The Republican., 1894-08-23
A DETROIT BUILDER.
He Tells q Remarkable Story Of
His Life.
CAME TO DETROIT ABOUT FORTY
YEARS AGO.
Levi Elsey's Experience Worthy Serious
Attention.
From the Detroit Evening News.1

FROM Lne Detroit EFenlng News
Away out Gratiot Avenue, far from the
din and turmoil 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 homelilxe comfort than that of Mr.
Levi Elsey, the well-llnown builder and con-
tractor, at "a Moran street just off Gratoit
Mr. Elsey 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 & Nc
Mullan and Campaw blocks in which he dis
played his ability as a superintendent
II have seen Detroit grow from a 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
''It is now about eight years ago since
was stricken down with my first case of
illness. One cold, clustering day l was
down town and through my natural careless
chilled right through. When arrived home
t1at evening felt serious pain in my left
leg. l bathed it that night but by morning
! found it had grown worse. In fact, it was
so serious that sent for my family physi-
clan, and he informed me that | was suffer
ing from variCose veins. My leg swelled
up to double its natural size and the pain in
creased in volume. The agony was simply
awful. l was laid up and never left my bed
for eight weeks. At times felt as though
l would grow frantic with pain. My leg
was bandaged and was propped up in the
bed at an angle of 80 degrees in order to
keep the blood from flowing to my extremi-
ties.
81 had several doctors attending me- but
! believe my own judgmenthelped me better
than theirs. After siege of two months
could move around, still l was on the sick
list and had to doctor myself for years. l
was never really cured and suffered any
amount of anguish.
"About two years ago noticed an article
in the Euening Nelrs about my friend. Mr..
Northrup, the Woodward Avenue merchant.
In an interview with him he stated that he
had used DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale
People and that they cured him. knew
him very well, having built his house out
on Woodward Ave, and 1 thought l would
follow his suggestion. Imust confess did
SO with marvellous success. From the time
l began TO take the Pink Pills l felt myself
growing to be a new man. They acted on
me like a magical Stimuiant. The pain de-
parted and | soon was as strong and healthy
as ever. Before trying the Pink Pills had
used any amount of other medicine without
any noticeable benefit. But the Pills cured
me and was myself again.
"When a person finds himself relieved
and enjoying health he is apt to expose him
self again to another attack of illness. Some
three months ago stopped taking the Pink
Pills, and from the day did so l noticed n
change in my condition. A short time since
renewed my habit OF taking them with the
same beneficial results which met ne for
merly. am again nearly as strong as ever,
although | am aman about SO Years of age. |
tell you, sir, the Pink Pills are most won
derful medicine, and if they do as well in
other cases as they did in mine they are the
best in the world. freely recommend them
to any sufferer"
DR.. Williams Pink Pills contain. in a con-
densed form, all the elements necessary to
give new life and richness to the blood and
restore shattered nerves. They are an I'M
falling specific for such diseases as loco
motor ataxia, partial paralysis, St. Vitus'
dance, sciatica neuralgia, rheumatism,
nervous headache, the after effect of la
grippe, palpation of the heart pale and sal
low complications, all forms of weakness
either in male or female. Pink Pills are
sold by all dealers, or will be sent postpaid
on receipt of price go cents a box, or six
boxes for S250-they are never sold in bulk
or by the iOO) by addressing DIR. Williams
Medicine Co. Schenectady, N. Y.