Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-02-12
COULD ONLY EATPEPTONOlDS
BUT PINK PILLS MADE 1T POSSIBLE
TO EAT ANYTHING.

III EAI AN
Get Your Digestion Right and Your
Health VIII Take Care OF Itself.
From the Star, Washington. D. O.
"Dr. Williams Pink Pills miraculously
cured me oftwo diseases and have otherwise
done me vast amount Of good" said Mrs.
E. A. Meeker, of No. POT Third street, South
east Washington, D. c.. to Star reporter
to-day.
"For many years 1 was sufferer from
muscular rheumatism in its worst form, and
In addition had stomach trouble 10 such an
extent that for z long time I could eat moth
ing stronger than beef peptonoids. The
rheumatism comnonce in my back aud not
only exten lei into my left arm, almost par
ayzing it fro the shoulder to the elbow,
but attacked my hips and limbs with such
vehemence that it was impossible for me to
60 out on the street without being supported
by an attendant.
~ was attended by four different ply
sicians-not all at one time-of both the al
lopathic and homeopathic schools, ana there
were times when I was covered from my
neck to my feet with porous or some other
kind OF plasters, for tried everything Of the
sort that was recommended by my friends.
"During the greater part Of this time my
husband and son were urging mo to take
DR.. Williams Pink Pills, but I steadily re-
fused to do so.
"About two years or two and half years
ago the physician who was then stten ling
hor hoI cinna Qnt6 tO
Mrs. Meeker, there is no use for me to como
and see you any more; you have muscular
rheumatism, disease incident to old age,
and YOU cannot be cured. I will give you
some iron for your blood, and when this
prescription runs out you can gettt renewed.
II you get much worse you can send for me,
but I will not again call until l am sum-
moned.'
"Ot course I was much discouraged, but
will tried noted massage treatment thor
oughly, but without the slightest effect. At
last my husband persuaded me to try the
Pink Pills.
"I want to say that when I began taking
the Pink Pills 1t was without the least faith
in their efficacy for good or belief that they
would benefit me, but simply to please my
husband and son by taking something. How
ever. took them as directed by the makers.
and about the end of the month found to
nv great surprise that my stomach was so
much better that had no longer to subsist
on beef peptonoids, but could begin to in
dulge In more solid food.
$50 ! told my husband that as the Pink
Pills were evidently doing me good, would
try them for another month. >.
hI continued to use them rs directed and
during the second month my eyesight, which
had been very bad for long time, began to
improve, and 1t was much more pleasant Tor
me to 90 on the street, though still hal to
be attended on account OF my weak limbs.
"How many boxes OF the Pink Pills took
In all could not begin to tell, as there "
periods when I would stop using them for a
week at a time. But from the time COM
menced until feltI could safely cease tax
ing them was about fifteen months.
Sometime after my eyesight began to
grow better, my memory, which had been
defective and caused me much trouble for q
long time, returned and became as good as
when as was many years younger. During
the period to which refer had great diffl-
Guilty In remembering where l had put any
thing but as said before, this trouble ers-
tiroly disappeared and has never returned,
while my eyesight also continues excellen:
.sMy long continued illness had REDUCED
nv weight from between $50 and 14O pounds
to 112 pounds, but while l was taking tn,
Pink Pills gained thirty pounds, and now
weigh 1873 pounds
"Some of my friends freely asserted thai
my flesh, as they noticed my increasing
weight, was not solid and predicted that !!
would speedily lose it. Such, however, ha@
not been the case, although have not taken
any of the pills since last December. All my
rheumatism having BY that time disap
peared, since which time I have had no re
turn OF the dread complaint. have been
told that the disease will visit me again, but
If 1t does, I shall again resort to the use OIL
DR.. Williams Pink Pills.
with my experience with Dr. Williams
Pink Pills Ihave not hesltated 10 recommend
them 10 others who were afflicted. My niece
who lives near Hillsboro, Loudoun County
Va, suffered for long time with peculiar
disease Of the hips and limbs. believed TIT
medicine which did me so much good woult
cure her also, and bought three boxes
them and sent to her. She took them AM
was cured completely Of her complaint"
DR.. Williams Pink Pills contain al the ele
ments necessary to give new life and rich
ness to the blood and restore shatteret
nerves. They are sold in boxes (neyer \
loose form, by the dozen or hundred) at D
cents box, orsix boxes for $3.50, and ma,
be hal of oil druggists or directly by mai
from Dr. Williams Medicine Co., schenec
tady, N. Y.