The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1897-02-18

Il was four years ago next month thai
Mrs. II. II. Hoyt, who lives at 2429 Went.
worth avenue, came to Chicago. She was
at that time bed.riddsn, suffering from in
ismmatory Rheumatism and not able I'd
raise her ~ 9rum the floor. One Of the
best ph, nc'Aas In Chicago treated her herr
three weeks but was unable to effect even
relief He gave up her case, believing
nothing could be done for her and that shs
had but 3 few days TO live.
p speaking Of her suffsrings and the re
lief and permanent cure effected later she
says: "When was five years old was
taken down with inhammatory rheumatism
but after comparatively short time it pass
ed of, and was free from all its symptoms
until | was fourteen years old. Then | had
smother attack, Of which ! was cured, and
did not have sick day until four years ago
Christmas afternoon 1892.
II 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 in winter
colder than it Is here In Manistee for many
yean conducted dressmaking establish
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sick- | knew all the prominent people in
Manistee and it was hard for me to close nv
business and leave all the people had known
there for years. Ny four children. all Of
whom are married, lived in other States.
One daughter lived in Chicago and being
advised TO change climate came here. The
attack on that Christmas afternoon came
without warning. ] was suddenly tzken
with chills and rheumatic fever, which grew
vorse day BY day. Manistee physicians did
oil they could for me, but was helpless in
bed until the end Of May 1893. The physi.
clans sdvised me to leave the shores Of the
lake and especially Manissee. took their
advice and came to Chicago.
Rheumatism was in my hands. nv feet
and nv head. in fact 1t was all over me he
siies having heart failure. l could not
think Of leaving my chair. was unable to
Comb my hair, was practically helpless at
the time | came 10 Chicago. Do you see sIl
those white scars on my hands? Well, let
me tell YOU how / got them. Ny hands be-
came tearfully swollen with the rheums-
tism aud were smooth and shiny just like
piece Of glass. The skin by the swelling
was stretched to such point that it burst
wherever you see the scars and from the
wounds came water for quite long time.
ny etiAfFlni> we're olnlu9t uupeArADle, and
tried iiie treatment Of one of Chicagols
oldest and B-st physicians. / took his meii.
cine for three weeks, but only grew worse
bsrame - nervous that could not sleep
and my stomach became 50 weak, whether
from the slrung drugs or my general debili-
tated c0uhitiOn | know not, but il 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 mu,h longer to live. Instead
went to one Of my daughters who lives in the
southern pari Of Indiana, in Elnora, Davis
County. who're her husband, Asa Haig. was
one Of the nrominent merchants. l believed
the clinate there, being away from the in
tueness Of Lake Michigan might help me.
] had been in Elnora about one week, not
feeling any better, when one day l received
from nv daughter in Chicago three boxes Of
Dr. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People,
telling me in her letter that she had read in
s newspaper Of the wonderful cures they
had effected. Thzt she had gone to she wo-
men the newspaper spoke about and found
then and they told her every word said
about them was true. She pleaded that / Try
tIese pills and perhaps ! would find the
nms benefits did not hesitate, as any
thing that promised relief, let alone a cure |
Eas only too glad TO try. commenced tax
ing them, tSo pills three times day.