Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-05-14
AN ARMY EXPERIENCE.
How nm Old Veteran Escaped Annihilation
and Iiyed TO impnrl a Warning to others

Vow nm Old Veteran EsGaped Ann,h,,ia..on
and Lived to impnrl a Warning to others
A pleasing occurrence which has ju't come
IN orr notice in connection with tie New
York State meeting Of the Grand Army OF
The Republic is so unusual in many, respecs
that we venture to reproduce IL ior INC oohe'
1T of our readers. III. ,,i,,o
Captain Alfred Rensom, of New YORK, Wnie
racing in the lobby OF the armory preyl9us "
one Of the meetings, suddenly stoPpeu "'ia
canne the face of gentleman VINO WIS II,
earnest conversation with one OF the Granu
Army officers 1t seemed to him thai ne
had seen that face before, partlal'y oot
C red by the smoke Of battle, ana yev
tnis bright and pleasant countenIa,nilc ne
could not be the same pale, ana dea'h'imo
Wage, which Ne SO dim'y rem inGerel'
the rtcolle ton, Ike Banluos ghos., w9 ~
not down at command and HUI ted MN
the entire day. On the day iollo"lhS he
q soin saw the same countenaaIe, anu VIZ
tired to speak to its owner The instant tne
two veteran, hearl each cthers vol o. Vi'"v
instant they nc lgDi ed call ~ eacIl oo,l !
dynamo Their ia es and forms hou G ri
but their voices we're tn sane my IL ii,' W.
whom Captain Renson had rec 5YhlAeo we. VIZ
Mr. w. K. Sage, OF st. JOINS MI n, yco
crln of the 23f N. Y. Light Artillery AM
10Th members of Burnside's famoui exp ~
ton to North Carolina. Ait + The trst sIecO'
iugs were over Cap ain r. n ON SAID:
at hardly seems possible, saye, 70 see you
I'm this condi ion, for thou hit you mus nave
been dead long ago" Mi.
eyes. I do not doubt 1t, for il am not mis-
taken, when we last met was occupying
couch in the hospital, victim Oh Aeilo"
Jack in its worst form" l.. ,ovo
II remember. The war seems to nave
caused more misery since its close than When
it was in progress replied the captain, &C.
meet old comrades frequently who are su,ler,
ing terribly, not so much from ola Wou,'u Us ~ J.,
from the malarial poisons which ruiheo 'loii
| constitutions" .,,.,d
I returned home and at times | would zee
well but every few weeks that conioundco
'all-gone feeling would CONF upon me again !.
NV nervous system which was shattered II
the service, failed mo entirely and produce
one of The worst possible cases OF hei
yous dyspepsia. Most of the tlne
had no annette: then again Woul d cow
Tayenously hungry, but the minute sae low
TO eat | loathed food. My skin was dry an,
parched, my flesh loose and tabby; cou -
hold nothing on my stomach LOT Gays aO ~
time, and what little did eat lalleo 70 as
s,milato, / was easily fatigued; my mn
was depresse vas " -, . vain mo 50
many night my near earl, wpd did I had horr
could not s,eep, ana wleh ', n"os uf rorrsr
dreams and lrgHtlul ilisnVn o"a hv On, "a
worse than tn, other. My breath was 10 Il
my tongue was coated my Ieclli HG oS &C., -,
had terrific Lesda lie which would lea'e M
nervous syst m completely shattered
fac my ext tence nae IN war, o nas n Uro
living DEATH from when nave oi'e'i p'"' y
for cease =, - !. wa, nm
"Couldnt lhe oio suieeo' w
good!" ~ L.. III,
81 wrote him and ne reaTeu nv p u,l ~, IN
every other doctor lallen re; IN s,'i hn II
nerve was vas, gone anu aot ~ wnI Wien | was
upon | could not geI wen. o'., n nntnrc con
my ST, pies OF tIe sesei,S, ' ne omJ Will
uIon me. Thea my liver gave o., II anu , m[r,
out the Use OF catharilcs , co'a no. s, ,'o,
| the Doves NJ all. NJ wv w So - ~ -,