The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-04-09
A FAITHFUL WIFE'S
ANXIETY.
She Pleads for the Life of Her Husband but is
Told that He has but One Month to Live.
Sturdy Wolverine Farmer, Weighing 16s Pounds Re-
duced to Mere Skeleton In Four Short Months.
After Being Turned from the Physicians
Door to Die, He Lives to Become His
Former Self He Tells the Story.
From ne pemocrat. oaro. Mieh.

Fourteen years ago" said II. ". Under.
wood, who has for the past FIVE years held
the Office Of School Director in District No.
Z, Indianfelds township, and is well known
throughout the county, "my brother and !
moved into this county. Twas a wilder.
oess then, and we located in the pines here
with nothing but our hands 10 carve out our
homes. Ii was an unequal struggle; but
hard work and economy won the day and
two years ago, with my forty acres nearly
clear Of debt / began 10 feel that the worst
was over. In april Of that spring | was as
,i.ting in driving logs down the Cass River.
when / was taken with a slight but constant
pain in the left side below the heart. As
DAYS passed the trouble increased my appe.
tite fell away and ] visited one Of the best
known and most successful doctors in Caro-.
the county seat. ] vas informed that / had
an inward abscess and must cease work.
1t was hard to quit work when knew TOO
well that IL only meant another mortgage
on my little farm, but within a few days !
was Obliged to return to my home. The
medicine furnished by the doctor gave me
slight relief but ! could detect no perma-
nent benefit Ny appetite was gone; /
could not sleep, and each day found me
growing weaker. / next visited DR.. A. l..
Seeley, Of Msyville, who, from the first, said
that he had but slight hopes Of benefting me
and recommended that | 90 10 a sanitarium.
With no money this / could not do, even
though il 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 /
was rapidly losing flesh. During the awful
months which ! passed that summer-and
can never forget them-I was reduced in
flesh from weighing l6s pounds 10 10.
Slowly the long days and the awful nights
passed until another seven days had been
added 10 the awful days Of torture; and still
no relief and my weight was now 40
pounds, nerves shattered and my system in
deplorable condition. At this juncture my
wife said that something must be done, and
with assistance ] was taken 10 Mayville,
where DR.. Seeley was again consulted. After
making thorough examination my wife
earnestly pleaded that he do something for
me. He said that he could do nothing; re.
lief might be found at 4 sanitarium, but
otherwise he would give me just one more
month TO live. Sorrowfully she turned from
the physicians door, and what / considered
my 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 TO step into the
drug store and secure box. This she did,
and after jolting ride over a poor road we
finally reached home, tired worn and in
sorrow. took the first pills that night, and
left my wife sitting sorrowfully comparing
the hickering hopes Of my lite with the faint
rays of light from my bedroom door, while |
thought only of what the doctor had said.
The forepart 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 I had enjoyed
for months. | continued the medicine the
next day, and the following night / slept,
"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 fame. But my father and
many of my neighbors shook their heads
and said: Simply something quieting about
those pills; twill be back again, look out
for the after effects But here are the after
effects" said Mr.. Underwood standing erect.