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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-01-14

west Of Stanton It was a sharp al
fair, and resulted IN Banks abandon
Ea- his plan Of clearing the TaIley, ana
II his returning TO S1rasbug-
On the a9th Of May, Jackson. joined
by Ewel started north from New
Market - attack Banks entrenched at
strasbGr-. Every town IS marked with
the histo-v Of that campaign, and the
veterans who visit them will recall the
stirring scenes that filed the valley
through all the years of the war with
every species Of excitement which bat
tie and campaign can giTe-the elation
Of victory and the depression of defeat
And this is true of every station which
the trains pass. for each was at times
the theater Of alternating success, and
again for each the fields Of defeat
At this period the CELEBRITY Of move
neuf On botn sides Of the valley al
most riraled the trains which hourly
rush through II Banks fell back to
the Potomac, Jackson attacked Charles
ton. took t. and pushed On to Harper's
Ferry. Next came Sf.ee. Thousand
men from Mcdowell at Tredericks-
burg. through Manassas Gap, whose
mission was TO bag jackson" The
latter withdrew IN great haste to
Strasburg. It was a race to save his
army. Fremont was closing in from
the west. Shields from the east and
Mcdowell waited at Front Royal to
seize his prey There was immense
stir and activity On all sides but Jack
son won, and reached the upper valley
unscathed Over every step Of this ad-
van1e and retreat the blood Of the
union veteran who looks upon the IA
niliar places viii run fast under the
quickening Of memory.
Port Republic, Gross Keys and Har-
rison burg are close 10 Stanton and
Wayoesboro, There were hot battles
near the latter place. At Port Repnb-
lie, Jackson fell upon Shields and
avenged hernstown. At Cross Keys
he defeated Fremont Both were
famous engagements He captured the
union garrison at Front Royal, and
drove Banks across the Potomac.
These were stirring months-the
three which made up the spring Of
1862. They ended Jackson 5 operations
for the time II the valley. He sadden-
" and secretly withdrew and aston
ished Mcclellan by appearing on his
flank at Cold Harbor.
From these most general statements,
and space does not admit Of details, it
will be seen that there was DO other
spot during the early periods of the
war where movement and fighting was
SO sharp and constant as On the She
uaDdoah-
With the autumn of 1862, the valley
began to witness campaigns On great
er scale
In Septic Der, there came Lees first
invasion Of Maryland, and while his
columns moved along east Of the Blue
Ridge. the valley was alive with sup
ply trains. and all the varied accom-
paninenLs Of great a-Dy.s advance
Through the valley he soon after re-
treated from his defeat al AntietaIn.
and in II he gave his army rest and re-
plenished his stores The next year,
after defeating Hooker al Chaaeellors-
vile. Lee sweeping over into the val
ley marched north to Gettys burg.
Through It. he came back with his
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AN EPISODE OF sHEgDAg's CAMPAIGN.
shattered columns and pitched his camp
for -ecup eration along the opequon-
When 1864 opened II had been de-
cided that no campaign against Rich
mond or Gen. Lees army could be sue
cessful unless the Shenandoah could
be cleared Of confederate troops and
firmly held by the union forces
Gen Hunter succeeded Sigel in May
Of that year He moved with great
energy and came to battle close along
the line OF the Chesapeake Il Ohio at
Piedmont. near TO both Stanton and
Wavnesboro. Thence he pushed south
to Lexington. and fought his way to
the entertainments around Lynch burg.
Here Early. from Lees army. 10y a
rapid march via Trevllian station.
further to the eastward on the Chesa-
paake & Ohio, had joined Breelzin-
ridge Hunter then began a rapid re-
treat, and ending these forces. instead
Of attemptin to withdraw down the
valley which would have exposed him
to the dangers of movements IN his
rear from Lees forces struck directly
westward for the kauaw ha valley. He
first rested at White Sui pfur, directly
on the Chesapeake d Ohio, and then
moved along its line to GaElev bridge
Thence Hunter finally reached the
Chic river. and thence by boat and rail
was transported to the Potomac valley
again When he reached Cum erlaad,
Oh the Baltimore & Ohio, Early, who
when Hunter upcovered the valley by
his westward march, had pushed down
70 the Potomac. invaded Maryland,
and was well on his way 10 Washing
toa. Then followed the tremendous
sensation OF the Eas1y attack npon
and final repulse from in front of the
capital by Gea- Nright's corps from
Petersburg and part Of the Nineteenth
corps from Hampton Roads There
are thousands Of western veterans who
viii ind the valley full Of reminders o.
these stirring events
Next came the great union move IN
overwhelming force for the final clear
ing Of the valley. The Veterans viii
clearly remember how the Army Of
the Shenandoah was constituted: Three
divisions oz the Ninth corps, part Of
tbe Nineteenth. two divisions OF
Crooks Army Of West Virginia. Tor
Deli cavalry AIsAS4014 3ICLl ING AIRY
OF the Potomac LowelI's caval-y brig
ade. Averill's. DUTIES and }. IL VIII
sons cavalry Commands splendid
..rIny led by Sheridan.
The season brought the great en-
gagenenes under this leader First,
however. he was compelled TO with
draw from st-asburg to Earpers
Ferry, TINS repeating the move which
had become as frequent for the valley
as the routine statement in the cur
rent dispatches after many battles.
The Army Of the Potomac has occn-
pied its old camp
In. there came time IN The latter
part Of Septen Der 1864. when the val
ley was to be finally swept clean of its
hostile forces md blacksned and ten-
porarily blasted By the breath Of war.
Sheridan Il force. once more moved
forward Then came the noted battles
Of Winchester. Fishers Hill. Toms
Brook and Cedar Creek The valley
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A CRrfuz Of Passengers Kept Rearing with
laughter by HsrTaist-
When the $50 b. III train on the Sixth
avenue elevated road reached Park
place the other morning a man carry
ing covered harp boarded the train
with the Heterogeneous crowd that YVES
standing ON the platform without at
tracing particular notice.
Just as the train started he PIT his
hands under the cloth that covered his
instrument and began to play softly
some italian music
Two other men were seated on his
right, and the only woman ON the train
sat beside the furtherTnost one, Who was
evidently her escort
When the train reached Grant street
the soft strains of Martha gradually
died away, ana suddenly the perhaps
less classic but more modern tune Of
MARY ard John" srnote the ears of the
passengers. The catchy air soon proved
that il had not vet lost its popularity
among certain class OF belafed and
hilarious young men who were near the
player. for several of them began TO ae-
Of things somewhat
few seconds later n female voice.
strong and clear, broke in and was dis
finctly heard above the more volu-
minons but less strident voices of the
young men
All the passengers forthwith GRAINED
their neeks to look at the woman, who
did not not seem TO be of the kind that
would Join snch an 1nprorised concert
in such a place Everybody laughed
except the woman, who blushed a Grim
son red No one could see her lips
move, and as It happened-perhaps for
the first time in her life-her mouth
was closed She was evidently greatly
embarrassed and turned from her es-
cort to the crowd of astonished passen-
gers and finally looked under h er seat
All sorts Of exclamation Of astonish>
nent went forth
she's a mighty good ventriloqnisA. :"
one said.
'.T'll bet she's got a whistle ins her
month" another exclaimed.
The passengers were now all roGrine
with laughter
Fourteenth street," called tina CON
dnctor-
The woman got mp. "John.'' ska
said, almost hysterically. Il nm bot go
ing TO stand this any longer let's gc1
out Come"
John went
When they were ont OF ssglst the fe-
male voice was still treating t,se crowd
TO Il rather risone Dialogue hsgween
Mary and John.
An investigation Was set ON foo.. w hen
it was discovered that the harpist whom
people at first thought ma Italian. whils
laying his head nonchal&ntly on the i=fi
! side OF his harp rs lazy Italians are
/ wont to do, was Initiating a female
voice SO perfectly rs TO completely de
ceire ereryb body.
Another outbnrst Of laughter fob
lowed. when the harpist laziiy and azs
eoncsrurdsy got up and left the train al
Eighteenth street. apparently rsawars
Of the fun he had been making at tn
woznAn's e<peasa4-N- 7. Herald
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ACROSS THE REEF.
An Exciting Struggle with n Storm

An Exciting Struggle with n Stormy
The author Of "A Cruise in al Opium
Clipper entertains his readers with a
surf-boat adventure in which he par
ticipabed off the coast Of Formosa,
where il had become necessary to make
a landing in new and dangerous
place. Another man - Nealance and
himself W ere to accom- pany the captain,
and take what soundings they could as
they went through the surf One end
Of long. light manila line was passed
into the surf-boat and made fast. SO
that those who were left behind could
draw the boat quickly back again IN
case Of any disaster.
Each Of Us had loose life line made
fast TO his person. loose enough to let
Us get from under the boat in the event
Of capsize. but still attaching Us to
the boat. SO that when 1t was hauled
back we should be brought back also,
though probably half drowned.
Everything being ready. the steers
man carefully counted the rollers. be-
ginning with the heaviest one. When
the twenty-seyenth-the heaviest-had
passed, he gave the signal, and we shot
into the next one. Its white, hissin 2
top covered us fore and aft, and for a
second the boat was thrown into an
almost vertical position Then she
came down with a thud that would
have stove any lighter built craft
AS she touched the crest Of the wave.
The six oarsmen let go their oars, which
for second hung well secured along
side. Then, the crest being passed, in
a tw3nkling each oar was bent in earn
est to send her through the next wave
Getting soundings here was no joke.
When the boat as in her vertical posi-
ton on the crest of the ware. it took
me all nv time TO hold on; and when
she was down in the hollow, / coul
barely get one cast before was again
carried skyward
About halfway across we met the
twenty-seventh sea again ] shut nv
teeth hard, and grasped my hold tight
ly, as / gazed On the gigantic, white.
laundering mass Completely swamped
in It. the boat was yet carried aloft SO
high that for a second ] imagined
soTnersarlt was to end our voyage of
discovery As the captain said: We
Just saved being sonersaulted by the
skin Of our teeth
AS we recovered from the shock and
fell into the hollow. / perceived a grin
OF satisfaction On the dark vlsage Of
our steer-oarsman.
The men pulled with new energy
and we reached the extremity Of the
broken water just IN lime 10 ride safe
" over the next twenty seventh sea
before it cnrled its crest to fall
upon the rocky reef Then we pulled
a little away from the reef, laid in cur
oars and let go the anchor, to give us
ali rest and breath before we started
on our perilous journey back TO the
ship--1 outh-s Companion
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was cleared southwark 10 the line OF
the Chesapeake & Ohio road Early
esta bl5shed headquarters al stauEton
On the I'd Of March, 1855, by the vic
tory OF Naynestoro. directly On the
finally gained complete control Of the
Shen a1aoah- Thence he moved south
ward 10 LEnchburg. destroying the
James river canal and cutting various
lines OF railroad. On the 18TH Of March
reached White House. and on the 1st Of
April he was turning Lees flank at
Five Forks
Thus, IN outlines only. are recalled
the countless matters and the innn-
merable points OF absorbing interest In
the Shenandoah The veterans who
served there viii readily FL in the
pictures with their personal expe-
rienees of battles, camps and marches
Such of them as wish to visit Antie-
tam and Gettysburg viii find the in
terest increasing every step after cross
ing the Potomac AntieIam Is just
over the river. and 1t Is but few
hours ride to Gettysburg, Through
the Cum berland valley. which is
continuation Of the Shenandoah
Gen Patterson came down be-
fore Bull Run to hold Johnston
IN check. With him came Col
Thomas. afterwards commander of the
Army Of the Cum ber1and to his
first battle at Failing Waters Under
this leader, as private soldier. served
Samuel j. Randall. afterwards the
democratic statesman, then private
cavalry soldier-the first man to writ
the war department in eulogy
Thomas The burnt section Is still
visible at Cham bersburg: and there is
the monument TO the first soldier killed
IN the defense Of northern soil
All these great chapters IN our war
history, which the veterans are coming
to live through again, make up but one
Of the side trips which the Chesapeake
& Ohio affords for easy visit TO the far
fame theaters Of eastern fighting.
Passing east from the Shenandoah.
the line crosses the Blue Ridge and en-
tiers upon the great fields of eastern
Virginia H Y. BoyyToN.
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the penalty Ct enthusiasm haa
now taken the place OF p-ev.e,as hope
fitness If Il should Eal, she said to
ne Oh, you don't know what tnat
zFould mean You don't know what
have sfaked On IL
still she never offered to show It to
me and ] would not presume to ask. /
kept away for several DAYS, thinking
she was best uadisturbed All artists
have gone through that phase OF ez-
perience which she was undergoing It
Is scarcely possible 10 avoid IL. Il in
deed one has any appreciation for or
love Of art II ones IA ture-
AT last one day / walked down to
the studio ! knocked Z. the door.
There was no answer. I turned the
handle and entered In the full light
Of the sunset, as 1t streamed through
the window, stood the easel. covered
no longer. and facing me. as I paused
On the threshold, was the picture |
stood there too amazed to speak or
move It was magnificent II I had
not known that only a woDan's hand
had converted that canvas into living.
breathing history I could not have
believed It There was nothing crude
or weak or feminine about II The
power and force Of genius spoke ont
like living voice, and seemed TO de-
uaod the homage II 50 Crandly chal-
leoged Suddenly ] became aware OF
q sound in the stiIlness-the low.
stifed sobbing Of woman l saw her
then. thrown face downwards on the
couch at the farthesf end Of the room.
her face buried IN the cushions, her
whole frame trem bling and couTulsed
with passion Of grief oh, Maurice
she soboed, and then again only that
name-.N aurice. Maurice, Maurice"
i closed the door softly. and went
away. There seemed to me something
sacred in this grief. II could not in
trude on It She was SO near TO fame
She held 50 great gift and vet she
lay weeping her heart out yonder, like
the weakest and most foolish q her
sex for-wel what could I think, but
that il was Tor some mans sake?"
He paused. his voice seemed little
less steady, q little less cold
On the MORROW" he said, abruptly.
she was gone. leaving a note Of fare
well, and-a1d thanks for me. ! felt a
momentary disappointment, I should
like 30 have said farewell 10 her. and i
was strange, TOO, how much / missed
her and Denis. The loneliness and
quiet OF my life grew more than lonely
as the days went On, and ! al last made
up nv mind TO 20 to London. Whether
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The celebrated English poet Dryden
had d wife who was ambitious to write
poetry as well as her husband So she
shut herself mp in her apartments to
compose verses Sad to say. the serr-
ants took advantage Of her absence TO
neglect their work, and Dryden was
mortified to be obliged to receive his
friends in e room which plainly showed
their ca-elessuess
Mrs. Dryden called he, in a rage,
after the gentlemen had gone, Il de-
sire you viii write no more poetry,
madam"
Why SO, my dear9- asked the good
humored LADY.
because cried he, II notice when
ever we both write poetry at the same
time the spiders i'm Immediately begin to
spin cobwebs '-Harper's Young Peo-
pie
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The ELCER'S SERMoN-

Our elder tod rs yesterday We had not learned
Until We learned how blessed It's ID pardon and
forgive '---'
The dear, sweet precious words he spake IKE
heavenly mama fell,
The perfect peace they brought mr. haa-.s "a,
human words can tell
Love brings EllIenaial peace he said and
though my lips we're dumb
sLaL4 Kept shouting n ny soul Amen and Js,
Il come
When men forgive al other r,ea the year O,
jubilee
VII dawn upon The world" he said I said,
SO let Il be-
so, lore 70 II neighoor as yourself" he then
begun again
And Silas Fftz ACROSS IN. aisle he shouted
OUT Amen
What right had he 70 yen: -su,er - Iov1o,~d
DeEsly hound
Who took rny COW, ny new mich COW, and
locked her II the pound,
The low down raw-boned honeIy crank. q
lunkhead and q lout
whose love ana grace and heart and soul have
al been rnsted out
To sit there II the sanctuary and boiler out
Amen
- coald choke the rascal once he'd nar--
shout again!
One day his dog came by ny house, I called the
The brute inside
Gave hln d chunk Of neat 10 eat. acd he
crawled OF and died
Ee jCst crawIed o1 and died right then Says
I: I'll 1e: him sea-
No long legged simp3etoo like hin can get The
bes1 o. ne-~
DIT Oh thai se-noa-I wouid l9vs TO hear II
preached again
About forgiveness charity and lore o. fellow
men
should have felt as 4 baskea n Heavens
especial sDiIe-
L thai blamed Villain Silas FItz hadn't sat
across the aisle
S ". Foss IL Yankee Blade
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ened and blasted region its homes &C.
stroyed. its farms desolated. and its
able bodied population decinated in
the field But II has fully recovered
again. Grass and grain have woven
natures beautiful covering over al
scars OF battle. and the countless miles
of parapets are green each year with
verdEre. and the fields and orchards
are laden with flowers again
The connecting trains watch run
uorthw through the valley from the
line Of the Chesa peake * Ohio reach
the more noted battle fields and the
points OF famous strategic interest IN
the inverse order OF dates Thus II
was from Harper's Ferry that John
stoo. early IN 1851. began 10 1naneuver
TO check Patterson and from WInches-
ter that he suddenly started to help
Beauregard al Bull Run
When the campaigns IN the valley
opened IN March. 1862, Jackson was
virtually in independent command.
Banks advanced the 6rsi week OF that
month. and forced Jackson back
through Winchester kernstown and
S.ras burg to Mount Jackson west OF
Luray. From this point he EnoTea sud
denly 10 recover Winchester, under
mistaken Information as 10 The union
forces He made a movement marvel
Gus Il its CELEBRITY. fell unexpectedly
! upon Shields at k@rnstown and q bat
tie followed in which Jackson was de
fezted. but IT was after some Of the
sharpeSt fighting On both sides that the
war had developed mp TO that time
jackson returned TO Mount Jackson
and Banks came down to Edln burg.
Next came Jackson's blow from Peri
Republic At Mslroy. near Mcdowell
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BRIDGE. c. O. RAILWAY.
SO successful was this great southern
soldier that at the north the Sbenan-
doah was called the Valley Of Humil-
ia1ion." And 50 it remained until Sher-
idan swept il with the resis1less storm
Of his troopers, leaving It bare as if
from the breath Of cyclone and final
" wrestling IT from confederate con-
troll and making Successful campaign
against Lees army possibility
Aside from the interest with
which war history clothes this valley,
its natural beauties make q ride
through i, from Natural bridge. to
Harrisburg, Pa, one Of the mos: at
tractiEe IN any land. While the val
ley. under the name Of Shenandoah. ex-
tends only to the Potomac at Harper's
Ferry and Nartinsburg, the ranges
which bound il on the east ard west
still run northward to the Susque-
hanna The valley north Of the Poto-
mace changes its name to Cum berland.
Ike the region south Of the river, i Is
not only rich, but notable for its stir
ring battle-hlstory, as Cham bersbur-,
AntletaD, and the movements befo. c
and after Gettys burg attest
As part Of the natural attractions,
the Luray caves and the Natural
bridge have a worldwide reputation.
and are properly classed among its
wonders Both are within q short
ride Of Staunton or Naynesboro-
But to the veteran, these will hold
secondary place beside the various bat
tle6elds with which these valleys are
h -
the Potomac was fighting ground;
every town was al some time the head
quarters Of well-known forces: nearly
every farmhouse was hospital, and
some Of the dead and wounded Of the
many contests had fallen On every
acre. On the un1oo side Fremont and
Sige1. M5lroy and Shields. Hunter and
Banks, Kelley and C~sok, Wilson and
Sheridan and Others of note had there
met jackson. EwelL Early. Stewart,
A shby and the advance of Lee in
force. There were Iunumera bic small
affairs. and many extended and fierce
engagements. Columns in advance
and IN retreat ebbed and flowed
there through every GEAR Of the war:
while every gap opening eastward
poured its footnen and its horsemen
upon tae TANKS first Of the one army
and then Of the other.
From the opening - the contest till
its close it was the vortex Of strategy.
The war found II Al ideal pastoral
country. Of -lch and beautiful farms,
o. wealthy and aristocrat;c fam lies,
where life in its ease and sunshine RI
vailed that IN older lands. It was the
granary and storebopse Of the confed-
eracy. The war left i bare. black
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mined 10 do d great work. and ! found
everything here ! wante6-lght,
views climate and models Our friend
Trenoweth introduced me TO the place,
gave me inestinable hints. and mo use
shaking your head, Jasper: You shall
not always hide you- light under a
busheD in every way made me at
home and comfortable We were much
together. for he was. or said he was
interested IN nv work, and approved
Of my subject Sometimes ] painted
ont Of doors, favored by the soft gray
light and equable climate for which
this place Is famous Sometimes !
would work IN the studio, and often,
taking pity on my loneliness, Treno-
weth would drop IN here IN the even
ings and we would talk-as ne alone
can make anyone talk Altogether 1t
was very pleasant, and ! am not sure
that ! felt pleased when one evening
he stroIled down here to show me q
letter he had received from one Of our
fraternity asking TO hire a studio for
three months in order 10 complete 3
picture
The handwriting was bold and
clear: the signature at the end Of the
simple. concise words only M Della
porte We discou-sed and sPeculated
about N. Delaporte- We wondered II
he was old or young, agreeable or the
reverse; if he would be bore. or a
ouisance-in fact we talked great
deal about him during the week that
!ntervened between his letter and his
arrival Trenoweth saw 70 the arrange
Inents of the studio. II was No he
had agreed TO let. and gave directions
as 10 trains. etc. and then left me 70
welcome the newcomer, who was 70
arrive by the evening train l had
been ont all day. and when ! came
home. tired. cold and hungry. | saw
lights in No = and thought to myself:
Nv fellow artist has arrived then
Thinking il would be only civil TO give
him welcome. walked up TO the door
and knocked 4 voice called out:
Come in and. turning the handle, ]
found myself IN the presence o1-a
woman. For a moment l was toe
surprised to speak She was mounted
On short stepladder, arranging some
velvet draperies. and At my entrance
she turned. and, with the rich-hued
<taffs forming a background Tor the
pose Of the most be auti1ul figure WON