The People's friend., 1894-08-17
A DETROIT BUILDER.
He Tells a Remarkable Story OF
His Life.
CAME TO DETROIT ABOUT FORTY
YEARS AGO.
Levi Elsey's Experience Worthy Serious
Attention.
From the Detroit Evening News

From the Detroit Evening News.1
Away out Gratiot Avenue, far from the
din and turmoilo of the business center, there
are many attractive homes. The intersect-
ing streets are wide, clean and shaded by
large leaf-cOvered trees, and the people you
meet are typical of industry, economy and
honest toll. There are many pretty resi-
dences, but none more inviting IN its neat
ness and homelilze comfort than that Of Mr..
Levi Elsey, the Well-knOWn builder and con-
tractor, at "A Moran street just of Gratolt.
Mr. EIsey is an old resident OF Detroit,
having moved here about forty years ago.
He has erected hundreds of houses in differ
ent parts of the city, and points with pride
to such buildings as the NeWberry Il Nc
Mullap and Campaw blocks in which he dis
played his ability as superintendent. !
II have seen Detroit grow from village
to city, he observed yesterday in conver.
sation with the writer, land don't think
there are many towns in America to-day
equal to it in point Of beauty. know al
most everybody in the city, and an incident
which recently happened in my life has In
terested all my friends.
| cit is now about eight years ago since
was stricken down with my first case OF
! illness. One cold, clustering day l was
3
ness at that time / permitted myself to get
chilled right through. When arrived home
that evening felt serious pain IN my LETT
leg. bathed it that night, but by morning
I found it had grown worse. In fact, it was
so serious that [ sent for my family phys1-
clan. and he informed me that was suffer-
inc from varicose veins. My leg sWelled
up to double its natural size and the pain IN
creased in volume. The agony was simply
awful. was laid up and never left my bed
for eight weeks. At times felt as though
I would grow frantic with pain. My leg
was bandaged and was propped up in tia
bed at an angle of 80 degrees in order to
keep the blood from flowing to my extremi
ties.
II had several doctors attending me, but
l believe my own judgmenthelped me better
than theirs. After siege of two months 81
could move around, still l was on the slcI
list and had to doctor myself for years.
was never really cured and suffered any
amount of anguish.
"About two years ago I noticed an article
In the Ersntng Nc,cs about my friend, MIR
Northrup, the Woodward Avenue merchant
In an interview with him he stated that HI
had used DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pal
People and that they cured him. l knew
him very well, having built his house ou
on Woodward Ave, and l thought Woult
follow his suggestion. must confess l di'
so with marvellous success. From the tim
I began to take the Pink Pills | felt mysel
growing to be new man. They acted Of
me like magical stimulant. Ihe pam de
parted and soon was as strong ana nea!tn
as ever. Before trying the Plnk Plils ma
used anv amount of other medicine Wlthou
anv noticeable benefit. But the Pills cure
me and | was myself again.
"When a person finds himself relieve
. and enjoying health he is apt to expose hin
self again to another attack OF illness. som
three months ago I stopped taking the Pm
Pills. and from the day did so l noticed
In Hfy- condition, A short time slnc
= renewed my habit of taking them with th
same beneficial results which met me 10
merly. am again nearly as strong as eve
although am aman about 90 years Oh age
a tell YOU. sir. the Pink Pills are most Wol
dnrfu1 medicine. and if they do as well
: other cases as they did in mine they are IL
! best in the world. freely recommend thel
j to any sufferer"
!. Dr. Williams Pink Pills contain, in COZ
. densed form, all the elements necessary
give new life and richness to the blood an
? restore shattered nerves. They are an u
9 falling specific for such diseases as loc
q motor ataxia, partial paralysis, st. Vitu
dance. sciatica. neuralgia, rheumatlS1
9 nervous headache, the after effect OF
r. grippe. palDation of the heart, pale and 50
J. low complications, all forms Of WeaAne
either in male or female. Pink PuIs
sold bv all dealers, or will be sent p0Stpa
t. on receipt Of price go cents box or S
q hnxes for So. .50-they are never sold in bu
;. or bv the 1OO) by addressing DR.. William
Nfojioi,n 20. Schenectady. N, Y.