The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1884-07-23
THE sTAGE.DRIyER,s STORY.

How His DRYER Twice Escaped Death.
The traveller Of the present day, as he is hur-
ried along by the lightning express, in its buff
fet cars and palace sleepers, seldom reverts in
thought to the time when the stage coach and
packet were the only means Of communication
between distant points. IL is rare that one OF
the real old time stage-drivers is met with now
a-days, and when the writer recently ran
across Fayette Haskell, of Bockport, N. Y, ne
felt like photographer over the discovery Of
some rare volume of forgotten lore.n Mr..
Haskell, although one of the pioneers in stage
driving lhe formerly ran from Lewiston to
Niagara Falls and Buffalo, is hale and hearty
and bids fair to live for many years The estrange
stories of his early adventures would fill n vol
ume. AT one time when going down a noun
TAIN near Lewiston, with no less 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 to n gallop. Gaining addi-
tional momentum with each revolution of the
wheels the coach swayed and pitched down
the mountain side and into the streets of Lew
iston. Straight ahead at the foot of the steep
hill flowed the Niagara river toward which
the four horses dashed, apparently to
certain death Yet the firm hand never
relaxed its hold nor the clear brain
its conception of what must be done in
the emergency. On dashed the horses until
the narrow dock was reached ON the river
and daring, the coach was turned i'm scarce its
own length, and the horses brought TO stand
still before the pale lookers-on could realize
what had occurred A purse was raised by
General Scott and presented to Mr.. Haskell
with high compliments for his skill and bra
very.
Notwithstanding all his strength and his
robust constitution, the strain of continuous
work and exposure proved too much for Mr..
Haskells constitution. The constant jolting
OF the coach and the necessarily cramped po-
sitlon in which he was obliged to sit, con-
tributed to this end, and at times he was
obliged to abandon driving altogether.
Speaking of this period he said:
81 found it almost impossible to sleep at
night; my appetite left me entirely, and had
a tired feeling which | never knew before,
and could not account for"
"Did you give up driving entirelyp
''No. l 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 | went all to pieces"
"ln what waym
ooh, doubled all up; could not walk with
out cane and was incapable of any effort or
exertion. had constant desire to urinate
both day and night and although felt like
passing gallon every ten minutes only few
drops C nj escape and they thick with sedi-
ment HI lally it ceased to flow entirely and
thought d sath was very near.n
''What did you do then Z"
"What l should have done long before lis
ten to my wife. Under her advice l began a
new treatment
"And with what result ~
Wonderful 1t unstopped the closed pas
sages, and what was still more wonderful reg
ulated the flow. The sediment vanished 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.. Haskelrs experience is repeated every
day in the lives of thousands of American men
! ing the existence of an innumerable number
who do not realize the danger they are in until
health has entirely departed and death per-
haps stares them in the face. To neg
lect such important matters is like drift
ing in the current of Niagara above the
Falls