The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1894-08-04
MIRACLE IN MISSOURI
MUM ACHIEVEMENTS OF MEDlCAn
soIrNCD FAR MORE WONDEhFO"
THAN THE MAGIC OF THE HAs
rn. Remarkable Experience OF POST
u,.+er WoodsOn Of Panama. "o'
FOR Ten Years n Cripple-To-Das
n Well and Hearty Man.
lrrom tho Kansas City Times.)

(From the Kansas City Tlmes.)
The people of Rich Hill, No. ana
vicinity have recently been startled py
a seeming miracle Of heailns. roa "
years one of the best known men ~
Bates and Vernon counties q Deen
Mark NJ. WOodson, now postmaster q
Panama. and brother of eX-State IN
snector of Mines C. q. Woodson OF TINS
citv, The people of Rich Hill, Where
he formerly resided, and Of mis- present
home remember we'll the bent torm'
m%isshanen almost from the semDlance
of man which had painfully bowed us
head half to earth and labOred snaii-
like across the walks season AFTER sea.
son. and when one day last month II
Strengthened to it's full height, threw
away the heavy butt of cane "hicn lol
years had been it's only support llotu
total helplessness, and walked erec.'
firmly, unhesitatingly about the W.
cities, people looked and Wonaereu.
The story Of the remarkable case mas
become the marvel Of the two countles.
Exactly as Mr.. Woodson told 1t 10 u
| Times reporter, it is here publlsned;
For ten years 1 have suffered the
| torments Of the damned and have been
y useless invalid; to-day l am a Wen
| and hearty man, free from almost
every touch of pain. I don't think man
| ever suffered more acute and constant
agony than l have since 1884. Inc
rheumatism started then in my right
knee. and after weeks Of suffering IN
he'd I was at last relieved sufficiently
to arise, but it was only to get about
on crutches for five years, the ailment
having settled in the joint. Despite con-
| slant treatment Of the most eminent
pl.ysiciaDs the rhe'lif tism grew worse,
and for the last four years l have Deen
compelled to 20 about benz hall toward
the ground. In the winter OF 1S9O-9l,
| after the rhel matism Lad settled into
it's most chronic form, ! went to Kan
sas City ur Oh advice of my brother,
ar d for six weeks I was treated In II
of tile largest and best known dis
p~cnsaries of that city. but without the
| slis htest improvement. Before l came
home l secured a strong galvanic a
terry. This I used for mouths with the
same result In August, 1882, l went
to st. Louis, and there conferred with
the widely known DR.. Mudd of hospital
practice and fame, and DR.. Kale OF the
city hospital. None Of them would
take my case with any hope of afford.
ing me more than temp >rary relief, and
50 I came home, weak, doubled with
rain, helpless and d spondent.
about this time my attention was
called to the account IT a remarkable
cure by DR.. Williams Pink Pills for
Pale People of locomotor ataxiq, rheu-
matism and paralysis. l ordered some
of the pills as IN experiment. When l
began to take them the rheumatism had
developed into Il phase of paralysis;
my leg from the thigh down was cold
all the time and could not be kept
warm. In a short time the pills were
gone, and 50 was the cane. l was able
to attend to the duties of my office, to
get about as a we'll and strong man. /
was free from pain and I could enjoy
a sound and restful nights sleep, some
thing l had not known for ten years.
To-day am practically, and, l firmly
believe, permanently cured of my terri
BILE and agonizing ailment. No magi-
clan of the Far East ever wrought the
miracle with his wand that DR.. Will
luLlS L LIE L lAlo III lOA AIC
To verify the story beyond all ques-
ton of doubt Mr.. Woodson made the
following affidavit:
State Of Missouri,)
County of Bates, } -
I, NJ. M. Woodson, being duly sworn
on my oath state that the following
statements are true and correct as I
verify believe. M NJ. Woodson.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this Sd day of March, 1894.
John D. Moore, Notary Public.
|. DR. Williams Pink Pills for Pale Peo-
pie are manufactured by the DR.. Will
Jams Medicine Company, Schenectady,
n. Y, and are sold only in boxes bear
ing the firms trade mark and wrapper,
at so cents a box or six boxes for 81. 80.
Bear in mind that DR.. Williams Pink
Pills are eve sold in bulk or by the
dozen or hundred, and any dealer who
offers substitutes in this form is trying
to defraud you and should be avoided.
DR.. Williams Pink Pills may be had of
all druggists or direct by mail from DR..
Williams Medicine Co.