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ness and aim Archer's men cried: "'Taint
the militia, either. It's the army of the
Potomac. There is those black hated
fellows again"
The Iron Brigade a been made con-
spicuous by their black, wide brimmed
hats, and after Second Bull Run and An
tietam even the enemy could not mistake
the significance of those unique badges.
The Second was now commanded by Col.
Lucius Fairchild, and seeing the isolated
position of Archer, alone with a stream
behind him, he moved the regiment
around Archer's ians, cutting him off
from the creek and capturing nearly all
the brigade with it's leader. This little
success, though counting for much with
saving of time for the Union arms, was
but temporary and was dearly bought.
The Confederates with high ground in
their favor had posted sh~arpshooters to
command the grove, and their missiles
played havoc with the intrepid fellows who
had assumed the task of holding this i'm
portant ground. Reynolds fell, and with
him was lost the,plan of battle. His sue
cessor. Doubleday, knew that the grove
was the key, according to Reynolds ac-
tions, and he tried to hold it.
On the Confederate side Heth, with his
division REINFORCED by Ponder, returned
to the attack. For hours the fight was
kept up, the Iron Brigade losing in quick
succession three commanders and over so
per cent. of its effective strength in killed,
wounded and missing. The Second Wis
consin suffered the heaviest and here
added 46 to its roll of heroes-46 lead out
300 in line. With its other casualties the
loss was Il per cent. Col. Fairchild lost
an arm, Lieut.. Col. George H. Stevens
was killed and Mai. John Mansfield was
wounded.
With this terrible loss the regiment was
reduced to a nullity. There were less than
one hundred in the ranks. After some adj
dition of strength the Second entered the
campaign of the Wilderness in C~rawford's
division of the Fifth corps. Here it lost II
killed, and after further loss at Spottsyl-
vania, it's field officers wounded and its
numbers less than one hundred, it was de-
tailed as provost guard and ordered home
June IL. During its term of three years
753 of its men were hit in battle and 1872
were captured. In Company A the killed
numbered 20 out of 121 enrolled; Company
G, 81 out of 1872; E, "a out of lis; G, 90 out
of 135; H, 2S out of 122, and in K 80 out
of 113.
The story of the Second shows that it
won this record by persistent hard fight
ing and not by accident. In nearly all
great battles and in some minor engage
ments there are slaughter pens where GER
tain regiments are roughly handled and
men are sacrificed to no purpose, making a
record that looks creditable while it is
merely appalling. But it was the long,
strong effort that won the day for the
Union in the civil war. Luck and acct
dent played a part and hindered or hast
ened unimportant events Sharp fighting
and plenty of it, however, determined the
result, and all in all no better representa-
tive regiment could be found for the Union
army than the Second Wisconsin. with it's
three years of fighting, It's fifteen bloody
and odd wounds, and its 23S killed in ac-
ton. GEORGE l.. KILMER.
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and for this reason failed to open COM
munication with his colleague, Longstreet.
Gibbons brigade received the force of
Jackson's attack, and the Second was the
front and center of Gibbons line. In fact
it opened the ball and by a heroic front de.
termined the result.
AtSouth Mountain, Md, Sept. II, '62, two
weeks after Second Bull Run, the Second
lost ten killed in a ragged mountain fight.
At Antietam on the nth it was engaged
around the bloody cornneld early IN the
day. The First corps, to which the Second
belonged, was led by Hooker and attempt
ed to flank the Confederate position in
front of the Bunker chur h. The topogra-
ply was very deceiving and caused many
surprises on both sides. Gibbons brigade
was ordered across al open field to the
corn field, which swarmed with Confeder-
ates, and a Union battery was on a ridge
behind firing over the men into the enemy's
ranks. The right of the brigade extended
into a wood and was here attacked in the
flank. simultaneously a Confederate col
umn moving o~bliquely from the wood
dashed forward at the battery, now COW
cred by the Second regiment.
The fight over these guns became very
hot, the enemy pressing to within canister
range. Here 80 of the regiment fell, killed
or MORALLY wounded, making a loss in
killed within three weeks of 126 out of 81
men engaged. The stubbornness of the
fighting at this point may be judged from
the fact that the battery engaged with Glib
bon's brigade, B, Fourth United States.
lost at this point 8 men killed and 81
wounded, including the captain, and %
horses killed and Z wounded. Gen. Gib6on
helped to serve the guns The commander
of the Second, Lieut.. Col. Allen, who was
twice wounded at Second Bull Run three
weeks before, was severely wounded and
carried from the field. To have fought on
either side in front of the bunker churchat
Antietam was glory enough for u regiment
to gain in its whole career, but for the
Second it was the third great occasion
when it played a distinguished part.
At Gettysburg the regiment was reduced
to a small battalion and numbered but
300 men. Small as it was it had the
fortune of reaping further ~laurels, for
the Iron Brigade was among the first to
encounter the Confederates on the first
day and the very first to score a triumph.
The brigade may be said to nave fought
under the eye of the gallant Reynolds in
his last hour, for the hero diet in the at
tempt to plant the Union lines securely
in McPherson's grove, along Willoughby
run, and this body of men under Gen.
Solomon Meredith was executing his or
ders when the fatal s~harpshooter's bullet
laid him low.
OF all points along the Chambersburg
pike, where Lee was advancing, the grove
seemed to impress Reynolds as the place
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Alfalfa,

Alfalfa is a perennial plant, in many
respects resembling clover. 1t has long
been known in Europe, and its most ex-
tensive cultivation in this country is in
California and some of the western and
southern states. 1t seems especially
adapted to dry climates, and succeeds
best on a light sandy or loan soil with
a subsoil through which its long top
roots can penetrate and find their way to
moisture. 1t has been grown success
fully at the Geneva station IN New York,
but in experiments on farms in different
parts of Vermont has been largely win
ter killed. 1t will not thrive among
weeds, but must have clean land the first
year. In reply to inquiries that have
been made no better answer can be given
than q brief statement of some of its bad
and good points as discovered ut differ
ent state stations throughout the coun-
try and summarized by the central office
at Washington.
Among its disadvantages it has been
found less hardy than clover and not SO
easily established. If allowed to grow
too long the stalks become hard and
woody. Cattle cannot be safely pas
tured on it except in dry regions, 1t re-
quires peculiar treatment to make good
hay. Its good qualities are that when
C well established it lasts for years.
1t withstands drought well, grows rap
idly md may be cut early and will fur
nish several crops of green fodder each
season. If properly cured it makes good
hay and is relished by all farm animals.
In brief, while valuable as a feeding
stuff and as a fertilizing crop, it re-
quires peculiar conditions of climate and
soil for its growth and careful culture
and curing to make it a profitable crop.
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Beets as Feed for Cows.

A bulletin issued by the Ohio expert
ment station gives the results of an
experiment in feeding sugar beets to
mich cows, made last winter, together
with a summary of two similar expert
ments, one made by the station in 1889
and one by the farm department of the
Ohio State University in 1879.
In the last named experiment eight
COWS were kept under test for eleven
weeks; in $3.50 twelve cows for eight
weeks, and in 1890 twelve cows for nine
weeks, the cows in each case being
weighed daily, as well as their feed and
milk. In each of the three experiments
the cows ate more hay and more total
dry matter when feeding on beets than
on other foods (hay, meal and bran in
1879, corn silage in 1889 and 199O), and in
each S more milk was given from the
beets than from the other foods, but it is
not yet demonstrated that the increase
of milk was produced economically.
For twelve years records have been
kept on the farm now occupied by the
station which show that the average
yield of beets over this period has been
nearly sixteen tons per acre, against an
annual yield of about fifty-fve bushels
of shelled corn per acre. But a crop of
fifty-five bushels of shelled corn, with
its fodder, will contain nearly twice as
much dry matter as sixteen tons of beets,
and these experiments indicate that,
whether fed dry, as corn meal and dry
fodder, or as corn ensilage, the dry mat
ter of the corn crop will be found about
as effective, pound for pound, as the dry
matter of the beet crop.
1t is possible to raise much more than
sixteen tons of beets to the acre. One
crop of two acres is reported at 37i tons
per acre, and smaller areas have given
still larger yields, but such crops require
very rich land and thorough culture.
Whether it is possible to produce a
pound of dry matter in beets as eco
nomically as it can be done in corn is not
yet definitely settled, but the probabili-
ties are against it.
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ceive them, as you will; but you have
no right to assail their private charac-
ter, as is done every autumn. That is
not carrying religion into politics. Now
you can always tell without asking, in
any contest, what candidate l will vote
for. 1t is always for the man who is
most badgered, and most abused, and
most spit upon, and most howled at.
You have a right to contest n mans po-
litical sentiments; you have no right
for base political purposes to assail his
private moral character.
LIONS SURROUND YOU.
Ny subject also impresses me with
the fact that lions cannot hurt a good
man. No man ever got into worse
company than Daniel got into when he
was thrown into the den. What arare
morsel that fair young man would have
been for the hungry monsters! If they
had plunged at him he could not have
climbed into a niche beyond the reach
of their paw or the snatch of their
tooth. They came pleased all about
him, as a hunters hounds at the we'll
known whistle come bounding to his
feet.
You need not go to Numidia to get
among lions. You all have had them
after you-the lion of financial distress,
the lion of sickness, the lion of perse-
cution. You saw that lion of financial
panic putting his mouth down to the
earth, and he roared until all the banks
and all the insurance companies quaked.
With his nostril he scattered the ashes
on the domestic hearth. You have had
trial after trial, misfortune after misfort-
une, lion after lion; and yet they have
never hurt you if you put your trust
in God, and they never will hurt you.
They did not hurt Daniel, and they
cannot hurt you.
The Persians used to think that
spring rain falling into sea shells would
turn into pearls; and l have to tell you
that the tears of sorrow turn into
precious gems when they drop into
Gods bottle. You need be afraid of
nothing putting your trust in God.
Even death, that monster lion whose
den is the worlds sepulcher, and who
puts his paw down amid thousands of
millions of the dead, cannot alright
you.
When in olden times a man was to
get the honors of knighthood he was
compelled to go fully armed the night
before among the tombs of the dead
carrying a sort of SPEAR, and then when
the day broke he would come forth,
and amid the sound of cornet and great
parade he would get the honors OF
knighthood. And so it will be with
the Christian in the night before
heaven, as fully armed with spear and
helmet of salvation he will wait and
watch through the darkness until the
morning dawns, and then he will take
the honors of heaven amid that great
throng with snowy robes streaming
over seas of sapphire.
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A fruit which has attracted attention
as a promising pear of the early sort
is the Wilder, which is generally con-
coded to be of better quality than most
of the early pears, and not subject to rot
at the core. Professor Van Deman,
United States ~pomologist, says of it:
"Among the midsummer pears there is
none that pleases me better than this
one, except that its size is rather small.
But, like the Seckel, what it lacks in size
it makes up in quality, though it is larg-
er than that variety. 1t is a choice
Seeding found in Chautauqua county,
N. Y. The original tree was partially
grated with scions of Buffum in 1870
when it was young, and would never
have borne any fruit, except of this old
variety, had not three of the natural
branches been left. These bear profuse-
ly, and the fruit, whenf fully colored, is
quite attractive. 1t does not rot at the
CORE +tf
Briefly described, the Wilder is in size
small to medium; it is bell shaped,
irregular, a little angular; surface
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81 Importance, and the commander OF the
division in which the Iron Brigade served,
Gen. Doubleday, seeing his chief going in
there with nothing but a skirmish line to
save him, sent Meredith forward with the
injunction to hold the wood at all hazards.
eff we can't hold it, where will you find
the men who camp responded the brave
Wisconsin boys. While they pressed on
into the grove from the east Archer's Con-
federate brigade, of Heth's division, came
in from the west, and the first meeting of
hostile, lines of battle on this great field
took place then on the banks of the Run.
The Confederates had been led to believe
that the Union army was many marches
distant, and that Gettysburg was defended
by militia only, but when the Wisconsin
men came on in orderly ranks and deliv-
cred a volley of bullets with veteran cool
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One of the important features of the com
ing volume of The Century Magazine will be a
series of papers on "Tibet," written by a
well qualified and adventurous American
traveller. Mr.. w. Woodville Rockhill, former
ly of the American diplomatic service, who
has recently returned from a long and peril
GUS journey through the unknown heart of
Asia. For 700 miles he passed through IA
country where no white man had ever set
foot. iourneylng, of course, in disguise. 1t is
only within the last few years that the Chi
nese nave been able to plant themselves in
the country he Travelled through, so hostile
have the natives always shown themselves.
1t is said that in Tibet nearly every crime is
punished by theimposition of a fine, andthat
murder is by no means an expensive luxury.
This. of course, greatly increases the danger
of travel in that remarkable land. The series
will be fully illustrated.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-09-04

namental fence. A DECORATIVE GATE.
In the accompanying cuts are shown
three models of gates that any carpenter
can make, and which may be appropri-
ately used with almost any style Of
picket, rustic or ornamental barb wire
fence.
A convenient size for these gates is
three feet six or eight inches wide. The
space between the posts for an ordinary
door yard gate may be three feet ten
inches. This is, however, a matter to
be decided BY circumstances and the use
to which the gate is to be put.
A wide gate is more convenient than
q narrow one, especially when there is
occasion to pass in and out with any
wheeled vehicle, as a baby carriage or
wheelbarrow. The designs here given
are susceptible to various notifications
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h @ ease wit
which they may
be constru C t d,
have often been
d bed, but
one seldom sees
either illustra-
ton or descrip-
ton of fancy
gates suitable to
finish off an or
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smooth, pale yellow ground with deep
shading of brownish carmine; dots very
numerous and small; basin shallow, reg
ular; eye nearly closed, sepals long and
reflex; apex rather abrupt, with a slight
cavity; stem short; core closed, very
small; seeds very small, narrow, point
ed, dark; flesh very pale, whitish yell
low, fine grained, tender; flavor sub
acid, sprightly, much like B .%rtlett;
quality very good.
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NiONG 300 fight
ing egiments
w h histories
appear in Col.
Fox's Regiment
al Losses in the
Civil War;" the
Second Wisconsin
heads the list
with the highest
G of
killed in action
during its whole
+ of service.
The regiment en-
tered the army in
June, 1861, and
was disbanded at
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f n GATES

and changes that may be required to
suit the special style of fence with which
the gate is to be used. These fancy
gates are best made of strong, light
wood,
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WRITTEN In BLOOD.
THE BATTLE RECORD OF THE SECOND
WISCONSIN INFANTRY.

lighting Fifteen Bloody Engagements
and Losing Heavily in Six Great Bat
tIes-A Career Parallel in the
Union Army.
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MORRlSVlLLE FOUNDRY co.
MoRRsvnLE, VT, March II, 1890.
Libel for DIVorce.
BERTHA BARABO,l
Alias, Parker, LAMoILLE Co. CoUR
VS..
FRANK BARABO, DEC. TERN, 1890.
alias, Parker,

Whereas, said Bertha has filed in the office o.
the Clerk OF this Court her petition and summons
against petitionee for divorce, setting forth: Thai
her maiden name was Bertha King; that she re
sides andhas resided for the five years last past in
johnson, W.; that she was duly married to said
Frank in Meriden, Conn, by Rev. j. q. Noble
July &, 1888; that they have lived together in
has assumed the name of Parker since residing
in Vermont as also has said Bertha; that she
has faithfully kept the marriage covenants OH
her part, but that the said Frank, on the LIST day
of June, 1889, at Johnson, VT, Ommitt adult
cry with one Luna Mum, johnson, VI, and on
div erSe other persons, and that January /, 1887,
and until Sept. 1, 1889, he continually treated
Petitioner with intolerable severity, so she was
forced to and did cease to live and cohabit with
the said Frank. and has ever since ceased to
live and cohabit witt him, and that he is now
without the State, in Meriden. Conn. Further
praying therein that the bond of matrimuny
between her and said Frank may be dissolved
and a bill be granted her and that she assume
her maiden name, and for general relief.
Therefore, il is ordered that the said Frank
be notified of the tendency of this cause and to
make his personal appearance on the LIST day of
said term OF Court and show cause why said
prayer should not be granted, and to stand to
and abide the decree Of said Court, by the pub
LEGATION of this order and substance Of said petit
ton, &C., in the NEWS AND CITIZEN, a weekly
and MOrrisville, three weeks successfully, the
last Of which publications to be at least six
weeks prior to said term of Court.
Given under my hand at Hyde Park, VT, this
25th day of August, 1890.
s, b. WAITE,
AZ Clerk OF LamOille Co. Court.
b. A. HUNT, Attorney for Petitioner.
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fyou want good laying hens in winter,
writes a correspondent of The New York
World, keep an eye on your early hatch
ed chickens, and select the best developed
and healthy looking pullets for furnish
ing you with eggs next winter. For
several weeks after Matching the young
chicks should be fed a little five or six
times a day. After they are half grown,
three or four times a day-not to fatten
them, but to make them grow. would
give but very little grain, and hat should
be mostly wheat, oats or rye, some buck
wheat, and very rarely a little cracked
corn. Two rations out of every three
should be soft food made of wheat bran,
shorts, mashed potatoes and a little corn
meal, all well stirred up together. If
mixed up with milk instead of water it
will be greatly improved.
Give the scraps from the table through
the day along with their other rations.
See to it that they have green food of
some description and plenty of fresh wa
ter. Green clover and cabbage leaves
will be excellent; also a little bone meal
in their mash, and gravel should always
be within their reach. BY forcing the
best pullets in this way you will be
quite sure to set them to laying in the
fall, which, if properly housed and fed,
they will continue through the winter,
when, if left to shift for themselves and
make a slow and scanty growth until
cold weather, they are not likely to lay
at all until next spring.
THE PULPIT N THE STAGE.-Rev. f. NJ.
Shrout, pastor United Brethren church, Blue
Mound, Kan, says: 81 feel it my duty to
tell What wonders DR.. Kings New Discovery
has done for me-. MY lungs were badly dis
eased. and my parishioners thought | could
live only a few weeks. | tool five bottles of
DR.. Kings New Discovery and am sound and
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manager Loves Funny Folks Combination,
writes: 'After Il thorough trial and convinc-
ing evidence, | am confident DR.. Kings New
Discovery for Consumption beats 'em all, and
cures when everything else fails. The greatest
kindness | can do my many Thousand friends
is to urge them to try it." Free trial bottles
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and 81.
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FARM AND GARDEN.
OBSERVATIONS WORTHY OF NOTE
IN RURAL AFFAIRS.
Models of Fancy Gates for the Benefit of
Readers VIII May Be Contemplating
the Luxury of an Ornamental Fence
About Their Lawns or Gar

Serviceable farm gates, gatoa desira-
Bile for their durability, cheapness and
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See that your paper is paid up.
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of every description consisting
of double and single Arch Doors
and Arch Strips. all sizes of
Arch Crates, Heater Frames,
Pipe Rests, sc.
Post Mauls with handles
in ready for use. Every farmer
should have one.
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Religion in Politics.
DIR. T~ALMAGE's PRACTICAL SERMON
FOR PRACTICAL MEN.

when the Ballot Box Is Surrounded by
Corruption Is the Time for the Chris
tian to Work ENpe-
Sharp County record., 1890-11-06
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SUICIDE IN FULTON.

We greatly regret to chronicle the
sad intelligence that Wm. II. Will
iams famiIiarly known as "Uncle
Billy" of Big Creek township cons
mitted suicide by hanging himself at
his residence last Monday morning.
He was one of the most influential
and highly respected citizens in the
county and his death in this tragic
manner will 6e a great shock to the
people of our county, He was ap-
parently in good health and spirits
when he got up and ne cause was in
timated to his family or friends for
the fatal step. One of hts sons
died last winter and two are now
sick and some supposed this unbal>
anced his mind, that he held himself
responsible for the death because his
hoy had worked in the gin and Su-
perndnced the disease which carried
him of. Be that as it may Fulton
county has lost a man who will be
greatly missed by a host of warm
friends We extend heartfelt sym>
pathv to the bereayed relatives. -
Fulton County Banner.