Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1893-09-09
A LanSingburg Miracle.
Literally half-Dead, His Osse Pronounced
Hopeless by Prominent Physicians,
A Story Of SurpassiOg Interest
Verified Under oath.
tFrom Troy, N. Y Tlmes.l

From Troy, N. Tlmes)
| am the most conservative reporter
on the staff. L despise the chimerical,I
court the real. / burrow in facts. am
from Lansingburg. We don't ofteu get
a good thing from there but here is one
+. G. KImball last night gave me the
following:
"I am plain straightforward man.
Originally from Lapsingburg,l where
now reside my mother, brother and sis
ter. Several years ago 1 moved to
Rochester. There was in the employ
Of the Erie railroad as yard and freight
superintendent. After q strain to my
back, caused by heavy lifting, three
years ago, developed 30 called rbeu-
matism. 1t was an increasing thing for
two years,-af times worse, again bet.
ter. worked Internationally. Ii
would shut my eyes l would fall down.
My feet and iegs soon Lost feeling-were
numb. This extended to my stomach
and at times to my hands.
| doctors Lee and spencer OI
Rochester finally pronounced my case
progressive locomotor ataxia, said IL
was inLurable, and that they could only
lease -mys sufferings, andss0 lay. Up
to this time [ had been sick nearly two
years. Before this and for several
months l 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 noise like wood. 30 say,as l lay
there was absolutely one-half dead
dead from the waist down. There was
one word written In large characters all
over that sick room CLAY. Lif.
departed from my limbs, that word best
expressed what was left. You, OF
course, have read of John Marshall.
The reporter In describing him, de
scribed me exactly. / sent for the rem
edy which cured him-for DT. VII
liams' Pink Pill, to Schenectady, N. Y,
and tried them. L took them irregul
larly for two months. They didn't
seem to help. All of 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! began
10 mead fast; got, some clrculation, 20.
control Of my bowels and after a few
Z weeks got out of bed and tried to stand
AT last L fetched 1t. Could walk--now
7 can run. And Pink Pills cured me
t The doctors said / couldn't be cured
. but am. What am now telling you
8 is merely reiteration of what l long
ago wrote to the Or. Williams Medicine
Company at schenectady, aud my af'
fidayit to the same is now in theil
, hands. Here also is letter which my
mother wrote to them aud to which SHE
: has made affidavit, as you see."
186SecOpd Ave. LANSINGBURG, N. Y
2 Dear Srs:-My son Fred has jusI
written you ieLter concer ming himself
, to which / desire to add few words IL
entire confederation of all he has said
He has told you Of his agony and his
! cure. The remembrance Of the whole
thug makes me shudder as think ol
I il. II ia all too wonderful for me. ]
was resigned to his fate. Now as looE
. at him walking about and feeling well
, with his old health and ambition re-
!, turned, IL does seem that he has been
! born again and rescued from death fOl
! fact. Could /, therefore, say Toe
much to you Of ihanks in the fulneei
of my gratitude? Can we'll cease
blessing you? Yet the intensity Of mJ
feelings make my words Ofthanksgiv
: ing TO you seem but empty indeed; fol
5 the lost is found, and he that was dead
Is alive again. Yours,
HARRIET J. KIMBALL.
, Sworn apdi subsctIbed before me thil
= 9th day Of April, 1893.
Nj. l.. FANCHER,
/. Notary Public.
! Mr.. William III. Flandreau, the drug
gist at Sl4 River st., Troy, said; 1T Ii
: the most wonderful cure from locomo
! tor ataxia--a so-called incurabIe disease
Mr.. Kimball tells me he owes his 70
eOvery to Pink Pills entirely and have
every reason TO believe him.
, Pink Pills restore pale people and sal
, low complications TO the glog Of health
and are y specific for all the troubles
peculiar to the female sex, wilhelm the
case Of men they effect radical curt
r Ia all cases arising from mental worry
overwOfk or excesses OF whatever na
0 ture." ..u
, Mrs. Klmball said: While believe
ia answers 10 prayer and prayed earn
estly for his recovery, for am Chrls
tIan woman, and believe my prayers
n were answered, do think Pink Pills
q were the means the Lord used TO effect
! my sons cure. want you tO.meet my
/. daughter, Mrs. q. III. Morrison, with
whom we are living bers, and the Rev
i George Falrlee, pastor Of Westminster
T church, who lives with Us, and bear
v what they have to say" 30 Mrs. kim
ball brought them in, aud while the
story was mOst complete npd coulo De
added 20 by nothing they might say,
n vet the reporter heard from the llps Of
y the sister and their pastor, eorroborsl,
tive words Of ail that has been SAID
A The reporter also ran across the son-ln'
! law, Mr.. g. II. Morrison, cashier o. tne
p National bank Of Troy, aud spoke u
him Of MT. Kimball de is Dusy
man and though he could only be DC
taIned for u moment, be said; 81
know nOthing Of the ease technically
a He says he was cured by Dr. WHllauls
d Pink Pills, and / think that - Aoou
the size Of it."
These pills are manufactured oy VA
Dr.. Williams Medicine Co, Sehenecta
dy, N. y, and Brockville, Ont, am
are sold Ia boxes never In lssase Iofl
by the dozen OF hundred and the put
Nc are cautioned against Dumefous ln
o itatlOns sid Ia this shape) 20 30 cents
boz, Or siK boxes for &260, and may
y had Of ali drugKists Of direct ~ ma
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