Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-07-15
THE sTAGE.DRIyER's STORY.

How General SCOTS Life was saved and
How His Driver Twice Escaped Death
The traveller Of the present day. as he is huH-
ried along by tho lightning express, in its buff
fet cars and palace slcepeTs. celdom reverts IN
thought 10 the time when the stage coach and
packet were the only means Of communication
between distant points. 1t is rare that one of
the real old time gtage-drivers is met with now
a-days, and when the writer recently ran
across Fayette Haskell. of Lockport, n. V, he
felt like photographer over the discovery of
some rare volume of forgotten lore" Mr..
Haskell. although one Of the pioneers in stage
irving lhe formerly ran from Lewiston %
Niagara Falls and Buffalo,, Is hale and hearty
and bids fair TO live for many years. The strange
stories Of his early adventures would I'LL a vol
urne AT enc time when going down n noun
tain, near Lewiston, with no less parsonage
than General Scott as a passenger, the brakes
gave way and the coach came on the heels OF
the wheel horses. The only remedy was 10
whip the leaders 20 a gallop. Gaining addl-
tional momentum with each revolution OF the
wheels the coa-h swayed and pitched down
the mountain side and into the streets of Lew
iston. Straight ahead at the foot OF the steep
bill flowed the Niagara river, toward which
the four horses dashed. apparently TO
certain death Yet the firm hand never
relaxed its hold nor the clear brain
its conception of what must be done IN
the emergency. On dashed the horses until
the narrow dock was reached on the river
bank when by mastery exhibition OF nerve
and daring the coach was turned in scarce its
own length. and the horses brought TO stand
still before the pale lookers-on could realize
what had occurred. "A purse was raised Dy
General Scott and presented to Mr.. HaskeiI
with high compliments for his skill and bra
Notwithstanding all his strength and his
robust constitution, the strain of continuous
work and exposure proved too much Tor Mr.
Haskell's constitution. The constant Joltlng
Of the coach and the necessarily cramped POI
sition in which he was obliged to sit, con-
tributed TO this end, and at times he was
obliged to abandon driving altogether
Speaking of this period he said
Il found il almost impossible 10 sleep at
night my appetite left me entirely, and had
4 tired feeling which / never knew before,
md could not account for
t'Did you give up driving entirelyp
"No tried TO keep up. but it was only
with the greatest effort. This state OF things
continued for nearly twenty years until last
October when went all to pieces"
I'm what way!'
ooh. doubled all up: could not walk with
)ut cane and was incapable OF any effort or
,xertion had constant desire to urinate
both day and night and although | felt like
passing gallon every ten minutes only few
ment Finally it ceased TO flow entirely and
thought death was very near"
What did you do then I"
esWhat should have done long before lis
ten to my wife. Under her advice began
new treatment.
"And with what result n
"Wonderful 1t unstopped the closed pas
sages, and what was still more wonderful reg
ulated the flow The sediment vanished; my
appetite returned and / am now well and
good for twenty more years wholly through
the aid of Warmers Safe Cure that has done
&c.
others
Mr. Haskell's experience is repeated every
day in the lives of thousands of American men
and women An unknown evil is undermin-
ing the existence of an innumerable number
who do not realize the danger they are in until
health has entirely departed and death per-
haps stares them in the face. To neg
lect such important matters is like drift
ing in the current of Niagara above the
Falls