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St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-10-22
SAN FRANCISCO, Gil.
LOUISVILLE, KY. EElY YORK, MY


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Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1892-06-09

The New York sun. ALWAYS s,...,
has seldom said funnier fbirr ,-. !.
sad Yesterday in allusion to Hit. :.
tremendous exertions, put forth f.. y, 1,
Cieyeland's election in 1855. OF.
half Of the humor consists il ,ba 1'ai's
ing seriousness with which M !. IN
, on = worked INTO a grave historical :
view Of modern national politics ~ :
auiay description Of Dean suif, -. "a
well 10 Mr.. Dana. when IN ore " tp. !.
most irresistible Of the aistipgn;a' i, /,
editors many droll moods, The 49,
Of St. Patricks threw a double -. -.-
OF severity into his countenspes g.s ~
laughing inwardly. - Boston a.
tiser. e
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''THERE, THAT Will CoOI. THEM OFF SOME. .
down. Two Georgia officers climbed i'm at
the embrasureS; one was captured and the
other took one look and backed ont again,
saving himself by the lively use Of a six
shooter
But such deadloeks cannot last forever.
and ii lay with Benjamin Is break Il. Dur
ing the supreme crisis he coolly smoked a
pipe that he had freshly lit just as the at
tack began, and gave orders to his men
suited to the movements Of the enemy
outside. When the flags appeared on the
crest Of the parapet and he knew that the
ditch was filling with assailants, be began
to pitch shells with lighted fuses over
among them. A captain of the Highland
ers held blazing brand. the fuses were
cut close, then lit at the brand and the
missile whisked over into the luckless
crowd. There, that will cool them oil
some,h he would say hlandly. rs he tossed
a lighted shell over he bank on its deadly
errand. Benjamin's cannon swept the
ditch once or twice with canister. But
fresh assailants continually poured into it
until it was crowded with men, and there
was for the fellows penned in there no
getting out Of the way Of the murderous
grenades except by retreat. This at last
they did sullenly, leaving the three flags
on the parapet. (The flag of the Sixteenth
Georgia is now in the war department col
lection Of captured flags
The prisoners taken from the ditch and
the killed and wounded in front of the fort
outnumbered the whole garrison three to
one. The unhurt prisoners were $50: the
dead and wounded in the ditch were 200.
nearly all of the wounded being MORALLY
hurt The stump field in front was also
covered with victims who fell in the charge.
and Benjamin estimated that at least COO
were Gut down between the starting point
and the paiapet of the fort The loss in
the garrison was killed and wounded.
and in the adjacent Union lines about the
same number
The Confederate leaders speculated for
some time about following up the charge
with fresh columns, but changed their
minds and called the battle off As it was.
the actual clash Of arms lasted but fifteen
minutes aad II it had been continued to
the average length of battles with the same
rate of slaughter, Nov. - 1868, might
have rivaled ON the Confederate side the
blOodiest sundays of the war
Benjamin was the hero of the day, and
rapidly won promotion until he became
chief Of artillery in the Ninth Army corps.
He went through the siege Of Petersburg
and died in the regular service in 1856
GEORGE L. kIIMER.
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Deadly and dangerous as the cobras are
they may nevertheless be occasionally
handled with impunity by those who
know how, and possibly by persons who
possess some characteristic which makes
them less liable TO attack. as we know is
the case as regards bees in our own country
Miss HOpley relates a case of Brahmin
boy. who coIld without any music but his
own voice attract and handle them with
impunity. aud they would come forth from
thickets or walls and 20 to him. He was
regarded BY some Of his countrymen as d.
vinely inspired, but in spite of that he got
bitten at last--Quarteriy Review
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| front Of the fort was field Of pine stumps
where the trees had been cut of TWO fee
from the ground. Benjamin, with his men
wound telegraph wire about the stumps
stretching it between them just higf
enough to trip soldiers on the march. AZ
abatis of brush was made under tie scre,l
of IA ridge, so rs to be unseen until assail
ants were almost uFon it,
For some reason The Confederate attack
was made at the first streak of dawn, leav-
! ing but little time for the artillery pre-
lade 1t was on Sunday, the day Of count
less big enterprises in war, some lucky and
some just the contrary The Confederate
batteries fired a few signal shells at the
fort and tossed "A few more into the lines
beyond it, and were then called of their
exciting game TO give cold steel a chance.
Suddenly three lines of men in gray, l.0OO
Mississippians and 1000 GeorgianS, from
Mcl.aws' veteran division, rushed from
their cover. POO yards from the goal, and
headed for it ut double quick. They moved
on noiselessly, without yelling or firing a
shot but with their bayonets ready for ex-
ecution the instant the parapet WAS
reached. When fairly under way the col
umns wayered, the front ranks going
down on the tangled wire. Benjamin
opened his guns with canister, and the
rifiemen around him piled their shots upen
the discounted assailants A setback
for them was inevitable. but the rear
ranks crushed the wire beneath their tread
and pressed on in the face OF the storm with
maichless intrepidity
They reached the ditch, but with their
ranks in jumbled mass instead Of de-
ployed lines, as soldiers should move TO the
assault. The northwestern bastion Of the
fort formed a salient angle and reached
out, as it were, toward the Confederate
lines In their haste 10 be first on the
works. aud possibly because OF the con
fusion over the tangled wire episode the
heads OF the three columns converged at the
angle On the edge of the ditch everything
ctme To halt, bur many OF the men were
cool enough q fire through the embrasures
upon Beniamins artillerists and on the
ridemen above on the parapets The gie
OF the fort was soon siienctd under these
telling short range shots anil the Confed-
crates far in :Ae rear believed that il had
surrendered.
An awkward wait IL was there under the
muzzles Of Benjamin's guns; but that
wide, deep ditch, that high embankment
beyond, slippery with Il freeing rain, how
could men jump and climb and fight of
az the same timer The officers
and the color bearers leaped down into the
ditch and tried TO scale the bank. Their
men initiated their valor, leaped in and
ranged themselves at the bise Of the high
bank to make human scaling ladders, and
some few climbed on the shoulders Of their
fellows until they reached the top. The
flags Of the Thirteenth and Seventeenth
and Of the Sixteenth Georgia
were made fast on the parapet and again
and again the men around them wpre shot
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1892-06-09

Colonel Watterson sadly admits. at,s,
sizing up the Democratic situation IN,
he is tired. But he doesn't cease his q.
ertions on that account-far from !,
Like the motherly old hen that hatcbel
the ducklings, he still stands on m
laa,-s Of the political goose pond and
clucks frantically, while the fat head,
and documentary tails Of his brood az.
antly change their relative position,
every few moments. Il is cruel to inf.
with a good mans feelings as the D..
mocracy is doing with Colonel Water.
son s-St. Paul Pioneer Press.
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A pemocratic Prnnhenr

If the desperation Of the old Cleveland
Office holders should drive the Democrscy
TO the insanity Of nominating Grover
Cleveland, there would be a genera
American uprising against free trade,
against third term. against a perpetual
candidacy. against political disorganizi.
ton, against anti-Democracy, such a,
would make the country one vast theats,
for the national re-enactnent Of the FL.
ger campaign of 1ss2.-New York Sun
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PEDIGREE.

ROBERT WILKES, grey stallion; foaled
1885; bred by Chas K. SanbOrn, Loudon
n. II. Sired by Mdmbrino Wilkes $3.50
sire of ArthurWilkes 2;24 1-2, r. M. Wilkes
2:251-4.
LIST dam Lady Gilmore (2:45) by Honest
Allen, record ,: 33. sire of five in 2;30 OF
better, and dams OF i've others by Ethan
Allen, record 2:25 and sire of eight in ? 80.
2nd dam, said TO be Morrill,.
Mambrino Wilkes, record 2:2S "a, by
George Wilkes t2:22) sire of seventy one
Horses which have records Of 2:30 or bet
ter. No other horse living or dead has as
many as this. He has seventy-three sons
and daughters that have performers i'm the
2:30 list and several graDdsons and grand
daughters have added to the list the last
year. Harry Wilkes, his son. trotted 1859
heats in 80 or better; no other Gelding
and Stallion on the turf to-day has
equalled this record.
NOTE Robert Wilkes is a dark grey
horse of beautiful conformation, stands
Is 1-2 hands high and weighs 1925 lbs.
Through his sire he gets the blood of
Hambletonian, Henry Clay and Nambrino
Chief, the leading strains OF blood in the
trotter, and through his dam comes YER
mont's favorite blood, the Morgan. Lady
Gilmore, his dam, in her five-year- old
form, could trot in 2:45, and was sold for
$500.
Robert Wilkes is a stylish horse in har-
ness, has good way OF going, and bids
fair with proper training to make a fast
horse.
ff-I have complied with the terms of.
aud shall take advantage Of Act No. i0S Of
the Laws OF lsss.
GEORGE r. WOOD.
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The free traders have been was.;,,
great deal of sympathy on tbe ~.
western farmer The poor we.,s-
farmer is getting along very well uDSs.
the tariff and doesn't want their Is.
Iowa may be taken as typical tarm mn
western state. From 1873 to 1890 ~
population Of Iowa increased
20 per cent
During the same period the bank h
posits of the state increased
$50 per cent
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New York b.
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TERMS TO INSURE, $500.
NJ. M. DRAPER,
WEST RANDOLPH, \
GREEN N 0 N 7.
Foaled June is. 1886.

Bred by c. b. Buell., Derby, VT Bay
with white star and hind ankles; height
/ 10 hands; weight 1850 pounds. Sire. Nut
mont, record 2:2S Ii, by Bonner's Nut
bourne, record 2:26, full brother to Nut
wood, 2:1s 3:4, the greatest living sire with
u in he 30 list, by Belmont. Nutmont's
dam. Strabo. full sister To stephen g, 20,
by knickerbocker, by Hambletonian 10.
20 dam Sunbeam, by Volunteer SIS. by
Hambletonian 10, Nutbourne's dam, Miss
Russell, by Pilot Jr., dam Of Maud s.,
record 2:OS 3-4.
Greenmont's dam, Nellie Cobbler, by
Matte Cobbler, trial to road wagon AT four
years 2:35 over Mystic Park. Dam thor
oughbred, by Kulus Ahdallah, the sire OF
Wild Cat, Abdal, K0oi, aud Numerous
other good ones. 2d dam by Peters VT,
by Clifford, by Woodbury. Morgan. Sd dam
Black Hawk mare, by Kossuth, by Hills
Vermont Black Hawk. 4th dam BY Cavel-
~ or Granite State Morgan, by Sherman
Morgan, by Justin Morgan. another of
Nutmonts colts, navarro, owned in Cali
fornia, trotted quarters in IS seconds to a
road cart at the age of p months.
Greenmont inherits the excellent quail
~ OF a strong getter from his sire, his
colts being very uniform lot, all OF which
are developing finely and show excellent
action. am DESTROYS OF showing what
good results can be obtained by using a
well bred, meritorious horse TO the old re-
Liable Vermont Morgan mares, which have
stood the test so many years and proved
themselves so full of merit. For this rea-
son | am standing Greenmont at a much
lower figure than his breeding and indi-
vidual merit command.
He has taken first premium for himself
and colts at the fairs in this section.
Greenmont will stand at the stable of
GEO. l.. SWAN, North Tunbridge, VT. from
May LIST, to Oct LIST, 1892. Except Thurs
days through May and June, he win stand
at the stable OF Lee II. Hatch, STAFFORD,
VT, unless stormy.
TERMS, $40 TO WARRANT.
Mares kept at reasonab BILE rates. All ac-
cidents and escapes az owners risk. No
business done on Sunday.
J. W. TYSON, Baltimore, Md.
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4 Great pemoeratic RECORD.

For general recklessness, dishonesty
and ineapacity = for sheer badness,
through and Throughout present house
of representatives, with $50 Democratic
majority. has never been surpassed, 4
it has been equaled This is not a
prejudiced Republican view. but the
consensus Of the calm. deliberate opin.
ion Of the best of our Democratic ez.
changes.-Boston journal.
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The country in the coming political
campaign viii be spared the Democratic
yawping about the Republican "billion
dollar congress. The appropriations
made by the calamity shIiekers in the
present congress exceed 10y 10000. 600
the total appropriations Of the SO called
billion dollar body Out on the hypo-
critics ana hars,-Ohio State journal.
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The Democratic members Of the house
need to observe some caution if they do
not wish 10 be held upto popular odium
during the fall campaign as monsters Of
extravaganza far exceeding in waste of
public money the billion dollar con-
gress." The appropriations now being
made bring the line Of danger perilously
near. Baltimore Sun.
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litical history in this country, with the
purpose of identifying himself with one
or the other of the great parties ON be-
coming naturaized. In speech before
Republican campaign club at Ithaca
during the gubernatorial contest Of last
year he formally announced his position
and decision in these words:
/ am a Republican By conviction Many Of
you are Republicans by birth and conviction
combined. ! have come a. be a Republican
solely through conviction. not having always
been such. ! have watched the course OF
events and the procedure Of the parties in this
country somewhat closely fer i've years. and
may say that though never member OF the
Democratic party yet had at one time. and
for considerable period. prediction for
that party because Of its free trade tendencies;
but became thoroughly disappointed with the
Democratic party because Of President Clcye-
lands disingenuOus course In the matter OF
civil service reform. and with the attitude OF
that party on that subject ever since: and
although. as said before. was inclined when
first came TO this country to favor free trade.
became convinced. after long and impartial
study Of the subject. that however il might be
in England. peculiarly situated As il Is. and
whatever might be true in small countries
geueraily-for this country, for all great coun-
tries, for entire continent. the protective
principle Is the proper one 20 follow. Thus IL
WINS that began 10 lean toward the Republic
an party. and when the Democrats ~ Ohio
came out IN a platform for free trade and free
silver went over body aud soul To the Repub-
lican ranks. say Il went over" do not
mean b. that that went over from the De-
mocracy. for never was a Democrat. but that
then and there became a true blue, thorough
going Republican.
President Schurman will add strength
to Cornell university through his adj
vocacy Of protection. His openly avowed
change Of position was made after he
had been a student in political economy,
social science and international laws
under the greatest educators and recog-
uized masters of those branches in the
great universities of London. Edinburgh.
Heidelberg and Berlin. Therein lies its
positive strength, for he knows both
sides Of the tariff issue.-New York
Press.
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The Missouri compromise isn't in it
just now with the great Virginia strad-
die. With one foot ON Cleveland and
the other ON Hill the Old Dominion may
point proudly to her escutcheon. sic
semper tyrannis." which being inter-
preted means. I'm sick of tie. New
York Recorder.
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of log and earth fort in a few minutes.
But this WAS not all. At the supreme
moment after bombaniment had done its
work, storming column of infantry, fol-
lowed by horse batteries, was to press
through the gap aud sweep whatever the
artillery fire spared around the fort OF
beyond il. The fort once passed. then on TO
the reserve lines and through them to the
town
The men in Fort Sanders surmised what
the enemy was planning 10 do. Every foot
hold on the exterior slope was pared off.
the ditch was widened and rifiemen stood
on duty along the parapet at the ticklish
hours Of twilight and dawn TO welcome as
sailants in due fashion. happy thought
Of Lieut. Benjamin's placed another OBJ
stacie in the way d tbeenemy. Along the
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1892-06-09
Spelling a Bad Egg.

The Democratic members of thehonss
appear either not to see or not to trouble
themselves about the way in which the
treasury is being depleted, 50 long as
every member gets a big slice Of the
pork for his own district. But the cause
of the Democracy is beingruined by such
methods.-New Orleans Tnnes-Deme
graf
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1892-06-09

Don Dickinson SAYS that New Yorks
delegation has harplonized and Is soid
for Cleveland Then why does Senator
David Bennett Hill continue to sharpsa
the bowie knife Of revenge upon the
grindstone of his personal hate:-Omaha
World-Herald.
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nemncrnis Iike IN.

The revenues of the government are
now barely sufficient to meet lis neces.
sites, and yet the Democratic house is
making appropriations on the theory
apparently. that the treasury Is over
flowing with surplus money.-St Louis
Globe-Dem0crat.
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nnre win L. m. Knife-

Some of our Democratic contempora-
ries are attaining the height of idiocy in
asserting that Mr.. Cleveland is likely to
be nominated by reclamation. What
kind Of a fighter do they suppose the
Hon. David Bennett Hill to be?-Boston
Journal
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1892-06-09

In politics events are Kaleidoscope
Mr.. German. for instance, was once 3
page. then he became a sort Of political
romance, with the probability Of nos'
interesting denouement, and today ne 5
a back number. New York Mail ana
EXPRESS.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1892-06-09

When Senator Hill makes a speech
dominating Cleveland for president old
Brer iced viii at once fix up room for
him in the new patent heaven" he has
located in the suburbs of Chicago.-Chi-
iago Inter Ocean.
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FEW rods Of ditch
from five to ten
feet in depth, be-
hind it a parapet
Of logs and earth
and behind that a
dozen cannon and
a couple of hun
dred men armed
with rifles and
hand grenades: a
storming column
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PROFESSOR scHURMAN.

CorneiI's New President Has Decided 10
lie . Republican.
The newiy elected president of Cornell
university. Professor Jacob &C. Id Schur-
man. is late but enthusiastic convert
to protection and Republicanisia. a fact
on which that great educational institu-
ton is to be congratulated. Il is only
recently that Professor Schmman be-
came citizen During his stay at Cor
nell as a professor Of philosophy he has
been carefully studying politics and po-
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1892-06-09

Mr.. Gray, of Delaware, assures an
anxious public that he is not a presiden-
nal candidate. Mr. Gray. of Indiana.
IS not quite that modest. = Omaha
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All things considered, it seems as I
the triumphant Democracy woalu
have been in much better position 70
win a presidential victory in lsss Il u
had not won such sweeping congrs'
sional one in ls90-Philadelphla lee
granh.
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A billion dollar congress, hal ~.
That's nothing alongside a CALAMITY
shrieking two billion dollar false pre-
tense body. And Obiector Holman 700
tried to get the largest slice Of the rl'S'
and harbor bill.-Ohio State Journal
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1892-06-09

Sure enough. the tariff is tax-an
awful tax upon the temper of the mourn
mi fellows who want people to believe
that the Mckinley bill is running the
country. New York Press.
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june and November.

Connecticut will vote for Cleveland in
he convention, but it will scarcely de-
clare for him at the polls. His plurality
n that state in 1888 was only 1856. and
his party is weaker there now than it
was then.-St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
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Mr.. Flower is said TO have hopes =
the nomination. If he is successful ~
campaign will be made lively, as Al
Flower has barrel which he opens OA
demand.-San Francisco Chronicle
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The devil quotes scripture ana ~
Senator Hill talks about larger ~
ceptions of political duties. II ilil''''
phia Press.
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..Hnrse and Horse.

Governor Flower declares tnat nc :
too busy to think Of politics. Anu
looks somewhat rs if politics were =.
busy to think of Flower.-New io.A
pr-acS
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Senator Hill viii never be president !.
the United States. but he can have lns
honor of sliding down the back starr !.
history under the title of 1.-The Urea
American Traveller. Baltimore Amer
can.
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So far as .he presidency is concerned
L Is little faded Flower. The bosses
killed the promising bud.-New York
Recorder.
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The OId Jehiel Weston Farm for Sale


A good chance to buy a farm in a high
state of cultivation. cutting some IS tons
of good hay. Said farm contains some 100
acres more or less, well divided. good
buildings and never failing water at barn
and house, a splendid young orchard of
grated fruits, easy 10 carry on, is within
1-2 mile OF North Randolph. In fact it is
one OF the best hill farms in Orange Coun-
ty- Possession given this spring If desir-
ed. Also a large pair OF oxen and two
yesrling bulls FOR sale cheap. For further
particulars inquire Of Mr.. Hamlin on the
Mace OF write G. ". Bloogett exc, North
Randolph, Vt.