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Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-12-17

Calling a boy up in the morning can
hardly be classed under the head Of
"pastlmes. especially if the boy is fond
OF exercise the day before And it is a
little singular that the next hardest thing
to getting a boy out of bed is getting
him into it. There is rarely mother
VINO Is success at rousing boy All
mothers know this. So do their boys
And yet the mother seems 20 20 at it
In the right way. She opens the stair
door and'insinuatingly observes: John
nyl There is no response JOHNNY
STU no response. Then there is a short,
sharp "Johnr followed moment later
by prolonged and emphatic John
Henryr
A grunt from the upper regions signi-
nes lat an impression has been made.
and the mother is encouraged to add.
You'd better be getting down here to
your breakfast, young man. before
come up there an give you something
you'll feel" This so startles the young
man that he Immediately goes to sleep
again. And the operation has to be re-
'peated several times. A father knows
nothing about this trouble. He merely
opens his mouth as a soda bottle ejects
us cork, and the John Henry" that
cieaves the air of that stairway goes into
tnat boy like electricity, and pierces the
deepest recesses of his very nature. And
ne pops out Of that bed and into his
clothes and down the stairs with
promptness that is commendable 1t Is
rarely boy allows himself to disregard
the paternal summons about the dis
charge OF the multifarious duties, but be
oldnt believe the Creator designed him
Tor making skylights in cowsheds.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-12-17
A PECULIAR TORTURE.

some Striking and Interesting incidents
About Having Your Photograph Taken.
lCopyrighted nv Lse & Shepard. Boston. and
published by special arrangement with then.l
Having photograph taken is one Of
the great events in a mans life. The
chief desire is to look the very best, and
on the success of the picture hinges. in
many cases. the most important epoch in
life. To work up proper appearance
time enough is used which. if devoted
TO catching feas for their phosphorus.
would cancel the entire national debt
and establish New York daily paper
When you have completed your toilet
you go to the gallery and force yourself
into nonchalance of expression that is
too absurd for anything.
Then you take the chair, spread your
legs gracefully, appropriate calm and
indifferent look and commence to per
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-12-17


tiilery by times and I always go
around in time for all the big fights
You've heard of Fitz Hugh Lee2
yes"
"And Wade Hampton?"
s'0f course
well. at different times I served un
der both. The night Gen. jackson wa
killed at Charlottesville / wasn't
quarter of mile away. Wasn't that
terrible blow to us? They kept tn,
news from us as long as they could, but
when it became known some men look
ed white and scared, and others hid
their faces and wept You were al
Gettysburg, of course? Rather hot
work there, Ell? When Custer drove al
us, thinking to get hold of our wagon
train, / had the honor of giving one OF
you 'uns' slash across the face which
made him homely man for the rest OF
his life. You men under Custer fol-
lowed us over the mountains Landsl
but didn't it rain as Lee began to fall
back? We turned on you two or three
times and left the road full of dead;
but our orders were to fall back to the
river Did you make the Wilderness
campaign"
"Yes"
What place was that for two
mighty armies to grapplel had got
into the infantry again, and this time
major had me. He was among the first
killed and before noon the captain of a
battery had me buckled around him. /
changed owners three times before Lee
finally stood at bay and prepared to dole
out the blood of the confederacy until
the last drop was gone. Ali those were
grim and grewsome days In and
around Petersburg were barefooted
captains and ragged colonies, and there
were days when even brigadier could
not get full rations Outside of the
army there were those who could see
the beginning of the end, but we in it
never gave up hoping 1t was hope and
fight fight and hope, and even when
the calamity came we couldn't compre-
bend it. We always believed Uncle |
Robert would find way out of it. but |
the day finally came when he had done |
all that human hands could do. APP |
pomattoxl Ali it hurts, ana yet why
should it? We had done better than
the veterans of Napoleon, and when
we laid down our arms not cheer
was heard from your legions You
felt how it was, and you had only kind
words. 1t was always 'Yank' and
Johnny with us at the front, and if
,he politicians had kept away we'd
never felt the bitterness that came later
IN. o, well, that's all in the past, and
what's gone is gone. / wouldn't have
aid word, you know, but that bugle
woke me up, and for just minute l
eemed to hear the oldeyil VII yii again,
md to feel the exultation of a cavalry
harge. M. Quad, in n Y. World.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-12-17
ONE OF THE FIRST FIGHTS.
The Battle Between Gems. Rosecrans and
Floyd at CarniFex Ferry, Va.

The Battle Between Gems. Rosecrans and
Floyd at Carnifex Ferry, Va.
One of the few victories won by the
union troops in the early part of the
civil war was at the battle OF Carnifex
Ferry, in Virginia, September 10, 1861.
This affair at the time was greatly
magnitied, and it is still remem bered,
though many other engagements of
more Importance that took place in the
course of the next two or three years
have been forgotten. Gen. Floyd. with
confederate force of about five thou
sand men, had fortified himself on the
west bank of the Gauley river. near the
Carnifex Ferry. His camp was fianked
on the north and south by deep and
marshy ravines. while the front to the
west was protected by dense forest.
Gen. Rosecrans, with a force about
equal to Floyd's, made forced march of
about seventeen miles on the 10th of
September, and at o'clock in the after
noon ordered Gen Benham's brigade
forward to make a reconnaissance. The
battle soon began and firing became
general on both sides. Owing to the
strong position occupied by the confed-
crates they were enabled to keep Ben.
hams brigade at bay for some hours.
When Gen. Rosecrans came up with re-
Inducements it was growing dusk, and |
the ground being such that a night at
tack on the fort was out of the cues
ton he ordered his men to form in line
of battle and rest upon their arms till
the next morning. Had an assault
been made as soon as he arrived in the
evening the fort could have been taken
and Floyd's force captured During the
night the confederates quietly with
drew, leaving behind them their bag
gage, small arms and munitions of war.
and burning the bridge and ferryboats,
SO that pursuit was impossible. The
total casualties amounted to about
three hundred killed and wounded. -
Chicago News
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-12-17
STORY OF THE SABER.
"reminiscences stirred Up by the Notes of
a Bugle.

"Reminiscences Stirred Up by the Notes OF
a Bugle.
did you hear that?'' | listened. and
after a moment it came again-some
one on the street sounding the call OF
Boots and Saddles" on a bugle. II
wasn't well done, but it had something
of the old familiar ring-something to
make the blood leap faster.
II couldn't help but rattle about. !"
said the saber, as the notes died away.
TITS quarter of a century since I've
heard those notes, and yet it all comes
back to me in fash. / hear the COM
mands Prepare to mount Mountr
and once more am jogging alongside
of troopers leg"
DO you remember when I got youq"
asked.
"Of course / do 1 was hanging in
the kitchen of a farmers house at
Brandy Station, Va, and you bought
me for two silver dollars. That was so
soon after the war that / hadn't time
to rust. You can't find many &C. S.
A. oelt-plates around these days, |
rcckon?"
"They are very scarce; what's your
story?''
THAT of thousand other sabers
You've heard of Stuart, the Chevalier
as our boys used to call him? Well.
had the honor to make that lannon's
ride around Mc'Clellan's army with
him That was my first active service.
belonged to captain. as you can see
and he knew how to handle me we'll /
You remember when Stuart was killed.
Well on that day my captain was beset
by three troopers at once, but we won
a victory. The very first down-stroke
he made cut one of those common sa-
bers slick in halves. and at his first
point it was driven through troop-
er's body. Ughl Makes me SILVER to
think of It'll Poor Stuart saw strong
men weep like children that day when
they heard OF his fatal wounding Ever
mp the Shenandoah valley?"
Yes"
well, after time, my captain was
over there, and l was car
ried up and down until l knew every
crook and turn of the highways NV
captain was killed over there in a Skin
nish, and a second lieutenant of cav {
airy somehow got hold of me This /
was promotion backwards, but 1 soon
Iound out that he had strength and
skill II wasn't over three months
'hough, before he was salso killed. and 8
rom thence on ! had dozen owners s
was in the cavalry. infantry. and ar. I
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-12-17
MATHEMATICAL COVILLE
SELECTIONS FROM THE WRITINGS
OF THE pANBuRY NEWS MAN.

covilis Doubts the Carpenters Fisare'
About the shingles. and Undertakes 70
Find out for Himself-He Doesn'i
Make Out Very Well
ICopyrighted by Lee d Shepard. Boston. and
published by special arrangement with them.l
There are men who dispute what they
do not understand Mr. Coville is such
a man When he heard carpenter say
that there were SO many shingles on the
roof Of his house. because the roof con-
tanned SO many square feet. Colville
doubted the figures. and when the car
penter went away he determined to test
the matter by going up on the roof and
counting them. And he went up there
He squeezed through the scuttle-Col-
vile weighs 330-and then sat down on
the roof and worked his way carefully
and deliberately toward the gutter.
When he got part way down he heard
sound between him and the shingles.
aud became aware that there was an in
reference some way in his further loco
motion. He tried to turn over and crawl
back, but the obstruction held him.
Then he tried TO move along little in
hopes that the trouble would prove but
temporary, but an increased sound con-
WINGED him that either a nail or silver
had hold of his cloth. and that If he
would save any of it he must use caution
His folks were in the house. but he could
not make them hear, and, besides, he
didn't want TO attract the attention of
the neighbors So he sat there until
after dark and thought 1t would have
been an excellent opportunity to have
counted the shingles. but he neglected
to use it. His mind appeared to run in
to other channels. He sat there an hour
after dark. seeing no one he could notify |
of his position.
Then he saw two boys approach the
gate from the house and reaching there.
stop 1t was light enough for him to see
that one of the two was his son. and al
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-12-17
BY JAMES KENMORE COOPER.

n ana greatest q American ns Cooper
eerany and Italy un slares on
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-12-17
WAR "REMINISCENCES.
FOOLED BY MosBY.
How the Confederate Got the Federal
Password and Made a Raid.


Password and Made a Raid.
1.-THE man with the coolest nerve |
ever met, said Col A. E. Seifert. who
was in a reminiscent mood, recently,
twas Col. John S. Mosby, late C. S. A.
was high private at Harper's Ferry
when that place was captured by
'Stonewalr jackson in 1862 After
waiting for some time for our exchange
we were ordered down to Fairfax Court
House, Va, where we were ON the look
out for Mosby.
''One cold, clear night in February,
1863 was on picket duty on the War
renton road. l had post two. / was
walking my post almost on the double
quick, trying to keep warm, when
heard a troop of cavalry coming down
the Warrenton road at a quick trot.
They were stopped by the man on post
one all right and then came down on
my post
when they came close enough to me
halted them.
Friends with the countersign," was
the answer to my challenge.
Zone man dismount and advance
with the countersign,' was my next
command
"a well dressed officer dismounted
and advanced to the point of my bayo-
net and gave the countersign Ja-
maica.'
'Countersign correct 1 shouted.
Pass on.
There were about three hundred of
them; molly crew in appearance, but
they were jolly lot, singing. talking
and laughing. They passed on, and in
due time | was relieved and soon was
sound asleep.
early the next morning the sergeant |
of the guard reused me up and told me |
i was wanted at headquarters. In |
charge of an orderly l went When |
got there, the man who was on post |
one was ahead of me. He was ushered |
into the presence of Gen. Alexander
Hayes. our commanding officer, and
when he came out | went in.
You had post two It last night?
demanded the general
/" 1 had, sir
Tell me about the troop OF cavalry
that passed your post
II told him what had happened
well he said, grimly, you played
the deuce and he dismissed me.
II discovered pretty soon that the
men | had passed were Mosby's COM
mand with Mosby at their head They
had ridden through the entire camp
taken the tent of one of the general
mounted him on a mule and
escaped with him to the confederate
lines
How did lie get the password? We
found out that afterward. At one of
the outposts was the rawest kind of a
raw German. While he was on picket
duty a man dressed in a captains uni
form with the red sash of the
officer of the day across his breast APP I
him. He challenged and the {
officer responded.
"Officer of the day with the counter ]
ign \
"'Advance and give the countersign.' I
"The officer advanced and gave a Il
word which was not the correct one. c
That's not right, said the sentinel, b
and you can't pass. a
after considerable wranglinp. the S
ficer insisted that his word was right. v
e exclaimed angrily, What word have c
GU got? The man said, The sergeant o
4 the guard gave me the word 'Jamai- n
a. and nobody can pass without it. "
"The officer was no other than Mosby G
imself, He had all he wanted, and e
vaiting for night, got his men together a
nd made the successful raid. S
For cool nerve it beat anything ! n
yer heard of."-N. Y. Herald fC
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-12-17
SAVED BY A BUTTON.
Treasured Souvenir of the Battle Of sb,
loh.

A Treasured Souvenir of the Battle of sbi
Col. A. w. Gywnne, of Memphis. car
ries charm that has history CLOSELY
interviewer with his own, for IL is !
relic of the battle of Shiloh and brings
to mind a time when the gallant colo.
mel might have yielded up his life in
the cause of his country but for the
same button
1t was an old brass button of the fed.
eral pattern. for at the time
the battle of Shiloh was fouoht
the confederates did not possess
a button peculiar to their own
uniforms Col Gwynne keeps il BRIGHT
ly FURNISHED. and its every indentat,on
is as plain as the day it was turned out
of the factory. In the pride of its youth
it was pulled out that is it was globu.
lar in form in the middle, but as il an
pears now the conceit has been taken
out of it by the ball that struck it and
fattened it
At the head of the Twenty-sixth Ala.
bama regiment of cavalry. Col Gwynne
took foremost part in the battle Of
Shiloh, and it was in the thickest of the
fight that when leaning forward in a
charge ball tore through the front of
his cap. grazed past his nose, and struck
the first button on his coat, CHANGING
thence to his right arm which it shat
tered, so that for some time he was laid
Up for repairs But he never forgot the
button that saved his life. and ever
'ince it has hung from his watch chain.
lightly disfgured. but therefore the
more honored--Memphis Appeal :
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-12-17

bplre. An dtbenudUeu man WITH pale
face. long hair and a soiled nose now
comes ont of a cavern and adjusts the
camera Then he gets back Of you and
tells you to sit back as far as you can inl
the chair. and that it has been remark
ably backward spring After getting
You back till your spine interferes with
the chair itself. he shoves your head intel
a pair Of ice tongs. and dashes at the
camera again Here, with a piece oil
discolored velvet over his head. ne bonn
bards you In this manner. Your chin
out little. please. The chin is pro
truded That's nicely now a little
more. The chin advances again. and
the pomade commences TO melt and start
for freedom
Then he comes back to you and slaps
one Of your hands on your leg in such 3
position as to give you the appearance oil
trying to lift il over your head Tbd
other is turned under itself. and has te
come so sweaty that you begin to fezil
that II viii stick there permanently Al
new stream OF pomade finds its way outl
and starts downward Then he shakesl
your head in the tongs till it settles
night. and says 1t looks like rain. and
puts your chin out again and punches
ont your chest. and says he doesn't know
what the poor are to do next winter IN
less there is a radical change in affairs.
and then takes the top Of your head in
one hand and your chin in the other
and gives your neck a wrench that
would earn any other man prominent
position in a new hospital Then be
runs his hand through your hair and
scratches your scalp. and steps back to
the camera and the injured velvet for
another look
BY this time new sweat and pomade
have started out The whites of you'll
eyes show unpleasantly. and your whole
body feels as if it had been visited by anl
enormous cramp and another and much
bigger one was momentarily expected
Then he points at something for you tc
look at: tells you TO look cheerful and
and snatches away the velvet
and pulls ont his watch When he gets
tired. ami ynn feel as if there was but
very little left in this world to live fol.
he restores the velvet. says it is an IN
favorable day for picture, but he hopes
for the best, and Immediately disappears
IN his den, Then you get up and stretch
slap ON your hat and i'm
medately sneak home. feeling mean,
lumbled. and altogether too wretched
'or description. The first friend who
ices the picture says he can see enough
resemblance TO make certain it is you,
out You have tried to look too formal to
'e natural and graceful
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-12-17

A Division street lady stepped on a
black cat while going down the cellar
stairs last evening. but didn't allow the
interruption to deter her from continu-
ing on into the cellar and over two boxes
and q tub We are not cognizant of the
rate OF the cat, but it would be wen
perhaps for the lovers of sausage to use
extra caution for few DAYS
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-12-17

though ne objected to having the Other
boy know of his misfortune. yet he had
grown tired Of holding onto the roof
and concluded he could bride the strange
boy into silence. With this arrange.
ment mapped out he took out his knife
and threw it so that it would strike near
to the boys and attract their attention.
1t struck nearer than he Anticipated; in
fact it struck so close as to hit the strange
boy on the head and nearly brain him.
As soon as the boy recovered his equi-
librium he turned on Coville's boy, who,
he was confident. had attempted to kill
him, and introduced some establishment
and bruises into his face Then he threw
him down, and kicked him in the side
and banged him on the head, and drew
him over into the gutter, and pounded
his legs, and then hauled him back to
the walk again. and knocked his head
against the gate And all the while the
elder Coville sat on the roof and
screamed for the police. but couldn't get
away.
And then Mrs. Coville dashed out with
a broom and contributed a few novel
features to the affair at the gate. and
one OF the boarders dashed out with a
double barreled gun. and. hearing the
cries from the roof, looked up there. and.
espying figure which was undoubtedly
burglar, drove handful Of shot into
Its legs. With a howl of agony Coville
made plunge to dodge the missiles.
freed himself from the nail. lost his hold
on the roof and went sailing down the
shingles with awful velocity. both legs
spread ont, his hair on end and his
hands making desperate but fruitless
efforts to save himself. He tried to
swear, but was SO frightened that he
lost his power Of speech, and when he
passed over the edge Of the roof with
twenty feet of tin gutter hitched to him
the boarder gave him the contents of the
other barrel and then dove into the house
TO load up again
The unfortunate Coville struck into n
cherry tree and thence bounded TO the
ground, where he was recognized. picked
up by the assembled neighbors and car.
ned into the house A new doctor Is
making good day wages picking the shot
'ut OF his legs The boarder has gone
INTO the country to spend the summer
md the junior Coville, having seoues-
cred piece of brick in his bandker
nlef, is lying low for that other bow i
ie says that before the calm of another
'aDbath rests on New England there
Viii be another boy in Danbury who /
ant wear cap.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-12-17
Too AbsensmInded.

An aosentminded resident of Wooster
street shut down a window Monday ana
forget to draw in his head He was
calling for Helen Blazes when discov.
sIeu j. NJ BAILEY
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-12-17

a Hawleyville subscriber writes that
ne had concluded to stop his paper on
the expiration Of the term. but desiring
70 know when the Shepaug trains arrive
ne renews There's nothing like having
an OBJECT In this life J NJ. BAILEY
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-01-28
It is o located in the old band room,
over Crowell d Nuckoll's grocery establish

It is o located in the old band room,
over Crowell d Nuckoll's grocery establish
ment.
Miss Grace Lamont, the assistant in the
postofice, is winning friends every day by
her courteous treatment of Uncle Sans
patrons.
The prisoners confined in the Jail pass
their leisure hours in roller skating. The
jail floor is a smooth cement and makes an
excellent skating floor.
The new stained glass recently put in the
ndows of the Baptist church to replace
that broken by the ~shrinkage of the sash.
already presents the appearance of a porous
plaster, the irrepressible small boy having
got in his work with buckshot and fipper.
Postmaster David Lamont returned from
Salmon City Wednesday,. Mr.. Lamont
and his associates nave sold to H. A.. w.
Tabor, the millionaire miner of Colorado,
a group of placer mines on Big creek. Idaho,
thirty-ive miles northwest of Salmon City.
The sporting population of Hecla was
greatly excited Tuesday evening, jan. 20,
by a wrestling match between Thomas
Lewis, q white man, and One Lung, a
Chinaman, for 500 a side. The Chinaman
had much the best of it, but owing to the
partial decisions of the referee the result
was in doubt for some time. But the super
ior skill of the Chinaman at last won.
Several hundred dollars exchanged hands.
The six or eight Cinnamon in town are
celebrating as though it we're Chinese New
Year.