St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-08-06

could not identify him. He was the pic
ture of health and his large brown eyes
seemed to iasten on me. II beg your
pardon he said, "but your face is ia
miiar, may ask your name" J. Mahl
Bennett, | replied. A smile crept over
his face and his eyes closed as though try
ing to think OF something. Another
question please. Where were you from
August 7 to IA, 1867" On the broad
Atlantic ocean, said en- route tor
Europe. "Were you on the French
steamer La Gascogne?" he asked. Yes.
"Then," he said slowly, You are the
man am largely indebted to Tor saving
nv life" You interest me, said, tor
did not know that had a credit in this
or any other world Tor saving human
life. "You will remember" he said,
"rather late on the evening OF the 18th OF
August on,the boat, you and | had long
talk, you said yon were homes'ck and
would be glad when you had gotten
through with your business in Germany
and could return home. replied that
| expected when | returned home, 1t
would be in box, and that wished
was at the bottom OF the furrow maze
in the water by the keel oiour steamer
Then, said you must be that tall, thln
sicklv man we called the "Ghost." The
same man." he said, land you will re-
member introducing me to Dr. X. I.
Flower OF Boston, a physician, who you
said was the most wonderful specialist III
the treatment and cure of chrome dis
eases the earth has ever produced. re-
member the incident well. DR.. Flower
and his secretay were passing on La
Gascogne and in introducing you | told
you that il any man on earth could help
you, DR.. Flower was that man. well,
the day after | was examined by Dr.
Flower My troubles as had told you
were consumption, Bright's disease,
catarrhal and gastric disease otthe stom-
ach. and heart trouble, and my limbs
had sweled to the size of my body nearly.
had been given up as incurable by the
leading physicians of San Francisco and
New York and had been sent abroad as
knew so as to die away from home. Or.
Flower in his wonderful examination
told me all my diseases from my carly
life to that hour without asking me a
question or my telling him thing. l
made up my mind Immediately that Or.
Flower was the doctor Tor me, that he
did not belong to the ordinary class OF
doctors, that he was man OF culture, OF
great knowledge and rare attainments,
and that his wonderful diagnosis OF my
case was nothing less than miraculous
demonstration of intuitional power from
superior brain. placed myself imme
diately under his care. He seemed &c
have everything needed with him. Dur
ing his three or four weeks practice II
Paris and London visited him ire
quently. | rapidly improved and alter
returning to San Francisco continue
my treatment Tor thirteen or fourteen
months and was permanently cured. l
it had not been tor DR.. Flower, | shoult
have been a dead man ten years ago
and in place Of happy wife sor
rowing widow and three tatherless girls
would have been struggling for susie
nance, and If it had not been Tor you,
never would have met DR.. Flower.
shall move my family to Philadelphia IL
few weeks, where my new bushes
calls me. and shall ever sound the praise
OF DIR. Flower in the East as Tor ten year
have sung them at the Golden Gate
spent lovely evening with m,
friend of the ocean voyage, and befor
retiring that night. made up my min
that as had entered into the newspape
work that would investigate DR.. K.
Flowers practice in Connecticut, an
that il it showed the same wonderfl
examinations and miraculous cures an
bore the same charmed history that tn
cure OF Philo Z. Brosius OF San Franc
co bears, that | would give it To til
world, first, as a fascinating narratiy
tull OF interest and charm. and secont
that the sick may know where to fin
help when all others have failed.
Investigation Begins.
Procuring the names OF a lew of Dr.
c. Flowers patients and from the:
patients hearing OF Others, began a
Investigation of his practice which q
critics will confess is phenomenal if ne
miraculous.
Judge Dwight LOOMS, 27S Farming
ton avenue, Hartford, Conn, wht
asked what he thought OF DR.. r.
Flower, said promptly: II regard d
X. {. Flower as the ablest and mo
wonderful physician of this age and
every way a remarkable and wondelt
man. | was a very sick man." sa
Judge LOOMS, land was treated by st
eral prominent physicians, but gre
constantly worse. My friends BEGAN
alarmed at my condition and urged II
to consult nr. r. {. Flower OF Bosto
was told that DR.. Flower could tell n
my troubles better than could tell hil
without asking me a question. | d
not believe he could do anything OF
kind, but as other physicians had fail
to help me and | was growing rapid
worse, decided to consult Dr. Flow,
Upon one OF his visits to the All,
House, Hartford, called upon him.
great crowd of people were waiting
see him. In time my turn came. Ina
inc my surprise when the doctor witho
asking me question told me all II
troubles better than | could have to
him. knew | was in the presence of
man who was great III his professio
who understood thoroughly his wol
and that he understood thoroughly 4
ailments put myself under DR.. Flo
er's treatment and soon began to i
prove. My Improvement was rapid a
permanent and in few months | W
cured. have sent several of my treu
to DR.. Flower and he has examir
them and cured them in the same W,
derful way. i never fail to recomme
DR.. Flower to the sick"
Words OF praise from Judge Loon
lips are not idle words, as every man
Connecticut knows. For years he "
foremost at the Connecticut bar and