The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-08-10
A Man with a History.
THE TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE THAT
BEFEl JOHN W, THOMAS OF
THETA, TENNESSEE.

Anii,tcd with n Peculiar Disease. His
Body Covered with Lamps. Could
not cut and Thought hc was g"ing
20 dry mp. Ills Recovery the
Marvel of Tennessee.
(From the Nashville, TcHu.. u. amer
J I'm W. Thomas. Jr., of Tncta, Tenn
Is a nan with most inter sting history,
At present he is Interested in hlnoded
horses for which Maury Coin,y Is
famous.
Few people, | take it," said Mr.
Thomas T. hep rter who had a>k" him
for the stony of his life, 'havr passed
through as remarkable a chain Of events
a. have and remained alive To tell the
story.
II was along In 1884, when was work
ing In the silver mines of New Mexi,o,
tina, my troubles began; at tist suffered
with Indigestion, and So acute did the
pains become that went Ia California
for my health, but the TRIP did ME little
good, and fully impressed with The idea
tina, my last day had neai ly d,wncd upon
M, hurried back here to my old home
to die.
From simple indigestion my malady de-
veloped into chronic inability to take
any substantial food, was bar ly able to
creep about, and at times | was prOstra-
ted by spells of heart palli,ation. This
condition continued until one year ago.
On the lllh of April, 1893, suddenly
collapsed, and for days l was uncon-
scious. in fact was not fully myself un-
til July. My condition on September LIST
was simply horrible, weighed but seven
ty pounds whereas my normal weight is
1866 pounds. All over my body were Jumps
from the size of a grape to walnut, my
fingers were cramped so that | could not
more than half straighten them. | had
entirely lost control of my lower limbs
and my hand trembled so that could not
drink without splitting the liquid. Moth
ing would remain on my stomach, and i,
seemed that must dry up before many
more days had passed.
made another round of the physicians
calling in one after the other, and by the
aid Of morphine and other medicines they
gave me, managed to I've though barrel.
through the fall.
Here Nj. liz mas Displayed his arll>
ana just above Inc elbow Vi each ther,
was iargr i'm guiar sia,n as ia. - as TIN
palm Of The h;,id and ui Il iuiplc color
tn. space coy ret BY he M, 4 ~, 81 K
en- nc.riy " ii BON. "fnaL, s.II MI
Thomas, lis what the doctors ri ny put
ting murpiii.ie i"to use
'sOn the llth of December, 1873 JUS
eight months after took permanently I,
bcd-l shall never forget tile datc-m.
cousin, Joe Foster, of Carriers Creek
called on me and gave me box of DR.
Williams Pink Pills for Pale People, say
ing they had cured him of partial paral
yss. with which knew he had all bu
Iii, d. followed his directions and be
gan taking the medicine, as result
:. stand before you today tue most surprises
Imam On earth. L.ok ut my land. it is a
steady as yours my face has health.
look about it; have been attending t.
my duIics for IA month. Since begal
taking the pills | have gained 30 pounds
and | am still gaming. AL the knot
have disappeared ifom my body eNcep
this little kern here in my PALM hav
good appetite and am almost as stron
as | ever was.
Yesterday rode thirty-scvcn miles o
horseback. feel tired to-day but not sick
used to have from two to four spells o
heart palptation every night, since BIZ
gan the use Of the pills have had bu
four spells altogether.