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The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-07-13
Entertaining tho Governor.

Governor Pierce and the other terrific
rial officers arc making a trip in southern
Dakota. Yesterday morning they were
in Watcrtown. They are staying at the
leading hotel when a citizen of that place
called to see the Governor. He was
shown in and said:
Governor, 1 see you are making a
visit to this part of the territory"
eyes, sir"
IL s'pose you're having a pretty good
time"
eyes, have enjoyed myself 80 far"
81 calculate they try to entertain you
at all the different cities you visit.
ooh, yes, each place has made it very
pleasant for U.s."
"Of course, and Watertown amt going
to be outdone."
II suppose not, tits a very enterprising
town."
"You bet it is, Governor. And Pm
going to do my share, too. Now, I'll
tell you my scheme; I've got horse tied
down at the door that's deceived lots of
good judges on his age and to make it
interesting for you and seems your the
guest of the city, I'll bet you 81 that yon
can't tell how old he is the first time you
look in his mouth! Here's my money,
we'll put it up with the auditor, I know
him. Come on down, Governor, and
blamed if / don't hold old Jacks mouth
open for you whilo you look at his
teeth !"-Esteline (Dak.) Bel.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-07-13
SIng-Song.

q Ctng of the bobolink hid in the clover;
\ Sing Of the, summer winds lost out to sea;
8ing Of blue skies and the clouds that float
The old days and golden that once used to
be.
Sing and be glad, clasp hands and sing on
NJ the days Of your youth and the years that
are gone.
Sing Of the old fashioned lullabies,
Crooned by your. mother above her first
born;
Never again will such sweet melodies
Greet life's weary pilgrim, bent, gray and
~forlorn;
There's rest in the region where the roses
once grew;
There's peace in the thought as it drifts
back to you.
Sing Of the land where the wheat fields are
glowing;
Sing ofthe g~reen-bannered corn and the
Sing Of bronzed workers who sing at their
moving;
Sing Of the birds and sing of the trees,
Sing Of life's morn and its glorifed Mays
While your heart travels back over old-fash
toned ways.
A song or a sigh may make you touch fin
gers
With the youth that is gone, and let you
clasp hands
With the maiden long dead, whose memory
fingers
Like a perfume blown back from life's
fairy-lands.
Sing and be glad clasp hands and sing on
or the days of your youth and the years that
are gone.
Indianapolis Journal.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-07-13
A Demand for Hands.

essay, Jones, there's no need for you to
be idle. There's ten thousand hands
wanted in a store on Chestnut, street."
"Sakes alive, man; to manufacture
what?n
Nothing"
why do they want SO many handss"
TT wear the gloves the firm is offor-
ing for salc.-CdM
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-07-13

A windy contributor enters an edito-
rial>room. "Whew," said he painting,
"that long stairway makes me blown
Editor-"Ah, if that's what make.
you blow I'll hare it taken down. I an
glad you have discovered the cause" ~.
ArkaasaD z1aeellsr.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-06-23

Tie editor ui the kIsstnur" Leader
has received a private letter from "A
friend III iowa. in which rruuulri some
prices that will astuuish the farmers ~
this section. The writer quotes rs eel
lows: "liuttcr, Il cents per pound, eggs,
Il cents PER dozen; corn, ~ rtutN pcr
h,i,hcI wheat. from - to % cents, ar.
cnr,ling to quality; Irish l,"tatw# cant
hardly hr given away. THE Leader
says. IN commenting urcn thl1 letter,
that with the exception ot wheat all TIA"
abuvc can h produced IN this country
at u much less expense than IN Iowa,
and the prices they bling here are about
ii,, llnp4 better for the producer grnrr
all,. and 10 the ease ut inst shipments
often fifteen AMI twenty times better.
Aid to- this the fact that W. have ne
long winter To- lay ny supplies Tor, ami It
will tr readily seen that when Il pro
duc"r. h, persistent, increasing Labor
manages e. get good living AMI make
l,utl, ends meet for u l"ri"l Ut ten years
IN Iowa. here III the ,ainr length If time.
and with the sainr energy and industry,
there y nothing tu prevent his trc, mlng
rich. For money making. health anl
comfort. florida cannot hr surpassed.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-06-23

1l" nomination uf II state lnu'.il,tiun
ticket ~ Mlim' means nothing, writes
the Philadelphia Times, unless IT !" that
the Main" rrollhIiloni,ts arr uisg,l-trd
Wtll, the party IN power at augusta, ami
that they intend l., r,cnrl Themselves
against IT and It's m,thods. II ~ "A sin
gtil,t fact that this party should exist
~ "a state where 81 called prohibition
AMI rclalhlican-m AZ" generally regard
cd a., SIMON, mons terms and it, .NiI-
rncr can only IL, credited to ia" hNpo'-
r,,l whl'h rnacis law to- plarai" on"
element ami allows IT become II dead
I"ttcr Ia insure tl" support al anoth'r
That ~ a,lhian,r Is the hur,Irn Of The
piuhIhitlun arraignn"nt The further
THIS campaign Progresses the more o'Ni.
"u, II h"r"mr- that There ia going to h"
plenty Of fun not only IN l'rnus, wanna
aud Maine hut rltcw here. There never
vet was u putty urt,nl2Itiun which
wasn't benefited l., u health, kirking
match, and though TIA" hnssrs don't like
such performances, th" l~orlr do, let
the band play and the small boys sit
down IN front The rurpo@ can he car
tied ou' later ov
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-06-23
o\IE WpEkED riiI INDIANS
\ Enh and Interesting Sutp~tutt,.
Mine Discovered ~ Eastern Con
nee, NJ

NORWICH. june g. Connecticut i.
the richest state N the union N unpof.
table mines. tiul, and silver atM man,
other metals have been found N 4 -rur.
at townships, but not ia paving ,p1n.
tIlN Notth NtunUgton has Il m,.t ne
marble mime. New London Is GOING Il,
dlg tor petroleum. and "A lay ur tNo asn
u sulp-tnlL" mlno, tlGI once Vas NuIk,l
hy the Indians. was discovered .utlhr
the borough limits Of Willlamantpc
The deposit cropped nut uu the Nuuu.
farm, near tIc aesthetic WIhamlutr
thread mill. AMI not Iuirn r,d- from
tn" railroad. Il Ison high ground that
Is clear ot timber, and all about II th,r,
ls,N ll'ilrc that considerable umntili,-
ui the STONE Wrtr removed at distant
time III til" past Fragments ui sup,
stone pots and dishes, iinlv chi-.lrd and
polished, hay" frequently been found bt
the Villagers. ana mound 1T uptiruWu
earth now grass grown Indicate I -
places III which the Indian, worked it
lhr old Vuarry.
The mine i to hc worked h} Spring
field Mas mrn who. bN means at the
magnetic needle. which l. STRONGLY atlr,.t-
rt hy the ulacnttu. ure in the stpr,.
have traced ~" deposit l,r Il Iona way
down the hillside ani vito ARE. ruutl-
dent that the mine !, u very largo AMI
valuable one. The oil uurulng IN the
quarry ut which the Indians worked ha-
lrn enlarged. and the rock ~ tar duu II
~ the Wurklncn have penetrated l. pure
Soarstnnr. Vt every point uIi the hlIl
whore a shaft has been mad, the ~tun,
Is found III abundance. The Springfield
men vii begin to work H." MN" about
tIltrIIst
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-06-23

h. -lGgest that our "flnr..ut~ r-tLnuI
disturb uur rTauimity Us mtimltau-
that ~ ar disappointed ai..lit tit,. spells
of uifier. Their. Is me- -uch ,.i~apJniflt-
nrnt. The 'lemo' rat.c panty Irt, higher
ann ami lHtTIas.., tl.an tn. m,r.- di>tri-
lHitlon ui laIt, patrons oHr opp
nttlt. ml~taky our tl..>irss- and mi-r,pr,.-
~rnt Gun position. \ party that has
f"urlsir'I i"r twenty fuUr Years without
IsttT"naSs ami tils.. So called -fpli, uf
ollie" wlll npl Ir~tfnv it-.il iy ATTY in
t"rIlal trtil- over any -u.h minor al, s.
ti"n. W. must nnt forget that tl,. Prs
s'i''nt, in hi ,i,~ir,' To- REFORM atrl-a-. anil
I" rryr the country a I.tt,r -uy.rnru.tlt
hy agent, ,fl.rt,,i tN himself, ha, l-..n
nir,ru'ts'l by IN ;tdtrr,.. -,.irlte. am
opprS.''i To such runtirmatory power b.
tnS lodged M tlt, -..nat. at th.. nit,.l
States. fan may not agts,. with mr.
| ronr''le that 1t H. IL question upon
which oInninn- may Will ,!,lIrr. l..-
lh'" that with power >lahuld 90 r~I"u-
slhIllty. n't a sllv,tled. hut a iull r~,an-
.llHlitN. desire further To say that /
am utterly "pr.ssd To- any policy ~
srhrnl" which prevents any adminl>tra,
tlon from recognizing faithful party ser.
ylrr ia th" distribution of the imrurtan,
offices nf ia" government | am not in
favor "i mere sentimental appoint.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-06-23

Ihar democrats who favor the pas
sage of the Morrison tariff blll are AZ
tlv, ~ 1T work to get the measure h'iuic
congress again. Some ~" Of the opin-
ION that last Thursdays vote WAS a fair
test that nolarllr legislation can hr lc-
ronpli,hrd at this session AMI an in.
,lln"d To- favor an Indefinite r",tpanr-
mcut 81 the question. There l. also "A
strong opposition Ia assisting Mr. Ran
dali with hls ,nmrrrml.r measure,
which. 1t - ALLEGED, he Will Introduce
after the Morrison bill has been rejected
the Second time.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-06-23

The Indian River sun tell- nf th,. visit
If two Seulno.t Indians. Ss.alah and
Stewart, last week. The Indian urrr
evidently liant IN having fun. AMI the
first named allowed some ON. Ia ct him
tnn full uf "wy-n mi. auI fell a~heIl
While in thi, condition some uutrrling
t"rurntpr committed the ,iiatoliral act
Of cutting oil his halr. ~ queue, "a, ii i
mere properly termed. As it is an AN.
par'lorralle rrimc with this tril'" To- Io~r
,purue, poor Scahah was nearly fran
TIC "n discovering his lo,s. Asa sever"
PENALTY Is attached la such acts, the per
ptrators may yet come To grief. The
tr'l"' requires record To h" kept of each
ones HAIR, 81 when il was returned l."
him th" Indian left in better spirits.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-06-23

II seems that the si,trmrnt malr re-
cent?, hy the New Notk Tribune IN ret
,r,ur, to President Cleveland aud t;u, /.
lllI. 81 New York. was Il fabrication.
aud manufactured ont ui Whole cloth.
,;u,. lllll, IN his speech hciur" u large
number oC heaters IN Eoston. composed
If representative men OF both parties,
has set ;i~,lc any opinion 1T that nature
that might have been established lN the
Tribune. The Governor speech was
short but painted. AMI was arplaudrd
throughout lie said N part. The
country ENJOYING an honest admins
tratinn ul it, public affairs. We have u
President whusc honesty and sincerity
Of purpose To- serve the people faithful,
are conceded l., all. IT, may mAkr
mistake, hut what public nrln does not
make thrni He Is conservative III his
official actions, and such conservatism IS
the safety Of the republic. Permit me
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-06-23
LANDLORD COREY AHEAD. Z
lie STORES Onr on the Practical doh
.rs at " iitc-toir, Long Inland.

AZ, HANGS hravi, ON the hands uf tn,
good lrupIr uf MILESTONE. L. l. 10
accelerate the l,i,"u moments the lnhall-
tant- dl>purt Themselves with all manner
81 practical uhr-. On the laN after
,,s'uiatiuu day John Corey. landlord Il
the nitri States hotel. who has "A SUM
mrr iutl~r ut Whlt'stoIr. WAS rn lowing
himself ~ Whllr~tuur harroum. Near
bN u COW ls'luullnE to- Editor bvrrtun,
who rtlulre- III IT," appt'llatiuu Of Win
field Scott. Wa1 peacefully glazing. 1t
struck the NiNicluus Mr. torrN that II
would h. u good Nchcln' tu steal the
LtuuulWurk fpr Ia, milk punches from
the .ltnpi,-iululri COW. When Editor
uvrrtun hrariot ihls outrage upon the
innocent yoW ho was Wruth, aud straight
way called tn his side his trtlstv foreman.
W,-ttrNrlt. I'rtn.ru them they con.
cuyttd thrftllnwing lurrudiary nt~SIun.
which was written on Il Telegraph hEnk
AMI delivered at torr> house hv a mn.
furm,i mipluu 81 the Western mon
company for tho small sum of twenty
tive cents.
lrNJ~r toms McetIur at the corner
tl lhtIlNdN anu Itthhllt street. NJ ,
O'clock tu uortow \ Yours
NAVAL.
Landlord tarrl happened to hr away
frum h,rut' mt the tIn,.. and he Telegram
was opened lay his r~ttmalIr WIFE To
~.t> that ,hr was mad l. mild way t
expressing her feelings at the time She
at once Gut read, To- gntu the city. TINT "A;
the depot she met her husband. It
protested tia, lr ,ld not know any one
rs H., uam ct Mabel and wh,h i,,' vas
shown the Telegram hr recognized the
Handwriting. aud It dawnrd on lam that
heNta~ the ,lctm uf one f Mr. Ov,r
ton, Practical jokes. 1t was now hi-
tam to grtc,rn. lie called on Justice
Nrkrunl. and knowing hr likrd u lukr
Us well A. u,lpdy, asked h,m II h,
couldn't issue warrants for the arrest u
the perpetrators ut the joke on charge Of
criminal hl4l. aud held = haeH. t>ami
nation uf the case to frlehten them. The
Judge entered into the spirit Of the altar
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-06-23

III" real work of the I'.irnelIte cam
paien in England has jus. hesan. The
committee has already done vast
amount Of preliminary labor in sending
ont circulars To III" CONSTITUENCIES which
compose "A larg. number of lr,hmen.
and in selecting speakers for III" stump
ing campaign. The principal document
5cnt ont Ia the Irish is the great speech
ma,ir 10y Mr.. rarncll ON the last night Of
the home rul" debate. This has been
printed IN pamphlet form, AMI onr mil
lion have been distributed free Of ru,t.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-06-23

aul la. ,teuin. tb,- ,zaullfat-n wa
held There i No. IaG.t that Mr. over
ION aai Ir. N.~t-Tyrlt ys,Tr tLHrJu-tds
,s7lr, i AZ. latt,r brought a property
owner with Lam % ~ H. hail After
tI.. ,vri,.fI,, of TIN. WItrlr~~s~ hJl ttFrn
ttkrn. th.. Iuig.. informed tie. ;tr"lI-s't
that Mr.. tur,.v had consented 4, With
draw the char-.., IT they would aI''l"Si<''
To- his wife. Is,tL dri -. Nr,leTytlt
banning uvrItou fer l--lu-s the tatI-t. at
th.. tr,ull... ami uy,Ttnn blaming hl-
foreman fer hang the in-tI-tt"r "t th"
POKE. Then they WEE. t,ii that the lr'r
rar,ltul,s W.rr a hoax. AMI although the
men arl. nearly ~iN f,,'t Iu Lci-ht. tl,tl
fplt Ne. smallest men IN Nhit,-tont'.
Gt..r
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-06-23

The storm ul Monday -w ,pt over the
Nh"l" country, arplrcntl We have
news ui great loss from it in Mime
sofa. Houses wrf" blown dawn, the
thundrt wl> terrific. AMI wlni and
lightning everywhere. George MuuLv
was killed. and \. u. Baker knurLrl
Hns"loss hy a IiShtning stroke. ,un-ni.
cradle property was DESTROYED.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-06-23

Monday afternoon Il fine broke ont III
Hoston. causing a loss Of no less than
500, Mn, and the death Of about sixteen
persons, Whose budics were burned IT, "A
ciiSI. The fire Is SUPPOSE, To- have uilg
mated 10y the Application OF the lncrnii
lirSrd ~ he the worhmcn who have,
h IN discharged recently.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-06-23

The meetings OF the yum clubs at Tai.
lalts>'" 'anr oil Monday and vrs,,r.
day. Tor the -tai, badge. the Tallahassee
and Pensacola clubs Werr pittrl. and
the pr,lr was borne oil i, the latter
club The int,i state hlhgr was con.
tested for tr,ttr'la, l., the Tallahassee
and thu Savannah clubs.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-06-23

Tom and henry IaIkr AMI ittIa. How
ard vrr, drowned in Indian uvrr last
"Wednesday. an uE arr,umt "f To-, fre,i,
Irnl'iIins ia spiritual enthusiasm With.
cat h,at rIs.ins.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-06-23

\ new l.rt"iiicc ha, ia-'u established
Tive miles southeast of ity Faint an
l:rryar'l county, 10 IT, called Courtney.
Ii will l." supplied hy Special carrier
from tity Point. nr ". H. Sam. past
master
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-06-23

Savannah Times Second Lieut.. /. i.
herman, Of the Invent, .lrt lnfanlr,
has been relieved from dui, at the ta-t
Florida seminary taln"r,llr. lEi. ami
ordered rs professor ol mllitar, science
and tactic at the Thatcher Institute,
Shreveport, ia.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-06-23

1h" last is.lr 81 the ltiisacollan con
thns eight applications for lu'rhs'+ To-
sell whisky, beer and 81 fullh all Ia
begin brto:ar i-t and continue one Nrar
THIS Is taking tim" hy the forcl"k IN
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-06-23

The Morrison talItl hill viii gu over
toi tbs term 81 congress. M agree.
mrnt can ir' made. ani, therefore. ne
legislation nlIl h. had tins session ~, tn,
SUBJECT The tariff viii h" permitted Ia
,tpiniIn ~ II H.,
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-06-23

As agreed upon in committee, the sun
dr, civil appropriation hill appropriat,s
81 ,oj3,S34. The estimate aggregated
S33,jjlG0o, The appropriation for the
present year was so, 2ul, IL. The hill
shows larger reduction. ~ compared
with the estimates, than any other re-.
po ted this session from the aplfeprt.t-
ton committee.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-06-23
PALhTkA. FLA. JUNE -, ls>G.

Six anarchists are On trrt! in tI,ragu.
Is was not without son, ,ilart that ii
"A jury MAS cmpanelrd.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-06-23

TIL" President htcrIsr,''1 his veto
power whenever h" thanks tl," pubic IN
lerrst warrants. Ilr rejected th'rlr,n
pension balls on Munlay last.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-06-23

The statr papers hiring the Information
that the rains Of SUNDAY AMI Monl,,
were very general over Florida AMI the
drought Is now a thing oi thu past
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-06-23

And now Rufus t. Lester h h.ne
talked about as the probable ",lark
hor.c" in the pnbrrnatorial contest IN
Grorpia Lester * not bad limlsI.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-06-23

They are making umbrellas square
how. Wht: Because il l. unsafe. 10
I,-ay,. them Tuuni.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-06-23

Liberal subscriptions have been made
at Ttusville for the c.lsbfaticn II the
Fourth. ami a royal time IL expected.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-06-23

Tx Senator David DAVIS. al Illinois,
il very low, and his end is approaching.
We may receive ia" news of his death
a., ,luy
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-06-23

The Semitic pirai, Published At Eus
til, is ahont entering ITS sixth year. II
j. ncWsy ami reliable paper.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-06-23

The Altoona Index has moved tot ltra,
ON the Florida southern railway, where
It will hereafter h. published,
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-06-23

Dr. j I. lmnkIin, professor If Latin
in the Agricultural AMI Mechanical ,'ol
lrge at Auburn, Ala, died On Mnnhiy
lat
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-06-23
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RE,it~ttHtG a. THE f,IAEkA Post t'sEt,E
A. ~ttaNtt-t Lt-~ MAIL ANrrtk
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-03-05

The Education bill which is now
being considered in the Senate Of
the United States, is a measure of
great Importance. That it is being
critically discussed, and is meeting
with some determined opposition, is
by no means to be regretted by the
best friends of public education; for
it is most important that it should
be carefully considered, and made
rs little obnoxious to any kind OF
objection as possible. 1t would be
premature to speak of the details of
the bill at this time; for it IS being
amended as the debate goes on, and
it is by no means certain that its
character may not be changed IN
one or tive important particulars be-
fore it becomes law, even if it is
not rejected as unconstitutional. Al.
that is here pointed out is that the
end that it has in view is one which
deeply concerns the entire country,
and ought to receive the earnest
thought of all. No doubt there is
much force in the contention that
the fostering and thought of public
education is a matter of State and
not of National legislation, and that
the duty and right of the States re-
Spectively to direct, encourage and
control all such matters, should
by no means be abridged or super
seeded. At the same time it must be
remembered that the same matter is
also one of national interest and con-
a,ern; of such prominent interest
and deep concern that the whole ma
tion's welfare is bound up IN it.
While therefore it is proper that
national grants for educational pur-
poses should be made to the States
respectively, and should be applied
and made available by means of
State legislation and State agencies,
it is also proper that there should be
reasonable guarantees that the
grants will be faithfully and wisely
employed.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-03-05
EsTIMATING DISTANCES.
Moy Soldiers are Trained. for Sharp.
ShooterS-SEor and Kong Range
Sfchs.

sight.
It constantly happens that men detached
from the main body of an army are called
upon to determine for themselves their
distance from an object to be fired at.
Experience abundantly proves that
soldiers, by continued practice may learn
to estimate distances up to 600 to 800 yards
with considerable accuracy by simple,
rapid observation. Every soldier is sup
posed to have good eyesight; he, therefore,
after little practice in sight estimating,
learns the following facts:
At thirty yards the white of man'sc eye is
plainly seen, and the eyes themselves up to
eighty yards
At 100 yards all parts of the body are
seen distinctly, slight movements are per-
ceptible, and the minute details of the
uniforms can be distinguished.
At $50 yards the brass buttons on the
blouse can still be separately distinguished.
At 200 yards the outlines Of the face are
confused, and the rows of brass buttons
look like yellow stripes.
Al 500 yards the buttons are 10 longer
visible.
At 400 yards the face ia a mere dot, but
movements Of legs and arms are distinct
At 600 yards details can no longer be
distinguished, though the files of squad,
if the light be strong, can be counted.
At 500 yards the men in squad cannot
always be counted, nor their individual
movements distinguished.
At 1000 yards lire Of men simply re
sembles boed belt; the direction of
| their march can however he readily &c
| termined.
Az 1900 yards infantry can be distin-
! Guished from cavalry,
At 1000 yards Il mounted man looks
ike mere Gpeck or dot.
The estimating drills are first conducted
on snoth, Level country, ard afterward on
rough, broken ground.
The above drills are supplemented q
| little later in the season by skirmish prac'
| tice, when the soldiers are advanced or re-
| treated on the rTn, before q line CT tar
gets the size of men lying Gown, kneClire
and standing, when they load ard fire a
the sound of bugle, depending entirely
upon their own judgment as to what dis
lance they happen to be from the objects
fired at. 1t teaches them to he quick and
observing, and, above all, to depend upoI
| themselves for the manipulation of theil
Fights and the handling of th.ir pieces
| The estimating distance drills are usual!
kept up for two months, when the soldie
is practiced indoors at aiming, pointing
and pulling the trigger.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-03-05

Congressman Cobb, chairman of
the House Committee on Public
Lands, who has done good service
in rescuing the public domain from
the spoilers, states that his commit
tee will probably recommend the
forfeiture of land grants amounting
10 over lO0,o0O,O0o acres, on account
Of the failure of the grantees to
comply with the terms of the grants.
The committee have already passed
through the House bill FORGETTING
100000 acres granted TO the At
lantic and Pacific, and have agreed
to recommend the forfeiture of the
100000 acres granted to the South
ern Pacific Company of California,
and about 100000 acres of the
Northern Pacific grant. The
Senate is relied on by the corpora
tions to defeat these bills.