The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-02-28
A HUNTERS STORY.
Eow re was Overcome and the Way b.
which no was Finally Saved. =

which he was Finally Saved. ~
(Corespondeace Spirit Of .tlse FINES
An unusual adventure Which recently
occurred to your cores ohdent white hunt
I Ing at Brool1mere in this State Is $50 timely
and contains SO much that can DO made
valuable to all readers, that I venture to
reproduce it entire: fsO s-,r.5E F-s'
= The day was "a most ipclenent Que and
the snow quite deep. Rabbit tracks were
plentiful, but they principally led in tho
direction of a ia-ge swamp In which the
rabbits. could run without 4aiaieulty, hut
where the hunter constantly broke through
the thin ice, sinking into the haif-frozen
mire to his knees. Notwiths anding these
difficulties, the writer hads persevered, al
though q very small bag of game was the
result. While trampiIis about through a
particularly malaffal portion o the swamp,
a middle aged man suddenly came into
view carFying a muz2la loading sho .oun
and completely loaded down with game of
the finest description. Natural curiosity,
aside from the Involuntary envy that in
stlnctlvely arose, prompted the writer to
enter into conversation with the man, with
. You've lad fine success, Where did you
get all IL at ganese ..gs 10 ssssss vss 1.~
Right here, in the swamp"
{. It's pref yrough huHtingin these parts,
I especially when a man goes uprto his waist
every other STEP
g Yes, it's not very pheasant, sbub L am
used to il and don't mind it."
as A.HOw long have you hunted hereaboutsg'
"Why, bless you, l have lived here most
of my life and hunted up to ten years ago
every year." t-' .ai
How does it happen you omitted the
last ten years 20
- Because was scarcely able to move,
much less -lfunth tsH .@- A..
don't understand youw 90 EI~ -
Well, You see, about ten years ago. aft
er I had been trarnpfng around all day in
/ fgf II 10 1sl N. N v
ankle. l didn't mind it very much, but it
! kept tToTtb ing me for a day or typ, and |
could see that it kept increasing. The next
thing knew, felt the same kind of a pain
/. in my shoulder and I-found it panied me
to move my arm. This thing kept going
on and increasing, and though / tried to
shake off tRefeeling and make myself think
it was only q little tempo -JrIsy trouble, I
found that itvdid not go. Shortly after this
my Joints began to ache at the knees and l
finally became SO bad that Tad TO remain
in tho house most of the time" ~ E. 49,
" And did you trace all this to the fact that
you hadshuntei SO much in this swamp"
No,.I didn't know what 70 lay it TO, but
I knew that was in misery. My joints
swelled until it seem4d1 as though all the
flesh bad left was punched at the join. /;
my fingers crooked in every way and some
of them became double-jOinted. In fact,
every joint in my body seemed to vie with
the others to see which could BECOME the
largest and cause mo the greatest suffer.
ing. In this way several years passed on,
during which time | was pretty nearly
helpless. i became so nervous and sensi-
tive thar Iswould sitn bolsteretl4 up. IN the
chair and call TO people, that entered the
room not to come near me, or oven touch
my chair. While all this was going on,
| felt an awful burning heat and fever, with
/ occasionaR chills running all over my body,
but especially along my back and through
my shoulders. Then aguinuy blood seemed
to he boiling and my brain q he on fire"
!" Didn't a, you try to prevent ar this
''1ry, / should think / did try. / tried
every doctor that came within my reach
and alLthe proprietary medigines 1could
hear Of, l used washes and liniments
enough to last Hae for all tiIne, but the only
relief received was by injections of NOR
phine." -
Well, you talk in very strange man
ner for man who has tramped around on
a day like this and in swamp like this.
How in the world do you dare to do ltP'
- Because ] am completely we'll and as
: sound as a dollar. 1t may seem strange,
but it IS true that was entirely cured; the
rheumatism all driven oubof my blood; MY
joints reduced to thqir natuEal.size and my
strength made as great as ever Before, by
means of that great andi Simple remedy
Warmers Safe rheumatic Cure, which l
believe saved my lifc." at'
And 50 you now haye no fear Of rheu-
ssWhy, no. Even.if it should come on, I
oan-ea9ssiity get rid Of it bypsing the same ~.
p Thei Writer gtufhe9 TO loase, as il was
growing dark, butfbefqre 1 hadreached tho
city precisely the same Symptoms had
just heard described came upon me with
great vioIefrca- Impressed with the hunt
eT's story, tried the ssnIpq remedy, and
within twenty-four hours Oil Tnin and in
Examination had Unsupported Eany read
y en- IS suffering from amy manner Of rheE'
matic or ucuralgic troubles and desires re.
slief let Aim by alF means try this same
gGreRt remedy And if any readers doubt
meufs let them write to- A. A. Coates,
Brookmere, n. Y, who was the man with
whom the writer. sconversed, and CONVINCE
themselves. of its truth or falsity. y. R~C,