Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-04-25
AN ARMY EXPERIENCE.
How an Old Veteran Escaped Annihi-
lstiOn and Lived to Impart a Warn
ing to Others,
National Tribune Of Washington.


ing to Others.
National Tribune Of Washington.
A pleasing occurrence which has lust
come to our notice in connection with the
New York State meeting of the Grand
Army of the Republic, is so unusual in
many respects that we venture to repro
duce it for the benefit Of our readers.
Capt. Alfred Rensom, of New York.
while pacing in the lobby of the armorv
previous to one of the meetings, suddenly
stopped and scanned the face of a gentle
man who was in earnest conversation
with one of the Grand Army officers. 1t
seemed to him that he had seen that face
before, partially obscured by the smoke
of battle, and yet this bright and pleasant
cOuntenance could not be the same male
and death-like visage which he so dimiy
remembered. But the recollection. like
Banquo's ghost, would not ssdown', at
command. and haunted him the entire
day. On the day following he again saw
the same cOuntenance, and ventured to
speak to its owner. The instant the two
veterans heard each others voices. that
instant they recognized ami called each
other by name. Their faces and forms
had changed, but their voices were the
same. The man whom Capt. Rensom had
recognized was Mr.. w. X. Sage, of ST.
John, Mich, veteran of the Twenty
third New York Light Artillery, and both
members of Burnside's famous expedition
to North Carolina. After the first greet
ings were over, Capt. Rensom said:
cit hardly seems possible, Sage to see
you in this condition, for / thought you
must have been dead long ago.
=" Yes, l do not doubt it, for if am not
mistaken, when we last met | was oc-
cupying a couch in the hospital, a victim
of Yellow jack in its worst FORM"
" l remember. The war seems to have
caused more misery since its close than
when it was in progress" replied the
Captain. g meet old comrades frequent
ly who are suffering terribly, not so
much from old wounds as from the
malarial pOisons which ruined their con-
stitutions."
81 think so myself. When the war
closed | returned home, and at times /
would feel well, but every few weeks that
COMPOUNDED 'all-gOne' feeling would come
upon me again. My nervous system.
which was shattered in the service, failed
me entirely and produced one of the werst
possible cases of nervous dyspepsia. Most
of the time had no appetite; then again
would become ravenOusly hungry, but
the minute | sat down to eat lOathed
food. My skin was dry and parched, my
flesh loose and flabby. / could hold moth
ing on my stomach for days at time, and
what little | did eat failed to assimilate.
l was easily fatigued; my mind was de-
pressed; | was cross and irritable. and
many night my heart would pain me so
/ could not sleep, and when / did had
horfid dreams and frightful nightmares.
OF course these things came on one by
one, each worse than the other NV
breath was foul, my tongue was coated,
my teeth decayed. l had terrific head
aches, which would leave my nervous
system completely shattered. In fact, my
existence since the war has been living
death, from which have often prayed for
release"
Couldn't the old surgeon do Won anv
goodw
81 wrote him and he treated me, but,
like every other doctor, failed. They ali
said my nerve was gone and without that
to build upon l could not get we'll. When
L was at my worst, piles of the seVerest
nature came upon me. Then my liver gave
out and without the use of cathartics l
could not move my bowels at all. My
blood got like stream of fire and seemed
literally to burn me alive"
swell you might better have died in
battle, quick and without ceremony"
show many times | have wished had
died the day we captured Newberne!'
And yet you are now the picture of
health'
"And the picture is taken from life. /
am in perfect condition. My nerve tone
is restored; my stomach reinvigorated;
my flesh is hard and healthy; in fact
have new blood, new energy and a new
lease of life wholly as the result of using
Warmers Tippecanoe. This remarkable
preparation, which l consider the finest
tonic and stomach restOrer in the world,
has overcome all the eYilintluences of ma
laria, all the poison of the army, all traces
of dyspepsia, all mal-assimilation of food,
and indeed made new man of me.''
The Captain remained silent for while
evidently musing over his recollections of
the past. When he again raised his head
he said:
sit would be a gOdsend if all the vete-
rams who have suffered SO intensely and
also all others in the land who are endur-
ing so much misery could know of your
experience, Sage, and the way by which
you have been restored"
And that is why the above conversation
is recounted.