The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1884-02-28
'A..HUNTElR,s STORY i
How he was Overcome and tho Way
By Winch he was Finally Saved. 4

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Correspondence Spirit of the Times. II
B Anuhusual 5ad nture which recently;
occurred TO your respondent while
hunting at Brookmere in this statesis SO
timely and contains SO much that can be
made valuable to all readers, that ven
lure to reproduce 1t entire: q
The day was q most inclement one and
The snow quite deep: Rabbit tracks
were plentiful, but: they principally led
IN the direction OF d large swamp, in
which the rabbits could run without diff;
fculty, 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
or had preserved, although very small
bag of game was the result. While
tramping about through q particularly
nalarial portion Of the swami, q middle
aged man suddenly came into view, car
rying mnzzle loadingahot gun and COM
pleteiyt loaded down with game of the
finest description. Natural curiosity,
aside from the involuntary envy that
instinctively arose, prompted the writer
|tOPnterinto conversation with the man,
with the following result: ID 5ss 81
You've had fine success, where did
you get all that gamer 4 s3s=.a 3! 4
Right here, in the sw ,mp.'H''5 Il I
It's pretty rough hunting In these
perts, especially ,whenia man goes up to
his waist every other STEP" % :
:" Yes, it's not very pleasant. but am
used to it and don't mind it,
How long have yon hunted here.
|s-SaWhy, bless you, + have lived here
most of my life and hunted up to ten
years ago every year. I, I,
How does il happen you omitted the
Because ] was scarcely able 70 move.
E..I don't understand your
well, you see, about ten years ago,
afterI had been tramping around all day
IN this same swamp, 1 felt quite pain in
my ankle. 4 didn't mind il very much,
put It kept troubling me for a day or two,
and ! could see it kept increasing. The
Of 9 pain in my shoulder ami I found ii
panied me to move my arm. This thing
kept going on and increasing, and though
tried to shake off the feeling and make
myself think it was only q little temper
ary trouble, I found that it, did not 20.
Shortly after this my joints began to ache
at the knees and i finally became 80 bad
that had to remain in; the house most
of the time" -. 5s..
"And did you trace all this to the fact
that Yen had hunted 30 much in this
swamp?'' s5 .,. < IA 2-'.5
"No. I didn't know what to lay It to.
out | knew that was in misery. My
joints swelled until it seemed as though
all the flesh had7le was punched al
the joints; my fingers crooked in every
way and some OF them became double.
jointed. In TACT, every Joint in my body
seemed to vie with the others to see
which coild become 5tha largest and
cause me the greatest suffering. In this
way several years passed on, during
which time I was pretty nearly helpless
became 30 nervous and sensitive that
i would sit bolstered up in the chair
and call people that entered the room
not to come near me. or even touch Hly
chair. While ali this was going on, i
felt an awful burning he It and fever,
with occasional chills running all ovei
NY body, but especially along my back
and through my shoulders. Then4again
my blood seemed to be boiling and my
brain 10 be on fire. IS. VI
:5 Didn't you try to prevent all this
Rgony2" ISL s; Z, - &;
.sIry, should think i did try. i tried
every doctor that came within my reat
and all the proprietary medicines / could
hear OF. l used washes and liniments
enough to last me for an time, but the
only relief I received was by injections
Of morphine. !" ;S An ,l II s. f "a s.
sss.Weii, you talk in avery strange man
ner for q man, who has tramped around
on q day like this and in a swamp like
this. How in the world do you dare do
because T am completely well and
sound as dollar. 1t may seem strange,
but it is true that 1 was entirely cured;
the rheumatism all driven. out of nv
blood; my joint reduced to their nat.
ural size and my strength made as great
as eve. before, by means Of that preal
and. ,imple remedy, Warmers Safe Rheu.
matte Cure, which I believe saved my
E;e." 5}5. 3 81; :ts5sS So
And SO you now have 10 fear Of rheu.
msaism?' A; : !. IA 3
by, no. Even If it should come on,
I can easily get rid Of it by using the same
. The writer turned to leave, as it was
growing dark, but before had reached
the city precisely the same symptoms
'ad just heard described came upon me
With great violence. Impressed with the
hunters story, I tried the same remedy,
and within twen,y-fonr hours all pain
and inflammation had disappeared. Ifany
reader is suffering from any manner OF
rheumatic or neuralgia troubles and de
sires relief let him by al means try this
same great remedy. And il any readers
ooubtthe truth. Of Che above incidents or
it's statements let them write ito a. A.
Coates, Bro okmore, IN. Y, who was the
man with whom Sthe writer conyersYd
and convince themselves Of its truth OF
falsity. M. & i33.s,|5s9. j. E. q, i