Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1895-07-26
lie Will Not Drown Himself.
(From the Troy, n. Y, TmeS.)

(From The Troy, n. Y, Tmes.)
R. W. Edwards. OF Lansingburgh, was pros
trated by sunstroke during the war and it
has entailed on him peculiar and serious
consequences. At the present writing Nlr. e.
is a prominent officer of Post Lyon, G. A. R.,
Cohoes, and past aid de camp on the staff
of the commander-in-chef of Albany Co. In
the interview with q reporter he said:
~ was wounded and sent to the hospital
at Winchester. They sent me, together with
others, to Westinghouse ride Of about 100
miles. Having no room in the box cars we
were placed face up on the bottom OF flat
cars. The sun beat down upon our unpro-
tected heads. When l reached Washington
l was insensible and was unconscious for ten
days while in the hospital. An abscess gath
cred In my ear and broke; it has been gath
ering and breaking ever since. The result
of tits 100 mile ride and sunstroke was heart
disease, nervous prostratiOn, insomnia and
rheumatism; a completely shattered system
which gave me no rest night or DAY. AS u
last resort l took some Pink Pills and they
helped me to a wonderful degree. My rheu-
matism is gene, my heart failure, dyspepsia
and constipation are about gone, and the abb
scess in my ear has stopped discharging and
nv head feels as clear as bell, when before
it felt as though it would burst, and my once
shattered nervous system is now nearly
sound Look at those fingers, > Mr.. Edwards
said, ''do they look as if there was any rheu-
matism there?" He moved bis fingers rapid
" and freely and strobe about the room like
young boy. year ago those fingers were
gnarled at the joints and so stiff that could
not hold pen. My knees would swell up
and could not straighten my legs out. My
Joints would squeak when l moved them.
That is the living truth.
"When | came to think that l was going
to be crippled with rheumatism, together
with the rest of my ailments, tell you life
seemed not worth living l suffered from
dependency. 1 cannot begin to tell you,
said Mr.. Edwards. as he drew a long breath,
what my Keeling is at present. | think il
YOU lifted ten years right off my life and leit
me prime and vigorous at forty-seyen,
could feel no better. / was an old man and
could only drag myself painfully about the
house. Now l can walk off without any
trouble. That in itself" continued Mr.
Edwards, would be sufficient to give me
cause for rejoicing, but when you come tc
consider that | am no longer what you
might can uclNOuS, anu ti'ht ny iN"A' 10 "P
parently nearly healthy, and that l can sleel
nights. you may realize why may appear tC
speak in extravagant praise of Pink Pills
These pills quiet my nerves. take that awlu
depression from my head and at the same
time enrich my blood. There seemed to b'
no circulation in my lower limbs year ago
my legs being cold aud clammy at times
Now the circulation there is rs full and a.
brisk as at any other part of my body.
used to be so light-headed and dizzy from
my nervous disorder that l frequently fei
while crossing the floor of my house. Sprins
is coming and never felt better in my life
and am looking forward to Il busy season
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