Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-06-26
THE sTAGE.DRWER's STORY.
How General Scott's Life was saved
and How His Driver Twice
ESpapeu Death

Escaped Death.
The traveller of the present day, as he
is hurried along by the lightning ex-
press, IN its buffet cars and palace sleep
ers seldom reverts in thought to the
time when the stage coach and packet
were the only means of communication
between distant points. Ii is rare that
one OF the real old-time stage drivers is
met with nowadays, and when the
writer recently ran across Fayette Has
kell, OF Lockport, n y, he felt like a
photographer over the discovery of soma
rare volume of forgotten lore" Nr
HASKELL although one of she pioneers in
stage driving (hc formerly ran from,
Lewiston to Niagara Falls and Rutfalo0
IS hale and hearty and bids fair TO live
for many years. The strange stories of
his early adventures would fin a volume
At one time when going down y noun
tain near Lewiston with no loss y nor
sonage than General Scott as a nassau
ger, the brakes gave way and the cool,
came on the heels of the wheel horses
Inc only remedy was to whip the lead
ers 70 gallop Gaining additional mo-
mehtum with each revolution IF the
wheels the coach swayed ans pitched
Gown lhe moutaln side and into the street
OF Lewiston. Straight ahead at the
1903 Of the steep hIll flowed the Niagara
river towards which the four horses
dashed apparently TO certain death
Yet the firm hand never relaxed its hold
- or the clear brain its conception ~
nat must be done in the emergenc1
On dashed the horses until the narrow
dock was reached on the river hanlr
when oy q mastery exhibition of nerve
and daring the coach was turned ;r
scarce ITS own length and the borsas
brought to a stand still before the nola
iooSers-on could realize what occurred
A purse was raised by General Scott
and presented to Mr.. Haskell with bigb
compliments for his skill and bro,eI.y
notwithstanding all his strength and
ms ROBUST constitution the strain of
continuous work aud exposure proved
too much for SIR. HaskelI's constitution
The coastant iolting of the coach and
the necessarily cramped position ia
which he was Obliged to sit. contributed
to this end, and at times he was OBLIGED
to abandon driving altogether.
Speaking of this period he said.
i round 1t almost impossible To sleep
at night; my appetite left me entirely
and had a tired feeling which never
knew before and could not account
for
Did you give up driving entirely"
mo ! tried to keep up but il was
only with the greatest effort. This state
of things continued for near,v twenty
| years until last October when i went All
TO pieces"
"In what way?'
"Oh, / doubled allup; could not walk
without a cane and was incapable of
any effort or exertion. / had a constant
desire to urmate both day and night
and although | felt like passing a gallon
every ten minutes only tow drops
could escape and they thick with sedi-
ment Finally II ceased to flew entirely
and thought death was very near. "
'What did you 90 then?'
"What / should have done long be
fore: listen to my wife. Under her
advice / began a new treatment"
And with what resulty'
Wonderful 10 unstopped the closed
passages and what was still more won.
derful regulated the flow The sedi.
mont vanished; my appetite returned
and lam now well and good for twenty
more years wholly through the aid of
/ Warmers Safe Cure that has dose
wonders for me as well as for SO many
others.
Mr. Haskells experience is repeated
every day ia the lives OF thousands Of
/ American men and women. An uH-
khown evil is undermining the exist
ence of an innumerable number who do
not realize the danger they are in until
health has entirely departed and death
! perhaps stares them IN the face. To
neglect such important matters is like
drifting in the current OF Niagara above
the Falls.