The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-07-15

SDeOEPIioA VI oeAt, d NulU c4uueu ny leaves
having been found to contain thirty-three per
cent of sea salt.
II any family will, for season, keep an &C.
count OF the products used from their garden,
at the prices at which they are furnished at the
nearest grocery, they will certainly be astonish.
ed at the amount they have saved, aside from
their increased freshness and quality.
A Story of tho War.
From Mark Twain's "Private His
tory of Campaign that Failed" in the
Century. We take this incident:
'For time life was idly delicious, it
was perfect; there was nothing to mar
it. Then came some fati1iers with an
alarm one day. They said it was
rumored that the enemy were add
vancing in our direction, from over
hyde S prairie. The result wasa sharp
stir among us, and general consterna.
ton. 1t was a rude awakening from
our pleasant trance. The rumor was
but a rumor-nothing definite about it;
so, in the confusion, We did not know
which way to retreat. Lyman was for
not retreating at all, in these uncertain
circumstances; but he found that if he
tried to maintain that attitude he
would fare badly, for the command
We're in no hunior to put up with In
shbordination. So he yielded the point
and called counci. of war-to consist
Of himself and the three other officers;
but the privates made such fuss about
being left out, that We had to allow
them to remain, for they we're already
present, and doing the most of the
talking too. The question was, which
way to retreat but all were so Hurried
that nobody seemed to have even a
guess to offer. except Lyman. He
explained in a few calm words, that in
asmuch rs the enemy were approach
ing from over Hyde's prairie, our
course was simple: all we had to do
was not to retreat toward him; any
other direction would answer our needs
perfectly. Everybody saw in a
moment how true this was. and how
wise; so Lyman got great many COM
pliments. 1t was now decided that we
should fall back on Mason's farm.
1t was after dark by this time, and as
we could not know how soon the ene-
my might arrive, it did rot seem best
to try to take the horses and things
with us; SO we only took the guns and
ammunition, and started at once. The
route was very rough and hilly and
rocky, and presently the night grew
very black and the rain began to fall :;
so we had a troublesome time of it.,
struggling and stumbling along in the
dark; and some person soon slipped
and fell, and then the next person be-
hind stumbled over him and fell, and
so did the rest, one after the other; and
then Bowers came with the key of
powder in his arms, while the COM
mand were all mixed together, arms
and legs, on the muddy slope; and so
he fell, of course, with the key, and
this started the whole detachment
down the hill in a body. and they land
ed in the brook at the bottom in a pile.
and each that was undermost pulling
the hair and scratching and biting those
that were on top of him; and those
that were being scratched and bitten
scratching and biting the rest in their
turn, and all saying they would die
before they would ever 60 to war again
if they ever got out of this brook this
time, and the invader might rot for all
they cared, and the country along with
him-and all such talk as that, which
was dismal to hear and take part in,
in such smothered, low voices, and such
a grisly dark place and so wet, and the
enemy may be coming any moment.
The key of powder was lost, and the
guns too so the growing and COM
planning continued straight along
whilst the brigade paved around the
pasty hillside and stopped around in
the brook hunting for these things ;
consequently VIC lost considerable time
in this; and then we heard sound,
and held our breath and listened, and
it seemed to be the enemy coming,
though it could have been cow, for
it had cough like COW; but we did
not wait, but left couple of guns be-
hind and struck out for Mason's again
as briskly as we could scramble in the
dark. But we got lost presently among
the rugged little ravines, and wasted q
deal of time finding the way again, 80
it was after nine when we reached Ma
sons stile at last; and then before we
could open our mouths to give the
countersign several dogs came bound
ing over the fence, with great noise
and riot, and each OF them took sol.
der by the slack of his trousers and
begau to back away with him. We
could not shoot the dogs without
endangering the persons thew were
attached to; so we had to look on, help.
less. at what was the most mortifyine
spectacle of the civil war. There was
light enough, and to spare, for the
with candles in their hands. The old
man and his son came and undid the
dogs without difficulty, all but Bow.
er's; but they couldn't undo his dog
they didn't know his combination
he was of the bull kind, and seemed
to be set with u Yale tlme-lock; but
they got him loose at last with some
scalding water, of which Bowers go1
his share and returned thanks. Peter
son Dunlap afterwards made up fine
name for this engagement, and also
for the night march which preceded
it, but both have long ago faded Out
of memory.
How Horses Are Trained.
From an interview with trainer
GAS for Rarey, the most of his business
was trickery done by locusting and
loading. Horses are awfully fond O
locusts and carrots and they will d.