The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1884-02-16
AHuN rER,s STORY.
How He was overcome and the Way by
which He was finally Saved.
tcerrespondsnce Spirit Of the Times.)

Correspondence Spirit Of the 7ymes.)
An unusual adventure which recently
occurred to your correspondent while hunt
ing at BrUokmere in this State is So timely
and contains so much that can be made
valuable to all readers, that venture to
reproduce II entire;
The day was most inclement one and
the snow quite deep Rabbit tracks we're
plentiful, but they principally led in the
direction Of large swamp, Ia which the
70 bbits opuld run without difficulty, but
where the hunter constantly broke through
the thin ice, sinking into the balf-froEen
mire to his knees. notwithstanding these
difficulties, the writer bad persevered, al.
though very small bag Of game was the
result. While trsmping about through a
particularly malarisl portion the swamp,
a middle aged man suddenly came into
view carrying n muzzle loading shotgun
ard completely loaded down with game of
the finest description. Natural curiosity,
aside from the involuntary envy that in-
stinctively arose, prompted the writer To
| enter into conversation with the man, with
the following result:
you've had fine success, where did you
get all that gamer"
Fright here, IL the swamp"
"lt's pretty rough hunting in these parts,
especially when man goes up to his waist
every other step"
Yes, it's not very pleasant, but | am
us to It and don't mind IT,"
| How long have you hunted hereabous."
"Why, bless you, have lived here mo st
Of my life and hunted up 10 ten years ago
every year"
How does it happen you omitted the
last ten years."
Because was scarcely able. to move,
much less hunt"
IL don't understand you?"
| "Well, YOU see, about ten years ago, after
had been tramping around all day in this
same swanp,l lelt quite pain in my ankle.
| didn't mind il V,ry much, but it KEEP;
troubling me for day or two. and could
see that il kept increasing. The next thing
knew, felt the sane kind of a pain in my
shoulder and found it pained me to mnve
my arm. This thing kept going on aud in
CT easing, and though tried to shake OF the
feeling and make myself think it was only
little temporary trouble, | found that il
did not CO. Shortly after this my pnts
began to ache at the knees and finally be
came 50 bad that had to remain in the
house most Of the time"
"And did you trace allthisto the fact that
you had hunted 50 much in this swamp"
mo, didn't know what Ia lay it to, but
knew that / wos in misery. My joints
sweled until il 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 jouted. 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 suffering
In this way several years passed on, during
which time was pretty nearly helpless.
became SO nervous and sensitive that
would sit bolstered up in the chair and call
to people that entered the room not to come
near me, or even tJuch my chair. While
I all this was going on, L felt an awful burn
ing heat and fever, with occasional chill:
running all over my body, but especially
along my back and through my shoulders
Q Then again my blood seemed to be boiln,
/ and my brain TO be on fire"
Didn't you try to prevent all thisagony?'
"Try, should think did try. trlet
u every doctor that came within my reacl
e aud oil the proprietary medicines I coul'
hear OF. | used washes IN liniment
enough to last me for all time, tut the onl
relief received was by injections of NOR
!, phine."
= "Well you talk in a very strange manue
Tor a man. who has tramped around on
. day like this and in a swamp like this
e HoS in the world do you dare to do it?"
e "Because am completely we'll and q
,, sound as II dollar. lt may seem strang,
~, but it is true that was entirely cured; til
1t rheumatism all driven out Of my blood; IN
y joints reduced to their natural size ami III
: strength made as great as ever before, b
=, means of that great and simple remedy
- Warmers Safe Rheumatic Cure, which
nt believe saved my lile."
II "And so you now have no fear Of rhel
NJ matisn"
"Why, no. Even il it should come o,
1" / can easily get rid Of Thy using the S,n
in remedy"
n. The writer turned to leave, as il Wi
growing dark, hut before had raahed II
city precisely the same symptoms had ju
heard described came upon me with gre
violence. Impressed d with the hunters stor
N | tried the same remedy and within twent
.our hours oil pain and inflammation h'
!" disappeared. Ilany reader is suffering ir"
no any manner ol rheumatic or neuralg
I'd troubles and desires relief let him by d
means try this same great remedy. And
any readers doubt the truth of the abo
l. incident or its statements let them write
N a. \. Coates, Brnokmere. N. Y, who W
Ii the man with whom the writer cnnvers
-, and convince themselves Of its truth