Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1884-07-05
AN ARMY EXPERIENCE.


asx Oh vessr.s Essee.pea Ans,h,i.sie,
A pleasing occurrence which has ju-t como
to our notice in connection with the New
York State meeting o. the Grand Army OF
tho Republic Is 30 uuus ll in many respects
thai We venture to reproduce it for the bene-
fit Of our readers.
Captain Alfred Rensom OF New York. while
one OF the meetings, suddenly stopped and
scanne the faceof a gentleman who was ID
earnest conversation with one OF tie Grand
Army officers. ? 1t seemed to him that he
had seen hat face be:ore, partially Oh.
&C red by the smoke OF bate, and yet
could not be the am pale, and death like
vi age which h. SO dim'y rem-mtere1 lu.
the r. collection, Ike Ban luos ghos-, VIC: Id
not down" at command and hau ted bum
the entire day. On the day following he
asaln Jaw tie same countenanoe, and ven
tired to speak to its ow ner. The instant the
two veterans heard each ether vol g.. that
Instant they r C gnized aed caued each OH r
tyname. Their ia es and for. Ms had chan led,
but their vol es were thu sane. The man
whom Captain Renson had rec ,gnized was
Nj. w. 4. Sage, of ST. joins, Nj, h, q vet,
TO b members of Burnsides fam u eypadi-
ton to North Carolina. AIT T the first greet
ings were over, Cap ain R n ON said:
ut hardly Gems p sSiole, Sa e, to see you
In this condition, for l thou bit you mus. have
Teen dead long ago"
Yes, I do not doubt it, for il am not mis-
taken, when we last met / was occupying q
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. II
meet old comrades frequently who ere suffer
ing terribly, not SO much from old wounds as
from the malarial poisons which ruined tneu
constitutions"
II think so myself. When the war Closed
/ returned home and at times l would feel
well, but every few weeks that confounded
'all-gone' feeling would come upon me again.
My nervous system, which was shattered IN
the service, failed me entirely and produce
one of the worst possible cases OF ner,,
yous dyspepsia Most Of the time
had no appetite; then again | woul | b come
r~avenously hungry, but the minute | sat d
to eat l loathed food. My skin was dry an
parched, my flesh loose and tiabby: l cou'e
hold nothing on my stona b for days at a
a time, and what little | did eat failed TO as
similate. l was easily fatigued; my mn,
was depressed; was Gro S and irritable nlit
many a night my heart would pain me- so
could not sleep, and when | did | bad horrit
dreams and frightful nightr ares OF course
these things cam, on me one by ono, ca
worse han the other: My br ath was 10 II
my tongue was coated, my teeth de aged.
l Idu CtTI1uC UciUd 10 "ulCu NOuht iCtNC Al.
nervous system completely shattered l.
fac, my existence, since tn war, has been
living death, from which ] AVE often Fraye'
for release"
Couldn't the old surgeon do you an
goodr'
Il wrote him ard he treatedm me, but lik
every other doctor, failed. They all sal | m
nerve was gone and without that to buil
upon l could not get vel. When l was g
my worst, piles of the severest nature cam
upon me. Then my liver gave oat and will
out the Use Of cathartics | could not NOV
the bowels at all. My blood got ike a sfreal
of fire and seemed literally to burn me a i've:
"Well, you might better nave died
battle, quick and without ceremony"
elbow many times | wished l had died tt
day we captured Newberne"
"And yet you are now the picture
"And the picture is taken from life. I a
stored; my stomach refrigerated; my fe
is hard and healthy; in fat I have new bloc
new energy and a new lease of life wholly
the result Of using Warmers Tippecano
This remarkable preparation, which l co
slider the finest tonic and stomach ~restorer
the world has overcome all the evil influenc
OF malaria, all the poison of thu army, q
traces of dysper STA, al mal-essimilation
food, and indeed made a new man OF me-
The captain remained silent for a viii
evidently musing over HIS recol!ections
the past When he again faisedhis head
said:
"It wou'd be a godsend II all the vetera
who lave suffered 80 intensely and also {
others in the land who are enduring 80 mu'
misery could know OF your experience, Sag
and TIE way by which you have been !
AMI that is why the above conversation
recounted-Ndtional Tribune, Of Washin
ton.