The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-20

There is probably no man better known
ia Madison County than Mr.. Alonzo Faulk-
ner Of North Brook6eld. N. Y, on account
t the prominence and wealth of his family
aud his own success Us q hop grower. Mr..
faulkner is well on the road to old age,
having passed the allotted three score and
en- three years ago. About the time he
celebrated his SEVENTEEN birthday he was
aiken very i'll with rheumatism in a severe
,rm, anHmia and erysipelas, and it was gen.
-ally supposed from his advanced age that
bis combination Of diseases would be fatal.
.'Or nearly year he was confined TO his house,
nd his friends never expected to see him able
} leave it again, but to the surprise Of his
lany acquaintance Mr.. Faulkner again made
Is appearance, in good health and able to walk
bout ia Il way that lie had not done for
cars. His great age and enormous size
'1lc this recovery so remarkable that Mr..
ullkncr was interviewed on the subject OF
- cure by one of our representatives.
lie was found at home by the reporter,
ID came out under the veranda, in very
,ol style for man of three hundred
)unds avoirdupois, whose height is only
&c feet six inches. When the interviewing
recess began, Mr.. Faulkner seemed not
My willing but DESTROYS that everything
1nnected with his illness and recovery
l1uld lie made known and published.
Il am now seventy-three years old" he
id, land for the past ten years have never
vi what might be called good health but
was never confined to the house for more
ian O day or two, until three years ago.
hen | was taken down with infammatory
ieumatism, imperfect circulation Of the
loo1, and more or less congestion of the
ain. My joints we're swollen and painful,
IL indeed my whole body seemed affected,
| could not walk, and had to be assisted
3m my bed to q chair and from the chair
, the bed and this was the extent of my
1crcisc for nearly one year. To make
lings worse, | had a severe attack of cry
pelas, attended by delirium, total loss of
7pctite, sleeplessness and fearful headache,
ii | was about as i'll as | could be. 1t was
lille in this condition that heard through
70 newspapers of the potency in all dis
1893 of the blood of DIR. Williams Pink
Ills and lost no time in giving them trial.
"rhc first effects of the treatment were.
Int my liver and kidneys, which were
iadly affected, began to recover their nor
nal condition, the erysipelas abated, and
much of the pain in my back and side dis
appeared. / continued to take Pink Pills
faithfully observing the directions, and
gradually the pains became less frequent in
my limbs, the circulation improved all that
distressing pressure of the brain went, and ]
could move about little without the agony
that had attended any attempt at locomo.
uon. TOOK RINK rms Tor year CON
stantly, and at the end of that time | had SC
far recovered my health that / was really
better than / had been in many years be-
fore. l did not give up the use of the Pink
Pills, however, but continued to take them
at intervals, and do so still at the first symp
tom of my old enemy, rheumatism, return
ing. do not suffer at all with an@miC
symptoms, but once in a while during the
past two years l have had touch of the
rheumatism. When this happens 1 have
taken a dose or two of Pink Pills, and tn,
can tell you any more" Mr.. Faulkner said
"but any questions you may wish to ask
will answer"
81 will read you over what have writ
ten, Mr.. Faulkner" the reporter replied
"and if you have any corrections or sug
gestions to make / will at once insert o
erase as the case may be-"