The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-04-26
A HUNTERS STORY.
How He was Overcome and the Way
by which He was Finally Saved.
Correspondence Spirit Of the Times.)

Correspondence Spirit of the Times.l
An unusual adventure which recently
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 readers, that ven-
ture TO reproduce it entire:
The day was most inclement one and
the snow quito deep. Rabbit tracks were
plentiful, but they principally led In the
direction OF large swamp in which the
rabbits could run without difficulty, but
where the hunter constantly broke through
the thin ice, sinking into the half-frozen
mlre to his knees. Notwithstanding these
difficulties, the writer had persevered, al
though very small bag of game was the
result. While tramping about through a
particularly malarial portion of the
swamp, middle-aged man suddenly
came into view, carrying muzzle- loading
shotgun and completely loaded down with
game of the finest description. Natural
curiosity, aside from the involuntary envy
that instinctively arose. prompted the
writer to enter into conversation with the
man with the following2result:
you've had fine success; where did
you get all that gamea"
Fright here, in the swamp"
Its pretty rough hunting in these
parts, especially when man goes up to
his waist every other STEP"
Eyes, it's not very pleasant, but | am
used to it and don't mind it"
How long have you hunted herea-
boutsa"
"Why, bless you, have lived here most
of my life and hunted up to ten years ago
every year"
"How does it happen you omitted the
Because was scarcely able to move,
much less hunt"
81 don't understand you"
''Well, you see, about ten years ago, af-
ter l had been tramping around all day in
this same swamp, felt quite pain in my
ankle. didn't mind it very much, but it
kept troubling me for day or two, and
could see that it 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 going on and increasing, and though
| / tried to shake off the feeling and make
myself think it was only little temporary
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
''And did you trace all this to the fact
that you had hunted SO much in this
| swamp2"
'sNo, didn't knew what to lay it to, but
/ knew that / was in misery. My joints
swellea 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 fact
every joint in my body seemed to vie with
the others to see which could become the
largest and cause me the greatest suffer
ing. In this way several years passed on,
during which time / was pretty nearly
helpless. | became so nervous and sensi
tive that would sit bolstered up in the
chair and call to people that entered
nr
touch my chair. While all this was going
on, / felt an awful burning heat and fever
with occasional chills running all over my
body, but especially along my back and
!, through my shoulders. Then again my
blood seemed to be boiling and my brain
to be on fire.
Didn't you try to prevent all this
ssTry. should think did try. tried
, every doctor that came within my reach
, and all the proprietary medicines coul6
! hear of. | used washes and iniments
enough to last me for all time, but the
} only relief | received was by injections o.
morphine"
'sWell, you talk in very strange man
: ner for a man who has tramped around OF
/ day like this and insa swamp like this
: How in the world do you dare to do itf
Because am completely well and a.
} sound as dollar. 1t may seem strange
but it is true that | was entirely cured; tht
rheumatism all driven out of my blood; m,
joints reduced to their natural size, ant
my strength made as great as ever before
by means of that great and simple remedy
Warmers Safe Rheumatic Cure, which
l believe saved my life"
And SO you now have no fear of rheu
g matismf
''Why, no. Even if it should come on
: can easily get rid of it by using the sam
l remedy"
t The writer turned to leave, as it wa
: growing dark, but before had reached tn
: city precisely the same symptoms / ha,
e just heard described came upon me witt
y great violence. Impressed with the hunt
: er's story, tried the same remedy, an.
Y within twenty-four hours all pain and in
: 1ammation had disappeared. If an
e reader is suffering from any manner O
/. rheumatic or neuralgia troubles and de
= sires relief let him by all means try thi
: same great remedy. And if any reader
doubt the truth of the above incident O
J. its statements let them write to A.
Coates, Brookmere, N. Y, who was tn
man with whom the writer conversed
and convince themselves of its truth or it
. falsity. j. r. c..