The Brookhaven leader., 1884-02-28
A HUNTERS STORY.
How He was Overcome and the Way b
which lie was Finally Saved.
Corresponding Spirit Of Che TTmes.)

(CorresponGsnce Spirit Of the 7Imes.)
An unusual adventure which recently
occurred to your correspondent while hunt
ing at Brookmsre in this Stats is so timely
and contains so much that can be made
valuable to all readers, that / venture to
reproduce it entire:
The day was a most inclement one and
the snow quite deep. Rabbit tracks were
plentiful, but they principally led in the
direction of Ia &c 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. Notwlths' andlnS THESE
difficulties, the writer had perSeverel, al
though very small bag of game was the
result. While tramping about through a
particularly malarial portion o. the swamp,
a middle aged man suddenly came in o
view carrying a utuzzie loading sbo gun
and completely loaded down with game OF
the finest description. Natural curiosity,
aside from the involuntary envy that in
stinctivcly arose, prompted the writer 70
enter into conversation with the man, with
the following result:
"You've had fine success, where did you
get all that game"
Right here, in the swamp"
ats pref Y rough hunting in these parts,
especially when a man go.s up TO his waist
every other step"
"Yes, it's not very pleasant, but / am
used to it and don't mind it,"
"How long have you hunted hereahoutsF'
"Why, bless you, | have lived here most
of my life and hunted up to ten years ago
every year"
"How does it happen you omitted the
last ten years"
because l was scarcely able to move,
much less hunt"
81 don't understand you"
oil won 81 bput ton wears aft.
er had Eeen tramping around all day in
this same swamp, felt quite pain i'll my
ankle. l didn't mind it very much, but IS
kept troubling me for day or two, and
| could SEQ that it kept increasing. Tie ncxt
| thing | knew, felt the same kind OF pain
| in my shoulder and found it panied mo
to move my arm. This thing kept foinG
| on and increasing, and though L tried to
shake off the feeling and make myself Il ink
it was only a little tempo airy trouble, L
found that it did not go. Shortly after TIL ;
! my Joints began to ache at the knees and l
| finally became SO bad that ad to remain
| in the house most Of tho time"
"And did you trace all this to the fact that
! you had huntc so much in this swamp"
| "No, didn't know what to lay it to, but
knew thai l was in misery. My joints
! swelled until it seemed as though all the
| flesh had left was punched at the join S;
| my fingers crooked in every way and some
of them became d, uble- jointed. 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 suffer
| ing. In this way several years passed on,
during which time l was pretty nearly
! helpless. | became so nervous and sCnsl-
| tive that | would sit bolStercd up in the
chair and call to people that entered the
| room not to come near me, or even iouch
my chair. While al this was going on,
| felt an awful burning heat and fever, with
| lie n N hnIV.
but especially along my back and through
my shoulders. Then again my blood seemed
to be boiling and my brain 10 be on fire."
! Didn't you try to prevent all this
agony"
every doctor that came with n my reach
and all the proprietary medicines | could
hear of. | used washes and liniments
enough to last me for all time, but the only
relief received was by injections of NOR
phine."
"Well, you talk in very strange man
ner for a man who has tramped around OF
day like this and in swamp like this
/ How i'll the world do you dare to do itY
| Because ] am completely we'll and as
sound as dollar. 1t may seem strange
| but it is true that | was entirely cured; the
| rheumatism all driven out Of my blood; my
| joints reduced to their natural size and my
strength made as great as ever before, by
means of that great and simple remedy
Warmers Safe Rheumatic Cure, which
believe saved my life"
"And so you now have no fear of rheu
matism"
"Why, no. Even if it should come on,
can easily get rid of it by using the sans
remedy"
The writer turned 20 leave, as it was
| growing dark, but before l had reached the
city precisely the Same symptoms / had
| just heard described came upon me with
| great violence. Impressed with the hunt
er's story, tried the same remedy, and
within twenty-four hours all rain and in
flammation had disappeared. If any read
| er is suffering from any manner of rheu'
matte or neuralgi troubles and desires re
| lief let him by all means try this same
| great remedy. And if any readers doubt
the truth of the above incident or its state
| ments let them write to A. A. Coates
Brookmere, N. Y, who was the man with
whom the writer conversed, and convince
themselves of its truth or falsity. j. r G
MEN wear light straw-hats in summer be-
cause they are not felt.