Page 3 Advertisements Column 1

Manawatu Herald, 8 September 1896, Page 3

They Wondered to See Him.

■♦ ' ' " / oould riot move a yard without help. I can now walk for milea." There is certainly a very sharp contrast between these two statements. When we see a person who, because of illness, is not expect to meet him on the road and on foot miles from home, soon thereafter; if indeed we meet him at all. At leaßt we should regard these extremes, considered as within the experience of the tame man, and enclosed within a comparatively brief period of time, as something to wonder at and ask questions about. And people did wonder at and inquire about it. Many said the circumstances recalled the age of miracles, supposed to have passed forever away. The facts (briefly set forth in a letter from the man himself) are as follows. We may add that Mr Henry Jackson is a farmer, well known and respected in his district, and his case is familiar to neighbours and friends of his throughout the vicinity. " In the early part of 1892," says Mr Jackson, " I began to feel weak and ailing. I was low in spirits, and my bodily strength seemed to be leaving me. There was a bad and nauseous taste in my mouth; my appetle, whioh had always been good, failed until I bad no real d?sire for food whatever, and after eating I hai much pain at the chest and a fulness around the sides. My stomach always felt burning hot, and I had a gnawing pain at the pit of it. " I remained in this general condition until August of the same year, when I was taken worse. My legs began to swell, and rheumatism set in all over me, more particularly in the hips and back. No local treatment had any effect upon it. It grew worse and worse, until I was no longer able to rise from my chair without assistance. In truth I had no power over myself, and could not move a yard without help. " I suffered so with mere pain that I could uot lie in bed, and for over twelve months J never had my clothes off. " During this time I was attended day aud night, being literally unable to do any* thing of importance for myself. All the sleep I got was taken in naps and snatches while I was bolstered up in my usual place in an easy chair. Under the terrible strain of the pain and loss of proper rest my nerves broke down so that any uncommon event in the house or noise was more than I could hear. My heart was very bad and I thumped until I could scarcely stay in the | «hair aud endure it.