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oCHILTREEs REPUTATION.
AssaIled by Western Nan, the Bon-ViYant is Vie
tOri0us.
IN Y UfoyI9


plan TO break down Col Thomas p Ochil-
trees long-established reputation rs the cham
piou causeur of the Hoffman House has Just
come to signal grief. 1t was a plain, unvar-
nished Western man, cattle dealer from the
plains, who came to town with "wad," a
beard aud a gift Of CAB which evolved from his
checkered experiences one continuous round OF
anecdotc pleasure for his friends and listeners.
Here was the man to talk Ochiltree down."
and accordingly, with malice aforethought the
two were steered up against each other.
The conversation fell on champagne, which
Eddy" SombOrne said was tonic. Tonic"
said the Western man, you ought to drink a
tonic I've been interested in. 1t brings out
hair on the bald head and drives in corns on
the bunioned foot; it cures dandrulf and erad-
Gates blackheads and jOts the liver like half
arm jolt of Sullivans. An armless and legless
war veteran | know Of in St. Louis bought six
bottles of my tonic, and in n month a strapping
new arm and leg grew out on him." Col.
Ochiltree sized up his adversary with quiet
cock Of the eye, and calmly said that there was
a tonic in use in his part of Texas which beg
CARED description. 1t is the juice of a tree, and
three doses of it completely renovate the most
brOken-down constitution.
"A friend of mine" said Col Ochiltree, chad
through riotous living lost his liver, shriveled
up his kidneys, and so impaired his other in
ternal organs that his lights. gentlemen might
just as well have been out for all the good they
did him. But mark the consequences of three
bottles of this Texas tonic. In a short time my
friends liver was three times as large as it had
ever been in his sOundest moments. and his
internal economy was handsomely fitted out
with a complete set of electric lights!" The
Western man sighed softly and said the drinks
were on him.
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The last heard of the 109th N. Y. they were
at Laurel, guarding the railroad. As Go. /,
109th, was raised in my native place, and was
acquainted with the Captain and most of the
boys, concluded TO find them the first night
out of Baltimore. j was out of money, and
therefore had TO walk. / stayed with some of
the 4th Nd, and they gave me n good supper
n blanket to sleep under, and my breakfast, for
which have always been thankful. Next day
about noon ] found Co. l. 109th N. Y, and
enlisted. ! was only II years old, but Capt.
fool enough TO walk 100 miles for the privi-
lcge. | was promoted twice and received the
unanimous vote of my company for u medal of
honor. / never received the medal but re-
ceived two wounds. When the rheumatism
gets mixed up with them, l wish / bad
minded my mother. stayed at home, aud &C
CURED an education. | never received but
$27 bounty.-JoHN w. MORGAN, Sergeant, Co.
/, Tooth N. Y, Waverly, N. Y.
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Read Better than a Pension on page 6.
Fined Himself for Being Drunk.

Police Judge Laidlaw, of Oakland, Cal, is, in
breezy Western parlancc. a Jim Dandy" Last
week his cousin came from the mountains, and
with him aud other friends the Judge went
out 10 have good time AZ night they went
TO "a road house and got goriously drunk. The
party smashed windows aud furniture and In
fact owned the place for the time being. Laid
law was unable to preside over Court next day.
nor did he appear the next, and the Superior
Court Judge appointed substitute. The story
Of the spree leaked out, but was promptly do.
MED by the Judges friends. To-day, however.
Oakland was shock cd Judge LaidIaw presided
In his court, aud his first act was to publicly
accuse himself for being drunk and disordcrly
aud to fne himself 500. He ordered the fine
entered on the records. The Judge made a
statement c0niessng his sin, and promised to
resign should he ever get drunk again.
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Read Better than Pension on page s.
TRIALS OF A SOLDIER.


How IDJlh y. D. Wan JOINED The Army.
EDITOR NATIoNAL TRIBUNE: There is a bit
Of war history that has not been published yet,
and with your permission ! viii give IL to the
boys. About June %. 1863. il was reported
that Lee with his army was marching North,
intending 10 capture Baltimore and Harris.
burg with two other boys started TO drive b i'm
back or aDDibilate the whole rebel army. We
reached Harrisburg all right, aud Joined COM
pany OF 40 or 80, and went 20 Mechanicsburg,
small town 10 miles west Of Harrisburg. We
met hundreds of people fleeing from the rebels
There were farmers driving their stock, their
household goods being loaded on wagons aud
carts and mules, all hurrying 10 get across the
Susquehanna River.
When we got 10 Merchandising man by the
name Of Jones took charge Of us, and marched
as about mi.c out Of town aud set us 10 dig
ing breastwOrks
About midnight the people In town sent us
some bread and meat, with lots Of whisky to
wash IL down. At daylight we saw com pany
OF about 20 men, mounted, coming from town.
Someone yelled, The rebels are coming" All
Of Us that were awake, or not too drunk, made
q break for the woods. Our commander had for.
gotten 10 send out pickets aud the rebs had got
ln our rear aud captured the town without
firing "A shot j think IL would have been the
/ same II they had attacked the front. They had
succeeded in capturing about one-half of our
army. They took us back TO town, paroed as.
and warned Us IL we were caught armed we
would be shot.
j started for Harrisburg, and when got
there found the bridge had been burned, aud
The militia would not allow anyone 10 cross
the river. The militia wanted us 10 ioin them.
] remembered the warning the rebel Captain
had given us, and started down the river. The
river bank was lined for miles with farmers and
| towns-people, all anxious TO get across. /
followed the river for about 20 miles, and
then struck across lots for Baltimore.
Whlle on my way to baltimore heard that
the rebels had been whipped, the rebellion
crushed, aud that there would be no more
fighting. hurried on 10 Baltimore, hoping 10
meet the boys on their way home, but when /
got there the boys were all going the other way.
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Read "Better than Pension . on page 6
THAT FIRST FLAG.
BIundln Persists that II Was the White STAR

Blundln Persists that II Was the White Stars.
EDITOR NATIoHAL TRIBUNE: Seeing in n
recent number Of your valuable paper that
Comrado B j. Warde, sth Ky, goes for me for
stating that the history OF the 9Th KY does not
give his name rs one of the party who went M
on Lookout on tho morning Of Nov 25 1863
with the supposed FIRST flag. desire 10 saw TO
Comrade Warde that Capt. Wright, of the sth
KY, wrote the history OF the 5th KY aud not
Blundin; so please point your gun ut Wright
and not at Bundin Yes. Comrade Warde will
admit the trnthfulness of what one Of our bri.
gade said regarding IL being east Of the Craven
or Plateau House; and we were so far cast that
VIC were all night resting on the Hogs Back
under the point of old Lookout Now will
you ,Comrade Warde also admit trnthfully, that
Wbitakcr's Brigade that night lay west Of that
same house, as ! aud other White Stars know
1t didf As 10 the comrado Ward quotes from.
whom he says wrote me that ! was mistaken
about this flag business, / have no knowl-
edge, unless he refers TO Capt. Stork, of the
18th Pa, who was then on Gen. Geary'g staff
held considerable correspondence with Cant
Stork on the subject Of first flag on Look
out, and think that from facts addnced he
was satisfied that il was White Star that first
appeared on Lookout Point with the eoIors of
the 23th Pa. COmTade Warde refers 10 Inc AZ
doubling Thomas. Well, c0mrade, let the
c0gnOmcn stand, for / shall remain donbter
Pa, or some Of the color-gnards Of those reQi.
ments, come out and say that their colOrs did
not leave the ranks on the morning Of Nov. 25.
1863. Mine eyes saw them going up the lad
ders at the spring just around the point of the
mountain, and, like doubling Thomas of old,
will only believe when my eyes see the marks,
left by the print in THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE,
the pens Of those comrades have left. No rant.
ing Of the 9Th KY, or Whitaker's Brigade,
Fourth Corps, can make me disbeieve the evil
dence of my eyes. / admit that / am a
doubter, but deirOus never; for il is you, Com
rade Warde, that possess those two faiings
Crazy men usually look upon all mankind as
crazy.
Comrade Warde says that as a doubter take
the cake. Well. permit me to ask who IL is
that wants to take the whole bakery plant 10
the exclusion Of the rightful owners? / might
Tetort TO Comrade Warde's allusion TO me being
doubling Thomas by referring him TO an
other Scripture character named Ananias In
conclusion, will say that if the Color Ser
geants of the Goth and 1llth Pa will say that
their cOlors were not Oh top of Lookout on the
morning of Nov. 25 1863, then i, like doubling
Thomas Of old. will no longer doubt but be-
Iieve.-LEwIs BLUNDIE, the doubling Thomas
of Co. c. 2Sth Pa, First Brigade, Second hi.
vision. Twelfth and Twentieth Corps, Hume.
vile, Pa.
~ A.
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Who VIII BuYf

Mrs. Ariadne Denny. Box 46s, Ellsworth,
Kan, widow of John s. Denny, Co. G, 18th
Wis, has very nice garden and fruit farm
near Ellsworth. which she is anxious TO dispose
OF. She invites correspondence with anyone
desiring to purchase such property. She would
also like to hear from any of her husbands old
company.
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Read Better than Pension on page S.
She Had Them Had.

lSdn Francisco Eraminerl
A good many years ago when was a coun-
try pedugog back in the State of Maine" said
Prot. Knowlt0n, Of the Boys High School, " I
was hearing my class in spelling, when / gave
ont the word cnticle' to "A big Emphatic, red.
headed girl. Slowly she drawled out
- Gu GU, I'll ii, cnti, Gle Gle, cu-tiel- le'
] corrected her pronunciation and asked
for the definition. She looked around her
blankly as il IN search for something to spur
her memory, when, after moment or two of
silence / said
"'Why, what is IL that covers your hands
and face?
Looking quickly at each hand her face
frightened up. and she replied:
40 Oh, yes, freckles ="
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We recommend "Tansilps Punch Cigar.
X.mas Presents.

DO not buy your Xmas presents till you
have consulted the mammoth illustrated pre-
MUM list issued by TIE NATIONAL TRIBUNE.
Sent free to any address. Ii gives selection
from hundreds of articles embracing all must
cal instruments, watches, jewelry, guns, sew
ing machines, household utensils, such as
thina, silver plate, stoves, etc. All these
chings can be obtained free of cost, or, If ono
chooses to buy outright, at less than half the
retail price. We also furnish gold watches on
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Read Better than Pension on page 8
Record of SIne-Months' Regiment.

The 15lst Pa, although but a nine months
regiment, their term OF service carried them
into the great battle of Gettysburg, where they
lost heavily, and in this action their Leuten-
ant-Colonel (AlcFarland) lost one of his legs
The regiment was held in reserve until Gen.
Butterield the Chief of Staff of the Army OF
the Potomac, ordered them into the front line
of battle, when the great charge was made by
Pickett
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He Couldn't Tell a Lie.
Mem YORK. Hernld.l

A recently-pubIished letter by George Wash
ingtOn gives TO the world the fact that he owned
the first natural gas well. Consumers, when
looking over their bills, will be pardoned for
wishing he had hung on TO the business,
natural aud artificial.
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How TO Get Rid Of II.

Kansas Gun Times.
Bluntword-Whats this talk about abolish
ing Congress2
Caucus-IIadn't heard of it.
B.-Why, this scheme for compelling men,
bers and Senators to pass 4 civil service exam
ination.
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Read . Better than a Pension f" on page s.
HeIn Manied.

}: ] Hall. Co. g. Ist Z. s S.. Stevenson. Ala.
ls the proprietor Of Union Hotel at that place,
ana wants veteran or son Of a veteran for a
barber DE also wishes veterans widow or
Daughter between - and 80 10 act as house
Keeper aud companion for his daughter, wh5 is
mOtheTiess
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Altogether a AIsnOmer.

Ieids SyfiHgsl
Dudley think the term grass widow ID
very deceiying
Frcnd-How 50?
Dudley Because they are not green at all
One of them says she il going to sue me for
$40 O0O
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The pains and aches Of rheumatism have in
many instances been cured by Hoods Sarsapa-
riila
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"REMENIBER. that the pavmsn. n, P-,,., ..
GUARANTEED BH FOIR NATTONaT
HAMS OF New Orleans. and tie Tickets are sis1si
BY the Pr sidFnt Of Institution whO=a charfsrs3
rights are recognized in the highest Courts. tbersfo
beware OF All limitations or anonymous schsmea-"
ONE DOLLAR Is the price OF the smallest oart o.
fracion Of a ticket lSS 4 Ed Ii Us in any DrasiaE
Anything in oar name offered for less than Dollar IS =
sWindle
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AGENTS WANTED.

Fs- FOR GLIB RATES. any further Information IA.
sTe write legibly 20 the undersigned clearly tatinx
your residence With state. County street and Number
More rapid return mail delivery viii be assured bV yong
lne4Os4hS an Envelope bearing y0ur full address
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Personal.

A. W. Arrasmith, Corporal, Co. +, 9th H.,
Joliet, ILL.,, claims that the flag of his regiment
was the first to wave over old Kencsaw on the
morning OF July 3 1864 and no believes that
he was the first Yankee In the rebel works
About daylight that morning he was ordered
to reconnoiter, and crawled mp to the first rebel
ridc-pit. Finding the enemy gone, he waved
his hat for the boys to come on, and then start
ed for the works, reaching them in advance Of
allthc other comrades.
Edward Tamma Go. E. 9TH Ohio Cav, Rip
ley, o., was married in 1867, and to his wife
aud himself have been born IL children, each
mt different birth.
c. z. McCord, Co. f, 136th H., Sulphur Rock,
Ark, is n widower with three little girls, the
eldest II years old and the youngest FIVE He
is 40 years of age, weighs $50 pounds, is five
feet six inches in hight owns 100 acres of land,
and is good blacksmith, carpenter and brick
layer. He wants TO correspond with some
young woman between 20 and % years Of age,
with view to matrmony.
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COMPLAINTS.

A comrade writes from Strum, Wis, that an
old soldier at that place made an application
for the position of Postmaster, his petition be-
ing signed by all the business men and nearly
ST. the residents. lie had a rival for the posi-
tion politician, whose only recommendation
was the service he had rendered during the
late campaign, and whose application was In
dorscd by but few but notwithstanding this,
the old soldier was defeated, and the politician
got the office.
Comrades write MS from Kalamazoo. Mich,
that Frank Phillips. who is an old soldier; was
wounded throo times and confined in rebel
prisons Tor 207 days; a man we'll known 10 the
citizens of Kalamazoo, aud fitted in every way
to hold the office OF Postmaster, is an applicant
for that position. Notwithstanding this the
Senator from Michigan has recommended a
wealthy old man, a stranger to majority of
the people. The comrades are very indignant
at this and declare that Phillips should have
the Office
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Esad BETTER than Pension " on page 8.
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That distressing disease, the piles, is speedily
relieved and cured by Ayers Pills.
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COnImissionsF,

We ne te7Srst7,ed Bqltts mt Bankers Ig2 mn an p-f.,s
dTHirn On ne Los1lG STATE Lotteries ,Ulic m, s. 49,
cd ~ orr eObgIfers - - ~'>s-
PIERRE IANAUx Pres. STATE No,,I Is, 90.
y. BALDWIN, Pres Ne W Orleans NATL fsaaIx-
IAEL hOiiA, Pres Union NaaIonnI Bans.
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Random, Shots,

w. II. Stern, Corporal, Co. f, 9th Ind.
N0besville, Ind, wishes to urge upon the SOL
diers and their friends everywhere that thoy
get into line Immediately with one mind and
acknowledge The NATIONAL TRIBUNE as the
great leader and standard bearer in the prose-
cution Of their claims for justice.
w. J.. Mcpherson, Acton. Tex, served in the
2d Ark, and says that they had a hard time
organizing that regiment, for while Union men
principally lived in the country, bushwhackers
and rebel sympathizers surrounded aud har-
assed them on all possible occasions
c. w. Willard, Springdale, Ark, agrees with
the Grand Army Post in Washington that
adopted resolutions lately declaring that ex-
soldiers should have the first chance To procure
homes on land that may hereafter be opened
for homestead purposes,
i. B. Robbins, Sergeant, Co. b. Goth n Y.
Cav, North Loup, Neb,, wants TO have some of
tho members OF his regiment write some of its
experiences for this column. lie is sure that
they would be full of interest to the boys.
Frank Fuller, Toulon H. has q check for 10
cents, signed by Il. Wadsauer Sutler for 9Th
Mass. Caw, which he will send 10 the first
member of the regiment who will send his
address.
John II. Hubbard, Co. l., LIST Conn. III. A..
Chana, ILL.,, calls on tho members of his regi-
mcnt to have Reunion ut Boston next year
during the National Encampment.
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FAMED FOR TWENTY YEA RS,
For Integrity Ofits Drawings, and
Prompt Payment of Prizes,

Attested rs follows:
we ITO hereby certify ttI ne usDer5iSs ne ~
Tangemsnts for all The JfO,ttbIy and Semi AunisaI
Drawings Of The LOuisiqlsg state Lot,ery Com
pany md ~ person manage aud c0iilr0l he Dras-
mas themselves, anil that he same are conducted
w'th honesg, fairness, and s rood filth tOmarI ~
parties, alm ne authorizes tie CompaHy % 4ss lsia
certificate, nth fgc-simls5 Of our siglsag,srsI a.
tachCd, ia Its advertisements"
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Information asked and Given.

J. w. Burnett, Co. /, 9th Ind. Cav. Leroy,
Kan, says that during the Winter of 1863, a.
he and other members of his regiment were
placed on detached duty in Michigan battery
for "A short time, Mt Tazewcl, Pa. He thinks
the battery was the 18th Mich battery, but has
forgotten the names of its officers. The Ser
geant in charge of No. gun-the one on which
the writer served-was named Perry. Com
rade Burnett would like to have someone send
him the names and addresses of the officers Of
the 18th Mich. battery.
w. S. Mitchell, Wilsey, Kan, requests that
some comradc of the 9th Me. battery send him
sketch of the operations of that battery from
April 20 to May 8 1868.
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Lost and Found.

b. f. Owen, Co. +, LIST Ind. H. A., Steeles De-
pot. Ala, has been informed that Capt. Wilson
brewster. Co. a, 10th Ala, G. S. A.. captured a
sword belt and scabbard in Virginia during
the war. The sword has engraved on it Fred
w. Mather Presented by Battery T. 7th ~ Y
III. A." Wilson Brewster is dead, and the sword
is in the possession of his family. Anyone in.
tercsted in the matter can obtain information
by writing TO J. j. Edmondson, Steeles Depot,
Ala.
Abraham Newell Cassville, Mo-, says that
any person having the discharge Of George w.
Reese, Co. T., 9th Kan. Cav, will be literally
rewarded if he return il TO the writer.
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PICKET SHOTS
From Alert Comrades All Along the
Line.
Comments and Corrections.

w. G. Rice, North Wilberham, Mass, says
that the article in q recent issue entitled
Father Against Son." interested him very
much, because his father not only fought
against his parents, but also against his only
brother during the war. The writer's father
was born and educated in Massachusetts, but
when IL years of age he and his brother went
South, where they joined militia company,
the latter becoming ono of the officers. At the
outbreak of the war this company offered its
services TO JEFF Davis, and the writer's father
resigned and came North. At Fredericksburg
the two brothers faced each other, and they
also met and talked across the RappahannOck.
The Unionist was wounded twice at Gettys-
burg, and has been constant sufferer ever
since After the war tho Confederate came
North, and the brothers met again in friend
ship.
John Hoovie, Co. A, Sd Iowa Cav, Bloom
field, Iowa, says that if it was not all so earnest
IT would DO very amusing to read the accounts
of comrades from different regiments Boosting
OF the flags they planted and the batteries they
captured until there are not flags or batteries
enough TO go around As for the regiment he
belonged to, when it had fighting to do it went
Mt it with rush, and did not make a fuss about
it afterward, like hen cackling over an egg.
If anyone wishes to know of what kind of men
the regiment was composed, the writer refers
him to Gen. Cyrus Bussey, who was Colonel
when it mustered into the service. and
Gen. John w. Noble, who was Colonel when it
was mustered out.
Rev. Eugene r. Mills, Co. X, oath Mich,
Redlands, Cal, is very much interested in the
"Story of a Cannoneer," having been a MEM
Der of the Iron Brigade aud participated in
more than one battle along with Battery Il.
He says they were all proud of that old battery.
The writer was wounded Mt Gettysburg during
the first days fight. As he was on duty with
the rear. guard of the brigade at the opening OF
the battle he went in with the 9th Wis, gal
liant regiment, and one that did its duty nobly.
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Louisiana State Lottery Company.

Incorporated by the Le.isiature for Educational ana
NiIlulnie purposes an ti5 franchise mlis part Of
The present State Constitution 1870 By an over e
ing popular vote.
it7 MAMMOTH DRAWINGS take place
3emi-AnnHaliy dame and Decenlber), ana
its GRAND SINGLE NUMBER DRAWINGS
take place IN each Of the other ten months
OF the year. aud are all drawn in public. az
tAe Academy OF Music, New Orleans, La.
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1874 Prizes amounting 70 -----...-s,I I, 0J4 500
NorE-Tiekets drawing Capital Prizes are not entitled
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WEST VIRGINIA NOTES.

A letter from Bramwe,l, Mercer county,
says She shooting aiirays there among the
coal minors have averaged one day for the
past week. The letter says: Two were shot
tonight, one having seven bullets in him.
He is stiil alive. Some OF the others are
dead and two or three can't live long On
Elkhorn last night w q. Robinson was
shot at 10y Eugene Roberts. The ball struck
q large pocket book full of papers in his len
side pocket, just over the heart. The shock
knocked him down, but he jumped up and
fired three shots at Roberts, who ran. Rob.
inson thinks one of the shots hit Roberts.
'Moonshine' whisky is at the bottom Of the
trouble
John McGoH. aged 30 years, unmarried,
and John Carroll, aged . years. son of
Michael Carroll, were drowned in the Ohio
river, ut Benwood. McGofrhad been hauling
coal and Carroll was on the wagon with
him. AT II o'clock McGoG concluded TO
stop for the day, and drove down to the mill
wharf to wash off his wagon. He drove out
in the river beyond his depth, and tlrc team
snd occupants Of tho wagon were swept
away,