The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-09-14
A Miracle In Missouri.
THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF MED.
ICAL SCIENCE FAR MORE
WONDERFUL THAN THE
MAGIC OF THE
EAST.
The Remarkable Experience of POST
Master Woodson, Of Panama, Mo.
For Ten Years a Cripplc-TO-
Day A Well and Hearty
tFrom the Kan as City Tlmes.)

NrToh tiic hahSoo Sity AihesJ
The people of Rich Hill, Mo. and vicin-
ity, have recently been startled by SEEM
ing miracle of healing. For years one of
the best known men in Bates and Vernon
counties has been Mark M. Woodson. now
postmas or at Panama, and brother of
ex-State Inspector of Mines, C. c. Wood
son, 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 SEM
blance 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 straight
ened to its full height, threw away the
heavy butt of cane which for years had
been its only support from total helpless
ness, and walked erect, firmly, unhesita
tingly about the two cities, people looked
and wondered. The story Of the remark
able case has become the marvel of the
two counties. Exactly as Mr.. Woodson
told it to Times reporter. it is here pub
lished:
"For ten years have suffered the tor
ments of the damned and have been
useless invalid; today l am well and
hearty man, free from almost every touch
of pain. | don't think man ever suffered
more acute and constant agony than |
have since 1884. The rheumatism started
then in my right knee, and after weeks
of suffering in bed l was at last relieved
sufficiently to rise, but it was only to get
about on crutches for five years, the all
ment having settled in the joint. Despite
constant treatment of the most eminent
physicians the rheumatism grew, worse,
and for the last four years l have been
compelled to go about bent half toward
the ground In the winter of lS9O-9l,
after the rheumatism had settled into its
most chronic form, l 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 i'm
provement Before came home secur-
ed strong galvanic battery, this used
| for months with the same result. In Aug.
1892, went to St. Louis, and there con-
ferred with the widely known Dr.. Mudd
of hospital practice fame, and DR.. Kale
of the city hospital. None of them
would take my ease with any hope of af-
fording me more than temporary relief,
and So came home, weak, doubled with
pain, helpless and Respondent.
about this time my attention was
called to the account of remarkable cure
by DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale Peo-
pie of locomotor ataxia, rheumatism and
paralysis. l ordered some of the pills a
an experiment. When began to take
them, the rheumatism had developed into
a phase of paralysis; my leg from the
thigh down was cold all the time ant
could not be kept warm. In short time
the pills were gone, and SO was the cane
was able to attend to the duties of N,
Office, to get about as well and strong
man. l was free from pain and coule
enjoy sound and restful nights sleep
something had not known for ten years
Today am practically, and, firmly be
lieve, permanently cured of my terrible
and ayonizing ailment. No magician o.
the Far East ever wrought the miracle
with his wand that DR.. Williams Pinl
Pills did for me-"
To verify the story beyond all question
of doubt Mr.. Woodson made the follow
ing affidavit:
STATE OF MISSOURI, | 90
COUNTY DE BATES,
1, m. M. Woodson, being duly swor1
on my oath state that the following state
ments are true and correct as verify be
lieve. M. M. WOOdson.
Subscribed and sworn to before me thi
Sd day of March, 1894.
JOHN d. MOORE, Notary Public.
DIR. Williams Pink Pills for Pale Pee
pie are manufactured by the DR.. Wi
liams' Medicine Company, Schenectady
N. Y, and are sold only in boxes bearln
the firms trade mark and wrapper, at
cents box or six boxes for $3.50. Bea
in mind that Dr. Williams Pink Pills ar
never sold in bulk or by the dozen @
hundred, and any dealer who offers sui
stitutes in this form is trying to defrau
you and should be avoided. DIR. Wi
liams's Pink Pills may be had of a
druggists or direct by mail from d.