"Yes, they vomited and physicked me, blistered and bled me, plastered and oiled me, sweat, steamed, and everything but froze me, but without avail."
"But how did you finally recover?"
"I had a friend living in Michigan who had been afflicted in a similar way and had been cured. He wrote me regarding his recovery and advised me to try the remedy which cured him. I procured a bottle and commenced its use, taking a teaspoonful after each meal and at bed-time. I had used it about a week when I noticed a decrease of the soreness of the joints and a general feeling of relief. I persevered in its use and finally got so I could move around without limping, when I told my friends that it was Warner's Safe Rheumatic Cure that had put me on my feet."
"And do you regard your cure as permanent?"
"Certainly, I haven't been so well in years as I am now, and although I have been subjected to frequent and severe changes of weather this winter, I have not felt the first intimation of the return of my rheumatic trouble."
"Do you object to the publication of this interview, Mr. Ashley?"
"Not at all, sir. I look upon it as a duty I owe my fellow creatures to alleviate their sufferings so far as I am able, and any communication regarding my symptoms and cure that may be sent to me at 506 Maine avenue will receive prompt and careful attention."
"Judging from your recital, Mr. Ashley, there must be wonderful curative properties about this medicine?"
"Indeed, there is, sir, for no man suffered more nor longer than did I before this remedy gave me relief."
"To go back to the original subject, Mr. Ashley, I suppose you see the same familiar faces about the lobby session after session?"