The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-09-03
WOUNDED IN THE WAR.
Shot in the Abdomen at CuInber-
land Gap.
blind, Rheumatic and Dropsical. A
Union Colonel Is Given Over to Die.
How the Old Soldier Gave
Azrae1 the Slip.
From the News. Barboursville, Ky.

| FTOI1 the NEWS bdTDOuTSN1lleB NY
In the year 1868, while in command of a
Union regiment at Cumberland Gap, Colonel
F1esser, now of Flat Licks, Kentucky, re-
oeived a severe gunshot wound in his abdo-
men. In few months he was again in the
saddle, but soon was obliged to undergo fur
| Their medical treatment, and his condition be-
came so serious that in the winter of 1863 he
returned to his home, and was never again
TT for active service. During the years that
have since passed, Colonel Messer has been
confirmed invalid from the effect of his
wound, and has been under the constant care
| of the local physicians, not improving, but
/ growing worse as the years rolled on. His
condition eventually became deplorable.
| Almost blind, legs swollen, so that he was
unable to walk, the doctors who could do
nothing to arrest the progress of the disease,
diagnosed it as dropsy, and said recovery was
! impossible.
The old soldier did not half believe his
physicians, but said that since they could
do nothing for him, he would, upon an old
friends strong Recommendation, try DR.. VII
! liams' Pink Pills for Pale People. The
| first box was taken by Col. Messer according
| to directions, and by the time that was gone,
| he felt SO much easier and more comtortab bic,
that several other boxes were procured, and
! lie continued to take them faithfully. Soon
! the swelling in his legs disappeared, and
with it the fierce rheumatic pains with which
| he had long suffered. Strangest of all, his
| eyesight, which for so many years had been
| useless, was restored.
In all, Colonel Messer took DIR. Williams
Pink Pills six months, and then was thor
| oughly cured. He now is a healthy-looklng
| man, rides on horseback, and stands as
much fatigue any man of his age.
The Colonel, since his recovery, is never
tired of descanting on the virtues OF these
pills, and every advertisement that he hnds
he carefully clips, and sends to some sick
friend or neighbor, with the assurance that
theV will cure him.
The high standing of Colonel Messer, and
his remarkable recovery, makes this report
more than usually interesting, and when It
was received at the office of the DR.: Will
liams' Medicine Co., 1T was referred to Messrs.
Phipps 4 Herndon, the well-known drug
gists of Barbourville, Ky, for verifcation.
| We append the reply:
Barbourville, KY, Aug. Is, 1895.
DR.. Williams Med. Co.,
Schenectady, n. Y.
Gentlemen:-Yo ours of August 14th to
hand, enquiring about testimonial written
by Mr.. Sampson concerning Colonel Messer,
of Flat Lick Ky, will say that the cure of
Colonel Messer was considered almost mi
raculous, and he claims Pink Pills did it.
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of weakness. To build up the blood, and
restore the glow of health to pale and sallow
cheeks. In men they effect radical cure
In all cases arising from mental worry, over
work or excuses of whatever nature. Pink
at 30 cents box or six boxes for $780, and
may be had of all druggists, or direct by
mail by addressing DIR. Williams Medicine
Company, Schenectady, N. Y.