Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1892-04-15
A Saratoga Co. Miracle
HELPLESS FOR YEARS AND Ex-
CLUDED FROM HOSPITALS
AS INCURABLE-
Tho Remarkable Experience of Chas
puant ms Investigated by an Albany
IN. ~ journal Reporter-A
Story OF Surprising
Interest.

case OF locomotor ataxia, or creeping
paralysis, simply by the use of a popu-
lar remedy known as "Pink Pills for
Pale people," prepared and put up by
the DIR. Williams Medicine company,
Morristown, N. Y. and Rockville, Ont.
The story was to the effect that Mr..
Charles 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 be-
come utterly 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, miraculous cure was so
great that the Euertn0 Journal
reporter thought it worth his while to
go to Galway to call on Mr.. QUAINT, to
learn from his lips, and from the obser-
walton and testimony of his height ors,
II his alleged cure was fact or only
an unfounded rumor. And so he drove
to Galway and spent day and 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 pretty little
village of about 400 people, de.
lightfully located near the center of the
town of Galway, in Saratoga county, and
about seventeen 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 him and to be over
flowing with surprise and satisfaction
Mt his wonderful cure and restoration
to the activities of enterprising citizen
ship, for Mr.. QUAINT was born in Galway
and had spent most of his life there.
Mr. QUAINT was found at his pretty
home, on pleasant street nearly OPP.
posite the academy. In response
to knock at the door it was
opened by man who, In reply to an
inquiry If Mr.. QUAINT lived there and
was at home, said ~ am Mr.. QUAINT.
VIII you come in?" After a little gen.
eral 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 terrible sufferings, and of the in
etfcctual treatment he had had, and Of
his final cure by the use of DR.. Williams
Pink Pills for Pale People, and cheer
fully gave assent to its use for publica-
ton. lie said; "My name is Charles
A. QUAINT. am 81 years old. | was
born in the village of Galway, and, ex-
ceptng 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 | never had been sick
and was then in perfect health. l was
fully six feet tall, weighed 1870 pounds
and was very strong. For l2 years l
was travelling salesman for a 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 coun-
try houses to freeze any ordinary man
to death, or at least give him the
rheumatism. About eight years ago l
began to feel distress in my stomach
and consulted several doctors about it.
They all said it was dyspepsia, and for
dyspepsia | was treated by various doc
tors in different places, and took all
the patent medicines ! could hear of
that claimed to be cure for dyspe psia.
But l continued to grow gradually
worse for four years. Then began to
have pain in my back and legs and be-
came conscious that my legs were get
ting veal, and my step unsteady, and
then | staggered when l walked.
Having received no benefit from
the use of patent medicines, and
feeling that l was constantly growing
worse, l then, upon advice, began the
use of electric belts, pads and all the
many different kinds of electric appli-
ances | could hear of, and spent hun
dreds of dollars for them, but they did
me no good. Here Mr.. QUAINT showed
the journal reporter an electric suit OF
underwear for which he paid Spa In
the fall of 1883 the doctors advised
change of climate, so | went to Atlanta,
Ga, and acted as agent for the Estey
Organ company. While there took a
thorough electric treatment, but it 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 ut
times that it seemed as though / could
not stand it, and / almost longed for
death as the only certain relief. In
September of 1888 my legs gave out en-
tirely and my left eye was drawn to
one side, so that had double sight and
whole nervous system that | had 10
give up business. Then | returned to
New York and went to the Roosevelt
hospital, where for four months | was
treated by specialists and they pro-
Eouneed my case locomotor ataxia
and incurablc. 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 ex-
animation. they said was incurabls
and would not take me In. AZ .i,o
Presbyterian hospital they examined
me and told me the same thing. In
March, 1890, l was taken to St. Peters
hospital in Albany, where Prof ii. II.
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 trial of Prof.
Huns famous skill and | re-
manned under his treatment.
for, nine weeks. but secured no benefit
All this time had been growing worse
| had become entirely paralyzed from
my waist down and had partly lost con-
troll of my hands. The pain was terri
b. nv legs felt as though they were
Freezing and my stomach would not
petain food, and l fell away to 100
POUNDS. In the Albany hospital they
rut II big burns on my back one day
with red hot irons and after a few
days they put IA more burns on and
treated me with electricity, but l got
worse rather than better; lost control
OF my bowels and water, and upon
advice of the doctor, who said