The free press., 1894-08-16
A DETROIT BUILDER.
HE TELLS A REMARKABLE STORY
OF His LIFE.
Came TO Detroit About Forty fenrs Ago
Levi El.ey's Experience Worthy
serious Attention.

from the Detroit Ecening Netos)
Away out Gratiot avenue. far from the
din and turmoil Of the business centre, there
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 home-like comfort than that OF Mr.
Levi Elsey, the we'll ll-known builder and con-
tractor, at "a Moran street, just off Gratiot.
Mr. Elsey is an old resident OF Detroit,
having moved here about forty years ago.
He has erected hundreds Of houses in di fer
ent parts of the city, and points with pride to
such buildings as the Newberry & Mcmillan
and Campaw blocks, ia which he displayed
his ability asa superintendent.
Il have seen Detroit grow from village
to a CITY," he observed yesterday in CONVEX
sation with the writer, land / don't think
there are many towns in America today
equal to it in point of beauty. l know al
most everybody in the city, and an incident
which recently happened in my life has IN
terested all my friends.
SIT is now about eight years ago since
was stricken down with my first case OF ill
ness One cold. clustering day was down
town and through my natural careleisness at
that time | permitted myself to get chillea
right through When | arrived home th'G
evening | felt n serious pain in my left leg.
l bathed it that night, but by morning
found it had grown worse. In fact it was 80
serious that ! sent for my family physician
and be informed me that | was suffering
from varicose veins My leg swellet up to
double its natural size and the pain increased
in volume The agony was simply awful.
was laid UP and never left my bed for eight
weeks. At times felt as though | would
grow frantic with pain. My leg was ban
daged and was propped up III the bed at an
angle of thirty degrees in order to keep the
blood from flowing to my extremities.
II had several doctors attending me, but
believe my own judgment helped me better
than theirs After a siege of two months
could move around, still was on the sick list
and had to doctor myself for years. was
never really cured aud suffered any amount
of anguish.
"About two years ago noticed an article
in the Erenilg NelCs about my friend Mr..
Northrup the Woodward avenue merchant
In an interview with him he 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 Wood
ward Ave, and | thougt / would follow his
suggestion, Imust confess did 50 with mar
velous success. From the time / began to
take tn Pink Pills / felt myself
growing to be new man. They acted on
me like a magical stimulant. 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 himself
again to another attack of illness Some
three months ago l stopped taking the Pink
Pills, and from the day did so l noticed a
change in my condition A short time since
Irenewed my habit of taking them with
the same beneficial results which met me for
merly. l am again nearly as strong us ever,
although am aman about fifty. six years OF
age. / tell you, sir the Pink Pills are most
wonderful medicine. and il they do as we'll
in other cases as they did i'll mlne they are
the best in the world l freely recommend
them TO any sufferer"
DR.. Williams Pink Pills contain, in a con.
densed form, all the clements necessary to
give new life and richness to the blood and
restore shattered nerves. They are an un,
failing specific for such diseases as locomotor
ataxa, partial paralysis, st. Vituo' dance,
sciatica, neuralgia, rheumatism, nervous
headache, the after effect of lagrippe, palpi-
tation of the heart, pale and saiow complex
ions all forms of weakness. either in male
or female Pink pills are sold by all dealers,
or will be sent post paid on receipt OF prica
80 cents q box, or six boxes for 81 50-they
are never sold in bulk or by the 600, by ad'
dressing DR.. Williams Medicine Company,
Schenectady, N, Y.