Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-02-28
A HUNTERS STORY.
he was Overcome and the Way
which no was Finally Saved.

UML NE~E~ AH ~
4 n~nusual adventure which recently
FRED to your correspondent while
Inc at Brookmere in this state is so
I'm and contains 90 much that can be
: valuable to all readers, that I ven
to reproduce 1t entire:
~ day was a most inclement one and
snow quite deep. Rabbit tracks
= nlentiful, but they principally led
khe direction OF o large swamp, in
I'm the rabbits could run without diff
In hut where the hunter constantly
ihrough the thin ice, sinking into
{haiE-fr0zen mire to bis knees. Not
.bstanding these difficulties, the writ
TAI perserved. although q very small
4 n game was the result. While
nn;na about through q particularly
|arial norton Of the swamp, a middle
a man suddenly came into view, car
6y n muzzle loading shot gun and COM
Eely loaded down with game of the
lst description. Natural curiosity,
h from the involuntary envy that
Iinctiyely arose, prompted the writer
inter into CONVEX sation with the man,
IA the following result:
had fine success, where did
| get all that gamer"
|Richt here, in the swlmp."
|It's petty rough hunting in these
Ia. especially when a man goes up to
waist every other step"
Yes. it's not very pleasant, but / am
n to it and don't mind it,"
How long have you hunted here
butts"
fWhy, bless You, ! have lived here
of nv life and hunted up to ten
hrs ag3 every year"
How Ices it happen you omitted the
! ten years."
Because | was scarcely able to move.
Ich less hunt"
j don't understand your"
well, you see, about ten years ago,
or | had been tramping around all day
this same swamp, l felt quite a pain in
ankle. | didn't mind il very much,
il kept troubling me for a day or two,
/ | could sle il kept increasing. The
1t thing ! knew, / felt the same kind
) pain in my shoulder AMI ] found il
med me to move my arm. This thirg
pt going on and increasing, and though
ned 10 shake off the feeling and make
self think it was only a little temper
trouble, / found that it did not 20.
ortly after this nay joints besan to ache
the knees and ] finally became so bad
i / had To re main In the house most
the time"
And did you trace all this to the fact
t you had hunted so much In this
No. I didn't know what TO lay 1t to.
/ / knew that / was in misery. NY
nts swelied until it seemed as though
the flesh / had left was punched at
J joints; my fingers crooked in every
Y and 8 me OF them became double
ted. In ct,every joint In my body
,med to vic with the others to see
Ilch could become the largest and
lse me the greatest suffering. In this
y several years passed on. during
lich time I was pretty nearly helpless.
50 nervous ami sensitive that
aouid sit boistered up In tbs chair
cab Eeopi9 That entered che room
70 csrne near me. or even touch my
Air. While all this was going on, /
! an awful burning hai Il and fever,
h occasional chills running oil over
iI0Gy, Out especially along my back
! through my shoulders. Then again
blood seemed to be boiling and my
Undo be on fire.
Didn't you try to prevent all this
,ny?"
Try, I should think / did try. I tried
cry doctor that came within my reach
! oil the proprietary medicines | could
OF. 1 used washes and liniments
ough to last me for all time, but the
" relief | received was by injections
morphine"
We'll, you talk in a very strange man
for a man, who has tramped around
a day like this and in a swamp like
= How in the world do you dare do
Because / am completely well and
md as q dollar. 1t may seem strange.
! 1t 10 true that / was entirely cured;
rheumatism all driven out of my
'od; my joint reduced to their nat
y size and my strength made as great
S'SA bS'OiCf Dy ulChtlb Va lllHb SiGht
! simnle remedy. Werner'sSa Rheu-
lie Cure, which I believe saved my
And so you now have 10 fear o frheu-
Why. no. Even IL il should come on,
an easily get rid of it by using the same
nedy."
The writer turned to leave, as it was
wing dark, but before / mad reached
city precisely the same symptoms 1
! Just heard described came upon nae
70 great violence. Impressed withthe
nfers' story, | tried the same remedy,
! within tw~enty-four hours all pain
! inflammation had disappeared. If any
Ider is suffering from any manner OF
sumatic or neuralgia troubles and de
relief let him by al means try this
ne great remedy. And ii any read ere
lotthe trutll of the above incidents or
statements let them write TO A. A..
ates, Brookmore, N. ", who was the
n with whom the writer oonversed
J. r.. C.
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