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The National tribune., 1888-09-27
A Contradiction.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: I saw In the
Picket Shots" of the 18th of July commune
cation from Ben Johnson, of Jacob City, Utah,
advising the ex-soldiers to come to Utah for
homes. l have lived within four miles of Ben
Johnson for Is years. He writes that there are
millions ofacres of rich Government land, and
there are great many flowing wells in the
valleys, and on some land water could be got
from five to 10 feet by digging; and besides,
you have such large range for livestock"
l desire to say this is ali a Misrepresentation
from beginning to end. Good agricultural land
has all been taken up years ago by Mormons.
If the land and water were here it would be i'm
possible for a Gentle to live in a Mormon
community. There are millions of acres of
Government land; yet it is absolutely worth
less. There is nothing of the flowing wells he
speaks of in this valley, and the few which
have been tried are sulphur water The water
that can be got from 10 to 20 feet is alkali; no
water can be got at five feet On such land
the ground is all alkali nothing can be raised
on it. And as to the range for livestock, it is
Of no account. There are thousands of Nor
mons seeking homes in neighboring Territories.
l would advise all ex-soldiers and their friends
not to seek homes in Utah.-PHILIP FAUST,
9TH No. Cav, Ophir Utah.
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PrnrItlenfinl Snrinc.

EDITOR NATIONAL tribune: As there has
been so much said in reference to the so-called
Providence Spring at Andersonville, | will,
give my version of the matter. One writer To-
Gates it about three rods from the wall on the
west side, and about midway between the main
gate and the creek, which is not correct. 1t
was in the ditch, which was dug for the prison
wall, that it broke out; and / think that its
being run outside the dead line so that we
could get the water was about the only humane
act that / remember the rebels doing in our be-
half during the eight months of my sojourn
with them. As to the Providential character
of that spring, it was as much Providence as
any other good arising from purely natural
causes 1t made its appearance after one OF the
heaviest falls of rain l ever saw, which was a
great blessing in another way, as it purified
our camp by washing away untold quantities
of filth.-EDWIN HEwEs, Co. <, goth ILL.,, New
ark Ill
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THE 73d \. US CLAIM.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE; I have read
with much interest the statements of comrades
concerning the wounding of Stonewall Jackson
as they have appeared in The NATIONAL
TRIBUNE. The story that strikes me as being
the most probable is that of Comrade Saunders.
of the I'D N. Y, which appeared Sept. 6.
If the I'D n. Y. deployed in the woods to
the left of the plank road, as described by Com.
rade Saunders, they would form line at near
~ right angles with the right wing of the
Third Division (Whipple's) of the Third Corps.
and it was within the angle thus formed that
Jackson was shot; that is, in front of the right
wing of Whipple's Division, facing north, and
also in front of the I'D N. Y, facing west. The
time of the shooting as stated by Comrade Saun-
ders also corresponds with the time fixed by
the Confederates- soldiers and ctizens-whom
/ heard talking about il on the battlefield at
the time viz, between 1 and 3o'clOck on the
morning of the Sd of May.
Much as l would like to be able to agree
with my old friend and comrade. Capt RYAN. OF
the Seth N Y, aud claim the honor for our
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A MASSACHUSETTS MANS SAY.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUEE In The Ma
T1oNAL TRIBUNE Of Aug. 80 is an article headed
Providential Spring" and l desire to say that
Comrade Williams, of Co. b. 9Th Iowa Cav, is
mistaken when he says that the spring started
from an old we'll inside of the dead-line Every
soldier knows who was ever in Andersonville
that there was never well dug inside the dead
line. The spring was on the south side of the
stOckade near the bridge that crossed the stream,
and two boards were nailed together and ex-
tended some three feet outside of the dead-lne.
1t was put there by rebel Lieutenant who was
in command of the guard and it supplied water
for all the boys that would wait for their turn.
1t is all bosh about digging wells inside Of the
dead-line.-Jos. N. WALSH, Co. B, 4th Mass.
Cav, Boston, Mass.
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One WHO Was There.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: Noticing a
letter in your paper of July IS from Comrade
Robert A. Sayers asking to hear from a comrade
or a survivor of the battle of Gaines's Mill,
Juno 81, 1862, and who was held there as
wounded prisoner, / would say to him, Com
rade, shake for / was with you at that time
and place. and will corr0borate the statement
made by you as to our treatment ! remem-
Der the large house. although | was not an &C.
cupant of the same ] was one of the less for
tunate ones who were entertained in one of
the negro huts We had mother earth for our
couch and our Government shoes for pillows
All, yes, | remember thespring Many is the
time | have cooled my parched lips with its
cooling and soothing water, and also washed
my bandage and cooled my aching head aud
painful wound in the streamlet formed by that
delightful spring, returning to my more help
less comrades with a filed cup or canteen.
as they also craved that cooling draft cold
water, which, thank God, was free and plenty
As to food, we did not have toast for supper
nor roast beef for dinner, but had to content
ourselves will stirred-up -four made to the
consistency of paste-a tin cupful for ration.
Although that time of pain and hardship is
passed, and long years have interveued, yet we
cannot forget-no, never-the scenes and ex-
periences of those dark and dismal days of our
prison life while held as prisoners of war. But,
comrade, our sufferings were not in vain for
through them we helped to save a Nations
life and maintain the honor of our flag, which
to-day floats from the highest pinnacle of fame,
honored by the men of all Nations.-EDwARD
CREEcH, Sergeant. Co ID, 1st Mich Third Bri-
gade, First Division Fifth Corps, Forest Hill
Mich.
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AN ONO MAN,s RrcoILEcrIoN.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: / shall en-
deavor to write a short narrative of events that
suggest themselves to my recollection about the
Providential Spring. One morning, about the
9Th Of August 1864, the camp was astonished
beyond measure to discover that during the
night large, bold spring had burst out on the
north side about half way between the north
gate and the creek. 1t poured out its grateful
flood of pure, sweet water in an apparently eX-
haustless quantity. To the many who looked IN
wonder upon it, it seemed as truly a heaven
wrought miracle to see the pure, living water
gush forth. | don't know that there was any
special act of Providence in this, but do think
itcertainly was Godsend to have such stream
of pure water to spring forth for the $4,000
prisoners who were confined at Andersonville,
to moisten the parched tongues of the dying
and TO refresh the yet living of the starving
hosts. There was police that was authorized
to subdue the Raiders; this police took charge
of the spring, and everyone was compelled to
take his regular turn in filling his vessel or
bootleg During my whole stay in Andersonvile
this was kept up, and every morning shortly
after daylight thousand men or more could
be seen standing in line waiting their turns to
fill their cups with the precious liquid of that
divine flow from that low sandhill in western
Georgia Previous to the breaking out of this
spring, all the water we had under the shining
sun was from the little creek. The water in the
CFeeh was lnoescTlDaDly Dau. III was rehueTeu
too filthy for any use by the contaminations
from the camps of the guards, situated about
half mile above. Then the waste from the
co0khouse and the ooze of the hillsides drained
directly into it all the mass of filth from a
population of $4,000 prisoners. Imagine tho
condition of our drinking water am told by
comrades who have visited the stockade of re-
cent years that the spring is yet running as
when we left. left the 9Th of November, 1864.
GEORGE A. SMITH, Co. II, 9TH Ohio Cav,
| Whipple, 0.
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49, 1854; Smokers Ferry, Va, July 1S 1854
Kearnstown, Va, July 81. 1861; Opequan. Va
Sept. 10, 1861 Fishers Hill, Va. Sept. %, 1864
Cedar Creek, Va. Oct. 10, 1864; Hatcher's Run
Va, April l, 1865; Fort Gregg, Va, April ?
1865; Appomattox Courthouse Va, April @
1865. After the assault on Fort Gregg Gen.
Gibbon presented the regiment with bronze
eagle with a small ball in its talons, inscribed
as follows: Presented to the 18th W. Va. by
Mai.-Geu. John Gibbon, commanding Twenty
fourth Corps, for gallant conduct in the assault
on Fort Gregg Petersburg April ?, 1863" The
engagements do not Rclude.skirmishes.
G. n. BascOm, 10th n. Y. battery, says he
would like to make a little correction in your
statement of the history Of the 10th \. Y.
battery. The two first Captains you mention
never were connected with the battery organ
ization. f. /. Hitler resigned instead Of being
discharged, and the last time that we saw the
defenses of Washington, unless they extended
as far south as Richmond aud Petersburg, was
about daylight on the morning Of April Is,
1858 After that time we saw service at Suf-
folk, in front Of Richmond and Petersburg,
were with the two Fort Fisher expeditions and
finally started for home from Raleigh, n. C.,
about July I, 1860"
Frank A. Land, Co. c. Sd Nd, Nathrop, Colo,
says: "In reference to the article headed
Quantrell's Victim I will state that Jack
Spane is dead. He died at Tin Cup, GunnisOn
greatly from the wounds he received at Law
renee, Kan. Quantrell told SplaRe when he
fired the last shot into his body to tell his God
that Quantrell was the last man no saw on
earth. Dan Splane, his brother, I think is a
resident of New York city, and he was out
here five or six years ago in the interests Of
the Alpine Silver Mining Co."
M. n. Smell, Hop River, Conn, seeing in TIE
NATIONAL TRIBUNE an account of rebel flag
being pulled down, is reminded of an occur
renee somewhat similar which took place at
Hop River July last Some English people Of
that town put up the British ensign, while be-
low this flag they placed the Stars and Stripes.
When asked to take down the British flag they
refused, and it remained floating until nearly
sunset on the 4th Of July, when Michael OCon-
nor tore the rag from the staff. One man fred
five times at the British flag before it was
taken down. This occurred while the people
were celebrating our natal day not more than
a third of mile from the place.
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Sketch Of Army Life by 3 eeGraybaek ;,

D. II. Murphy, Duck town, Tenn, sends the
following sketch Of army life, which was writ
ten by rebel soldier from the camp Of the 1st
s c. Graybacks, before swamp or behind
Petersburg or Whereabouts, under date Of Sept.
4, 1864, to his wife:
Beloved Of my soul: Your war-worn husband
takes his pen Ia hand in strange land on for
eigu strand, under the command Of our mutual
friend, Col. Pluck Buzzard, Of Rain House, 5. G.
BY ink is pale, and so am ]. Ny pen is poor and
j. my grub. Last night / had a mud puddle for
pillow, and covered myself with sheet of water.
] long for more whisky barrels, more biscuit, and
less bullets How wish you were here. The far
Their away get from you the better like you. So
that you may know how we work here in defiance
OF the Yauks send you diary Of my labor.
-Four o'clock.-Calied up from roll in the mud
by roll Of the drums No prospect of a roll Of
bread Shoulder spades.
-Four and a half 10 six a. MI dig and throw up
the earth; get sick and throw up yesterday ratons
Seven oclOck.-Another roll of drums; fling Off
into line; filling my ueXpressibles with sacred soil
drawing ramrods bat no pay. No Smelling out by
the Government, but great deal too much she'll
ing out by Grant
Nine o'clock.-More drilling, but not Of the COT
Ton klHG wherewith to Increase my present supply
Ten o'clock-More digging-spadular researches
into the geological formation Of the earth find il
boiders and bisters.
Twelve o'cloek.-Evidenees Of dinner. Saw Cant
TOpslach picking his teeth with "A l0penny nail
and the Corporal taking chew Of tobacco.
Oh, Marian II you only knew what have suffer
ed TO you from being bombarded by the
Hanksi Rather than any Northern scum should
blockade my dear Marian I'd apply for divorce
Col. Pluck came very near being shot III the neck
last night 10y one Of his own officers. The Colonel
had just got bis staff together and struck his noble
steed with u when Capt. Swpes leveled bottle at
him. Fortunately the contents missed his juguIar
and went down the natural way. ] am reduced to
q skeleton; my eyes are sunk so far into NV head
that can look down my windpipe clear through
my interior. IL / lad a hole in the ton of nv
head would make hrst-class telescope-rye got
& glass IN me now by chin is so sharp that il
shaycs Itself am going picket duty tonight
Picket duty Is awful hard work. Almost every
night a pickets gun goes off. and when we 90 To
look for him we find that he has gone of too
Ever your dear husband
The National tribune., 1888-09-27
A Dish Of Sem p,s-

P stands for Pudding, for Peach and for Pear,
And likewise for Poetry and Prose;
The Parrot, the Pigeon that flies in the air,
The Pig with ring in his nose;
For Paper aud Pen, for Printer and Press,
For Physie, and People who sell IT,;
But when you are sick, to relieve your distress
Take at once Pierces Purgatiye Pellet.
Oh, yes, indeed! These are the P's for you,
poor, sick man or woman. Nothing like them
for keeping the bowels and stomach regulated
and in order-tiny, sugar coated granules
scarcely larger than mustard seeds. They work
gently but thoroughly.
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The Swift Specific Co, Atlanta, Ca:
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case of blood poison. NV bones ached and
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was under treatment OF the physician from
the inception Of the disease until I found
that he could do me no good. Then,
through the advice Of friend began tax
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The Swift Specific Co., Atlanta, Ca:
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Druggists.
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Mr. DaIrymple, the Dakota wheat grower,
expresses the belief that wheat in the interior
of that Territory will be sold within q few
months for 81 bushel. He is near the center
of the wheat growing district in the Northwest,
and better able to judge the character of the
coming crop than the majority of commercial
reporters.
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selves, the truth of history impels me to dis
sent from his view of the case, and give honor
TO whom honor is due, The truth is what we
want if we can get at it, let the glory go where
it may.-JAMEs Love, Co. Z, Seth N. Y, Ell
mira. n. Y.
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For Nervous Debility

DR.. A. M Billy, Mitchell, Oak. saws: at
have used it in a number of cases of nervons
debility, with very good results"
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Campaign supplies. Write for free Price
List to E. a. Armstrong, Detroit Mich.
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GiIa Them Their Dnn.

D. Moore, Co. c, 9th No. and Co. D, 18th
V. r. c., West Cliff, Colo wants to know why
the men who are admitted to the Soldiers
Homes, and who stood between the rebels and
the Stars and Stripes, are not allowed vote, but
are treated worse than these same rebels and the
pauper and criminal classes of the country.
Every soldier who is pensioner outside these
homes is allowed the franchise, and he thinks
these veterans better entitled to that privilege
than people who have come here from foreign
countries and have been naturalized since the
Cuar
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PICKET SHOTS.
From Alert Comrades All Along the
Line.
Information Askea and Given.

George w. Daniels, 18th Mass, Adams, Mass,
was drafted July 10, 1863 and was assigned to
Co. 4, 1st Provisional Guards, and did duty on
Long Island, Boston Harbor, and was removed
from there to Gallup's Island, and in April,
1864, was assigned to the 18th Mass. He would
be pleased to hear from any of his old comrades.
Theodore Shirley, Sergeant, Co d. 9th Wis,
Aptos, Cal, having seen a communication from
Serg't-Maj. Du Four, of MerrilPs Horse" ask
ing who stole Gen. Steele's blankets, desires TO
ask any of the members of the Seventh Corps
where Gen. Steele was during the battle of
Salinas River, Ark, April 30, 1864 and would
also like to know where he can procure an
account of that expedition.
j. A. Rogers, Winnemucca, New, wants to
know what is the matter with the survivors of
the Both Ill. He never sees anything in THE
NATIONAL TRIBUNE concerning them. His
father belonged to Co. A of that regiment, and
he wants to know who knows anything about it.
Charles Banker, Co. A, 93d n. Y, Schroon
Lake, n. Y, in answer to Comrade PattOn's
inquiry of how burial details worked, says that
having served on one which buried $50 rebels
at White Oak Swamp, Va, he will give the
comrade the manner in which the work was
done. They dug a trench three feet deep and
long enough to put the bodies of the $50 un-
fortunate rebels side by side. They all had
their uniforms on, and they were covered with
blankets aud then with the earth which had
been taken from the trench. 1t looked pretty
rough to give the last solemn rites to the dead
il this rude manner, but it was the best that
could be given them. So, without a word,
prayer or song, they left them alone in their
glory"
William NJ. Lakin, Co. A, 49th Ind, Aurora,
Neb., would like to know if any of the men are
alive who were on the foraging expedition with
him at Barton's Station, Tenn. The detail was
under Capt. Billows, who marched Is men of
the detail back to camp under guard for bursting
open and eating lot of watermelons Would
like to know what has become of Capt. BillOWs.
He has always been Democrat, but can't stand
Cleveland this time, because Of his constant
yetoes of pension bills.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-05-31
Treatment Of Young Prees.

Professor Goessman, of Amherst,
Mass, calls attention to the Importance
of the after care of trees newly trans.
planted. He says;
1t often happens that trees received in
good condition and very carefully planted,
fail to grow. from want of after care,
This, for the first season, consists in see
ing that q sufficient supply of moisture is
present about the roots.
In time of drought. watering may be
avoided by covering tho ground for sew
eral feet about the tree with mulch. five
or six inches deep, or by stirring the sur,
face soil once or twice each week. Trees
planted in turf are especially liable from
the moisture being taken up by the sur
rounding grass roots. This can only be
prevented by covering the ground with a
mulch of any waste material, like corn
stover, old hay, straw, ~shavings, sawdust,
fine brush, cider pomace, meadow mud or
peat.
The same result may be obtained by
packing the loose stones often found
about the tree. Mulching material of any
kind should not be in contact with the
trunk of tho trees from Nov. ! to May l,
unless they are protected by banking up,
or by a tin or tar paper band about them
to protect from injury by mice.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-05-31
How to Pack and ship Small Fruit

HOW TO rack ana SNIP SHhhAA TTHites
For shipping strawberries long distances
or for eastern markets the gift crate is
advised, a thirty-two quart ventilated
crate Quart baskets) such as Florida grow
ers use.
Blackberries are not good shippers, so
better avoid sending to distant markets.
The strawberry case is the most suitable
package. Gather this fruit as soon as
fairly colored-while yet firm.
There is a good demand for the black
as well as the red raspberries from the
canning and preserving establishments,
but for immediate consumption the red
varieties take the precedence and are most
largely shipped to market. Pint boxes, in
neat, fat three gallon cases, are a proper
package for this fruit, which will not
stand long shipment.
1t is advised that gooseberries be shipped
only in drawers or strawberry cases
twenty-four quarts-as, while good ship.
pers. they are liable to heat In barrels
Ship them full grown. before the fruit
turns brown. For currants use the same
packages as are advised for g~ooseberries
drawers or quart boxes.
Whenever practicable ship the fruit at
night. Saturday is q bad day on which
to make shipments. Friday is considered
the best day of the week. Avoid if pos.
sible getting goods into market Sunday
morning. Sunday night shipments usu.
ally strike a good market.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-05-31

ENGLISH METuoD or HURDLING SHEEP.
The above engraving shows how
these hurdles are made and the method of
using them. A row of these hurdles is
placed across the field. The field in which
they are used consists of six acres. A
strip of ten feet wide is II thus set off, upon
which 400 sheep feed. They eat up all
the grass upon this strip and that which
they car reach by putting their heads
through the hurdles The hurdles are
then tdrned over, exposing another strip
rather more than four feet wide at each
turn. When this is fed off. the hurdles
are again turned over. The sharp points
presented by the hurdles prevent any
trespassing on the other side of them, and
by using two rows of hurdles the sheep
are kept in the narrow strip between
them. Their droppings are very evenly
spread over the field, and it is richly fer
tilted by them. At night the sheep are
taken off. The growth Of the grass con
tinues under this treatment, and when
the field has been fed over, the sheep are
Drought back again to the starting point
and commence once more eating their way
along.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-05-31
Things Worth knowing.

Celery is often grown as a second crop
among the onions, FIVE rows of the onions
being sown twelve or fourteen inches
apart. and the sixth row being left vacant
for the later sowing of celery seed or the
setting of celery plants.
Lice on young chickens can be prevented
by making sure that hens are not lousy
when set Good Persian insect powder,
well ~sprinkled through the feathers, is a
quick and convenient cure
The great points to be observed in graft
ing are the making of smooth, clean cuts,
the placing in perfect contact the inner
oarks of scion and stock, then the whole
cut surface and every portion of the split
TO be perfectly covered with the grating
wax ard.the exclusion Of air and water.
Dealers and manufacturers call the
longest woods combing wool, the next De-
laine or medium. and the shorter staples
are clothing woods, and they are graded as
superfne, fine. medium and coarse.
Manure should never be placed in con
tact with the roots when setting out a
tree, but used for mulch or top dressing