The Cape Girardeau Democrat., 1897-07-03
WOUNDED IN THE WAR.
Shot In the Abdomen at Cumber.
land Gap.
Blind, Rheumatic and DrOpsicnl. A
Union Colonel Is Given Over to Die.
How the Old Soldier Gave
AzraeI the Slip.

From the News, Barboursville, Ky.
In the year 1868, while in command of a
Union regiment at Cumberland Gap, Colonel
Messer, now of Flat Licks, Kentucky, re-
ceived a severe gunshot wound in his abdo-
men. In few months he was again in the
saddle, but soon was obliged to undergo fur
ther medical treatment, and his condition be-
came SO serious that in the winter of 1868 he
returned to his home, and was never again
fit for active service. During the years that
have since passed, Colonel Messer has been a
confirmed invalid from the effect of his
wound, and has been under the constant care
of the local physicians, not improving, but
growing worse as the years rolled on. His
condition eventually became deplorable.
Almost blind, legs swollen, so that he was
unable to walk, the doctors who could do
nothing to arrest the progress of the disease,
diagnosed it as dropsy, and said recovery was
impossible.
The old soldier did not half believe his
physicians, but said that since they could
do nothing for him, he would, upon an old
friends strong recommendation, try DR.. VIII
liams' Pink Pills for Pale People. The
first box was taken by Col. Messer according
to directions, and by the time that was gone,
he felt so much easier and more comfortable,
that several other boxes were procured, and
he continued to take them faithfully. Soon
the swelling in his legs disappeared, and
with it the fierce rheumatic pains with which
he had long suffered. Strangest of all, his
eyesight, which for so many years had been
useless, was restored.
In all, Colonel Messer took DR.. Williams
Pink Pills six months, and then was thor
oughly cured. He now is healthy-looking
man, rides on horseback, and stands as
much fatigue as any man of his age.
The Colonel, since his recovery, is never
tired of descanting on the virtues of these
pills, and every advertisement that he finds
he carefully clips, and sends to some sick
friend or neighbor, with the assurance that
they will cure him.
The high standing of Colonel Messer, and
his remarkable recovery, makes this report
more than usually interesting and when it
was received at the office of the DIR. VIII
liams' Medicine Co., it was referred to Messrs.
Phipps & Herndon, the well-known drug
gists of Barbourville, KY, for verification.
Barbouryille, KY, Aug Is, 1896.
DR.. Williams Med. Co.,
Schenectady, \. Y.
Gentlemen:-Yours of August l4th to
hand, enquiring about testimonial written
by Mr.. Sampson concerning Colonel Messer,
of Flat Lick, KY, viii! say that the cure of
Colonel Messer was considered almost mi
raculous, and he claims Pink Pills did it.
Yours truly,
PHIPPS & HERNDON.
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