The San Francisco call., 1898-02-19
An Emaciated Boy.
HIS LIMBS NO LARGER THAN A
 PERSONS WRISTS.
The Peculiar Condition of J. F. Williams Four-Year-OId Boy-The Case At tractine Wide Attention-Many Parents and Physicians In
 fareSfed

terestcd.
 From the Democrat Message, Mt. Ster-
 ling, III.
 Residents of Damon, the village iouI Ji ,onn niles northwest of Mt. Sterling, H., have recently told a remarkable story oi the almost miraculous recovery o. Io Iohn Josie Williams, the 4-year-oid son 5,s+once Ui ou F. Williams, who resides d SHUT northwest of Damon.
 The Democrat Message dispatcneo 2 representative to the scene 10 oDtain lle actual facts in connection ea ~i.n newsnaner eue @ upon the truth of the incidents nerein cited. a+ ,,oiced mat ron She has the forceful personality, tne nositiye manner that Is nurtured ana de- veloped by the cares ana respo9nsln,illeies ile . of farmers wife She would make good witness for any cause Iounueu upuid1 ud she told the story of little Josies sickness and recovery in convincing way: oe
 He was never right 1 from the gaal tune and oi nuny. and did not grow like other emil dren. year ago last February, when he was two years old, he had an attack of lung fever. We had the serVices 2. ~. or Dr. Jones for two or three weeks. After Iosie had recovered from the fever, ne did not seem to get any strength. lie nau no appetite and could not keep anytning s tn o,i walk ,al across the room, and after while he could not bear his weight Ills legs seemed to wither away until they were | nothing but skin and bones, anu he hep' | mn a continual coughing.
 eve had boarder named Asa Hopln. | son who had rheumatism so severe that | he was bent nearly double. lie na6 used Dr. Williams Pink Pills n1 for and raie strong that | he was able to chop wood every oay :, and never feel a touch of rheumatiSm; ne said that he believed the pills would nelp little Josie At that time also read an article in the Quincy Whig regardlng some people who had been cured py pr; | Williams Pink Pills for Pale People, ana said to my husband tna. we sneoio so oe13ts gs hox. or six boxes for g 50, and could De bought at any druggist. He decided to to try them, and went to Mt. Sternhs VIZ Jo began the last of March giving him one l third of a pill three times a day. ln | three days we noticed an improvement and we increased the q4se; agt gaving ignrnVa ,ll 1 ing, and finally we gave hlm one pill A a. a dose Near the 1st of June we gave | him the last of the three boxes which we had bought in March, and now nttie Tosie is as fat and hearty as any boy in the neighborhood. He has good appe- | tite and never has any trouble with his stomach. never had % any hi Ialth nr Tn {Vi1. RriI1. lhiams' Pink Pills for Pale People saved our Josie from the grave, and do not believe anything else would;
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 Subscribed and sworn to before me this Fist day of June. 1887:
 l (SeaD "A NIL. x1D STlSI; D,,n,;,
 Dr. A. A. McCabe is the Coroner oi | prown County and Is physician of ex- tensiye practice. He accompanied the Democrat- Message representative ano made thorough examination of little Josie with reference to his physical condi- l tion. His statement, under oath, IS ap' l pended:
 CT A. A. McCabe, regularly licensed l nhvsician of Mt. Sterling, Brown County | illinois. hereby state that 1 made thor | ourh examination of Josie Williams, the | 4-year-old son of John F. Williams, o1 l Damon. Brown County, Illinois, on Mon, Indications of nasal catarrh. I found hin in a thoroughly healthful condition phy | sically. I was unable to find in his pres | ent condition any evidences of the disease with which his parents affirm that he was l afflicted. A. A. McCABE. this 2Sth day of June, A. D. 1s91
 Justice of the Peace.
 This ia to certify that treated a little boy of John F. Williams, of Damon, Hi 1 noIs. suffering from catarrhal pneumonia | from March 12 to March T, 1898. During | the above period the child was greatly prostrated and in very serious condi | ton, and for a number of days its If, l was despaired of, but finally took { change for the better and complete re
 sworn and subscribed before me thi 17th day of June, 1897.
 '(Seap GEO. RuPF,
 -j.. Notary Pnhlin-