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PERRY's VICTORY.

Shelby, Richland county, has the
honor of being the home of man who,
as the records Of the pension office show,
is the only man living who was with
Commodore Perry when the famous bat
tie of Lake Erie was fought. At this
quiet little village the old hero, whose
name is John Rice, now nearly eighty
seven years of age, is spending the even
ing of an eventful life. A Herald cor
respondent furnishes the following
sketch of the old soldiers life, gathered
from Mr.. Rice's own lips:
John Rice was born August 22d,
1871, in small town in the interior of
Pennsylvania, where he received the
usual education of the farmer boy of
that that period; At time when the western
disgrace of Hull's surrender at Detroit,
he enlisted at Lewiston, Pa, in Captain
Rogers company of volunteers, and
shortly after took up line march for
Erie. where they arrived April 23d,
1913. Commodore Perry was there at
the time, with the Lawrence and Niaga-
ra, getting ready to beard the British
lion, and Mr.. Rice accepted an offer of
$50 for three-months cruise. After
the time had expired he was transferred
with several of his companions, to the
schooner Scorpion, Captain Chris. Cham
plin, of Carlisle, Penn. It was in this
ship that he participated in the engage
ment. In several important instances
his story materially differs from accept
ed authority on the subject. When
Perry left the ill-fated Lawrence in his
little boat he was rowed by only two
men-Jacob Tool and Aleck Netlau-
who were the only persons in the boat
besides himself, the Scorpion escorting
them to the Niagara. Mr.. Rice was an
6y0-WlJuGSS W Gu0 SuU1 0udb Oidou0u
through Perry's boat, and saw him jerk
off his coat and stuff it into the hole to
keep it from sinking. In that terrible
line-piercing charge, which occurred
shortly after on the front of the enemy's
ships, that gained the day, the Scorpion
did noble work with her deck sweeping
broadsides. and Mr.. Rice stood up
manfully with the rest of the heroic
crew. Soon after the battle he was
transferred to the land force, and was
in the battle of the Thames. He AYERS
that he saw Tecumseh shot by Colonel
johnson in the thickest of the fight. Col
oneI johnson morse having been sRot
under him. Tecumseh rushed toward him
with uplifted tomahawk, but was imme-
diately stricken down by bullet from
Johnson's pistol.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1879-12-08

Thus the fun went On all the morning.
The fruit dealer never laughed SO much
in all his life. The occupants of the
adjacent and opposite stores and shoal
of small boys Learned what was up, and
watched and joined in ringing roar as
each new victim tried the cherries. Fl
nally, solemn-looking countrymar
lounged up. inquired the price of then
ere New Zealand cherries, invested in
pint, put one in his mouth, took it out
again, gave the fruit-dealer lingering
look of mild reproach, pulled off his
coat and "waded into him. When he
left, the fruitman with tendencies to
practical jokes had a blue eye. a red
nose, a purple face, a sprained wrist and
several bushels of fruit scattered around
among the small boys, while the sane
ringing roar of laughter was gong up
from the lookers-on. n.-LouisviU CouSe,
Journal.
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baptized it with its first victory at Mill
Springs. At Somerset he defeated Zol-
licoffer and introduced the bayonet as
one of the factors of the contest, showing
the nation that in the shock of contend
ing lines Western Drawn and muscle
were more than a match for Southern
fire. Thomas held the centre against
the most desperate assaults Of Bragg at
Murfreesboro' so we'll that Rosecrans
gratefully spoke of him, in his report,
as ''true and prudent, distinguished in
council, and celebrated on many battle
fields for his courage. At Chicamauga,
when defeat threatened the Union arms,
Thomas held the centre like rock, af-
ter both tanks had been overborne, and
gathering to himself detachments from
eye g9 fSe On the field I he saved the
at Chattanooga, he promised Grant to
"hold the town till we starve," and it
was held. In the battle of Chattanooga,
Thomas held the centre, formed his
command with perfect precision, and
swept Bragg's army from the heights.
At Nashville his caution so disquieted
General Grant that he had ordered Lo-
gan to proceed thither and take the
command when the news of the annihi-
lation of Hoods army reached him. The
delay of Thomas was for purpose.
Hoods army had been allowed to choose
its position, and to fancy its prey secure,
when the terrible blow which had been
prepared for it descended. When the
right hour came, Thomas struck and
Hoods army vanished. Thomas took
Is, l89 prisoners and 72 cannon. besides
receiving 1900 deserters, inhicting a
loss of 25,000 in killed, wounded and
captured, out of an army of $1,000.
Speaker Randall well said of him,
sThomas was faithful, brave and true
man. He vas perhaps the only General
of the war who always fought his great
battles with even numbers. His success
was not the success of an overwhelming
force; it was the triumph of military
SKILL" The memory of such man,
as trusty as he was able, as pure in life
and morals as he was brave, deserves to
be commemorated in enduring bronze
and to be long held in the hearts of 9
grateful people Burlington Free Press
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HOW THEY CURED THE TUTOR.

He was 'the pink of perfection. If
the cream of human excellence was to
be churned the butter would lump up in
the shape of Professor Porteous Prye,
tutor. He had contracted the habit of
stealing up stairs in his stocking feet to
see if the lights are out at ten. 1t is hard
teaching old dogs new tricks, but boys
sometimes succeed better with old pro-
fessors.
Tommy Tayre is cadaverous youth,
with sulphur-colored mustache, but the
iron had entered his soul, and he must
do what he could. So he bought three
papers of carpet tacks one night, and
stood the innocent little nails, business
ends up, all the way up and down the
stairs, and retired with his faithful fol-
lowers to the wood closet above to await
results. Promptly the chapel bell struck
ten, then season of waiting and whis-
pering followed. Presently there came
furry, creeping sound like woolen
stocking feeling their way over rough
boards, Tommy tucked his hat in his
mouth-his mouth runs clear around,
except small isthmus which connects
the top of his head with the nape of his
/
neck-and held his nose till the first
burst of glee had subsidized.
Now came suppressed scream, one
foot on the stairs; then another foot
down; then scream that wasn't sup
pressed then howl; he had struck
the second stair; then he sat down on
the next step, but he got up again, and
a groan, with exclamation points after it,
came up to the wood closet. The boys
stood back to give Tommy room to kick !;
then came scrabbling and shouting of
heavy words, and distinct mention of the
name of the farther Of iniquity." /"
and 1om promptly appeared and asked,
in voice fresh from the valley of Nod,
"What seems to be the matter % "Mat-
ter?'' "The boys '.The demons =
"confound it ''see here;" "help p
and be shifted about and tried to stand
on his knees.
Tom brought light and the boys
carried the wounded man to his room,
offered sympathy; got claw hammer
and drew out the taeks. The professor
wears slippers and sits on a cushion.
Tom sits on nettles, for seventeen boys
know. the secret, and it is spreading like
smallpox in an Indian camp.-Detroit
Free Press.
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MARK TWAIN ON "BABIES., ,,

At the recent banquet of the Army of
the Tennessee, to the toast: "Babies, as
thew onmfnrt ,ls IN nnr enrrnrn Lot re not
forget them in our festivities" Mark
Twain responded as follows:
81 like that. We haven't all had the
good fortune to be ladies. We haven't
all been generals or poets or statesmen.
But when toasts work down to babies,
we stand on common ground, for we
have all been there; we have all been
babies. 1t is shame that for thousands
of years the worlds banquets have utter
ly ignored the baby. as if he didn't
amount to anything. If you gentlemen
will stop and think a minute or if you
will go back SO or 100 years to your
early married life and contemplate your
first baby, you will remember that he
amounted to good deal, and sometimes
over. You soldiers, you all know that
when that little fellow arrived at family
headquarters, you had to hand in your
resignation. He took entire command.
You became his lackey, his mere body
servant, and you had to stand around,
too. He was not commander who
made allowances for time, distance,
weather or anything else. You had to
execute his orders whether it was possi-
BILE or not, and there was only one form
of marching in his manual of tactics,
and that double quick. He treated you
with every sort of insolence and disre-
spect, and the bravest of you didn't dare
to say a word. You could face the
death-storm of Donelson and Vicksburg,
and give back blow for blow; but when
he clawed your whiskers, and pulled
your hair and twisted your nose, you had
| to take it. When the thunders of war
were sounding in your ears, you set your
face toward batteries and advanced with
1
steady tread; bat when he turned on
the terrors Of his war troops you advanc-
ed in another direction, and mighty glad
of the chance, too. When he called for
soothing syrup, did you venture to throw
out any side remarks about certain ser.
vice being unbecoming an officer and q
gentleman? No, you got up and got it
If he ordered his pap-bottle, did you
talk back? No, you went to work and
warmed it. You even descended so fal
in your menial office as to take sup al
that warm, insipid stuff yourself to see
if it was right, three parts water to one
of milk, touch of sugar to modify the
collie, and drop Of peppermint to xii
the immortal hiccough- l can taste i
yet. And how many things you learned
as you went along. Sentimental young
folks will take stock in that beautiful
old saying, that when the baby smiles
in its sleep it is because angels arr
whispering to him. Very pretty, bu
too thin. Simply wind on the stomach
My friends. if the baby proposed to taxi
walk at his usual hour, 2: 80 in tn,
morning, didn't you rise up promptly
and remark, with mental addition
which wouldn't improve a Sunday schoo
book much. that it was the very thing
you were about to propose yourself? /? Oh
yes, you were under good discipline, anc
as you went futtering up and down tn,
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the PRESIDENTIAL YEAR,

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FOOD FOR THOUGHT.

Better cut the tongue out entirely
than not to govern it.
There is nothing terrible in death but
that our life hath made ID so.
All lives have their prose translation
as well as their ideal meaning. :.
There can be no peace in human life
without the contempt of all evil.
When man has forfeited his integ-
rity nothing else will save his turn.
Wisdom is pedestal from which envy
or malice cannot hurl the occupant.
The man who is always fortunate can
not easily have a great amount of virtue.
AS too long retirement weaken the
mind, so too much company dissipates
it.
DESPAIR aives the shocking case to
the mind that modification gives to the
body.
Physical force, moral force, and the
police. are what keep the world going.
Mankind thirsts hundred-fold more
for wealth than it will ever hunger after
righteousness.
1t is easy to pick holes in other peo-
pies work, but far more profitable to do
better work yourself.
Death, to the Christian, is the funeral
of all his sorrows and evils, and the re-
surrection of all his joys.
To be wise is to feel that all that is
earthly is transient, and to experience
misfortune is to become wise.
The keenest abuse of our enemies will
not hurt US so much in the estimation
of the discerning as the injudicious praise
of our friends.
If we grieve the spirit of God by our
lightness. worldliness or presumptions,
we do but fill our own cup with worm
wood and gall.
He that has really felt the bitterness
of sin will fear to commit it and he that
hath felt the sweetness of mercy will
fear to offend it.
When true genius appears in the
world you may know him by this sign,
that the ounces are all in confederacy
against him.
Sensibility is like the stars they can
lead only when the sky is clear. Rea-
son is the magnetic needle when the sky
is wrapped in darkness.
There is this difference between hatred
and pity: Pity is thing often avowed,
but seldom felt; hatred is thing often
felt. but seldom ayoWed.
Be careful not to interrupt another
man when he is speaking; hear him out
and you will be able to hear him better
and be able to give him better an
swer.
1t requires great deal of boldnes'
and a great deal of caution to make ;
great fortune, and when you have got it
it requires ten times as much wit t.
keep it.
No man has come to true greatnes
who has not felt in some degree that i
life belongs to his race, and that wha
God gives him He gives him for man
kind.
Men talk too much about the world
Each one of as is here, let the world g
as it will, and be victorious or not vic
torious, has he not life of his own t
lead?
A weak mind sinks under prosperit
as well as under adversely. A stron
mind has two highest tides-when tn
moon is at the full and when there is n
moon.
In the dark we are most apt to b
frightened the clearer sight we have {
the sovereignty and power of HEAVIER
the less we shall fear the calamities (
this world.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1879-12-08

UNHoRNING CALvEs.-The horns of
cows seem to be neither ornamental nor
useful. As means of warfare they can
have consideration, but warfare and GO
ring IS precisely what we desire to keep
away from the barnyard. English
farmers, where herds are probably more
precious and closer confined than in
America. have introduced the practice of
unhorning cattle by clipping the short
projections in calves when half an inch
long, using simply strong pair of
shears. 1t is true it hurts the calves
somewhat There will be little bleed
ing. but that will stop in an hour or
two, and the calves will soon resume
eating.
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room in your undrcss uniform, you not
only prattled undignifed baby talk, but
turned up your martial voice and tried
to sing "Rock-a-by, baby, in the tree
top" for instance. What spectacle
for the army of the Tennessee, and what
an affliction for the neighbors. too For
it isn't everybody within mile around
that likes military music at o'clock in
the morning. And when you had been
keeping this sort of thing up two or
three hours and your little velvet head
intimated that nothing suited him like
exercise and noise, what did you say {?
You simply went on till you dropped in
the last ditch. The idea that a baby
don't amount to anything! Why, one
baby is just house and front yard by
itself. If one baby can't furnish more
uusInoss Unau you ooI
terror department can attend to, he is
not enterprising. Irrepressible, brimful
of lawless activity, do what you please,
you can't make him stay on his reserva-
tion. Sufficient unto the day is one
baby. AS long as you are in your right
mind, don't you ever pray for twins.
Yes, it was high time for the toast-mas-
ter to recognize the Importance of babies.
Think what is in store for the present
crop. Fifty years hence we shall all be
dead, trust, and then this flag, if it
still survives, and let us hope it may,
will be floating over republic number
ing 2OO,0OO,OOO. According to the
settled laws of increase, our present
schooner of state will have grown into a
political leviathan, a great Eastern, and
the Graded babies of to-day will be on
deck. Let them be well trained, for we
are going to leave big contract on their
hands. Among the three or four million
cradles now rocking in this land are
some which the nation would preserve
for ages as sacred things, if we could
know which ones they are. In one of
these cradles an unconscious Farragut is
at this moment teething. Think of it.
And putting in world of dead earnest,
unutterable, but perfectly justifable
profanity over it, too. In another, a
future renowned astronomer is blinking
at the shining milky substance with but
langnid interest, the poor little chap,
and wondering what is to become of
him. In another, future great histo-
rian is lying. and doubtless he will con:
tinue to "lie" till his earthly mission is
ended. In another future president
is busyins, liraevic miUil Prvreuna0,
problem of state than that of what the
mischief has become of his hair so early
and in mighty array in other cradles
there are some 10000 future office-seek
ers getting ready to furnish him the oc'
casion to grapple with the same OLD
problem second time. And still il
one more cradle somewhere under the
flag the American armies is so littlt
burdened with his approaching grandeur.
and responsibilities as to be giving hi
whole strategic mind at this moment tt
trying to find out some way to get hi
own big toe into his mouth.
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