Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-06-26
THE STAGE DRIVERS STORY.
How Gen. SCOTS Life Was Saved. ant
How His Driver Twice Escaped
Death.

The traveller of the present day as he
is hurried along by tho lightning ex-
press in its buffet cars and palace
sleepers seldom reverts in thought to
the time when the stage coach and
packet were the only means of COM
munication between distant points. 1t
is rare that one of the real old time
stage drivers is met with nowadays,
and when the writer recently ran across
Fayette Haskell, of Lockport, N, Y, no
felt like photographer over the dis
covery of some rare volumes of 'forgot-
ten lore" Mr.. Haskell, although one
of the pioneers in stage driving Che
formerly ran from Lewiston to 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 volume.
At one time when going down a noun
tain near Lewiston with no less per-
sonage than General Scott rs u passen-
ger. the brakes gave way and the coach
came on the heels of the wheel horses.
The only remedy was to whip the lead
ers to q gallop. Gaining additional
momentum with each revolution of the
wheels che coach swayed and pitched
down the mountain side and Into the
streets of Lewiston. Straight ahead at
the foot of the steep hill flowed tue
Niagara river, towards which the four
horses dashed, apparently to certain
death. Yet the firm hand never relax
ed its hold nor the clear brain its con-
ception of what must be done in the
emergency On dashed the horses I'M
til the narrow dock was reached on the
river bank, when by mastery exhibit
ton of nerve and daring the coach was
turned in scarce its own length and the
horses brought to stand still before
the pale lockers 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 bravery.
twithstanding all his strength and
his robust constitution the strain of
continuous work and exposure proved
too much for Mr.. Haskell s constitution.
The constant jolting of the coach and
the necessarily cramped position in
which he was obliged to sit, contributed
to this end, and at times he was obliged
to abandon driving altogether.
Speaking of this period he said:
II found it almost impossible TO sleep
at night; nv appetite left me entirely
and / had a tired feeling which 1
never knew before and could not ac-
count for.
"Did you give up driving entirelyP"
"No. | tried TO keep up but 1t 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 way?"
"Oh, 1 doubled all up; could not
BILE of any effort Or exertion. | had
constant desire to urinate both day
and night, and although | felt like
passing gallon every ten
minutes only a few drops could escape
and they thick with sediment. Finally
it ceased to flow entirely and thought
death was very near"
..What did YOU do then?"
"What l should have done long be-
fore: listen to my wife. Under her adj
vice began new treatment"
"And with what result?"
Wonderful. 1t unstopped the clos
ed passages and what was still more
wonderful regulated the flow. The sedi-
ment vanished; my appetite returned,
and am now well and good for twenty
more years. wholly through the aid of
Warner Safe Cure that has done won
ders for me as well rs for so many
Others"
Mr.. Hnskell's experience is repeated
every day in the lives of thousands of
American men and women. An I'M
known evil is undermining the exist
ence of an innumerable number who do
not realize the danger they are in until
health has entirely departed and death
perhaps stares them in the face. To
neglect such important matters is like
drifting in the current of Niagara above
the Falls.