Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 August 1895 — A Slave from Boyhood. [ARTICLE]

A Slave from Boyhood.

(From the Red Wing, Minn., Republican.) “I am now 24 years old,” said Edwin "Swansbn,of White Rock, Goodhue Cotinty, Minn., to a Republican representative, “and as you can see I am not very large of stature. When I was 11 years old 1 became afflicted with a sickness which baffled the skill and knowledge of the physician. I was not taken suddenly ill but on the contrary I can hardly state the exact tinje when it began. The first symptoms were pains in my back and restless nights. The disease did not trouble me much at first, but it seemed to have settled in my body to stay and my bitter experience during the last thirteen years proved that to be the case. I was, of course, a child and never dreamed of the suffering in store for me. I complained to my parents and they concluded that in time I would outgrow my trouble, but when they heard me groaning during my sleep they became thoroughly alarmed. Medical advice was sought, but to no avail. I grew rapidly worse and was soon unable to move about, and finally became confined continually to my bed. The best doctors that could be had were consulted, but did nothing for me. I tried various kinds of extensively advertised patentmedicines with but the same result. “For'twelve long years I was thus a sufferer in constant agony without respite. Abscesses formed on my body in rapid succession, and the world indeed leoked very dark to me. About this time when all hope was gone and nothing seemed left but to resign myself to my most bitter fate, my attentioii was called to Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills for Pale People. Like a drowning man grasping at a straps in sheer desperation I concluded to make one more attempt—not to regain my health (I dared not hope so much), but, if possible, to ease my pain. “I bought a box of the pills and they seemed to do me £ood. I felt encouraged and continued their use. After taking six boxes I was up and able to walk around the house. I have not felt so well for thirteen years as during the past year. Only one year have I taken Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills and l am able now to do chores and attend to light duties. “Do I hesitate to let you publish what I Ijave said ? No. Why should I. It is the truth and I am only too glad to let other sufferers know my experience. It may help those whose cup of misery is as full to-day as mine was in the past.” Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills contain, in a condensed form, all the elements necessary to give new life and richness: to the blood and restore shattered nerves. They are also a specific for troubles peculiar to females, such as suppressions, irregularities and all forms of weakness. They,btiihl. wp- the Hood,' and restore the glow of health to pale and sallow cheeks. I n mon they effect a radical cure in all cases arising from mental worry, overwork or excesses of whatever nature. Pink Pills are sold in boxes (never in loose bulk) at 50 cents a box or six boxes for $2.50, and may be had of all druggisls, or direct by mail from Dr. Williams’ Medicine Company, Schenectady, N. Y.