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Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1892-11-03
Ola War Comrndes.

Joseph Morrison of Clinton, ILL.,,
came into the headquarters tent of the
Seventeenth corps and said he wanted
to register. While waiting his turn at
the book DIR. Littlewood of that city,
who served in the Twentieth Illinois,
looked at him rather suspiciously, then
got up and walked around and took him
in from the other side. Then he tapped
him on the shoulder and remarked:
''You were at Fort Henry and Fort
Donelson, weren't you?" "Oh, yes,
came the answer, and then the stranger
began to look "Tooll part at Shiloh,
didn't you?" continued DR. Littlewood,
'and the capture of Vicksburg and the
march to the sea?n ''Of course ! did,
and so did you, aud-wall I'll be
If it isn't Littlewood. shouted the
stranger, as he jumped from his seat
and made a rush for his old comrade,
whom he had not seen since the day
they were mustered out. after serving
in the same company during the war.
Maybe they were MOI delighted.-Wash-
ington Post.
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WtR .l,4.LNISCCEACES.
THEN AND NOW.
o.R-w.sBINGroN, 1892.

G. A R-wAsHINGToN, lew
from the wide and wind-swept prairics,
From he rugged sea-blown coast
From the iiplgnds and the lowlands,
They hronged in mighty host
Forth from the towns and cities,
With the speed OF the rushing tram,
They hurried, the dear old fellows,
To answer the roll again.
Then they fell into line and column,
Regiment and brigade,
With the gallant colors streaming
And the fiery music riayed.
And they marched as in the cid time,
Though here was the tap OF eruteh'
And there droop Of an empty sleeve
Tanling the heart in its Gluten
The heaven OF mid-Septemoer
Beamed over them blue and bland
And women smiled their welcomes
And children waved hand
There were lnirth and greetings only
In the wake Of this latest camp
Though The death-thinned ranks remempere
The past in that sturdy tramp
Remembered a long procession
Staggering, sore bespeni,
Back from q hundred battles,
Bows with their gaunt pale faces,
The friends of hunger and thirst
Men who had looked through the Gates OF ne
And dared the devil his worst
Up from the Mississippi
From the flame-scarred Georgian track
From the wilderness and from Gettysburg
Those soldiers came toiling back
Are these the same, one marvels.
Does the ola light CLEAN and shine,
sAs they follow the fife and hugle
In the long unwayering line!
Ave. verify! Here are the comrades
With brown heads turned 10 gray
And nnt-White locks have the gray-bearus'
Strong IN that elder day.
They left their youth behind them
In the tempest Of years agone.
When sweet out Of Wars rough cradle
Slipped Peace in the breaking dawn.
Hats off There's greater army
Unstirred in its silent sleep
BY the ponderous tread Of the living
And the cannons thunder deep.
An army that keeps its muster
on stones that as sentries stand,
With the names of tens Of thousands,
The flower of all the land.
The winds are forever chanting
A requiem for these;
Brave autumn flaunts their banners
In the flushing marle-trees
And the glad birds, winging southwark
over them pause and rest
Dropping a song for love, above
The flower of East and West.
A truce to memory's dreaming;
On, flag that we live to serve;
BY all that we hold most holy,
Never from thee Wen swervel
Dear flag that rallies a nation,
a mighty growing host,
Fro. the breezy, ripping prairies
To the rugged a-blown coast
Margaret E. Sangster in Harper's Bazaar
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PEOPLE WITH QUEER WOUNDS.
A Man who stopped Cannon BAH with
His stomach.

A Man who stopped Cannon Bali WIN
His stomach.
There are some veterans with queer
records in attendance at TINS eneamp-
ment. One of these, known tamillarly
as Comrade Chase, who served IN
Maine battery during the war, carries
the scars of forty-eight wounds recelv-
ed in a single battle, that OF Gettys-
burg. His numerous wounds resulted
from the explosion of spherical case
Immediately in front of him at that
memorable battle.
Corporal John Burns, of Ohio, re-
ceives a pension for appeculiar wound
which is described in the pension bureau
as shot in the hip with a barrel of SUI
oar. Burns was on guard duty at a
sharp railroad curve in Virginia during
the latter part of the war, and was
struck on the hip and disabled by bar
rel of sugar, which was thrown sudden
ly from the rickety car by the momem-
tum at the turn in the road. Another
veteran who is present is recorded In
the bureau as having stopped cannon
ball with his abdomen. He was sitting
IN a tent near Hthul udi tcAo W." -
spent cannon ball came bounding along
and struck him in the stomach with
sufficient force to render him hors de
combat. but not TO kill him.
Still another queer case is that OF
Pennsylvania veteran who will, no
doubt, be found in the ''silent brigade"
during the parade. He was rendered
totally deaf by cannon ball, which
whizzed by his head in uncomfortably
close proximity at the battle Of Malvern
Hill. In describing the sensation after
ward he said it felt for an instant as II
| fifty cyclones had burst loose about his
head. The conclusion also paralyzed
him for several minutes. There is an
| other pensioner here who receives a
monthly allowance from Uncle Sans
! till for q horse bite on the neck. lie
was cavalryman, and claims to have
been bitten by vicious animal while
serving with Sheridan in his valley ride.
The bite resulted in partial paralysis of
the spine These are but few Illus
trations OF the various and multitu-
dinous peculiarities of war which will
be represented at the Grand army en-
campment Washington Post
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SMALL SHOT.

THE largest number of men enlisted
from the thirteen states of America
during the revolutionary war was So
76l in lI76. The aggregate of troops
furnished the Union army in the war OF
ls6l-65 was $500, 272.
PROBABLY the tallest G. A. r. veter-
an is William p. Boyne, of Green coun-
ty, Pa, who stands seven feet in his
stockings. During the war he was a
private soldier in the Twenty-second
Pennsylvania cavalry.
OxE of the old soldiers who was in
Washington during the recent reunion
carries on his body forty-eight scars,
and exhibits an empty coat-sleeve and
an artificial eye, all the result of a
bursting shell at Gettysburg. His
name is j. F. Chase, a veteran of the
Fifth Maine Cavalry.
The late Gen. John Pope. by dating
one OF his orders headquarters in the
saddle = prompted the confederate com
mander, Robert E. Lee. to perpetrate
what was said to be the only joke of his
life what can you expect he is
credited with saying. of general who
puts his headquarters where his hind
quarters ought to be-
GIN. LoNesTREET. one of the most
famous of Lees corps commanders,
speaks in high praise Of the bravery
and skill Of the late Gen. John Pope,
whose qualities he had good occasion
to appreciate and remember. Long
street says that no one could have done
better under the circumstances thar
Pope in the struggle of August, 1862, in
Virginia
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At the Harrisons' Home.

INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 26-The news Of
Mrs Harrlson's death was received in this
city with the profoundest sorrow. Prepa-
rations are making for the funeral by
friends Of the presidents family,
who have been empowered to act for
them r. J. Mckee and Miss Mamie
Newcomer visited Crown Hill at the re
quest Of the president, and selected sew
eral lots. one Of which will be chosen
after the site has been described to the
stricken family. Flags are at half mast
and emhlems of sorrow are everywhere
seen The funeral party will arrive Fri
day about 1880 A. m. The body will be
taken at once TO the First Presbyterian
church, where services Of simple charac-
ter will be held The survivors of the
Seventh Indiana-General Harrison's reg
iment--will meet on Friday and attend
the services in body,
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cour1."- r.. :.s,.s 4. - lie i'ssed ihr 'i'''-
teen away.
''Seven. think.
That was shell and We got ea,''F
dosed. All of our company, TOO. Oah
YOU reach that musket? Some prewier
n,ay come along here, and we Wan' 10
be ready for him. ="
We were looking into the darkness
and looking when he began to iaugh.
I laughed with him. Two minutes
later we were both weeping. Then ne
started ~ sing, and Joined in. we
realized that we laughed, cried ana
sang. but we could not control our
selves. He began to tell OF the battle
but | few mad and called him mar
He would have struck me, but just then
we caught sight of ghoul silently APP
preaching.
"Ah. YOU deyil-I'll fix your shouted
nv conrade as he raised his musket.
The phoul ran away. and both OF us
laughed heartily. Then we wept
again. All of sudden he began sing
ing. His song was Capt. links, ana
Joined in with great heartiness. we
were singing at the top OF our voices
when party of three or four men, hay
ing lantern and stretcher, suddenly
appeared We ceased our song, and
one of the party held the lantern down
and said:
Hard lot. Ell? Well. you Yanks are
a doggone queer lot of critturs anyhow
We reckoned you was all holding a
camp-meeting down yere!"-N. Y. sun
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LEFT ON THE BATTLEFIELD.


How 1t Feels to he struck By Two Bui
lets at Once.
did not feel the slightest pain when
struck by two bullets at the same in.
slant. We were charging forward,
most of the men hurrahing as they
swept into the cloud of smoke raised 10y
the two Napoleon guns, when there
came such a sensation as one feels
when his foot has gone to sleep This
sensation extended to the entire body.
and lurched about, staggered forward
a few steps. and then fell to the ground
One bullet had entered the right leg
inst below the hip-the other had
smashed into the left shoulder.
was duly conscious of the fact that
/ was down, but could not realize that
had been hit. 1t was a dreamy sen
sation. The roar of battle was subdued,
the shouts of men seemed to come from
miles away, and felt too tired to spec
ulate on what was happening around
me BY and by ] went to sleep had
noticed the sun just as we moved for
ward. 1t was within half an hour of
setting When | awoke it was night,
and the stars were twinkling brightly.
NV throat was as parched as if ! had
been without drink for days, and my
tongue seemed to be stick in my
mouth. / sat up. got hold of my can
teen, which was full of water and
drained it to the last drop.
What had happened? Away down on
the left single gun was firing at in
tervals, and here and there was sput-
ter of musketry | found it hard to re-
feet. but after time it slowly dawned
upon me that there had been battle.
When did / fall out of the ranks. and
why? Where was the regiment? Who
are these men lying about on the
ground? Let's see. Yes. this is bat
tle-field. We We're held in reserve until
midafternoon. Then the brigade was
sent to Hooker, and we formed battle
line along a ridge covered with bushes.
We pushed down the slope to a creek,
over the creek To the edge OF cotton
field. They got a couple of guns to emf
lade us, and we-we-let's see. Our regi-
nent rot the order TO charge. ] had
Just filed my canteen. We fixed bayo-
nets living down. | remember that we
sprang up and rushed forward, and |
remember falling. Did | trip or stun
BILE?
You, there! Are you badly hit?"
came out of my stupor as dream is
broken. was sitting up, still holding
my empty canteen. The soldier who
had spoken was lying on his elbow ten
feet away. He had been shot in the
knee.
Can You crawl2'
Yes, of course"
"Then get a canteen from one OF
those dead men for me"
made move, and then for the first
time felt the pain of my wounds and
realized that | was helpless. Tn,
knowledge frightened me. and | be
gan to shout for help. The wounde,
man laughed at me His paroxysm hai
passed away, while I was lying in =
stupor.
Keep quietr' he commanded. as Ii
began to move himself toward me. .
YOU call out that way some ghoul vii
come along and knock You on al,
head"
Nv fright passed away as he drew
nearer. There was dead man between
MS He stopped and procured the poo
fellows eanteen. and as he finally
reached me, hitching along on his bacl
by the use Of one leg, we drained it be
tween us. l had not recognized hi
voice, but l now found that he belong
ed TO my own company.
"How many dead bodies can yol
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Poet RiIer,s Trihntc.

INDIANAPOLIS. Oct 26.-The News prints
the following poem, written by Jane.
Riley:
CAROLINE SCOTT HARRISON.
Now utter calm and rest,
Hands folded DER the breast,
In peace the placidest.
All trials past.
All fever soothed. all pain
Annulled in heart and brain,
Never to vex again
She sleeps at last.
She sleeps: but o, most dear
And best beloved Of her
Ne sleep not. nay, nor stir
save but 10 bow
The closer each to each,
With sobs and broken speech
That al in vain beseech
Her answer now.
And 10, we weep with you,
Onegrief the wide world through
Yet. with the faith she knew,
We see her still.
Even a. here she stood
All that was pure and good
And sweet in womanhood-
Gods will her will.
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PITTsBURG. Oct. %. There ere prospects
of a settlement of the river coal miners
strike, and an early resumption of work
The coal operators held a secret meeting
in the coal exchange. and at its conelu-
sion it was given out that the indications
for settlement We're very favorable
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CHICAGO. Oct u. A collision o.
Cured ON the Chicago and NorthwesJ-
ern railroad, near Palatine. between q
gravel train and an extra freight train. il.
which two men We're killed and one i'll
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NYACE.N. y. Oct. 26.-Thomas P. Cross
a well-known citizen of Spring VALLEY. fell
from bicycle while coasting.and received
injuries which viii result fatally.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1892-05-20
How the Chinese Cook Rice.

It Is well known that rice is the staple
food in great part of China, and it is
not surprising that the Chinese, who do
well almost all that they do, should cook
rice to perfection. What is surprising
Is that American cooks should hardly
ever prepare it properly, for the cooking
Is very simple. The directions, by q
Chinese gourmand, are as follows: Wash
the rice twice in cold water. The first
washing removes dust and dirt; the sec
ond removes q thin outside layer Of rice
starch. Put 1t in the pan, more than
cover it with water and boil till half
done. Drain off the water and let 1t
steam slowly for thirty minutes. Each
grain will then be cooked, snow white
and separate from its fellows, very diff
ferent from the pasty mass that is too
often found on American tables. Ii It
II not to be served at once do not put it
into the oven to keep hot. That will
dry 1t out. Set the covered pan In q
kettle, cover the kettle and set it on the
back Of the stove.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1892-05-20
Ma CALLED HER IN.

He called her In from me and shut the doori
After . long struggling with my pride and
pain
4 weary while 1t seemed, In which the more
held myself from her, the greater fain
Was to look upon her face again;
At last--at last-half conscious where my feet
Were faring. stood waist deep In the sweet
Green grasses there, where Abe
First came to me.
The very blossoms she had plucked that day.
And st her fathers voice had cast away,
Around mo lay
Still bright and blooming in these eyes Of
mine:
And as gathered each one eagerly
pressed It to my lips and drank the wine
Her kisses left there for the honey bee.
Then, after had laid them with the tress
OF her bright hair, with lingering tender
ness,
I, turning, crept on to the edge that bound
Her pleasant seeming home-but all around
Was never sign Of herl The windows all
Were blinded; and heard no ripping fall
OF her glad laugh, nor any harsh voice call,
But, olutohing to the tangled grasses, caught
A sound as though strong man bowed his
head
And sobbed alone-unloved-
And then straightway before
Ny fearless eyes, all wildly was wrought
A vision that Is with me evermore;
little girl that lies asleep, nor hears
Nor heeds not any voice, nor fall of tears.
And sit singing DER and Ger and DER,
~God called her In from him and shut the
doori"
james. Whitoomb Riley.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1892-05-20
A Doubtful Compliment.

A man who was selling rugs stopped
at house on Howard street, at the
door of which woman was sweeping.
A great pile of dirt had accumulated
under her vigorous welding of the
broom.
"G'mornin." said the man. "Can I sell
you rug tOdayY'
mo, you can't sell me anything"
snapped the woman.
Sorry" murmured the man as he
folded the rugs; "that's powerful sight
of dust you've got there"
81 guess I've swept the whole house."
retorted the woman; " faint every day
kin do the sweepin."
"You must be the cleanest woman in
the world" continued the silver tongued
rug seller.
"Dew tell" said the woman, leaning
ON her broom. "What makes you think
soY'
"That pile of dust. My wife could
sweep for q month and not get such o
pile of dust as that"
She was fiattered, and looked at his
rugs, with the result that she bought
two; and as he went away he chuckled
to himself:
"Carn't sell me snythin..' Nor May
be / didn't sell her and the rugs both.
And she never tumbledp-Detroit Free
Press,
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1892-05-20
How 70 Feed Young Canary Birds.

now 70 Eeeu hounR CBnary birobs
The best food for the mother bird
while she is setting, and for the young
ones when they are first Matched out, is
xwieback crumbled very fine under q
roller and mixed with hard boiled hens
eggs chopped very fine. In case there Is
no grocery near and zwieback cannot
be readily obtained, fine bread slices,
thoroughly toasted in the oven-not over
the fre-may be substituted. It Is not
necessary to give the old birds any seed
with this while the setting progresses,
but there must be plenty Of this soft
food and of water, and the food must
not get stale. The old birds viii feed
the young ones for some days, but when
the young are two or or three days old
put boiled rape seed on the bottom Of the
cage where the young birds can pick it
up. In a few days the mixture may be
discontinued and canary seed given.
with the boiled rape seed. Don't take
the young from the parents till they
have thoroughly learned to feed them
eelvea
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1892-05-20
Lion Tanning Made EASY.

With the object Of preventing the ter
rible scenes Of such frequent occurrence
In menageries between the tanners Of
wild beasts and their more or less docile
pupils" chemist proposes that man
should be stationed near the cage armed
with syringe of large dimensions filed
with caustic ammonia, stream of which
is to be projected toward the nostrils Of
the beast in case of imminent danger.
The effect would be instantaneous, as the
creature, being unable to breathe, would
let go its prey Immediately. Better late
than neyeri-Sud- Quest.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1892-05-20
Tho New Year in Scotland.

Every householder knows when Box
ing day comes round because of the
people who ''come round" with it), and
also New Years day. Even the oldest
of us are wished ''happy return" of it,
for 'there is no one" says Cicero, "who
does not think he may live a year."
Moreover, if we do not give our family
the usual presents on that day they do
not scruple to remind us Of it. How
ever artificial, indeed, may be the divi-
sion Of our year, the first day stands out
In it in a peculiar manner, and really
seems to separate the old from the new,
though we must have lived in Scotland
TO know how very much New Years day
may mean.
In that country it is Christmas day
and all the saints days rolled into one.
Everybody sits up till 10 o'clock to ''see
the New Year in" and in the more en-
thusiastic households the house door is
unbarred with great formality to speed
the parting and welcome the coming
guest. In England the New Year has
never been made so much of, and such
customs as belonged to it are dying out,
but In America 1t is "kept" with enthu-
sm.-Illustrated London News.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1892-05-20
Famous Abductions.

Marriage by abduction was by no
means uncommon in the early ages. The
daughter of the king of Argus was alb
Quoted by Phenician; the Greeks car
ried off Europa from Tyre and Medea
from Colchis.
Next to the abduction of the fair
Helen, perhaps the most remarkable in
its political consequences was the King
Of Leinster's taking away of the wife Of
q neighboring petty sovereign, ORourke
Of Breffni.
The king Of Connaught avenged the
insult and drove from the throne his
brother of Leinster, who appealed to
Henry II Of England for aid to recover
his lost sovereignty. The Norman con-
quest of Ireland followed, with long
centuries Of war and devastation.-Lon-
don Standard.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1892-05-20
Reman Coins in India.

In the Madras museum Is to be seen q
coin the finding Of which was, think,
one Of the most interesting epigrams of
events with which am acquainted. It
Is none other than the Aureus Of Clau-
dius which was struck to commemorate
the conquest Of Britain, and 1t was
found in the Madura district Of the
British Indian empire.
l myself possess coin Of the Arian
Emperor Valens which was found in the
Vaigai river in the same district. Such
unlocked for links between ideas and
associations separated by half the world
are very curious, but in the town Of
Madura itself there is a building which
Is connected with one Of the most ro-
mantle periods Of British history.-Sir
Grant Duff in Contemporary Review.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1892-05-20

Il grows out and not up. In other
words a given section (horizontaD Of an
upright tree does not elongate. Pro-
lessor Burrill declares that at is quite
impossible for stem Of plant, after II
has become woody, to elongate by any
process of growth" A contrary inn
preston Is sometimes given by the wash
ing away Of the earth about the roots,
and It is declared to be possible for an
entire tree to be raised slightly by the
thickening of the roots at the base Of the
trunk. The growth of all woods Is BY
means of layers, each one surrounding
he preceding one, - the skin Of leek
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1892-05-20
r.il,ns Time at Night from the D,pper

Telling limo at Night from the Dipper.
The time can be approximately told at
night by the position Of the dipper. If the
position Of the pointers" is taken at any
given hour, say 8 o'clock in the evening
In the winter time and as soon as it Is
dark IN the summer, the hour thereafter
can be pretty accurately measured b,
the eye during the night. Frequent oh.
servations Of positions will have to be
made at the given hour, as owing to the
constant changing Of the earth's position
n space, the position Of the pointers" in
relation to our point Of observation and
the star also change.-Yankee Blade.