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# Leaves of Grass (1882)/Drum-Taps/Vigil Strange I Kept on the Field One Night

VIGIL STRANGE I KEPT ON THE FIELD ONE NIGHT.
Vigil strange I kept on the field one night; When you my son and my comrade dropt at my side that day, One look I but gave which your dear eyes return'd with a look I shall never forget, One touch of your hand to mine O boy, reach'd up as you lay on the ground, Then onward I sped in the battle, the even-contested battle, Till late in the night reliev'd to the place at last again I made my way, Found you in death so cold dear comrade, found your body son of responding kisses, (never again on earth responding,) Bared your face in the starlight, curious the scene, cool blew the moderate night-wind, Long there and then in vigil I stood, dimly around me the battlefield spreading, Vigil wondrous and vigil sweet there in the fragrant silent night, But not a tear fell, not even a long-drawn sigh, long, long I gazed, Then on the earth partially reclining sat by your side leaning my chin in my hands, Passing sweet hours, immortal and mystic hours with you dearest comrade—not a tear, not a word, Vigil of silence, love and death, vigil for you my son and my soldier, As onward silently stars aloft, eastward new ones upward stole, Vigil final for you brave boy, (I could not save you, swift was your death, I faithfully loved you and cared for you living, I think we shall surely meet again,) Till at latest lingering of the night, indeed just as the dawn appear'd, My comrade I wrapt in his blanket, envelop 'd well his form, Folded the blanket well, tucking it carefully over head and carefully under feet, And there and then and bathed by the rising sun, my son in his grave, in his rude-dug grave I deposited, Ending my vigil strange with that, vigil of night and battle-field dim, Vigil for boy of responding kisses, (never again on earth responding,) Vigil for comrade swiftly slain, vigil I never forget, how as day brighten'd, I rose from the chill ground and folded my soldier well in his blanket, And buried him where he fell.
# Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History/Army of Law and Order

​Army of Law and Order.—From the name of this organization, one would naturally suppose that it was formed for the purpose of promoting peace, prosperity and good government among the people of Kansas. ​But such was not the case. It was an armed force, the strength of which has been variously estimated at from 500 to 1,100 men, organized by David R. Atchison and one of the Stringfellows, whose policy was banishment or extermination of all free-state men in the territory. The "army" was divided into two regiments, with Atchison as com- mander-in-chief. The headquarters of the organization were at Little Santa Fe on the Missouri border, some 15 miles south of Westport. Among the outrages committed by this force was that of robbing the Quaker mission, because the Quakers were "nigger stealers." The cattle and horses belonging to the mission were driven off, articles of value were appropriated, and for a time the mission was broken up. In the latter part of Aug., 1856, the "army" was preparing for an attack upon the city of Lawrence, when the timely arrival of Gov. Geary put a stop to the proceedings. The Army of Law and Order was a part of the militia disbanded by Gov. Geary, and it was never reorganized. (See Woodson's and Geary's Administrations.)
# Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History/Ashland

​Ashland, the county seat of Clark county and one of the growing towns of southwest Kansas, is located a little southeast of the geographical center of the county, on Beaver creek and the line of the ​Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe R. R. that runs from Wichita to Englewood. Ashland's population almost doubled during the decade from 1900 to 1910. In the former year it was 493 and in the latter 910. The volume of business and shipping increased in even greater proportions than the population. The city has two banks, grain elevators, a weekly newspaper—the Clark County Clipper—several general stores, hardware, drug and jewelry stores, confectioneries, etc., a good public school system, and the Catholics, Methodists, Christians and Presbyterians all have neat church edifices. The Ashland postoffice is authorized to issue international money orders, express, telegraph and telephone facilities are ample, and taken altogether, Ashland can be described as a wide-awake, progressive little city.
# Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History/Arvoni

​Arvoni, a little hamlet of Osage county, is in the township of same name, on the Marais des Cygnes river and about 12 miles southwest of Lyndon, the county seat. The people of Arvonia receive their mail by rural free delivery from Reading, which is the most convenient railroad station.
# Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History/Arnold

​Arnold, a money order postoffice of Ness county, is a station on the Missouri Pacific R. R., in Ohio township, about 15 miles north-west of Ness City. the county seat. It has an express office and is a shipping and supply point for that part of the county in which it is located. In 1910 it had a population of 75.
# Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History/Artesian Wells

​Artesian Wells.—The flowing or artesian well takes it name from Artois, France, where wells of this character have long been known. Hilgard says: "Artesian wells are most readily obtained where the geological formations possess a moderate inclination or dip, and are composed of strata of materials impervious to water (rock or clay). alternating with such as-like sand or gravel-allow it to pass more or less freely. The rain water falling where such strata approach to or reach the surface will in great part accumulate in the pervious strata, rendering them 'water bearing. Thus are formed sheets of water between two inclined, impervious walls of rock or clay, above as well as below, and exerting great pressure at their lower portions. Where water so circumstanced finds or forces for itself natural outlets, we shall have springs; when tapped artifically by means of a bore-hole, we have an artesian well, from whose mouth the water may overflow if its surface level be below that of pressure."
Prior to the settlement of Kansas by white people, and in fact for ​ ​Kansas, or at least that portion of it, is situated over a subterranean body of water possessing all the qualifications mentioned by Hilgard for producing artesian wells.
With the knowledge that flowing wells could be obtained in western Kansas came a request for state aid in developing the field, and on Jan. 30, 1908, Gov. Hoch approved an act passed by the special session of the legislature, authorizing the county commissioners of Stevens, Morton, Grant and Stanton counties to appropriate from the general revenue funds of said counties not exceeding $5,000 in each county for the purpose of prospecting for and developing artesian wells. However, no money was to be so appropriated and expended until 160 acres of land had been donated to the county, and upon this 160 acres one or more wells might be sunk, such wells to be under the control of the county commissioners. No reports of wells sunk under the provisions of this act are obtainable.
Recent developments tend to show that the early experiments in artesian wells in Kansas were only comparatively successful or altogether failures because the drillers did not go deep enough. Most of the wells have gone no further than the first pervious stratum. Somewhere there is a source of pressure sufficiently strong to furnish an abundant supply of water if the stratum connected with it can be reached. In 1910 Ernest C. Wilson, formerly editor of the Richfield Monitor, in Morton county, developed an 8-inch well, over 500 feet in depth, which flows 2,000 gallons per minute and supplies enough water to irrigate a half section of land. If the same conditions hold good throughout the western part of the state, it is only a question of a few years until that section will be well supplied with moisture, the treeless plains will be sheltered by timber, and the "Great American Desert" will be a thing of the past.
# Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History/Ash Valley

​Ash Valley, a rural hamlet of Pawnee county, is in the township of the same name, in Ash creek valley, about 12 miles northwest of Larned, the county seat, with which it is connected by stage, and from which it receives mail.
# Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History/Ashcroft

​Ashcroft, a hamlet of Jefferson county, is near the northern boundary on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe R. R., about 4 miles from Valley Falls, and 12 miles from Oskaloosa, the county seat. It is supplied with mail by rural route from Nortonville.
# Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History/Arrington

​Arrington, a village of Atchison county, is situated in the southwest corner on the Leavenworth, Kansas & Western railroad, about 25 miles southwest of Atchison. It is the supply and shipping point for a considerable territory, has a money order postoffice, express and telegraph facilities, several general stores, a school, and in 1910 had a population of 210.
# Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History/Asherville

​Asherville, one of the thriving little towns of Mitchell county, is located on the Solomon river and on the Union Pacific R. R. in Asherville township, 10 miles southeast of Beloit. It has a money order postoffice with one rural route, telegraph and express offices. The population in 1910 was 125. Asherville was the first postoffice in the county and also had the first store, established in 1867, by Hon. John Rees.
# Judith (Bible)

Judith is a book of the Hebrew Bible. It is part of the Catholic and Orthodox biblical canons, but excluded from Jewish and Protestant canons. It may have been composed in Greek or Hebrew.
English-language translations of Judith include:
* "Judith" in the Wycliffe version of the Bible (1380s)
* "Judith" in the Bishops' version (1568)
* "Judith" in the Douay-Rheims version (1610)
* "Judith" in the Authorized Version (1611)
* "Judith" in the King James version (1769)
* "Judith" in the World English version (in progress since 1997)
* "Judith" in the Wikisource edition (in progress since 2006)
# Judith

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* A book of the Hebrew Bible; for versions, see Judith (Bible).
* Poem of Judith, an anonymous poem usually referred to as "Judith"
# Judicial Improvements Act of 1990

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An Act To provide for the appointment of additional Federal circuit and district judges, and for other purposes.
    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
    That this Act may be cited as the ``Judicial Improvements Act of 1990´´.
Table of Contents

## Legislative History

* H.R. 5316, (S. 2648)
   * HOUSE REPORTS:
   ** No. 101-744 (Comm. on Judiciary)
   * SENATE REPORTS:
   ** No. 101-416 accompanying S. 2648 (Comm. on Judiciary)
   * CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 136 (1990):
   ** Sept. 27, considered and passed House.
   ** Oct. 27, considered and passed Senate in lieu of S. 2648, amended.
   ** Oct. 28, House concurred with Senate amendement.

## Note

* ↑ There was no Table of Contents included in the orginal Act's content and Title I, Section 101 came immediately after the Short Title citation which came after the Enacting Clause. One has been added here strictly for editorial purposes and for ease of navigation.
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# Latter Day Saints' Messenger and Advocate/Volume 1/Number 12

Source document in Mormon Publications: 19th and 20th Centuries online archive: Messenger and Advocate Vol. 1 Note: Some headings and bracketed texts are editorial and not part of the original text.
LATTER DAY SAINTS' :
| MESSENGER AND ADVOCATE |||
| Volume I. No. 12.] | KIRTLAND, OHIO, SEPTEMBER, 1835. | [Whole No. 12. |

## Communications

* Letter No. 10
* Letter to John Whitmer from Joseph Smith, Jr. (Sep. 1835)
* THE ANCIENT ORDER OF THINGS.
* Extracts of letters and conference minutes

## Messenger and Advocate

* CLEANLINESS NECESSARY FOR SALVATION.
* On the gathering of Israel
* Notices
* Contents of the Messenger and Advocate. Vol. 1. No. 1.
* HOME
* THE LATTER DAY SAINTS'
* Messenger and Advocate,
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# Latter Day Saints' Messenger and Advocate/Volume 1/Number 11/Notices

The high council in Kirtland have withdrawn their fellowship from Elder Phineas H. Young, until he returns to this place and makes ample satisfaction for a public offence. By order of the council.
W. PARRISH. Clerk.
Kirtland, August 17, 1835.
*** This number of the Messenger and Advocate has been delayed beyond the ordinary time of publication, on account of finishing the printing of the Doctrine and Covenants. The next number we hope to issue in season. The re-printed Star will now continue till the whole are published. We are not in the habit of making excuses, but consider it our duty to inform the saints why things were as they are:—that they might know our labors were unabated towards building up the great cause of our Savior, that Zion may be redeemed, and all Israel saved.
OBITUARY.
DIED in this town on Tuesday, (the 1st of Sept.) after a lingering illness of over two years, MARY, consort of Isaac Hill, aged 29 years and six months.
IN Clay Co. Mo. Sept. last, SOLOMON HUMPHREY, aged about 56 years. He was an elder in the church of Latter day Saints, and had done much good in the cause of our Lord.
# Latter Day Saints' Messenger and Advocate/Volume 1/Number 11/Lo, the days come, &c.

LO, THE DAYS COME, &c.
The appearance of our country is truly alarming. Every mail brings new accounts of mobs and riots; great fires, and other destructions, of life and property. Particulars are unnecessary. Repentance, deep repentance must take place in this nation, or the Lord will continue to scourge our once delightful country, and vex her exalted inhabitants with sore vexation. A land of liberty; a community of law; a region of light; a people that profess to be christian, must maintain the dignity they have assumed and proclaimed to the world, by righteous acts, or else they must fall and fester in their own infamy. As men, as citizens, as saints, let us hope for the best and prepare for the worst, ever mindful of the wise man's saying: "Virtue exalteth a nation but sin is a reproach to any people." P.
# Latter Day Saints' Messenger and Advocate/Volume 1/Number 11/Hymns
### "Praise ye the Lord."

BY MISS ELIZA S.
Great is the Lord: 'tis good to praise
His high and holy name:
Well may the saints in latter days
His wondrous love proclaim.
To praise him let us all engage,
That unto us is giv'n:
To live in this momentous age,
And share the light of heav'n.
We'll praise him for our happy lot,
On this much favored land;
Where truth, and righteousness are taught,
By his divine command.
We'll praise him for more glorious things,
That language can express,
The "everlasting gospel" brings,
The humble souls to bless.
The Comforter is sent again,
His pow'r the church attends;
And with the faithful will remain
Till Jesus Christ descends.
We'll praise him for a prophet's voice,
His people's steps to guide:
In this, we do and will rejoice,
Tho' all the world deride.
Praise him, the time, the chosen time,
To favor Zion's come:
And all the saints, from ev'ry clime,
Will soon be gathered home,
The op'ning seals announce the day,
By prophets long declar'd;
When all, in one triumphant lay,
Will join to praise the Lord.

### Evening Hymn.

BY W. W. P.
Come let us sing an evening hymn
To calm our minds for rest,
And each one try, with single eye,
To praise the Savior best.
Yea, let us sing a sacred song
To close the passing day:
With one accord, call on the Lord,
And ever Watch and Pray.
O thank the Lord for grace and gifts
Renew'd in latter days;
For truth and light, to guide us right,
In wisdom's pleasant ways.
For ev'ry line we have receiv'd
To turn our hearts above:
For ev'ry word, and ev'ry good,
That's fill'd our souls with love.
O let us raise a holier strain,
For blessings great as ours,
And be prepar'd, while angels guard
Us through our slumb'ring hours.
O may we sleep and wake in joy,
While life with us remains;
And then go home, beyond the tomb,
Where peace forever reigns.
# King v. Ackerman

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United States Supreme Court
67 U.S. 408
King v. Ackerman
This case came up on a writ of error to the Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York. It was an ejectment for certain lots now within the limits of the city, and formerly part of the estate of Lawrence Benson, deceased.
Lawrence Benson, at the time of his death, had two tracts of land, which he held in fee, one occupied by himself and one by George Williams. He had one son and two grand-daughters, the children of a deceased daughter. He died in 1822, having made the will copied in the opinion of the Court, by which he gave the Williams' place to his son Benjamin, 'to do and dispose of as he may think proper;' and the Homestead, without words of limitation, charging the devisee with the payment of $1,500, to his grand-children. The lots in controversy were part of the Homestead. The plaintiff, after the death of Benjamin Benson, claimed an interest therein, as one of the heirs-at-law of Lawrence Benson. The defendant asserted his right under conveyances made by Benjamin Benson in his lifetime. The question was, whether the will gave Benjamin a fee in the Homestead, or only a life estate.
On the trial before the Circuit Court, the plaintiff offered evidence, to show that the Williams' place, at the date of the will, and ever afterwards, was worth greatly more than the sum charged upon the devisee in favor of the testator's grandchildren. This evidence was rejected, and Mr. Justice Nelson held that, by the legal and true construction of the will, Benjamin Benson took a fee in both places. Whereupon the plaintiff sued out this writ of error.

## Notes

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# Letter to Fanny Brawne, July 8, 1819

July 8th.
[Postmark, Newport, 10 July, 1819.]
My Sweet Girl:
Your Letter gave me more delight than any thing in the world but yourself could do; indeed I am almost astonished that any absent one should have that luxurious power over my senses which I feel. Even when I am not thinking of you I receive your influence and a tenderer nature stealing upon me. All my thoughts, my unhappiest days and nights have I find not at all cured me of my love of Beauty, but made it so intense that I am miserable that you are not with me: or rather breathe in that dull sort of patience that cannot be called Life. I never knew before, what such a love as you have made me feel, was; I did not believe in it; my Fancy was afraid of it, lest it should burn me up. But if you will fully love me, though there may be some fire, 'twill not be more than we can bear when moistened and bedewed with pleasures. You mention "horrid people" and ask me whether it depend upon them whether I see you again. Do understand me, my love, in this. I have so much of you in my heart that I must turn mentor when I see a chance of harm befalling you. I would never see any thing but pleasure in your eyes, love on your lips, and happiness in your steps. I would wish to see you among those amusements suitable to your inclinations and spirits; so that our loves might be a delight in the midst of pleasures agreeable enough, rather than a resource from vexations and cares. But I doubt much, in case of the worst, whether I shall be philosopher enough to follow my own lessons: if I saw my resolution give you a pain I could not. Why may I not speak of your beauty, since without that I could never have lov'd you?–I cannot conceive any beginning of such love as I have for you but beauty. There may be a sort of love for which, without the least sneer at it, I have the highest respect and can admire it in others: but it has not the richness, the bloom, the full form, the enchantment of love after my own heart. So let me speak of your beauty, though to my own endangering; if you could be so cruel to me as to try elsewhere its power. You say you are afraid I shall think you do not love me—in saying this you make me ache the more to be near you. I am at the diligent use of my faculties here, I do not pass a day without sprawling some blank verse or tagging some rhymes; and here I must confess, that, (since I am on that subject) I love you the more in that I believe you have liked me for my own sake and for nothing else. I have met with women whom I really think would like to be married to a poem and to be given away by a novel. I have seen your comet, and only wish it was a sign that poor Rice would get well, whose illness makes him rather a melancholy companion: and the more so as so to conquer his feelings and hide them from me, with a forc'd pun. I kiss'd your writing over in the hope you had indulg'd me by leaving a trace of honey. What was your dream? Tell it me and I will tell you the interpretation thereof.
Ever yours, my love!
John Keats
Do not accuse me of delay—we have not here any opportunity of sending letters every day. Write speedily.
# Letter to George Drummond regarding his marriage

Extract printed in the book "David Livingstone: His Life and Letters"
This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.
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Your welcome and excellent letter found me in my monkish cell a few days ago as happy as any of your domesticated animals, and (mirabilt dictu) just on the eve of becoming one myself. But I cannot leave the bachelor life without a sigh. [...] Let Moore, dear good fellow, know of my marriage. It will comfort all your hearts to know that I am become as great a fool as any of you. [...] In love ! words, yea thoughts, fail so I leave it to your imagination and recollection. [...]