The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1884-03-26
A STORY,
How He Was Overcome epd the Way by
Which He was Finally Saved.

winch I1S WIZ ElLa1iy eANCos
Correspondence Spirit Of the Times).
An unusual adventure which recently oc-
Cured to your correspondent while hunting
at Brookmere, in this State, is 80 timely ana
contains so much that can be made valuable
to all readers, thatI venture 10 reproduce it
entire:
The day was a most inclement one and the
snow uuite deep. Rabbit tracks were plenti-
full. but they principally led in the direction
of a large swamp, in which the rabbits
could run without difficulty, but where the
hunter constantly broke through the thin
ice, sinking into the half-frozen mire to his
knees. Notwithstanding these difficulties,
the writer had persevered, although
a very small bag Of game was
a particularly malarial portion of the
into view, carrying a muzzle-loading shotgun
and completely loaded down with game Of
the finest description. Natural curiosity,
aside from the involuntary envy that IN
s%tinctively arose, prompted the writer to en-
ter into conversation with the man, with the
following result:
you've had fine success, where did you
get ell that game!
Bright here, in the swamp"
"It's pretty rough hunting in these parts,
especially when a man goes up to his waist
every other STEP" =,
eyes, it's not very pleasant, but I am used
TO it and don't mind it," .
"How long nave you hunted h~ereabouts. "
"Why, bless you, / have lived here most OF
my life and hunted up to ten years ago ever
year."
"How does it happen you omitted the last
ten'years"
"Because I was scarcely able to move, much
less hunt"
81 don"t understand you"
"Well, you see, about ten years ago, alter
l had been tramping around all day III the
same swamp, | felt quite a pain in my ankle.
| didn't mind it very much, but 1t kept
troubling me for a day or two, and could
see that It kept increasing. The next thing l
knew, / felt the same kind Of a pain in my
shoulder and 7 found it panied me to move
my arm. This thing kept going on and in
creasing, and though / tried to shake OH the
feeling and make myself think it was only a
little temporary trouble, ! found That IL DID
not 20. Shortly after this my joints began
to ache at the knees and | finally became SO
bad that I had to remain in the house most OF
the time"
"And did you trace all this to the fact that
you had hunted so much in this swamp,
"No, I didn't know what to lay it to, but
/ knew that I was in misery. My joints
swelled until it seemed as though all the flesh
had left was bunched at the joints; my
1ngers crooked in every way, and some OF
them became double-jolnted. In fact, every
Joint in my body seemed to vie with the
others to see which could become the largest
and cause ME the greatest suffering. In this
way several years passed on, during which
time I was pretty nearly helpless. l became
so nervous and sensitive that | would SIT
bolstered up in the chair aud call to people
that entered the room not to come near me.
or even touch my chair. While all this wa:
going on, l felt an awful burning beat anG
fever, with occasional chills running all over
my body, but especially along my back aho
seemed to be boiling and my brain to be or
fire." -.
Didn't you try to prevent all this agonyF
sTry! should think l did try. l triet
every doctor that came within my reach ant
all the proprietary medicines l could hear OF
| used washes AMI linilnents enough to las
me tor all time, but the only relief | received
wa by injections Of morphine"
DWELL, you talk in a very strange n
for a man who has tramped around on a da.
like this and in a swamp like this. How Il
the world do you dare to do it"
.sBecause i I'm completely well and a
sound as O dollar. 1t may seam strange
but it is true, that l was entirely cured; tn
rheumatism all driven out of my blood: m.
Joints reduced to their natural size, and m.
strength made as great as ever before, b.
means Of that great and simple remedy, War
ner;s Safe Rheumatic Cure, which believ
saved my life"
"And SO you now have no fear of rheuma
tismi'
"Why, nc. Even if it should com on,
can easily get rid Of it by using the sam
remedy"
The writer turned to leave, as it was grow
ing dark, but before had reached the cit
precisely she same symptoms had just hear
described came upon me with great violence
Impressed with the hunters story, l tried th
same remedy, and within t%~enty.four hour
all pain and Inflammation had disappeared
If any reader is suffering from any name
of rheumatic or neuralgia troubles and dc
sires relief let him by all means try this sam
great remedy. And if any readers doubt tn
truth of the above incident or its statement:
let chem write to A. A. Coates, Brookmert
N. Y, who was the man with whom tn
writer conversed, and convince themselves c
it's truth or falsity. j. r. c.