The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-02-09

II was four years ago next month hat
Mrs. NJ. NJ. Hoyt, who lives Mt 2429 Went
worth Avenue, came to Chicago. She was
at that time bed ridden, suffering from in.
lammatory rheumatism ard not able to
:isc her feet from the floor. One of the
ocst physicians in Chicago treated her here
three weeks but was unable to effect even
relief. He gave up her case, believing
nothing could be done for her and that she
had but q few days to live.
In speaking Of her sufEerinss and the re-
lief and permanent cure effected later she
says: "Wheu l was five years old I was
taken down with inhaulmatory rheumatism,
but after . com paratively short time 1t pass
ed of, and | was free FROM I'll its symptoms
until I was fourteen years old. Then ! had
another attack, Of which l was cured, and
did not have q sick day until four years ago
Christmas afternoon 1892.
~ had lived twenty-six years in Luding-
ton, Michigan, and fourteen years in Man.
istee, Michigan, both towns being situated
on The lake. The weather in both places Is
even moro damp, more raw and IA winter
colcer than 1t 10 here. In Haaistee for many
years I conducted . dressmsking establish
ment which I carried on until l vn taken
sick. knew oil the prominent people in
Eanistee and 1t was hard for me to close my
business and leave all the people I had known
Suefc IOf years. my IOuE luE All VI
whom are married, lived in other States.
One daughter lived in Chicago and being
advised to change climate l came here. The
attack on that Christmas afternoon came
without warning. I was suddenly taken
with chills and rheumatic fever, which grew
worse day by. day. Manistee physicians did
all they could for me, but was helpless in
bed until the end OF May 1898. The physi-
clans advised me to leave the shores of the
lake and especially Manistee.> took their
advice and came to Chicago.
"kheumatism was in my hands, my feet
and my head, in fact it was all over me be-
side. having. heart failure I could not
comb my hair, l was practically helpless at
the time I came to Chicago. Do yon see all
those white scars on my hands? Well, let
me tell you how l got them. My hands be-
came fearfully swollen with the rheuma-
tism and were smooth and shiny just like a
was stretched to such a point that it burs,
wherever you see the scars and from the
wounds came water for quite a long time.
Ny sufferings were almost unbearable, and
/ tried the treatment of one of C~hicago's
oldest and best physicians. l took his medi-
cine for three weeks, but only grew worse.
! became 80 nervous that | could not sleep
and my stomach became so weak, whether
from the strong drugs or my general debili-
tated condition l know not, but it was diff
cult for me to retain any solid food. He
gave up my case and advised me to send for
my husband,
~ knew by that advice, that he did not
give me much longer to live. Instead I
went to one Of my daughters who lives in the
southern part of Indiana, in Elnora, Davis
County, where her husband, Asa Haig, was
one of the prominent merchants. | believed
the climate there, being away from the in
fuences of Lake Michigan might help me.
! had been in Elnora about one week, not
feeling any better, when one day I received
from my daughter in Chicago three boxes OF
DIR. Williams PM Pills for Pale People,
telling me in her letter that she had read in
a newspaper Of the wonderful cures they
had effected. That she had zone to the wo-
men the newspaper. spoke about and found
their and they told her every word said
about them was true. She pleaded that ] try
these pills and perhaps ! would find+he
same benefits. | did not hesitate, as any.
thing that promised relief, let alone a cure !
was only too glad to try. I commenced tax
ing them, two pills three times a day.