The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-07-03
ruM SrAGE.DRIvEE,s STORY.
How Gen. SCOTS Life was saved and How
His Driver Twice Escaped Death.

His Driver Twice Escaped Death.
The traveller of the present day, as he
is hurried along by the lightning eX-
press, in its buffet cars and palace sleep
crs. seldom rcverts in thought to the
time when the stage coach ana packet
were the only means Of communication
between distant points. 1t is rare that
one of the real old time stagc-driVcrs Is
met with nowadays, and when the
writer recently ran across tayett HAS
kell, of I.ockp0rt, New York, he felt like
n bibliogropher over the discovery of
some rare volume of ''forgottcn LORE
Mr.. Haskell, although one Of the pion-
GERS in Stagc-driving Che formerly ran
from Lewiston to Niagara Falls and
Buffalo,, is hale and hearty and bids fair
to live for many years. The strange Sto-
rics of his early adventures would MI Il
volume. At one time. when going down II
mountain near Lewiston with no less II
parsonage than General Scott as pasSen-
ger, the brakes gave way and the coach
came on the heels of the wheel horses.
The only remedy was to whip the Lead
ers to il gallop. Gaining additional
momentum with each revolution OF the
wheels the coach swaycd and pitched
down the mountain side and into the
streets of Lewiston. Straight ahead at
the foot of the steep hill flowed the
Niagara river, towards which the four
horses dashed, apparently to certain
death. Yet the firm hand never relaxed
its hold nor the clear brain its concep-
ton of what must be done in the emer-
rency, On dashed the horses until the
narrow dock was reached on the river
bank, when by mastery exhibition OF
nerve and daring, the coach was turned
in scarce its own length and the horses
brought to stand still before the pale
lookers-on could realize what had oc--
cured. a purse was raised by General
Scott and presented to Mr.. Haskell with
high compliments for his skill and
bravery.
Notwithstanding all his strength and
his robust constitution the strain OF con-
tinuOus work and exposure proved too
much for Mr.. Haskell's constitution.
The constant iolting of the coach and the
necessarily cramped position i'll which
he was obliged to sit, contributed to this
end, and at times he was obliged to
abandon driving altogether.
Speaking of this period he said:
1T found it almost impossible to sleep
at night; my appetite left me entirely
and I had tired feeling which l never
knew before and could not account for
"Did YOU give up driving entlrelyV
"No. | tried to keep up but it was only
with the greatest effort. This state OF
| things continued for nearly twenty
wears until last October when went all
to pieces?" .,
"In what way"
ooh, doubled all up; could not walk
without cane and was incapable OF any
effort or eXertion. / had constant desire
to urinate both day and night and al
though l felt like passing gallon every
ten minutes only few drops could
escape and they thick with sediment
Finally it ceased to flow entirely and
| thought death was very near"
"What did you do then"
"What should have done long before
listen to my wife. Under her advice
| began new treatment"
"And with what result?"
"Wondcrful. 1t unstopped the closed
passages and what was still more won
| derful regulated the flow. The sediment
vanished; my appetite returned and
am now well and good for twenty more
years wholly through the aid of War
ners' Safe Cure that has done wonders
for me as well as for so many Others"
Mr.. Haskell's experience is repeated
every day in the lives of thousands o
American men and women. An un
known evil is undermining the exist
ence of an innumerable number ."ho &c
not realize the danger they ,re III unti
health has entirely deparsed ana deati
perhaps stares them m tne lace. Ic
neglect such impor.snt matters is like
drifting in the eSreht OIL Niagara above
| tho fn1tc.