The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-07-03
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How General Scotia LAGe MAS Saved sad
How His Driver Twice Escaped

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HoW His Driver twice Escaped
Deaths
The traveller Of the present day, as ne
Is hurried along by the lightning ex-
press, in its buffet cars and palace sleep
ers, seldom reveFis in thought to the
time when the stage coach snd packet
were the only means OF communications
between distant points. It il rare that
one Of the real ohd-lime stage drivers n
met with nowadays and when the writ
er recently ran serOss FaYeste Haskell,
OF Lockport, n. T., ne tell
like q photographer over the
discovery OF some rare Vo4-
uma Of forgotten lore" Mr.. Haskell,
although one Of the pioneers IN stage
driving (he formerly ran from Lewiston
to Niagara Falls and Buffalo, Is hale
and hearty and bids fair 20 liye fof
many years. The strange stories Of his
eafly adventures would I'LL a.volume.
At one time when going down q noun
tain near Lewiston with no less a per
sonage than General Scott az q pessen-
ger, the brakes gave way and the
coach came on the heels of the
wheel horses. The only remedy was to
whip the leaders to q Gallup.
Gaining additional momentum with
each revolution of the wheels The coach
sWayed and pitched down the mountain
side into the streets Of Lewiston.
Straight ahead attthe foot of the steep
hill flowed the Niagara river, towards
which the four horses dashed, apparent
lY to certain death. Yet the firm hand
never relaxed its hold nor the clear brain
its conception of what must be done in
the emergency. On dashed the horses
Ako dnCk Uaa RaNeESad
on the river bank, when
by a mastery exhibition of nerve and
daring the coach was turned in scarce
its own length and the horses brought
to q etsnd stIll before the pale lockers
on could realize Whist had occurred. A
purse was raised by General Scott and
presented to Mr.. Haskell with high COM
pliments for his skill and bravery.
Notwithstanding all his strength and
robust combination the strain of continu-
GUS work and exposure proved too much
for MIR. Haskell's constitution. The con-
slant jOltIng of the coach and the neces-
sarily cramped position in which he was
Obliged to sit, contributed 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 left me entirely
and had tired feeling which l never
knew before and could not account for"
"Did you give up driving entirely ?''
mo. l tried to keep up but it was
only with the greatest effort. This state
of things continued for twenty years
until last October when / went all to
pieces"
an what way?"
"Oh, doubled all up; could not walk
without q cane and was incapable of
any effort or e4ettion. had constant
desire to urinate 10th day snd night and
although l felt like passing gallon
could escape aud they thick with sedi-
ment. Finally 1t ceased to flow entirely
and thought death was very near"
what did you do then?''
"What should have done long be-
fore: listen to my wife. Under her ad-
vice began 9 new treatment"
"And with what result?"
"WOnderful. 1t unstopped the closed
passages and was still fliore wonderful,
regulated the flow. The sediment van
ished my appetite returned and I am
now well and good for twenty more
years, wholly through the aid of War
ner's Safe Cure that has done wonders
for me as well as for so many others"
Mr.. HaskelIs experience Is repeated
every day in the lives of thousands of
American men and momen. An I'M
kno Wn evil Is undermining the exist
ence of an i11numerable number who do
not realize the danger they are in until
health has entirely departed and death
perhaps etares them in the face. To
neglect such important matters is like
drifting in the current Of Niagara above
the Falls