National Republican., 1884-04-04

How nn Old Veteran Escaped Annihila-
ton and Lived to Impart u Warning
to Others.
National Tribune Of Washington.
A pleasing occurrence, which has just come
to our notice in connection with the New
York state meeting of the Grand Army of tho
Republic, is SO unusual in many respects that
we venture to reproduce 1t for the benefit of
our readers.
Capt. Alfred Rensom, Of New York, while
pacing in the lobby of tho armory previous
TO ono of tho meetings, suddenly stopped aud
scanned the face of q gentleman who was in
earnest conversation with one of tho Grand
Army officers. 1t seemed to him that he had
seen that face before, partially obscured by
the smoke of battle and yet this bright and
pleasant countenance could not bo the same
pale and death-like visage which he so dimly
remembered But the recollection like Ban
quo's ghost. would not down" at command,
and haunted him the entire day. On the day
following he again saw the same counte-
nance and ventured to speak to its owner
The instant the two veterans heard each
others voices that instant they recognized
and called each other by name. Their faces
and forms had changed but their voices were
the same. Tho man whom Capt Rensom
had recognized was Mr.. w. X. Sage, of st.
Johns, Mich, q veteran of the 23d New York
| Light artillery, and both members Of Burn
sides famous expedition to North Carolina
After the first greetings were over Capt. Rem
som said:
ut hardly seems possible, Sage, to see you
| in this condition. for thought you must have
been dead long ago."
"Yes, do not doubt it, for if am not mis-
taken, when VIC last met was occupying a
couch in the hospital, q victim of Yellow
Jack in its worst form"
II remember. The war seems to have
caused moro misery since its close than whom
it was in progress" replied the Captain. IL
meet old comrades frequently who are suffer-
ing terribly, not so much from old wounds as
from the malarial poisons which ruined their
constitutions"
II think so myself When the war closed
/ returned home, and at times ! would feel
we'll, but every few weeks that confoundod
! 'all-gone feeling would come upon me again.
My nervous system, which was shattered in
the service, failed mo entirely and produced
one of the worst possible cases of nervous
dyspepsia. Most of the time had no appe.
tite; then again ] would become ravenously
hungry, but the minute i sat down to eat |
loathed food. My skin was dry and parchod,
my flesh loose and habby. l could hold
nothing on my stomach for days at q time
and what little did eat failed to assimilate
L was easily fatigued; my mind was depressed
| was cross and irritable, and many might
my heart would pain me so l could not sleep
and when 1 did l had horrid dreams anC
frightful Nightmares. OF course, these thing
came on one by one, each worse than tn,
other. My breath was foul. my topgu,
was coated and my teeth decayed. l hat
terrific headaches which would leave IN,
nervous system completely shattered. In fact
my existence, since the war, has been Living
death, from which have often prayed for re
lease"
Couldn't tho old surgeon do you an.
good?"
II wrote him and he treated me, but lik
every other doctor, failed. They all said m.
nerve was gone and without that to BULL
upon l could not get well. When l was a
my worst, piles of the severest nature cam
upon me. Then my liver gave out, an,
without the use Of cathartics / could no
move my bowels at all. My blood got like
stream Of fire, and seemed literally to bur
me alive"
"Well, you might better have died II
. battle-quiclc, lad without ceremony"
How many times have | wished l ha
died the day We captured Newberne"
And yet you are now the picture
health"
"And tho picture is taken from life. 1 al
in perfect condition. My nerve tone
restored my stomach reinvigorated; my ties
| is hard and healthy-in fact, have ne
. blood, new energy, and new lease of lif
!. wholly as the result of using Warmers Til
4 pecanoe. This remarkable preparation
. which consider the finest tonic and stomac
Q restorer in the world, has overcome all til
i evil influences of malaria, all the poison
+ the army, all traces of dyspepsia, all ma
assimilation of food, and, indeed, made
new man Of me-"
The captain remained silent for a Will
: evidently musing over his recollections
J. the past. When he again raised his head b
. sad
4; ut would be o Godsend if all the veteran
who have suffered SO intensely, and also q
/; others in the land who are enduring so muC
misery, could know of your experienc
Sage, and tho way by which you have bee
restored"
And that is why the above conversation
| recounted.