The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-05-25
MAN WITH A HISTORY
The Terrible Experience that BefeD
John w. Thomas, of Theta, Tenn.
AFFLICTED with Peculiar Disease, His Body
Covered with Lumps, Could Not Eat,
and Thought He Was Going to
Dry Up-Iiis Recovery the
Marvel of Tennessee.
[Fron, Che Mashrille TENN Bannsr;l


tFrom the Nashville TENN Banner.l
Mr.. John w. Tho m rs, Jr., OF Theta,
| Tenn, Is a man with a most interest
| ing history. At IRE emit he Is inter
| ested in blooded horses, for which
Maury County is famous.
Few people, | take It,, said Mr..
TIL mas to reporter who had asked
him for the story of his life, have
| passed through as remarkable chain
| OF events as have AMI remained alive
to tell the story.
at was along in 1884, when was
working Ia the silver mines Ct New
| Mexico, that my troubles began: at
| first suffered with indigestion, and so
acute did the PAL s become that / went
to California for my health, but the
trip did me little good. and fully i'm
| pressed with the idea that my last day
had nearly dawned upon me, .hur. led
back here to my cid home TO die.
From simple Indigestion my malady
| developed into chronic ability 10
take any substantial food, l was barely
able TO creep about and at times | va,
| Frustrated by spC lis of heart palpita-
| tiol. This condition continued until
one year ago.
On the 18th of April. 1888, | sud-
denly collapsed and for days l was un-
cons cious, in fact / was not fully my
self until July. My condition on Sept.
was simply horrible; | weighed tut
seventy pounds, whereas M normal
weight Is lt5 pounds. All over my
body there were Jumps from the size
OF grape TO the size of walnut, my
fingers were cramped so that l coul1
not more than half straighten them. /
had entirely lost control OF my Liver
limbs and my hand trembled SO that |
could not drink without spilling the
liquid. Nothing would remain on my
stomach, and it seemed that l must
dry up before many more days had
passed.
L made another round of the physi-
clans, calling in one after the Their,
and by the aid Of m )rphine and other
medicines they gave me, | managed to
live, though tarely, through the fall.
Here Mr.. Thomas di played his
arms, and just above the elbow of each
there was a large irregular stain as
large as the palm OF the hand and Of
purple color; the space covered by the
mark was sunken nearly to the bono.
That" said Mr.. Thomas, i, what the
doctors did by putting morphine into
me.
ION the ! tn of December, 1893, Just
eight months after | ok permanently
to ted shall never forget the date
my cousin, Joe Foster, of Carriers
Creek, called on me and gave me box
OF DIR. Williams Pink Pills for Pale
People, saying they had cured him OF
partial paralysis, with which l knew
he had all but died. l followed his
directions and began taking the IN odi-
cine. AS result | stand be ore you
| to-day the most sIrpr sed man on
earth. Look at my hand-it is as
steady as yours; my face has healthy
look about it; have been attending 10
my duties for month. Since l began
taking the pills l have gained thirty
pounds, and 1 am still gaining. All
| the knots have disappeared from my
my palm. / have good appetite aid
/ am almost as sire ne as / ever was.
Yesterday l rode thirty-seven miles
on horse back; l feel tired to-day, but
not sick. ! used to have from two to
four spells Of heart | alpitation every
night. Since | began the use of the
pills have had but fur spells alto
gether.
Il know positively that was cured
by Dr. Williams Pink Pills, and | be-
lieve firmly that ii i ; the most wonder
full remedy in existence to-day, and
every fact 1 have presented to you is
known to my ne ghbors as we'll as to
myself, ard they will certify to the
truth of my remark able cure"
DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale
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