The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-11-11

& Fourteen wears ago" said II. VI. Under
wood. who has for the past 1--WE years held
IN, office IF School Director in District No
:. Indian6elds township, and Is well known
throughout the county, "my brother and
moved into this county. Twas wilder
De,s then. and we located in the pines here
uifb notling but our hands TO carve out our
homes IL was an unequal struggle bui
h4rd work and economy won the day and
;vo wears ago. with my forty acres nearly
clear If debt | began 10 feel that the worst
was over In April Of that spring WAS as
siSti9g in driving logs down the Cas- River,
when | was taken with slight but constant
main in the left side below the heart As
dsvs passed the trouble increased my appe-
tite fen away and | visited one Of the best
Enown and most successful doctors IN Caro-,
the county seat. ! was informed that had
an inward abscess and must cease work.
Ii was hard to quit work when knew too
wei that IL only meant another mortgage
GA nv little farm. but within a few days |
was obliged to return 10 my home The
medicine furnished by the doctor gave me
sIigbt relief but I could detect no perma-
men; benefit. Ny appetite was gone; /
could moi sleep, and each day found me
growing weaker. ] next visited Dr. A. l.
Seeley. Of Mayville, who, from the nrst, sald
mat he had but slight hopes of beneflting me
and recommended thar | 90 TO a sanltarium-
With no money this / could not do, even
though it would save my life, and with
medicine that the doctor furnished / re-
turned 10 my home feeling that the last ray
Of hope that ] ever would be my former self
was fast disappearing. Days passed and l
was rapidly losing flesh. During the awful
months which ! passed that summer-and
| can never forget them-I was reduced in
flesh from weighing los pounds to 10.
SLOWLY the long days and the awful nights
r.qsSad until another seven days had been
added 20 the awful days of torture; and still
10 relief and my weight was nov l4O
pounds nerves shattered and my system IN a
deplorable condition. At this juncture my
wifi sai5 that something must be done, and
With assistance | was taken 10 Mayville,
where DIR. Seoley was again consulted After
making a thorough examination my wife
earnestly pleaded that he do something for
me. He said that he could do nothing; re-
lief might he found at a sanitarium, but
otherwise he would give me just one more
month to live. Sorrowfully she turned from
III. phvSician's door, and what / considered
nv last Journey home was soon 10 be under
taken. / had read in the Caro- Democrat of
Dr. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People
and the benefits many had received from
Them. and with faith less than the grain Of
mustard seed. ! asked her 10 step into the
drug store and secure a box. This she did,
and after Joiung rue over Il poor f"dd We
finally reached home. tired, worn and in
sorrow. | took the first pills that night, and
left my wife sitting sorrowfully comparing
the fiickering hopes of my life with the faint
rays of light from my bedroom door, while /
thought only of what the doctor had said.
The forep8-t of the night | was restless as
usual. but. do YOU believe, during the latter
part of that very night | caught a nap. the
first sweet and resting sleep | had enjoyed
far months. ! continued the medicine the
next day and the following night | slept,
YES sir; slept a greater portion of the night
81 Oh. YOU can't imagine how brightly the
sun shOne on our home before that week was
over. and how the faint rays Of hope were
famed into a flame But my father and
many Of my neighbOrs shook their heads
and said: Simply something quieting about
those pills; twill be hack again, look out
for the after effects But here are the after
effects. 4" said Mr.. Underwood standing erect.