Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-06-26
THE srAGE-DRrvER,s STORY.
How General SCOTS Life was saved ana
How His Driver Twice Escaped
Death

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The traveller of the present day. as he
Is hurried along by the lightning ex-
press IN us ouftet cars and palace sleep
eIS, SELDOM reVerts In thought to the
time When the stage coach and packet
were tne only means of communication
between distant points. Tt 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 a biblio-
grapher over the discovery of some vol
ume Of forgotten lore" Mr.. Haskell.
although one Of the pioneers in stage
driving.-he formerly ran from Lewis
ton to Niagara Falls and Buffalo-is hale
and hearty and bids fair to live for many
years. The strangestories of his adven-
lures would fill volume. At one time
when going deAn mountain near Lew
lston, with no less a parsonage than Gen.
Scott 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 gallop. Gaining
additional momentum with each revo-
luton 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, apparently to certain
death. Yet the firm hand never relaxed
its hold or 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 daring the coach was turned in
scarce its own length, and the horses
brought to standstill before the pale
lockers on could realize what had &C.
Cured. 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 con-
t1nuous work and exposure proved too
much for Mr.. Haskell's constitution. The
constant .jolting of the coach and the
necessarily cramped position in which he
was obliged to sit, contributed to this end,
and at times he was obliged to abandon
driving altogether.
Speaking Of this period he said:
81 found it almost impossible to sleep
at night; my appetite left me entirely
and l had a tired feeling which I never
knew before and could not account for
did you give up driving entirely?'
No. tried to keep up but it was on
ly with the greatest effort. This state OF
things continued for nearly twenty years
until last October when | went all to
pieces"
SIN what way?"
ooh, I doubled all up; could not walk
without cane and was incapable of any
effort or exertion. had constant de-
sire to urinate, both day and night and
although I felt like passing a gallon every
ten minutes only few drops could es-
cape and they thick with sediment. FL
nally it ceased to flow entirely and I
thought death was very near"
"What did you do thenW
"What [ should have done long before:
listen to my wife. Under her advice I
began a new treatment"
"And with what result?"
Wonderful. It unstopped the closed
passages and what was still more won
derful regulated the flow. The sediment
vanished my appetite returned, and I
am now well and good for twenty more
years, wholly through the aid of Warmers
Safe Cure, that has done wonders for me
as well as for so many Others"
MIR. HaskelPs experience is repeated
every day in the lives of thousands OF
American men and women. An unknown
evil is undermining the existence of an
innumerable number who do not realize
the danger they are in until health has
entirely departed and death perhaps
stares them in the face. To neglect such
important matters is like drifting in the
current of Niagara above the Falls.