The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-04-25
AN ARMY EXPERIENCE.
How M Old Veteran Escaped AnnihiIu.
tion aud Lived TO Imnart u Warning

tion aud Lived TO Impart u warnius
to others.
EoitonGI tribune q Washington,
A pleasing occurrence which has JUS
come to our notice Ia connection with the
New York State meeting Of the Grand
Army Of the Republic Ia SO unusual In
many respects that We venture to reproduce
1t for the benefit OF our readers.
Captain Alfred Rensom, OF New York,
while pacing In the lobby OF the armory,
previous to one Of the meetings, suddenly
stopped and scanned the face OF a gentle.
man who WA In earnes! conversation with
one oil tho Grand Army officers. Itseemed
10 him that he had seen that face before,
partially obscured by the smoke al battle,
and yet this bright and pleasant counte.
nance could not be tho same pale
and d~eathlike visage which
be so dimly remembered. But the
recollection, like Banquo's ghost, would not
down at command, and haunted him the
entire day. On the day following he again
saw the same c%ountenance, and ventured to
speak 10 It's owner. The instant the two
veterans heard each others voices, that In.
slant they recognized and called each other
by name. Their faces and forms had
changed, but their voices we're the same.
The mar whom Captain Rensom had rec
ognized WIS MIR. W. X. Sage, OF St. Johns,
Mich, a veteran Of the 23d N. Y, Light
Artillery, and both members OF Buynside,s
famous expedition to North Carolina. al.
ter the first greetings were over, Captain
Rensom said: -
"1thardly SEEING possible, Mr.. Sage, 10 see
you In this condition, for l thought Won
must have been dead long ago."
"Yes, | do not doubt II, for II I am mt
mistaken, when we las. met l was occupy.
Ing q couch in the hospital, q victim Of
yellow jack In Its worst FORM"
II remember. The war seems 10 have
caused more misery since its close than
when 1t was in progress" replied the Cap.
tain. II meet old comrades frequently who
are suffering terribly, not 80 much from
old wounds as from the malarial poisons
which ruined thor constitutions"
u" think so myself. When the war
closed =! returned homo and at times 1
would feel well, but every lew weeks that
.contounded ~'all.gone' feeling would come
upon me again. My nervous system,
which was shattered in the service, failed
mo entirely and produced n OF the werst
possible cases Of nervous dyspepsia. Most
the time l had nc appetite, then again |
would become ravenously hungry, but the
| sat down to eat l loathed food.
My, skin was dry and parched, nv
lesh loose and habby. l could
,oIa nothing on my stomach for
lays at a time, and what little
ana eat failed to assimilate. l was easily
'atlgued; my mind was depressed; I was
TOSS and irritable and many a night NV
heart would pain mo 80 I could not sleep.
md when l did l had horrid dreams and
Nightmares. OF course, these
things came on one by one, each worse
han the other. My breath was foul. INV
tongue was coated, my teeth decsyed, /
had terrific headaches which would leave
my nervous system completely shattered,
10 TACT my existence, since the war, has
been a living death, from which I have
prayed Tor release"
"Couldn't the old surgeon do you any
,ood?"
II wrote him aud he treated me, but
ike every .ther doctor, failed. They all
'ald my nerve was gone and without that |
o build upon l could not get well. When
was at my worst, piles Of the severest
lature came upon me. Then nv liver |
ave out and without the uss oil cathartics
could not move my bowels at all. Ny |
blood got like a stream OF fire and seemed
literally to burn me alive"
swell you might better have died in
battle, quick and without CEREMONY"
"How many times l have wished I had
lied the day We captured Newbernt!m
And yet you are now the picture OF
lealth."
sand the picture is taken from life. RI
I'm in perfect condition. My nerve tone ia
estored; my stomach reinvigorated; nv
leah is hard and healthy; in TACT I have
lew blood, new energy and a new lease OF
lie wholly s the result OF using Warmers
This remarkable preparation.
which | consider the finest tonic and stom.
.ch restorer in the world has overcome all
he evil influences Of malaria, all the pois.
N OF the army, all traces Of dyspepsia, all
ASSASSINATION OF food, and indeed made
nov man ofme."
The Captain remained silent Tor a while
musing over his recollections Of
he past. When he again raised his head
10 said: I-g--
ut would be q godsend il all the veter-
ms who have suffered so intensely and
leo all others in theland who are enduring
o much misery could know Of POUR ex.
'erience, Sage, and the way by which you
AVE been restored"
And that is why the above conversation
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