Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-06-27
TIE srAGE.pRIYER,s STORY.

How General scoft,s Life was saved and
Tliow His DriyeI Twice EseaPea Death.
The traveller Of the present day. rs he Is hur-
l1ed along by the lightning express, in its buff
fet cars and palace sleepers, seldom reverts in
thought TO the time when the stage coach and
packet were the only means of communication
between distant points 1t 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. he
felt like photographer over the discovery Of
some rare volume Of forgotten 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 formany years The strange
stories of his carly adventures would fill a vol
ume. At one time when going down a noun
tain, near Lewiston, with no less a parsonage
than General Scott as 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
tho four horses dashed, apparently to
cartoin death. Yet the firm hand never
relaxed its hold nor the clear brain
is conception of what must be done in
the emergency On dashed the horses until
tho narrow dock was reached on the river
TANK. when by mastery exhibition of nerve
md daring, the coach was turned in scarce its
avn length, and the horses brought to a stand
It'll before the pale lookers-on could realize
what had occurred. A purse YVES raised by
General Scott and presented to Mr.. Haskell
with high compliments for his skill and bra
very.
Notwithstanding all his strength and his
robust constitution, the strain of continuous
work and exposure proved too much for Mr.
llaslicll's constitution. The constant jolting
az the coach ond the necessarily cramped po
siton in which he was obliged to sit, con-
tributcd 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 eft me entirely, and had
tired feeling which | never knew before,
and could not account for"
''Did you give up driving entirely"
"No. l 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
SIn what wayT'
ooh, doubled all up; could not walk with
cut q cane and was incapable of any effort or
cxertion. l had a constant desire to urinate
both day and night and although felt like
Iassing gallon every ten minutes only few
drops could escape and they thick With sedi.
rlenU. fmalIy IL ceased 10 HOW enLuely anal
thought death was very near"
"What did you do then Z"
"What should have done long before lis
zen to my wife. Under her advice began
new treatment"
"And with what result ~
"Wonderful. 1t unstopped tn, closed pas
sages, and what was still MOI W )lderful reg
'dated the flow. The sediment vanished; my
appetite returned and l am now weH and
good for twenty more years wholly through
he aid of Warmers Safe Cure that has done
wonders for me as well as for SO many
Cthersn
Mr.. Haskells experience is repeated every
Gay in the lives ofthousands of American men
aud women. An unknown evil is under1nin-
ing the existence Of an innumerable number
who do not realize the danger they are in until
health has entirely departed and death per-
laps stares them in the face. To neg
loct such important matters is like drift
lug in the current Of Niagara above the
Falls