Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-05-08

How an Old Veteran Escaped Annih1-
a1atfon, and Lived TO Impart a
Warning to Others.
(National Tribune of Washington }

(NGtIo7tGt tribune or fGsttRgton)
A pleasing occurrence which has just
come to our notice, in conn ection with
the New York state meeting of the
Grand Army of the Republic, is so I'M
usual In many respects that we venture
to reproduce it for the benefit of our
readers.
Captain Alfred Rensom, of New York,
while pacing in the lobby of The armory,
previous to one of the meetings, sud-
denly stopped and scanned the face of
gentleman who was in earnest CONVEX
satiOn with one Of the Grand Array of
ficers. It seemed to him that ho had
seen that face before, partially obscpr-
ed by the smoke Of battle, and yet this
bright and pleasant countenance could
not be the same pale, and death-like Wis
age, which he so dimly remembered.
But the recollection, like Banquo's
ghost, would not down" at command,
and haunted him the entire day. On
the day following he again saw the
same countenance, aRd ventured to speak
20 its owner. The instant the two veter-
rams heard each others voices, that in
| slant they recognized and called each
Dth-r by name. Their faces and forms
had changed but their voices were tn
s@me. The man whom Captain Rensom
had recognized was Mr. w K. Sage, of st.
Johns, Mich, veteran of the 23d n. Y.
Light Artillery, and both members of
Burnside's famous expedition to North
Carolina. After the first greetings were
over, Captain Remson said:
1T hardly seems possible, Sage, to
see YOU iii this condition, for / thought
you must have been dead long ago"
Yes, do not doubt it, fer if I am not
mistaken, when we last met was occu-
pying q couch in the hospital, a victim
| Of yellow jack in it's worst form :"
Il remember. The war seems to have
caused more misery since its close than
when it was in progress" replied the
Captain" Inject old comrades frequently
who are suffering terribly, not SO much
from old wounds as from the malarial
poisOns which ruined their constitu-
tiOns."
81 think so myself. When the war
closed / returned home and at times /
would feel well, but every few weeks
that confounded 'all-gone' feeling would
come upon me again. My nervous sys-
tenn, 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 [ would become
ravenously hungry, but the minute [
| sat down to eat loathed food. My skin
YVES dry and parched, my flesh loose and
! fabby. I could hold nothing on my
stomach for days at time, and what
! little [ did eat failed to assimilate. [ was
! easily fatigued; my mind was depressed;
! | was cross and irritable and many a
night my heart would pain NE so I could
not Sleep and when l did I had horriI
dreams and frightfuI nightmares. Of
! course, these things came on one by one,
| each worse than the other. Ny breath
was foul, my tongue was coated my
| teeth decayed. had terrific headaches
which would leave my nervous system
! completely shattered. In fact my ex-
| istence, STAGE the war, has been living
death, from which have often I.rayed
for release"
Couldn't the old surgeon do you any
gOOd?"
Il wrote him and he treated me, out
like every other 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
| severest nature came upon me- Then
! my liver gave out and without the use
| of caJhartics could not move my bow
! els at all. My blood got like stream of
| fire and seemed literally to burn me
| alive"
''Weu you might better have died in
battle, quick and without ceremony"
How many times [ have wished [
had died the day we captured New
beraer'
"And yet you are now the picture OF
! health
"And the picture is taken from life.
| | am in perfect condition. Ny nerve tone
! is restored; my stomach Refrigerated:
MY flesh is hard and 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 [ consider the finest
| tonic and stomach restorer in the world
| has overcome all the evil influences of
malaria, all the poison of the army, all
! traces of dyspepsia, all mal-assImilation
! OF food, and indeed made a new man of
! me"
| The Captaia remained silent for a
while evidently musing over bis recol-
lections of tue past. When he again
raised his head he said:
1T would be godsend il all the vet
Grams who have suffered SO intensely
and also all others in the land tho ar.
enduring so much misery could ziu,y
| of your experience, Sage, and the way
by which you have been restored. "
And that is why the above c0nverso-
ton is recounted.
Mining Experiments.
! Bill Nye
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