The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-10-06
A DETROIT BUILDER.
He Tells a Rem arkable Story Of
His Life.
CAME TO DETROIT ABOUT FORTY
YEARS AGO.
Lsvi Elsey's Experience Worthy Serious
Attention.
From the Detroit Evening News.l

From the Detroit Evening News.]
Away out Gratiot Avenue, far from the
din and turmoil Of the business center, ther6
are many attractive homes. The intersect
ing streets are wide, clean and shaded by
large leaf-covered trees, and the people you
meet are typical of industry, economy and
honest toll. There are many pretty resi-
dences, but none more inviting in its neat
ness and homelike comfort than that of Mr..
Levi Elsey, the well-known builder and con.
tractor, at "a Moran street just off Gratoit.
Mr. Elsey is an old resident of Detroit,
having moved here about forty years ago.
He has erected hundreds of houses in differ
emit parts of the city, and points with pride
TO such buildings as the Newberry & Nc.
Mullan and Campaw blocks In which he dis
played his ability as superintendent.
II have seen Detroit grow from q village
to city," he observed yesterday in CONVEX.
sation with the writer, ''and / don't think
there are many towns in America to-day
equal to it in point of beauty. know al
most everybody in the city, and an incident
which recently happened In my life has in
terested all my friends.
ut is now about eight years ago since
was stricken down with my first case Of
illness. One cold, clustering day l was
down town and through my natural careless
ness at that time permitted myself to get
chilled right through. When arrived home
that evening felt serious pain in my left
leg. bathed it that night, but by morning
/ found it had grown worse. In fact, it was
so serious that l sent for my family physi-
clan, and he informed me that was suffer.
ing from varicose veins. My leg swelled
up 10 double its natural size and the pain in
creased in volume. The agony was simply
awful. l was laid up and never left my bed
for eight weeks. At times felt as. though
would grow frantic with pain. My leg
was bandaged and was propped up In the
bed at an angle of 80 degrees in order to
keep the blood from flowing to my extremi-
ties.
~ had several doctors attending me, but
believe my own judgmenthelped me better
than theirs. After siege of two months
could move around, still ! was on the sick
list and had to doctor myself for years. !
was never really cured and suffered any
amount Of anguish.
"About two years ago noticed an article
In the Evening Ne,cs about my friend, Mr..
Northrup, the Woodward Avenue merchant
In an interview with him ne stated that he
had used DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale
People and that they cured him. knew
him very well, having built his house out
on Woodward Ave-, and / thought would
follow his suggestion. Unjust confess did
so with marvellous success. From the time
began to take the Pink Pills l felt myself
growing to be new man. They acted on
me like magical stimulaut. The pain de-
parted and soon was as strong and healthy
as ever. Before trying the Pink Pills had
used any amount of other medicine without
any noticeable benefit. But the Pills cured
me and was myself again.
"When person finds himself relieved
and enjoying health he is apt TO expose him.
self again to another attack of illness. Some
three months ago stopped taking the Pink
Pills, and from the day did so I noticed q
change in my condition. A short time since
renewed my habit of taking them with the
same beneficial results which met me for
merry. am again nearly as strong as ever,
although am a man about So years of age.
tell you, sir, the Pink Pills are most won
derful medicine, and if they do as well in
other cases as they did in mine they are the
best in the world. freely recommend them
to any sufferer"
DR.. Williams Pink Pills contain, in con-
densed form, all the elements necessary to
give new life and richness to the blood and
restore shattered nerves. They are an un-
failing specific for such diseases as loco
motor ataxia, partial paralysis, st. Vitus'
dance, sciatica, neuralgia, rheumatism,
nervous headache, the after effect of La
grippe, palpation of the heart, pale and sal
low complications, all forms of weakness
either in male or female. Pink Pills are
sold by all dealers, or viii be sent postpaid
on receipt of price $50 cents box, or six
boxes for s. 50-they are never sold in bulk
or by the 1OO) by addressing DIR. Williams
Medicine Co.. Schenectady, N. Y.