Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1894-03-01
THE PREACHERS WIFE.
A Newspaper Mans visit to an
Arcadian Home In Missouri.
rho Interesting Story OF n Lady who
Had Livcd tor Thirty Years In the
Shadow OF sudden Death
Halo Old Age Recalls n
Dark Memory.


from the St Louis Globe Dcrocrat)
"Ycs, ! ought 10 be happy in this little
paradise, and now am, butthcre werelong
years when lived In the shadow, not Of the
foresttrees that loom up 30 grandly on our
hillside, but In the shadow of death. For
years l saw the sun go down behind tho
Western hills, and ns l retired for the night
added TO the prayer, which IL has been the
custom Of my dear husband and myself 10
utter together, the old, the sweet, the trust
full invocation Of childhood, If should die
before l wake, pray the Lord my soul to
take' never gazcdupon the orb asst sank
behind the hills without the haunting fear
that It was for tho last time"
The speaker was Mrs. =. 3. Ballaine, the
wife OF Rev. 8. $. Ba.laine, Of Horinc sta
ton, Jefferson County, Mo. Mrs. Ballaine
has for many years led the life of an invalid
'to whom the dread summons might come at
any moment, until kind providence threw
In hcr way tho remedy that has restoredh her
health, her vigor, one would almost say,
heryouth. Her recovery is unsurpassed In
the history of medical science and should be
repeated in every paper and publication
In the land that others suffering with tho
same terrible afliction might profit by the
experience Of Mrs Ballaine and be saved.
A correspondent of the G'obe-Dcmocrdt
determined 10 start the good work and
called ut the Ballaine Home, believing that
the story would be Of far greater value and
interest II told in the ladys own words.
"My story" said she, sis simple one OF
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the heart from which few ever recover, and
from which never expected TO escape IL
was in 1864 that l was first made aware that
had heart trouble. / had risen and lighted
n fire, feeling in normal health, when 1 sud
denly became unconscious. i knew no
more until recovered my senses in bed.
They told me that was black in the face,
and that when first picked up no motion of
the heart was perceptible. About SIX years
ago 1 was attacked with a variety OF affiic-
tions, such as short breath, extreme weak
ness, fainting spells, and, most annoyingof
all, burning, irritating nettle rash, that at
times rendered me almost frantic, and, as
you can rcadilyunderstand, seriously aggra-
waited my heart troubles. l had settled
down to contemplate the end, and such was
my suffering that wicked as II was, / some
times prayed for II, when one day glnncing
over n religious paper published in Mon
treal, l read the testimony of a lady whose
case was much like mine, and who had been
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Pale People. Having seen similar accounts
In other reputable papers, resolved TO try
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The nettlo rash disappeared as il by mgaic,
and my trouble yielded TO the medicine like
the snow yields 10 the spring-time sun, and
feel better to-day than / have for twenty
years. 1 can not say too much about my
improved condition. My blood Is full and
rich, my appetite Is good, my nerves are
steady, sleep soundly and wake up re-
frcshcd, 1 climb the hills of our farm with
out fatigue and perform all the manifold
duties Of tho farmers wife. and surely my
heart must be in q normal state Nhcn an
swcr to all these conditions.
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