The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-04-01
MISCELLANEOUS.
A new ENGLAND MIRACLE,
A RAILROAD ENGINEER RELATES HIS
EXPERIENCE.
The Wonderful Story Told by Fred C.
Vose and His Mother-in-Lsw to
Reporter of the Boston Herald.
Both Are Restored After
Years of Agony.
Boston (Mass. } Herald.


recently supplemented by the wonderful
cures wrought in the cases of two confirmed
inyalidS in one household in New England
town. The radical improvement in the
| physical condition of these two people from
the use of this great medicine is vOuched
for, not only by the eager testimony of the
patients themselves. gladly given for the
! benft of other sufferers. but also by the
iudubltable assurances of diSinterested
relatives and friends who had been cog
infant of the years of pain and distress en-
dured by the two invalids. and who now
| witness their restoration TO health, viGor
and capacity.
The names of these people, the latest to
testify from their own experience TO the
marvellous restorative, tonic and healing
| qualities of Dr. Williams Pink Pills are
Fred C. Vose and his mother-in-law, Mrs.
Oliver C. Holt of Peterboro, members of the
same household, which Is composed of Mr..
and Mrs. Holt and Mr.. and Mrs. Vose. the
latter a daughter OF the Hollis. Tho home
occupied by the family is a cozy and neat
looking twO-storied house situated on the
top of hill and surrounded by many of the
natural attractions of a residence in the
country. Mr. Holt is employed in the
Crowel shoe mandatory of PeterbOrO and
Mr.. Vose has for many years run the engine
on the Fitchburg railroad trains between
Winchendon and Peterboro.
Before entering upon an account OF the
long illnesses of Mr.. Vose and his mother
in-law, which shall be given in their own
words as taken by reporter of the Boston
Herald, it will be well TO give the exact
reason for the coming together under one
roof OF the two families, as this fact has
everything to do with the manner in which
DR.. Williams Pink Pills first came to the
notice Of Mr.. Vose and the reason Of their
introduction into the family as a medical
remedy.
Mr.. Vose's wife had been in falling health
for number Of years, her Illness finally
developing into brain trouble, accom-
panied by intermittent paralysis of the
tongue and lower limbs. Death had taken
all her children, and the heavy affection
increased her mental and bodily infrmities
to such an extent that her husband. himself
an Invalid, was compelled to take soma
means toward securing for her complete
rest and freedom from all household care.
To this end he gave up housekeeping and
took his wife to her parents home, where
her mother might care for her in her all
ments. Mrs. Holt was herself suffering
from various complaints brought on by
complete nervous prostration several years
ago. but her daughters severer and more
hopeless condition was the more urgent
and more appealing case of the two, and so
Mrs. Holt for several years has tried to
forget her own disabilities in tenderly min
istering TO her stricken daughter.
In February last Mr.. Vose was reading the
weekly paper, when his attention was
attracted by the account of a case of paraly-
sis cured by the use of DR.. Williams Pink
Pills. The similarity of the case described
to that OF his wife at once aroused the deep
interest of Mr.. Vose. and he called his
mother-in-law's attention to the published
article. After long consultation they de-
cided TO send for the pills. The beneficial
effect they had upon Mrs. VoSe was marked
From being unable to stand she was so
materially strengthened that she could
walk without difficulty, and in other re-
spects her condition was much improved.
The beneticent results noticed in Mrs. VOse's
condition from tTlal OF the pills caused
both her husband and mother TO consider
trying them for their own complaints. They
tried them on the principle that IF they
don't cure they can't hurt" but before each
had finished their first box they had felt
such relief that they came to believe that
the pills not only could not hurt, but were
actually and speedil curing them.
To the Herald reporter who was sent to
Investigate his remarkable cure, Mr. Vose
gave detailed account OF his long illness
aud subsequent recovery. He began his
narrative by saying:
II am not anxious TO get into the papers
in this or any other connection, but, as
wrote the DR.. Williams Medicine Company,
l have felt such happy results from the tax
ing of Pink Pills that | am willing, if my
experience will help any one else, to state
how they benefited me. l am 81 years old,
ana fifteen years of this time l have spent in
Tairoading for the Fitehburg Railroad on
the Winchendon and PeterbOro branch.
For the past three years | have been en-
gneer of the train which connects with the
Boston trains at WinchendOn. l have been
troubled with weak stomach from my boy
hood. In fact. there never was time in my
remembrance when was not more or less
troubled from that source,
Seven years ago, however, the com plant
became greatly aggravated from the nature
of my Work and other causes. and | suffered
greatly from 1t. My stomach would not re-
tain food, my head ached constantly, there
was adimness, or blur, before my eyes most
of the time, and my head used to become so
dizzy could scarcely stand On getting up
in the morning my head swan so l was fire.
Quently obliged 10 lie down again. had a
most diSagreeable heartburn, a continuous
belchIng of gas from the stomach, nasty
coating OF the mouth and tongue, and my
breath was most offensive. | consulted
physicians in Peterboro, and took their med
icines for two years, but was helped so
slightly by them that at the end of that time
l gave up in encouragement and let the dis
| ease take care of itself for a long time. |
| grew worse as time went on. have been
| obliged to give up work many time for a
week or two, and have worked at other times
| when ought 10 have been home and in bed
| l have lost many months during the past
| seven years and would have lost more only
| for the fact that stuck 1t out and would not
| give up until had TO-
my appetite then failed me, and about
| four years ago | began TO notice a fluttering
of my heart, which grew so bad after while
| that could not walk any distance without
| violent palpitation and q complete loss OF
| breath. The pains in my stomach, from in
| digestion. lasted two and three days at a
| time. | lost considerable flesh and before
| long noticed that my kidneys were at
| fected. This came from my work on the en-
| CINE, know, as many railroad men are
| troubled In the same way. had awful pains
In the small of my back, and was obliged TO
make water many times during the day.
81 resolved to 90 back to the doctors again.
| though their treatment had done me no good
| before. l was told that medicine was no
good for me, that what l needed was long
rest. / could not take too long vacation,
being compelled to work for my living ana
SO kept along, taking what stuff the doc
tors prescribed, but feeling better, except
| for a day or Two at time.
FINALLY NY legs and hands began to ache
| and swell with rheumatic pains, and /
found l couldn't sleep at night. II | lay
down, my heart would go pita-pat at
| SitdI idbt, anu many hiSuto uiu uOb ClUSe
| my eyes at all.
II was broken down in body and dis
| couraged in spirit, when, some time in Feb
| ruary last, was reading in the Montreal
Family Herald and Weekly STAR which we
take every week. of the great cures made
by DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale Peo-
| pie. | got couple of boxes for my wife to
see if she would be helped any by them,
and then | tried them myself. did not
put much stock in them at first, but before
| had finished the first box l noticed that l
was feeling better. The paliitation of my
heart which had bothered me so that |
couldn't breathe at times, began to improve.
saw that IN going TO my home on the hill
from the depot, which was previously an
awful task, my heart did not beat so vio-
lently and / had more breath when | reached
the house. After the second and third
la.rn I hate L. ,Al,o