The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-05-19

feet willingness to tell all that was asked
of him.
why, feel better man now than
did ten years ago." said he cheerfully.
Its four years next August since l did
a days work but guess can soon make
,aSrart again. About my illness? 1t was
all caused through falling and hurting my
back. kept getting worse until
couldn't get off chair without stick or
crutches. The lower part of my body and
legs were useless. l tried every doctor
and every patent medicine, spending hum
dreds of dollars. Everything that was
likely to help me l got, but might as
well have thrown it in the bay. l suppose
my wife has shown you the apparatus
used at one time and another. A dozen
city doctors gave me up. l got enough
electric shocks for half dozen men, but
did me no good. l lost control of my
bowels and water and couldn't sleep with
out morphine. During the day my legs
were cold and / had to sit by the stove
wrapped in blanket, suffering intense
agony from nervous pain in the legs. neck
ana head. Yes, received from the Royal
Tempars a 81 1000 check, being declared
totally unable to follow my employment.
One day in April took notion to try
DR.. Williams Pink Pills, carefully follow
ing the directions accompanying each box.
recovered my appetite and regained control
Of my bowels and water, and went on get
ting better and stornger and now you see me
stronger and more healthy than l was for
years before was taken ILL., l tell you / am
feeling frst-class,' and Mr.. Marshall slapped
his legs vigorously and gave the lower part of
his back good humping, afterwards going
up and down the room at lively gait.
81 weigh 100 pounds today" he continued,
"and I've gained 80 pounds since first took
DR.. Williams Pink Pills, havn't such thing
as pain or ache about me, and another thing
can walk as easily in the dark as in the light"
Mr.. Marshall offered to make an affidavit to
the truth of the above story, but the reporter
considered that wholly unnecessary. He car
ried conviction to the inquirer's mind by evry
word and action, and there was no gainsaying
the fact that the cure was one of the most mar
vslous in the nineteenth century. All the
neighbors bore testimony to the genuineness
Of the cure. None of them ever expected to
So Mr.. Marshall on his feet again and regar-
dsA his restoration to health as nothing short
Of marvellous.
The headquarters of the Royal Templars of
Temperance for Canada are in Hamilton
AT the publishing house of the order Mr.. w.
w. Buchanan, general manager and one of the
most prominent temperance advocates of the
Dominion, was found. In response TO the re-
porter's question, he satd: 30, yes, am well
acquainted with Mr.. John Marshall He has
beeu member of one of the councils of this
city for about seven years. Heis well-known
citizen and reliable temperance man. About
four years ago he was first taken seriously i'll
and his case was brought before the order.
The provisions under which the total disability
claim is paid in our organization are very strict
The weekly sick benefit is payable to any per.
son under the doctors care, who is unable tc
follow their usual avocation, but the total disa
bility is comparatively large sum, only paid
a member who is disabled for life, and declar.
ed by medical men to be entirely past all hope
of recovery. In Mr.. Marshalrs case Their,
was some difficulty, it is true; he was examined
| upon number of occasions, covering perioe
of upward of two years. The medical mer
who examined him all agreed that there wa.
little hope of recovery, but they would no
| give the definite declaration that our law de
mands-that the claimant was permanently
| and totally disabled-until last November
| When this declaration by two regular physi
clans was made and our Dominion Medical
referee, we paid Mr.. Marshall the total disa
| bility benefit of one thousand dollars. He was
| paid by check on the bank of Montreal
There is no doubt whatever about the ramark.
able character OF Mr.. Marshall's cure A large
| number of our members in this city were in.
timately acquainted with Mr.. Marshall and
called upon him frequently. All were unani-
nous in the belief that he was past all hope
Of recovery. His cure is looked upon as next
| to miracle. have conversed with him a
number of times about it. and he gives the
whole credit to DIR. Williams Pink Pills and
the application of cold water which is recon-
mended as a subsidiary treatment by the pro-
prietors of the medicine. He drops into my
Office every day or two and is apparently en-.
joying good health now.,'
The general Offices of the order are in the
| old Bank Of Upper Canada building just OPP
posite the publishing house. Mr.. J. II. Land
the Dominion Secretary, was easily found, and
in response to the questions asked simply cor
rotated all that the general manager had said.
| Mr.. Land is neighbor of Mr.. Marshall, liv-
ing within a block of him in the northeastern
| part of the city. He was well acquainted with
him for years before he was taken sick, and
| prounced his recovery as one Of the most re-
markable things in all his experience.
81 have not much faith in patent nostrums, .
said Mr.. Land "but Mr.. Marshalls case
proves beyond doubt that DR.. Williams
Pink Pills are a wonderful medicine. He
seems to have exhausted all other means and
methods of treatment during his long illness
and all without any benefit, but his recover,
was rapid and wonderful Immediately after he
commenced using DR.. Williams Pink Pills"
Inquiries among the city druggists disclosed
the fact that an extraordinary demand hat
| arisen for DR.. Williams Pink Pills, and tina
the claims made for them by the proprietor.
are borne out by numerous cures.
John A. Barr, a well-known and popula
dispenser of drugs here, told the reporter tina
he knew Of no patent medicine that had such
demand upon it, or one that had done all tina
was promised for it. He told of several case
Of great relief and cure that had come unde
his notice. Mr.. VIM. Webster, after suffering
from ataxy for years, from the first had fount
certain relief from taking the pills, and he i
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