The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1893-03-03

natural att raciion of residence in the
country. Mr.. Holt is employed in the
Crowell shoe mandatory of Peteiboro
and Mr. Vose has for many years run
the engine on the Fitchburg railroad
trains between Winchendon and Peter
boro.
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 q reporter
Of the Boston Herald,it will be well to
give the exact reason for the coming to-
! gether under one roof of the two fam
lilies, as this fact has everything to do
| with the manner in which DIR Williams
Pink Pills first came to the notice of Mr..
Vose and the reason Of their introduce
ton into the family rs medical rem
| edy.
Mr.. Vose's wife had been in falling
health for number of years, her illness
| finally developing into a brain trouble,
| accompanied by intermittent paralysis,
| Of the tongue and lower limbs. Death
had taken all her children, and the
heavy affliction increased her bodily and
mental infirmities TO snch an extent
that her husband, himself an invalid,
was compelled to take some means tow
| freedom from household care. To this
| end he gave mp housekeeping, and took
| his wife to her parents home, where her
| mother might care for her in her all
mems. Mrs. Holt was herself suffering
from various complaints brought on by.
complete nervous prOslration, several
years ago, but her daughters severer
aud more hopeless condition was the
MI of
the two, and so Mrs. Holt for several
years has tried to forget her own dis
abilities in tenderly ministering to her
stricken daughter.
In February last Mr.. Vose was reading
a weekly paper, when his attention was
| attracted by the account of case of
| paralysis cured by the use of DR.. Will
liams' Pink Pills. The similarity of the
case decribed to that of his wife at once
aroused the deep interest of Mr.. Vose,
and he called his mother-in-law's atten-
ion to the published article. After
long consultation they decided to send
| for the pills The beneficial effect they
| had upon Mrs. VOse was marked. From
being unable to stand she was so mater
tally strengthened that she could walk
without difficulty, and in other respects
her condition was much improved. The
beneficent results noticed in Mrs. Vose's
condition from trial of the pills caused
both her husband and moh her to consid-
er trying them for their own complaints
Thew 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 speedily
curing them.
To the Herald reporter who was sent
10 investigate his remarkable cure, Mr..
Vose gave detailed account of his long
illness and subsequent recovery. He
began his narrative by saving:
81 am not anxious to get into the pa
pers in this or any other connections
but, rs wrote the DIR. Williams Medi-
cine Co., have felt such happy results
from the taking of Pink Pills that | am
willing, if my experience will help anv
one else, TO state how they benefited
me. / am 81 years old, and Is years Of
this time / have spent in railroading on
the Ftchburg railroad on the Winchen
don and Peterboro branch. For the past
three years l have been engineer Of the
| train which connects Boston trains at
Winchendon. have been troubled
| with a weak stomach from my boyhood
In fact, there never was time when 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 it. My
stomach would not retain food, my
head ached constantly, there was a dim
ness or burr before my epes 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 /
was frequently obliged to lie down again
| had most disagreeable heartburn, q
continuous belching Of gas from the
stomach, nasty coating of the mouth
and tongue, and nv breath was most
offensive. j consulted physicians in
Peterboro, and took their medicines for
two years, but was helped so slightly by
them that at the end of thai time / gave
up in encouragement. and let the dis
ease take care of itself for long time.
| grew worse as time went on. | have
been obliged to give up my work many
time for week or two, and have
worke ed at other times when | ought to
have been at home i'll bed. | have lost
many months during the past seven
years and would have lost more only for
the fact that stuck it out and would
not give up until had to.
"My appetite then failed me, and
about four years age / began to notice
a huttering of my heart, which grew so
bad after while that / could not walk
any distance without violent palpita
ton and complete loss of breath. The
pains in my stomach, from indigestion
lasted two or three days at a time.
lost considerable flesh, and before long
/ noticed that my kidneys were affected.
This came from my work on the engine,
/ know, as many railroad men are
troubled in the same way. ! had awful
pains in the small of my back, aud was
obliged to make water many times dur.
ing the day.
III resolved to 60 back to the doctors
again, though their treatment had done
me no good before. | was told that med
icine was no good for me, that what /
needed was long rest. / could not take
too long vacation, being compelled to
work for my living, and so l kept along,
taking what stuff the doctors prescribed
but feeling no better, except for day or