The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1897-04-21
She Pleads for the Life of Her Husband hut iq
Told that He has but One Month to Live "
Sturdy Wolverine Farmer, Weighing 1853 Pounds D.
duced to Mere Skeleton in Four Short Months Az
e.. After Being Turned from the Physicians
3.ssSs, Door to Die, He Lives to Become His
Ex%s1ISzas~x Former Self. He Tells the Story.
From the Democrat, Caro-, Mich.

Fourteen years ago." said H NJ. Under
wood, who has for the past Ave years held
the office OF School Director in District No
Z, lnd1anhelds township, and is well known
throughout the county, my brother and
moved into this county. Twas a wilder
ness then, and we located in the pines here
with nothing but our hands to carve out our
homes. 1t was an unequal struggle but
hard work and economy won the day and
two years ago, with my forty acres nearly
clear Of debt began to feel that the worst
was over. In April Of that spring was as
siSting i'll driving logs down the Cass River
when | was taken with slight but constant
pain in the left side below the heart As
days passed the trouble increased my appe-
tite fell away and visited one Of the best
known and most successful doctors in Caro-,
the county seat | was informed that had
an inward abscess and must cease work.
1t was hard TO quit work when knew too
well that it only meant another mortgage
on my little farm, but within few days
was obliged to return to my home. The
medicine furnished by the doctor gave me
slight relief but l could detect no perma-
nent benefit Ny appetite was gone; l
could not sleep, and each day found me
growing weaker. | next visited DR.. A L.
Seeley, of Mayville, who, from the first, said
that he had but slight hopes cf benefting me
and recommended that go to sanitarium.
With no money this | could not do, even
though it would save my life and with
medicine that the doctor furnished | re-
turned to my home feeling that the last ray
of hope that ever would be my former self
was fast disappearing. Days passed and |
was rapidly losing flesh. During the awful
months which | passed that summer-and
| can never forget them-I was reduced in
flesh from weighing 1853 pounds to 10.
SLOWLY the long days and the awful nights
passed until another seven days had been
added to the awful days of torture; and still
no relief, and my weight was now 140
pounds, nerves shattered and my system in
deplOrable condition. At this juDcture my
wife said that something must be done, and
with assistance | was taken to Mayyille,
where DIR. Seeley was again consulted. A tter
making a thorough examination my wife
earnestly pleaded that he do something for
me. He said that he could do nothing; re-
lief might be found at a sanitarium, but
otherwise he would give me just one more
month to live. S0rrowfully she turned from
the physicians door, and what | considered
my last journey home was soon to be under
taken. | had read in the Caro- Democrat of
DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People
and the benefits many had received from
them, and with faith less than the grain of
mustard seed, ! asked her to step into the
drug store ana secure a box. This she did,
and after jolting ride over poor road we
finally reached home, tired, worn and in
sorrow. ! took the first pills that night, and
left my wife sitting sorrowfully comparing
the Pickering hopes ofmy lite with the faint
rays Of light from my bedroom door, while |
thought only of what the doctor had said
The forepart OF the night | was restless as
usual, but do you believe, during the latter
part of that very night l caught nap, the
first sweet and resting sleep | had enjoyed
for months. continued the medicine the
hext day, and the following night l slept
yes sir slept a greater portion of the night
ooh, you can't imagine how brightly the
sun shone on our home before that week was
over, and how the faint rays of hope were
named into a fame But my father and
many of my neghbors shook their heads
and said Simply something quieting about
those pills; twill be back again, look out
for the after effects But here are the after
effects, said Mr. Underwood standing erect,
the picture Of health and weighing 1865