The Mineral argus., 1884-03-06
AHnNTER,s sTORY.
he was Overcome and the Way
~ which he was Finally Saved.

An unusual adventure when recently
an,,rred to your correspondent while
,,,ntino at Brookmere ia this state Is SO
-ia,oIv and contains so much that can be
LnnJc vaIuable 10 ali readers, that l ven
nre to reproduce 1t entire:
Tbo dav was a most inclement n n
onow unite deep. Rabbit tracks
w nors nlentiful, but they principally led
+ha direction of a large swamp, In
nhich the rabbits could run without on
eed,itv. but where the hunter constantly
neoke through the thin ice, sinking n I
Io halCfroZen miTe to his knees. Not
Outstanding these difficulties, the wrlt-
bod nerserved, although a very small
81 " came was the result. While
goS Ding about through a particularly
n "i; norton of the swamp, a middle
MI man suddenly came into view, car
-, a muzzle loading shot gun and com
Wv loaded down with game of the
49, description. Natural curiosity,
nI ig" froln the involuntary envy that
a@oaltiDctivelv arose, promp pied the writer
monter into CONVEX satiOn with the man,
With the following result:
"sYon'ye had fine success, where did
Won get all that gamer! ,
"Right here, in the swamp"
"It's pretty rough hunting IN these
partt. gsDeCldlly NhSh" man SSSD ~ N
{,is waist every other step"
ayes. It's rot very pleasant, but L am
rsod TO il and don't mind It,"
GLOW long have you hunted here
"Whv. bless you, / have lived here
mos. Of nv life and hunted up to ten
veHrs ago every year"
"HoW d les it happen you omitted the
last ten year-?'
"Becauss | was scarcely able to move,
much less hunt"
II don't understand YOU"
"Weil, you see, about ten years ago,
after had been tramplngaround all day
in tbiq same swamp, / felt quite a pain IN
nv ankle. didn't mind 1t very much,
INIT II kent troubling me fora day or two,
and | conid see II kept increasing. The
next thing | knew, | felt the same kind
of pain in my shoulder and ! found it
pained me to move my arm. This thing
kept going on and increasing, and though
| tired TO shake off the feeling and make
myself think it was only a little temper
ary trouble, / found that it did not 90.
Shortly after this my joints began TO ache
At 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 go much IN this
swamp"
NO, | didn't know what to lay ii to.
but l knew that l was in misery. My
Joints swelled until it seemed az though
all the flesh / had left was punched at
the joints; my fingers crooked in every
way and s1me of them became dOuOle-
jUinted. in iact, every joint in my body
seemed to vie with the others to see
which could become the largest and
cause me the greatest suffering. In this
way several years passed on, during
which time l was pretty nearly helpless.
| became so nervous and sensitive that
l would sit bolstercd Up in Che char
and call people tnat entered the room
not to come nea me, or even touch my
chair. While all this was going on, l
felt an awful burning helt and fever,
with occasional chills running all over
my body. but especially along my back
and through my shoulders. Then again
my blood seemed ~ be boiling n my
brain to be on fire."
Didn't you try to prevent all this
agony?"
TRY, I should think I did try. I tried
every doctor that came within my reach
and all the proprietary medicines ! could
hear of. l used washes and hniments
enough TO last me for all time, but the
OAilN 4Elltt L I&ASAh@0 "a y AAAJN1tHA'-
of morphine"
"Weil, you talk in a very strange man
ner for a man, who has tramped around
on a dav like this and in a swamp like
this. How in tae world do you dare dc
it,"
because l am completely well and
sound as a dollar. 1t may seem strange,
but it is true that ! was entirely cured
the rheumatism all driven out OF my
blood; my joint reduced to their nat
uTal size and my strength made as great
as ever before, by means of that great
and simple remedy, Warner's Safe Itheu.
matte Cure, which l believe saved my
life"
"And SO you now have TO fear ofrheu-
matism2'
"Why, no. Even if It should come on
I can easily getri il of it By using the SAM
remedy"
The writer turned 20 leave. as it wa.
growing dark. but before ] bad reached
the city precisely the same symptoms
had just heard described came upon m,
with gTeat violence. Impressed withth'
h~BnteTs' story, / tried the same remedy
and within tWenty-lour hours all pail
and ~inaamatiou had disappeared. Ifau,
reader is suffering from any manner o
rheumatic or neuIalgic troubles and de
sires relief let him by al e try TIN
same great remedy. And ii any reader
doubtthe truth OF tile above incldentso
Its statements let them write to A.. A
Coates, Brookmore, N. Y, who was tn
man with whom the writer ~cOuyerse'
and convince themselves Of its truth Q
f~alsity. J.. Il. c..