The Penn's Grove record., 1894-08-17
A DETROIT BUILDER.
tie TELLS A REMARKABLE STORY
OF HIS LIFE,
Tame to Detroi, Abou. Forty Years Ago
tEvI ELsEY's ExrRR1Escz WORTHY sERIoui
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tEvi ELsEY's ~ExPERIEEcE WORTHY sEs1ou
(From he Detroit Erening Neos.)
( Away out Gratiot avenue, far from the dir
md turmoil Of tho business centre, there ART
many attractive homes. The intersectin1
streets are wide, clean AMI shaded by large
leatcovered trees, and the people you NEE
~nretypical of industry, economy and honest
toll. There are many pretty residences, bu'
none more inviting In its nsatness andhons
Ike comfort than that oil Mr.. Levi Elsey, the
well known builder AMI contractor, at n
Moran street, Just OF Gratiot. Mr.. Elsey is
m old resident OF Detroit, having moved
here about forty years ago.. lie has erecte
hundreds Of houses in different parts OF the
city, and points with pride 10 such buildings
as tho Newberry & Mcmillan AMI Camplw
locks. in which he displayel his ability as
superintendent.
SHAVE seen Dotro't grow from n village
to a city" he observed Yesterday in CONVEX
sation wish the writer, land I don't thfnk
there axe many towns In America to- lay
equal 10 It IN pom. o'beauty. I know almost
everybody in the city, and ar incident which
recently happened in my life has interested
all my friends.
"It is now about eight years ago since
was stricken down with my first case OF ILL
ness. One cold, clustering day I was down
town and through my natural carelessnesl
at that time I permitted myselfto get chile |
right through. When I arrived home that
evening I felt a serious pain In my left ley.
1 bathed 1t that night. but by morning I
found 1t had grown worse. In fact 1t was 80
serious that 1 sent for my family physician,
and he informed me that 1 was sufferin ;
from varicose veins. My leg swelled up I'd
double its natural size and the pain increased
in volume. The agony was simply awful. |
was laid mp n never left my bed for eight
weeks. At times I felt as though I wouli
grow frantic with pain. My leg was bani
daged and was propped up in tho bed Mt an
angle OF thirty degrees, in order to keep tho
blood from flowing to my extremities.
81 had several doctors attending me-, bui
l believe my own Judgment helped me bette1
than theirs. After n siege 1.-TWO months
could move around, still I was on the slcj
list and had to doctor myself fof years.
was never really cured and suffered AMI
amount of anguish.
"About two years ago I noticed an articlt
In the EUen{a7 Nc'cs about my friend, NJ
Northrup, tho Woodward avenue mercdanI
In n n interview with him he stated that III
had used DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pa
People and that they cured him. I knew hi 1
very well, having built his house out Wood
ward Ave, and l thought l would follow hii
suggestion. I must confess I did 30 witt
marvellous success. From the time I begat
TO take the Pink Pills 1 telt myself CROWN
10 Ea m tnY, Tba,, nntnI on 49,. ill.,
magical stimulant. The pain departed an
l soon WAS as strong and healthy as ever
Before trying the Pink Pulls | had used AMI
amount of other medicine without any mol
benefit. But tho Pills cured me an
l was myself again.
"When a prison finds himself relieved AMI
enjoying health he is apt 10 expose himself
again 10 another attack OF Illness. Somt
three months ago | stopped taking the Pint
Pills. and from the day 1 did so L noticet d
change in my condition. A short time sincJ
l renewed my habit OF taking them with thu
same beneficial results which met me for4
merly. / amagain nearly as strong as ever,
although l am II man about flfty-six years OF
age. L tell you, sir, the Pink Pills are "A most
wonderful medicine, an if they do as we'll
in other cases as they dill in mine they are
the best in tho world. 1 freely recommend
them to any sufferer"
DIR. Williams Pins Pills contain, in a CON-
densed form, all the clements necessary to-
give new lie and richness TO the blood and
restore shattered nerves. They are an un-
failing specific for such diseases as locomotor
ataxia, partial paralysis, St. Vitus' dance,
s%ciatica, neuralgia, rheumatism, nervous
headache, the after effect OF la grippe, pal
pitation OF the heart, pale and sallow con-
plexions, all forms of weakness, either in
male or female. PM Pills are sold by all
dealers, or will be sent post paid on receipt
Of price $50 cents n box, or six boxes for
~, ~50-they are never sold in bulk or by the
tO0), by addressing DR.. Williams Medicine
Jo., Schenectady, n. Y.