Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1894-10-13
A WITH A HISTORY,
THE TERRIBLE ExPERJKNCk THAI
DgPEl.L JOHN w. THOMAS, OF
THETA, TENNESSEE

AUlesei with . Peculiar Dise1se-H Hi
Body Covered VITA I.s11s-Cssld Net
Eat a.A Thssshs lie was Gsias -
DRY Cp-His recovery the MAJ.
vel 81 Tennessee.
(Pron TIE Edshriue. Tenn, Bdnner.)
Mr.. John ". Thomas, Jr., OF Theta, Tenn.
- man with q most interesting history
At present h Is 4 interested In blooded horses
for which Malry County Is famous.
Pow people, l take II" said Mr.. Thoma'
70 Q reporter who had asked hin for The
story OF his life, ''have passei through a
remarkable a chain OF cvonis as | have an|
remained alive to toll the story.
at Vas along In 1884. when I WAS wcrk'n'
In tho silver mines OF New Mexico, that ~,
troubles began Mt frs I suffered with 10
digestion, AMI 80 acute did the pains 10
como that l wen, TO California for my health
bat the trip did me little goo I. ON fully in
pressed with the idea that my last day ha'
seariy dawned upon me. ] hurried back hc''
70 my old home 10 die.
prom simple Indigestion ny re alady d."
velopeI into a chronic Inability to take an
s~ubssan,iAl foo !. I was barely able TO crccI
about. AMI at tim"s I was prostra,"t 10.
spells Of heart pa.piiatton This con it:cs
continued until one y-ar ago.
ION the iith Of April, 1893. I su Id .nlv
collapsed, nn / for days VI. unconscious.
III fact l was not iuiiy mys ,' until Jn'y. NJ:
condition on September lss va simply hor
rtle I w-igh1i but seventy pounds. w,rr ~
my normal weigh: Is lGj pun Is. All ove'
My holy there wrr. jumps from thu sizH Of !
grape 10 tho size OF n walnut. rny fnyrr
were crxmpe / no that l couli not mor- IA,
hall s%sraight-n them. l had entirely los
oontro! OF my lower limbs an my nan.
tvembi,d 30 that [ couii not drink withoul
spiliinX the Iiquii 1. Nothing wouId rem lin
VII my Honach. nm ! II seen-i that I mus
dry up before many NOR. lays hai pissed
~ maize another round o tho physicians
calling In ono nftrr the o har. an 1 by the aif
OF morphine and other mo iicine- they CAV
ni-. l managed to livethouyh barely through
tho TALL"
Here Mr. Thomas Displayed his arms, ant
last above tho cl.Ow OF each there was
large irregular stain M iarg, ms the piIm 0
tho hand and OF a purple color the spac
eoverod by tn" mark gas fsunkrn nenrly I,
tho homo. 18th IT," sail Mr.. Thom,s, ii
vh"t tho doctors did 10 putting morPhiu
Into mo.
o tho nth OF December, 1899. lust eigl
months after took permanently TO bed
shnil never forgot tn. 'iais-ny cousin, J0'
voster, OF Carriers Creek. called on mo an,
gave mo n box OF Or. Williams Pink Pill
for Pal. People, saying I icy hal cured hin
OF partial paralysis, with which | knew h
had all but died. l ioiiowed his direction
and began taking the medicine as 4 result
stand before you to-day the most surpr ,
0nAn nm NpYfh nnk at nv hand 10 l. +,
steady ~ yours my iace has a healthy loo
about II | have been attending 10 my dntit
tor month. Sincel began takin, the pills
hnvN gained thirty pounds. and l am Still
gaining. All tho knots have ~disapp"arc
from myibody except this little kernel her
IN my palm. ! have a good appetite and
an almost as strong rs I ever was.
yesterday l rOdo thin y-sevcn miles G
horseback l feel tired to-day but not SICK
] ns0d 10 have from .wo to four spells
hrar. palpitation every night since I bog
thu use OF tho pills l have had but four spell
sliogothor.
~ know positively that was cured I
Or. Williams Pink Pills, and I believe Nru
ly that II Is tho most wonderful remedy
sxistcncs to-day, ami every fac, ! have pr
sented TO you Is known TO my neighbors
well NJ to myself, and they will certify 10 II
truth Of my remarkable cure"
DIR. Williams Pink Pills for Pale Poop
eSo not a pltcnt medicine In the sense tn
namc implies. They were first compound
a. a prescription and used as such in geney
prnctics by m eminen, physician. SO gre
vas thctr efficacy that 1t was doomed wise
place them within tn r, nch OF all. They u
now manufacture by the DR.. William
Medicine Company, Schenectady, N. Y. AZ
are sold In boxes (nevcr In loose form by I
dozen or huu'irod, AID the public are ca
ttoned against numerous limitations soil
this shApo) at my cents q box. or six DO !
for e2.o0, and may be had OF all druggists
direct by mail from DR.. williams Mediol
Company.