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The Great New England Remedy.
DR. J. W. POLAND'S .--a WHITE PINE COMPOUND;

WHITE FINE COMIOCND
 Cures Sore Throat, Colds, Coughs, Diptheria, Bronchitis, Splitting of Blood, Pulmonary Af- ections generally. It is remarkable remedy for Kidney complaints. This medicine is free from anything deleterious, pleasant to the aste, yet sure and effective in its action. 6 1y Am Invaluable Medicine for the Purifying
 of the Blood. ... pR. J. W. POLAND'S HUMOR DOCTOR. Positive Remedy of all kinds of Humors,- 6crofula, Scurvy, Salt Rheum, Erysipelas. Net tle Rash, Boils. Carbuncles, Ulcers. and all Obstinate affections of the skin; Mercurial dis heses and every taint of the system; Dyspep- Fia, originating in the Dcrangement of the Di- gestiye Organs, viz.-Bilious Complaints, Neuralgia, Nervous Affections, Headache, Lan. guor, Loss of Appetite. Depression of Spirits, hnd Costiveness. 1y
 Female Strengthening Cordial.
 specific Remedy for Diseases of the Repro . iuctiye organs. It imparts tone an vigor to he Uterus, and gives renewed vigor to the whole system. All cases of Debility peculiar to females will find sovereign reme dy in this compound. Prepared at the New England Bo. anic Depot, Boston.
 GEO. W. SWEET, M. D. Proprietor.
 One dollar per bottle. Six bottles for five lollarG. 6 1y
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HOME ADJUSTMENTS in THE AMERICAN u WIT. 25 cts. year. RICHARDSON < COLLINS, A John st., N. '.
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THE PERUVIAN SYRUP,

Protected Solution of the Protoxide of Iron,
 supplies the blood with it's Life element, Iron gv-
 ing strength vigor, and new life to the whole sys-
 tenn. For Dyspepsia, Debility, Female Weakness, &c it is 8 specific A 32 page pamphlet contain ing valuable treatise on ''Iron as medicine" :" with certificates and recommendations &c., will be sent free.
 J.P. DINSMORE, Proprietor,
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A c A R. D..

FIRST NATIONAL BANK
 LITCHFIELD, Conn. Ju ne 1st, 1868
 D ARTIES holding United States Treasury A Notes falling due, 18th June and 18th July, and desiring to avail of the privilege of conversion into United States Five-Twenty Bonds, should hand them in without delay. to be forwarded to the Departmen nt for conversion. H. R. corr, Cashier.
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 FHEAToN's OINTMENT cures THE ITCH. NHEAToN's OINTMENT cures SALT RHEUM FHEAToN's OINTMENT cures TETTER Y VHEAToN' S OINTMENT cures BARRIERS ITCH VHEAToN's OINTMENT cures OLD SORES VHEAToN's OINTMENT cures EVERY KIND
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 sPrice 50 cents box; by mail. 60 cents, Ad- ress WEEKS & POTTER, No. ITO Washington treet, Boston, Mass. .4 ~. For sale by all Druggists. :. Boston, Aug. 26, 1867. Ally
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From Rev. L. F. WARD, Avon, Lorian Co.,,
 Ohio
 Messrs. STRONG & ARMSTRONG.
 Gent'emen.-Jt gives me great pleasure to state that my wife has derived great benefit from the use of Goes Dyspepsia Cure She has been for a number of years greatly troub- led with Dyspepsia, accompanied with violent paroxysms of constipation which so prostrated her that she was all the while, for months ua able to do anything. She look, at your in- stance, Goes Dyspepsia Cure, and has deriv- ed great benefit from it, and is now com paratively well. She regards this medicine as a great blessing.
 Truly yours,
 Jan. 18th, 1868. L. E. WARD.
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Goes Dyspepsia Cure.

You will see how soon it will dispel your bad feelings and gloomy forebodings. How soon it will chase away any species of Dyspep- sia. How soon it will give you new life and vigor, and how soon it will make we'll man or woman of you. For your own sake, for the sake of everybody suffering, we beg, we en- treat you try to it.
 For Liver Complaint and Bilious Derange- ments, ii is Sovereign Remedy, while for Fever and Ague, and and all those diseases which are generated m miasmatic climate, it is certain preventive and cure.
 That it's wonderful medicinal virtues may not stand alone upon our statement, we ap- pend few unsolicited testimonials from those whose position in society and reputation as citizens, will place their evidence beyond all question, and carry with them strength and conviction to the most incredulous!
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MIR. LESTER SEXTON a wholesale merchant of 30 years, in Milwaukee, one of the most re- liable and careful and reliable men in the state, says, under date
 MILWAUKEE, WIs., Jan. 24 1868. Messrs. C. G. CLARK < Co.,, New Haven, Conn. Both myself and wife have used Coes Dys- pepsla Cure, and it has proved perfectly satis- factory as a remedy. l have no hesi tation in saying that we have received great benefit from its use.
 Very respectfully.
 (signedJ LESTER SEXTON.
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WIsTAR's BAI,sAM OF WILD CHERRY

J. P. DINSMORE, Proprietor,
 No, 36 Dey St., New York.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1868-02-29
MISCELLANEOUS.
The Pilgrimage ofa Pest.

Toward the beginning of the present cen
tury prodigious body of locusts was pre-
cipitatcd across the Black Sea upon the
steppe lying East of Odessa, where it COM
mitted the most indescribable devastation.
To destroy the invaders, columns of serfs
were marched down from the interior; but
on arriving at the scene of action, were al
most paralyzed by the phenomenon they
witnessed. For miles the whole surface of
the plain, converted into black color, SEEM
ed to be alive and in motion; for the scaly
bodies of the locusts, closely pressed and
locked together, presented the appearance
of huge, dusky cuirass rejecting with a
strange glitter in the rays of the sun.
The mass being in motion, advanced in
land, slowly but steadily, murmuring like
the surges of the ocean, putting the sheep,
the cattle, the horses, and the Inhabitants
on all sides to flight. stencil not to be
expressed by-words was emitted from the
hosts as it crawlcd onword, the living de-
vouring the dead, for lack of other proven
der. Putting their mattocks, spades, pick
axes, and other implements into immediate
requisition, the serfs speedily eXcavated q
trench several miles in length across the
| track Of the locusts, but ere they had finish
ed the enemy was upon them, and soon de
monstrated the futlity Of their device.
! In the course of few minutes from thci
reaching the brink of the excavation, thu
! foremost ranks had been pushed into it by
! those that followed and filled 1t up from
edge to edge, so that the multitude contin
ued its march apparently without interrup
ton then everything combustible was col
! lected, and set on fire in front OF the column
with the same result. The whole Black Sci
seemed to be transformed into locusts, which
from its low shores, came up in counties
myriads, setting at defiance all the arts an(
industry of man. Several columns of tn
invaders fled off toward the East, anC
alighted amid the vineyards Of the Crimea
which they soon changed into waste O
apparently dry and sapless twigs.
Russia appeared to be on the eve OF
calamity like that which fell upon 1t ahou
the middle of the seventeenth century, whe1
the destruction of the harvests occasioned
famine, which was followed by plague, s.
that the population of whole provinces wa
thinned almost to determination. In tn
present instance, the elements came to tn
delyerence of man. Before strong Wes
wind, masses Of black clouds came pourin
up from the Bosphorus, which covered tn
atmosphere, and ultimately descended !
floods of rain. At the touch OF descending
Jove, the locusts were paralyzed, and as tn
celestial moisture continued to drench thei
in pitiless fashion, they gave up the ghos
and bequeathed their filthy corpse to tn
husbandman for manure; not, howeve
without sundry fevers and dysenteries.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1868-02-29

to retain it in place, and then concealed d
themselves in the bushes. At daybrea a
regiment of the English on predatory ex-
cursion, began filing across. When within
II few feet of the western shore, Jessup's men
debouched, immediately cut the rope, and as
quickly fled, leaving their foes to swing
around and land in Philadelphia again.
Rapidly recovering from their surprise as
they foated around, they discharged vol
ley of bullets at them, flirting the dry earth
on all sides; but an overruling Providence
protecting from injury, not one of the "Twen-
ty" received $50 much as a scratch"
IMPULSE VS.. DIscIrL1EE.
During the battle of Germantown, an
American subaltern, named Holgate, mount
ed the top of British ammunition chest,
and from that position fired sixteen''rounds. "
When obliged to leave his impromptu bat
terry, he retreated along a hedge. Having
gone some distance, he met a grenadier, who
was on the other side they stopped aud be-
gan loading their muskets as fast as haste
would permit them. The Englishman being
better drilled, finished first, and, according
to "tactics" was returning "rammer," which
Holgate perceived, and fired ramrod and
bullet, piercing the grenadier through.
RETRrBUTIvE JUSTICE.
In the dark days of the Revolution, when
the treasury was low, credit exhausted, and
famine facing the army, great many patri-
otic farmers appointed person to collect
donations Of grain, each one giving what he
could afford
The wheat thus gathered was converted
into flour by miller residing on a tributary
of the Schuylkill, not City miles from Phila.
delphia. The soldiers, after eating the bread
made of it, sickened, and many died in great
pain. Upon searching for the flour, sitting
it into water, crushed glass was found to be
a large ingredient Suspecting the miller,
and investigating tae case, they discovered
he was a secret royalist or Tory. A number
oftroops Immediately proceeded 10 his home,
seized him in his mill, and, without allowing
time even for prayer, hung him to the beam
across the gateway in front of his house.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1868-02-29


TIE LAND SLIDES AT NAPLEs.-A private
letter from a gentleman of this city dated
at Sorrento, Italy, January 3lst, gives the
following particulars of the land slip at Ma
pies, of which a brief account IS given else
where:
1--WE have had u wonderful escape tiom
death. A mountain over six hundred leet
above the road fell just before we reached
the spot, and after we had crossed the bar
ricade in the road, the remaining portions
of the mountain side came down with the
roar of artillery
"But this is nothing to what has just oc'
CURED at Naples. Bayard Taylor and Ia
mily resided at No. 81 Santa Lucia, and |
went twice to the house to secure an apart
meut there, and the situation was very love
ly; and should certainly have resided there
if the rooms had been large enough. The
house stood on the principal street.-the
Chiaja-and stretching away up over it
was a hill with house above house, for
several hundred feet. Taylor, thank God,
came to Sorrento few days ago, to see us
and Yesterday the whole side of the hill on
the Chiaja gave way, and eighty person are
lost in tho ruins Taylor's house is entirely
buried beneath the wreck of three upper
ones aud am sorry to say that an omni'
bus, coming from the railway and contain
ing (among others) two Americans, was
passing at the time, and that all the passen
gers perished. / went into Naples to-day
to see the scene of the disaster and am sick
at heart.
~ am disinclined to stay here for any
great lenghth of time, for it seems as if thu
mountains were all tumbling down, and
think Vesuvius is at the bottom of il sll, "
Pittsb,yg Gazette.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1868-02-29
Eooflnu0's German Dittcrs

Is entirely vegetable, and contains no
liquor. Ii Is n coInpO I,nd of Fluid Ex-
tracts. The Roots, Herbs, and Bnris
from which these extracts are made
are gathered In Germany. All the
medicinal virtues nrc extracted from
them by n scientific chemist. These
extracts are then Forwarded TO this
country to be used expressly for the
manu- ia turc OF these Bittcrs. There
~ no alcoholic substance of any kind
used in cOmpounding the Blttcrs,
hence u Is the only Bitters that can
be used in cases where alcoholic stiiu-
ulnnfs ar,. nat nGyi sable,
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1868-02-29
COHSUM PTl0N.

Thousands of cases. when the pa
dent supposed lac was afflicted With
this terrible disease. have been cured
by the use of ncse remedies. Extreme
c,upcIaiiOn, debility, aud cough are
the usual attendants upon severe
cases of dyspepsia or disease of the
dtSestiye organs. Even In cases OF
genuine ConsunipttO ION, these remedies
VIII be found OC the greatest benefit, /,
strengthening and inyigorRting.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1868-02-29

Garibaldi is very i'll at Caprera, and fears
are entertained that he will never recover
Hope deferred has made his heart sick be-
yond the reach of medicines.
Gen. Sheridan's denial of his engagement
to Miss H----n is now understood. He
is said to be engaged and shortly to be
married to Miss Grace Fenton, of Albany.
Roger A. Pryor, once notorious as fire
cater, who ate his own words at the point
of Mr Potters Bowie. knife is now practi
cling as criminal lawyer in New York.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1868-02-29
4 Fanny Dog.

While Mr. Dickens was reading in Wash
ington, a full grown dog in attendance
barked violently, alarming and disturbing
the audience. The Washington Chronicle, in
referring to the sensation created by "Bow-
SER" tells the following incident which oc-
cured in Vermont some years ago;
Dew. Mr.. D., a venerable and forcible ex.
FOUNDER of the Gospel, was in the habit of
frequently rousing and calling the special
attention of his hearers to what he was say
ing, and among the regular attendants of the
church was large Newfoundland dog, who
frequently planted himself upon his hind,
quarters in front of the pulpit, and looked
the minister squarely in the face. Under
these circumstances, one Sabbath the rev,
erend gentleman spoke out SO loudly ane
energetically as to wake all the slumbereis'
''IIefe is an idea for you l want you to take
hold of 1t! Seize itw Instantly the doe
perceived a personal application, and broke
out with ringing bow,wow' ihe wnole ~ lt
congregation, even the deacon, iouna IL a.
difficult to suppress laughter ana return 70
sober business as did Mr.. Dickens when he
seemed to be so we'll appreciated by az 'eaS'
| one funny dog,
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1868-02-29
DEBILITY.

7H,re /. no medicine cq,,al to HoeHands German
Bi.i,rs sr HDic in cases ?f Debility. They inp1H
tone o.d rigor to the 'oLole system strengthen e dp-
l,etiis, cause an t9joyInelt Of ne food enable ne
stomdc 10 digest IL purity The blood, gire good,
sor,d, healthy cop',ri eradicate the yeolo tinge
from Tie eye, ippan Jio?m to The cheeks and change
he pIiisHt from stort-Lreat'ed e0ldciated, ''eak'
and nrrous inraiid to fallfaced stout, and rigOr.
aus.
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BLOOD Purifiers

,rtr k,,o,cn asd uiH care all diseases Tesulting from
t0d Jlood.
Keep yoUr blood pure; keep your Liror in order;
kfsp y0ur diyeSiire organs in SOand hsdthg eo'di
ton By the use Of Mes remedies, and no Disease leiH
s,,.,. USS1iL ,JOu
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1868-02-29

The ladies of Cork presented Mr.: george
Franois Train with what they considered
suitable present, boiled blood-pudding,
Queen Victoria devotes great aeal , OF her hor
time to knitting, so that empioymeh' nas
become very fashionable among English
ladies of certain age.
Col. A. NJ. Tyler was engaged, with
number of assistants, at Rolla, Mo-, on the
10th inst, 10 removing the bodies OF Union
soldiers buried there during the war.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1868-02-29
a. 3 CONE SIE-SN.

Ladies' W ho wish fair skin and
good complexion, free from "a yellow
lsh tinge and all other rdisftguremeht,
should use these remedies Occnsion-
ally. The Liyeri Ia perfect order, and
the blood pure, will result tn spark
lils. eyes and blooming cheeks.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1868-02-29
READ THE RECOMMENDATIONS,

FROM HUN. tEO. W. NOUDN AhD,
Chi,f Justice Of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
PHlLADgLPHIA MARCH 10th, 1867.
ind "Eooddnds German BitterS" is not an iato1-
eating Jersrdgo, bm is good tonic, useful in disor
dcTs Qf the dgestipG organs, and gf great benefit an
cases Of dtthiy and igaHt of nervous action In the
sygtsH. Yours truly,
GEO. ". WOODWARD.
FROM hon. JAMES THOMPSON
,'uls, Of the Supreme Court Of Pennsylvania.
PHILApELPHIs, APRIL 2sth, 1865.
consider "IIoofiand's German Bit
tcrs" rdiii0bic medicine Ia case of at
tacILs or Indigestion or Dyspepsia. j
can certify this from nay experience
orr. Sours, with respect.
JAMES THOMPSON.
From REV JOSEPH II, kENNARD, DID,
Pastor Of the Teuth baptist Church, Philadelphia.
Dr. JAcEsoH--DEARS SIR :--IhGVs been freqaeRtiyre.
0lesi 10 connect my name iOil recommendations Of
dgi1Rt kinds IF medciNes. bat regarding Ne practice
as o of my appropriate sphere hare IN all cases de.
clisd bat iVi clear pr0of m various instances and
particularly my tdniiy efhs usefinsss Of d.
Hogit,nefs German Bihe's. idepa't for once tion my
usual oOase, 10 sIpress my JpH en1piction hat for
general debility OF the system, aud especially for Liver
cOinplant IL Is safe and valuable preparation, IN
sonls cdaes IL may fail but usually fdouh not II ir
BE- rery bsnefcidl 10 those ,OhO suffer from the abops
oalSss Yours, pTy respectfully,
J. III. KENNARD, ..7
Eighth, JSlOlV Coates *.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1868-02-29
Weak and Delicate Children

arc made strong by using the Bitters
or Tonic. In fact, they are Family
Medicines. They can he administered
with perfect safety 40 u child three
months old, the most delicate female,
or man OF ninety.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1868-02-29

General Albert Pike, the poet. soldier re-
bel and rapscsllion, 10 u step son of Paul
Pillsbury, the man who invented shoepsgs.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1868-02-29

MANURE FOR IRISH PoTAToEs.-For one
acre take bushels of wood ashes, O bushels
quick lime, (oyster-shell lime should have
the preference, if it can be obtainedD bu-
shells of plaster, aud 2 bushels of salt, max
ing 20 bushels in all mix thoroughly to-
gether, and apply in the hill at a rate which
will carry 20 bushels over an acre.
The above supplies the essential ingredi
ents for large growth Of po tatoes, and
something more, provided the. soil be not
excessively meagre; and if there he an ex
cess of these ingredients over the require.
ments for the present crop, it will be very
sure to remain in the soil for the benefit of
future crops, Especially will it be so if the
succeeding crops be potatoes, and If the
tops be left each year to rot on the ground,
so that the potash they contain (tbis being
the most important ingredient in the mix.
ture) may go to the benefit of the succeed.
ing crop. | will here say that from actual
| experiment have learned that although
rotation in crops is undoubtedly beneficial,
generally, the potato may be made an ex-
ception, if treated % the foregoing compost.
! Norris Practical Farmer.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1868-02-29

ii5ita,.Ts Gc,m'O, Ren,sdiss are co'm:erfied
Tie q'3trii'- Lprt me lQnIiirc cf q. " jackson
on tie E,to NJ s "u'si' lrraper Of edct bottle, d,d
t. 1!Ius ht Griice Gp,gH ia each t0tie. All Others
UTe copaLj5H,
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JEREMIAH SNYDER,
DIR. ]. s. ANGLE.

re Of Jefferson Medical College, with
: practice, offers his professional SET, SC.
Iilens of Sunbury and yieinity-"h'
promptly ,u,
rbacher's Store, in PleasAnts build
ing, Market Square
from s TO 10 A. M.
b Ito 5 p. III.
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Lon pRINTINa.

We have connected with our establishment well
selected JOB OFFICE, which will enable us to
execute, in The neatest style, every variety of
Printing . ...rs E.r #s.. I.,....
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A LEAP YEAR LAMENT.

Bother tits leap year, boys,
Awful to think of il;
Ruin is yawning, boys,
We're on the brink of it;
Victims to woman's schemes,
Each Of us, all of us,
Sure as we are living, boys,
They'll be the fall Of US.
Fall of US, all of US,
Bachelors, young and old;
Maidens are planning, boys,
Nothing their tongues can hold
Planning all sorts Of things
Awful to think of it!
Ruin approaches, boys,
Wc'rc on the brink of il.
Confound the girls, say,
Tyrants the whole of them--
Binding us wretches, boys,
To the control Of them
Shy Of the witches, boys,
For we are aceak, you know,
Worst of it they know it
Shame l must speak it so
Popping the question, boys,
That's what they'll do to us.
If we but give the plaques
Half a side view of US;
Red lips and sparkling eyes,
Well. let me think of it
leigh saceet ruin, boys,
] Ike the brink of it.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1868-02-29
WIN A. EVANS

,oasre, uoar tho Court House
= Northumberland County, Pa,
on,Iv attended to in this and ad,oin
ing Counties
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[Ount Carmel Hotel

cARMBL, Northumberland co. r"''
THOS. BURKET, PROPRIETOR.
large comm odious Hotel is located nees inc
e he Shamokin Valley and the puakake q
.rk Railroads. Trains arrive and depart dal,y'
ise is located in the centre OF the Com pc, @
! affords the best accommodations TO travellers
manent customers ----S"'
JEREMIAH SNYDER,
,rney 81 Counsellor at A""'
SU.NEsUseY. PA.
..d,.Ict Attorney for NOrthshi'
II County.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1868-02-29

mander-in- Chief. Lafayette, and Green. They
arose upon my entrance, whereupon began
the news; but Washington motioned silence,
and conducted me into another room. There
he kneeled by a desk and offered up silent
prayer to God, tue ruler of all armies
After prayer he attentivey listened to my
story, called in Green and Lafayette, ac-
quainted them with the intended attack,
and commenced immediate operations. Be-
ing thankfully dismissed | reached home
and was in bed again without one of the
family bat Jacob knowing of my absence.
MASSACRE AT WOODS BARN.
We shrink with horror and disgust from
the atrocities perpetrated by the British on
unsuspecting outp0sts and pickets of the
Continental army; even defenceless women
and children escaped not the ruthless sword
of the bgoted hirelings of British power.
Near ManayuDk stands a house and barn,
at that time held 10y Mr.. Wood and family
and occupied. e., the baru-for short
time, by picket Of the Americans, under
command OF a wealthy Virginia officer. The
British becoming acquainted With the fact,
sent nocturnal expedition to assault them.
The red.coats were guided by a Tory wo-
man who was familiar with the neighbor-
hood. After surrounding the barn they set
fire to it, and all the Americans attempting
to flee were either shot or bayoneted. An
old serving man Of the family, while run
ming from the scene, was wantonly fired at
and killed by sn English muskeieer, who
tainted the children with having "shot their
rebel daddy" Mrs. Wood, covering the
houseroof with wet blankets, was exposed
to their aim but neither she nor any other
of the household received iniury A few of