The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1894-05-25
A MAN WITH A HISTORY.
Tie Terrible Experience That Be.
fell John w. Thomas, Of Theta
Tennessee.
AFFLICTED with n Peculiar DIsease-His
Body Covered with Lumps-Could Not
Eat and Thought He Was Going
to Dry Up-His Recovery the
Marvel of Tennessee.
From the Nashville, Tenn. Banner. 7


Mr.. John w. Thomas, Jr., of Theta, Tenn,
Is a man with most interesting history. At
present he is interested in blooded horses for
which Many County is famous.
''Few people, ! take it, said Mr.. Thomas
to a reporter who had asked him for the
story of his life, ''have passed through as re-
markable u chain of events as l have and re-
manned alive to tell the story.
cit was along in 1884, 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 l went to California my health,
but the trip did me little good, and fully i'm
pressed with the idea that my last Gay had
nearly dawned upon me, hurried back here
TO my old home to die.
From simple indigestion my malady de-
veloped into a chronic inability to take any
substantial food, was barely able to creep
about, and at times l was FRUSTRATED by
spells of heart palpitation. This condition
continued until one year ago.
son the 18th of April, 1898, I suddenly
collapsed, and for days I was unconscious,
in fact I was not fully myself until July.
My condition on September st, was simply
horrible, 1 weighed but seventy pounds,
whereas my normal weight is 165 pounds.
All over my body there were Jumps from
nv fingers were cramped so thatI could not
more than half straighten them. 1 had en-
tirely lost control of my lower limbs and
nv hand trembled so that could not drink
without spilling the liquid. Nothing would
remain on my stomach, and it seemed that
1 must dry up before many more days had
passed.
81 made another round of the physicians,
calling in one after the other, and by the
aid of morphine and other medicines they
gave me, l managed to live though barely
through the fall"
Here Mr. Thomas displayed 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 bone. "That," said Mr. Thomas, sis
what the doctors did by putting morphine
into me.
"On the 18th of December, 1888, just eight
months after l took permanently to bed
shall never forget the date-my cousin, Joe
Foster, of Carriers Greek, called on me and
gave me a box of DR.. Williams Pink Pills
for Pale People, saying they had cured him
of partial paralysis, with which l knew he
had all but died. 1 followed his directions
and began taking the medicine, as a result
l stand before you to-day the most surprised
man on earth. Look at my hand, it is as
steady as yours; my face has a healthy look
about. it; 1 have been attending to my
duties for a month. Since 1 began taking
the pills have gained 80 pounds, and am
still gaining. All the knots have disap.
pearcd from my body except this little
kernel here in my palm. have good APP
petite and | am almost as strong as l ever
was.
Yesterday I rode thirty-seven miles on
horseback. feel tired to-day but not sick.
used to have from two to four spells of
heart paIpitation every night, since l began
the use of the pills 1 have had but four spells
altoo ether.
u know positively that I was cured by
| DR.. Williams Pink Pills, and l believe firm
ly that it is the most wonderful remedy in
existence to-day, and every fact have pre-
scented to you is known to my neighbors as
we'll as to myself, and they will certify to
the truth of my remarkable cure.''
Dr. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People
are not patent medicine in the sense that
name implies. They were first compounded
as a prescription and used as suchin general
practice by an eminent physician. So great
was their efficacy that it was deemed wise
to place them within the reach of all.
Thoy are now manufactured by the DR..
| Williams Medicine Company, Schenectady,
n. Y, and are sold in boxes (never in loose
form by the dozen or hundred, and the
public are cautioned against numerous I'M
itatiCns sold in this Shape) at 80 cents box;
or six boxes for $3.50, and may be had OF az
druggists or direct by mail from Dr. WE
liams' Medicine Company.