The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-06-23
A New Lease On His Life.
WHY THE VILLAGE BLACKSMITH
DID NOT SELL OUT HIS BUSI-
NESS.

Suddenly Stricken With Rheumatism
and just as He Was About to Give Up
He Reads of a New sRemedy, and De-
cides to Try It-After Using One
Box He Is Able to Return to
Work and When Three Boxes
Are Gone is Entirely Well.
Under spreading chestnut tree
Line village smithy stands"
AS the writer approached the building
described by the above lines of Iongfel-
iow's beautiful poem, the musical notes
OF the ringing hammer witlded by
brawny arms fioated out to him on the
pleasant mornings breeze. AlVa Bag
ley, tbs blacksmith, of WATERFORD Centre,
Me-, is seventy years OF age ana mas peeh
swinging a hammer right in this sEop
for thirty -four years with the exception
of the summer and autumn OF 1924, when
he was the victim of a severe attack OF
rheumatism and for some months was
unable to do any work at all. His fellow
townsmen greatly felt the loss of Mr..
Bagley's services as they were obliged
to have all their blacksmthing done
some miles distant. and this in haying
and harvest times meant the loss OF
many valuable hours while they drove to
the nearest shop to have their horses shOd
or their tools mended.
Everyone in WATERFORD Centre and the
surrounding country who knew MIR. Bag
ley. and there is hardly farmer in the
eastern part of York county who does
not know the honest'smith, thought that
his life work was nearly ended. But
they were greatly mistaken, for late in
the autumn of that year Mr.. Bagley read
an article in the Press about DR.. Will
liams' Pink Pills for Pale People and
purchased box. Within two weeks he
was back at his forge again and doing
his customary work. His sudden cure
form the dread disease was deemed So
miraculous by his friends and aoquaint-
ances that Press reporter was sent up
to WATERFORD Centre to see Mr.. Bagley
about the matter.
AS has been stated when the writer
approached the blacksmith shop, the
ringing notes of the hammer on the
anvil were plainly heard, and on entering
the building the reporter could not see
the blacksmi6h for some minutes because
on 9 flying sparks from the heated iron
he was welding. When the fiery cloud had
cleared away and the iron WAS again
heating in the forge, Mr.. Bagley readily
told OF his almost miraculous cure from
rheumatism by the use Of the Pink Pills
for Pale People.
II don't like to have my name appear
in the paper as a rule" said Mr.. Bagley,
who, although he is seventy years old,
does not look to be half of that age, shut
for the benefit of those people who are
suffering from rheumatism in its worst
FORM as / suffered from 1t, am willing
to tell of my experience.
Sin the summer of 1894, just at my
busiest time of year. when ! always have
all the work that l can do, my right
shoulder became so lame and ached SO
much that l could not swing hammer.
I kept at my work in spite of the pain
and lameness for about a week and then
saw doctor. He said that had q severe
attack of rheumatism, but he could do
nothing for me, although l took bis
medicine for some weeks. Finally was
obliged to quit work and had to see all
my business gosby the door Of my shop to
another blacksmith some miles away.
This would have been bad enough in it.
self but in addition to this l suffered the
which would pain me so much at night
that could not sleep. 1t began to look
as II must give up my business for good
and consider my life work ended. My son
wrote me from Boston to sell out my
shop and come up and live with him. and
my daughter, Mrs. Emma V. Robert, of
East WATERFORD, also wanted me to give
up my work. But made up my mind
that would stick to the shop, in which
! had worked since 1852, and would not
sell out to anyone as long as l could
move around. l am glad i didn't now for
although am seventy years old feel
as well and am just as ACTIVE, as far as
can see, as was thirty years ago.
while suffering in this way from
rheumatism | read in the Press of DIR.
Williams Pink Pills for Pale People and
although / had tried dozens of other
remedies without success, decided to
give these pills trial. After taking one
7 Ill to- taoa lr INIT cl,o
and do little work, and with two or
three boxes the rheumatism had entirely
Disappeared and l have never felt q
twinge from it since.
''This remedy seemed to give me a
new lease of life and I have done more
work in the past two years than have
been able to do for many years. | would
chesrfully recommend DR.. Williams
Pink Pills for Pale People to anyone who
is suffering from rheumatism.
Postmaster Collins, of WATERFORD Cen
tire, was also seen by Press reporter and
said that he knew of Mr.. Bagley's mirac-
ulous cure and that whatever had been
said by Mr.. Bagley about the remedy
could be relied on as perfectly correct as
the blacksmith has an excellent reputa-
sfon In WATERFORD Centre and is q man
in whom the utmost confidence may be
placed.
Other people in WATERFORD Centre
nave uS6u FINK Fills WIN. gFoaG Deno1G
to themselves and the whole town has
the greatest confidence in this wonderful
remedy.
DR.. Williams Pink Pills contain, in a
condensed form, all tho elements neces-
sary to give new life and richness to the
blood and restore shattered nerves. They
are an unfailing specific for such diseases
as locomotor ataxia, partial paralysis, St.
Vitus' dance, sciatica, neuralgia, rheu-
matism, nervous headache, the after effect
of la grippe, pslpitation of the heart,
pale and sallow complexion, all forms
Of weakness either in male or female.
be sent postpaid on receipt of price. so
cents a box, or six boxes for So. so (they
are never sold in bulk or by the 1907, by
addr essing DR.. Williams Medicine Com
pa ny, Schenectady, N. Y.