Connecticut western news., 1884-07-02
THE srAGEDRIyERs STORY.


 How His Driver Twice Esgapcd Death.
 The traveller of the present day, as he is hur- ried along by the lightning express, in its but. fet cars and palace sleepers, seldom rcverts in thought to the time when the stage coach and packet were the only means Of communication between distant points. lt is rure that one oi the real old time stage-drlvers IS met with now a-days, and when the writer recently ran across Fayette Haskell, of Lockport, N. N', he felt like n bibiographer over the discovery ot some rare volume of forgotten lore. Mir Haskell, although one of the pioneers m stage driving lhe formerly ron from Lewiston to Niagara Falls and Buffalol, is hale and hearty and bids fair to live for many years, The strange stories of his carly adventures would till vol ume At one time when going down noun tain, near Lewiston, with no less a parsonage than General Scott ns . 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. Gaining addi- tional momentum with each revolution of the wheels the coach swuyed 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 the four horses dashed, apparently to certain death. Yet the firm hand never relaxed it's hold nor the clear brain it's conception of what must be done m the emergency. On dashed the horses unt1 the narrow dock was reached on the river n and daring, the coach was turned in scarce its own length, and the horses brought toa stand still before the pale lookers-on could realize what had occurred. A purse was raised by General Scott and presented to MT 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 Tor MT, Haskell's constitution. The constant Jolting of the coach and the necessarily crampcd po- sition in which he was obliged to sit, con tributed to this end, and at times he was obliged to abandon driving altogether.
 Speaking of this period he said: "l found it almost impossible to sleep at night; my appetite left me entirely, and had a tired feeling which l never knew before, and could not account for"
 ''Did you give up driving entirelyf
 ''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 wayp
 "Oh, doubled all up; could not walk with. out a cane and was incapable of any effort or exertion. had a constant desire to urinato both day and night and although felt like passing gallon every ten minutes only a few drops could escape and they thick with sedi ment Finally it ceased to flow entirely and thought death was very ncar.n VI uaL Nllu you up NHNH
 "What should have done long before lis ten to my wife Under her advice l began Q new treatment
 "And with what result in
 "Wonderful. It unstoppcd the closed pas sages, and what was still more wonderful reg. ulated the flow. The sediment vanished, my | appetite returned and l am now well and | good for twenty more years wholly through | the aid of Warmers Safe Cure that has donC wonders for mo as well as for so many | others
 Mir Haskells experience is repeated every | day in the lives of thousands of American mon and women. An unknown evil is undermin, | ing the existence of m innumerable number \ who do not roalize the danger they are in until health has entirely departed and death per | haps stares them in the face To neg lect such important matters is like drift | ing in the current of Niagara above th, | Falls
 WE are never so good as when we pos | T..Al l.