Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-06-27
THE sTAGE.DRIy' ER,S STORY.
How General sco' IS Life was Saved,
and How .fis Driver Twice
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The trayele-. of the present day. as he is
hurried alo .lg by the lightning express, IN
its buffet. cars and palace sleepers, seldom
reverts in thought to the time when the
stage coach and packet were the only
r.1eans of communication between distant
points. 1t is rare that one of the real old
time stage-drivers is met with nowadays,
and when the writer recently ran across
Favette Haskell, of Lockport, n. Y, he
felt like a photographer 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 10 live tor
many years. The strange stories OF his
carly adventures would fill d volume. AT
one time when going down a mountain
near Lewiston with no less a parsonage
than General Scott as passenger, the
brakes gave way and the coach came on
the heels of the wheel horses. The only
remedy was to whip the leaders 10 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 10 Ger
tain death Yet the firm band never re-
Taxed its hold nor the clear brain its con-
ception of what must be done i'll the e1uer-
gcncv On dashed the horses until the
narrow dock was reached on the rver
bank, when, by a mastery eXhlbluon OF
nerve and daring, the coach was turned IN
scarce its own length and the horses
brought to a standstiIl before the pale
lookers-on could realize what had occurred:
A purse was raised by General Scott and
presented to Mr. Haskell with high com
|. pliments for his skill and bravery.
Notwithstanding all his strength and his
robust constitution, the strain OF contInu-
Gus work and exposure proved too much
| for Mr. HaSkells constitution. The con-
slant iolting of the coach and the necessa-
rily 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:
Il found it almost impossible TO sleep at
| night My appetite left me entirely, and
had tired feeling which L never knew be-
| fore and could not account for"
Did you give up driving entirely"
No. 1 tried to keep up, but it was only
with the greatest effort. This state OF
| things continued for nearly twenty years,
until last October, when l went all to
pieces"
- In what way"
"Oh, | doubled all up. Could not walk
without cane and was incapable of any
effort or cxerton. | had a constant desire
TO urinate, both day and night; and al
though | felt like passing gallon every
ten minutes, only few drops could escape,
and they thick with sediment. Finally II
ceased to flow entirely, and thought death
was very near
What did you do them"
What ! should have done long before
listen TO my wife. Under her advice /
| began a new treatment.
And with what result"
Wonderful 1t unstopped the closed
passages, and, what was still more wonder
full, regulated the flow. The sediment van
| ished, my appetite returned, and | am now
well and good for twenty more years
wholly through the aid of Warmers Safe
Cure. that has done wonders for me as well
as for so many others"
Mr. Haskell's experience is repeated ev-
erv day i'll the lives of thousands of Amer
lean men and women. An unknown evil
is undermining the existence OF an innu'
merable number, who do not realize the
danger they are in until health has entirely
departed, and death perhaps stares them il
the face. TO neglect such important mat
tiers is like drifting in the current of Mag
ara above the falls.