The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1884-05-28
AN ARMY EXPERIENCE.
How an Old Veteran Escaped Annihilatto

How an Old Veteran EsGapea Annd1i!as!on
A pleasing occurrence which has just come
TO our notice in connection with the New
York State meeting OF the Grand Army OF
the Republic Is so unusual in many respects
that we venture to reproduce 1t for the bene-
fit of our readers.
pacing in the lobby Of the armory prev1oust TO
one Of the meetings, suddenly stopped ana
earnest conversation with one Of the Grand
Army officers. It seemed to him that ne
had seen that face before, partially Oh.
sclred by the smoke Of battle, and yet
this bright and pleasant co~untenance
could not be the same pale, and death-1ke
Wage, which he so dimly remembered. Eu,
the recollection, like Ban1uos ghost, Would
not "down'' at command and haunted MIN
the entire day. On the day following ne
again saw tie same co~untenance, ana ven
tured to speak to its owner. The instant the
two veterans heard each. others VOTES, that
instant they r cogniZed and called each other
by name. their ia es and forms had changed,
but their voices were the same. The man
whom Captain Rensom had recognized was
MIR. w. K. Sage, of st. Johns, Mich, q vet.
eran of the 23i N. Y. Light Artillery n
bo.h members of Burnsides famous exp:dl-
ton to North Carolina. Aft r the hrst greet
ings were over, Cap DIN Ren:om said:
"It hardly seems possible, SAGE, to see you
in this condi ion, for I thought you must nave
been dead long ago.
taken, when we last met l was occupying a
couch in the hospital, q victim OF 'Xeho"
Jack in its worst form"
n remember. The war seems to have
caused more misery since its close than when
it was in progress" replied the captain. ~
meet old comrades frequently who are su1er-
ing terribly, not so much from old WOUNDS as
from the malarial poisons which ruined tnen
constitutions"
I returned home and at times | WOULD leei
we'll. but every few weeks that c~onfoundeo
sall-gone' feeling would com upon me again.
Nv nervous system, which was shattered IN
the service, failed me entir Ely and produced
one of th, worst possible cases OF ner-
vous dyspepsia. Most Of the Tune !
had no app,tite: then again l woul1 b 'coHe
ravenously hungry, but the minute l sat dow1
to eat l loaihed food. My skin was Dry ana
parched, my fish loose and tiabby; l couta
hold nothing on my sto mach for days at az
8 milate. I was easily fatigued: my mE1
was depressed: as GRO 8 and irritable ana
many a night my heart wou'd pain me so |
couI1 not S eep, and when I did I had horrid
dreams and fr;ig ltful Nightmares. OF course,
tint So things cam, on me one by one, ea.n
worse than tn, other. My breath was foul
nv tongue was coated, my teeth de;ayeo. l
had terrific headaches which would leave my
nervous syst m compile ely shattered. IN
lac my ext tence, sin. e the war, mas Deen =
liz ing death, from which have often prayed
| for re'ease."
Couldn't the old surgeon do you any
poodl,
:" wrote him and he treated me, but like
every other doctor, failed. They all SAID my
nerve was gone and without that to uild
upon I could not get well. When l was az
my wo-st, piles of the severest nature came
upon me. Then my liver gave out and with
out the Use o. cathartics could no. move
the bowels at all. My blood got ike a stream
of fire and seemed literally to burn me q I've:
"Well, you might better have died In
battle. Quill and without ceremony"
"HoW many times 1 wished l had died the
day we captured NewberneF"
"And yet you are now the picture OF
health"
"And the picture is taken from life. am
! in per q It condition. My nerve tone Is re-
s.ored; my stomach refrigerated; my fe!h
is hard and healthy; in tact I have new blood,
new energy and a new lease of life wholly as
the result of using Warmers Tippecanoe.
This remarkable preparation, which l con-
slider the finest tonic and stomach restorer in
the world has overcome all the evil influences
OF malaria, all the poison Of thu ARMY, al
traces of dyspepsia a nal-ass1mllaaon OF
food, and indeed male new man OF me-"
The captain remained silent for q while,
evidently musing over his recol:ections Of
the past. When he again raisedhis head he
said:
at would be a godsend if all the veterans
who have suffered 80 intensely and also all
others in the land who are enduring so much
misery could know OF your expert, nee, Sage,
and the way by which you have been re-
stored" !
recounted.-Nat,onal Tribune, of Washing
ton.