The Penn's Grove record., 1894-10-12
MAN WITH A HISTORY.


AFFLICTED With n Peculinr Dtsease-Hls
Body Covered VITA I,umps-Could Not
lat and Thsugtt lie was Going g
Dry Up-His Rec overy the Mar
vel oil Tennessee.
(From he Nashville, Tenn Bdnner.)
Mr.. John W. Thomas, Jr., of Theta, Tenn,
IS a man with a most interesting history
AT present he is interested in blooded horses,
for which Maury County is famous.
"Fcw people, l take it," said Mr.. Thomas
TO a reporter who had asked him for the
story Of his life, "haye passed through as
remarkable n chain OF events as I have and
remained alive to tell the story.
at was along in 1894, when was working
In the silver mines OF New Mexico, that my
troubles began at first l suffered with In
digestion, and so acute did the pains be-
come that I went 10 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, / hurried back here
to my old home to die.
"From simple indigestion my malady de-
yelopei into a chronic inability TO take any
substantial fool, 1 was barely able TO creep
about, and at times l was Frustrated by
spells OF heart palpitation This condition
continued until one year ago.
ION the 18th OF April, 1893, l suddenly
collapsed, and for daysI was unconscious,
In fact l was not fully myself until July. My
condition on September 1st was simply hor-
rible Il weighed but seventy pounds, whereas
my normal weight is 165 pounds. All over
my body there were Jumps from the size OF a
grape 10 the size of a walnut, my fingers
were cramped SO that 1 could not more than
half straighten them. / had entirely lost
control OF my lower limbs and my name
trembled go that [ could not drink without
splitting the liquid. Nothing would remain
on my stomach, and it seemed that l 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 aud other medicines they gave
me-, I managed to livethough barely through
the fall"
Here Mr.. Thomas displayed his arms, and
just above the elbow OF each there was q
large irregular stain as large as the palm Of
the hand and Of a purple color; the space
covered by the mark was sunken nearly to
the bone. ''That," said Mr.. Thomas, sis
what the doctors did by putting morphine
into me,
"on the nth Of December, 1898. just elgh
months after 1 took permanently 10 bed-It
shall never forget the dats-my cousin, Joe
Foster, OF Carriers Creek, called on me and
gave me . box OF DR.. Williams Pink Pills
for Pale People, saying they had cured him
OF partial paralysis, with which 1 knew he
had all but died. / followed bis directions
md began taking the medicine as a result I
stand before you to-day the most surprised
man on earth. Look at my hand, it Is US
steady as yours my face has a healthy Look
neout II I have been attending to my dulles
fora month. SinceI began taking thepills I
have gained thirty pounds, and I am still
gaining. ALI the knots have disappeared
from my body except this little kernel here
in my palm. ! have a good appetite and /
am almost as strong as l ever was.
yesterday 1 rode thirty-seyen miles on
horseback I; i feel tired to-day but not sick.
used to have from swo TO four spells OF
heart palpitation every night since l he ran
the use OF the pills / have had but four spells
altogether.
IT know positively that I was cured by
DR.. Williams Pink Pills, and / believe firm
ly that II Is the most wonderful remedy in
exlstencs to-day, and every fact I have pre-
scented TO you is known TO my ~neighbors as
we'll as to myself, and they will certify 10 the
truth OF my remarkable cure"
DIR. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People
nre NOT a patent medicine in the sense thst
name implies. They wero first compounded
RS a prescription and used as such In general
practice by an eminent physician. &c great
WINS their efficacy that 1t was deemed wise to
place them within III. reach of all. They ara
now manufactured by the DR.. Williams
Medicine Company, Schenectady. N. Y, md
are sold In boxes (never in loose form by the
dozen or hundred, and the public are eau
toned against numerous limitations sold in
this shape) at hty cents a box. or six boxes
for Ga 20, and may be had OF all druggists OF
direct BY mail from DR.. Williams Medicine
Company.