Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1897-06-24
WOUNDED m THE WAR.
SHOT In THE Abdomen AT CUMBKn-
LAND GAP.
biA0d. Rheumatic and ISrop-ical-A Tniou
Colonel h Given Over to Die How
b Old Soldier Gave Axr.el
the sin.

the iip
Prom ne Eecs. Barbour su4Ee r..
In the year 1853. while in o.;
ehion at Cumberland Gar. Col
,nei Aesser. now o: Pla, Licks. Kentucky.
~ec"iv-d a severe gunshot wound in HE ~
omen In a few months he vas again IN
ne saddle. but soon vas obliged to undergo
further medical treatment. ana his cnndI-
ion became so serious that IN the wsntero.
1868 he returned 10 his norna and was rex..
As.io TX Tor active service. During ,he
years that have since passed. Colonel Messar
aas been aconflrmed invalid from the efee;
OF his wound, and has heen under the con
stan. care OF the local physicians. no. i'm
proving, but growing worse - the years
rolled On. His condition eventually be-
came epDrahle. Amos, blind. legs swollen.
SO tnat ne was unable to walk. the doctors
VINO GOULD do nothing To arrest the progress
oavae disease. diagnosed ii as dropsy. and
SEQ recovery was impossible.
me old soldier did not half believe his
physicians. but said that since they could
20 nothing for him. he would. upon An old
fr1end's strong recommendation. try DR..
Williams Pink Pills for Pale People. The
nrse wa taken by Col. Messcr accord
ing to directions. and by the time that vas
gone, he felt 70 much easter and more com
portable, that several other boxes were pro-
cured, and he continued TO take them faith
YuIly. Soon the swelling in his legs disap-
peared, and with it the fierce rheumatic
pains with which he had long suffered.
Strangest Of all. his eyesight, whichf for So
Eany years had been useless, was restored
In all, Colonel Messer took DR.. Williams
LINK Pilis si1 months, and then was thor
oughly cured. He now is healthy looking
man. rides on horseback, and stands as
mucn fatigue as any man of his age.
mo Colonel, since his recovery, Is never
tired Of ~descanting on .le virtues of these
pills and every advertisement that he find
he carefully clips. and sends to some sick
friend or neighbor, with the assurance that
shey Will cure him.
The high standing Of Colonel Messer. and
his remarkable recovery, makes this report
more than usually interesting, and when il
was received at the office of the Dr.. Will
liams Medicine Co. it vas referred to
Messrs. Phipps 4 Herndon. the w~ell-knowI
druggists, OF Barboursville, Ky, for veriti
cation. We append the reply:
~BARBoURsvILLE, KY, Aug. IS, 1894
DR. WILLIAMS Med. Co.,
Schenectady, n. Y.
Gentlemen:-Yours OF August 14th 4
hand, erquiring about testimonial write,
OF Flat Lick, KY. will say that the cure o
Coione[ Mssser was considered almost nj
racuhus. and he claims Pink Pills did it..
Yours truly,
~ PHIPPs h HERNDoS.
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densed form, all the elements necessary t.
give new life and richness to the blood an,
restore shattered nerves. They are also
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SUCH as Suppresslons. Irregularities and a
forms Of weakness. They build up the blood
and restore the glow Of health to pale an
sallow>cheeks. In men they effect a radica
cure in all cases arising from mental worry
oVerwOrk or excuses of whatever natur.
Pink Pills are sold in boxes (never in loos
bulk at so cents a box or six boxes for 80. 81
and may be had of all druggists. or diree
by mall by addressing DR.. Williams Med
cine Company, Schenectady. NY.