Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-05-21
AN ARMY EXPERIENCE.
How an Old Veteran Escaped Annihila
tion and Lived to Impart a
Warming 10 Others.
National Tribune or WasafhgtOn.)


National Tribune or Wdshfngton)
4 plessI-g occurrence which has Just
come to our notice In connection with the
New York state meeting Of the Grand
Army of the Republic is so unasusl in
many respects that We venture to repro
. luce IT for the benefit of our readers.
Captain Alfred Rensom, of New York,
while pacing in The lobby of the srmory,
previous to one of the meetings, suddenly
stopped and scanned the face OF gentle
men who was in earnest conversation with
,ne OF the Grand Army officers. 1t SEEM
ed to him that he had seen that face be-
fore, partially obscured by the smoke of
battle, and yet taIs bright and pleasant
countenance could aot be the same pale,
and death like vissge, which he so dimly
remembered. But the recollection, Ike
Banquo's ghost, would Lot ''down at
command and haunted him the entire day.
On the day following be sgaln saw the
same countenance, aud ventured to speak
TO It's owner. The instant the two vete-
rams heard each others voices, that instant
they recognized and called each other by
name. Their faces and forms had chang
ed, but their voices were the same. The
man whom Captain Rensom had recogni
zed was MIR. w. <. Sage, of ST. Johns.
Mich, a veteran of the 23t n. Y. Light
Artillery and both members OF Burnside's
famous expedition to North Carolina
After the first greetings were over, Cap
tain Rensom said:
sit hardly seems possible, Sage, to see
81. /
must have been dead long ago"
.Yes, do not doubt 1t, for If l am not
mistaken, when We last met was occupy.
ing a couch in the hospital, victim Of
yellow Jack III its worst form.
II remember. The war seems to have
caused more misery since lIs close than
when 1t was IN progress, replied the Cap
tain. 81 met old comrades frequently who
are suffering terribly, not so much from
old wounds as from the malarIal poisons
witch ruined their constitutions.
Il think so myself. When the war
closed / returned home and at times l
would feel well, but every few weeks that
coufounded 'sll-gone' feeling would come
upon me again. My nervous system, which
was shattered in the service, tailed me en-
tirely AMI produced ore OF the worst pos
sible cases of nervous dyspepsia. Most Of
the time had no appetite; then sgaIn |
would become ravenously hungry, but the
minute | sat down to eat | loathed food.
My skin was dry and parched, my flesh
Loose AMI flabby. / could hold Iothing oD
my stomach for days at time, aud what
Little did eat tailed TO assinIlate. was
easily fatlgued; my mind was depressed; l
was cross and irritable ami many night
my heart would PAIN me so L could not
sleep, and when l 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 decayed. L
had terrific headaches which would leave
my nervous system completely shattered.
In fact my existence, since the war, has
been living death, from which L have
often prayed for release"
Couldn't the old surgeon do you any
goodi'
II wrote him and he treated me. but
like every other doctor, failed. They all
said nv 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
could not move my bo gels at all. My
blood got like 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 Newberne !"
''And yet you are now the picture oi
health"
And the picture I5 taken from life.
am in perfect condition. My nerve tone
is restored; my stomach relnvigorated; my
| tlesh is hard and healthy; in fact have
new blood, new energy and a new lease OF
life wholly as the result of using Warmers
| Tippecanoe. This remarkable preparation
which consider the finest tonic and stom.
ach restorer IN the world has overcome al
the evil influences of malaria, all the poi
son OF the army, all traces of dyspepsia,
all NAL assimilation of food, and indeed
made new man of me-"
The Captain renamed silent for a while
evidently musing over his recollections of
the past. When he again raised his head
| he SAID:
"It would be godsend if all the vete-
rams who have suffered so intensely anC
also all others IN the land who are endur
ing so much misery could know of yonl
experience, Sage, and the way by which
you have been restored"
And that is why the above conversation
is reco ounted