The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-07-04
NJ srAaE-DRIvER's STORY
ava, SeOtt,s Life was SAVED
Bow and How His Driver Twice
Escaped Death.

nj, traveller OF ItS PAO0OHS Wy
~ !. :. hurried along by the light
o 5L n' cypress, in its buffet cars and
ming 90 sIeepers, seldom reverts IN
palace 1 IN The time when the stage
thouSs and packet |ere the only
COACH Of communication between
mesn nt noints. 1t is rare that enc
tl itSn real old-time stage drivers is
o. "a with now a-days and when the
ng ;tor recently ran across Fayette
EEanioseI. of LockpOrt, N. Y. he felt
h hsoe D hioera her over the discovery
n ntsome Jars volume of forgotten
S o. 81 . Mr.. Haskell, although one OF
i .he nionee1s in stage driving Che
s snnrmerly ran from Lewiston to
T 5gt Falls aud Buffalo,, is hale
ND hesrty and bids fair to live for
S nsnv years The strange stories OF
SIs eaiIy adventures would MI
n,I AT one time when going
xovn mountain near Lewiston
18th uj,h no less a parsonage than Cen
vol Scot as a passenger, the brakes
gaye way and the coach came on
ssSe heels of the wheel horses. The
oniv remedy was to whip
g tbe leaders to gallop. Gain~
;nS additional momentum with
sch revolution Of the wheels the
each sEayed and pitched down the
maintain aide and into the streets OF
iewlston. Straight ahead at the
toot of the steep hill flowed the
Niagara liver, towards which the
four horses dashed, apparently to
certaIn death Yet the firm haud
never relaxed its hold nor the clear
brain its conce tiuh of what must
be done in the emergency. On
dashed the horses until the narrow
dock was reached on the river bank,
when by a mastery exhibition Oh
nerve and daring, the coach was
turned in scarce its own length and
the herses brought to stand still
before the pale lookers,on could
realize what had occurred. A purse
was raised by General Scott and pre-
sented to Mr.. Haskell with nigh
compliments for his skill and bra
very.
notwithstanding all his strength
and his robust constitution the
strain Of continuous work and ex-
posture proved too much fer Mr..
Haskeli,s constitution. Theconstant
jOlting of the coach and the neces-
sarily cramped position in viii h he
was obliged to sit, contributed to
thisend. and at times he was OBJ
liged to abandon driving altogether.
Speaking of th period he said:
II found it almost impossible to
sleep at night; nay appetite left me
emit, ely and I had q tired feeling
which l never knew before and
could not account for"
"Dld you give up driving en-
tirely?"
mo. l tried to keep up but IL
was only With the greatest effort.
This state of things continued fol
nearly tweRty years, untililsst Octo-
Ter, when l vent all to pieces"
SIN what way
%VOh, | doubled sll up: could no'
walk without q cane and was in
capable Of any effort or exertion.
bad g constant desire to urinate boil
day and night and although 1 fell
like passing a gallon every ten min
utes only a few drops could escape
and they thick with sediment. Fin.
ally it eest ed to Cow entirely and ]
thought death wAs very near
What did you do them"
9What l should have done lont
before; listen to my wife. Unde.
hepadvice I began q new treatment.
sand with what Tesult?"
"WOnderful, it unstopped thu
closed passages and what was still
more wonderful regulated the flow
The sediment vanished i; my appetit,
retuEned and l ana now we'll ant
good for twenty more years who'll,
through the aid Of Warmers SAT-
Cure that has done wonders for mi
rs well as for so many Others"
Nj. H. skelIs experience isSre
peated every day in the lives o
thousands of American men ant
women. An unknown evil is I'm.
uetmlning the existence OF an in
Vulnerable number who do not re
sllze the danger they are in unit
9eaith has entirely departed ant
9eath perhaps stares them in tn
!sce. 70 neglect such importan
matters is like drifting IN the cur