St. Paul daily globe., 1895-12-22
A POSTMASTER'S WIFE.
A LEEDS WOMAN WHO ASTON
ISHED HER FRIENDS AND
NEIGHBORS.
Near to Death, but Restored So
Completely That She Has Been
Accepted by IL Life Insurance
Company as IA Good Risk.

company us IL LOOu k.
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From the Journal Lewiston, Me. =
A bright little woman, rosy and
| fresh from her. household duties,
dropped into a chair before the writer
and talked with enthusiasm shining in
her swapping, black eyes.
| The people IN the pretty village of
Leeds Center, Me-, have watched with
some interest the restoration to COM
| plete health of Mrs. w. l.. Francis,
wife of the postmaster. So general
were the comments on this interesting
case that the writer who visited Mrs.
Francis and learned from her that the
statements regarding her troubles and
her subsequent extrication therefrom
are entirely true All of her neighbors
know what has been the agency that
! has performed this cure, but that 9TH
ers may be benefited by her expert
ence, Mrs. Francis has consented to
allow her story to appear in print.
| "If there is anything on earth I
| dread more than another" she said,
| sit is to see my name in the papers.
But in this case L conquer my repug-
nance and give publicly the same cred
| 1t to the savior of my life as l would
| to one who had dragged me from a
death beneath the waves. In fact 1
have eXtolled my preserver so enthusi-
| astfcally and unreservedly; have
| sought out sufferers and recommended
| the remedy to so many friends and ac-
| quaintanceS that already my neigh
| bors jocularly call me, Pink Pills
! Francis But really, my recovery is
| something that 1 consider wonderful.
| l know that there are so many testi-
monials of medicine in the papers now
adays that people do not pay as much
heed as formerly, but 1 do wish folks
who are suffering would remember
that what 1 say comes right from the
heart of a woman who feels that she
| had new lease of happy life given to
her.
eleven years ago I was afflicted
with nervous prostration. My exist
ence until two years ago was one of
dragging misery. Any one in the vii
lage will tell you of my condition. My
| blood seemed exhausted from my
| veins, and month after month 1 grew
weaker. 1 was able to undertake only
the lightest household work, and even
then 1 could perform it only by slow
| and careful movements. During all
these sorry months and years 1 was
| under the care of this doctor and that,
but their medicines helped me only
spasmodically, and then 1 fell into re-
lapses more prostrating than ever.
'In the night 1 used to be awakened
| by the most excruciating pains in my
| heart and side, and was obliged to use
| Of -f,,l IN, he
doctor gave me for relief in such at
tacks. At last my condition became
| so grave that I went out only infre-
| quently. We live up stairs, you notice,
over my husbands store, and in de-
| scending the stairway I frequently was
obliged to sort of fall and slide over
the steps in order to descend, such
was the strain ON my system resulting
from even this slight exertion. Occa-
sionally I visited the neighbors, but
! I was obliged to sit and rest to re-
| cover breath while ascending any ele-
vation. In short, 1T did not seem that
! I could live, such was my complete
physical prostration.
Zone day l saw an advertisement OF
Dr. Williams Pink Pills for Pale Peo.
pie, and although nay faith in remedies
was weak by that time, I sent for 9
box and tried them. That was two
years ago. Now I call myself a vel
woman. Isn't it wonderful?
81 haven't had one of those eXcru,
| ciating pains in the heart for veal
and a half. Why, even the first box
of pills halped me. I can walk miles
now; can do my work easily; have
gained in weight constantly, and yor
would scarcely believe it, but a little
while ago I was examined for endow,
ment life insurance and was accepted
unhesitatingly after a careful examin.
alton by the physician.
sDo you wonder that I'm shouting
Pink Pills all through our village:
I haven't taken any of the remedy fol
some months for it has completely
built me up, but at the first sign OF
| trouble I know to what refuge to
flee.
Last year my aunt, Mrs. M. A
| Blossom, of Dixfield, P. O., was Wis
iting me. She was suffering from lack
of vitality and heart trouble, but she
was skeptical about my remedy that
was so enthusiastically advoca ting.
At last, however, she tried it and car
| ried some home with her when she
went. A little while ago I received a
| letter from her and in it said, T am
| cured, thanks to God and Pink Pills
| She also wrote that her husband had
! been prostrated but had been restored
| by the remedy.
! 1--WE feel UP this way that such a
| sovereign cure cannot be too widely
| Nhof fI,0 r
| allow my name to be used in this con-
| nection. I know also that by personal
| 1y recommending them I have helped
many of my friends back to health,
| for 1 never let an opportunity pass
/ when a word of counsel may direct
some one"
! One of the persons to whom Mrs.
Francis recommended Pink Pills is sta
ton agent,C. H. Foster, Of Leeds Gen.
fer, and the reporter found him patroll-
ing the platform awaiting the arrival
of the morning train. Mr.. Foster, who
IS one of the most trustworthy, capable
and energetic men in the employ of the
Maine Central railroad, appeared in un-
usually good health and spirits and we
made inquiry as to the cause.
do you know" replied he. "I think
I've made a discovery, or at least Mrs.
Francis has for me. I have been in
poor health for long time with heart
trouble variously complicated. We
have been so fully interested in Mrs.
Francis wonderful recovery that
at once determined to give the medi-
cine recommended a thorough test
So, about two months ago, bought the
first box of DR.. Williams Pink Pills.
Only two months, please note, yet al
ready am so much improved. 50 much
better able to fulfil my duties. so san
guine that am on the road to recov-
cry. that I feel like new man.
"I can now walk without the fatigue
I once experienced my heart affection
appears to be relieved, and I have
joined the Pink Pills band in our COM
munity."
Mr. Foster commenced taking the
pills at a time when he was complete
1y Frustrated, after he had suffered
such a severe attack of heart trouble
that it was necessary to carry him
home from his office. Since then he
has faithfully adhered to the remedy
and is constantly improving. so much