St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-03-01
A HUNTERS STORY.
How He was Overcome and the Way by
which He was Finally Saved.
(Correanondence Sr2trit al the TYnnea.l

An unusual adventure which recently
occurred to your correspondent while hunt
ing at Brookmere in this State is so timely
and contains SO much that can be made
valuable to all readers, tha6 I venture to
reproduce it entire:
The day was a most inclement one and
the snow quite deep. Rabbit tracks were
plentiful, but they principally led in the
direction of la, ge swamp, in which the
rabbits could run without difficulty, but
where the hunter constantly broke through
the thin ice, sinking into. the half-frozen
mire to his knees. Notwithstanding these
difficulties, the writer had perseyered, al
though very small bag of game was the
result. While tramping about through a
particularly malarial portion Of the swamp,
a middle aged man suddenly came inJo
view carrying a muzZle loading Shotgun
and completely loaded down with game of
the finest description. Natural curiosity,
aside from the involuntary envy that in
sfinctively arose, prompted the writer to
enter into conversation with the man, with
the following result:
. You've had fine success, where did you
get all that gamep'
6 hight here, in the swamp"
It's pretty rough hunting in these parts,
especially when man goes up to his waist
every other STEP"
:" Yes, it's not very pleasant, but l am
uSoti ana uOl'G NINA
"How long have you hunted hereabouts?"
"Why, bless you, / have lived here most
of my life and hunted up to ten years ago
every year.n
" How does it happen you omitted the
last ten yearsn'
g Because l was scarcely able to move,
much l-ss hunt"
g don't understand you?n
8 Well, you see, about ten years ago, aft
er had been tramping around all day in
this same swamp, I felt quite pain in my
ankle. didn't mind it very much, but it
kept troubling me for day or two, and I
could see that itkept increasing. The next
thing knew, l felt the same kind of pain
in nv shoulder and / found it panied me
to move my arm. This thing kept going
on and increasing, and though tried to
shake off the feeling and make myself think
it was only a little temporary trouble,
found that it did not go. Shortly after this
my joints began to ache at the knees and
finally became so bad that bad to remain
In the house most of the time"
And did you trace all this TO the fact that
you had hunted so much in this swamp"
mo, didn't know what to lay it to, but
knew that / was in misery. My joints
sweIled until it seemed as though all the
flesh | had left was punched at the join S;
my fingers crooked in every way and some
of them became double-jointed. In fact,
every joint in my body seemed to vie with
the others to see which could become the
largest and cause me the greatest suffer.
ing. In this way several years passed on,
during which time was pretty nearly
helpless. became SO nervous and sensi-
tive that would sit bolStered up in the
chair and call to people that entered the
room not to come near me, or even touch
my chair. While all this was going on,
felt an awful burning heat and fever, with
occasional chills running all over my body,
but especially along my back and through
my shoulders. Then againiny blood seemed
to be boiling and my brain to be on fre.N
Didn't you try to prevent all this
agonyp'
every doctor that came within my reach
and all the proprietary medicines could
hear of. used washes and liniments
enough to last me for all time, but the only
reHef received was by injections of NOR
phine."
81 Well, you talk in a very strange man
ner for man who has tramped around on
q day like this and in a swamp like this.
How in the world do you dare to do itY'
6 Because / am completely well and as
sound as dollar. Tt may seem strange,
but it is true that was entirely cured; the
rheumatism all driven out of my blood; my
Joints reduced to their natural size and my
strength made as great as ever BEFORE by
means of that great and simple remedy,
Warmers Safe Rheumatic Cure, which
believe saved my life"
q And SO you now have no fear Of rheu-
matisfnW
"Why, no. Even if it should come on, I
can easily get rid of it by using the same
remedy"
The writer turned to leave, as it was
growing dark, but before had reached the
city precisely the same symptoms had
just heard described came upon me with
great violence. Impressed with the hunt
er's story, tried the same remedy, and
within twenty-four hours all rain and in
fammation had disappeared. If any read
er is suffering from any manner Of rhen-
matte or neuralgia troubles and desires re-
lief let him by all means try this same
great remedy. And if any readers doubt
the truth OF the above incident or it's state
ments let them write to A. A. Coates,
Brookmere, y. T., who was Che man with