The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-06-06
A THRILLING EPISODE.

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On one of the darkest and stormies1 nights
of the recent unusual winter the express of
one of the leading New York railroads was
moving westward from Albany. The engines
headlight threw strong reflection in advance,
but the storm was so binding it vas almost
impossible TO distinguish anything even ut a
short distance. Under such circumstances in
stinct necessarily takes the place of sight. All
seemed to be going we'll when, in an
instant, the engineer reversed his engine APP
piled the air brakes and came to full stop.
why he did so he could not tell any more than
any of us can account for the dread of COM
ing disaster and death, and to the wondering
inquiry of his fireman, he simply said 81
feel that something's wrong.n Selling
lantern he swung himself down from the
cab and went forward to investigate.
Everything appeared to be right, and lie was
about to return to his engine when his eye
caught sight of peculiar appearance at the
joint of the rail next to him. Brushing the
accumulated snow away, he looked moment,
and then uttered an exclamation of horror.
The rails on both sides had been unspiked and
would have turned over the instant the engine
touched them. What inspired this attempt
at train-wrecking is unknown, but it was pre-
sumed the confederates of some prisoners who
were on the train hoped, in the confusion of
an accident, to deliver their friends.
Engineer John Donohoe, of Albany, to
whose wonderful instinct was due the saliva
!
why he stopped his engine, said:
~ can't tell why. only know felt some
thing was wrong"
'Do you have these feelings often when
upon the road!' continued the writer.
"No,. very seldom, although for the past
twenty years l have been in a condition to
feel apprehension at almost anything"
'How is thatp
"Why, | have been victim of one of the
worst cases of dyspepsia ever known. / have
been to M hpl nc l-a hone dc
of others, l am compelled to work whether
able or not. Indeed when it first began
had only loss of appetite, a faint feeling
that would not go away and n bad taste in the
mouth, but finally got those terrible craving
and gnawing feelings that make life SO UNI
bearable and are known as general debility.n
'What did you do.'
81 tried physicians until I became discour-
aged gave eight different ones fair tests
but none of them benefited me- | then tried
proprietary medicines, but they failed, like
wise. 1t looked pretty dark for me so far as
any more peace or enjoyment in this world
were concerned and became terribly discoul-
aged"
You certainly do not look that way now. "
''Oh no, indeed am in perfect health now"
was the reply, "and ] propose to continue So
My NERVOUSNESS is entirely gone; | can sleep
nights; the aching numbness has disappeared;
the pale, slckly appearance has given place to
the color Of health and / have readily put on
flesh. This is what Iva, been accomplished by
means of Warmers pecanoe If [ can be
cured after a chron Iuess of nearly quar-
ter of a century | believe all suffering in a
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Such is the testimony Of a man who could
detect and remove unseen danger on the road,
but could not remove the dangers from within
his own system until brought face to face with
the great preparation above-named which did
SO much for him and can do as much for all
those who require it,
THE Louisiana rice crop aggregates $50, coo
/ barrels this ve1r