Weekly Chillicothe crisis., 1884-06-26

How General Scott's Life was Saved and How
His Driver Twice Escaped Death.

His Driver Twice Escaped Death.
The traveller of the present day, as
he is hurried along by the lightning
express, in its buffet cars and palace
slecpers, seldom reverts in thought to
the time when the stage coach and
packet were the only means of COM
munication between distant points. 1t
is rare that one of the real old-time
stage drivers is met with nowadays
and when the writer recently ran
across Fayette Haskell, of Lockport,
N. Y, he felt like bibliograper over
the discovery of some rare volume of
forgotten lore" Mr.. Haskell, al
though one of the pioneers in stage
driving Che formerly ran from Lewis
ton to Niagara Falls and Buflalo), is
hale and hearty and bids fair to live
for many years. The strange stories
of his early adventures would fill
volume. At one time when going
down n mountain near Lewiston with
no less a parsonage than General Scstt
as passenger, the brakes gave way
and the coach came on the heels of the
wheel horses. The only remedy was
to whip the leaders to a gallop. Gain
ing additional momentum with each
revolution of the wheels the coach
swayed and pitched down the mountain
side and into the streets of Lewiston.
Straight ahead at the foot of the steep
hill flowed the Niagara river, towards
which the four horses dashed appar-
emily 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 a
mastery exhibition of nerve and dar-
ing, the coach was turned in scarce its
own length and the horses brought to
a stand still before the pale lookers-on
could realize what had occurred. A
purse was raised by General Scott and
presented to Mr.. Haskell with high
compliments for his skill and bravery.
Notwithstanding all his strength and
his robust constitution the strain of
continuous work and exposure proved
too much for Mr.. Haskell's constitu-
tion. The constant iolting of the
coach and the necessarily cramped po-
sition in which he was obliged to sit,
contributed to this end, apd at times
he was obliged to abandon driving al
together.
Speaking of this period he said:
81 found it almost impossible TO
| sleep at night; nv appetite left me en-
tirely and had tired feeling which
never knew before and could not ac-
count for.n
"Did you give up driving cntirelyP"
mo. | tried to keep up but it was
only with the greatest effort. This
state of thing continued for nearly
twenty years until last October when l
went all to pieces.
"In what way?"
"Oh, doubled all up; could not
walk without cane and was incapa-
bic of any effort or cxertion. / had n
constant desire to urinate both day
and night and although felt like pass
ing a gallon every ten minutes only a
few drops could escape and they thick
| WIN sCNihVul' IIndlIl IL 'VhoCu W
flow entirely and thought death was
very near
"What did you do then?"
"What | should have done long be-
fore; listen to my wife. Under her
advice | began new treatment"
"And with what rcsultP"
"Wonderful. 1t unstopped the closed
passages and what was still more Won
derful regulated the flow. The sedi-
mcnt vanished; my appetite returned
and | am now well and good for twcn-
ty more years wholly through the aid
of Warmers Safe Cure that has done
wonders for me as well as for so many
! Others
, Mr.. Haskell's experience is repeated
every day in the lives Of thousands o
American men and women. An un
known evil is undermining the exist
cncc Of an innumcrablc number VIII,
do not realize the danger they are il
until health has entirely departed an,
, death perhaps starcs them in the face
, To neglect such important matters i
like drifting in the current of Niagar
above the Falls.