Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-04-08
SARATOGA co. MIRACLE
HELPLESS FOR YEARS AND Ex-
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Tile Remarkable Experience of Chas.
QUAINT as Investigated by an Albany N.
NJ journal lteporter-A story Of Sur.
passing Interest.

Tie remarkable Experience OF ChaSs
QUAINT as Investigated by an Albany ~.
W journal lteporter-A story of Sur.
passing Interest.
ALBANY. N. Y. Journal, March Al
SARATOGA. March 4.-For some time
past there have been reports here and
elsewhere in Saratoga County Of a most
remarkablc-indeed, so remarkable as
to be miraculous-cure of a most severe
case of locomotor ataxia, or creeping
paralysis, simply by the use of a popu-
lar remedy known us ..Pink Pills for
Pale People,, prepared and put up by
the DIR. Williams Medicine Company.
Morristown. n. V. and Brockville, Ont.
The story was to the effect that Mr..
Charles A.. QUAINT of Galway, WHO for
the last six or eight years has been q
and its attendant ills and who had be-
come utterly powcrless of all self-hclp,
had, by the use of u few boxes of the
Pink Pills for Pale People, becn 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
Ercning J0arral reporter thought it
worth his while to go to Galway to call
on MIR. QUAINT. to learn from his lips,
and from the observation and testimony
OF his n%cighbors, if his alleged cure was
u fact or only an u%nfounded IN
And SO he drove to Galway and spent u
daY and u night there in visiting Mr..
QUAINT, getting his story, and interviews
ing his neighbors and fellow-townsmen.
l: nay be proper to say that Galway is
a pretty little village of 400 people, de-
lightfully located near the center of the
own of Galway, in Saratoga County,
and about seventeen miles from Sara
toga Springs. Upon inquiry, the resi-
dencc of Mr.. Charles A. QUAINT was cas-
lily found, for every nj seemed to know
him, speak we'll of HIM, and to be v
flowing with surprise and satisfaction
ut his wonderful cure and restoration
to the activities of %enterprising citizen
ship, for MIR. QUAINT was born in Galway
and had spent most of his life there.
MIR. QUAINT was found at his pretty home
on IL pleasant street nearly opposite the
academy. In response to u knock at
the door 1t was opened by a man who,
in reply to an inquiry If Mr.. QUAINT
lived there and was at home, said:
II am Mr.. QUAINT. Will you
come in?" After q little general
and preliminary conversation, 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 terri
BILE sufferings, and of the Intellectual
treatment lie had had, and of his final
cure by the use of DIR. Williams Pink
Pills for Pale People, and checrfully
gave assent to it's use for publication.
He said: my name is Charles A.
QUAINT. 1 am 80 years old. l vas born
in the village of Galway, and, except
ing while travelling on business and q
little while in Amsterdam, have spent
my whole life here. My wife is q native
of Ontario. Up to about eight years
ago l had never been sick and was then
in perfect health. l was fully six feet
tall. weighed $50 pounds and was very
strong. For twelve years 1 was q trav-
cling salesman for u piano and organ
company and had to do, or at least did
do, a great deal of heavy lifting. got my
meals very i%rregularly and slept in
enough spare beds in country houses
to freeze any ordinary man to death, or
ut least give him the rheumatism. About
eight years ago 1 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 doctors in different
places. and took all the patent mcdi-
l could hear of that claimed to be o cure
for dyspepsia. But l continued to grow
gradually 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 un-
steady. and then / staggered when l
walked. Having received no benefit
from the use of patent medicines. and
feeling that / was constantly growing
worse. l then, upon advise, began the
use of electric belts. pads and all the
many different kinds of electric appli-
ances l could hear of. and spent hum
dreds of dollars for them, but they did
me no good" QIere Mr.. QUAINT showed
the Journal reporter an electric suit of
underwear for which he paid S124.) sin
the fall of 1883 the doctors advised q
change of climate, so l went to Atlanta,
Ga, and acted Us agent for the Estey
Organ Company. While there I took a
thorough electric treatment. but it only
seemed to aggravate my disease, and
CAAS OAAsy ASsISA OA1 6Oo UAAO SudLp
and distressing pains was to take NOR
phine. The pain was so intense at times
that 1t seemed as though l could not
stand it, and I almost longed for death
as the only certain relief. In Septem-
Der of 1888 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 l returned to New York
and went to the Roosevelt Hospital,
where for four months l was treated by
specialists and they pronounced my case
l0comotor ataXia and i%ncurable. After
l had been under treatment of Prof.
Starr and DIR. Ware for four months
they told me they had done all they
could for me. Then I 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 tho same