Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-05-15
AN ARMY EXPERIENCE,
How an Old Veteran Escaped Annihila-
tion and Lived to Impart Warning to

How an Old Veteran Escaped Annihila-
ton and Lived to 1mpart a Warning to
Others.
rNstional Tribune Of washingten.l
A pleasing occurrence which has just come te
our notice In connection with the New Yorh
state meeting Of the Grand Army OF the Re
public is so unusual in many respects that We
venture to reproduce it for the benefit of oui
readers.
Capt. Alfred Rensom Of New York, while
pacing in the lobby of the armory, previous to
one OF the meetings, suddenly stopped and
scanned the face Of gentleman who was IN
earnest conversation with one Of the Grand
Army officers. 1t seemed to him that he had
seen that face before, partially obscured by the
smoke Of battle, and yet this bright and pleas
ant countenance could not be the same pale,
and death-like visage which he so dimly re-
membsred. But the recollection, like Banquo's
ghost, would not 'down" at command and
haunted him the entire day. On the day fol-
lowing he again saw the same countenance and
yeDtured to speak to its owner The instant
the two veterans heard each others voices that
instant they recognized and called each other
by name. Their faces and forms had changed
but their voices were the same. Tho man whom
Capt. Rensom had recognized was Mr.. W. X.
Sage, OF st. Johns, Mich, veteran of the 23d
n. Y. Light Artillery, and both members of
Burnside's famous expedition to North Caro-
lima. After the first greetings were over, Capt.
Rensom said:
ut hardly seems possible, Sage, to see you
in this condition, for thought you must have
been dead long ago."
Eyes, ! do not doubt it, for if am not mis-
taken, when we last met I was occupying q
couch in the hospital, victim Of yellow jack
in its worst form"
II remember. The war seems to have caused
more misery since its close than when it was
in progress" replied the Captain, .T meet
old comrades frequently who are suffering ter
ribly, not 70 much from old wounds as from
the malarial poisons which ruined their consti-
tutions."
81 think so myself. When the war closed 1
returned home, and at times would feel well,
but every few weeks that confounded .all gone
feeling would come upon me again. My nerv-
ous system, which was shattered in the service,
failed me entirely, and produced one of the
worst possible cases of nervous dyspepsia.
Most of the time had no appetite; then again
minute sat down to eat loathed food. My
skin was dry and parched, my flesh loose and
dabby. Icould hold nothing on my stomach
for days at time, and what little l did cat
failed to assimilate. l was easily fatigued; my
mind was depressed; was cross and irritable,
and many night my heart would pain me 80
could not sleep, and when did l had horrid
dreams and ..fiightful Nightmares. OF course
these things came on one by one, each worse
than the other. My breath was foul, my tongue
was coated, my teeth decayed. l had terrific
headaches, which would leave my nervous sys-
tenn completely shattered. In fact my exist
ence, since the war, has been living death.
from which l have often prayed for release"
Couldn't the old surgeon do you any good?"
81 wrote him and he treated me, but like
every doctor, failed. They all said my
nerve was gone and without that to build upon
could not get well. When was at my worst
piles of the eeverest nature came upon me.
Then my liver gave out and without tho nse of
cathartics / could not move my bowels at all.
My blood got like stream of fire and seemed
literally to burn me alive"
"Well you might better have died in battle,
quick and without ceremony"
slow many times have wished had died
the day we captured Newberne!"
"Ahd yet you are now the picture of hea!tb."
"And the picture is taken from life. am
IN perfect condition. My nerve tone is re-
stored; my stomach reinvigorated; my flesh is
hard aud healthy; in fact have new blood,
new energy and new lease of life wholly as
the result of using Warmers Tippecanoe.
This remarkable preparation, which I consider
the finest tonic and stomach restorer in the
world has overcome all the evil influences Of
malaries all the poison Of the army, all traces
of dyspepsia, all NAL assimilation Of food, and
Indeed made u new man Of me-"
The Captain remained silent for a while evil
IDENTIFY musing over his recollections of tho
past. When be again raised his head he said:
''1t would bea godsend If all the veterans
who have suffered 80 intensely and also all
others in the land who are enduring go much
misery could know of your experincce, Sage.
And that is why the above conversation is re-
cnupfa6