Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-05-09
AN ARMY EXPERIENCE.
How an Old Veteran Escaped Annihila-
ton and Lived to Impart
Warming to Others
National Tribune of Washington.


National Tribune of Washingtonl
A pleasing occurrence, which has just
come TO our notice in connection with the
New York State meeting of the Grand
Army of the Republic, is SO unusual in
many respects that we venture 10 reproduce
it for the benefit of our readers,
Captain Alfred Rensom, of New York,
while pacing in the lobby of the armory,
previous to one of the meetings, suddenly
stopped and scanned the face of gentle
man who was in earnest conversation with
one of the Grand Army officers. 1t seemed
TO him that he had seen that face before.
partially obscured by the smoke of battle,
and vet this bright and pleasant counter
ance could not be the same pale and death
like visage which he so dimly remembered.
But the recollection, like Banquos ghost,
would not " down" AT command and ii
haunted him the entire day. On the day
following he again saw the same counter
ance, and ventured to speak to its owner.
The instant the two veterans heard each
others voice that instant they recognized
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, veteran of the
23d \. y. Light Artillery, and both mem
bers of Burnside's famous expedition TO
North Carolina. After the first greetings
We're over, Captain Rensom said:
1t hardly seems possible Sage. to see
you in this condition, for | thought you
must have been dead long ago
Yes, | do not doubt it, for if | am not
mistaken, when we last met | was occupy
| ing a couch in the hospital, victim of
Yellow Jack in its worst form
" remember The war seems 10 have
caused more misery since its close than
when it was in progress, replied the Cap
tain = | meet old comrades frequently
who are suffering terribly, not so much
from old wounds as from the malarial poi
sons which ruined their constitutions.
Il think so myself When the war
! closed | returned home, and at times |
would feel well, but every few weeks that
| confounded all-gOne feeling would come
upon me again. My nervous system, which
was shattered in the service, failed me en-
tirely, and produced one of the worst pos
sibie cases of nervous dyspepsia. Most of
the time ! had no appetite; then again
would become ravenously hungry, but the
minute | sat down to eat | loathed food
My skin was dry and parched, my flesh
loose and tiabby. | could hold nothing on
my stomach for days at time, and what
little did eat failed to asSimilate. | was
easily fatigued; my mind was depressed
/ | was cross and irritable, and many night
my heart would pain me so | could not
| sleep and when did had hOrrid dreams
/ and frightful Nightmares. OF course these
! things came on one by one, each worse
/ than the other. My breath was foul, my
tongue coated, my teeth decayed. had
| terrific headaches, which would leave my
nervous system completely shattered. In
/ fact. my existence since the war has been
! living death, from which | have often
! prayed for release
/ Couldn't the old surgeon do you any
good ~
Il wrote 10 him and he treated me, but
! like every other doctor, failed. They all
! said my nerve was gone, and without that
to build on | could not get well. When |
was at my worst, piles of the Sevcrcst ma
| ture came upon me. Then my liver gave
out and without the use of cathartics
could not move my bowels at all. My
/ blood got like a stream Of fire, and seemed
literally to burn me alive
Well YOU might better have died in bat
tie, quick and without ceremony"
How many times | have wished ! had
died the day we captured Newbem -
And vet YOU are now the picture of
health
And the picture is taken from life. /
am in perfect condition. My nerve tone is
restored; my stomach Refrigerated; my
flesh is hard and healthy; III fact ! have
new blood, new energy and Il new lease of
life, wholly as the result of using Warner )
Tippecanoc. This remarkable preparation,
which | consider the finest tonic and stom-
ach restorer in the world, has overcome all
the evil influences of malaria, all the poison
of the army, all traces of dyspepsia, all
mal-assimilation of food, and indeed made
a new man of me-"
The Captain remained silent for while,
evidently musing over his recollcctionS of
the past. When he again raised his head
he said;
" 1t would be godsend if all the veter-
ans who have suffered so intensely, and
also Others in the land who are enduring so
much misery could know of your expert
ence, Sage and the way by which you have
been restored.
And that is why the above conversation
is recOUnted.