Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-11-03
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 IY the statement which James Reid of 40 Meadow street made to a representa- tive of the DEMOCRAT today, be true, he is sure to become the greatest benefactor the people of Waterbury have ever known. For several years he suffered severely from rheumatism and a running sore on his right arm. He consulted almost every prominent physician in Connecticut and New York and spent fortune in various kinds of medicines offered for sale in the drug stores purporting to cure the disease with which he was afflicted. The pre- scriptions recommended by the different physicians failed to give even temporary relief as did also the patent medicines, and he had decided that the remainder of his life was sure to be spent in untold miseries caused by the constant attack of rheumatism and the steady running of the sore on his arm. Mir Reed was born in Germany and remembered having heard his father tell of a certain cure for the dis ease with which he was afflicted. but could not think of the name of it. All he re- | membered about the cure was that 1t was made out of root which could be found st a certain time of the year in dry. rocky soil. He did not even know the season of the year in which it could be seen, but as he looked upon it as the only possible re- lief he spent several years in an effort to
 find it. He says he spent months on Town plot and Burnt hill ana brought home various kinds of roots and herbs and | tried them with no perceptible result
 Some time ago he decided 10 try his luck on Pine hill and one evening about dusk
 he discovered peculiar looking plant and
 digging into the earth found a root such as
 he had never before seen. After a dili- I oh faxx- .N Nk...
 were secured and these he boiled and con-
 verted into liquid which he used a few
 tim. s, and to his intente delight the rheu-
 matlsm and running sore disappeared.
 He has two bottles of the preparation left | which he will guarantee to cure the most
 chronic case of rheumatism or running
 sore in Waterbury and wants all who are
 afflicted with such diseases to call on him.
 He will give the remedy free, but would
 not reveal the name of the herb or the
 time of the year it can be found to the
 man who would offer him s10.0e0.
 "Wken am on my death bed" he said.
 II will confide the secret as d legacy to
 some one who will be as generous in his
 dealings with suffering humanity as l am. Asked if he was not running risk of de.
 priving posterity of the benefit of his great discovery by waiting until the hour of his
 death to make it known. that he might die suddenly and not have tune to tell any , one about 1t, he said: No, am
 christian man and know that it was the , creator of the universe that made it knowr to me, and I have sufficient faith in his
 goodness to believe that he will not cal
 me away without giving me enough tim, , to intrust the secret to some humanita
 rian, who will use it for the benefit of rict , and poor, and not endeavor to make
 fortune out of it as could do if l desired , to offer it for sale." He said he felt posi- e tive that the secret is not known to an, , enjoy the distinction as long as he lives. TIE polls will open at 6 o'clock on mex Tuesday morning and it is to be hope'
 that Ps many as can possibly do so vii vote between 6 and o'clock. This vii avoid a good deal of the rush occasione, , at the polls during the noon hour at tn last election. It is stated that quite goo' many of the factory hands were prevente'
 from exercising the right of franchise a the recent town and city election. owing | the interference of n few narrow minde understrappers in some of the depart . ments. When men are not allowed { leave thelr work on election day except a
 the noon hour it is impossible for al
 of them to vote during that time. W have sufficient faith in the manhood of tn superintendents of the different shops ii 2 Waterbury to say that we believe all thi petty business is being carried on withou
 their knowledge.