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The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-06-15
A Veritable VOOdOOist.

The Nashville american says: An
amusing case of Voodooism came up
before Judge Duling yesterday morn
ing. Martha Russell and Hattie Hay
wood had met that morning with the
determination TO either tear each others
eyes out or TO straighten the kinks Of
their respective pates. Hattie had call
ed on Martha and brought her to with
q cowhide, while Martha threw q "con-
jured bag'' at Hattie, striking her in the
breast, which 10 overcame her, by its
magic spell, that she was at once forced
to yield herself up to its influences.
"Well, what are you up here forp"
Numbered the Terrible, as he took a
survey Of the two combatants.
Hattie: "Well, you see, Judge, Mar
tina has been conjuring us niggers,
bringing us under her spell, and l made
up my mind to have it out on her."
The Terrible: "Gp on with your sto-
ry. What did she do to youP"
Hattie: "She comes ebry morning to
my house at 4 O'Clock, sweeps the sill OBJ
my door and then lays her conjur bag
down on II TO put me under a spell and
do what she wants to with me. My
mother has been sittin' up all night
watchin' out for Martha, and losing her
sleep and gettin' sick. Martha said
dar was a chile in dat house whose life
she was gwine to take away wild de con-
jur bag, and, Judge, I believe she would
have done it,"
Martha: "It's no such thing, Judge;
don't you believe any thing that woman
says"
The Terrible: "How did you come
to have this fightP"
Hattie: al was afraid she might
charm us to death, and then where'd l
bep-in de col, col grave OBJ course
and l meant to whip de c%onjur' bust
ness out OBJ her. But when l was lay
in on her like a man on a gov'ment
mule, she throws de c%onjur' bag full in
my breast, de bag busts, l smother, 1
faint, Judge, l succumb. Judge, If dis
woman amt made to have herself,
Nashville's gwine to lose some oh her
population, dead sure"
The Terrible: "Ill dismiss the ease
this time, as it is the first occasion on
which Martha has appeared before me /;
but il you women are we troubled
with her any more, send her up here
and III put her in the bastile for sixty
days. Do you hear that, MarthaP"
Martha: "Yes, Judge"
The Terrible: "Well, clear your
self them"
Martha was for a long time the house
girl of the Hon. Harvey Watterson, and
has spent u good deal of time in Wash
ington and the Eastern cities, where
she learned to read and to write a good
hand. She is a sharp, shrewd negress,
and knowing the suPerstitious beliefs
which the more ignorant of her race en-
tertained, she sought, in their vernacu-
lar, to "voodoo" and subdue them to
her own superior will.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-06-15
Mother"

1t is the cry of the infant, just from
the cradle; it is the only balm that will
heal the wounded heart in youthful
days. smother, I'm hurt" Mother, /
I'm tired" "Mother, sing to me, rock
me, tell me stories" 1t is always
Smother" with the child and the lad.
No one like Mother. No hand that falls
on the fevered brow as softly as hers;
no words so sympathetic as those that
pass her lips. The house would be a
grave without her. Life would be a
dreary, thorny road without her warn
ing voice and guiding hand. A father
may be kind, may love not less, but the
wcaried child wants the mothers arms,
her soft lullaby songs; the caresses of
her gentle hand. All childhood is a
mixture of tears and joys. Akind word
brings II smile, u harsh word q sigh, a
fall is pain, a toss a joy. The first foot
steps weak and trembling, grow strong
er by the guidance of a mothers love.
The little wounds, the torn clothes, the
headaches, the h%eartachcs, the trials,
all vanish at the words of u mother, and
there is built up in the heart of every
man an edifice of love and respect that
no crime of his can topple down-no
dungeon cell affect.
And a lad grows to he a man only to
find that Smother" is the same. II he
errs, she weeps; if he is good and man
ly, she rejoices. Hers is the only love
that lasts-endures forever. The wolf
of starvation may enter the door, but
her love is only tried to shine the
brighter. All the world may call her
son a criminal, but the mother only be-
lieves it not. Trials may beset you,
storms gather over you, vexations come,
ruin drag you down, but there is one
who ever stands firm in your cause, who
will never leave you. The criminal OIL
the scaffold has suffered in feeling be-
cause his bad deeds would cause a pang
in mothers heart. The low and wretch
ed, dying in same dark abode of sin,
have died with that name upon their
lips. There is nc praise like her praise,
there are no sad tears that pain Us so
much rs hers.-Detrot Free Press.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-06-15
THE MARKETS..

ST. LOUIS. june 10. 1876.
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Corn Fed Texans, ttIost:to;
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'wnsfT@hed, No. 2. sl.ssxsl.n; No. 8.
Gons.Ncs Mixed. 4shsH.
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surrEs@cso tsn Dsifsy; .iisS 10.
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Corros-Middling, Ike.
NEW YORK.
BEEvEs-Natiyo Steers, %. 100 10. 30.
specialization. J. .s5s7.oO; shorn. sl.sS.
ELoUR-Good to Choice, sb.g5sb.ss.
WHEATINo. 2 Chicago, Al.lssl.l0.
Coak-W estern Mixed, 51ss7ko.
0ATs-Western Mixed, $50 40.
PORK-Mess. 1l9. 50@i s.8sk.
CorroE-Middling. lsc.
CHICAGO.
Hoos-Common 70 Choice. S~5.oOsS.sS.
TLoUs-thoes Winter Extra. s7.aXs7.s7X;
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OATs-SSA50c.
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NEW ORLEANS.
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PORK-New Ness, els. 76e 20. 90.
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~SUoAR-Fair 70 Prime, So
COTTON Low Middling. l0So.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-06-15

Asssrats4ssAWhyHis Unsnsr "a, ana xiso
IN Arlington cemctsry, b. @. There we're
no public exercises In either place.
II h reported that q Black fills party
arrived ct Ysnkton, on the 9TH, bringing
1000 IN rold dust. They report no Indi.
- on Ne Fort Pierre route. E
The Senate Committee On rinancs.
y9Sch ~ instructed by reselntisn, early
1.-THE session. to examine the books aud
accounts Of the Treasury Department, with
. view Of asccrtalning whether certain dis.
crvpaucies existed therein, reports the sys.
TEN Of Treasury accounts now In Use TO
be ~ perfect % human ingenuity could
probably devfsc, and that the apparent dis
rrepancies In some Of the financial state
meats at different periods arise from differ.
ent systems Of book keeping, which have
been satisfactorily explained TO the commit.
tee.
At MayTille, Ky.,D on the 6tn, while
u. 9. Marshal Harrington, Of Covington,
was endcavoring to seize the steamer Kate
Dickson, owned by Capt. James Taylor, Of
McKeesport, Pa. the lsttor fired upon the
Marshal with = double -barreled gun, killing
him Instantly. One of the Marshal's party
then returned the fire, killing Capt. Taylor.
tWilhelmina Weick, convicted Of the
murder Of her step-son, Michael, at Bufia-
10, N. Y, has been sentenced to be hanged
Dot houses Oh nave agreed
20 the provision In the Legislative, Execu-
~ anu eus,o.ai nppropIls'ioh on,, apoi,
n"'ns .ne o"cc Vi supervisor Oh internal
Um0sa
'o'o' "i's., vi ene o'n, oam.
AnuersVn, coioreu, wno was arresteu ior
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-06-15

nnhsd % NE ami. m rssnsssss. Mr.. rtun.ot
offered ~ Mf:, Blaine. 70 feco5sidcr az
fusion ensued, during which he yeas
and nays were taken, and the motion
Tss snallx carried.Jyess. leo; ,nay.,. sI.
severnl timss criticised the ruling Of the CHAIR.
and WIS called b. order for his remarks. The
excie1ment was intense. and tho applause and
PRO tsm. Ordered the Aoof cleared Of al efsons
nos privilcged. The principal subtscs Of dischs.
slon was the Caldwell telegram, which Mr.
Blaine and HE ffcnds urged should be received
and printed BY the Judiciary Committee. while
The Committee and othcrs held that Il could not
properly be considered - evidence.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-06-15
TEN mules attached to a wagon load.

Ten mules attached to a wagon load
ed heavily with lumber went over a prec-
ipice near Virginia City, Nevada, and
rolled down a nearly perpendicular
bank two thousand feet to the bottom
of a canyon. The driver, who saved
his lifeby jumping off the wagon in time,
says that he could see the tumbling ami
mails during only several hundred feet
of their fall, but after that a cloud of
dust hid them, although he heard their
agonized cries longer. Before they
struck the rocky bottom with an awful
crash they became silent, and probabl,
were stunned to insensibility.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-06-15

NOTHING can be more impressively
sublime than the air of a man with no
buttons on his coat, and a hole in the
toe of his boot, standing on the steps
Of a free lunch establishment devourinp
a toothpick, and remarking to a friend
that he hasn't desided yet whether he'll
take his family to Long Branch or New
port this season.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-06-15
t

The Court Of Claims has decided to
appoint q Receiver for the Hot Springs
property, In Arkansas, on behalf Of the
Government. He 10 TO collect rents equal
10 tho amount paid by the occupants Of the
buildings At the time the Land was declared
Government property.
A tank containing $1,000 barrels Of
crude petroleum was struck by lightning
near OIL City, Pa, on the Sd. II immedi-
sicily exploded, and the flames communi-
Gated 70 an~other1ank containing %, 600 bar-
rcis, al Of which was burned. The loss
was about si0o. 900,
The graves Of Confederate dead were
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-06-15

In England a railroad is not per-
mitted to cross a thoroughfare on a
level, except by a special permit by
Parliament, and then a gatekeeper must
be always on duty. Generally it is
cheaper to build a bridge than to pay
steady wages.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-06-15

-->>- were
.ts.- sv.se.osalfs saute sPon
2 n
40 psnqueteds
I'm sspog3sd masssors sa IL Bl.ca
HEls fo6fs II OIL. btooe,s C-sncipust,
conpany forsunassly uruved untrue.
Ths1 sssixpt sn1says = C,.tut civ Ana
wers nst nsclasfsj byrbSY.ss,,ss s-1
-@
- noaacsnlly anRoWeed from Con-
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES atS Dattan, Abdul
An, ee,u Rsasnae5de u the 4&h by
1ApuHfehs chhb a1ns with 8
% seogppps &,rf 4 vas
Z. Ssf observation-disclosures"
A-- o.a
arrived ~ ~ seansy fron ths hostile
camp. wv &OQQ warriors were A.
ssmbleds rqalYfn hGAfs On the n
day news was received e Topeka from
Fort Hayes, thst Company D Of the 9Th
Cavalry, which kG1T1Ssn scouting mn
A. cl - I--- n
.uvors nc sent for REIN
Ansconspany had mot and
soms tame witn 40 Indians
h,s ~ I-s.e-nsN~So hayes
hoiu Of
4 - n
~. BLAME reedtng and explana
non oftas famCua 4ulligan l~ettsrs, In
the House, on the 9th. and his srrnion-
mani, a II. .Jud,c,.-v .nom-s.... -
~ eord.ct ~.
49, seson INC ms
~Hss R&ytneF Win froctor Knots
ana MI. Hunton's replies thereto. was
the occasion Of the most intense excite.
ment, both among membsr. and \
largo c,v,,.d ~ .Ss..s.-~r. 49,,
-. T.1~--~"sn v eui-
49, - % great at
ons ~ sss' ne sPesksr sharply rep
Noor $780, . ~ .a olIeIsa .ne
sons. Per-
tVgTT-r--o Wg4uC
HE iAnl5tpe MasfsA LAross mac In
humber: VINO lived ON the Delaware
nr nye malss above Easton,
~srcsoneaJn n inc .Sist uit. by
M.ns poisoned 'oHae. 2 father,
.er, ana young man who was q
oo.tuer IN INC iamAiy diet soon after
Ion - enecss OF me poison,
"nlOn sncyn " chemical
NAYS peel Arsenic
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-06-15

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49, cgeao1 = uake ~ eeUrs m
eezC~o Go11nane ~ ~
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r..see n50stinAs "a ssns ssbpsish-
- vsEs Ha9ss p 49,
"a leae il1lnnnes H.
~ = ~ ~ e mors than !
u1e minn1s. xDszuuudbualss were
ezssee1 tAvnae3osslg salute Spon
tAelr aEFtvgss = So Fsaoisoo, and n
torWssa Wsressrsnnded and bsuoucted.
I'm rspo3sd nessscrs sa u Black
Hills feots ~ coi. btses,s Cincinnssi
company ~forsunassly prnzed untrue.
Ihe5 qssiysa sa1slysk Onsesr CITY and
were nst nqles1sa byshsEsli.as. 1el
--
II 3. 0llofsllv nnnorwsna. evnu ror.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-06-15

MEXICAN news, from Government
sources, is TO tho effect that the IRevo-
iutionists are on their last legs, having
suffered recently . series Of disastrous
defeats. On May 20 q sanguinary bat
tie was fought y, 0axscs, in which the
insurgents wersdsfested With . loss Of
nearly 1900 IN killed and wounded, be-
sides mapS WisonesA among the latter
being three Generals. The Govern
meut forces qoss 500 in Killed and
wounded, General Covella being among
the killeHlW srssE sgs8A ad .r5a :
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1876-05-19
Time to Cut Timber.

Almost all timber and fuel used is cut
in winter. People find more leisure at
this season, and the roads favor its trans
portation besides the weather is too hot
to work in the woods in August. Wood
cut at that time also makes poor show
of sprouts, and unless the trees are quite
young, they usually die without throw
ing up suckers for succeeding growth.
Still, it may not always be advisable to
cut all timber in winter. The subject of
the following letter from a correspon-
dent to the New York Herald is worth
thinking about by every builder or
owner of timber lot
If oak, hickory or chestnut timber be
felled in August, in the second running
of the sap, and barked, quite large
tree will season perfectly, and even the
twigs will remain sound for years where
as that cut in winter and remaining till
next fall Gas thick as your wrist will
be completely sap-rotten, and will be al
most unfit for any purpose. The body
of the oak split into rails viii not last
more than ten OF twelve years. Chest
nut will last longer, but no comparison
to that cut in August Hickory cut in
the eighth month is not subject to be
worm-eaten, and will last long time foi
fencing. When l began farming in
1902, it was the practice to cut timber
for post fencing in the winter. Winter
oak posts and black oak rails, cut at that
time, found did not last more than ter
or twelve years. In 1908 / began cut
ting fence timber in the eighth month
Many of the oak rails cut that year ar,
yet sound, as well as most of those form.
ed Of chestnut. If the bark be not tax
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1876-05-19
gslluws falls Zines,
BELLOWS FALLS, MAY 10, 1876.
Vermont News.

- Stephen, youngest son of Arthur
Simmons, of Royalton, fell into the riv'
er near Darius Dewey's, Wednesday
morning of last week, and was drowned
- Harmon Davis, who left Morris
vile for the West few weeks ago, was
drugged on the railroad and robbed of
$3.50. The robbers took everything but
small amount of scrip.
Joseph Gauchee of st. Johnsbury
was complained of for cruelty to horse
recently, and fined SO and costs amount
ing to 1915. The alleged maltreatment
was whipping and striking the horse
over the head with the butt end of a
whipstock.
As James Wakefield was driving
out near Hinesburg bridge he heard a
splash in the water, got out and found a
muscalonge with his snout on the sand
unable to get Off He killed it with the
butt end of his whip. The fish was four
feet long and weighed twenty pounds.
- George Skinner living with his
wife's father, in Williamstown, invited
her to ride with him to visit a sister,
where he left her, and disappeared with
their little child, 20 months old. The
wife is reported as in the last stages of
consumption, and greatly troubled by
this abandonment.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1876-05-19

sible. While at South Troy Rivers said
he was sorry for the deed, but 1t could
not be helped it was too late now. lie
also said he had good proof that his wife
had had unlawful relations with Smith,
and before that day had entertained
thoughts of killing them both. After
Rivers was secured, Smith went into the
room where Mrs. Rivers lay and carried
her down stairs.
Medical assistance was summoned
Mrs. Martin, lazy physician, was the
first to arrive, but failed to locate the
ball after probing, but gave an opinion
that the ball had passed into the brain,
and that the patient could not live. IL
was from this statement that | framed
my dispatch of the Sth inst. Drs. Drew
and Rutherford were also summoned,
and after more thorough examination
gave eiropinion thatthe ball was lodged
in the petrous portion of the temporal
bone, and was too firmly embedded in the
substance Of the bone to be susceptible
of removal, but that the patient has an
even chance for recovery. Rivers is of
French extraction, and is about 80 years
of age; his wife about 27, They have
no children. He is described by the
neighbors, as fractions, ugly, jealous
dispositioned man. Rivers is not to be
tried until the September term of the
OrIaans County Court
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1876-05-19

Mrs. A. T. Stewart objects to having
any life of her late husband published.
Messrs. Appleton d Co., who announced
a biography of Mr.. Stewart, by Gen. }.
G, Wilson, have decided to comply with
this request If well written, such a
book would be interesting and valuable,
Mr. Stewart was often requested to
give facts for complete sketch, but he
declined, and hence the amount of ridi-
culous fiction which appeared in some
of the New York papers at the time OF
his death.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1876-05-19

NEVER KNOWN TO FAIL.-DR. NOR
RIs' SYRUP OF TAR, WILD CHERRY and
HoREHoUND has never been known to
fail in prematurely curing obstinate
Coughs, Colds, Group, Whooping Cough,
nor any diseases of the respiratory or
gans-and it does it too at Oncel 1t is
not necessary to take it for long time
before you can discover its beneficial eff
fects 1t is positively guaranteed to be
composed of the purest and best mate
rails, and to always give satisfaction.
Do not fail to give this great and potent
remedy trial. 1t will not and cannot
disappoint you. Ask for DIR. Morris
Syrup of Tar, Wild Cherry and Hore-
hound, and take none other. Trial size,
10 cents; regular size, so cents and 81.
Sold by DAVIS q ARNOLD, Druggists,
Bellows Falls. 4-eow1y
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1876-05-19

SENSIBLE ADvIcE.-You are asked
every day through the columns of news
papers and by your druggist to use some
thing for Dyspepsia or Liver Complaint
that you know nothing about, you get
discouraged spending money with but
little success. Now to give you salts
factory proof that Green's August Flow
er will cure you of Dyspepsia and Liv-
er Complaint with all its effects, such as
Sour Stomach, Sick Headache, Habitual
Costiveness, Palpitation of the Heart,
Heartburn, Water brash, coming up of
food after eating, low spirits, &c, we
ask you to go to your druggist, and get
a sample bottle of Green's August Flow
er for 10 cents and try it, or regular
size for rs cents, two doses will relieve
you. IL
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1876-05-19
Commi.-ioner.' Notice.


STATE OF VERMONT. In ProbsS "a
DIsTRfCToF WESTMINSTER, SIS. held at Glaig
said district, on the third dag of may, A. b. II
Charles L, Weeden. administrator Of the aAa
LUCIUS D, GAMMIL. late Of Koekinghan ia a
district, deceased. presents his adminst1aas 4
count for examination and allowance, Al zaks
application for a decree OF distribution dsi E2fl
Is ordered by said court, that said account slssa
application be referred 70 session thereqk Il
held az the inn OF M. A, Wilder on the cbEhs
DAY OF JUNE, A. ID. 1876 for hearing and ass
thereon, and il is further ordered that notice
of be given to all persons interested. By pu0lle
Of the same three weeks successfully IN the be
Falls TINES, newspaper published at Bellows
previous TO said time appointed for hearlng
they may appear at said time and place, and z
cause, ii any they may have. why said aecaa
should not be allowed and such decree made.
By the Court, Attest.
CHAkLES b. EDDY. Resist'
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1876-05-19
No,ice In BanGrup,cy

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNI
STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF VERMl
n the matter of ISAAC X. ALLEN. bankruRi
ktice Is hereby given that petition has been
in said court. By Isaac X. Alien OF Brattiebor}
said District, duly declared bankrupt under
Act ofCongress Of March "a, 1851, for dischargsI
certificate thereof from all his debts and other ED
proyable under said act, and that the Sixth u
OF JUNE 1876. at II O'Clock A. NJ. before the 4
ID. A. Smaliey. Judge Of said court. at bis chad
in the city of Burlington is assigned for the head
of the same. when and where all creditors !
have proved their debts. aud other persons in Il
est, may attend and show cause, IL any they q
why the prayer Of said petition should net be srs
ed.
Dated at Burlington on the I'd day of May. I'D
b. b. sAALLEl Clsfll
IG-F
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1876-05-19
An Interesting Romance of the
War.

DIX. Collins of Charleston, N. c.,
who belonged to the rebel army during
the war and once came into very close
quarters with Vermont boy of about
his own age GO years., is trying to find
where he is and to renew his acquain-
lance with him. 1t was just after the
battle of Strasburg, when the rebels
were retreating up the Shenandoah with
the federals in hot pursuit, that they
met. The boy in blue was mounted on
magnificent bay horse, with two re-
volvers by his side, and was otherwise
highly equipped ; the one in gray had
an Enfield rifle and lot Of traps that
he had picked up on the field of battle,
and was moving up the valley as fast
as he could, when he was ordered to
halt by the boy in blue, who came up in
his rear at full speed. The boy in gray
halted and about-faced with gun at a
charge-bayonet The boy in blue snap
ped his revolver and then dashed di.
rectly at the boy in gray, who allowed
him to come in easy range, then raised
his gun and emptied the contents in the
horses head killing him instantly and dis
mounting his rider by the side of his
antanonist, placing each on an equal
footing. The boy in blue raised his
revolver, when the other dealt him a
blow, which he caught on his hand to
save his head, and his revolver was
knocked from him. Then the tussle
began. The boy in blue caught the gun
of the boy in gray, and then they both
dropped it. The boy in gray caught the
throat of the other, holding it for a time,
choking him considerable but the boy
in blue released himself. Then they
tried to pull each others hair, which
they failed to do, as each had his hail
trimmed close to his Uranium. Fisticuffi
| followed, without definite results IN favor
of either. The boy in gray wheeled
himself about and ran for his gun, which
lay a few feet away, but down came the
boy in blue on his back. The boy in
gray came up with the load on his back
and then gave the boy in blue sundr.
blows with his gun, when soldier Oh
horseback, dressed in blue, came in au'
decided the contest, and he would hav
ended the earthly career of the boy il
gray, had it not been for the timel.
pleading of the boy in blue, who bad
him not to shoot. The soldier on horse
back, a New Yorker, then made the bo
in gray prisoner, having robbed hin
of watch. The boy in gray now want
both his antagonists to communicat
with him and wished the Vermont bo
to have the watch.