The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-02-15

It wcs four years ago rex: month that
Mrs. NJ. NJ. Hoyt, who lives at 2429 Went
worth Avenue, came to Chicago. She was
It that time bed ridden, suffering from in
'amnatory rheumatism ard not able TO
,isc her feet from tive floor. Oae of. the
est physicians in Chicago treated her here
three weeks but was unable to effect even
relief. He gave up her case, believing
nothing could be done for her and that she
he'd bat q few days TO live.
In speaking Of her suiferinSs and tho re-
lief and permanent cure effected later she
says: "When l was five years Old ] was
taken down with intlamnat"ry rheumatism,
but after q comparatively short time II pass
ed off, and was free from all its symptoms
until l was fourteen years old. Theu l had
another attack, Of which l was cured, and
did not have a sick day until four years ago
Christmas afternoon 1892.
- had lived twenty six wears in LuGing-
ton, Michigan, and fourteen years in Nam
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 AaAistee for many
years I conducted a dressmsking establish
ment which l carried OH until I vas taken
sick. l knew all the prominent people in
Manistee and it was hard for me TO close my
business and leave all the people I had known
tutTc IOT yedTS. my lOuT CnlluEpn. all OF
whom are married, lived in other States.
One daughter lived in Chicago and being
advised to change climate l came here. The
attack on that Christmas afternoon came
without warning. l was suddenly taken
with chills and rheumatic fever, which grew
worse day by day. Manistee physicians did
all they could for me, but l was helpless in
clans advised me to leave the shores of the
lake and especially Manistee. l took their
advice and came to Chicago.
"Rheumatism was in my hands, my feet
and my head, in fact it was ali over me be.
sides having heart failure. I could not
comb my hair, l was practically helpless at
the time l came to Chicago. Do you see all
those white scars on my hands? Well, let
me tell you how I got them. My hands be-
came fearfully swollen with the rheuma-
tism and were smooth and shiny just like a
piece Of glass The skin by tie swelling
was stretched to such a point that it burst
wherever you see the scars and from the
wounds cam water for quite o long time.
Ny sufferings were almost unbearable, and
tried the treatment of one Of Chicago's
Oldest and best physicians. took his mcdi-
cine for three weeks, but only grew worse.
! became 30 nervous that I could not sleep
and my stomach became so weak. whether
from the strong drugs or my general debili-
tated condition | know not, but it was diff
cult for me to retain any solid food. He
gave up my case and advised me to send for
husband.
II knew by that advice, that he did not
give me much longer to live. Instead I
went to one of my daughters who lives in the
southern part Of Indiana, in Einor1, Davis
County, where her husband, Asa Haig, was
one of the prominent merchants. | believed
the climate there, being away from the in-
auences of Lake Michigan might help me.
l had been in Elnorl abont one week, not
feeling any better, whc,l one day | received
from my daughter in Chicago three boxes Of
Dr. Williams Pinl, Pills for Pale People,
telling me in her Letter that she had read in
a newspaper Of the wonderful cures they
had effected. That she had gone to the wo-
men the newspaper spoke about and found
them and they told her every word said
about them was true. She pleaded that I try
these pills and perhaps ] would find the
benefits. I did not hesitate, as any,
thing that promised relief, let alone q care
was only too glad TO try. I commenced tax
ing them, two pills three times a day.