The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-02-21
A HUNTERS STORY.

A HUNTERS STORY.
How he was Overcome and tho way
by Which he was Finally Saved.
Correspondents Spirit Of the Times.
An unusual adventure which recently
occurred to your correspondent while
hunting at Brookmere in this state is so
timely and contains so much that can be
made valuable to all readers, that I ven
ture to reproduce 1t entire:
The day was most Indictment one and
the snow quite deep. Rabbit tracks
wero plentiful, but they principally led
in the direction of a large swamp, in
which the rabbits could run without diff
ficulty, but where the hunter constantly
broke through the thin ice, sinking into
the half-frozen mire to his knees. Not
outstanding these difficulties, the writ
er had preserved: although very small
bag Of game was the result. While
tramping about through a particularly
malarial portion of the swamp. middle
aged man suddenly came into view, car
rying a muzzle loading shot gun and COM
gletely loaded down with game of the
finest description. Natural curiosity,
"o'u0 nOu! SH0 AASO'uA'01y envy tuHG
instinctively arose, prompted the writer
with the following result:
"You've had fine success, where did
you get all that gamer?
Fright here, in the sw mp"
"lts pretty rough hunting in these
part., especially when man goes up to
his waist every other STEP"
Eyes, it's not very pleasant, but am
used to it and don't mind it,"
GLOW long have you hunted here.
abouts."
"Why, bless you, I have lived here
most Of my life and hunted up to ten
years ago every year"
"How 'es i happen you omitted the
last ten years."
BECAUSE I was scarcely able to move.
II don't understand you?"
well, you see, about ten years ago,
after had been tramping around all day
in this same swamp, felt quite pain in
my ankle. didn't mind it very much,
but it kept troubling me for day or two,
and could see it kept increasing. The
next thing knew, felt the same kind
OF pain in my shoulder anu I found it
panied me to move my arm. This thing
kept going on and increasing, and though
tried to shake off the feeling and make
myself think it was only little temper.
airy trouble, found that it did not 20.
Shortly alter this my joints began to ache
at the knees and finally became SO bad
that l had to remain in the house most
of the time"
"And did you trace all this to the fact
that you had hunted 20 much in this
swamp"
mo. I didn't know what to Law it to,
but l knew that l was in misery. Nv
joints swelled until it seemed as though
all the flesh I had left was punched at
the joints; my fingers crooked in every
way and some of them became double
jointed In iact, every joint in my body
seemed to vie with the others to see
which colid become the largest and
cause me the greatest suffering. In this
way several years passed on. during
which time l was pretty nearly helpless.
| became so nervous and sensitive that
would sit bolstered up in the chair
and call people that entered the room
not to c,me near me. or even touch my
chair. While all this was geirg on, I
felt an awful burning he t and fever,
| with occasional chills running all over
| my body, but especially along my back
and through my shoulders Then again
my blood seemed 70 be boiling and my
brain 10 be on fire."
Didn't. you try to prevent all this
agony?"
Try. I should think did try. I tried
every doctor that came within my reat
and all the proprietary medicines could
hear of. used washes and linime nts
enough to last me for all time, but the
only relief l received was by injections
of morphine"
well. you talk in very strange man.
| ner for man, who has tramped around
| on day like this and in Il swamp like
this. How in the world do you dare do
Because I am completely we'll and
sound as dollar. 1t may seem strange,
but it is true that I was entirely cured
the rheumatism all driven out of my
blood; my joint reduced to their nat.
ural size and my strength made as grea,
| as ever before, by means of that great
and simple remedy, Warmers SAFE, Rheu.
matte Cure, which believe saved my
liie."
"And 80 you now have 70 fear ofrheu-
matism?'
why. no. Even if it should come on
remedy"
! The writer turned to leave. as it was
| growing dark, but before had reached
the city precisely the same symptoms
had just herd described came upon me
| with great violence. Impressed with the
! hunters story, tried the same remedy
and within twen,y-four hours all pair
and inflammation bad disappeared. Ifany
reader is suffering from any manner O
rheumatic or neuralgia troubles and de-
sires relief let him by al means try this
Same great remedy. And il any readers
doubtthe truth of the above incidents OF
its statements let them write to A. A
| Coates, Brookmore, N. Y, who was the
man with whom the writer conversed
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