The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-06-11
AN ARMY EXPERIENCE.

n and Lived 20 Impair a WARNING TO Others.
A pleasing occurrence which has just come
n oair notice In connection with the New
York State meeting o. the Grand Army OF
the Republic is so unus ial in many respects
that we venture to reproduce 1t for the bene-
fit Of our readers. tn.
Cnptain Alfred Rensom, OF New York, while
pacing in the lobby of the armory preyiocs 70
one OF the meetings, suddenly stopped ana
scanne the face Of gentleman who was IN
earnest conver;atSn with one OF the ,t ut'l ha
had seen that face before, partially OBJ
cared by the smoke of battle, and yet
this bright and peasant countennnce
could not be the same pale, and death IKE
yieage which he so dim,y rem mlerei' ~
tho recollection, lie Ban luos ghos., wo 10
rot "down" Mt command and hauntod MN
the entire day On the day following he
ayain saw TIE same countenance, ana WIZ
tired TO speak to its owner The instant tne
two veterans heard each others vol o. .hae
instant they r cJgnized ard call ID eacn oen,T
hynam Their 70 es and forms mad cnahseu,
but their vol O, we're the same. Inc IN III
whom Captain Rensom had rec Jgni2ed was
Mr.. w. X. Sage, of st. Joln', Mich, vet,
tran Of the 23l N. Y. LiIht ARTILLERY AMI
10. h members of Burnsides famcu exp d.
ton to North Caroline. AIT The frst greet
inps wera over Cnp din r ON said
ut hardly o,ms p, sSiDle, Sa e, to sec you
In this condi on for thous hit you must havo
been dend lonr ago.
yes. / do not doubt IT, for II am not mis-
taken, when we last met was occupying
couch in the hospital, a victim OF 1eiio"
Jack in its worst form"
II remember. The war seems to have
faused more misery since its close than when
Il was in progress replied tho captain. 81
meet old comrades frequently who nre suffer
Ing terribly. not so much from old wounds as
from the nalarial posons which ruined their
constitutions
II think so myself. When the war closed
returned home and at times | would feel
well, but every few weeks that COMPOUNDED
'all-gone' feeling would com, upon me again.
Ny nervous system, which was shattered in
the service, failed me entirely and produced
one of III, worst possible cases Of ner-
yous dyspepsia Most of the time l
had no app lite: then again woul b come
rayenously hungry, but the minute sat down
parched, my II, sh loose and Rabby. | could
hold nothing on my stoma' h for days at ut
a time, and what little | did eat failed 10 as.
initiate | was easily fatgued; my NUM-
was depressed vas GRO and irritable and
many a night my heart would pain me SO !
couli not sleep, and when ! did lad horrid
dreams aad irig itful nightmares. Of course,
til, so things cam On me one b. one, en- h
worse than the other. Ny br ath was ioil,
nv tongre was coated. my teeth de aged.
had terrific he da hes which would cave my
nervous s,st m completely shattered. In
fac my cxi tence, sine til war, has been a
living death, from which have often prayed
for re ease"
"Couldnt the old surgeon do YOU any
poodn
~ wrote him and he treated me, but like
every other doctor, failCd. They all sal my
nerve was gone and without that to build
upon could not get We |. When was at
INV wost. niles of the everest nature came
uron me Then nv liz or gave ont and with
,ut the rse OF cathartics ! colId 10. move
the hnve's MT oll Nv bl, cd got Il @ a stream