The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1897-01-19

Il was four years ago next month that
Mrs. NJ. NJ. Hoyt, who lives at 2429 Went
worth Avenue, came to Chicago She was
ut that tirne bed-rid1en, suffering from in
fiammatory rheumatism and not able to
raise her feet from the floor. One of the
best physicians in Chicago treated her here
three weeks but was unable to effect even
relief He gave up her ease, believing
nothing could be done for her and that she
had but few days to live.
In speaking of her sufferings and the re-
lief and permanent cure effected later she
says: "When | was five years old | was
taken down with intiammatory rheumatism,
but after a comparatively short time 1t pass
ed off and | was free from all its symptoms
until was fourteen years old. Then | had
another attack, of which | was cured, and
did not have a sick day until four years ago
Christmas afternoon 1892.
az 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
years l conducted dressmaking establish
ment which / carried on until | was taken
sick. | knew all the prominent people In
Manistee and it was hard for me to close my
business and leave all the people had known
there for years. My 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 taken
with chills and rheumatic fever, which grew
worse day by day. Manistee physicians did
all they could for me, but | was helpless ir
bed until the end of May 1898. The physi
cians advised me TO leave the shores of the
lake and especially Manistee. | took theil
advice and came to Chicago.
Rheumatism was in my hands, my fee
and my head, in fact ii was all over me be
sides having heart failure. / could no
think of leaving my chair. was unable t.
the time | came to Chicago. Do yoa see al
those white scars on my hands? Well. lie
me tell you how | got them. My hands be
came fearfully swollen with the rheuma
tism and were smooth and shiny just like
| piece of glass. The skin by the swelling
was stretched TO such point that it burs
wherever you see the scars and from tn
wounds came water for quite a long time
My suf1erings were almost unbeavable, an'
| tried the treatment of one of Chicago
Oldest and best phyxicians. took his medi
cine for three weeks, but only grew worse
became so nervous that could not sleeI
and my stomach became so weak, whethe
from the strong drugs or my general dehiil
tated condition | know not, but it was din
cult for me to retain any solid food. III
gave up my CISC anu etNN ASC0 iAS " SSAtN ~
my husband.
III knew by that advice that he did no
give me much longer to live. Instead
went to one of my daughters who lives in TIN
southern part of Indiana in Elnora, Davi
County, where her husband, Asa Hsig, wa
one of the prominent merchants. | believed
the climate there, being away from the in
fiuences of Lake Michigan might help me
had been in Elnora about one week, no
feeling any better, when one day receives
from my daughter in Chicago three boxes o
Dr. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People
telling me in her letter that she had read il
newspaper of the wonderful cures the,
had effected. That she had gone to the wo
men the newspaper spoke about and foun'
them and they told her every word SAT-
about them was true. She pleaded that | tr,
These pills and perhaps ! would find tn
sams benefits | did not hesitate as any
King that promised relief, let alone cure
as only too glad to try. / commenced tax
Ing them, two pills three times day.