Mountain advocate., 1920-02-13
Mrs. ChaS. Peden
Gains 27 Pounds
Was Twice Examined and
Each Time Told Oper-
4. alton Would Be
Her Only Hope

81 have just finished my third bot
tie of Tanlac and have gained TWEEN
\ ty-seven pounds" was the truly re-
markable statement made by Mrs,
Chas. peden, residing at $50 Mill st.
Huntsville, Alabama. Mrs, Peden is
one of the best known and most high
ly respected women of that city in
which she has made her home for
many years.
when I commenced taking the
| medicine" she continued II only
weighed ninety-eight 1857 pounds
now | weigh one hundred twenty
five pounds and never felt better in
my life. For years / have suffered
/ with bad form of stomach trouble
constipation and pains in my side
and back, At times the Lains took the
form of torture aud was twice ex-
amined and each time told that an
operation would be my only hope. 1
had, fallen off until weighed only
ninety-oight pounds and was so weak
could hardly get around.
II had no appetite scarcely at all,
and what little Ibid eat would cause
gas to form in my stomach which
gave me palpitstion fthe heart, sick
headaches aud d!sgy feeling about
the hsud. Wien those spells came
on the I would get awfully nervous.
] worried abont inyself until I could
ssst sAd sleep but little.
IL had fallen 90 asill I WAS simss,
akin aud hsnss' sud my sns,h and
sEsray we're slowly lshv!ng Hs. { had
y dsOad Of .ho future Had could nae
nathinE but tho operating table ADD
the knife, had a perfect horror OF
an operation but had made up my
mind that It was either life or death
and prepared to submit to it. l had
made all preparations for the opera.
ton and called on my sister to tell
her goodbye, az | did lot know
whether would live to see her again
or not Ny sister begged and plead
ed with me not to allow them to cut
on me and told me to wait and try
good tonic for awhile The next day
as l returned from the consultation
room thought of what she said, and
rs / had heard so much about Tan
lac, l decided to try IL as last re-
scrt, and stopped ut the drug store
aod got % bottle. Of course, had
lost heart and had no faith in medi-
cine, but to please my sister. l made
up my mind to take it, and oh, what
a happy day that was for me!
II never returned for the opera
ton, but just kept takingTanlac and
my Improvement has been so rapid
that none Of my clothes fltme. Right
from the start began TO improve.
The medicine seemed to take hold
right at once. 1t had soothing et
feet, and in Il few days felt no pain
at all. I was so happy over my won.
derful Improvement that | Kent for
my NJ bors to tell them how mnch
better felt. sent and got anoth-
er bottle of Tanlac and have just fin-
ished my third aud feel like have
been made over again into a new wo-
man.
LAS. I have said before, / now
weigh one hundred and twenty. five
pounds and none II my clothes are
big enough for me, and ! will have
to make them over again. | now
have a rav"nOus appetite and my
husband says | am simply eating
him out, of house and home. have
even gone back to my coffee which
/ was told not TO touch. Those h r
ible pains in my back and head
haveentirely disappeared and I sleep
like child L ain no longer nerv-
Gus, and when l get up in the morn
ings feel refreshed, cheerful and
bright. l am now able to attend to
my hOusework again and ] feel as il
l had started life all over. My hus-
band ~ highly delighted and my re-
covery is the talSof the neiShbOr-
hood. do nothing but rejoice all
day long over the recovery OF my
health and praise Taniac 10 every
body
II feel so grateful for my escape
from the operating table and the
knife that you may publish what
have said; you may il you wish, tell
other women suffering as | WAS L"
come and see me and I will be glad
to tell them about my case.
Tanlac is sold in BarhOurville by
the HerDdor & Payne Drug Store.
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