The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-06-20
INCREDULITY VANQUlSHED.
JOHN R. MITCHELL OF SAYBROOE
 CONSULTS DR. DAMON

And is Cured After Eight Years of Suffer
 ing, Dootoring and Dosing, That Failed
 to Relieve Him.
 This uncertain June weather, delight full only to physicians and druggists is ominous, as unwelcome, to invalIds. The rheumatic watches for the golden cloud rifts, well knowing the soothing effects of heat and sunshine upon the constant grinding pain, that destroys his sleep, ruins his appetite and makes his life one round of torture. What is he to do? Even if the sun did shine ever so brightly. and the air become warm and comforting, the relief would be but temporary, so again we ask, What Is this sufferer to do? Call in his physician for the hundredth time. and have repeated one of the many prescriptions that long since lost the desired effect?"
 No; he has already thrown enough money away in that direction, and has reached point when he is prepared to try anything in preference to the old humbug remedies. This Is what just such q sufferer did do, and the results prove the wisdom of his course, in the face of prejudice, hesitation and an op- posing will force, that made his won- derful recovery, as he himself repre- sents It., "a modern sort of miracle" MT. John k. Mitchell of Saybrook, speaking of his past sufferings to a re- porter of this paper, declares his con dition had reached such deplorable state that he had made up his mind to try to bide his time until death came to his relief II became" he said, "a victim to rheumatism about eight years ago. First lumbago, then sciatica, at tackled me, and although l tried every thing, l never received more than tenn porary relief, while the remedies that produced it were as bad as the dis ease,' in injuring my digestive organs. Gradually a general state of rheuma- tism set in. My limbs and arms were at times so affected that I could not use them for any purpose and was as helpless as child. Every change in the weather affected me, and the years came and went, leaving me a yet great CT sufferer. l was naturally an indus trious man. but in spite of the necessi- ty of working, I had to give up and be- come a burden to my family. Every thing we had was at last consumed by doctors and druggists bills, and l seemed to be only the worse for this
 expenditure. One day New Haven paper was handed me, and l read of the Vitapathic doctors, and their cures
 More humbug, I thought, and laid the paper down in disgust But what l
 read seemed to haunt me. l read the statement of a cured patient over again. He lived in Durham, and had
 been afflicted as | was. l prevailed on
 a friend to go and see the man. lie
 not only saw him, but brought him to me. I listened incredulously. He cer- tainly moved about in the most active manner and looked the picture of
 health. He had used crutches, but it
 did not seem possible. Finally l was convinced by every form of proof that this mans story was true. l hao d
 hard time to get to New Haven ana 10 the Vitapathic doctors. l was eXa1nln- ed by Dr. Damon. After the flrst in- teryiew I could move my limbs and arms in every direction, as l had not done before in five years, and almost without nain. The second treatment witnessed a complete strengthening out of my bent-up back, and after the third treatment I had no use for my cane l remained under treatment just one month, At the end of that time l pe- came as you see me now, a well man, without one single twinge of pain, and l have felt no symptom since, and l say, | God bless the day when that New Ha- ven paper fell in my way, for 1t was l the means of leading me to the only man in the universe that ever did or | ever could relieve and cure me, and 1 send me back to health and activity. | I am now able to support my family, and shall soon be out of the wilderness l of debt that my long suffering drove
 me into. Really it is like new birth
 to feel as I dc. My interest in life has revived and now. instead of wanting to die. I feel as if the longest life would
 be too short for me, no matter how hard I may work so long as am free l from that incessant suffering" MT
 Mitchell is most enthusiastic over the
 work of the Vitapath!c doctors, in his case, and gave me full liberty to pub l fish this statement. The invaIids from
 whatever cause. should avail them> selves of the present opportunity to | consult Dr. Damon at the Elliott house
 from 930 a. m. to D. m. except 5un- ! days.