St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-04-05
A HUNTERS STORY.
How He was Overcome and tho Way b
which He was Finally Saved.

Correspondence Spirit Of the IImes.)
An unusual adventure which recently
occurred to your correspondent while hunt
ing at Brookmere in this State is so timely
and contains SO much that can be made
valuable to all readers, that ! venture to
reproduce it entire:
The day was a most inclement one and
the snow quite deep. Rabbit tracks were
plentiful, but they principally led in the
direction of a In sc swamp, i'll which the
rabbits could run without difficulty, but
where the hunter constantly broke through
the thin zee, sinking into the half-froZen
mire to his knees. Notwiths anding these
difficulties, the writer had perseverel, al
though very small bag of game was the
result. While tramping about through 4
particularly malarialport o. the swamp,
u middle aged man suddenly came INFO
view carrying a muZZ,e loading sho gun
and completely loaded down with game of
the finest description. Natural curiosity,
aside from the involuntary envy that III
stinctively arose, prompted the writer to
enter into conversation VITA toe man, with
the following result:
"Iou've had fine success, where did you
get all that game:"
"Right Lere, in the swamp"
Its pref. y rough hunting in these parts,
especially when a man goss up TO his waist
every other STEP"
"Yes, it's not very pleasant, but ! am
used to it and DOM mind it."
''How long have you hGnte d hereatouts:"
"Why, Hess you, | have lived here most
of my life and hunted up to ten years ago
every year."
How does i. happen you omitted the
because was scarcely able to move,
much l-sS hunt"
IL don't understand your"
"Well, You see, abou. ten years ago, aft
er had leen tramping around al day i'll
this same swamp, felt quite pain in my
ankle. didn't mind it very much, hut ~
kept troubling me for a day or two, and
could see that it kept increasing. TIE next
thing / knew, | felt the same kind of pain
in my shoulder and found it panied me
to move my arm. This thing kept ,oing
on and increasing, and though l tried TO
shake oil the feeling and make llys elf think
it was only little tempo airy trouble,
found that it did not go. Shorty after this
my joints began to ache a the knees and
finally became SO bad that Lad to 1T main
in the house most of the time"
''And did you trace all this to the fact that
YOU had hunte | so much in this swamp"
"No, didn't know what to lay it to, but
knew thas l was in misery. My joints
swelled until it seemed as though all the
flesh l had left was punched at the join S;
my fingers crooked in every way and sons
of them became IL uble-ioin;ed. In fact,
every joint in NV body seemed TO vie with
the otiers to see which could become the
largest and cause ME the greatest suffer.
Ing. In this way several years passed on,
during which time l was pretty ncariy
helpless. L became SO nervous and sensl.
tive that l would sit bolstercd up in the
chair and call TO PEOPLE that entered the
room not to come near me, or even touch
my chair. While all this was going o.,
felt an awful burning heat and fever, with
occasional chills running all over my body,
but especially along my back and through
my shoulders. Then again my blood seemed
to be boiling and my brain 10 be on fire."
Didn't you try to prevent all this
agony"
"1ry, should think I did try. tried
every doctor that came within my reach
and all the proprietary medicines l could
hear of. / used washes and liniments
enough to last me for all time, but the only
relief received was by injections of NOR
phine."
"Well, you talk in a very strange man.
ner for man who has tramped around OH
day like this and in swamp like this.
How in the world do you dare to do it!'
Because l am completely well and as
sound as dollar. 1t may seem strange,
but it is true that was entirely cured; the
rheumatism all driven out of my blood; my
joints reduced to their natural size and my
strength made as great as ever before, by
means of that great and simple remedy,
Warmers Safe Rheumatic Cure, which l
believe saved my life"
"And so you now have no fear of rheu-
matism:"
"Why, no. Even if it should come on, I
can easily get rid of it by using the sane
remedy"
The writer turned TO leave, as it was
growing dark, but before hadreached the
city precisely the same symptoms had
just heard described came upon me with
great violence. Impressed with the hunt
er's story, tried the same remedy, and
within twenty-four hours all rain and in
flammat;on had disappeared. If any read
er is suffering from any manner of rheu-
matte or neuralgia troubles and desires re-
lief let him by all means try this same
great remedy. And if any readers doubt
the truth of the above incident or its state
ments let them write to A. A. Coates,
brookmere, n. Y, who was the man with
whom the writer conversed, and convince
themselves of its truth or falsity. j. X. G.