The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1896-12-08
IS YEARS old
md VIGOROUS
A Veteran of the Late War Adds One More Name
to the List of Striking Cures by Pink
Pills in Michigan.
All 0LGFAsHI0EED LlRGE FAMILY OF THIRTEEN CHILDREN.
From. ne oDurier-Heroid. Saginaw. MseA.

A few ssSrS ago q wave Of La Grippe
swept eve- DE land and brought thousands
of its victilsss 10 The grave Others who IS
cased the tlte Il Fed ON IN sorrow and suffer
ing, brokes N health and spirit
Terrible IS wss the disease. its after effects
were yet more appalling. a y sought out the
weaknesses Of .Ee constitution and letf thou
sands shattered wrecks oftheir former selves
A few days ago Courier Herald reprtser-
tative, while al the thriving little town of
Akron. Mich. met John l. Smith, veteran
of the industrial army, an whose agsZl head
the disease had fallen, and he heard him tell
how he had su,sered and what had given
him relief.
We can do no better than quote his own
words, which are as follows; Aboat
seven years ago was taken down with the
Grip and il fastened on me very hari.
For about half the winter was 50 bad that
could not leave the house | w-s chilly all
the time, and could not get warm felt as
if was frozen solid, and could only breathe
with great difficulty.
This condition altern2ted with swestlng
spells of great violence. There was an al
most continuous psin. and it woHld shoot
from one part of my body TO another, with
grest suddenneSs, and cause me intense SUI
fering. Sometimes it was in my hirs, then
in my legs. and again II would CD 10 my
head and pain me in the eyes. II wSs 50 In
tense that 1t even affected my sight.
Il called in medical assistance, but this
was fruitless, as 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 bad and painful as it WAS before l
tried them
Finally, ssw sn advertisement of Or.
Williams Pink Pills for Pale People, and /
read with much Interest Of the wonderful
-. II L !
cases. had tried 81 many proprietary prep
arations that had no faith in il, hut tried
it, as had so many other things to see il
they were Of any use
Zone day when was feeling as lad as
usual, got 4 box of Pink Pills. and snortly
before going to bed took one Pill. I cannot
tell you what surprised man wss next
morning. Then pun on my sloes with esse-
thing that / had not done Ter forty years
A little while after this was n well that
drove to Bay City, Michigan, a distance o.
twenty-three miles. and was not at al tired
when got there
81 am now seventy-six years Of age and
unusually active for man OF my years
work on my f0rty-aere farm and experience
no trouble from the work. want to say {
good word for Pink Pills as they helped me
where all else did no good whatever. SincS
my Illness and cure a number Of my neigh
bors have used them. and say that they Lav'
been greatly benefited"
Mrs. Smith, the veterans wife. who 81
near by, confirmed the words that her hus
band had spoken and added her teStimon,
TO the good that the pills had been % th'
family. The worthy couple are old and n
spected residents Of Tpscola County, wher'
they have lived for thirty years Mr.. Suiiii
is sturdy pioneer and cleared up 30
acre farm near Akron. He yet lives there
surrounded twelve of his thirteen chi!
dren. Thanks 10 Pink Pills, he has pros
pect of many years of usefulness.
Another 81 ferer with the same malady wa
Neil Raymond, = prosperous and leadini
farmer, residing near Columbiaville. Lapee
Co, Michigan. Speaking to representative
of Tie Cbuyl>T- Herdld, Mr.. Raymond said
"Three yesr~ ago last June, one night sui
fered an attack of paralysis, brought on,
think. by overwork and as an after effect 0
la grippe. After week my condition wa
so bad that | summoned a physician AM
doctnred er about six months, with but littl
relief For some time | hsd seen in tn