Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 February 1884 — OUT OF THE DEPTHS. [ARTICLE]

OUT OF THE DEPTHS.

Our Correspondent's Kesenrdies and a Remarkable Osboit—ts He Describes. St. Albaxb, Vt., Jac. 10,1884. Mmsrs. Editors: The upper portion of Vermont is one of the pleasantest recions in America during the summer and one of the bleakest during winter. It affords ample opportunity for the tourist, provided he chooses the proper season, but the present time is not that season. Still there are men and women here who not only endure the climate but praise it unstintingly, and that, too, in the face of physical hardships the most intense. The writer heard of a striking illustration of this a few days since, which is given herewith: Mr. Joseph Jacques is connected with the. Vermont Central railroad in the capacity of master mason. He is well advanced In years, with a ruddy complexion and hale as pearance, while his general bearing is such as to instantly impress one with his strict honor and integrity. Several years ago he became afflicted with most distressing troubles, which prevented the prosecution of his duties. He was languid, and yet restless, while at times a dizziness would come over him which seemed almost blinding. His will power was strong, and he determined not to give way to the mysterious influence wbidh seemed undermining his life. But the pain and annoying symptoms were stronger than his will, and he kept growing gradually worse. About that time he began to notice a difficulty in drawing on his boots, and it was by the greatest effort that he was able to force his teet into them. In this manner several weeks passed by, until finally one night, while in great agony, he discovered that his feet had, in a short while, swollen to enormous proportions. The balance of the narrative can best be described in his own wbrds. He said: “When my wife discovered the fact that I was so bloated, she sent for the doctor immediately. He made a most careful examination and pronounced me in a very serious condition. Notwithstanding his care, I grew worse, and the swelling of my feet gradually extended upward in my body. The top of my head pained me terribly; indeed, so badly that at times it seemed almost as if it would burst. My feet were painfully cold, and even when surrounded with hot flannels and irons felt as if a strong wind were blowing on them. Next-my right leg became paralyzed. This gave me.no pain, but it was exceedingly annoying. About this time I began to spit blood most freely, although my lungs were in perfect conditoin, and I knew it did not come from them.» My physicians were careful and untiring in their attentions, but unable* to relieve my sufferings. My neighbors and friends thought I was dying, and many called to see me, fully twenty-five on a single Sunday that I now recall. At last my agony seemed to culminate in the most intense, sharp pains I have ever known or heard of. If red-hot knives, sharpened to the highest degree, had been run through my body, constantly they qould not have hurt me wprse. I would spring up in "bed, sometimes as much as three feet, cry out In tpy agony and long .for death. One night the misery was so intense that I arose and attempted to go into the next room, but was unable to lift my swollen feet above the little threshold that obstructed them. I fell back upon the bed and gasped in my agony; but felt unable even to breathe; It seemed like death; ;• “Several years ago Bev. ‘Dr. J. E. Rag kin, now of Washington, was sta,tlonec|, here ,qs pastor of the Congregational church. We all admired nndreSpected him, arid #ifb remeihbered seeing somewhere that he bad Spoken in the highest terms of a preparation- which.had cured some hi? ijitipiafce .friends. We ..determined to try this rempdy. accordingjy s§pt for it, and, to make a long story short,, Jt complete!;• reftoMl my hearth* brqpjiht me back from the grave, and I owe all I have in the way of health and strength, to Warner’s Safe Cure, better knotvn as Warner’s Safe Kidney and Liver Cure. lam positive thdt if I had taken this medicine when I felt the first symptoms above described, I might have avoided all the agpny I after Ward endured, to say nothing of < ,thepgrrow escdpe IJjafl fii.Order. thataff possible fact s bearing upon the subject rhight be ’known,' Icalled on Dr. Oscar F, Fassett, who was for nineteen years United ’ States Examining Surgeon; and Who attended Mr. Jacques during his sickness. He stated that Mr. Jacques had a • most pronounce.q casg of Albuminurlq or Bright's disease bf -th© kidneys. < That an analysis showed the, presence of albumen ’aiid eosts in great abundance, and that he was in a condi- . tion Where few if any ever receiver. His re-. covery was due to Warner’s Safe Curd. Mr. John W. Hobart, General Manager of -the Vermont Central railroad,-stated that Mr. was one of the best and most faith:, ful of his employes, that his sickness had jbeen an exceftdiijgly severe.one, and the company were not dnly glad ho again have his services, but grateful to the remedy that had cubed so valuable a main Mr. James M. Foss, assistant superintend-, ent'- arid master mechanic •of the. Vermont. Central railroad, is also! able to con firin this. I do hoi claim to be a great discover, but I do think 1 have found in the above a most remarkable case, and, knowing the unusual Increase of Bright's disease, feel that the public should have the benefit of it. It seems to me a remedy that can accomplish so much in the last stages ought to do even more for the first approach of this deceptive yet terrible disease. F. B.