The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-01-30
A KOKOMO soHooLMAsTER.



Mr., John Leahy, well known school
teacher Of liokomb, Indiana, makes the fol-
lowing well written statement regarding
his illness from rheumatism and compli-
cation of diseases and subsequent cure,
''Three years ago, when ] was 10 years
cad, was attacked with rheumatism, accom-
panied with marked and increasing disturb
ances Of the nervous system, pains in the
head, and most serious OF all, symptoms Of
organic heart trouble
"The cardiac Inflammation increased rs
the rheumatism progressed, and 1t was not
great while before the heart trcu ble assumed
the chronic form. My brain was much dis
turbcd and my physician was alarmed, fear.
| ing meningitis, as the aricular iniianma-
| ton diminished While the cerebral distur-
bance increased But was spared this adj
! diuoual inAiction, l am thankful TO say, for
| again the Joints began 10 swell, and the pain
| In the head to subsde, though Il settledinto
q duh rheumatic headache which no skill OF
the physician could relieve.
"Of course, during the early stages OF the
disease was confined to bed. Then | got
Up and tried TO move around little, and
really think became used TO the pain.
at was in the spring of 1898 when l was
first afflicted. For three years the disease
by the best physicians in the state, some of
whom are considered at the head of their
profession in the west. These gentlemen,
though jealous, and splendid daPnosticians,
could not help me, They could all describe
thy disease, and tell me better how felt
than could myself, bit thnlt remedies had
no effect on inc whatever. ! was fearful
sufferer from insomnia, and the nostrIms
which | took to supcrinduce sleep were le-
giou In addition to other troubles, my
stomach gave out altogether, l think prob
ably from the preparation OF sallcyhc acld,
with which had been abundantly dosed 1
could not assimtlAte food and lost flesh un-
til / became almost skeleton. My con-
clifton of nerves at this time cannot be de-
scribed. Terrors by night and terrors by
day were indeed mine, and though general
ly utterly unreal they We're Just as tor
menting as though they had the most mt
berial existence,
$50 matters continued until the spring of
this wear fMafcli, 1890. was still failing and
becoming more of wreck every day when |
4 friend of mine, druggist in Logansport, |
Indiana, recommended me to try DR.. VIII |
liams' Pink Pills for Pale People, saying |
that they had recently cured customer Of |
his who had been similarly afflicted, and tn |
as bad plight as l was.
al did not at once act on my friends |
recommendation, but after two or ihree
days did so and bought a supply.
"Now there is no exaggeration in what
tm about to write, for IT is the honest truth,
had not taken DR., Williams Pink Pills
two days when | began to get relief. First
of ali MY nervousness and that dull, wicked
headache shaved signs of abatng, then my
sore and painful joints grew easier my
stomach and kidneys began TO do their
work once more, my tongue became clean,
all foulness disappearing, ana better IMAM
oil my heart became normal in its action.
Before had taken four boxes | was
well and hearty man, and | now eat, drink,
sleep and wsrk as well as anyone, and after
three years of suffering such ms mine, It
may be imagined that / am more than toll
srably happy and contented with life.
81 have recommended Dr. Williams Pink
Pills to many, among others my sister, Mrs.
Ellen Patton, Of Chicago, H., who is a
sufferer, but have not heard as
rot what they have done for her.
(Sighed) DOM LEAlIY."
Witness JAMES LEAnY.
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" direct by mail from DR.. Williams
Medicine Company, Schenectady, N. Y.