The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1896-12-10
Carlos F. Shepard, a Member of the
Indianapolis Board of Trade,
is About Once More.
a Case Of Weghty Interest to Anyone Suffering With
Nervous Complaints, for the Patient was Cured
by Feeding The Nerves. This is
NeW Term in Medicine.
From, the Ne,Os, Indianapolis, 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-
necte2 with the house of II. f. Kinney, grain
broker. Mr.. Shepard is bluff, hearty, old
gentleman of medium height, gray-headed
and with a mustache like o French veteran
He is a 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 a 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
that Mr.. Shepard had received a 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 smitten man
and his family. 1t seemed to all his friends
almost impossible that this rugged old man,
always so wholesomely hearty and cheerful,
always a picture of health for
HIS CdEEhS w EhE LINZ 1t1C
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 a
hearty welcome and the story of his illness
and recovery is we'll worth the telling.
81 was taken SICK" said Mr.. Shepard
con the 18th of August, 1895: AS l had all
- r. / ~ hot do ~
iron, you may well believe that it was hard
for me to entertain the thought that was to
be laid up for more than a day or two. l
am So years old, and for 40 years up to
the time of this attack, had not had days
sickness. The doctors who diagnosed my
case saw at once that it was something seri'
Gus. They at first said that it was lumbago
then sciatic rheumatism. They finally
came to the conclusion they did not know
what was the matter with me. I expert
enced no pain, my head was clear, my ap
petite good, but lost the use of myself from
my hips down. This was a hard stroke
to an active man who has always had an
who is physician, came from neighbor:
ing city to see me. He pronounced my at
Fiction to be locomotor ataxia. am of the
opinion that he diagnosed the case correctly
for I was absolutely paralyzed from the
s'Before he came however, day or so be
fore I had begun taking DR.. Williams Pink
Pills for Pale People. That was on the 2otf
day of last October. read an article in the
Indianapolis Neus and saw testimonials de
scribing cases cured that were similar t.
mine. It struck me that the remedy coult
not do me any harm and began to take thu
pills.
"Before began taking them could no
stir peg, but had to be carried from place
to place. I had not got far into the first boz
when T felt that deliverance from my en-
forced inaction had come. Before I finished
the second box I was able to walk slon'