Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-06-27
A WAR REMINISCENCE.
Scenes at Hatoher's Creek and
Petersburg Recalled.
John B. Scace Speaks to Reporter of
Stirring Scencs-Es Escaped with Slight
Wound, But, Like Other Veterans,
Has Suffered Slncc-A Story
That Reads Like n Page
from History.
From The Albann. N. z, Journal.

From the Albany, ". r, Journal.
When one encounters In print the life story
OF some SCARED veteran of the civil war, q
feeling of admiration and sympathy is the
certain result. Accustomed though we are
to tales of heroism and suffering in everyday
life, there is something peculiarly attractive
about these old war records, serving, MS they
do, as sacred passport to the heart of every
true American. Thousands found their rest
on the field of carnage or in the hospital,
but their comrades, when the struggle was
over and the victory won, returned to their
homes and began anew the battle of life.
John B. Scace, the widely known contrac
tor and building mover of Albany, N. Y,
has had an unusually inter esting life, and
when seen by reporter recently at his
home, No. ID Bradford Street, told of his
many experiences and adventures while
Although having endured all the hardships
and privations of life in the ranks, Mr..
Scace bears his more than half a century Of
years with an elastic step and a keen mind,
taking an active interest in private and pub
lie affairs.
Mr. Scace is amen ber of B erlsshire Lodge,
No. 81, l. o. o. f. He enlis ted in the army
in 1862, in Compan A, Forty-ninth Massa-
chusetts volunteer Infantry, serving under
Col. w. F. Bartlett, First rigade, First Di.
vision, Nineteenth Corps, with which he
participated in some of the hottest battles
of the war, including Port Hudson, Donald.
sonville and Plain Store. where he was
wounded: His time being out he was dis.
| charged, but soon re enlisted as sergeant in
| Company A, Sixty first Regiment, Massa.
chusetts Volunteer Infantry. He was in
the battle of Hatchers Run, the fight about
Petersburg and the bat tie of Sailors Creek.
| After his honorable discharge, June 4,
| 1865, Mr.. Scace returne to Albany and set
tied down once again to his business and
social interests. He has resided in the city
ever since. IL would seem that now, of all
times, his peace and happiness would have
been uninterrupted. Such was not to be the
case, for four years ago, while engaged in
experimenting the raising of the immense
smokestack of the Albany Electric power
house, the lever of u loosened windlass
struck him a heavy blow across the back.
The effect of the blow was not at first APP
parent, he being able to leave his bed in
| few days. But the worst was to follow, for
without warning he was seized with sciatic
rheumatism in all its virulence. Untold
agony followed.
Said Mr.. scace: 81 could not sleep for the
pain. No one will know the tortures the
rheumatism gave me; don't, know how
lived during those days. / became little
more than skin and bones, and it seemed
like life didn't have anything but suffering
in it. Curesl i tried every so-called rheu-
matte cure that was ever invented. gave
| all of them u good trial before / stopped
taking them. My friends and neighbors
recommended remedy after remedy that
they heard of, but my rheumatism went on
just the same. Well, after had almost had
the life tortured out of me, came across q
newspaper account of DR.. Williams Pink
Pills, and l thought l might as well add
another name to the list as not, SO ordered
some of my druggist.
II tell you, / was glad in those days to
hear of anything that could give me any
had taken ttco oorcs that pain began to leave
me. Why, l couldn't understand it; l
couldn't imagine myself being cured. But
before l had taken half-dozen of those
boxes toGs cured. Ihe suffering which had
made my life almost unbearable for SO long
hal disappeared. was new man.
II began to get strong picked up in
flesh, and l went b ack to my business with
think everyone who knows me will tell yeu
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grandest medicine ever discovered, and if
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of it and be benefited as l have been. Ev-
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Enthusiastically, in conclusion.
This is but one of the many cases in which
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Mr.. Scace is now enjoying the fruits OF
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by himself, and covering almost the entire
eastern portion of the State. Mr. Scace is
also an ivory carver of marked ability,
which he follows solely for his own pleas
ure. Many little trinkets, carved by the
llght OF The campfire, aIteSI MS skill III Inis
direction.
Far from being solicited to recommend
the curative which had taken such load of
misery from his life, in his gratitude his
praise for it is unstinted and unceasing.
And from his own statement one may
easily see that when he does cease to sing
its virtues, it will be to answer the last
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