The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1894-06-29
A MIRACLE In MISSOURI.
THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF MEDICAL
SCIENCE FAR MORE WONDER
FUL THAN THE MAGIC
OF THE EAST.

OF I1E EASis
The Remarkable Experience of Post
Master Woodson, OF Panama, Mo.-Foi
Ten YsWrs "a Cripple-TO-Dny We'll
ana Hearty Man.
rFrom the Kansas City Times.
The people of Rich Hill, Mo-, and vicinity
have recently been startled by seeming
miracle of healing. For years one OF the
best known men in Bates and Vernon coun-
ties has been Mark NJ. Woodson, now post
master at Panama, and brother of ex-State
Inspector of Mines, c. c. Woodson, Of this
city. The people of Rich Hill, where he
formerly resided, and of his present home,
remember well the bent form, misshapen
almost from the semblance of man, which
has painfully bowed Its head half to earth
and labored snail-like across the walks
season after season, and when one day last
month It Strengthened to its full height,
threw away the heavy butt of cane which
for years had been its only support from
total helplessness, and walked erect, firmly,
unhesitatngly about the two cities, people
looked and wondered. The story of the re-
markable case has become the marvel of the
two counties. Exactly us Mr.. WoOdson told
it to Times reporter, it is here published:
"For ten years l have suffered the tor
ments of the damned and have been use
less invalid: to-day | am well ana nearly
man, free from almost every touch OF PAM
/ don't think man ever suffered more acute
and constant agony than l have since 1884.
The rheumatism started then in my right
knee. and after weeks of suffering in bed
was at last relieved sufficiently to arise, but
it was only to get about on crutches for fve
years, the ailment having settled in the
Joint. Despite constant treatment of the
most eminent physicians the rheumatism
grew worse, and for the last four years /!
have been compelled to 60 about bent half
toward the ground. In the winter OF 1890
81, after the rheumatism had settled into its
most chronic form, / went to Kansas City
upon advice of my brother, and for six
weeks / Was treated in one of the largest
and best known dispensaries of that city,
but without the slightest Improvement
Before / came home l secured strong gal
vanic battery, this | used for months with
The same result. In August, 1872, ! Went
widely known DR.. Mudd of hospital prac-
ice fame, and DR.. Kale of the city hospital.
None of them would take my case with any
hope of affording me more than temporary
relief, and SO / came home, weak, doubled
With pain, helpless and respondent.
"About this time my attention was called
o the account of a remarkable cure by DR..
Williams Pink Pills for Pale People OF
ocOmOtor ataXia, rheumatism and paral-
isis. / ordered some of the pills as an
experiment.. When l began to take them,
he rheumatism had developed into phase
# paralysis. my leg from the thigh down
vas cold all the time and could not be kept
warm. In IL short time the pills were gone,
nd so was the cane. l was able to attend
0 the duties of my office, to get about as
veil and strong man. ] was free from pain
nd ] could enjoy sound and restful
lights sleep, something | had not known
or ten years. To-day am practically, and,
firmly believe, permanently cured of my
,rrible and agoniZing ailment. No ma {
ican of the Far East ever wrought the
liracle with his wand that Dr.. Williams !
ink Pills did for me.'' !
TO verify the story beyond all question of |
fidavit: 8
STATE OF MISSOURI, Sc i
COUNTY OF BATES, $50
|. NJ. NJ. Woodson, being duly sworn on
Y oath state that the following statements
e true andAcorrect as | verify believe. '
NJ NJ. WOoDsoN. p
su b mal end sworn to before me this 81
d. MOORE, Notary Public
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Y, and are sold only in boxes bearing !.
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this form is trying to defraud you and Il
ould be avoided. DR.. Williams Pink o
lis may be had of all druggists or direct
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