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The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1890-10-17
MAP OF OPERATIONS.

and by which he was now returning. A
stone wall parallel with their course sep
arated the two battalions, and across theil
pathway was the Fifteenth Alabama, regi
ment, another Confederate command that
faced about and wheeled out of line to re
sist the cavalry. When Farnsworth saw
what he had in his front, and caught
sight of the requirements given to
him by the First battalion. he lifted
his sword on high rs he rode.
and by this silent yet magneti,
signal ordered Il grand charge to cut the
way out. 1t was the boldest and most des
perate deed to be conceived Of There were
no more than fifty men in the two parties
Both battalions had lost heavily in the
ride. and detachments from each had gone
their own way to safety. The Fifteenth
Alabama was disputing their advance: the
Fourth Alabama was behind them, and
along their left, between them and their
friends on Big Round Top, were half dozen
Confederate commands ready in line. The
Vermonters rushed upon the Alabamians
savagely. The latter held their fire and
called to the riders to surrender. The re.
spouse would be a saber stroke followed
by an answering bullet. Capt. Parsons
whose story of this fight is the fullest ac
count ever printed, was shot from his
horse. with the rifle muzzle held at his
breast and while he was trying to saber
the man who held it,
Farnsworth kept the lead in this bloody
race with fate, and with half dozen men
was hewing his way toward the Union
lines when he fell exhausted from the loss
of blood from five wounds. With the ruling
passion raging high, and his saber raised as
II to cleave some foeman's skull, he fell and
lay outstretched--dead when he struck the
earth. All of his wounds were mortal, and |
thus he was five times slain before nature !
yielded up the hero's life. Capt. Cushman, |
of the First Vermont. fell with Farms |
worth, but his wound was in the face, and |
he fought on, like hound, with his revol |
yer until he tainted. Desperation seemed |
to have seized upon every man in the |
charge. Privates followed the leaders mt |
every turn, shouting, 81 am with you"
The casualties in the charging column |
numbered sixty-five. One hundred Con
federate prisoners were taken from among |
those who attempted to stop the horsemen
at the outposts on the return.
The charge was a success, so far as the
carrying out of orders was concerned. II
created diversion in favor of "A counter
charge by Meade from Cemetery Ridge
after Pickett's failure. 1t threw the en-
envy on Lees right into confusion, drew
regiments ont of line there, thus weaken
ing the opposition to the Union troops on
Round Top. In brief, the lines of Long
street were pierced, and had the move
ment been followed up by a sharp
Union attack at the Round Tops and Dew
lis Den Lees right would have been
Farnsworth and his gallant three
hundred bravely performed the marvellous
work that was cut out for them.
GEO. L. KILMER.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1890-10-17
VERMONT HORSES.

W. s. Bailey of the Maplewood stock farm
East Hardwlck, had fine luck at the colt races
at the Brockton, Mass, fair. Osgood was
third In the race, Mary s. second In the three
year old race. The time In the last race was
2.37, 235, 2.29. All three OF these trotters
were sired by Golden.
d. HI. Skinner of Waitsfeld, has bought of
G. r. Page of the New York stock farm in
Morrisville, a standard bred sucking colt out
of Daniel Lambert mare and sired by Ash
wood, by Wedgewo0d. This colt Is own
brother to Mr.. Pages stallion Tonicwood,
which promises at no very distant day to be
heard from amongst the fast ones. The dam
of Tonic was also the dam of the stallion La
noble which did such good work when
trotted at the state fair four years ago.
An interesting discussion is going Oh In the
Horse Breeder concerning the dam Of Grand
Isle, 2.24 1-2, owned by George Van Dyke of
Lancaster. The Horse Breeder credited her
dam to Daniel Lambert. but G. H. Blodgett
Of Burlington says that no one can be found
that knows anything of her breeding. The
mare IL known as LeOna and when Mr.. Blod.
,ett bought her In 1876 he was told she was
'aised by FrenchmaR in the northern part
" this state. She is also the dam of Gilroy,
rs 34, now owned In Boston.
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BOOKS AND AUTHORS.
Mies Emily M. COe.

The publisher as well as the editor OF The
American kindergarten Magazine Is Miss
Emily M. Coe, president of the American
kindergarten society aud principal Of the
Normal Kindergarten Training school, which
she established as the first of the kind In this
city. After being graduated at Mount Hol-
yoke with high honors Miss Coe was for
some time teacher In colleges and semina-
ries. From her studies of educational theo-
ries and methods, including the Freuel Kin.
dergarten system, she finally developed what
Is known as the American system, which
she tesches. Her invention in apparatus for
the work, Shown conspicuously at the Gen.
tennial exhibition In a building erected for
the purpose at her own expense. received the
highest award. In 1879 Miss Coe began the
publication of her magazine. She has a
house In East Orange, N. j., and gives in
struction by corr espondence to mothers and
teachers unable to attend the Normal school
courses given In Twenty-secopd street. In
addition to other work she conducts training
classes at state normal schools. Institutes and
conventions In all parts Of the country
New York Letter.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1890-10-17
A Millionaire In q Minnie.

Instances are on record where tOilers In
gold mines and diamond fields, who, by one
turn of a spade, single movement of the
hand, have been transformed from penniless
labOrers to millionaires. But they were not
so lucky as Is the consumptive who finds a
means of restoration to health, who learns
that the dread disease from which he suffers
Is not incarable. DIR. Pierce's Golden Medi.
Is lung scrofula), and nothing else will. For
all diseases of the blood, such as blotches,
pimples, eruptions. scr0fulous sores and
swellings, 1t Is unequaed. 1t IS guaranteed
to cure In all cases OF diseases for which It Is
recommended, or money paid for 1t will be
promptly refunded.
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Great Disoovsrsrs.

What Bell and Edison are to the telephone
and electricity, says the Plttsburg News, DR..
FRANKLIN Miles, the welLknOwn specialist In
nervous diseases, Is to the nervous system
and nerve fluid. Among his numerous dis.
coveries the Restorative NervIne is undoubt-
eddy one of the greatest. 1t Is unsurpassed
In nervousness, dyspepsia, headache, epilepsy,
neuralgia, backache, melancholy, sleepiess-
ness, change of life, etc. Free trial bottles of
It may be had OF Geo. E. Greene, Druggist.
All should read his "Neso and Startling Facts
for the afflicted" very able, interesting, and
inel illustrated book. Free to all.-adv.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1890-10-17

(Farnsworth) refused to obey orders b
would lead the charge himself. The repl
to that war AZ impetuously given, Farms
worth declaring that he would obey order
and go wherever his men went. The dis
lance to be covered was 800 yards In be
line, but there was wooded hill to b.
passed by detour that would more thai
double the distance.
Everywhere there were Instructions, in
Guiding an ever vigilant enemy. At thu
end of the ride there was brigade of Con
| federates to be encountered on their owl
ground. War never called for more ex
allied daring than this-to dash three
quarters Of mile under fire into the EN-
emy's lines, subject to surprise and am
bush, and with 300 troopers battle with
5000 infantrymen on their own ground.
Farnsworth gave the order coolly to the
devoted men, of whom he had just re-
marked to his chief that they were "too
good to kill" The battalions passed out in
separate lines, in order to pass around the
hill in front by opposite paths meeting on
the other side The leader rode with the
Third battalion, which passed to the right
Of the hill. The Second battalion had
a road and cleared fields to pass over,
but their movement was the more
exposed, and Confederate regiment
in front of Big Round Top, the Fourth
Alabama, was faced about to meet them.
Taking position on a hill the Ala
bamians found the Vermonters riding up
the slope, and in their haste to do some
thing fired volley over the heads Of the
horsemen, who were but a few PAGES away.
In making this movement the Fourth Ala
bama had marched to the rear of its bri-
gade line about three hundred yards, the
intervening space being q wooded slope
When the Second battalion of Vermonters
had passed the Alabamians they halted
and reformed Mt the base of a hill which 1t
was the object Of the charge to carry, and
which il carried and held would take the
entire right of the Confederate line in re-
verse. Toward this point the First battal-
ion, led by Farnsworth, was now riding.
Their route led along valley, on one
side of which, at the base Of the hill,
was u stone wall, and on the other side
several Confederate regiments. Far ahead,
and on a prolongation of the line of the stone
wall, was the Fourth Alabama. Farms
worth charged along the stone wall in the
face of the enemy, and under sharp fire
ut close quarters. The ground was COW
cred with rock and INSTRUCTED with trees.
on toward DEVILS Den, where an
other Confederate brigade awaited them,
the troopers divided into small parties, on
the principle of save himself who can"
They were now for within the enemy's
lines, and troops all along their pathway
had been aroused by the bold dash. Near
DEVILS Den they passed Confederate bat |
erv and the summarizing infantry gave
hem volley. Farnsworth's horse fell,
md he mounted that of trooper, and
With about score or less of followers he
urned on the back track.
When he reached the hill near where the
Fourth Alabama and the First battalion
# Vermonters had met in encounter, the
after were mounting the slope toward the
rack taken by Farnsworth on going in.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1890-10-17
Fifty Spasms a Day.

Had Mrs. II. A. Gardner, of Vistula. Ind,
lived two thousand years ago she would have
been thought to be possessed by evil spirits.
She was subject TO nervous prostration, head.
aches. dizziness, backache, palpitation and
forty to fifty spasms a day. Though having
been treated by eight physicians for years
without success. she was permanently cured
bv one bottle OF DIR. Miles Restorative Nerv-
inc. A trial bottle of this new and wonderful
medicine. and a finely illustrated treatise free
at Geo. T.. GreeBe's Drug Store, who recon-
mends End guarantees it.-sdv.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1890-10-17
HERE AND HEREAFTER.

l asked tho angels In my prayer.
u With bitter tears and pains,
To show my eyes the kingdom where
The Lord OF glory reigns.
I said, Ny way with doubt 10 dim,
Ny heart is sick with fear;
Oh, come, and help me build to him
tabernacle here!
The angel said. Gsd giveth you
His lOve-what more is ours!
And even % the gentle dew
Descends upon the flowers.
His grace descends; and, as of OLD,
He walks with man apart,
Keeping the promise as foret0ld
With all the pure In heart.
Thou need'st not ask the angels where
His habibitatlons be;
Keep thou thy spirit clean and fair.
And He shall dwell with thee.
-lAllce Carey.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1890-10-17
Extract From q Letter.

Homer, Y, Mar. IA. -Four years ago tool
a severe cold; ordinary cough remedies woulf
not help me- | gave up my business "a groco ~
my mediral adviser told me 10 take Kemp
balesm, the great lung medicine. took severa
hotties: IL cured me and without a doubt saveC
nv Hfe. I grew stronger and went to worl
again. I recommend Il TO all my friends ane
will always praise It, Gratefully yours, A. NJ
KibDe. For reference: First National Bank
Homer Ny. di0ws4w
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Gibson, Steub ben Co., New York.

DR.. Greene of "a Temple Place, Boston,
Mass, its discoverer. is the famous spe-
cialist in the cure of nervous and chronic dis
cases. The doctor has devoted special at.
tentioa to the treatment of all forms of chronic
diseates through letter correspondence, and
viii give by mail his opinion and advice in
any case free of charge. The perfection of
this system renders a complete cure almost
assured, as his success in treatment By cor.
res poRdence Is wonderful and unequalled.
Send for symptom blank to fill out, or write him
ABOUT your case.
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acters, those names being finally chosen
which are most expressiye and cuphonioIs.
At Mrs. Stannard's elbow as she writes Are
placed two we'll used volumes Of TenLyson
and L"ngfelIow, her favorits poets. With
almost every line OF The bard Of "HIawaths"
she Is familiar. aud for every feeling Of do.
preston she always finds the antIdote In his
pages.-f Exchange.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1890-10-17

r TT Y s B U r G
was marked with
8 m ny grand
events fitting for
c Q ! Q b ration in
story that minor
N e roic incidents
live only in tn e
memory Of partic.
ipants, in tradi.
ton and in the OBJ.
g cure annals OF
regiments. On Re
feat Of daring on
that field-not Of
reckless, useless
bravado, but SO.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1890-10-17

When the order was given by Fitzpatrick
to Farnsworth the brave soldier, who had
just been awarded generals star for gal
lantry put in a manly and respectful pro
test. He had but a handful, the ground
was rough, barred by fences and walls and
strewn with powders, and the enemy oc
cupied every good position in force. This
was briefly stated by Farnsworth, but Kill
patrick answered impetuously that il he
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1890-10-17


York-a city whose activities and respons
bilities and ne,re consumption are typical Q
the entire United States in this great cit
the mortality from inssnity for the first tire
months Of 1890 was about 100 per cent
greater than In 1859.
.sWAat .oae the cause" do you ask Neve
mind that just no,0. Let US look at The facts
The cause mill soon enough appear then,
Paresis. next to pneumonia the creates
dread OF the day, we are told by learned med
icai authorities is becoming national, univer
sal, that 1t prevails most among self.made
moderately educated persons, that 1t Is vast
ing and decay of the brain tissue, and that l
is caused chiefly by the every day wear ant
tear of the roaring, rushing, frenzied, anx
ious to be quickly rich, ceaseless toll ant
struggle characteristic of American life!
We live on our nerre! When that Is gont
VIC are hurried into lunatic asylum Of
plunge into the maddest method of the sui
eide! The Nerve is the life!
Are you going crazy?
Is the mad Niaeara's roar in your ear?
Have you groundless fears. hallucina-
tiOns?
Do you look ahead with increasing
fears?
Isy0ur sleep restless?
Do you feel better as night comes on?
Are you moody aud melancholy?
Do you weep easily and without cause?
If you do. listen! The awful cataract is
ahead
1t is for you mow, today, to say whether
your mind will take its place with demons OF
dementia, in whose ears the only welcome
music is the shrek of despair!
Do you shudder at such a fate, and would
Shun it, get new nerve renewed vitality
and power of n. rye. That Is the only course
open to you You must adoDt 1t
promptly, too, or it will be fatally tatei
Do you think you can follow better course
or get better results than this:
Read This, and Follow his Example.
was broken down with nerv GUS and physi-
cal prostration before using DR.. Greene's
Nervura, and life was burden. Now life
Is joy and sleep Ia a luxury compared to 1t
before taking Nervura. relish my food and
my nervousness has left me: so has the numb
ness. / wish could shout loud enough SO
that ali the world could hear, and tell them
the good DR.. Gree mes Nervura has done me.
1t has made me from q weak, trembling, |
nervous, irritable man to one who feels he is
on the highway to long years of health and
happiness through DR.. Greene's Nervura and
the blessing of God.
fss ANDREW H. OLNEY, l
Gibson Steuben Co., New York.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1890-10-17

''Hcw divine thing woman may be
made," when her cold Is cured by DIR. Bulls
Cough Syrup.
''Mother, may 60 out to fishv'
mo. no my little sonny,
You know you've got a swollen foot,
My precious little honey"
Bot they got bottle of Salvation Oil, and he
went and caught an eel, and ate 1t like a man.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1890-10-17

The worst storm of the season was report
ed from up the lakes TuesdaT morning.
Nsny vessels were driven ashore and break
water at Port Arthur was destroyed,
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1890-10-17

The new Bible 10 never to be made, but Il
always In the making.
A good book IL companion and friend
II asks nothing In return for the benefit tina,
| II confcrs.
| A taste for books IL the pleasure and glory
Of my life. would not exchange It for thu
riches Of the Indies.-l Gibbon.s 4-aa.
Miss Charlotte Yonge, at sixty.seven Il
busy on her lO1st book, story Of Vespas'
ian's time.
novelist, has Abandoned literature for the
Stage. ~eg
D'Ennery, the author of the "Two Or.
phans" al 80 years Of age is the busiest play.
wright In France.
An old Mississippi river pilot says that
"Mark Twain was the LATEST white he ever
saw IN pilot house.
John Boyle O'Reilly used to say that he
had found the true fraternal spirit to exist
at It's best In convicts, soldiers and journal
lists.
Alexander Dumas Is said to do bis best lit.
erary work when seated In evening dress at
. table brilliantly lighted by wax tapers.
George Meredith has finished bis novel,
"The Journalist" and has taken a holiday.
He has been engaged upon this book several
years.
Edward Eggleston has recently finished
another story of western life. His profits in
royalties and returns from serial matter are
about $4,000 q year.
w. H. Hardin Is the latest aspirant for lit
erary fame from the south. He is 30 years
old, and was merchant In Georgia before
he took up the pen.
y A year ago Rudyard Kipling, now one Of
the most popular authors In the world, was
In Philadelphia hobnobbing with newspaper
men and regarded simply as clever man.
Mrs. Elizabeth Peabody of Boston, who
frst introduced the Froebel system of kim
dergarten education, Is nearly 90 years Of ages
she is stronger mentally than physically and
retains her interest In educational matters.
Mr.. Robert Purvis and John Greenleaf
Whittier are said to be the only survivors Of
the founders OF the ant-slavery society.
The new Canadian novelist. Mr.. Thomas
Sttnson Jarvis, whose novel, "Geoffrey |
recently has been published, is |
barrister by profession and resident of
Toronto.
DR.. George F. Root. the composer of 'sRal- /
y Round the Flag, Boys" and 100 other
longs. wrote the famous song onthe morning
following Lincoln's second call for troops.
Tennyson's back yard is said to be sire wn
With clay pipes that he has used and discard.
d. The poet Is a prodigious smoker, and,
Ike Carlyle. prefers the humble clay pipe,
arely smoking cigar.
The late Lord Carnarvon, who edited the
ecently published Letters of Phillip Dor
ler. Fourth Earl of Chesterfield, to His God
on and Successor" was born June "a, 1881, {
nd was educated at Elton and also at Christ
hurch, Oxford. Politician, phtlanthropist,
nd scholar, he was besides an author, and
ublished poetical translation of the saga
lennon of 1Eschylus" and also Of the ''Od.
ssey." |,
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1890-10-17

A bill has been introduced IN the seryian
Sksptschlna to eXpel ex-king Milan from lbe
country.
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a SINGULAR hook.

Serenely reDosing on the shelves of the
Paris National museum are some of the mos,
remarkable literary curiosities In the world
those OF the British museum not excepted.
Among this collection Is an odd little volume
entitled 1.-THE Passion of Christ" book
neither written nor printed. Every letter of
the text Is cut In the leaf, aud as the alter.
nate leaves are Of blue paper II Ia az easily
read - the best print. The labor required and
the patience necessary to cut each letter NAV
be imagined. The work 10 so perfect that Il
seems almost Is though done by machinery,
yet every letter was cut by band. At present
the book belongs to the family Of the Prince
de Ligne, but is kept In the museum for more
absolute safety.-[St. Louis Republic.
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The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1890-10-17
A BOLD RIDE TO DEATH.
THE CHARGE OF FARNSWORTH'S
THREE HUNDRED.
Taking Their Lives In Their Hands They
Gallop Two Miles Into the Encmy's
Lines = Devoted Bravery OF Leaders
and Men.

Copyright by American Press Association,
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MNYf N \
NJ \ l0Q% hi
An AWFUL INCREASE OF IN.
SANITY.
TIM RECORD FOR 1890 IS 100 PER
CENT. GREATER THAN FOR 1880.
Are We Rushing on to Niagara Of
Lunacy?

Olu yOu Uv0r ~
into q LunatiC asy-
lun?
Or hear the wild,
demoniRc shrek Of
the senseless mind?
Or Read the awful
"tale Of WOO" In q
madman's restless
eye?
Short Of Dante's
Inferno there is
nothing so pitiably
fearful as such q
place, such q sound,
such a sight!
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G s S Ss aTs S ThGsYSs 6osHRs
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sosna seal daily 81 w issss'ccPsc sSS F
LINE me
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-04-20
HOW CAN THE LONG

in. HOW CAN THE LONG
BE THE SHORT
long one
and yet be
the short.
est between
given points; for
instance the 81.
Paul, Minneapolis
a Manitoba Railwy
has over 300 miles OF
read msgni6ceD;ly equip
PED and managed, II Is on
OF The greatest railway sysie
oI this country ;forthe same Y
sons IL lis the Travellers fayoriiea'
all points IN Minnesota, Mort nd
south Dakota and Montana. II Is the
only line 10 Great Falls. the future man.
uiscturing centre Of the Northwest to the
fertile TREE lands Of the Milk river valley and
offers a choics OF ihree routes TO the Coast, Still
IL is the shortest lin. bet seen 1t. Paul, Minneapo-
lis. Fargo, Winnipeg, Crookston, Moorbeai, Las.
selton, Glyndon, Grafton. Fergus Falls, Wahpe.
ton, Devils Lake and Butte City. II Il the best
Route TO Alaska, China and japan; ard the
Journey 10 the Pacific Coast. Vancouver. Ia.
c. ma, seattle, Portland and San Francisco
will be remembered as the delight ofta
l,fe-time once made through the won.
derful scenery Of the Manitoba. Pa
cinc route. To fish and hunt: TO
view the msgnihceDce Of nature,
revive the spirit; restore the
body; realize the dream OF the
home.seeker, the golf seeker,
the toiler or the capitalist,
visit the country reached bv
the 81. Paul, Minneapolis
a Manitoba Railway
Write 10 Il. WHITNEY,
q. Y. Z. A.,st.Psui,
Mimi, for maps,
books and guides.