The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-05-31
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AN ARMY EXPERIENCE.
How an Old Veteran Els ca ped An
initiation al d Lived to Impart
a warning to Others.

National Tribune of Washington
A pleasing occurrence which has
Just come to our notice in connection
v ii the New York state meeting of
the Grand Army of the Republic is
80 unusual in many respects that VT
venture 10 reproduce, il for The benefit
of our r, iers.
Captain Alfred Rensom, of New
YuIk, while pacing III The lObu. of
the armury previous TO one OF the
meetings, suddenly stepped and
scanned the face OF u gentleman whu
WAS in earnest conversation with one
Of tue GRAND Army Officers. 1t
seemed to HIM that LIE ha seen thai
face before, parti ally : bsrured 10y the
smoke of battle aud yet this bright
and pleasant c~ountenauce could not
be the same pale and death-like vi,-
age, which he so dimiy reuIem cred.
But the recollection, like Bau4uo's
ghost, would not down" at COM
lnand, and haunted him the entire
day. On the day following he again
aW he same cuuntenance, and yen>
tured to speak to its owner, The in
slant the two veterans heard each
others voices that instant they re-
cognized and called each other by
name. Their faces and forms had
changed, but their voices were the
same. The man whom Captain
Rensom had recognized was Mr.. w.
X Sage, of st. Johns, Mich, a
veteran of the 23d New York Light
Artillery and both members OF Burn
sides famous expedition to North
Carolina. After the first greetings
were over, Captain Rensom said:
ut hardly seems possible, Sage, to
see you in this cOndlticn, tor |
thought you must have Teen dead
long ago."
YES, l do not doubt it, for if [ am
not mistaken when we last met | was
occupying 4 couch in the hospital, u
vi tim Ut ~ elbow JACK" in It's worst
FORM"
IL remember. The war seems to
have caused more misery since its
close than when it was in progress"
replied the captain. II meet old
comrades frequently who are suffer
ing terribly, hot so much from old
wounds as from the maiarial Prisons
which ruined their constitutions"
II think SO myself. When the
war closed / returned home and at
times / would feel we'll, but every
few weeks that coDftuuded 'all-gone'
feeling would come upon me again.
My nervous system, which Was
8 altered in the service, failed me
entirely and produced one of the
worst possible cases of nervous dys-
pepsia. Most of the time | had no
appetite, then again l would become
ravenously hungry, but the minute I
sat down to eat l Iuathed food. My
skin Was dry and parched, my flesh
loose and habby. l could hold
nothing on NY stomach for days at
time, and what little 1 did eat failed
10 assimiIate. l Was easily tatigueu, |
my mind was depressed, l was cross |
and irritable. and many a night my !
heart would pain me 50 l could not |
sleep, and wh,n l did / had horrid |
dreams and frighttul nightmares. OF
course, these Kings came Oh me one
by one, each worse thai tie other. |
My breath was Oul, my tongue vas
coat d. my teeth 0ecayed. I had
Terrific headaches which would
leave my nervous system completely
shattered. In fact, MY existence,
since the war. has been a living
death, from which l have often
prayed for release"
Couldn't the old surgeon do you
any good?:'
II wrote him and he treated me,
but like every other doctor, failed.
they all ga d IN nerve Was gone and
without that to build upon l could
not get we'll. When l was at my
worst piles of the severest nature
came upon me. Then my liver gave
and without the use OF cathartlcs
| could not move my bowels ut all.
My blood got like a stream of fire,
and seemed literally to burn me
I'VE !, you might better have died
in battle, quick and without cere-
mony."
How many times have I wished
| had died the day we Captured
And yet you are now the picture
of health"
Aud the picture is taken from
life. / am in perfect condition. NV
nerve tone is restored; my stomach
relnvlgorated; my flesh Ia hard and
lealthy; In fact, I have new blood,
energy, and. q new lease of life,
wholly as the result of using Warm
er's Tjplecanoe. This remarkable
which I consider the
hnest tonic and stomach restorer in
world, has overcome all the evil
influences of malaria, all the poison
Of the army, all traces of dyspepsla.
Ill mal-assimilation of food. and. in
deed made a new man of me-"
The captain remained silent for
awhile evidently musing over his
recollections Of the past. When be
again raised mis- head he said:
1T would be a godsend if all the
veterans who have suffered so in
tensely and also all others in the land |
who are enduring so much misery
could know of your experience, Sage. 4
md the way by which you have
oeen restored"
And that is why the above con-
rersatiOn is recOunted.
B. N. ANDERSON,
Dealer in ,