Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1884-02-23
A HUNTERS STORY.
How he was Overcome and the Way
by Which he was Finally Saved.

correspondence OF the CplrlI OIL " q 1liner'
An unusual adventure which re.
Gently occurred to your correspond
ent while hunting at Brookmere,
in this State, is so timely and con-
tains so much that can be made valua>
bic to all readers, that | venture to re-
produce it entire:
The day was most inclement one
and the snow quite deep. Rabbit
tracks were plentiful, but they princi
pally led in the direction Of large
swamp, in which the rabbits could run
without difficulty, but where the hunt.
err constantly broke through the thin
ice, sinking into the halt frozen mire
to his knees. Notwithstanding these
difficulties, the writer had persevered,
very small bag of game was the re.
suit. While tramping about through
a particularly malarial portion of the
swamp, middle aged man suddenly
came into view, carrying a muzzle-
loading shotgun and completely loaded
down with game of the finest descrip-
ton. Natural curiosity, aside from
the involuntary envy that Instructive
ly arose, prompted the writer to en-.
ter into conversation with the man,
with the following result:
you've had fine success, where did
you get all that gamer"
Right here, in the swamp"
ats pretty rough hunting in these
parts, especially when man goes up
to his waist every other step"
"Yes, it's not very pleasant, but l
am used to it and don't mind it."
Glow long have you hunted here>
ab0uts?"
"Why, bless you, 1 have lived here
most of my life and hunted up to ten
years ago every day"
GLOW does ic 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,
after | had been tramping around all
day in this same swamp, felt quite a
pain in my ankle. l didn't mind it
very much, but it kept troubling me
for day or two, and l could see that
it kept increasing. The next thing |
knew, | felt the same kind of pain
in my shoulder and 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 tenn.
porary trouble, l found that it did not
go. Shortly after this my joints be-
gan to ache at the knees and | finally
became so bad that had TO remain in
the house most Of the time"
f"And didyou trace all this to the
fact that you had hunted so much in
this swamp"
"No, didn't know what to Law it
to, but | knew that / was in misery.
My pins 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 othersto see which could become
the largest and cause me the greatest
suffering. In this way several years
passed ON, during which time was
pretty nearly helpless. l became so
nervous and sensitive that ! would sit
bolstered up in the chair and call 10
people that entered the room not to
come near me, or even touch my chair.
While all this was going on, l felt an
awful burning heat and fever, with oc.
casional chills running all over my
body, bot especially along my back
and througbmy shoulders. Then again
my blood seemed to be boiling and my
brain to be on re,DsslfRsTT 4"
Didn't you try to prevent this ago
ny?' A ID, v{,.s ~.
Try, l should think I did try. ]
htr;ad evnry dnotor thot -oa1,a xrithir