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Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1894-04-05
- LoMEREp - &c.
An Amusing Incident OF the Battle
Chicilamauga.

[ An Amusing Incident OF the Battle Of
Chicilamauga.
Zone of the cutest things / saw dur
| ing the war-and there were q good many
funny things happening along with the
sad and tragic-was the way Che con
I fcderate flag went down while we were
! prisoners of war on our way from the
Chickamouga battlefield to Richmond
ltwas the most inveterate story teller
of the old -th Michigan cavalry who
began the yarn-a brave soldier and
strong enough OF heart and mind t.
outliVe nineteen months of Anderson
vile, Richmond and other southern
prisons.
Yes" he began again, that was
pretty cute. You see. we were filed
into the cattle cars like hogs hundreds
Of us-and after awhile some of rs boys
asked the guards if we couldn't get on
top of the ears.
As it was pretty hot. even for the
hot-headed Johnnies. in those crowded
cars, some of the guards let us;up. they
following 20 keep US company, Of
course. IL was better mp there. de.
cidedly-except for one thing. Twas
hot inside the cars-hot and sitting
and dirty. But win You believe me!
1t was hotter on top. although there
was a bracing breeze, aud we KEEP,
getting hotter all the time Aud il all
came of that dirty confederate flag
There it fluttered and tloated over our
heads, Haunting defiance in our very
faces! Finally my ire couldn't stand
it any longer and hitched up toward
an Irish lad, who, Of course, was q
union man. ! hitched up to him. and
says /: That don't look over and above
nice up there, does it?' with nod OF
my head toward the flag
Faith an yer right, yer honorl No
more it don't. Jist We wait a bit and
see how IN trate i'm, the blaclzguard!
80 sat still, sleepy-lilSe, to fool tho
guards. but with one eve on that in.
sulting dag end the other on the lad.
After awhile he yawned, and then,
with fine pretense Of drowsiness
stretched himself lengthwise on the top
of the car-hcad toward the middle
and feet toward the end.
After a time even the guards got
HAttIlNf tbNAA Al hA 4 Az 1 euFt'ynNs l'i nc
was snoring 70 beat all. Meantime !
sat watching; and pretty soon Pat
founced over. threw an arm over hiA
head, and hitched down a bit | smiled
as / thought TO myself; i see what
your game is, my boyr
I'm a minute or two the lad hitchcd
along a little further never did see
such an uneasy sleeper as the boy was
that day-and then a little more. till
his boots rested against the flagstaff
and bis knees were bent! There he lay
snoring, but with the corner of one
merry. twinkling eye open toward the |
guards. They were fast asleep.
a minute more and Pat, in the un 1
consciousness Of his dreams. of course I
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n. }. sEAYER, Register
u@ Attest. TO. sEAvER. Judge.

STATE OF VERMONT. { Alta PROBATE Court held
District ot Randolph s. az Randolph, within and
io -lil District on Tie 9Th DAY uf March A. i3iot
30 Instrument Importing o. Dee The last VIII a1a
t-ll.fut 90 AFRO y. Drew tate Of lunhfldte IN
~ l-tTIci. deceased. De- presented 20 the tputt "s
n d iirTW. Che executor therein
llnei ll prohete: and &c is ordered by said Court
ai 81 persons concerned therein De- notified y alt-
par before said Court. az the ORANGE County Hotel
lfaa-1a on fhe igih day Of Apr
& lud contest tie probate Of said viii, u they SO
st ir y stch purpose SO D. further ordered tt,t =
I q le reeo5d 80 bis order ic published 4h5
-Hccezsively. previous 20 the time ari'o 49,
proving sai0 Wifl, iu tle HERALD and Nh"a
''-Iauer printed 40 kaudol ntl in lNls rAses
Attest. WILLIAM "a. NICHOLS. auatae.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1894-04-05

No one knew whence came the sepul-
chral voice, but common suspicion rested
upon a weary looking man who sat with
bowed head beside lady with red nose
and gold glasses.
AS is often the case with those who dis
euss the problems o marriage the hair of
the woman who addressed them that
night had grown gray in a state Of sin
gleness.
She had announced that marital diff
ferences were never irremediable.
Name to me" she eloquently urged,
" a difficulty that cannot be met by mu-
tual forbearance."
There was a moments silence.
4" Name just one, persisted the speaker
confidently.
Then the sepulchral voice broke the
stiffness.
"Cold feet" it moaned.
There was an appreciable shock.-De-
troit Tribune.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1894-04-05

elAlf or \ q aAlt@l- = iu l.ruuutr tuutt teiu AZ
HARTFORD DISTRICT rs Woodstock within and fol
said District OF The 2Ith day Of March A. DISH
Present. Hon r. o. Seaver. Judge.
sally Davis estate. OF koA alton. testaie.
Whereas Edward T. Dutfon executor Of the last VIII
sli e-autnt # sally Davis late of Royalton In said
District deceased has presented 10 said Court ms
petition u writing. making application for license TO
gu certain real estate of which said sally
NaNt died seized and possessed, situate . TINS
safe described as { llows: The Homestead Farm
Situate DO Bethel aud Rnyaton in said District
EAere9n said csafrx residingat the time 81 her
0acease; representing thai such sale VIII DC heue-
leal @ Che heirs. deyisees and legaces Of said de-
ceased. although moi necessary for The payment o.
oel due from said estate the eNpen Is Of admin
Eiraiiou
ihereupon the Court appoints the 18Th day Of April
a. ID. 1854. The lime, aud the Probate once III
woodstock aforesaid place Of hearing ana 0e--
Nl. nH said application. and orders thal npHet or
Al application be given to all persons Interest," "a ~
sag iatc, the reason for the same and the the time
ana place OF hearing. hy publishing three weeks sue
es,ltely IN theWhife River Herald newspaper nuil-
l'He az Royafou Ga this Slate, which circuates ~
zoe n'iehurhu od 81 those interested lau when luo
teaiinus SHAH b. previous 90 said time OF heaIAnEl
aepF ~ the record Of This order. that they may a
p before said Court and De heard IN tide matter q
~ application. d they see cause.
a True record. Attest,
1860 Attest ID SFAk FIR. Judge
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1894-04-05
WAR "REMINISCENCES.
OLD JACK. The TROOP HORSE.
an Equine Hero of Many Campaigns and
His Ultimate sad EaLe.

HIS Ultimate sad Rate.
'Al men like a horse. but only a
eavalryman takes horse into full
partnership or gives him that admirat
ton which heroes deserve Our love for
Old jack began at Gettysburg. when
we saw the captain who rode him cut
off from the commend and called upon
to surrender He shouted his defiance,
rave Old Jack the spur, and that horse
brought him over seven fences and
walls and a great ditch back to his
company. A bullet had ralled the gal
liant steed, and the men cheered him rs
hey wiped the blood away with their
handlerchiefs. Late that fall. after a
Flashing cavalry fight on a Virginia
meadow one afternoon, we found Old
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1894-04-05

Prisoner-Yes, Your Worship, / COM
mittcd he theft With which / am charged
entirely through the insiigation Of my
medical adviser.
Magistrste-You mean to say that, in
carrying out an experiment in hypnot-
ism, he suggested the crime TO youl
Prisoner don't know about that, but
one thing is certain, be told me to take
something before going TO bed.-Ageuda
Printemps.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1894-04-05
Not Int.res,lnr.

Mother-Where have you been so longi
Little Son-I've been standing watch
in two men unlosdin' bricks.
Mother shouldn't think that would
be very interesting.
Little Son-No, il wasn't. They didn't
miss and get hit on the toes once.-Good
News.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1894-04-05

gave a sudden. strong stretch-out to his
legs and TIE flagstaff broke loose from
The end 81 the box car and fell out OF
sirAt.
Meanwhile the rumbling cars sped
on and we slept on. and so did the
grards, tin a sudden lunge woke one
of them an hour or two later. lie
stretched, rubbed his ewes and looked
around. Then be started. rubbed his
ewes over again and harder, and then
jumped mp and ran to the end Of the ca
where the Gag used % be.
" What ID Cain has become Of that
hag2 he calculated with a keen look
about at us Sure enough. there
wasn't even piece Of the fran
staff ieft-nails and all gone. But
we had been asleep. too. the same
as he had. and were even rub
bing our eTes-all but Pat. who law
stilI snoring on the middle Of the car.
with his legs curled under him a--aIvrta
B. Castle, in Chicago Inter Ocean.
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STATE or VERMONT }At a Probate Court
HARTFORD DISTRICT IS Sheld ~ Woodstock.
within and for said District the 10Th day OF March
1854 Present T. o. Seaver, 5uire
Whereas B.A. Rogers, Admr.0t the estate OF Ann
ku-iev late ofiiptiel Ia said distct de-
ceased, utestate. proposes rendering account of
DIE administration Of said estate and presenting bis
account against said c.taie for allowance AZ
session OF said Court 70 be- held at the probate office
Woodstock In tie said District on the 6th day Of
Apdl a. d., 1891.
And whereas said court has assigned said time and
place Tor the settlement OF said account and Tor a
decree Of the residue of said estate 10 the heirs Of
said deceased aud ordered that public notice thereof
De given 20 a persons interested IN said estate by
publishing copy of the record 81 this order three
weeks successivcy, erious 20 the day assigned. as
a0rasaid, in the Reihcl Courier newspaper
published al Bethel In the County Of
Windsor ln the state of Vermont.
Therefore. All persons concerned Ia said estate
arr notified 10 appear the Probate Onlce ia Wood
STOCK. iu said District. the day assigned. a.
aforesaid, then and there to contest The allowance Of
said account II they and 10 establish their
rights a5 heirs. legatees and lawful claimants Of said
4 tre eopv Of record. attest. iu6s
NJ y. SEANER Register
4 trne conv Of record. To. SFANER ludge
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"A great deal Of meanness masque-
rades IN all parts Of the land under the
name Of prudence.-Bam's Horn.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1894-01-12
THE PATIEHT MOLE.
A Hard Working ADimal Who 10 not Fas-
tidious About His Food.


A Hard Working Animal Who Ia not Fss-
tidious About His Food.
From the Cornhill Magazine.
A mole's life is by no means gentle
manly sinecure. He has to work harder,
in all probability, for his pittance OF
earth worms than any other animal
works for his daily bread. He 10 the pro-
totypal NAVY. His whole existence 10
spent in perpetually raising and remov-
ing large giles of earth by sheer force OF
muscle In order to sustain such con.
slant toll. and to replace and repair the
used-up tissue, the mole requires to be
always eating. Hisappetite lie voracious.
He works like horse and eats like an
elephant. Throughout his waking hours
he is engaged in pushing aside earth and
scurrying after worms in all his galleries
and tunnels. The laborer, OF course, is
worthy OF his hire. Such ceaseless activ.
ity can only be kept up by ceaseless eat
ing, and 30 the mole's existence is one
long savage alienation Of labor and ban
quoting. His heart and lungs and mus
Gle are working at such a rate that II he
goes without food for half day he starves
and dies from actual inanition. He is a
high-pressure engine.
His drinking 10 like his eating; i'm.
moderate in all things, he must have his
liquor much and often. So he digs many
pits in his tunneled ground and catches
water in them to supply his needs at ire
queDt intervals. He doesn't believe
however. in the early.closing movement.
Day and night alike he drinks every few
hours, for day and night are all alike to
him he works and rests by turn, after
the fashion OF the navvies employed in
digging tunnels, or measures his time by
watches, an do the sailors.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1894-01-12

r. c. Winthrop in January Scribner.
have said that Webster was called on
to make his speech at short notice. A
single night was, il remember right,
all he had for immediate preparation for
the first days effort, and one other night
for that Of the second day. He could
have made but few notes. and the brief
which has been published-a very short
one-may have been all that he com
mitted to writing. Before going to the
senate chamber on the morning OF the
first day he told Mr.. Everett that as to
the defense Of the constitution he had no
misgivings, that he was always ready for
that; and that his only anxiety was in
regard to personal and sectional parts Of
Colonel Haynes attack. As he entered
the senate chamber, John M. Clayton,
the senator from Delaware, said to him,
webster, are you primed and loaded %
"Seven fingers" was his only reply, with
a gesture as ii pointing to gun-barrel
He spoke under great excitement, and
with almost an air Of inspiration. OF his
emotions he said himself, not long after
wards, 81 felt as il everything had ever
seen or read or heard was floating before
me in one grand panorama, and hst
little else to do than to reach up and cal
a thunderboldt and hurl it at him."
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1894-01-12
DANIEL WEBSTER.
His OratOrical Powers Were Natural and
Easy to Him.

His Oratorical Powers Were Natural and
Easy to Him.
Il. c. winthrop In January Scrbner.
Webster was often, as we have seen,
reused to great utterances on the spur OF
the instant by some immediate provoca-
ton, and no one could do grsnder things
without preparation OF any sort. He had
really no methods or habits of prepare
ton. Sometimes he wrote out before
speaking. Sometimes he wrote out elab-
orately after speaking. Sometimes he
had long time for preparation; some-
times, as in the Hayne case, q very short
time. One Of his grandest orations-per-
haps the grandest of all-was the eulogy
Of Adams and Jefferson. They died In
1926, on the 4th Of July. A week passed
before he accepted the appointment to
deliver the eulogy. 1t was delivered on
the I'd Of August. Three weeks OF mid.
summer heat was all he had for that
magnificent discourse. But | have rea.
con to believe that his habit WAS always
to make preparation for his efforts when
there was opportunity for doing 80.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1894-01-12
ABOUT PAPER.
The Many Things That 60 In to Make 1t
and How They Are Used.

The Many Things That 60 In to Mako 1t.
and How They Arc Used.
From the 81. Louis Globe Democrat.
Paper can be made out Of almost any
thing that can be pounded to pulp. Over
fifty kinds Of bark are employed, while
old sacking or bsgging makes a good ar
ticle. Paper Ia made out OF banana
skins, from Bean stalks, pea vines, cocoa.
nut fibre, clover and timothy hay, straw,
fresh water weeds, sea weeds, and more
than one hundred different kinds OF
grass. Paper has been made from hair,
fur and wool, from asbetos, which fur
nishes an article understandable by fire +;
from hop plants, from hnsks Of any and
every kind Of grain. Leaves make a
good strong paper, while the husks and
stems OF Indian corn have also been
tried, and almost every kind OF moss can
be made into paper. There are patents
for making paper from sawdust and shaw
ings, from thistles and thistledown, from
tobacco stalks and tanbark.
II is said that there are over two thou
sand pstents in this country covering
the manufacture Of paper. No matter
what the substance, the process is sub
stsntislly the same. The material Il
ground to pulp, then spread thinly
over frame and allowed to dry, the sub
sequent treatment depending on the kline
OF paper to be made.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1894-01-12
HUM IN CANADA.
40 Says y Correspondent Of = Seattle
Paper.

40 Says Correspondent Of Seattle
Paper.
A dispatch to the Seattle Telegraph
from Port Townsend says: 1t is stated
here upon responsible authority that Nat
Blum, whose evidence at Portland re-
Gently convicted the principals in the
big government smuggling frauds
OF this section, has not gone to
Washington City to intercede for a par
don for himself with President Cleveland
Blum is, on the contrary, stated to be at
this time voluntary exile upon Canadian
soil. He pleaded guilty, but WAS never
sentenced, the latter formslity being de-
ferred, presumably to make Nat do the
right thing by the government. He told
the story Of the rings operations fully
and completely and now has gone away
to escape, it is said, the wrath OF his
late accomplices, being afraid that II he
remained in Portland he might be physi.
cally harmed by some OF those with
whom he was won't in the past to train
The Telegraph correspondents inform
ant, and he knows apparently whereof he
speaks. says that at the proper time
Blum will receive pretty big dose OF i'm
prisonment at the hands Of Judge Bel
| linger, before whom the celebrated easel
were tried, and that he will later be par
doned by the president. There is nj
doubt, says this official, that Blum will
be in court when wanted.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1894-01-12
shooting ARRAY NJ u Texas Dance.

An account OF wholesale killing at
Cedar, Texas, has just been received
r. N. Williams was dancing on the floor
and aroused the luminosity OF Lemon
Gayle, who demanded Williams sur.
render OF the place on the floor. Will
liams refused, but Gayle became holster
our and Williams started from the room,
when Gayle, his brother, Loudon Gayle,
and Bob Ealy began firing at Williams
and others. London Gayle shot through
q window and killed a boy named
Waddy, when another boy named Cotton
remarked that "Loudon Gayle had killed
Waddy," whereupon Loudon turned and
saying, whats that to you," shot the
boy through and through, killing him
instantly. Then general fnsillsde fol
lowed. A woman was shot through the
breas. and lie now dead. Lemon Gayle
is shot through the body and will die. A
girl was shot in the face near the eye, an
other square in the middle OF the head, q
boy was shot through the arm and an
ether through the right hand and Others
received various lighter wounds. After
Lemon Gayle was shot his brother
Loudon ran in and stood over the pros
trate body with Winchester in hand anc
pumped cold lead into the panic. stricken
dancers, who were unable to get out o
the house to avoid his awful vengeance
Three are dead and fourth is fatally
wounded, two seriously and about a hal
dozen have minor injuries.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1894-01-12

The Greatest Four Y ear .Old in tho world.
In general way it lie understood that
Directum is the greatest 4-year-old, the
fastest stallion and the best racehorse the
trotting turf has ever seen. But how
completely he surpassed all previous trot-
tiers of his age can only be- appreciated by
a careful review of all Of his performances
during the present season. Such re-
view will not be attempted at this time,
further than to outline what the Califor-
MIA colt has accomplished, and how his
record compares with others OF like age.
Directum has started five times against
the watch and five times against COM
petitors. He has proved himself race
horse and not one of the dress parade
kind. The slowest mile that he has
trotted in public this year lie the IA =
in his opening performance to the old
style sulky at Cleveland the latter part OF
July. He has lost but three heats, two
to Walter +. and one to Pixley, and his
Is winning heats in the five races were
in the average time OF 2:099. That is,
ell OF Directum's miles are at faster av.
erage than any one, either in q race
or against time, by any 4-year-old up to
the present season. His fifteen winning
heats average nearly second faster than
any other stallion Of any age has ever
trotted in race. His 20 heats, in races
and against time, are in the average time
Of 2:09ls, which ia faster than any B.
year-old trotter or PAGER has gone up tc
the present year.
Directum has trotted ten miles thil
season at an average trifle lower than
2:07ls, which is faster than any othe
stallion has ever trotted a single mile IN
der any condition. And 30 his superla
tive qualities could be enumerated al
most without limit.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1894-01-12
ORIGIN or LYNCH LAW.
II Began in Virginia aud Was not VI
lent or Moblike.

1t Began in virginia aud Was not vio-
lent or Mobltke.
Lynch law had it's origin in Virginia,
according to the conclusions OF q gentle
man who has been investigating the
early history Of that state. 1t WAS not
mob law, as 1t is now understood. 1t
was orderly, methodicai and fair in its
processes, and was strongly opposed to
violence or mob rule. Its distinctive
feature was simply that lite DEGREES and
findings were executed sternly and swiftly
upon the SPOT OF their delivery.
Charles Lynch, whose name 10 asso-
ciated with the summary proceedings
now known a. acts Of lynch law" was
a revolutionary soldier, and after the war
ended took up his residence in Pennsyl-
vania county. The region in which he
ton infested by bands Of tories and out
laws, whose depredations upon the
defencelees people extended from the
lower parts OF North Carolina and Vir.
ginia to the passes OF the Blue Ridge and
the head waters OF the James and other
mountain streams. Deserters from both
armies added strength and q semblauce
Of organization to their operations. Wher-
ever they appeared the terror stricken
inhabitants we're plundered, harassed
and mercilessly subjected to every vari-
ETY. OF insult and outrage. A remedy was
needed for this insufferable state of
things, . remedy that should at once
strike such terror to these miecreants as
would relieve . community already SUI
fering from the effects OF hostile invasion.
Colonel Lynch was the man 10 take the
cad in such an emergency. He sue
ceeded in organizing a body Of patriotic
citizens, men of known character and
standing
Having laid his plans before them, and
securing their approval, he at once pro-
ceeded to put them into execution. At
the head Of his followers he promptly got
upon the track OF the unsuspecting en-
envy, captured many and caused the 9TH
ers to flee from the country. When any
Of these outlaws fell into his hands they
were not taken at once to . tree and
hanged or tied to stake and shot, ss is
now done under the perverted system of
the present day. This WAS not according
TO the code Of Colonel Lynch and his fol-
lowers.
So far from such lawless procedure
a jury WAS selected from Lynch's men
over which he presided as Judge; the cap.
tives we're tried separately, the accused
allowed to make his own defense, and to
show cause, if he could, why he should
not he punished. II found guilty the
punishment was inflicted on the spot
The general impression has been that
in all cases OF Lynch law the penalty wal
death. This is a mistake. A writer who
knew Colonel Lynch well was assured
by him that he never willingly con
demned criminal to capital punish
ment that prisoners were frequently let
off with q severe flogging and then liber
ated on condition that they would leave
the country.