The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-09-08

The foundation thus laid. the next move was
u" cntrapring II tho Veterans and militia.
They were told that sussex county would throw
open its portals to ia m. and toss out three
fold more than thry could consume. Tho
night and bake bread for them. and the world
would look on m 1 applaud. The people opened
their ewes At the lule NAIor-Gcnorals stories.
Warner and other hotel proprintors ordered
vast supplies 10 feed the expected multitude.
md all wore on the alert On saturday July 20
eleven lagor beer dealers arrived at the
Doctors house. They had come up TO see tho
L. his mansion Immediately. A. they weighed
2jO pounds apiece. on an average. the Doctor
waS put To his wits 70 ace9mmodatc them:
They planted themselves on his stoop. He put
an extra prop under tue stOop, and inquircd
among his neighhors for conveyance. Tho
only one hs could fnd was a tombstone wagon,
1t was painted in vcrmilion and bad tho word
Ieml~,2nes n ~ letters 9n ine eldS;
wagon, and dIriyen 10 Malor-Gepi. Kilpat-
A. Galluha Frank M,riz. and {. Feigrspan Of
NSe%"prk : I'M o. LatNrrr d. A. PGiouec' az" n
" 1it ~ Enslewood. ON tier driving ny To the
door Of tho mansion the Major General rushed
out in n torn straw hat an shirt sleeves. He
Int. Good G3d what dil you come in that
| wagon for9' After uphraidng the Doc
| tor. he ush,red tho tomb-tones into his
| house aud pfo leelcd 70 business. Foigclspan.
| after -uudry sunday confrrence- with the Roy.
| L \. Hamilton. ora Of the Mai9r-Gen' raj :
| committees secured Il contract for .uO0 kegs Of
| beer. Nothing d" slve IL known regarding the
| other tonl'stenes. They ail went on together,
| not feel 50 happy On the strength ot the MAJOR
| Gcnrrals plomi- 10 that l., llguor should be
| spld lu The pncaWrm"nt he hal laid in 2i1 kegs
| " lager aud he feared the supply would be
| greater than the demand
A. III opening day approached the citizens
organized. AMI sixteen detectives were quar-,
| tered on Dr. Warner. The little Major General
| flow around the village Ike a wild man. Gov
| Hayes and his Cabinet ~ frauds were sure u
| come. Gov. Mcclellan WAS overloyed 10 receive
AN invitation. sherman aud Sheridan had tcle,
| graphed for quarters aud Coy. Hartranft and
| his vet rams wore already On the march You
could hear HI; talk "A mile said one of his
| ncighbors. Why two days before the encanlp.
| mont Doe goi % spouting Down ut the depot and
| 100 hogs cam" running = vi from his farm
Two miles away, supp sing that he was calling
XII day On sunday teams wore drawing um-
| hor and lager beer % the Ell fampmoat The
SUNDAY law was broken, AMI heer and spple-
ld'k flowed IN torrents. Ca Monday the militia
! camp. hu' there was a lack ~ Qnartarinasters'
! stores. 90 Ho- rCrn and rotieO' WAS the cry. A
| company from harA'nsack, % is said. 90 dis
| gu-i"i, aud 'leared cut, The Huckcu-'.Wn
! ami "Wednesday crowds ~ urOpl" poured IN. cN-
pee. iqg 10 -"e CieiHn snrrdan. sherman
lf.
son and Hirhl's Il, y cleared cut u disgust
| without - 'rling ~ prekcrtoWn. III" hotel
proprir,. l.. wlti u -inGy saw booths filled with
them. The Disguised owd did not stop lor q
meal one oi ur prgpriclors says be engaged
| special cook nom New YORK al - a day and
| Two carVer7 AMI walters ~ So "a n. His dinner
| c'si IAN. seventy dollars AMI he had nine at the
| table AT il;y r.nt- uplcr'. ON the second day
| not buy pound Of mcnt from Butcher Ayr.-
AM TIE honest meat seller telt unweIl;
Nor was this aL Sweat blu- = ~ Ill kinds
| ni gaiNulhS W'fe j ,3hord. Ihe veterans
ia w. rasrs ivlS the law in their own
hhh' "hI ioss"d the sh9rpers in blank
-, iu' Sh"rn ihrca'ennd 10 arrest the
! gamblers. hut the Malor-General protected
,a, H.t .im' ,ns j. .rh1cs raiEnd from go 70
teh-e' hhd driven from tho field. He qui KY
/ returned, shaking protection paper ~ ms
$50 much a. he pleased" Nors5 a VI ssinc"s IMAM
! fainllcrs were al'o allowed On me sr29hd;
| lh"re was u scarcity of w'fer. am tod that
@ En-. ,Gar5aHi o 2, .6s,. liqald. lee
! ori visitors wcr, charged twenty-fyc cents Tor
| hthng Their horses. one veteran, i j. snil,
Gth"ia he sad; fought under 9n ia tho
4rmy and an not feeling very we'll Idlike Il
D--n you. amt that water down there.
said the Ma9r.Grncral polnting To- z ditch
ar. IS the road. good enough Tor you;' The
| Worst Of all. The. MAJOR General frequently
! lost hls temper a hungry veteran crowded up
| Another veteran washed his hands in the duck
! pond or som" Other forbidden place, and was
| brought o. sense Of his duty By the fiat Of
/ the Malor-Generai sword. The veterans
/ gcuerav got the cold shoulder and many
! nssert that tho MAJ r-Goneril was disposed t.
j favor the militia AZ their expense. The catering
! was done hY contract. Iho caterer had but one
! TENT and tho men wore kept waiting in a long
! i'm" an hour before 1t was served. Meantime,
! two immense tens, run ~ lc,sees Of the MAJOR
| General. KEPT tuclr bells ringing, and many
| soldiers, tired md exhausted, patronizod them,
| PM kcntney Post one night paid Tor it, supper
/ at one Of these stands II Is also charged that
! the Malor-Generdl had $50 bushels Of winter
apples picked and clamped into cider before
| sold on the .gronnd. AIWor.Gep. Klpalriek's
! play Of Allato9na WAS, performed before
/ II the tent The admission was nifty cents.
| Hundreds Of the veterans lay IN camp without
HE fS 6y % q22 a bS 70 SPBs pa I4n
unuumously carried, Tho MAJOR General .
| managers. however. refused 10 admit them.
Not more than 5000 or 10000 people were on
| me ground, This estimate Is made by old sol
dicrs Of the Army Of the Potomac. who have
seen scores Of brigade and division reviews.
| Hardly ono 81 the distinguished men put in
an ana, app@ar9tnee; MaI9riGen kilpatrick had no
ldan, ana he knew that Coy Hayes would not
come, There is Q probability that Hartranit
in,Gmueu Gontine nHt backed out under an APP
I'm, IAe last veteran is gone, and there are sore
filled with decayed vegetables. A thousand pies
| arc ierInenting at tho depot. and 400 kegs OF
lager are buried n tho collars, DR.. Warner
| buried over hundred pounds Of tainted meat
| On Tuesday, md threw a like quantity away
IN Monday Tho stencil became 30 grcnt that
his part Of the town with chloride OF line.
Others nre placed in similar situations. A
hotel proprietor has on hand Loo pounds Of
luck because he failed 10 90 into bankruptcy
DeGre TIE sesN3on yas up He has written his