Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-07-11
THE sTAGE-DRIvER,s STORY.
Hew General Scott's Life was Saved and
How His Driver Twice Escaped
Death.

The traveller Of the present day, as he 10
hurried along by the lightning express, in
It's buffet cars and palace sleepers, seldom
reverts in thought to the time whom tbs
stage coach and packet wore tho only
means OF communication between distant
points. It is rare that one Of the real old
time stage drivers is met with nowadays
and when the writer recently ran across
Fayetts Haskell, of Lockport, N. Y, he
1eit like . bibliographsr over the discovery
OF some rare volume of forgotten lore"
Mr. Haskell, although one Of the pioneers
in stage driving Che formerly ran from
Lewiston to Niagara Falls and Buffalo) is
hale and hearty and bids fair to live for
many years. The strange stories Of his
early. adventures would fill a volume. At
one time when going down q mountain
near Lewiston with no less a parsonage
than General Scott as a passenger, the
brakes rave way n the coach came on
the heels Of the wheel horses. The only
remedy was to whip the leaders to a gal.
lop. Gaining additional momentum with
each revolution of the wheels the coach
swayed and pitched down the mountain
side and into the streets of Lewiston.
Straight ahead at the foot of the steep hill
flowed the Niagara River, towards which
the four horses dashed, apparently to Ger.
tain death. Yet the firm hand never re.
Taxed its hold nor the clear brain it's con.
ception of what must be done in the emer.
gehcy. On dashed the horses until the
narrow dock was reached on the river bank,
when by q masterly oxidation Of nerve
and daring, the coach was turned in scarce
its W length and the horses brought to a
stand still before the pale lookers-en could
realize what had occurred. A purse was
raised by General Scott and presented to
MI. Haskell with-high compliments for his
skill and bravery.
Notwithstanding all his strength and
his robust constitution the strain Of con.
tanueus work and exposure proved too
much for Mr.. Haskell's constitution. The
constant jolting of the coach and the neces-
sarily cramped position in which he was
obliged to sit, contributed to this end, and
at times he was obliged to abandon driving
altogether.
Speaking of this period he said:
II found it almost impossible to sleep at
night; my appetite left me entirely and I
had q tired feeling which I never knew be-
fore and could not account fer"
Ibid you give up driving entirely?"
mo. 1tried to keep up but it was only
With the greatest effort. This state Of
things continued for nearly twenty years
until last October when I went all to
pieces"
Sin what way?"
ooh, I doubled all up; could not walk
without a cano and was incapable of any
effort or exertion. had q constant desire
to urinate both day and night and although
l felt like passing q gallon every ten min
utes only q few drops could escape and
they thick with sediment. Finally it
ceased to flow entirely and I thought death
was very near"
"What did you do thsnw
"What I should have done long before:
listen to my wife. Under her advics I be-
gan q new treatment"
"And with what resultW
Wonderful. 1t unstopped the closed
passages and what was still more wonder
full regulated the dow. The sediment van
ished: my appetite returned and'I am now
we'll and good for twenty more y~earswholly
through the aid of Warner's Safe Cure
that has done wonder for me as we'll as
for 80 many Others"
Mr.. Haskell's experience is repeated ev-
Dry day in the lives Of thousands Of
American men and women. An UNKNOWN
evil is undermining the existence Of an In
Vulnerable number who do net realise the
danger they are in until health has entire.
~ departed and death perhaps starss item
in the face. To neglect UGH Important
matters is like drifting in the current OF
Niagara above the Fails.
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