The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-06-26
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Hsw GENERAL Scois,s Life was saved and
The traveller OF the present day, cs he is hur-
ried along by the lightning express, in its buf
fet cars and palace sleepers seldom reverts in
thought to the time wheii the stage coach and
packet were the only means of communication
between distant points. IL is rare that one Of
the real old time stage-clrivers is met with now
a-dsys, and when tho writer recently ran
across Fayette Haskell, OF Leckport, N. Y, he
felt like photographer over the discovery Of
some rare volume of forgotten lore.n Mr..
Haskell, although one of the pioneers in -tage
driving The formerly ran from Lewiston to
Niagara Falls and Buffalo, is hale and hearty
and bids fair to live for many years The strange
stories of his early adventures would fill vol.
ume. At one time when going down noun
tain, near Lewiston, With no less parsonage
than General Scott as passenger, the brakes
gave way and the coach came on the heels OF
tho wheel horses, The only remedy was to
whip the leaders to d gallop Gaining addi-
tional momentum with each revolution OF the
wheels the coach swayed and pitched down
the mountain side and into the streets OF Lew
lston. Straight ahead at Vie foot of the steep
lilll flowed the Niagara river, toward which
the four horses dashed, apparently to
certain DEATH Yet the firm hand never
'olaxed its hold nor the clear brain
is conception of what must be done in
the emergency. On dashed the horses until
the narrow dock was reached on the river
bank, when by mastery exhibition of nerve
aud daring the coach was turned in scarce its
own length, and the horses brought to a stand
still before tho pale lookers-on could realize
what had occurred. A purse was raised by
General Scott and presented to Mr.. Haskell
with high compliments for his skill and bra
very.
Notwithstanding all his strength and his
robust constitution, the strain of continuous
work and exposure proved too much for Mr..
lIaskell's constitution. The constant jolting
cf the coach and the necessarily cramped po-
sition in which he was obliged to sit, con
tributed TO this end, and at times he was
obliged to abandon driving altogether
Speaking Of this period he said:
81 found it almost impossible to sleep at
night; my appetite loft me entirely, and had
a tired feeling which l never knew before,
and could not account for"
"Did you give up driving entirelyF'
'No. ! tried to keep up, but it was only
with the greatest effort. This state Of things
continued for nearly twenty years until last
October when went all to pieces"
SIN what wayl"
ooh, doubled all up; could not walk with
cut cane and was incapable of any effort or
txertion. had constant desire to urinate
both day and night and although felt like
lossing gallon every ten minutes only few
drops could escape and they thick with sedi-
raent Finally it ceased to flow entirely and
thought death was very near"
"What did you do then 2"
"What should have done long before lis,
zen to my wife Under her advice began
new treatment
"And with what result Z"
Wonderful. 1t unstopped tn, closed pas
cages, and what was still mo- W lderful reg
ulated the flow. The sediment vanished; my
appetite returned and l am now well and
GOOD for twenty more years wholly through
he aid of Warmers Safe Cure that has done
wonders for me as well as for SO many
othersn
Mr.. Haskells experience is repeated every
Gay in the lives of thousands of American men
aud women. An unknown evil is undermin-
ing the existence of an innumerable number
who do not realize the danger they are in until
health has entirely departed and death per-
haps stares them in the face. To neg
lcct such important matters is like drift
ing in the current of Niagara above the
Falls