Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1893-10-21
LANSlNGBURG MIRACLE.
A RAILWAY MAN TALKS.
Literally Half Dead, His Case Pronounced
Hopeless by Prominent Physicians,
Story of .surpassing. Interest Veri-
fed Under Oath.
From Troy, n. V, TimesJ

From Troy, \. Y, Times.)
am the most conservative reporter on
he staff. despise the chimerical, l
curt the real. l burrow in facts. l am |
rom Lansingburg. We don't often get
good thing from there, bnt here is one. |
3 , G Kimball last night gave me the fol- |
owing:
n Il am plain, straightforward man.
n Originally from Lansingburg, where now
II eside my mother. brother and sister. |
4 everal years ago moved to Rochester.
E here was in the employ of the Erie |
railroad as yard and freight superin-
endent. After a strain in my back,
A aused by heavy lifting, three years ago.
developed so.called rheumatism. 1t
vas an increasing thing for two years.
{ times worse, again better / worked
& Internationally If l would shut my eyes
n would fall down. My feet and legs
q Don lost feeling numb. This ex
ended to my stomach and at times to
ny hands. Doctors Lee aud Spencer, of
rochester, iually pronounced my case
. progressive locOmotOr ataxia said IL was
4 acurable, and that they could only ease
y ay suiferings, and so l lay. Up to this
ime had been sick nearly two years.
& Before this, and for several months,
vas confined to my bed. Pins stuck into
81 lay limbs the full length gave me
% feeling whatever; my legs seemed
X wooden. To pound them gave off noise
E ike wood. So say, as lay there was
bsolutely one half dead-dead from the
81 waist down. There was one word
81 gIitten in large characters all over that
\ lex room-CL ~ Life departed from
81 ny limbs, that word best expressed what
e vas left You, Of course, have read of
n ohm Marshall The reporter in describ-
VI ng him, described me exactly. / sent
q or the remedy which cured him, for
Dr. Williams Pink Pills, to Schenectady,
n. Y, and tried them. took them
81 rregularly for two months They didn't
eem to help. All of sudden one morn
4 ng one Of my legs began to prickle-
"a eemed as though rubbed with nettles
81 hen, perhaps, YOU think l did not
II investigate that medicine. l began to
nend fast; got some circulation, got con-
y rol of my bowels and after a few weeks
ot out of bed and tried to stand At
s asst fetched it. Could walk-now can
un. And Pink Pills cured me. The
octors said couldn't be cured, but 1
m What I am now telling you is
81 merely a reiteration % what l long ago
wrote to the DR.. Williams Medicine
* company at Schenectady, and my aft
avit to the same is now in their hands
iere also is a letter which my mother
wrote to them and to which she has
made affidavit, as you see"
81 1S6 Second Ave, LANsINGBURG, n. Y.
DEAR SIRs:-My son Fred has Just
written you a letter concerning himself
S o which desire 10 add a few words in
f ntire confederation of all he has said
ie has told you Of his agony and his
ure. The remembrance of the whole
hing makes me shudder as I think OF 1t.
is all too wonderful for me. / was re
gned to his fate. Now as look at him
s Walking about aud feeling well, with his
I'D health and ambition returned, it does
.ieem that he has been born again and
rescued from death for a fact. Could !,
therefore, say too much TO you Of thanks
n the fullness of my gratitude2 Can l
well cease blessing your 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
hat was dead is alive again.
You're, HARRIET J. KIMBALL
Sworn and subscribed before me this
9TH day of April, 1898
M L FAEoHER,
Notary Public
Mrs. Kimbal said "While l believe
n answer to prayer and prayed earn.
estly for his recovery, for am a
Christian woman, and believe my
prayers we're answered, / do think Pink
pills were the means the Lord used to
effect my sons cure. / want You 70
meet my daughter, Mrs. G II Morri.
son, with whom we are living here, and
the Rev. George Fairlee, pastor of the
Westminster Church. who lives with us,
aud hear what they have to say" So
Mrs. Kimball brought them In, and
while the story as told was most com
plete and could be added to by nothing
they might say, yet 1.-THE reporter heard
from the lips of the sister and theil
pastor, corroborative words of all that
has been said The reporter also raj
across the son In law Mr. G II Nor
rison, cashier of the National Bank o
Troy, and spoke to him OF Mr.. Kim
ball He Is a busy man and though h
could only be detained for.a moment, %
said 81 know. nothing Of the case s'echni
cally. He says he was cuIeo by DI
Williams Pink Pills, and l think tina
is about the size of it, "
Mr. William H. Flandreau, the drug
gist at No Sl4 River St. Troy. sale
ut is the most wonderful cure fror
locomotor ataXia-a so called incnrabl
disease Mr.. Kimball tells me he owe
his recovery to Pink Pills entirely and
have every reason TO believe him"
Pink Pills restore pale people and sal
low compilations to the glow of healtl
and are a specific for all the trouble
peculiar to the female sex. while in III
case Of men they effect radical cure j
all cases arising from mental worr,
overwork or excuses of whatevl
nature
These Pills are manufactured by I'll
DR.. Williams Medicine Company, Scheme
tady, N Y, and Rockville, Ont. al
are sold in boxes (uever in loose form
the dozen or hundred aud the public a.
cautioned against numerous imitation
sold in this shape) at 80 cents box,
six boxes for $3.50. and may be bad
all druggists or direct by mail from ID
Williams Medicine Company from eth
address
A CARD TO THE PUBLIC.