River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-05-01

How an Old Veteran Escaped Annihilation
and Lived to IInpart a Warning to


and Lived to Inpart Warning to
Others.
National Tribune Of Washington
A pleasing occurrence which has just
come to our notice in connection with the
New York state meeting Of the Grand
Army Of the Republic is 50 unusual in
many respects that we ventme to repro
duce it for the benefit Of our readers.
Captain Alfred Rensom, cl-New York.
while pacing in the lobby Of the armory,
previous to one Of the meetings. sudden
II stopped and scanned the face ola gen
tleman who was in earnest conversation
with one of the grand army officers. 1t
seemed to him that he had seen that face
before, partially obscured by the smoke
of battle, and yet tins bright and
pleasant counteaance could not be
the same pale and death-Iike visage
which he so dimly remembered. But
the recollection. like Banquos ghost,
would not down" at command, and
haunted him the entire day. On the day
following he again saw the same com
tenance and yentured to speak to its own
en- The instant the two veterans heard
each others voices, that instant they
reorganized and called each other by
name. Their faces and forms had
changed, but their voices were the same.
The man whom Captain Renson had re-
cognized was Mr. W. L. Sage, of st.
Johns, Mich. aveteran of the 23d n. \.
Light Artillery and both members of
Burnside's famous expedition to North
Carolina. After the first greetings were
over, Captain Rensom said:
1T hardly seems possible, Sage, to see
you in this condition. for thought you
must have been dead long ago"
"Yes, / do not doubt it, for if j am
not mistaken, when we last met ] was
occupying a couch in the hospital, vic
tim of yellow Jack in its worst form. :"
II remember. The war seems to have
caused more misery since its close than
when it was in progress" replied the
Captain. II meet old comrades fire.
quently who are suffering terribly, not
so much from old wounds as from the
malarial poisons which ruined their con
stitutions"
j
closed | returned home and at times i
would feel well, but every few weeks
that COMPOUNDED 'all-gone' feeling would
come upon me again. My nervous sys-
TEN, which was shattered in the service,
failed me entirely and produced one of
the worst possible cases of nervous dys-
pepsia Most of the time / had no APP
petite; then again ] would become raw
enously hungry, but the minute / sat
down to eat | loathed food. NY
skin was dry and parched, my
flesh loose and habby / could hold
nothing on my stomach for days at a
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 me so could not sleep, and
when / did / had horrid dreams and
frightful 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 de-
cayed | had terrific headaches which
would leave my nervous system com
pietely shattered In fact my existence
since the war, has been living death,
from which have often prayed for re-
lease"
Couldn't the old surgeon do you any
good?"
[ wrote him and he treated me, but
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
cathartics | could not move my bowels
at ALL Ny blood got like a stream of
fire and seemed literally to burn me
alive
''Well you might better have died in
battle, quick and without ceremony"
How many times / have wished /
had died the day we captured New
bernei"
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 reinvigorated;
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 1lppecanoe. his remarkable
preparation, which ! consider the finest
tonic aud stomach restorer in the world
has overcome all the evil Influences of
malaria, all the poison of the army, all
traces of dyspepsia. all NAL assimilation
of food, and indeed made new man of
me-
The captain remained silent for d while
evidently musing over his recollections
of the past When he again raised his
head he said:
1T would be a godsend if all the vet
Grams who have suffered so intensely and
also all others in the land who are en-
during so much misery could know of
your experience, Sage and the way by
which you have been restored"
And that is why the above converse
ton is recounted.
Very Favorable British Budget.