River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-02-21
A HUNTERS STORY.
How he was Overcome and the Way
by which he was Finally Saved.

How he was Overcome and the Way
by which he was Finally Saved.
Correspondence Spirit OF the Times.
An unusual adventure which recently
occurred to your correspondent while
hunting at Brookmere in this state is so
timely and contains so much that can be
made valuable to all readers, that I ven
ture to reproduce 1t entire:
The day was most inclementone and
the. snow quite deep. Rabbit tracks
were plentiful, but they principally led
in the direction of a large swamp, in
which the rabbits could run without diff
ficulty. but where the hunter constantly
broke through the thin ice, sinking into
the half-frozen mire to his knees. Not
withstanding these difficulties, the writ
er had preserved, although very small
bag of game was the result. While
tramping about through particularly
inalarial norton OF the swamp, a middle
aged man suddenly came into view, car
rving a nuzzle loading shot gun and COM
pletely loaded down with game of the
finest description. Natural curiosity,
aside from the involuntary envy that
instinctiqely arose, prompted the writer
toenter into conversation with the man,
with the following result:
you've had fine success, where did
you get all that game?
fright here, in the swamp"
"Ifs pretty rough hunting in these
parts, especially when man goes up to
Ills waist every other step"
Eyes, it's rot very pleasant, but | am
used to it and don't mind it"
Glow long have you hunted here
abouts."
"Why, bless you. I have lived here
most Of my life and hunted up to ten
years ago every year"
How 3es it happen you omitted the
last ten years."
Because / was scarcely able to move,
much less hunt"
II don't understand you?"
"Weli, you see, about ten years ago,
after / had been tramping around all day
in this same swamp, Ifelt quite pain in
my ankle. | didn't mind it very much,
but it kept troubling me for day or two,
and | could see il kept increasing. The
next thing | knew, | felt the same kind
Of pain in my shoulder and / found it
panied me to move my arm. This thing
kept going on and increasing, and though
I tried to shake off the feeling and make
myself think it was only little temper
airy trouble, found that it did not 60.
Shortly after this my joints began to ache
ar the knees and | finally became so bad
that / had to remain III the house most
of the time"
"And did you trace all this to the fact
that you had hunted so much in this
swamp"
"No, | didn't know what TO lay it to,
but | knew that | was in misery. My
Joints swelled until it seemed as though
all the flesh I had left was punched at
the Joints; my fingers crooked in every
Yay and some OF them became double
iointed. In ct,every joint in my body
seemed to vie with the others to see
which could become the largest sand
cause me the greatest suffering. In this
way several wears passed on, during
which time was pretty nearly helpless.
l became so nervous and sensitive that
| would sit bolstered up In the chair
and call people that entered the room
not to cSme near me, or even touch my
chair While all this was going on, |
felt an awful burning heat and fever,
with occasional chils running all over
my body, but especially along my back
and through my shoulders. Then again
my blood seemed to be boiling and my
brain to be on fire."
Didn't you try to prevent all this
agonyp
TRY, should think did try. tried
every doctor that came within my reach
and all the proprietary medicines could
hear Of. I used washes and liniments
enough to last me for all time, but the
only relief / received was by injections
of morphine"
"Weil, you talk in very strange man
ner for a man, who has tramped around
on day like this and in swamp like
this. How in the world do you dare do
it?"
Because I am completely we'll and
sound IS dollar. II may seem strange,
but it is true that / was entirely cured;
the rheumatism all driven out of my
blood; my joints reduced TO their nat
ural size ard my strength made as great
as ever before, by means of that great
and simple remedy, Warner'sSafe RheuJ
matte Cure, which believe saved my
life"
"And so you now have 10 fear ofrheu-
''Why, no. Even if it should come on,
/ can easily getmdof itby using the same
remedy"
The writer turned to leave, as it was
growing dark, but before | had reached
the city precisely the same symptoms |
had Just heard described came uDon me
with great violence. Impressed with the
hunters story, tried the same remedy,
and within twentyfour hours all pain
and inflammation had disappeared. If any
reader is suffering rom any manner OF
rheumatic or neuragic troubles and de-
sres relief let him iy al means try this
same great remedy. And if any readers
| doubtthe truth of the above incidents or
| its statements let them write to A. A.
| Coates, Brookmore, n. r., who was the
man with whom the writer conversed
and convince themselves Of its truth or
| falsity. j. r. G.