The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1884-02-23
A HUNTERS STORY.
How He Overcome and the Way by
which He was Finally Saved.

An unusual adventure which recently
occurred to your spondent while hunt
ing at Brookmere in this State is so timely
and contains so much that can be made
valuable to all readers, that l 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 a Ia sc swamp, in which the
rabbits could run without difficulty, but
where the hunter constantly broke through
| the thin ice, sinking into the half-lrozen
mire to his knees. Notwithst anding these
| difficulties, the writer had pcrseverel, al
| though very small bag of game was the
| result. While trampinS about Through
| particularly malarial portion OF the swamp,
middle aged man suddenly came inlo
! view carrying a muzzle loading shoi-g
| and completely loaded down with game of
! the finest description. Natural curiosity,
| aside from the involuntary envy that in
! stinctively 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 game"'
Right here, i'll the swamp"
ITS pretty rough hunting in these parts,
| especially when man goes up to his waist
| every other step"
| Yes, it's not very pleasant, but i am
used 70 it and done mind it,"
| "How long have you hunted hercabouts"
| "Why, bless you, have lived here most
of my life and hunted up to ten years ago
| every year"
" How does it happen you omitted the
| last ten YearsW
Because was scarcely able to move,
| much less hunt"
Z" don't understand your"
| "Well, you see, about ten years ago, aft
| er l had been tramping around all day in
this same swamp, felt quite pain in my
ankle. l didn't mind it very much, but it
| kept troubling me for a day or two, and
could see that itkept increasing. The next
| thing l knew, | felt the same kind of pain
in my shoulder and found it panied me
to move my arm. This thing kept going
on and increasing, and though l tried to
shake off the feeling and make myself think
it was only little temporary trouble, l
found that it did not go. Shortly after this
my joints began to ache at the knees and
finally became so bad that had 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 swampW
"No, didn't know what to lay it to, but
L know that l was in misery. My joints
swelled 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
tue 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 sensl-
tive that would sit bolstered up in the
chair and call to people that entered the
room not 10 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 again my blood seemed
to be boiling and my brain to be on fire"
Didn't you try to prevent all this
agony"
"1ry, should think did try. 1 tried
, every doctor that came within my reach
and all the proprietary medicines | could
hear of. L used washes and liniments
1 enough to last me for all time, but the only
reHet received was by injections of NOR
phine."
"Well, you talk in a very strange man
ner for man who has tramped around on
day like this and in n swamp like this.
How in the world do you dare to do itP
Because l am completely well and as
. sound as a dollar. 1t may seem strange,
hut 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"
And so you now have no fear of rheu
matism"
"Why, no. Even if it should come on,
can easily get rid of it by using the same
remedy"
. The writer turned to leave, as IL was
growing dark, but before had re ached 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 twentytfour hours all rain and in
Illumination had disappeared. If any read
I er is suffering from any manner Of rheu.
: matte or neuralgia troubles and desires re-
q lief let him by all means try this same
great remedy. And if any readers doubt
the truth OF the above Incident or its state
ments let them write to A. A. Coates
Brookmege, N. ", who was the man Will
Z whom the writer conversed, and convince
y themselves Of It's truth or falsitY. ]. L. Q