Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-05-14
AN ARMY EXPERIENCE.
How an Old Veteran Escaped Annihila-
ton and Lived to Inpart IL Warning to
Others.

veteran
ton and Lived to Ilnpart Warning to
Others.
National Tribune of Nashingtonl
pleasing occurrence which has just come to
our notice III connection with the New York
state meeting of the Grand Army of the Re
public is so unusual in mauy respects that we
venture to reproduce it fol- the benefit Of our
readers.
Capt. Alfred Rensom of New York, while
pacing LII the lobby of the armory, previous to
one OF the meetings, suddenly stopped and
scanned the face of gentleman 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 this bright and pleas
ant countenance could not be the same pale,
and death like visage, which he so dimly re-
membered. But the recollection like Banquo's
ghost, would not ''down" at command and
haunted him the entire day. On the day fol-
lowing he again saw the same countenance and
yentufed to speak to its owner The instant
the two veterans heard each others voices that
instant they recognized and called each other
by name. Their faces and forms had changed
but their voices were the same. The man whom
Capt. Rensom had recognized was MIR. W. K.
Sage, OF st. Johns, Mich, a veteran of the 23d
~ Y. Light Artillery, and both members OF
furnishes famous expedition to North Caro-
INA. After the first greetings were over, Capt.
ReDsom said:
at hardly seems possible, Sage, to see you
in this condition, for L thought you must have
been dead long ago."
''Yes, do not doubt it, for if I am not mis-
taken, when we last met l was occupying
couch IN the hospital, victim of yellow jack
in its worst form"
81 remember. The war seems to have caused
more misery since its close than when it was
III progress" replied the Captain, ST meet
old comrades frequently who are suffering ter
rlbly, not 80 much from old wounds as from
the malarial poisons which ruined their consti
tutions."
81 think 80 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 nerv-
GUS system, 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
L would become ravenoualy hungry, but the
minute l sat down to eat | loathed food. My
SKIN was dry and parched, my flesh loose and
habbY. / could hold nothing on my stomach
for days at time, and what little I did eat
failed to assimiate. / 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 ..flightful 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. I had terrific
uSdudCu6s, WulCu WOulu l0dVo Uly neTVOuS SVS-
tenn completely shattered. In fact my exist
ence, since the war, has been living death,
from which l have often prayed for release"
Couldn't the old surgeon do you aEy good?"
81 wrote him and he treated me but like
every doctor, failed. They all said my
nerve was gone and without that to build upon
could not get well. When I was at my worst
piles of the severest nature came upon me.
Then my liver gave out and without the use of
catharucs l could not move my bowels at all.
My blood got like q stream Of fire and seemed
literally to burn me alive"
swell you might better have died in battle
quick and without ceremony"
"How many times have wished had died
the day we captured Newberne!"
"And yet you are now the picture Of health"
And the picture is taken from life. I am
In perfect condition My nerve tone is re-
stored; my stomach reinyigorated; 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 l consider
the finest tonic and stomach restorer in the
world has overcome all the evil influences Of
malaria. oil the poison of the army, all traces
Of dyspepsia, all NAL assimilation Of food, and
indeed made a new man of me"
The Captain remained silent for while EVIL
IDENTIFY musing over his recollections OF the
past. When he again raised his head he said:
ut would bea godsend if all the veterans
who have suffered 80 intensely and also all
others IN the land who are enduring SO much
misery could know of your Experience. Sage.
and the way by which you have been restored"
And that is why the above conversation is re-
counted.