Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-07-26
THE sTAGF.DRTyER'S STORY.

How General SCOTS Life was saved and
How His Driver Twice Escaped Death.
The traveller of the present day, "a he is hur-
ried along by the lightning express, In its buff
fet cars and palace sleepers, seldom reverts in
thought 70 the time when the stage coach and
packet were the only means of communication
between distant points. 1t Is rare that one OF
the real old time stage-driyeTs Is met with now
a-days and when the writer recently ran
across Fayette Haskell of Lockport, y. Y. he
felt like a photographer over the discovery OF
some rare volume OF forgotten lore. Mr..
Haskell, although one Of the pioneers In stage
driving lhe formerly ran from Lewiston 10
Niagara Falls and Buffalo, is hale and hearty
and bids fair to live for many years. The strange
stories Of his early adventures would Till vol
ume At enc time when going down noun
tain. near Lewiston with no less parsonage
than General Scott as a passenger, the brakes
gave way and the coach came on the heels of
the wheel horses. The only remedy was to
whip the leaders to a gallOp. Gaining add
tiOnal momentum with each revolution OF the
wheels the coach swaycd and pitched down
the mountain side and into the streets OF Lew
iston Straight ahead az the foot of the steep
hill flowed the Niagara river, toward which
the four horses dashed, apparently 10
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 until
the narrow dock was reached on the river
bank when by a mastery exhibition of nerve
and dqring the coach was turned Ia scarce Its
own length. and the horses brought to a stand
still before the pale lookers-on could realize
what nau Occur. eel. y purse was laLS5l py
General Scott and presented 10 Mr Haskell
with high compliments for his skill and bra
Notwithstanding all his strength and his
robust constitution the strain OF continuous
work and exposure proved too much for MI
Haskell's constitution. The constant JoitlnS
n ell ,4t.aT nod ~
,ition in which he was obliged TO SIT, CON
tributed TO this end, and at times he was
bliged 10 abandon driving altogether.
Speaking Of this period he said:
Il found it almost impossible TO sleep at
night; my appetite left me entirely, ana had
4 tired feeling which / never knew before,
and could not account for.
did you give up driving entirely"
ono | tried to keep up, but it was only
with the greatest effort This state of things
ontinued for nearly twenty years until last
october, when | went all to pieces.
In what way"
ooh, doubled all up; could not walk with
mt a cane and was incapable of any effort or
xartion / had constant desire to urinate
both day and night and although 1 felt like
passing gallon every ten minutes only few
lrops could escape and they thick with sedi
ment. Finally it ceased to flow entirely and
thought death was very near"
What did YOU do then z"
F'What should have done long before lis
Ten to my wife Under her advice began a
new treatment
And with what result p
"Wonderful 1t unstopped the closed pas
Sages and what was still more wonderful reg
ulated the flow The sediment vanished; my
appetite returned and | am now well and
GOOD for twenty more years wholly through
the aid of Warmers Safe Cure that has done
wonders for me as well as for 50 many
others"
Mr. Haskells experience is repeated every
lay in the lives of thousands of American men
and women. An unknown evil is undermin-
! ing the existence of an innumerable number
! who do not realize the danger they are in until
| health has entirely departed and death per
haps stares them in the face. To neg
Iect such important matters is like drift
ing in the current of Niagara above the
Falls