The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-07-04
THE sTAGE.DRIvER's STORY.

How His Driver Twice Escaped Death.
The traveller of the present day, as he is hur
ried along by the lightning express, in its buf
let cars and palace sleepers, seldom reverts
thought to the time when the stage coach an
packet were the only means of communicated
between distant points. 1t is rare that one d
the real old time stage-drivers is met with now
e-days, and when the writer recently ra
across Fayette Haskell, of Lockport n Y, h
telt like photographer over the discovery d
some rare volume of forgotten lore.n Mn
Haskell, although one Of the pioneers in stag
driving lhe formerly ran from Lewiston d
Niagara Falls and Buffalo, is hale and heart
and bids fair to live for many years The strangX
stories OF his early adventures would fill vol
ume. At one time when going down noun
tain, near Lewiston, with no less n personag|
than General Scott as passenger, the brake
gave way and the coach came on the heels d
the wheel horses The only remedy was
whip the leaders to a gallop. Gaining add
tional momentum with each revolution of tn
wheels the coach swayed and pitched dow
the mountain side and into the streets of Lew
iston. Straight ahead at the foot of the stee
hill flowed the Niagara river, toward whic
the four horses dashed, apparently q
relaxed its hold nor the clear brai
its conception of what must be done i
the emergency. On dashed the horses unit
the narrow dock was reached on the rive
bank, when by mastery exhibition of nerv
and daring the coach was turned in scarce it
own length, and the horses brought to stan
still before the pale lookers-on could realiz
what had occurred. A purse was raised bI
General Scott and presented to Mr.. Haske I
with high compliments for his skill and bra
very
Notwithstanding all his strength and h i
robust constitution, the strain of continuou
work and exposure proved too much for NJ
HnSKnIlG constitution ha MT N
of the coach and the necessarily cramped pc
stion in which he was obliged to sit cor
tributed to this end, and at times he wa
obliged to abandon driving altogether.
Speaking of this period he said;
VI found it almost impossible to sleep
night; my appetite left me entirely, and ha
tired feeling which | never knew befort|
and could not account for"
"Did you give up driving entirelyp
"No. l tried to keep up, but it was onl !
with the greatest effort. This state of thing
continued for nearly twenty years until las
October, when | went all to pieces"
SIN what way1'
cob, doubled all up; could not walk will
out a cane and was incapable of any effort d
exertion. | had a constant desire to urinatI
both day and night and although felt liB
passing gallon every ten minutes only a fej
drops c. I'll escape and they thick with sedI
ment. Fl ially it ceased to flow entirely andI
thought d ath was very near"
"What did you do then p
"What should have done long before Lii
! ten to my wife. Under her advice began
/ new treatment"
"And with what result ~
"Wonderful. 1t unstopped the closed pad
sages and what was still more wonderful RED
ulated the flow. The sediment vanished; mi
appetite returned and l am now well AM
good for twenty more years wholly throug|
, the aid of Warmers Safe Cure that has don
wonders for me as well as for so mani
others"
Mr. Haskell's experience is repeated ever
day i'll the lives of thousands of American me|
and women An unknown evil is undermilI
ing the existence of an innumerable numbd
who do not realize the danger they are in unit
health has entirely departed and death pei
haps stares them in the face. To ned
lect such important matters is like drift
ing in the current of Niagara above til
Falls.