The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-07-09
Carlos F. Shepard, Member of the
indianapolis Board of Trade,
is About Once More.
Case Of Weighty Interest to Anyone Suffering With
Nervous Complaints, for the Patient was Cured
by Feeding" the Nerves. This Is a
New Term In Medicine.
From ne Nep,, Indtanapo,ts, Ind.

One Of the best known men about the In
dianapolis Board of Trade is Carlos F. Shep-
ard, who for several years has been con-
nected with the house Of II. +. Kinney, grain
broker. Mr.. Shepard is bluff, hearty, old
gentleman of medium height, gray.headed
and with mustache like q French veteran.
lie is man Of very decided views on all
subjects and is especially orthodox in poll
tics and medicine Notwithstanding his firm
ness in his convictions and the vigor with
which he maintains them he is u man of many
friends for manly men, even though some-
times obstinate in their opinions, have the
force Of character that win admiration and
friendship.
So a few months ago when the news came
TO his old associates on the Board Of Trade
that Mr. Shepard had received q stroke of
paralysis and that the probabilities were that
his days of usefulness were over, and that
perhaps, his hours were numbered, the deep
est sympathy went out to the !smittenn man
and his family. 1t seemed to all his friends
almost impossible that this rugged old man,
always so wholesomely hearty and cheerful,
always picture of health for
HIS CHEEKS WERE LIKE THE ROSE
IN THE SNOW;
could have been so suddenly laid low. But
it was true and many weeks passed before
his well-known form and kindly face re.
turned to his former business haunts. His
temperance was made the occasion of O
hearty welcome and the story Of his illness
and recovery is well worth the telling
:" was taken SICK" said Mr.. Shepard
con the 18th of August, 1896 AS had all
along been of the opinion that was made Of
iron, you may well believe that it was hard
for me to entertain the thought that / was tc
be laid up for more than day or two.
am So years old, and for 40 years up tc
the time of this attack, l had not had days
sickness. The doctors who diagnosed my
case saw at once that it was something seri
ous. They at first said that IL was lumbagC
then sciatic rheumatism. They finally
came to the conclusion they did not know
what was the matter with me. / expert
enced no pain my head was clear, my ap
petite good, but lost the use of myself from
M hips down. This was a hard stroke
TO an active man who has always had al
easy going pair of legs. Ny brother-in-law
who is d physician, came from q neighbor
ing city to see me. He pronounced my af
opinion that he diagnosed the case correctly
for was absolutely paralyzed from thu
hips down.
Before he came, however, day or so be
fore | had begun taking DIR. Williams Pinl
pills for Pale People. That was on the 20tl
dav of last October. ] read an article in tn
Indianapolis Ne'cs and saw testimonials de
scribing cases cured that were similar I,
mlne. 1t struck me that the remedy coult
not do me any harm, and began to take tn
pills.
Before l began taking them could no
stir peg, but had TO be carried from plac
10 place. had not got far into the first boz
wheI. | felt that deliverance from my en-
forced inaotion had come. Before finished
the second box l was able 70 walk alolv