The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-10-29
ALMOST UNDER
ENGINES WHEELS.
TIE NARROW ESCAPE OF YARDMASTtR
J. l. ELLIOTT.
He Rolled Off the Tia k Just in Time
10 Save Himself from a Horrible
Death.

Pittsburg, Pa, Nov. 30 Yardmas-
ter j. L. Elliott had narrow escape
from death in the Pennsylvania rail
road yards which was attended by cir
cumstances that We're peculiar in more
ways than one.
He had just thrown a switch and
was crossing the track in front of an
engine when he was seen to stagger
and then suddenly to collapse. He fell
almost under the pilot but fortunately
rolled off the track to one side. He
was not injured.
after that ~ said he to a reporter,
81 made up my mind to quit work.
The fall which might have cost me
my life was caused by nervous trouble
and might occur again at any time. -
But you don t seem to have the
trouble now,' remarked the newspa-
per man.
mo, l am all right now. DR.. Will
liams' Pink Pills for Pale People
brought me around again after the
doctors had pronounced me incurable.
The trouble began with a severe pain
in the legs and the physician at that
time said it was muscular rheuma-
tism. He gave me medicine which L
took for some time without seeing any
improvement. The pain continued
and my strength kept ebbing away.
| noticed that | was not as agile as L
used to be and could not catch and
climb a moving car as readily as | once
did. Then came my narrow escape
and | gave up work
"A different physician at this time
said | had locomotor ataXia, but | only
grew worse under his treatment. l
began to have attacks of vomiting, one
of which lasted sixteen days / grew
thin as a skeleton and very weak
Finally | had a consultation of three
Plttsburg physicians and they pro-
nounced me incurable. The pain in
my body and legs continued to in
crease and became so severe that l had
to take morphine sometimes to get a
little relief. l became just about help
less with no control of my legs.
''Durin the Christmas holidays in 1901
friend in Iowa City sent clipping
from newspaper telling of a remark
able cure of locomotor ataXia in the
case of Milwaukee, Wis, by DR.. Will
liams' Pink Pills for Pale People.
So | began taking them. | followed
| directions carefully and soon began to
improve. 1t was gradual but sure and
now feel like another m, ny l can go
around and took three eeks' trip a
little while ago without experiencing
any bad results. | have not had
any pain or vomiting spell since | be-
gan taking DR.. William s. Pink Pills.
Mr.. Elliott was in the employ of
the Pennsylvania railroad for fourteen
years as brakeman, then conductor and
finally as yardmaster. He lives at No.
| 5Sl5 Parker street, Pittsburg, Pa,
and is ready to corroborate the above
statement. His cure from locomotor
ataXia is only one of many accom-
plished by DR.. Williams Pink Pills
for Pale People and furnishes addi-
/ tional proof that this is not an ordi-
nary medicine DR.. Williams Pink
Pills are wonderful in their potency
in nervous troubles, small or great,
and as they are ON sale in every drug
store throughout the country, they
are within reach of all. That they
cured such severe nervous disorder
as that of Mr.. Elliott, proves the
power of the remedy in lesser troubles,
such as sciatica, neuralgia, nervous
headache, st. Vitus' ne and nervous
debility.
At all druggists, or direct from DR..
Williams Medicine Co., Schenectady,
n. Y, fifty cents per box; six boxes
for two dollars and half.
SOUTH BARRE.
Mrs. H. j. Quimby of Melrose,
Mass. came last Friday for two
weeks visit at A, w. Lanes.
Mrs G. n BickfOrd visited in town