The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1917-08-23
MRS. CHAs. PEDEN
GAINS q POUNDS
Was Twice Examined and Each Time
Was Told Operation Would Be
Only HOpe-Case Is Remarkable.

II have Just finished my third bot
lie Of Tanlac and have gained twen-
ty-seven pounds" was the truly. re-
markable statement made by Mrs.
Charles Peden, residing at $50 Mill
street, Huntsville, Ala. Mrs, Pederi
IS one Of the best Known and most
highly respected women OF that
thriving little city, where she has
made her home for a number Of
years.
when ] commenced taking the
medicine" She continued, II weighed
ninety-eight 1881 pounds; now /
weigh 1875 pounds and never felt bet
ter in my hfea For years i have suf-
fered with a bad form Of stomach
trouble, constipation and pains in my
side and back. At times the pains
took the form of torture and was
twice examined and each time / was
told that ] had appendicitis and that
an operation would be my only hope,
! had fallen off until / only weighed
ninety-eigh pounds and was so weak
/ could hardly get around.
Il had no appetite at all scarcely,
and what. little I did eat would cause
gas to form in my stomach, which
gave me palpitation Of the heart, sick
headaches and dizzy feeling about
the head. When these spells came on
me ! would get awful nervous. wor-
RED about myself until / could rest
and sleep but little.
Il had fallen off until ] was almost
skin and bones and my strength
and energy were slowly leaving me.
/ had dread of the future and could
see nothing but the operating table
and the knife. / had a perfect hor-
ror of an operation, but had made up
my mind that it was either life or
death, and prepared to submit it. /
had made all preparations for the OPP
Grafton and called on my sister to
tell her goodbye, as / did not know
whether / would live to see her again
or not. My sister begged and plead
with me not to allow them to cut on
me and told me to wait and try a
good tonic for while. The next
day as / returned from the consul
tation room ] thought of what she
said, and as | had heard so much
about Tanlac / decided to try it as a
last resort and stopped at Gilbert's
Drug Store and got a bottle. Of
course, / had lost heart and had no
faith in the medicine, but to lplease
my sister, made up my mind to take
il, anu, Oh what a happy Gay tnat was
for mel
II never returned for the operation,
but just kept taking the Tanlac. Right
from the start / began to feel better.
The medicine seemed to take hold
right at once. 1t had soothing eff
feet, and in a few days / felt no pain
at all. / was so happy over the Won
derful Improvement in my condition
that / sent for my neighbors to tell
them how much better / felt. l sent
and got another bottle of Tanlac, and
have just finished taking my third
bottle and feel like have been made
all over again into a new woman.
Gas / have said before, now weigh
1875 pounds, and my improvement has
been SO rapid that none Of my clothes
are big enough for me. / will have
to make them all over again. / now
have ravenous appetite and my hus-
band says am simply eating him out
Of house and home. / have never
gone back to my coffee, which / was
told not to touch. Those terrible
pains in my head and back have dis
appeared and sleep like child. /
am no longer nervous, and when | get
up mornings ! feel refreshed, cheer
full and bright. ] am now able to
attend to my household duties, and |
feel as if / had started life all over
again. My husband is highly delight
ed, and my recovery is the talk Of
the neighborhOod. do nothing. but
rejoice all day long over the recovery
of my health and praise Tanlac to
everybody"
II feel so grateful for my escape
from the operating table and the
knife that you may publish what
have said; you may, if you wish, teil
other women suffering as / was, to
come and see me and ] will be glad
m fall fbavn oil aha,.f my ooca