The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-02-12

Il wcs four years ago next nontn kat
Mrs. ID. n. Hoyt, who lives at 2.2o Went
worth Avenue, came to Chicago. She Was
Il that time bed -riddcn, suffering from in.
'ammatory rheumatism ard not abb. TO
Use her feet from the floor. One of the
est physicians in Chicago treated her here
:i,ree weeks but was unable TO effect even
-elief. He gave up her case, believing
nothing could be done for her and the: she
had but a few d2ys TO live.
In speaking Of her gutierings and the re-
lief and permanent cure effected later she
says: "When | was five years old | was
taken down with infam,natory rheumatism,
but after a comparatively short time 1t pass
ed off, and l was free from all its symptoms
until | was fourteen years old. Then | had
another attack, of which l was cured, and
did not have a sick day until four years ago
Christmas afternoon 1892.
Il 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
colder than it is here. In Aanistee for Ioany
years l conducted a dre~ssnaking establish
ment which l carried on until | was taken
sick. l knew all the prominent people in
Manistee and it was hard for me to close my
business and leave all the people I had known
tUtfG v years. nay lOuF CUlliTFn. flt OK
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. ! 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 CT May 1898. The p!,ysi.
clans advised me to leave the shores of The
lake and especially Manistee. took their
advice and came to Chicago.
"Rheumatism was in my hands, my feet
and my head, in fact it was all over me be-
sides having heart failure. I could not
comb my hair, / was practically helpless Mt
the time I came to Chicago. Do you see all
those white scars on my hands? Well, let
me tell you how l got them. My hands be-
came f~earfully swollen with the rhcuna-
tism and were smooth and shiny Just like a
piece of glass. The skin by tie swelling
was stretched to such a point that it burst
wherever you see the scars and from the
wounds came water for quite n long time.
My sufferings were almost unbearahlc, and
/ tried the treatment Of one Of Chicago's
oldest and best physicians. | took his ncIi-
cine for three weeks, but only grew worse.
l became so nervous that could not sleep
and my stomach became so weak, whether
from the strong drugs or my general debili-
tated condition | know not, but it was diff
cult for me to retain any solid food. lie
gave up my case and advised me to Send Tor
my husband.
81 knew by that advice, that he did not
give me much longer 20 live. Instead l.
went to one Of my dau"hterS who lives in the
southern part of Indiana, in Linora, Davis
County, where her husband, Asa Hair, was
one of the prominent merchants. | believed
the climate there, being away from the in
fluenccs of Lake Michigan might help me.
] had been in EiHorl about one weak, not
feeling any better, whc1 one day ] received
from my daughter in CHICAGO three boxes of
DIR. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People,
telling me in her Letter That she had read in
q newspaper Of the wonderful cures they
had effected. That she had gone to the wo-
men the newspaper spoke about and found
them and they told her every word said
about thcm was true. She pleaded that try
these pills and perhaps ! would find the
same benefits. I did not hesitate, as any
thing that promised relief, let alone a cure
was only too glad 10 try. I cnnm"nced tax
ing them, two pills three times d day.