The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1896-12-01

A few WARS eco q wave of La Grippe
swept oves Ike land and brought thousands
of its victims to the grave. Others who es-
cseed the fate lived on in sorrow ami suffer
ing, broker 10 heslth and slirit.
Terrible IS was the disease. It's after effects
were yet more appalling, as Is sought out the
weaknesses of She constitution and left thou
sands shattered wrecks Of their farmer selves.
A few days ago Coarier-Heraid represen-
tati9e, while at the thriving little town OF
Akron, Mich, met John L. Smith, q veteran
of the industrial army, on whoa sged head
The disease had fallen, and he heard bin tell
how he had suffered and what had given
him relief.
We can DO no better than quote his own
words, which are as fallows: About
seven years ago WAS taken down with the
Grip and It fastened on ne very hard.
For about half the winter | vasso bal that
could not leave the house. | was chilly all
the time, and could not get warm. ] ie.t IS
if was frozen solid, and could only breathe
with great difficulty.
"This condition aiter5Rted with sweating
spells of great violence. There WIS an Al
most continuous pain, and it would shoot
from one part of my body TO another, vita
great sadlenness, and cause me intense sEf-
fering. Sometimes it WAS in my hips. tiien
in my legs, and again it would 60 10 my
head and pain me in the eyes. 1t was 80 in
tense that it even affected my sight
81 called in medical assistance, hat this
was fruitless, rs l received no benefit from
physicians From then on | tried various
preparations that were Recommended 10 me,
but they did me no good, and my condition
was as lad and painful rs is xas before
tried them.
Finally, sew m advertisement Of Dr.
Williams Pink Pills for Pele People, and
read with much interest of the wonderful
cures That they had Effected in SO many
cases. had tried so many proprietary prep.
arations that ] had no faith in it, but tried
il, as hsd so many other things, to see i
they were of any use.
conc day when ! WIS., feeling as he'd 3.
usual, got box OF Pink Pills, and shortls
before going to bed sools one pill. caiano
tell you Whist 8 surprised Dan WIS mex
morning. Then put on my shoes with ease
thing that had net done fer forty years
A little while after this was 50 we'll that
drove TO Bay City, Michigan, u distance o
twenty-three miles, and was not ct all tiret
when got there.
II am now seventy-six years Of age ans
unusually active for q man OF my years
work on my forty-acre Earsn and expeFieSc'
no trouble from the work. I want 70 say
good word for Pink Pills as they helped ma
where all else did no good whatever. Sine
my Illness and cure number OF my neigh
bors have used them, and say that they hav'
been greatly benented.
Mrs. Smith, the veterans wife, who Sc
near BY, confirmed the woTds that her hus
band had spoken and added her te<timon,
10 the good thai the pills had been TO tn
family. The worthy couple are old and re
spected residents of Tascela County, wher
they have lived for thirty yeers. Mr.. Smia
is a sturdy pioneer, aad cleared Up . nc
acre farm near Akron. He yet lives there
surrounded twelve of his thirteen chill
dren. Thsnks 10 Pink Pills, he has a pros
pect of many years of usefulness.
Another So ierer with the same malady wa
Neil Raymond, o prosperous and leadin
farmer, residing near CoiuInbiaville, Lapee
Co. Michigan. Speaking to srepresentaijy
Of The Cossrisz- Hrrald. Mr.. Raymond said
Three year sgo lsSt JnRe, one night l SUI
kred an attack of paralysis, brought on,
think, by overwork and as an sheT effect &
la grippe. After week my condition VS.
30 bad that | summoned a physician an
doctored for about six months, with but httl
relief. For some time ! bad seen in th