prof.
Starr and DIR. Ware for four months, they
told me they had done all they could for me.
Then | went to the New York hospital on
Fifteenth street, where, upon examination,
they said / was incurable and would not take
me in. At the Presbyterian hospital they
examined me and told me the same thing.
In March, 1899, l was taken to st. Peters
hospital in Albany, where Prof. Ell. 81. 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 a trial
of Prot. Huns famous skill and / remained
Under his treatment for nine weeks. but Sc.
cured no benefit. All this TIME I had been
growing worse. ] had become entirely
paralyZed from my waist down and had
partly lost control of my hands. The pain
was terrible; my legs felt as though they
were freezing and my stomach would not re-
tam food, and fell away to 100 pounds.
In the Albany hospital they put IL big
pufns on my back one day with red hot
irons, and after a few days they put II
more burns on and treated me with cleo
tF1clty, but | got worse rather than better:
lost control OF my bowels and water, and
advice OF the doctor, who said there
was no. hope for me. I was brought home.
where IL was thought that death would soon
come to relieve me of my sufferings. Last
September, whilein this helpless and suffer.
ing condition, q friend of mine in Hamilton.
Ont., called my attention to the statement
OF one John Marshall, whose case had been
similar to my own, and who had been cured
by the use Of DR.. Williams's Pink Pills for
Pale People,
In this case Mr.. Marshall, WHO'S a promi-
nent member of the Royal Templars OF
temperance, had after four years of con-
feaatment by the most eminent Cana
dian III yslcians been pronounced incurable,
and was paid the $1,000 total disability claim
allowed by the order in such cases. Some
months after Mr.. Marshall began a courseof
treatment with DIR. Williams's Pink Pills,
after taking some is boxes was fully re.
stored tohealth.
"A thought would try them, and my wife
sent for two boxes of the pills and 1 took
them according to the directions given on
5he wrapper on each box. For the first few
LAYS the cold baths ware pretty severe. as I
SO very weak, but I continued to follow
ag tn taking tina mills and froat-