Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-05-06
AN ARMY EXPERIENCE.
How an Old veteran Escaped Annihila-
ton and Lived to Impart
Warning 10 Others.
,yo,ie.,, Tribune AZ Washington

(Natie-r' Tribune a. Washington
/ A pleasing occurrence vafch has just come
I To our notice I'm connection with the New
l York state meeting of the Grand Army OF the
Republic Is so unusual I'm many respects that
] we venture to reproduce 1t tor the bon eht OF
/ our readers.
j Captain Alfred Rensom, of New YORK, while
pacing in tho lobby OF the armory, previous 10
/ one of the meetings, suddenly stopped and
L scanned the face OF gentleman who was In
Il earnest conversation with one OF the GrSnd
Il Army officers, IL seemed to him that he hES
/ seen that face before, partially obscured by
Il the smoke OF battle, and yet this bright and
pale and death.iike visage, which he 40 dimIy
remembered. But the recollection, like Ban
L quo's ghost, would not " down" at command
Il and haunted him the entire day. on the day
Il following he again saw the same coun teuanc ce,
and venturod to speak TO its owner. The in.
Il slant the two veterans heard each others
voices, that instant they rccogniz al and called
each other by name. Their faces and forms
had changed, but their voices were the same.
Il The man whom Captain Rcnsom had recog.
l nized was Mr.. W. X, Sage, OF st. Johns, Mich,
l veteran OF the 2}d n. \. Light Artillery and
both members of Burnsido's famous Cxpcdi.
ton TO North Carolina. After the first greet.
ings were over, Captain Reusom saidi
l at hardly seems possible, Sage to see you
been dead long ago"
Yes, do not doubt it. for II am not mis-.
/ couch In the hospital, a victim OF yellow
Il Jack I'm Its worst turm,n
81 remember. The war seems to have caused
/ more misery since its close than when 10 was
l in progross," replied the Captain ~ meet
| old comrades frequently who are suffering
/ terribly, not so much from Old wounds as from
| the nalarlal poisons which ruined their con.
i stitutions."
| 81 think so myself when the war closed /
/ returned homo and at times would feel well,
i but every few weeks that contounded all
| gone feeling would come upon me again.
l My nervous system, which was shattered
in the service, failed me entirely and
produced one OF the worst possible cases
OF nervous dyspepsia Most Of the time |
Il I htp ~ nt
| ravenously hungry, but the minute l sat down
TO eat loathed food. Ny skin was dry and
, plrched, my tesh loose and habby. | could
| hold nothing on my stomach Tor days al a
| time, and what little did eat failed to asSim,
uate. was easily fatiguCd my mind was
depressed l was cross and irritable and
many night my heart would pain me so tnat
| could not sleep, and when did bad hOrrit
, | dreams and frighlful nightmares. or course
these things came on one by one, each worse
than the other. My breath was foul. my
tongue was coated, my teeth decayed. hao
\ | terrific headaches which would leavcmy nerv
. | Gus system completely shattered. In fact my
| existence, since the war, has been u living
J death, from which have often prayed fol
. release"
"Couldnt the old surgeon do you any
: good ?"
j. Il wrote him and he treated me. but llk,
Y every other doctor, failed. They all said my
, | nerve was gone, and without that to built
; upon could not get well. when | was at my
! | worst piles of the severcst nature came upoi
: me. Then my liver gave ont, ana without thC
! | use OF cathartics could not move my bowels
Il
| seemed literally to burn me alive
| "Well, you might better have died in battle
: quick ana without ceremony"
" How many times have wished had dicu
Q the day we captured Sewberne!'
a :" And yet yol are now the picture o
= health"
And the picture Is taken from life am
| In perfect condition. Ny nerve tone Is .e-
V stored; my stomach rcinvl gOra'eI my Hest
; IL hard and healthy In fact I have new
!. blood new energy and new Lease OF III,
u | wholly AS the result OF using Warmers Iippn
q | canoe. This remarkable preparation, when
. | consider the finest tonic and stomach restore
u in the world has overcome all the evil intu
Id | ences OF malaria, all the poison OF the army
ne all traces Of dyspepsia all mal.asstmilauon q
food, and indeed made q new man OF me-
i The captain remained silent tor while, ey
ed | denuy musing over his rccOllcCtiOn- OF IN
be past. when he again raised his head he sal
"lt would be godsend II all the veteran
who have suffered so intensely and also "a
D.; Others In the land who are enduring so mu c
or misery could know OF your experience, sag
and the way by which you nave been II
| stored"
st And that is why the above conversation
lie reCOunted.