The San Francisco call., 1898-01-29
SLEPT LIKE A CHILD.
GAINED TWENTY SEVEN POUNDS IN FOUR
 WEEKS.
THE STORY OF A SOLDIER.
From the Transcript, Peoria, III.

From me 1ranScr1pl, ReOr1a, III.
 No man is better known and liked in that rich tier of Illinois counties, of which Peoria is the center, than genial Chester s. Harrington of Princeville, III. For many years Mir. Harrington has travelled through the country on profitable jour neys as an itinerant merchant, and every where he goes he Is given a hearty wei come by the people who depend upon his regular visits for the purchase of the necessaries, and some of the luxuries of life.
 MT. Harrington is veteran of the war, and out of this circumstance grew the train of acts that make up the remark able experience which he related upon the occasion of a visit to the Transcript office recently. His story, telling of the evils of which the Civil War was but the beginning in his own, and in thousands of other cases, was as follows:
 ''I served three years in the One Hun dred and Twenty-fourth Illinois, enIisting at Kewanee, III. l was in Libby Prison, and of course, I suffered. like many an other Northern soldier Until recently l was a member of the Princeville Post of the G. A. R.
 The strain of army life did it's work in undermining my health, although the collapse did not come for years. For some time l suffered from general debility and nervousness so badly that l could not sleep. I would sit up night after night reading. because l couldn't get to sleep.
  ly broken up. Indigestion of course, re- suited and my misery increased until it seemed 1 had nothing to live for. My eyes began to fail, and as my body lost vital- ity my mind seemed to give way also. I could scarcely remember events that happened but few weeks before.
 ''I was unfitted for business, and had to abandon the road for two years. l was just able to creep around during the greater part of this time, and there were times when could not get up at all My brother is a doctor, but all his efforts to help me failed to give me any relief.
 My friends suggested great many I tried a lot of remedies, without avail. Finally, having read great many arti- cles regarding cures that had been ef- fected by pr. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People, decided to try them. That was in 1S96 I bought box and took the pills according to instructions: Just four known for years. That night I went to sleep easily and slept soundly. as a child and awoke. refreshed: Since then I have clung, tight to pr. Williams Pink Pills, and have slept soundly and gained health ever since. Three or four weeks after beginning the treatment, I found I had increased in weight from 119 pounds to 146 pounds. This greatly surprised my friends who thought that my case was a hopeless one. 1 began my work on the road again and l have con- tinued it right along ever since in excel lent health.
 
 that was side issue, but valuable gain to me. found that while I was taking Dr. Williams Pink Pills had been cured of the smoking habit, which had been formed when I was a boy, years old, and which had clung to me all these years. The craving for tobacco left me and I have never experienced 1t since. I have recommended the pills to more than 150 people and I hope, if my experience is made public, it will be of benefit to some sufferer.
 (Signed)
 CHESTER s. HARRINGTON. State of Illinois,
 Counts of Peoria-ss.
 Chester S. Harrington, being duly sworn deposes and says, that the mat ters contained in the above statement by him signed are true.
 CHESTER S. HARRINGTON.
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