The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-19
From, the Democrat. Caro-. Mrch

"Fourteen years ago.o said Fl. M. Under
wood who has for the past i've years held
the office of School Director in District No.
2, Indiantelds township, and is well known
throughout the county, my brother and !
moved into this county. Twas a wilder
ness then, and we located in the pines here
with nothing but our hands TO carve out our
homes. 1t 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 to feel that the worst
was over. In April of that spring was as.
sisting in driving logs down the Cass River,
when I was taken with 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. | was informed that had
an inward abscess and must cease work.
at was hard to quit work when knew too
well that it only meant another mortgage
on my little farm, but within a few days
was obliged 10 return to my home. The
medicine furnished by the doctor gave me
slight relief but I could detect no perma-
nent benefit. Ny appetite was gone; L
growing weaker. / next visited DR.. A. L:
Seeley, of Mayville, who, from the first said
that he had but sli ght hopes of benefiting me
and recommended that l go to a sanltarium.
With no money this | could not do, even
though it would save my life, and with
medicine that the doctor furnished / re-
turned to 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 1853 pounds to Ito.
''Slowly the long days and the awful nights
passed until another seven days had been
added to the awful days of torture; and sill
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 to Mayville,
where DIR. 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 sanitarihm, but
month to live. Sorroxfully she turned from
the physicians door, and what considered
my last journey home was soon to be under.
taken. I had read in the Caro- Dsmocfdt Of
DR.; Williams Pink Pills for Pek People
them, and with faith less than the grain Of
mustard Seed / asked her to step Into the
drug store and secure q Box. THIS she did,
and after jolting ride over poor road We
sorrow. took the first pills that night. and
left my wife sitting sorrQwfully oonpartue
the pickering hopes Of nay life with the faiht
rays of light from my bedroom door, while ]
The forepart OF the night / was restless as
usual, but, do you believe, during the latter
part of that very night / caught 9 nap, tho
first sweet and resting sleep I had enioyed
for months. / continued Che medicine The
next day, and the following night slspt,
"Oh, you can't imagine how brightly the
sun shone on our home before thatWeelfwas
over, and how the faint rays of hope were
famed into a fame. But my father and
of oh fhoip
and said: Simply something quieting about
those pills; twill be back again, look cat
for the AFTER effects But here are the after
effects" said Mr.. Underwood standing erect,
the picture of health and weighing 1865
pounds From the second day after getting
the pills the change set in. I could sleep,
my appetite came back, and before l had
finished the third box Of DR.. Williams Pink