New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-03-27
AN OLD SOLDIERS STORY
THE INTERESTING HISTORY OF VETERAN 4,
NoROToN. CONN.
ESCAPED FROM THE WAR UNscATHED oNLY m
BE CUT DOWN BY THE RAvAGEs or yIs.
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Ar Noroton Conn. is a with history There I.
that IN the story Noyes Barber which 4 dis.
,,rc,,v different from all others. and which to-day =
making him the most talked about man not only h
Marathon but in his native city Of South Norwak a
we'll There does live an old soldier who will
road with deep interest the following history OF e
their number and there are thousands OF others to Whoa
II will be quite as interesting
Mr. Barber enlisted in G1 in the First connee:l,w
Cavalry at the Of sixteen serving one year. Having
boon severely wounded he entered the navy after hs
discbarp. from, the hospital serving the gunboat
cv,ne for n year. He served in the Twelfth n. r.
rn,,r,rv and nj tho fight Gaines Mills was taken
prisoner and confined Libby and Belle Isle Prisons
Gov five months Having been exchanged he rcjoind
his regiment serving until the close Of the war
Notwithstanding my years service and the five
months in Libby and Belle Isle prisons. said Hr Far
hr "r never knew what II was have sck cay
until one day about 10 years ago. ono doctor afts
another diagnosed disease as loconouf htaS'" ana
oil treated me without success All powers of ocom,toa
finally left me- and for six years have Dc,h wholly
unable to work. and wholly unable to walk
.n,r,g much Of this time my sufferines hav' teen
intense Last winter had spell when the ram was
go excr,iciating that cried for three DAYS anu hsn
II IL Ind for hypodermic injections OF ophne
7 do not think could have lived
Doctors had assured me that my ca9' ""' ''F's
,ev sad tina, there was known cure for locomo'or
otaxa and that all they could do for ne was 70 give
me something 10 my paa About wv" months ago
| heard through a friend OF mine OF 'e"e' " -
d,eu Of New York who had been cured OF locomoior
,axto bv DR. Wliarnss Pink Pills for Pale People I
asked the doctor II he was willing shou' take mo
al, lie said oh yes: but think you will throw away
your MONEY
..WeIl sta ted taking pills, and with the happest
resplts Before | began taking them could not even
button my clothing and as far as walking Is Concerned
even with the aid Of cruches. entirely helpless You
c,n 500 for Yourself how much have improved
with tha Mr. Barber arose from his chair and without
of or crutch walked brshly ap1lt me
room lie seemed to experience no dihcuF' Inc inter-
d groun who stood near assured the writer that two
r,bs ago II would have been utterly impossible For Mr..
Barber TO have done this TWO envelopes were also snowp
., the writer oy Mr. Barber. who affirmed that they had
teon written since he began taking Pink pills. and that
he had for years before that been unaDe 70 hahde
| n non The handwriting is excellent. He expresses hia
entire confidence that within few weeks lie VIII De aoie
N resume his occupation Of bookkeeping which he for
mery pursued ~ have taken no other medicine ana
Pink Pills alone ascrbe the wonderful cure whieh yos
coo in me said Barber at the close OF the Interview
DIR WllIams's Pink Pills successfully USED 10
general practice for many years before being offered to Tho
nubc generally They contain in a condensed form all
the elements necessary 20 give life and richness
tho blood and restore shattered They are an I'M
failing specinc for such diseases locomotor ataxa
martial paraysis ST. Vus dance. scatica, neuralgia
rheumatism nervous headache the after effects OF
Crime palptation Of heart pale and salow com
pexions that tired feeling resulting from nervous pros
,ra,ion: all diseases from vated humors In the
blood such as scrofula chronic erysipelas etc Ihey
ar. also specific for peculiar 10 females such
"a s,nnressions Irregularities and all forms OF weakness.
rbev hld nm the blood and the glow Of health
% nal. or salow cheeks. In they eject radical
cure In all cases arising from mental worry oyerworA,
or excuses Of whatever nature