The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-03-21

a6le-The Story of HIS miraculous
Recovery as Investigated by an EN-
pre- Reporter.
(Toronto EmpireO
For more than a year past the read
ers of the Empire have been given the
particulars of some of the mOs5 remark
able cures of the 10 b century, all, or
| nearly all of them, IN cases hitherto
held by the most advanced medical
scientists to be incurable. The par
ticulars of these cases were vouched
for by such leading newspapers as The
Hamilton Spectator and The HdIifdG
Herald, Toronto Globe, LIE Monde,
Montreal; Detroit NetcS, Albany, N.
Y; Journal, Albany EGpress and
others, whose reputation placed beyond
question the statements made.
Recently rumOrs have been a1Oat of
a remarkable case in the pretty little
town of Oakville, of & young man r
covering after years of helplesSnees
and agony. The Empire determined
to subject the Ease to the most rigid in
vestig alton, and accordingly detailed
one of Our best reporters to make a
thorough and impartial investigation
into the case, Acting Upon these in
struCtiOns Our reporter went TO Oak
vile, and called upon Mr.. John W. Con
dor (whO it was had so miraculOu8ly
recovered) and had not long been in
| conversation with him when he was
convinced that the statements made
were nOt only true, but that the half
had not been told" The reporter found
Mr.. Condor at work in one of the heav-
lest departmental the Oakville Basket
Factory, and was surprised. in tneface
of what he knew of this case, to be CON
frOnted by a strapping young fellow of
good physique, rudy cOuntenance and
buOyant bearing. This now rugged
young man was he who had spent a
great part of his days upon a sick bed,
suffering almost untold agony. When
the Empire representative announced
the purpose Of his visit Mr.. Condor
cheerfully volunteered a statement of
his cas- for the benefit of other suffer
ers. Il am" said Mr. Condor, IAN
Englishman by birth, and came to this
country with my parents when nine
years Of age, and at that time was as
rugged and healthy as any by Of my
age. l am now % years of age, and it
was when abont IA years old that the
first twiDges of inhammatOry rheuma-
tlsm came upon me, and during the
fifteen years that interviewed between
that time and my recovery a few
months ago, tongue can hardly tell
how much [ suffered. Ny trouble was
brought on, I think, through too fire.
quent bathing in the cold lake water.
The joints of my body began to swell,
the cords Of my legs to tighten, and the
muscles of my limbs to contract. l be-
came a helpless cripple, confined to
bed, and for three months did not leave
my DON The doc. or who was called
in administered preparations of iodide
| of potassium and other remedies with
out any material beneficial effect After
some months Of suffering I became
strong enough to leave the bed but nv
limbs were stlffened and [ was untitled
for n active vocation. [ was then
hampered more or less for the folio "
ing nine years, when I was again forced
to take to my bed. This attack was in
1886, and was a great deal more severe
than the first. Ny feet, ankl Is, knees.
legs, arms, shoulders, and in fact all
parts of my frame were affected. NV
Joints and muscles became badly swOl-
len, and the disease even reached my
head. My face swelled to a great size.
[ was unable to open my mouth, my
jaws being fixed together. I, of course,
could eatnOthlng. My teeth were pried
apart and liquid food poured down my
throat. | lost my voice, and could
speak only in husky whispers. Really,
I am unable to describe the state I was
in during those long weary months.
With my swollen limbs drawn by the
tightening cords UP to my emaciated
body, and my whole frame twisted and
contorted into Understandable shapes, I
was nothing more than q deformed
skeleton. For three long weary months
l was confined to bed, after which I
was able to get up, but was acomplete
ply steal wreck, hobbling around on
crutches a helpless cripple. My suffer,
ings were continually intense, and fire.
quently when I would be hobbling
along the street l would be seized with
a paroxism Of pain and would fall I'M
conscious to the ground. During all
this time had the constant attendance
of medical men, but their remedies
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