Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-05-08
AN ARMY EXPERIENCE.
How an Old Veteran Escaped Annihi-
aiation, and Lived TO Impart
warning 10 Others.
tNationai Tribune Of Washington )


tNuiional Tribune Of lPGStHgtoa)
A pleasing occurrence which las 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 .he armory,
previous to one of the meetings, sud
denly stopped and scanned the face of a
gentleman who was in earnest CONVEX
sation with one of the Grand Army of
ticers. 1t seemed to him that he had
seen that face before, partially obscHr-
ed by the smoke of battle, and yet this
bright and pleasant ceuntenance could
not be the same pale, and dcath-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, and ventured to speak
to its owner. The instant the two veter-
rams heard each others voices. that in
slant they recognized and called each
other by name. Their faces and forms
had changed but their voices were the
same. The man whom Captain Rensom
had recognized was Mr. w X. Sage, of st.
Johns, Mich, veteran of the Esd n Y,
Light Artillery, and both members of
Burnside's famous expedition to North
Carolina. After the first greetings were
over, Captain Remson said:
"lt 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 | am not
mistaken, when we last met / was occu-
plying a couch in the hospital, a victim
Of yellow Jack in its 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 cid comrades frequently
who are Suffering terribly, not 50 much
from old wounds as from the malarial
poisons which ruined their constitu-
tions."
II think so myself When the war
closed / returned home and at times /
would feel well, but every few weeks
that COMPOUNDED '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 l had no
appetite; then again | would become
ravenously hungry, but the minute |
sat down to eat loathed food. My skin
was dry and parched, my flesh loose and
flabby. / 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 ne so ! could
not sleep, and when | did | had horril
dreams and frightul nightmares. OF
course, these things came on one by one,
each worse than the other. My 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, since the war, has been living
death, from which | have often prayed
for release"
Couldn't the old surgeon do you any
good?"
II 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 l 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 l could not move my bow
els at all My 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 mary times | have wished |
had died inc day we captured New
berrer
"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 a new
lease of life wholly as the resultof 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 mau Of
me-"
The CaptaiH remained silent for
while evidently musing over his rec 'i-
lections of tue past. When he again
raised his head ne said:
ut would be a godsend if all the vet
Grams who have suffered so intensely
and also all others in the land who are
enduring 50 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.
Religious revlyals are the order OF
the day in The districts in England