Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-06-20
A POSTMASTER'S WIFE.
ALEEDs WOMAN WHO AsTONIsHED
HER FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORs.
Near to Death But Re tored 40 Complete
ly That She Has Been Accepted by u
Life Insurance Company as
"A Good Risk,

Near to Death But Re tored 40 Complete
ly That She Has Been Accepted by y
Life Insurance Company as
~ Good Risk.
From the Journal, LnriSion, Me-
A brgh, little woman. rosy and fresh from
her household duties. dropped into chair
before the writer and talSel with enthusiasm
shining in her swapping. black eyes.
The people in the pretty village OF Leeds
Centre, Me-. have watched with some inter-
est the restoration to complete health OF
Mrs. W. l.. Francis, wife of the Postmaster
So general were the comments ON this inter
esting case that the writer who visited Mrs
Francis and learned from her that the state
ments regarding her troubles and her sub>e-
Qucnt extrication therefrom are entirely
true. All Of her neghbors know what has
/ been the agency that has performed this
cure, but that Others may be benefited by her
experience, Mrs. Francis has consented to
allow her story TO appear in print.
"li there is anything on earth that dread
more than another she said, lit is to see
my name in the papers. But in tins ease l
conquer my repuSnauce and give publicly
the same credit to the savior OF my life rs
. would to one who had dragged me from n
/ death beneath the waves In fact, have ex-
t0lled my preServrr so enthusiastically and
unressrvedly; have sought ont sufferers anu
recommended the remedy to 80 many friends
and acquintances that already my neighbors
jocularly call me Pink Pills Francis But
really, my recovery is something that | con-
slider wonderful | know that there are so
many testimot ials of medicine in the papers
nowadays that people do not pay rs much
heed as formerly. but | do wish folks who
are suffering would remember that what say
comes right from the heart OF woman who
feels that she had new lease of happy life
given to her
eleven years ago was afflicted with ner-
vous prostration. My existence until two
years ago was one Of dragging misery. Any
one in the village will tell you OF my condi-
ton. NV bio nj seemed exhausted from my
veins and month after month grew weaker.
! was able to undertake only the lightest
household work. and even then could per-
form it only 10y slow and careful movements.
"During all these sorry months and years
was under the care of this doctor and that,
but their medicines Helped me only spasmod-
ically, and then | fell into reapses more
prostrating than ever.
"In the night usei to be awakened by
the most eIcruciating pains in my heart and
side, and was obliged to use pellets OF pow
erful medicine that the doctor gave mo Tor
relief In such attacks. At last my condition
became so grave that went ont only lnfre-
quently. 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 system
resulting from even this slight cxertion. De-
casionally l visited the neghbors, but l was
obliged to sit and rest to recover breath
while ascending any elevation. In short. 1t
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 al
though my faith in remedies was weak by
that time, | sent for II box and tried them.
That was two years ago. Now | call myself
we'll woman. Isn't it wonderful?
II haven't had one OF those eycruciatng
pains in the heart for II year and half.
Why, even the first box Of pills helped me.
i can walk miles now; can do my work
easily; have gained in weight constantly,
and you would scarcely believe 1t, but a lit
tie while ago was examined for endowment
! life insurance and was accepted unhesitht-
ingly after u careful examination by the ply
stefan.
"Do you wonder that I'm shouting pink
/ Pills all through our village? | haven't
taken any of the remedy for some months
for it has completely built me up, but at the
first sign OF trouble know to what refuge 10
fee.
'Last year my aunt, Mrs. NJ. A. Blossom, OF
Dixfield, P. o., was here visiting me. She
was suffering from lack of vitality and heart
trouble, but she was skeptical about my REM
edy that 1 was SO enthusiastically advocat-
ing. At last, however, she tried it and car
ried some home with her when she went. A
| little while ago received a letter from her
and in it said, Il am cured. thanks to God
and Pink Pills She also wrote that her hus-
band had been Frustrated, but had been re-
| StOrpd nv the rpmptV
1--WE feel up this way that such a sovereign
cure cannot be too widely known. That is
the only reason why allow my name to be
used in this connection. l know also that
by personally recommending them ! have
helped many of my friends back to health.
for 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..
H. Foster, of Leeds Centre, and the reporter
found him patro ing the platform awaiting
the arrival of the morning train. Mr.. Fos-
ter, who is one Of the most trustworthy.
capable and energetic men in the employ of
the Maine Central R,ilroad, appeared in I'M
usually good hea tn and spirits, and we made
inquiry as to the cause.
"Do you know" replied he, 81 think I've
made a discovery, or, at least, Mrs. Francis
has for me. Ihave been i'm poor health for II
| long time with heart trouble variousiy
complicated. We have been so fully inter-
ested in Mrs. Francis wonderful recovery
that I at once determined TO give the medi
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