Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-07-16
THE STAGE.DRIyER'S STORY.

How General SCOUTS Life was saved and
How His Driver Twice Escaped Death.
The traveller Of the present day, as he is bur
ried along by the lightning express, in its buff
fet ears and palace sleepers, seldom reverts in
thought 20 the time when the stage coach and
packet were the only means Of communication
between distant points Ii 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 Lockport, n Y, be
felt like q photographer over the discovery OF
some rare volume OF forgotten lore Mr..
Haskell although one Of the pioneers in stage
driving lhe formerly ran from Lewiston IL
NIAGARA Falls and Buffalo,, is hale and hearty
and bids fair TO live for many years. The strange
stories Of his early adventures would fill vol
nme At one time when going down a noun
tain near lewiston with no less parsonage
tlan General Scott as a 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 a 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
bank. when by mastery exhibition OF nerve
and dqriuc, the coach was turned in scarce its
own length, and the horses brought to stand
still before the pale lookers-on could realize
what nau Occur. eli. purse was alSed by
General Scott and presented to Mr.. Haskell
with high compliments for his skill and bra
Notwithstanding all his strength and his
robust constitution, the strain of continuous
work and exposure proved too much for Mr..
Haskell's constitution. The constant Joltlng
of the coach and the necessarily cramped po
sition 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:
Il found it almost impossible to sleep al
night; my appetite left me entirely, and had
"A tired feeling which | never knew before,
and could rot account for.
lid you give up driving entirely"
mo. | 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"
In what wayT
ooh, | doubled all up: could not walk with.
ont a cane and was incapable OF any effort or
xertion had "a constant desire to urnate
both day and night and although felt like
passing a gallon every ten minutes only few
drops could escape and they thick with sedi
ment. Finally it ceased to flow entirely andl
thought death was very near"
hat did you do then q
What I should have done long before lis.
zen to my wife. Under her advice | began a
row 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 we'll as for so many
Others"
Mr. Haskell's experience is repeated every
iay in the lives of thousands of American men
and women An unknown evil is undermn-
ing the existence of an innumerable number
who do not realize the danger they are in until
health has c"rirely departed and death per-
haps stares them in the face. To neg
lect such important matters is like drift
ing in tn. current of Niagara above the
Falls