Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1884-06-28
THE sTAeE.pRIvERs STORY.
How General SCOTS Life was Saved
and How His Driver Twice
Escaped Death.

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, he felt like photographer over
the discovery of some rare volume of
forgotten lore" Mr.. Haskell, al
though one of the pioneers in stage
driving Che formerly ran from Lewis.
ton 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 mountain near Lewiston with
no Less parsonage than 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 gallop. Gain
ing additional momentum with each
revolution of the wheels the coach
swayed and pitched down the noun
tain side and into the streets of Lewis,
ton. Straight ahead at the foot of
the steep hill flowed the Niagara river,
towards 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 a mastery exhibition 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 &C.
CURED. A purse was raised by Gen.
Scott and presented to Mr.. Haskell
with high compliments for his skill
and bravery.
Notwithstanding all his strength and
his robust constitution the strain of
continuous work and exposure proved
too much for his 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
81 found it almost impossible to
sleep at night; my appetite left me
entirely and | had tired feeling which
| never knew before and could not &C,
count for"
"Did you give up driving entirely?'
"No. tried to keep up but it was
only with the greatest effort. Thi;
state of things continued for nearly
twenty years until last October when
l went all to pieces"
"In what way?"
"Oh, l doubled all up; could not
walk without cane and was incapable
of any effort or exertion. | had con
slant desire to urinate both day and
night and although | felt like passing
gallon every ten minutes only 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 them"
"What / should have done long be-
fore; listen to my wife. Under hel
advice 1 began new treatment"
"And with what RESULT"
Wonderful. 1t unstopped the
closed passages and what was still more
wonderfully regulated the flow. Tht
sediment vanished; my appetite return
ed and am now we'll and good fol
twenty more years wholly through the
aid of Warmers Safe Cure that ha
done wonders for me as we'll as for 81
many others"
Mr.. Haskell's experience is reported
every day in the lives of thousands o
American men and women. An I'm
known evil is undermining the exist
ence of an innumerble number who d,
not realize the danger they are in I'm
! til health has entirely departed ant
death perhaps stares them in the face