Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1897-05-29
IT RAPIDLY DEVELOPED into SCIATIC
RHEUMATISM.
From Hale and Hearty Man the Patient Became a
Confirmed InVaIid-It Pays TO Treat Slight
Colds in Time-By so Doing
Many Months Of Suffering
May be AVened.
From @e Tribune, Horneusuuue, NJ =.

prrched @ one of the highest hills Of the
town of Howard, midway between the viii
lagos of Howard and Towlesville, stands the
substantial farmhouse of William McAdams,
one of the oldest inhabitants of this part of
the State. Mr.. McAdams came to the county
sixty-six years ago and settled in Howard on
a farm adjacent TO the one he now occupies,
and moved in 1852 to his present home,
where he has lived ever since. 1t is one of
the most picturesque points in Steuben
County. and commands wide view both in
the direction of Hornellsville and Bath.
When yolr correspondent presented him
self at Mr.. McAdams' house Mrs. McAdlns
naid that her husband was out on an adjacent
hill of the farm, loading bark which he was
preparing to draw to Canlsteo. Anyone who
knew Mr.. McAdams two years ago would
scarcely believe that such a thing were pos
sible for man in the condition in which he
was at that time, for among his neighbors and
even among his family, Mr.. McAdams' case
was set down as incurable, and it was only
regarded as a question OF time when the dis
ease would prove fatal.
Mrs. McAdams then entered into history
of her husbands case, stating that about two
years ago Mr.. McAdams caught a slight cold
while working on his farm, which at his
advanced age (sixty-seven years at that
| time), rapidly developed into sciatic rheuma-
| tism, the disease settling in his left side,
| from his hip down to his foot, rendering the
! left leg almost useless and terribly painful.
| From a hale and hearty farmer, who, was
| doing his own work, he became a confirmed
| invalid, and in the fall of 1894 his rheuma-
tism became so bad that he could do abso-
| lutely nothing. On election day of that
year he was so helpless that his neighbor,
Mr.. Willis, had to come and drive him over
| 70 the polls to vote. Mrs. McAdams said
| that when the spasms of rheumatism would
| come upon her husband, the only thing that
gave him relief was to bend over almost
| double and clasp both arms about the limb
| where the pains were, and that she had seen
| him stop and bend over in that way three
| times in coming the distance from their barn
10 the house, which is about one hundred
and fifty feet, and sometimes he would have
TO call for help before he could get in
Eventually he was compelled to move about
in q stopping posture, with the aid of two
sticks, and at night, when his attacks camt
| on, it was terrible to hear his groans anC
have no way of relieving him. He found j
impossible to get a refreshing sleep, and haC
no appetite for his food. In short, from
ruddy, stout man, he grew. pale and thin
and gave himself up to die. He had, o
course tried many remedies for his rheuma
tism, some of which had afforded him tenn
porary relief, but none gave him any rea
or permanent benefit. AT about this time
"Pink Pills for Pale People " in one of thu
Steuben County papers, and persuaded hel
husband to try what they would do for him.
Mr.. McAdams had no faith in the pill
whatever, but to please his wife he began
their use.e He took two boxes without ex
periencing any perceptible relief, and he was
greatly discouraged and wanted to give them
up, but Mrs. McAdams thought they had
. hardly been given fair trial and persuaded
him to try them little longer, as nothing