River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-06-25
A POSTMASTER'S WIFE.
A Leeds Woman Who Astonished
Her Friends and Neighbors-
Near to Death But Restored so Complete
ly That She Has Been Accepted by
Life Insurance Company as
Good Risk.

Good Risk.
From the Journal, Lesctstor, Me.
A bright little woman, rosy and fresh
from her household duties, dropped into
chair before the writer and talked with en-
thusiasm shining in her swapping, black
eyes.
The people In the pretty village of Leeds
Center, Me, have watched with some in
terest the restoration to complete health of
Mrs. w. l.. Francis, wife of the postmaster.
So general were the comments on this in
teresting case that the writer who visited
Mrs. Francis and learned from her that the
statements regarding her troubles and her
subsequent extrication therefrom are en-
tirely true. All of her neighbours know
what has been the agency that has per
formed this cure, but that others may be
benefited by her experience, Mrs. Francis
has consented to allow her story to appear
In print.
moro than another" she said, s'it is to see
my name Ia the papers. But in this case
conquer my rspug ,Sn and give publicly
would to one who had dragged me from a
death beneath the waves. In fact, have
extolled my pl5sorver SO enthusiastically
and unreservedly; have sought out sufferers
and recommended the remedy to so many
friends and acouaintances that already my
aeighbors PECULIARLY call me pink Pills
Erencis' But really, my recovery is some
tring that l consider wonderful. know
that there are so many testimonials OF medi-
cine in the papers nowadays that people do
not pay as much heed as formerly, but do
wish folks who are suffering would remem-
Der that what / say comes right from the
heart Of woman who feels that she had
q new lease of happy life given her
"Eleven years ago l was afflicted with
nervous prostration. My existence until
two years ago was one Of dragging misery.
Anyone in the village will tell you of my
condition. My blood seemed exhausted
from my veins and month after month /
grew weaker. Twas able TO undertake only
the lightest household work, and even then
1 could perform 1t only by slow and careful
movements. During all these sorry months
and years was under the care OF this doc
tor ana that, but their medicines helped me
only spasmodically, and then / fell into re
lapses more prostrating than ever.
lin the night used TO be awakened by
the most excruciating pains In my heart and
full medicine that the doctor gave me for re-
lief In such attacks At last my condition
became SO grave that went out only in
| frequently. We live upstairs, you notice,
over my husbands store, and in descending
the stairway frequently was obliged TO
sort OF fall and slide over the steps In order
| to descend, such was the strain on my sys-
| TEN resulting from even this slight exer
ton: Occasionally l visited the neighbors.
put l was Obliged to sit and rest TO recover
breath while ascending any elevation. In
snort, IL did not seem that could live, such
was my complete physical prostration.
zone day saw an advertisement OF DR.
| Williams Pink Pills for Pale People, and
| although my faith in remedies was weak by
that time, sent for box and tried them.
That was two years ago. Now call myself
| o well woman. Isn't it WONDERFUL
II haven't had one OF those excruciating
pains In the heart for year and half.
4 tthU hn ret how IF railla halsaa1 mn
can walk miles now. can do my work
easily; have gained in weight constantly,
and you would scarcely believe IL, but o
little while ago was examined for endow-
ment life insurance and was accepted UNI
hesitatingly after careful examination by
the physician.
| Pills all through our viIlagei i haven't
taken any of the remedy for some months
for 1t has completely built me up, but at the
first sign of trouble know TO what refuge
to fee
"Last year my aunt, Mrs. NJ. A. Blossom,
/ OF Dixfield Il. o., was here visiting me.
She was suffering from lack of vitality and
heart trouble, but she was skeptical about
my remedy that i was so enthusis stically
advocating. AT last, however, she tried IL
and carried some home with her when she
went. A little while ago received letter
TO God and Pink Pills. She also wrote that
| her husband had been Frustrated but had
been restored by the remedy.
''We feel up this way that such sovereign
/ cure cannot be too widely known. That is
the only reason why ! allow my name to be
used in this connection. know also that
| by personally recommending them have
helped many OF my friends back to health,
for1 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 station agent, c.
| ii. Foster, of Leeds Center, and the exporter
found him patrolling the platform waiting
| the arrival of the morning train. MIR Eos
ter, who is one OF the most Trustworthy,
capable and energetic men in the employ OF
the Maine Contra railroad, appeared In IN
usually good health and spirits and we
made inquiry as TO the cause
do you know replied he, 81 think I've
| made discovery, or at least Mrs Francis
| has for me- j have been in poor health for
q long time with heart trouble variously
complicated. We have been so fully in
| terested In Mrs Francis wonderful recoy-
cry that i at once determined to give the
medicine recommended thoroughtest. SO,
| about two months ago, i bought the first
box of DIR. Williams Pink Pills. Only two
months, please note, yet already | am SO
much improved, 80 much better able to ful-
/ fill my duties, so sanguine that i am on the
1 road to recovery, that feel like new man.
81 can now walk without the fatigue
once experienced, my heart affection ap-
| pears to be relieved, and have joined the
Mr. Foster commenced taking the pills at
| a time when be was completely Frustrated
| after he had suffered such a severe attack OF
heart trouble that il was necessary to carry
| him home from his Office. Since then be
has faithfully adhered to the remedy and is
constantly improving. so much so as to ex-
cite his enthusiasm and his gratitude.
DIR. Williams Pink Pills contain, In con-
| deused form, all the elements necessary TO
| give new life and richness to the blood and
restore shattered nerves. They are an I'M
failing specific for such diseases as loco,
motor ataxia, partial paralysis, st. Vitus'
| dance, sciatica, neuralgia, rheumatism, nerv-
Gus headache, the after effect OF "a grippe,
palpitation Of the heart, pale ana sailoW
compilations, all forms of weakness either
| in male or female. Pink Pills are sold by
| all dealers, or viii be sent post paid on re-
| ceipt of price $50 cents box, or six boxes
| for 81 50-they are never sold in bulk or py
/ the 100 by addressing DIR. Williams Med
| icine Company, Schenectady, N. Y.