Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1892-05-14
IT'D SARATOGA MIRACLE
Y,uther Investigated by IN NIX
press Reporter.


4 .few weeks ago an article appeared IN
~ paper copied from the Albany, =. =.
giving the particularly ohoo. so
uoGt remarkable cures OF the 1ssn century
- .rticle was under the heading a sara
- 70 MIRACLE. and excited such wide
.rre.d comment that another Albany paper
- ExureGs-detailed . ropogeer TO maze
. x1rronrh investagationsof tho statenens
.nneoriSk In Abe JousoarS area0Ae - Inc I
fscta ~ ELECTED by the Express reporter
~ given in the following article, whicn
......red In TINT paper on April 10Th, and
makes one OF the most Interesting s'0Eics
ever related
few weeks ago there was published in,
ehe Albany Evening journal the story OF q
most remarkable-indeed so remarkaole Us
"a we'll Justify the term ''miraculous'-cufe
Of q severe case of locomotor ataxia, or
creeping paralysis; simply by the use OF
PINK Pills for Pale People, and, in comph-
ance with instfuctio6s, IN Express reporter
has been devotipg some time In critical
Investigation OF the real facts OF the case
The story OF the wonderful cure OF
Charles A. QUAINT of Galway, Saratoga
county, N. Y, a. first told In sIne Jour
ma, has been copied INTO nuhorsus no'
thousands of other daily and weekly news
napers and haa created such sensation
THROUGHOUT the entire country that 1t was
deemed . duty due all the people ana es-
Decjally the thousands Of similarly athictea,
fhat the statement OF the case n IL ;mtn AZ 40
many other newspapers should, If true, be
verified; or, il false, exposed as an IMPOSE
ton upon public crednlity., -..r,. n.
veetiuations authorizes him in saying that
the story OF Charles A. Quants cure OF 10
comotor ataxia by the use OF r,n ,.e,a .nd LII
and put up by the DIR. Williams Medicine
Company, Morristown. n. Y, and BROOK
vile, Onario, IS TRUE, and tna ", an ,a ms
statements are not only. justified put YER
ifled BY the fuller development OF Inc 1ur-
Their fac,s of the CASE 49,.
Perhaps the readers OF the sxpress a.e
not All d them fully familiar Win the oe-
tails of this miraculous restoration 70
health Of man who after weeks AnI
months Of treatment by the most s ~ .,sa
doctors in two of the best hospitals In tue
state OF New York-the Roosevelt hospital
in New York city and st: refer hosPi "a
In Albany-was dismissed from each as IN ~,
curah le and because the case was deemed
incurable, the man was denied admission
Into several others to which application was
made in his behalf. The story ns to h oy
Mr. QUAINT himself and pupiisneo III tne al
bapy Journal, is rs follows ~
sNy name is Charles A. QUAINT am "
years old. was born in the village OF Gai-
yway and excepting while travelling on pusl-
ness and q little while In Amsterdam, nave
spent nv whole life here. Up to about eignt
wears ago had never been sick and was
linen in perfect health. was fully six feet
tall. weighed $50 pounds and was very
strong. For IL years I was travelling
salesman for piano and organ company,
and had to DO or at least u,a no yeEH irresa
larlv and slept in enough spare beds In
country houses to freeze any ordinary man
to death, or at least give him the rheu ma,
tisn" About eight years ago began to feel
distress in NV stomach, and consulted sew
eral doctors shout it. They all said it was
dyspepsia and for dysG 9iisren, piaces and
TOOL, all the patent medicines could hear
Of that claimed to be cure for Dyspepsia.
But Continued to grG% TO- have pain
in my back and legs and became onscloue
that my legs were getting weak ana my
step unsteady, and then stagSeneus WIEN frn,a
the use of patent medicines, ana 1celhS
that l was constantly growing worse, !
then, upon advice, began the use OF eiec.r cur
belts pads and all the many different KINDS
of electric appliances l could hear OF, ano
spent hundreds OF dollars for them, but
they did me no good. here Mr. Qua ,i,
Of underwear, for which he paid Sl24,. IN
the fal of 1888 the doctors advised u change
of climate, so l went to Atlanta, ia. ana
acted AS agent for the Estey Organ Com
pany While there took thorough cleo
trio treatment, but it only seemed to agra,
vate my disease, and the only RELIEF could
get from the sAarp and distressing pains
was to take morphine. The pain was so In.
tense at times that it seemed as though l
could not stand it, and almost longed Tor
Der of 1888 my legs gave out entirely and
my left eye was drawn to one side, 50 that
had double sight and was dizzy. MY
trouble SO affected my whole nervous sys-
tenn that had TO give up business. Then
returned to New York and went to the
Roosevelt hospital, where for four months
Twas treated by specialists ana .hey yd pro 10
durable. After had been under treatment
by Prof. Starr and DR.. Ware for four
5Se1 shsy n"a Then TO the
York hospital on Fifteenth street, where
upon examination, they said was incur
able and would not take me In. AZ tne
Presbyterian hospital they examined me
and told me the same thing: In March
1890, 1 was taken to st Peters hospital N
Albany, where Prof. II. II. Hun frankly tolo
nv wife my case was hopeless; that ne
could do noshing for me and that she had
better take me back home and save my
money But / wanted to make a trial OF
Prof. Huns famous skill and renamed
under his treatment for nine weeks, but Sc
cured no benefit. All this time had been
growing worse. / had become entirely par
" loat control OF. my hands. The pain waa
terrible; my legs felt as though they wert
Pressing and my stomach would not Iets Al
Albany hospital they put u big burns OF
my back one day with red hot irons ant
after few days they put IA more burns OF
worse rather than better; lost control o
my bowels and water, and, upon advice o
the doctor, who said there was no nope 10
me. / was brought home, where it wa
Thought that death would soon come to re
lieve me of my sufYerines: Last September
while in this helpless and suffering condl
tion. a friend OF mine in Hamilton, Ont
called nv attention to the statement OF on
John Marshall, whose case had been sin
fIar to my own, and who had been cured b
the use Of DR. williams Pink Pills for Pal
People In this case Mr. Marshall, who
prominent member Of the Royal TemplaI
Of temperance, had, after four years
hv
Canadian physicians; been pronounced II
durable, and paid the 81 900 total disahift
claim allowed by the order in such case
Some months after Mr.. Marshall began
course of treatment with DIR. William
Pink Pills, and after taking some is box
was fully restored to health. 1 Thought
would try them, and my wife sent for tv
boxes OF the pills. and took them accor
ing TO ths directions on the wrapper {