Delta chief., 1884-03-05
A HUNTERS STORY.
How He was Overcome and the Way bv
Which He was Finally Saved.

Correspondence Spirit Of the Times.
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
venture to reproduce it entire:
The day was most inclement one
and the snow quite deep. Rabbit tracks
were plentiful, but they principally led
in the direction of a large swamp, in
which the rabbits could run without
difficulty. but where the hunter con-
stantly broke through the thin ice, sink
ing into the helf-frozen mire to his
knees. Notwithstanding these difficult
ties, the writer had persevered, al
though very small bag of game was
the result. While tramping about
through particularly malarial portion
of the swamp. middle-aged man sud
denly came into view, carrying a muz-
zle loading shotgun and completely
loaded down with game of the finest
description. Natural curiosity. aside
from the involuntary envy that instinc-
lively arose, prompted the writer to en-
ter into conversation with the man, with
the following result:
Aou w hsisi shSSSoo. "hSiS Niea
you get all that gamer"
Right here, in the swamp
'It's pretty rough hunting in these
his waist every other STEP"
"Yes, it's not very pleasant. but l am
used to it and don't mind it."
''How long have you hunted here
abouts."
..yVLr llas- l,raI
most of my life, and hunted up to ten
years ago every year"
How does it happen you omitted
the last ten years"
because was scarcely able to move,
much less hunt"
II don't understand you?"
We'll, you see, about ten years ago.
after had been tramping around all
day in this same swamp. l felt quite a
pain in nv ankle. didn't mind it very
much, but it kept troubling me for n
day or two. and l could see that it kept
increasing. The next thing knew. l
felt the same kind of pain in my
shoulder and found ii panied me TO
move my arm. This thing kept going
on and increasing. and though tried to
shake of the feeling and make myself
think it was only little temporary
trouble. found that it did not GO.
Shortly aftey this my joints began to
ache at the knees and l finally became
SO bad that1 had to remain in the house
most Of the fine"
"And did you trace all this to the fact
that you had hunted SO much in this
swamp"
mo. l didn't know what to lay it to,
I r 4. \ T.
joints swclied until it seemed rs though
all the flesh had left was punched a,
the joiuts7my 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
whick could become the largest and
cause me the greatest suffering In this
way several years passed on, daring
which time I was pretty nearly help
less. 1 became SO nervous and scnsi-
tive chat lwould sit bolster-d up in the
chair and call to people that entered
the room not TO come near me. or even
touch my chair. While all this was
going on, felt an awful burning hea,
and fever, with occasional chills run
ming all over my body, but especially
along my back and through nv shoul.
| ocIS- Heu t.Shlu nv DiOOu 6SCNneu
be boiling and my brain to be On fire. "
Didn't yoa try toprcvent all this
Agony"
TRY. I should think I did try.
tried every doctor that came within my
reach and allrihe proprietary medicines
could hear of. used washes and
liuiments enough to last me for all time,
but the only relief l received wss by IN.
jcctions of morphine"
well, you talk in very strange
manner for man. who has tramped
around on Gay like this and in n
swamp'l,ke this. How in the world do
you dare to do h?''
"Because l am completely we'll and
as sound as dollar. 1t may seen,
strange. but it istrue that was entire
ly cured; the rheumatism all driven out
of my blood; my joints reduced to their
natural size and nv strength made rs
great as ever befo-e, by means of that
great and simple remedy, Warmers g
Safe Rheumatic Cure. which believe
saved my life"
And so you now have no fear of
rheumstismg'
"Why, no. Even If il should come
on, I can easily get nd of it by using
the same remedy
The writer turned 10 leave, as il was
growing dark, but befare had reached
the city precisely the same symptoms l
had just hoard described came upon mo
with great violence. Impressed with
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