The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1884-02-22
A Hunters Story.

now nE WAS OVERCOME AND rIIE WAY
ny WHICH HE WAS FINALLY SAVED.
Correspondence Spirit Of Me Times
An unusual adventure which recent
ly occurred TO your correspondent
while hunting at Brookmere in this
State is so timely and contains so much
that can be made valuable to all read
ere, that | venture TO reproduce it en-
tire
The day was most inclement one
and the snow was quite deep. Rabbit
tracks were plentiful, but they princi-
pally led in the direction of large
swamp, in which the rabbits could run
without difficulty, but where the hun.
ter constantly broke through the thin
ice, sinking into the half-frozen mirc to
his knees. Notwithstanding these diff
ficulties, the writer had persevered, al
though very small bag of game was
the result. While tramping about
through particularly malarial portion
of the swamp, a middle aged man sud
NCnl1 Ohllt lubO NltWe CdiI lluR a IllNh-
zle loading shotgun and completely
loaded down with game of the finest
description. Natural curiosity
aside from the involuntary envy that
instinctively arose, prompted the wri-
ter to enter into conversation with the
man, with the following result;
"You've had fine success, where did
you get all that gamer
"Right here in the swamp"
ats pretty rough hunting in these
parts, especially when man goes up
to his waist every other step"
eyes, its not very pleasant, but am
used TO it and don't mind it
"How long have you hunted herea-
bouts"
"Why, bless you, / have lived here
most of my life and hunted up to ten
years ago every year,"
GLOW does it happen you omitted
the last ten years ?"
''Because | was scarcely able to
move, much less hunt
81 don't understand your
swell, you see, about ten years ago,
after had been tramping around all
day in this same swamp, felt quite a
pain in my ankle. didn't mind it
very much, but it kept troubling me
for day or two, and | could see that
1t kept increasing. The next thing |
knew, | felt the same kind of pain in
my shoulder and | found it panied me
to move my arm. This thing kept 60
ing on and increasing, aud though |
tried to shake off the feeling aud make
myself think it was only little tempo.
rary trouble, found that it did not go
Shortly after this my joints began to
ache at the knees and finally became
so bad that had to remain in the
house most of the time
"Aud did you trace all this to the
fact that you had hunted so much in
this swamp"
"No, didn't know what to lay it to,
but knew that ! was in misery Ny
joints swelled until it seemed as though
all the flesh had left was punched at
the joints my fingers crooked in every
way and some of them became double
jointed. In fac. 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, dur
ing which time was pretty nearly
helpless. l became so nervous and
sensitive that would sit bolstered up
in the chair and call to people that en-
tered the room not to come near me, or
even touch my chair. While all this
was going on, telt an awful burning
heat and fever, with occasional chills
running all over my body, but especial.
ly along my back and through my
shoulders. Then again my blood seem.
ed to be boiling and my brain to be on
fire."
"Didn't you try to prevent all this
agony 7"
"Try, / should think / did try.
tried every doctor that came within my
reach and all the proprietary medicines
l could hear of. / used washes and
liniments enough to last me for all
time, but the only relief received was
by injections of morphine"
swell, you talk in very strange
manner for a man, who has tramped
around or day like this and in a
swamp like this. How in the world
do you dare do it?'
"Because am completely we'll and
as sound as dollar. 1t may seem
strange, but it is true that | was en-.
tirely cured the rheumatism all driven
out of my blood, my joints reduced To
their natural size and my strength made
as great as ever before, by means of
that great and simple remedy, Warmers
Safe Rheumatic Cure, which | believe
saved my life"
Sand 30 you have no fear of rheuma-
tism!'
"Why, no. Even if it should come
on, can easily get rid of it by using
the same remedy
The writer turned to leave, as it was
growing dark, but before had reach
ed the city precisely the same symp.
toms | had Just heard described came
upon me with great violence. Impress
ed with the hunters story, | tried the
same remedy, and within twenty-four
hours all pain and Inflammation had
disappeared If any reader is suffer
Ing from any manner of rheumatic or
neuralgia troubles and desires relief let
him by all means try this same great
remedy. And if any readers doubt the
truth of the above incident or its state
ments let them write to A. A. Coates,
Brookmere, N. Y, who was the man
with whom the writer conversed and
convince themselves Of its truth or fal-
sity. j. r. G.