Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 July 1896 — A POSTMASTER’S WIFE [ARTICLE]

A POSTMASTER’S WIFE

A LEEDS WOMAN WHO ASTON. ISHED HER FRIENDS AND I NEIGHBORS. I Near to Death, but Restored So Com* pletely that She Has Beefif Accepted by a Life Insurance Company as a Good Risk. From the Journal, Lewieton, Me. A bright little woman, rosy and fresh from her household duties, dropped into a chaif before rhe writer and talked with enthusiasm shining in her snapping black eyes. The people in the pretty village of Leeds Center, Me., have watched with some interest,the restoration to complete health of Mrs. W. L. Francis, wife of the postmaster. So general were the comments on this interesting case that the writer who visited Mrs. Francis and /learned from her that the statements regarding her troubles and her subsequent extrication therefrom are entirely true. That others may be benefited by her experience, Mrs. Francis lias consented to allow her story to appear in print. “If there is anything on earth I dread more than another,” she said, “it is to see my name in the papers. But in this case I Conquer my repugnance and give publicly the same credit to the savior of my life as I would to one who had dragged me from a death beneath the waves. In fact. I havo extolled my preserver so enthusiastically and unreservedly: have sought out sufferers and recommended the remedy to so many friends and acquaintances that already my neighbors jocularly call me, ‘Pink Pills Francis.’ But really, my recovery is something that I consider wonderful. I know that-there are so many testimonials of medicine in the papers nowadays that people do not pay as much heed as formerly, but I do wish folks who are suffering would remember that what I say comes right from the heart of a w&man who feels that she had a new lease of happy life giveii to her. “Eleven years ago I was afflicted with nervous prostration. My existence until two years ago was one of dragging misery. Anyone in the village will tell you of my condition. My blood seemed exhausted from my veins and month after month I grew weaker. I was able to undertake only the lightest household work, and even then I could perform it only by slow and careful movements. During all these sorry months and years I was under the care of this doctor and that, but their medicines helped me only spasmodically, and then I fell iftto relapses more prostrating than ever. “In the night I used to be awakened by the most excruciating pains in my heart and side, and was obliged to use pellets of powerful medicine that the doctor gave me for relief in such ■ attacks. At last my condition became so grave thatI went out only infrequently. We live up stairs, you notice, over my husband’s store, and in descending-the stairway I frequently was obliged to sort of fall and slide over the steps in order to descend, such was the strain on my system resulting from even this slight exertion. Occasionally I visited the neighbors, but I was obliged to sit and rest to recover breath while ascending any elevation. In short, it did not seem that I could live. “One day I saw an advertisement of Dr. Williams’ Pink Pilis for Pale People, and although my faith in remedies was weak by that“time, I sent for a box and tried them. That was two years ago. Now I call myself a well woman. Isn’t it wonderful? “I haven’t had one of those excruciating pains in the heart for a year and a half. Why, even the first box of pills helped me. I can walk miles now; can do my work easily; have gained in weight constantly, and you would scarcely believe it, but a little while-ago l was ex-

amined for endowment life insurance and was accepted unhesitatingly after a careful examination by the physician. “Do you wonder that I’m shouting ‘Pink Pills’ all through our village? I haven't taken any of the remedy for some months, for it has completely built me up, but at the first sign of trouble I know to what refuge to flee.. “Last year my aunt. Mrs. M. A. Blossom, of Dixfield. P. 0., was here visiting me. She was sufferitig from lack of vitality and heart' trouble,, but “she" was skeptical about my remedy that I was so enthusiastically advocating. At last, however, she tried it and carried some home with her when she went. A little whHe ago I received a letter from her and in it said, ‘I am cured, thanks to God and Pink Pills.’ She also wrote that her husband had been prostrated, but had been restored by the remedy. “We feel up this way that such a sovereign cure cannot be too widely known. That is the only reason why I allow my name to be used in this connection. I know also that by personally recommending them I have helped many of my friends back to health, for I hever let an opportunity pass tvhen a word of counsel may direct some one.” One of the persons to whom Mrs. Francis recommended Pink Pills is Station Agent C. H. Foster, of Leeds Center, and the reporter found hfcn patrolling the platform awaiting the arrival of the morning train. Mr. Foster, who Is one of the most trustworthy, capable and energetic men in the employ of the Maine Central R.R., appeared In usual good health and spirits, and we made inquiry as to the cause. “Do you know,” replied he, “I think I’ve made a discovery, or at least Mrs. Francis has for me. I have been in poor health for a long time with a heart trouble variously complicated. We have been so fully interested in Mrs. Francis’ wonderful recovery that I at once determined to give the medicine recommended a thorough test. So, about two months ago, I bought the first box of Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills. Only two months, please note, yet already I am so much improved, so much better able to fulfill my duties, so sanguine that I am on the road to recovery, that I feel like a new man. “I can now walk without the fatigue I once experienced, my heart affection appears to be relieved, and I have joined the Pink Pills Band in our community.” Mr. Foster commenced taking the pills at a time when he was completely prostrated, after he had suffered such a severe attack of heart trouble that it was necessary to carry him home from his office. Since then he has faithfully adhered to the remedy and is constantly improving, so much so as to excite his enthusiasm and his gratitude. Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills contain, in • condensed form, all the elements necessary to give new life and richness to the, blood and restore shattered nerves. Pink Pills are sold by all dealers, or will be sent post paid on receipt of price, 50 cents a box or six boxes for j’2.50, by addressing Dr. Williams’ Med. ('n„ Schenectady,N.X.