Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-05-02
A HUNTERS STORY.
How He was Overcome and the Way
by which He was Finally Saved.
Correspondence Spirit of the Times.)

Correspondence Spirit of the Times.)
| An unusual adventure which recently
occurred to your correspondent while
hunting at Brookmere, in this State, is so
timely and contains so much that can be
made valuable to all readers, that | ven
ture 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 q large 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 persevered, al
! though very small bag of game was the
result. While tramping about through IA
particularly malarial portion of the
swamp, middle-aged man suddenly
came into view, carrying a Misunderstanding
shotgun and completely loaded down with
game of the finest description. Natural
curiosity, aside from the involuntary envy
| that instinctively arose, prompted the
| writer to enter into conversation with the
man with the fOlowing.result:
you've had fine success; where did
you get all that game"
Right here, in the swamp"
Its pretty, rough hunting in these
parts, especially when a man goes up to
his waist every other STEP"
YES, its not very pleasant, but l am
used to il and don't mind it,
How long have you hunted herea-
bouts"
"Why, bless you, have lived here most
of my life and hunted up to ten wears ago
every year"
How does it happen you omitted the
last ten years."
Because was scarcely able to move,
much less hunt"
81 don't understand you
well, you see, about ten years ago, af-
ter had been tramping around all day in
this same swamp, felt quite pain in my
ankle. didn't mind it very much, but it
kept troubling me for day or two, and
could see that it kept increasing. The
next thing knew, felt the same kind of
pain in my shoulder and l 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 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 |
had to remain in the house most of the
time"
And did you trace all this to the fact
that yom had hunted so much in this
swamp"
NO. / didn't know what to lay it to, but
| knew that ! was in misery. My joints
swelled until it seemed as though all the
flesh had left was punched at the joints;
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 again my
blood seemed to be boiling and my brain
| to be on fire."
Didn't you try to prevent all this
agony"
every doctor that came within my reach
and all the proprietary medicines could
hear OF. l used washes and liniments
enough to last me for all time, but the
only relief received was by injections of
morphine"
We'll, you talk in a very strange man.
ner for man who has tramped around on
a day like this and ina swamp like this
How in the world do you dare to do itr'
bctstuSc All COUipictely well ana as
sound as dollar. II may seem strange.
but ii 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 1
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 it was
growing dark, but before had reached the
city precisely the same symptoms l 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 pain and in
flammation had disappeared. II any
reader is suffering from any manner Of
rheumatic or neuralgia troubles and de-
sires relief let him by all means try this
same great remedy. And if any readers
doubt the truth of the above incident or
its statements let them write to A. A.
Coates, Brookmere, n. Y, who was the
man with whom the writer conversed,
and convince themselves of its truth or ITS
falsity. JRC