The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-10-31
A -LANsINGBuRc MIRACLE.
A Railway Man Talks,
Literally Half Dead-H HIS Case Pro
mOunced Hopeless by Prominent Ply
sicians-A Story Of Surprising In
iterest Verified Under Oath.

SIcGUUS-A curry ~ OUTpTCCGHS -"
zterest Verified Under Oath.
(From Troy, N. Y, Times)
I am the most conservative reporter
on the staff. I despise the chimerlcal.
court the real. / burrow in facts. L
am from Lansingburg. We don't often
get a good thing from there, but here
is one. f. @. KimbalI last night gave
me the following:
Il am a plain, straightforward man.
Originally from Lansingburg, where
now reside my mother, brother and
sister. Several years ago l moved to
Rochester. There I was in the employ
of the Erie Railroad as yard and freight
superintendent. After a strain to my
back, caused by heavy lifting, three
years ago, l developed so-called rheu
matism. 1t was an increasing thing
for two years, at times worse, again
better. worked internationally. If l
would shut my eyes I would fall down.
Nv feet and legs soOn lost feeling
were numb. This extended to my
stomach and at times to my hands.
Doctors Lee and Spencer, of Rochester,
finally pronounced my cas- progressive
locomotor ataxia, said it was incurable,
and that they could only ease my sui
ferings, and SO 1 lay. Up to this time
| had been sick nearly two years. Be
fore this and for several months I was
confined to my bed. Pins stuck into
my limbs the full length gave me no
feeling whatever; my legs seemed
wooden. To pound them gave off a
noise like wood. So I say. as l lay
there I was absolutely one half dead
dead from the waist down. There was
one word written in large characters
all over that sick room-CL A Y. Life
departed from my limbs, that word
best expressed what was left. You,
of course, have read of John Marshall.
The reporter in describing him, Ge
scribed me exactly 1 sent for the
remedy which cured him-fOr DIR WI
liams' Pink Pills, to Schenectady, N.
Y, and tried them. | took them
irregularly for two months. They
didn't seem to help All of a sudden
one morning one of my legs began to
prickle-seemed as though rubbed with
nettles, Then, perhaps, you think |
did not Investigate that medicine. L
began to mend fast; got some clrcula-
ton, got control of my bowels and after
a few weeks got out of bed and tried
to stand. At last | fetched it, Could
walk-nOw can run. And Pink Pills
cured me. The doctors said | couldn't
be cured, but | am. What | am now
telling you is merely a reiteratiOn of
what | long ago wrote to the DIR. Viii
liams' Medicine Company at Scheuec-
tody, and my affidavit to the same is
now in their hands Here also is a let
ter which my mother wrote to them
and to which she has made affidavit, as
you see"
1856 Second Ave. LANsINGBURG N Y
DEAR SIRS:-My son Fred has just
written you a letter concerning him
self to which | desire to add a few
words in entire confederation Of all be
has said. He has told you of his agony
and his cure. The remembrance of the
whole thing makes me shudder as
think Of it. 1t is all too wonderful for
me. l was resigned to his fate. Now
as l look at him walking about and
feeling well, with his old health and
ambition returned, it does seem that
he has been born again and rescued
from death for a fact Gould I, there
fore, say TOO much to you of thanks in
the fullness of my gratitude? Can l
we'll blessing you? Yet the in
tensity of my feelings make my words
of Thanksgiving to you seem but empty
indeed; for the lost is found, and he
that was dead is alive again.
Yours, HARRIET J. KIMBALL.
Sworn and subscribed before me this
5th day of April, 1893.
M. L FANCHER, Notary Public.
Mrs. Kimball said: "While I believe
in answer to prayer and prayed earn
estly for his recovery, for I am a Chris
tian woman, and believe my prayers
were answered, / do think Pink Pills
were the means the Lord used to effect
my sons cure. / want you to meet my
daughter, Mrs G.. Fl. Morrison, with
whom we are living here, and the Rev.
George Fairlee, pastor of Westminster
Church, who lives with US, and hear
what they have to say" So Mrs Kim
ball brought them in, and while the
story as told was most complete and
could be added to by nothing thew
might say, yet the reporter heard from
the lips of the sister and their pastor
corrobOrative words of all that has
been said. The reporter also ran across
the son-in-law, MI. G.. Fl. Morrison.
cashier of the National Bank of TROY
and spoke to him of Mr.. KimbalI. He
is a busy man and though he could only
be detained for a moment, he said: II
know nothing of the case, technically.
He SAYS he was cured by DR.. Williams
Pink Pills, and l think that is about
the size of it,"
Mr.. William H. Flandreau, the drug
gist at 814 River ST., Troy, said: 1T
is the most wonderful cure from loco
motor ataxia-G so-called incurable
disease. MIR. Kimball tells me he owes
his recovery to Pink Pills entirely and
l have every reason to believe him"
PINK Pills restore pale people and
salIoW complexlons to the glow of
health and are a specific for all the
trouoles peculiar to the female sex,
WINE IN Ihe case OF men they effect a
radIcaI cure l all cases arising from
mental worry, overwork or excuses of