Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-05-08
AN ARMY EXPERIENCE.
How AN Old Veteran Escaped Annihi-
IatiOn ana Lived To gnpart
warning TO Others.
National Tribune of Washington.


A pleasing occurrence which has jus
come TO our notice in connection wit
the New York state meeting OF tn
Grand Army of the Republic is so unu
sual in many respects that we ventur
to reproduce it for the benefit of on
readers.
Captain Alfred Rensom, of New YOrl
while pacing in the lobby of the armory
previous to one of the meetings, sud
denly stopped and scanned TIT
face of gentleman who wa
in earnest conversation with ont
of the Grand Army officers. 1t seemed
to him that, he had seen that face be
fore, partially obscured by the smoke
of battle, and yet this bright and pleas
ant countenance could not be the same
pale, and death-like visage, which hi
so dimly remembered, But the recol'
lection, ike Banquo's ghost would not
"down" at command and haunted him
the entire day. On the day following
| he aoair saw the same countenance,
and yentured TO speak TO its owner.
The instant the two veterans heard each
others voices, that instant they recog-
nized and called each other by name.
Their faces and forms had changed, but
their voices were the same. The man
whom Captain Ransom had recognized
was Mr.. w. X. Sage, OF ST. Johns,
Mich, veteran of the 23d n. Y. Light
Artillery and both members OF Burn
sides famous expedition to North Car
DINA. And after the first greetings
were over Captain Rensom said:
II. hardly seems possible, Sage, TO
see YOU i'm this condition, for l thought
you must have been dead long age"
Eyes. | do not doubt it, for il I am
not mistaken, when we last met was
occupying couch in the hospital, n
victim of yellow Jack" in its worst
FORM"
al remember. The war seems to
have caused more misery since its close
than when it was in progress said the
Captain. IL meet old comrades ne
quently who are suffering terribly, not
so much from old wounds as from ma
larial poisons which ruined their consti-
tutions."
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
come upon me again. My nervous sys-
tenn, which was shattered in the serv.
ice, failed me entirely and produced
one of the worst possible cases OF nerv-
Gus dyspepsia Most of the time | had
no appetite; then again | would be-
come ravenously hungry, but the min
ute sat down TO eat | loathed food.
Ny skin was dry and parched, my flesh
loose and flabby. l could hoid moth
ing on my stomach Cor days at a time,
and what little did eat failed to as.
simulate. / was eaily fat,gued; my mind
was depressed; / was cross and irrita-
BILE and many a night my heart would
pain me so l could not sleep, and when
| did 1 had horrid dreams and ffightful
nightmares. OF course, these things
came IN one by one, each worse than
the other. My breath was foul, my
tongue was coated, my teeth decayed:
| had terrific headaches which would
leave my nervous system completely
shattered. In fact my existence, since
the war, has been living death. from
which | have often prayed for release.
Couldn't the old surgeon do you any
good?'
II wrote him and he treated me, but
like very other doctor, failed. They
all said my nerve was gone and without
that to build upon could not set well.
When | was at my worst, piles OF the
severest nature came upon upon me.
Then my liver gave out and without the
use of cathartics could not move my
bowels at all. My blood got like a stream
of fire and seemed literally to burn me
alive"
well you might better haze died in
battle, quick and without ceremony"
How many times 1 have wished l
had died the day we captured New
berne!"
And yet you are now the picture OF
health"
"And the picture is taken from life. L
am in perfect condition. Ny nerve tone
is restored; my stomach reinvigorated;
my flesh is hard and healthy; in fact |
have new blood, new energy and new
lease of life wholly as the result OF using
Warmers Tppecanoe. This remarka-
BILE preparation, which 1 consider the
finest tonic an stomach restOrer in
the world, has overcome all the evil in
Huences of ma.aria, all the poison of
the army, all traces of dyspepsia, all
mal-assimilation of food, and indeed
make a new man OF me
The Captain remained silent for
while, evidently musing over his rec
objections of the past When he again
raised his head, he said:
ut would be god-send if all the vet
Grams who have suffered so intensely
and also all others in the land who are
enduring SO much misery could know
of your experience, Sage, and the way
by which you have been restored.
And that is why the above converse
ton is recounted.