The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-06-04
Gould Not Feel Fire.
MR.. JAMES WEEKS NARRATES STRANGE
THINGS ABOUT PARALYSIS.
His Trouble the Result of Exposure During the i 5 Ias Gives
the Particulars Of the Coq1enCsnsic s anu spa 'eau
r,.o,, N, Amertcan, Mewark, ono.


The eure of Mr.. James Il. Weeks,
Owosso. Mich, of paralysis OF seventeel
veors standing. is one of the most remark
able on record.
The story is best told in Mr.. Weeks owl
words as told to reporter: "To go back {
the beginning of the trouble, think 1t origi
mated during the late war, in which, win III
rest of the boys, l suffered hardshlps am
privations sufficient to break the most robus
health. The paralysis did not come from
wound, however, as | was wounded but once
and then only by spent ball in the LETT leg
"Seyenteen years ago this winter, l wa
living with my family at the corner
of King and Mulberry Streets, this CITY,.
was in fairly good health, with the exception
that my left arm began to feel signify col'
and numb. These symptoms increased I'M
til it was impossible for me to feel anything
with the hand, and holding the arm upon
hot stove produced no sensation.
"That winter | moved up TO the northern
part of the State, and each succeeding year,
the ailment increased until, when l returned
to this city about six months ago, my whole
LEFT side was paralyzed, and L was practi'
cally helpless. -
"This was the climax of my illness. 1t had
been growing upon me for seventeen years,
and was able to walk some by dragging
my left leg along, but it was very painful.
All last winter, when the illness was at ITS
worst, and movement made only with the
greatest difficulty, l can truthfully say thai
beyond temporary relief tho medicine
had been using was of no benefit whatever.
early in May, while glancing over, the
columns of the Detroit Journal, an adver-
tisement of DIR. Williams Pink Pills caught
my eye. 1t described the case of veteran
of the war, whose case was almost identically
similar to my own, but who had been en-
tirely cured by using DIR. Williams Pink
Pills. My faith in medicine was well-nigh
destroyed, but 1 determined to give these
pills trial and procured one box from
druggist John 8. Haggart, of Main Street,
West Owosso. Inside of a week, had taken
all of the pills, and my condition changed
very much for the better. For the succeed
ing three weeks, l took O box each week,
and by the twelfth of June, was practically
well man again. The paralysis had van
ished, / could walk easily, the numbness
felt that life was worth living. Further
more, my rheumatism disappeared almost
entirely, and my general health became
better than it has been in years.
81 was able to resume my occupation,
which had not followed for twelve years,
and can now walk many miles each day with
little fatigue. / am agent for the Ionia
County Commercial Nursery, of Saranac,
Mich, and will soon start on two weeks
trip:
az shall hereafter keep O supply of DR..
Williams Pink Pills always in my house
for all members Of the family. / do not be-
lieye, as a general thing, in proprietary
medicines, and never was a great hand to
take medicines, but know that DIR. Will
liams' Pink Pills are wonderful remedy.
Since my recovery / have seen several old
soldiers going around with canes and have
recommended the pills to them, among them
Charles o. Lapham, who intends taking
them. Ten or dozen boxes of the pills,
believe, would make the old boys who were
through the war feel better than they have
for years. I can warmly recommend Or.
Williams Pink Pills. They are all and
more than is claimed for them.
"Any of my neighbors, or the comrades
of Quackenbush Post G. A. r. in this city
can testify to my former condition. I was
a member of Company f, Twenty-seventh
New York Infantry, of Company j, Twenty
first New York Cavalry, and of Company
M, Twenty-second New York Cavalry. l
was commissioned First Lieutenant in the
latter company.
(Signed) GAMES E.WEEKs."
Subscribed and sworn to before rae this
Goth day of July. 1896.
NEWTON BALDWIN. Notary F,tbic.