The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-03-25
AN OAKVILLE MIRACLE.
The Remarkable Case Of Mr.. John
". Condor.

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pital and Discharged as Incurable-The
Story OF his Miraculous Recovery as
Investigated by an Empire Reporter.
(Toro1ato En,pire.)
For more than year past the readers
of the Empire have been given the par
ticnlars of some of the most remarkable
cures OF the 10th century, all, or nearly
all of them in cases hitherto held by the
most advanced medical scientists to be
incurable. The particulars of these
cases were vouched for by such leading
newspapers as The Hamilton Spectator
and Times, The Hdhfa1 Herald, Toronto
Globe, LIE Monde, Montreal; Detroit
Meas, Albany, N. Y; journal, Albany
cypress and others, whose reputation
placed beyond question the statements
made.
Recently rumors have been afloat Of a
remarkable case in the pretty little town
OF Oakville, of a young man recovering
after years of helplessness and agony.
The Empire determined to subject the
case to the most rigid investigation, and
accordingly detailed one Of our best re-
| porters to make a thorough and i'm
partial investigation into the case. Act
| ing upon these Instructions our reporter
went to Oakville, and called upon Mr..
John w. Condor (who it was, had so
| miraculously recovered) and had not
| long been in conversation with him
when he was convinced that the state
ments made were not only true, but
| that "the half had not been told"
The reporter found Mr.. Condor at work
in one of the heaviest departments of the
| Oakville Basket Factory, and was sur
prised, in the face of what he knew of
this case, to be confronted by strapping
young fellow of good physique, ruddy
countenance and buoyant bearing. This
now rugged young man was he who had
spent great part of his days upon a
sick-bed, suffering almost untold agony.
When the Empire representative an
nounced the purpose of his visit Mr..
Condor cheerfully volunteered state
| ment of his case for the benefit of other
sufferers. II am" said Mr.. Condor,
ian Englishman by birth, and came to
this country with my parents when nine
years of age, and at that time was as
rugged and healthy as any boy OF my
was when about IA years old that the
first twinges of inflammatory rheuma-
tism came upon me, and during the
fifteen years that interviewed between
that time and my recovery few months
ago, tongue can hardly tell how much |
suffered. Ny trouble was brought on,
think, through too frequent bathing in
the cold lake water. The joints OF my
body began to swell, the cords of my
legs to tighten, and the muscles of my
limbs to contract. | became a helpless
cripple, confined to bed, and for three
months did not leave my room. The
doctor who was called in administered
preparations of iodide of potassium and
other remedies without any material
beneficial effect. After some months of
suffering | became strong enough to
leave the bed but my limbs were stiff
fened and | was untitled for any active
vocation. was then hampered more or
less for the following nine years, when
l was again forced to take my bed. This
attack was in 1886, and was great deal
more severe than the first. My feet,
ankles, knees legs, arms and shoulders, and
in fact all parts of my frame were affect
ed. My joints and musles became bad
ny swollen, and the disease even reach
ed my head. My face swelled to a
great size. | was unable to open my
mouth, my jaws being fixed together.
/, of course could eat nothing. My
teeth were pried apart and liquid food
poured down my throat. / lost my
voice and could speak only in husky
whispers. Really, am unable to de-
scribe the state | was in during those
long weary months. With my swollen
limbs drawn by the tightening cords up
to my emaciated body, and my whole
frame twisted and contorted into indie
scribable shapes. was nothing more
than deformed skeleton. For three
long weary months / was confined to
bed, after which was able to get up
but was complete physical wreck, hob
bling around on crutches helpless Grip
pie. My suffering were continually i'll
tense, and frequently when l would be
hobbling along the street, / would be
seized with paroyism of pain, and
would fall unconscious to the ground.
During all this time had the constant
attendance of medical men. but their
remedies were unavailing. All they
could do was to try to build up my sys
tenn by the use of tonics. In the fall
of 1889 and spring Of 1890 again suffer
ed intensely severe attacks, and at last
my medical attendant. as last resort,
ordered me to the Toronto General Hos
pital. entered the Hospital on June
10th, 1890 and remained there until Sept.
goth of the same year. But, notwith-
standing all the care and attention be-
slowed on me while. in this institution,
condition. After using almost every
available remedy the hospital doctors
of whom there was about a dozen-came
to the conclusion that my case was in
durable, and l was sent away. with the
understanding that might remain an
outside patient. Accordingly from Sep
TENDER 1890 to the end of January 1891, l
went to the hospital once a week for
examination and treatment. At this
stage became suddenly worse, and once
more gained admission to the hospital,
where l lay in a miserable suffering con-
dition for two months or more. In the
spring of 1891 | returned to Oakville,
and made an attempt to do something to-
ward my own support. was given light
work in the basket factory, but had to be
conveyed to and from my place of labor
in a buggy and carried from the rig to a
table in the works on which sat and
performed my work. In August 1891,
was again stricken down, and remained
in an utterly helpless condition until |
January 1892. At this time Mr.. James,
a local druggist, strongly urged me to
try Dr. Williams Pink Pills for Pale |