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The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-12-13

resuming the march the morning of
July / orders arrived at Emmittsburg
from corps headquarters detaching two
Vermont regiments to guard the corps
wagon train. The Twelfth and Fiji
teenth regiments were accordingly left
behind, and Stannard hurried forward
with the remaining three, about 1000
muskets, reaching Cemetery Ridge late
on the LIST and just as the broken First
corps assembled there after its terrible
battle and defeat on the ridges west of
the town.
General Sickles, with the advance OF
the Third corps, and General Slocum,
with the Twelfth, reached the spot about
that time. General Doubleday succeed
ed Reynolds in command of the First,
and each of the three-Doubleday
Sickles and Slocum-claimed control
over the Vermonters, and they marched
and countermarched from one bivouac
to another until finally 1t was decided
that the brigade should take its place
In Sickles' line
On the morning of July the brigade
Joined the ranks of the First corps ON
East Cemetery Hill. The men imme-
diately spread out their cartridges,
which had become dampened by rain
during the night. to dry in the sun, and
General Doubleday, who rode along the
line while they were SO engaged, ex-
claimed, Here are some boys that will
fight when their turn comes - Their
turn did come in a few hours, for
toward the close of the battle on
Sickles' field, when his corps drifted
4 -,
Confederates assaulted Hancoclx's Sec
ond corps line between Sickles' position
and the crest where the Vermonters lay.
Hancock led forward some of his own
men, but not enough to stay the rush
of Confederates, and General Meade in
person rode to the First corps for help.
STANDARDS fresh ranks met his eye,
and calling them to follow he led the
way to the post Of danger. The Four
teenth was at the head of the line and
responded with will, hurting back a
brigade of Confederates who were
charging a Union battery. The Six
teenth followed at double quick and
saved the next battery in nick o. time.
When the Thirteenth reached the scene.
Hancock was himself returning along
the ridge in search of more aid to rescue
Weir's regular battery from regiment
Of Georgians, who were almost upon the
guns. Can't you save that battery,
colonel?' Hancock exclaimed to the
commander Of the Thirteenth.
We can try. Forward, boysi" was
the response. The Vermonters drove the
Georgians out of the battery and chased
them across the Emmittsburg road. Two
Confederate guns in the road then OPEN
ed ON the Thirteenth, but they were
promptly charged upon and captured by
the company nearest them.
At dark stannard gathered up his
acastsEaa xesimenta and stationed them
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-12-13
MR.. AND MRS. wIcKEs.

and came into prominence during the big
strike last summer as the spokesman of
the company in the conferences looking to
settlement of the troubles.
Service in the divorce proceedings has
been secured upon Mr.. Wickes, and unless
the defendant contests the suit the matter
will be placed upon Judge Tuthill's de-
fault divorce calendar and tried about
Dec. /.
Mrs. Wiokes was married March 1a,
1871, in St. Louis. Mr.. Wickes was at
that time living in East st. Louis. He
moved to Chicago not long afterward and
became interested in the corporation OF
which he is now the third officer. Tho
family residence has been at 3647 Grand
boulevard for the last ten years, and the
defendant is now living at that number.
Mrs. Wickes' bill, however, sets out that.
owing to her husbands cruelty, she ceased
to live with him Aug. 10, 1898.
The charge as recited in the bill Is that
the defendant has boon guilty of extreme
and repeated cruelty to the complainant
and at various times since their marriage
has beaten, struck, kicked and otherwise
cruelty abused her and has used vile, abu-
sive and opprobrious language toward her,
with the result that her life has been rem
dered miserable.
The extent of Mr.. Wickes' real estate
holdings is estimated in the bill at $780,
600. Mrs. Wickes declares that he is the
owner of personal property consisting of
stocks and bonds the value of which is
unknown to her. She AYERS that from his
income and property he is abundantly able
to support her and her children, she now
being destitute of means.
The children of the marriage are Mrs
Laura Annette Walker, 22 years old; Thorn
as 81. Wickes, Jr., 10 years old, and Flor
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-12-13
HINTS ON TEACHING MUSIC.
Instruct Children to Read Music as They
Read Their Primers-Sing Every Tune.

Instruct Children to Read Music as They
Read Their Primers-Sing Every Tune.
The point about care in the very first
instruction cannot be too strongly en-
phasized, and that every parent should
expect his child to lay first good,
solid, scientific foundation in technique.
If children were brought up to read
music as they read their primers and
were kept at the pianos as duty, as
the little Germans are, instead of max
ing practice optional with the child, we
should have a very different musical
standard in this country.
In some cities the public schools are
making start in the right direction,
and if suitable and practical system
comes into general use the next genera
ton will be much more musical than
the one now rising. Canadian Musician
writes:
have recently visited schools where
children of were carrying two part
harmony reading at sight, and doing
it accurately too. This. of course, is all
vocal music, but that is so essential to
any sort of instrumental music that, if
possible, would teach all my pupils to
sing before they played a note, and
, then, combining the two, they should
sing every tune they learned to play.
Unfortunately, as yet, people are not
willing to wait for all that, so we have
to begin in the middle and work both
ways, with infinitely more pains to
teacher and scholar.
The practice of learning good music
by heart is commendable, but it may be
carried too far. For instance, know
young girl who commits everything she
learns, even to etudes and Bach fugues.
AS she is studying all the time, she nat
urally cannot keep them all in practice,
and so it is only few OF her latest at
tempts that she ever can play, while the
habit of playing without her notes SO
constantly makes her very Indifferent
reader, SO that she scarcely can manage
anything not recently committed.
/ think it should be considered part
of liberal education to know the theory
Of music as thoroughly as any other
branch Of science and the history of ii
as we'll as ancient history, or the history
of art, even if one never practices
enough to become performer. This is
really the least noticed of any of the de-
partments of music. Some may think it
enough merely to execute without know
ing anything about it, but it should be
reversed. Everybody should know and
should play ON some instrument az
much as Is necessary to that knowledge,
and then the few should execute in a
manner to delight such an intelligent
public
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-12-13
Legislation Proposed by Fusionists.

From the Wilmington Messenger.
Soon after the sweeping success of
the "holy alliance" there was some
talk of much moderation in legisla.
tlon-that no drastic measures
would be adopted. The Messenger
was glad to note this conservative
intima ton of purpose, and said give
them trial, a chance.
But in a fortnight or so after the
success of the most foul conspiracy
against the people was announced
the wild talk begins, and the people
are told in advance what sort OF
changes may be attempted and made
natiens-a regular ''barmecide
FEAST" as Thackeray calls ito
which the people are invited. Let US
state the wondrous legislation al
ready given out as possible, as even
probable:
/. Repeal of County Government.
2. Changing the charters of Will
mington and other cities to give the
negroes control.
3. Repeal of election'laws.
4. Cutting down or abolition of
the State Guard.
5. Abolition of Railroad Commits
sion or a change of officials therein
by a legislative trick.
6. Repeal or radical change in the
Agricultural Department.
Z. Material change in other State
institutions that will cripple them
and lessen their usefulness and i'm
portance.
s. Election of magistrates by the
people. Wilmington will be finely
served then, as was the case in the
way back.
8. School committeeman to be
elected by the people.
10. Repeal of State sid TO the ven
cradle and most useful Univ eI sity OF
North Carolina.
IL. Probable abolition of the Pen
itentiary.
II. Changes in all officials in the
Public institutions wherever it can
be done.
13. A new legal code to be the
work, IF course, of Radical lawyers(? )
Il. Abolition of County Superin-
tendents of Public Instruction.
Is. Abolition of County Boards of
Education.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-12-13
Heard and Overheard.

In II shop-That a heart-shaped
tea table is one OF the new things.
Iu a houdoir-Tbat photographs
must be placed in Louis XIV. frames.
In library That the best design
ers of book covers in this country
are women.
In the country-That a morning
canter on the back of ones thor
oughbred is the thing every where.
At garden party-That one of
the stunning costumes was a kilt
plated skirt OF light mauve crepe de
chine
At weddipg-That the brides
gifts to her maids were exquisite
fans, with a picture of herself painted
in one corner.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-12-13

battle opened on July 1, was with Mere
dith's Iron Brigade. "This amt no mi
litia. It's the army of the PotomacP'
they exclaimed on discovering the mis-
take. Two days later on the slopes of
Cemetery Ridge hand of 2,000 gen.
uine Yankee militiamen turned what
until that moment seemed doubtful or
a drawn battle into a Confederate Wa
terloo. These novices who fought SO
well'' were Green mountain boys, coll
stituting three regiments in the Second
Vermont brigade, led by General George
J. Stannard.
The Second Vermont brigade origi-
mated in the precautionary measures OF
the governor of Vermont. During the
battles of 1862 he placed the militia of
the state upon a war footing to be ready,
as he said, for the next call for troops.
It came In October, and so companies
banded together, forming five regi-
ments-the Twelfth, Thirteenth, Four
tenth, Fifteenth and Sixteenth militia.
They swore in for nine months service
and on reaching Washington entered
the reserve corps for the protection of
the capital. There the brigade remain
ed all winter, and when Rockers cam
paign opened in the Rappahannock in
the spring of 1868 was detailed to guard
the railroad between Alexandria to the
army base at Falmouth. About that
time Colonel George J. Stannard of the
Ninth Vermont volunteers (First Yer
mont brigade) received generals COM
mission and assumed command of the
Second brigade. So conspicuous had
his services been with the old fighting
Vermonters that when the news from
Gettysburg revealed him as the hero of
Cemetery Ridge it created no surprise
in the army. Not so, however, with the
previously unheard of ''Stannard Yer
mont militia" or Second Vermont bri
gade.
When the army of the Potomac
marched northward along the Orange
and Alexandria road to keep between
Lee, who moved west of the Blue Ridge,
and Washington, Stannard received or
ders to hold on to the railroad line I'M
til the entire column had passed, then
follow and report with his brigade to
General Reynolds for duty in the First
corps, but he did not come up with that
column until after the battle of July
and the death of Reynolds. The brigade
marched 100 miles in six days, reaching
Emmittsburg June 80.
That evening Reynolds sent a message
to Stannard oomplimenting the Yer
monters on their splendid march and
saying that he would be glad when they
joined his ranks, for he was likely to
need all the help he could get, but on
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-12-13
THE MESSAGE.
Some Press Comments Upon the Pres
ident's Utterances.


ident's Utterances.
Baltimore Sum-
President Cleveland has once more
blazed the way for the Democratic
party. Let us hope that it's leaders
in Congress will have the good sense
to follow in the line he indicates.
New York SUM-
There is nothing unexpectedly or
striking in the message which Mr..
Cleveland sent to Congress yester-
day. The important paragraphs
might be printed in three quarters
of a column. The sentences which
are obviously of the Presidents own
composition would occupy much less
space than that.
Charlotte Observer.]
This document, which accompanies
this mornings paper, is conspicuous
for nothing SO much as it's extreme
dizziness. Mr.. Cleveland govt doubt
less exercised it's influence upon it.
for it lacks the originality and
virility which have distinguished all
of his public papers heretofore.
Richmond Dispatch.l
L LAG dAhudl AcSSdR0 vi L IOslu0Hl
Cleveland to Congress is a long and
notwithstanding one. He touches
upon every subject that could be
expected to receive notice at his
hands, reserving for the conclusion
of his message what he had to say
on the subject of the tariff aad the
banking system.
New York Times.
President Cleveland's message is
long and could hardly have been
otherwise. 1t is tedious, as State
papers usually are. 1t is important
where it trenches on the questions of
the currency, and the tariff on sugar
and free raw materials. In other
respects it is purely formal. 1t is
characteristic of him in its boldness,
in it's devotion to the principle Of
tariff reform, and most unhappily,
in it's complete acquiescence in these
principles of monetary science
preached in bank parlors and prac-
ticed for the profit of bankers"
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-12-13

We have on hand a very hand
some lamp, suitable for Christmas
present, at a reduced price, alse a
full line of China ornaments in
bisque, Dresden, Royal Worcester
and other makes. These goods
were bought low at N. Y. Auction,
and will be sold at one-half price.
Also received this week a line of
quadruple plated silverware, every
piece guaranteed. These goods
will be sold at manufacturers prices.
Drummer's samples in gents fur
nishing goods, hats, jewelry, gloves,
towels, hosiery, hoods, sacks, mittens
etc. etc. These goods are almost
given away,
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-12-13
Methodist Preachers Are Heroes.

Methodist PREACHERS Are Heroes.
Richmond Christian Advocate
Talk about preachers, if you will,
the man who goes 60 Conference with
twenty dollars in his pocket as the
net proceeds of his years work, gives
three fourths of that to help another
preacher buy a horse, laughs half the
week over his own troubles, and cries
the other half over other peoples
and then stands up and without a
murmur receives his orders to move
two hundred miles to a broken-down,
fifty cents on the dollar cilcuit-if
that man is not hero, it is because
the age of heroes has never come.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-12-13
To Re-district Wilmington.
From the Wilmington Review.

The first ball of the municipal cam
paign of next Spring is fired today in
a notice published elsewhere, wherein
certain gentlemen here, all of the
Republican faith, give notice that
application will be made to the next
General Assembly to amend the
charter of the city of Wilmington.
This means, of course, that the ward
lines are to be changed by redistrict-
ing the city. For IL years the DEM
ocrats have had complete control
of the finances of the city and the
administration of municipal affairs
and during that time, taken as a
whole. the administration has been
excellent.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-12-13
IN HONOR OF JUDGE GRAVES.
A Committee to Draft Resolutions APP
pointed by the Surry Bar.

A Committee to Draft Resolutions Ap-
pointed by the Surry Bar.
Correspondence ofthe Sentinel
DoBsoN, Dec. 3.-There was a
meeting of the Surry bar in the court
house here today, at 1 O'Clock p. M,
for the purpose of appointing a
committee to draft suitable mem orial
resolutions relative to the life and
character of the late Judge Jesse F.
Graves, deceased, who was formerly
Judge of the ninth North Carolina
Judicial District for nearly sixteen
years.
Mr. Virgil E. Holcomb stated the
object OF the meeting and called Mr..
W. f. Carter to the chair. Mr..
Carter made a very touching refer
ence to the irreparable loss which the
bar, the county, and the State had
sustained in the death of Judge
Graves, and called the meeting to
order.
On motion of Mr.. j. r. Lewellyn,
Mr.. Virgil E. Holcomb was elected
secretary of the meeting for the pur.
pose of reporting it's proceedings to
the papers, etc. The chair appointed
a committee on resolutions, composed
of the following gentlemen Hon. c.
B. Watson, of Winston, n c., chair
man; Geo. W. Sparger and r L.
Haymore, of Mt. Airy; j L. Lewellyn
and W. L. Reece, of Dobson.
On motion of Geo. W. Sparger,
Virgil E. Holcomb, of Rockford, and
W. F. Carter, of Mt. Airy, were added
to the committee.
On motion of j. r. LewAllyr. the
meeting adjourned until Tuesday OF
the first week of Surry Superior
Court, which will convene on the Sth
day of March, 1895, and the com
mittee on resolutions were directed
by the chair to have their report
reduced to writing SO that it could be
read on that day in open court.
CaIhI-r a
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-12-13
Christmas.

Everything in this line in great
variety. Call and get our prices
and look through our stock before
purchasing elsewhere;
To arrive shortly, a full line of
leather goods suitable for holiday
trade. Also a line of silk um-
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-12-13
The New Folding Bed.

From the Cincinnati Tribune.l
81 think l have it this time" said
the inventor.
Tell us about it, said the CAPT
talist, who was willing to listen on
grounds of friendship.
''It is a folding bed that can be a
coffin in case it shuts up and smoth
ers a man to DEATH"
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-12-13
AN EXTRAORDINARY CRIME.
How a Man Persuaded a Woman to L.
Him Hang Her.

How a Man Persuaded a Woman to Let
Him Hang Her.
1t Is doubtful IL the annals of crime fur
nish a parallel to the murder recently COM
mitted at Viroqua, Wis. Mary Jonas was
found hanging in her house under circum-
stances that looked like murder. Samuel
Buxton, a married man, was suspected
and finally confessed that he obtained con-
troll of the woman by making her believe
that he possessed powers of witchcraft,
and also through promises that he would
marry her as soon as he got rid of his wife.
He made the woman believe that if she
should hang herself until she was appar
entity dead the spirit would produce the
same effect on his wife, with the exception
that it would kill his wife, while 1t would
have practically no effect on his victim.
AS she was anxious 70 have Mrs. Buxton
dead, so that they could DO married, she
readily consented to this means of killing
Mrs. Buxton.
One day, Buxton said, he called at the
house of the Jonas woman for the purpose
of carrying out this plan. A rope was tied
to the rafter and around the woman's
neck. Then his heart failed him, and he
let her down and left the house. He re-
turned again the next Sunday and told
the woman that when she was hanged it
almost killed his wife, and that if they
would try again and he would let her hang
longer it would be sure to kill his wife.
The woman consented to the trial.
They went up stairs. The rope was
fastened around the rafter and then around
the womans neck while she stood on
chair. Then he pushed her of the chair
and held her down until she died. He
then took what money he found In the
dead woman's pocketbook and left the
house.
Buxton was arraigned, pleaded guilty
to the charge of murder and was at once
sentenced to prison for life.
There seems to be slight tendency
toward double skirts, and that the chief
concentrations will not remain on the
bodices, for more trimmings of various
kinds are finding their way on skirts.
1t has been formally decreed by the
presiding genius of our dress destinies
that the skirts shall be buttoned down
one SIDE Under this new regime, no
longer is it necessary to endure that
painful parting of skirt from bodice
which disgraced so many Of the fairest
costumes IN summer.
Almost as popular as accordion plait-
ing is the prevailing craze for lace
collar. In fine lace, in coarse lace, in
points and In squares in combination
of net with an applique Of lace, made
to wear with high bodice or q low
bodice, you may see the lace COLLAR In
all its pleasing varieties. Guipure,
duchess and point de Eenise are per-
haps the most popular Lids
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-12-13

Since the assassination of NJ. Carnot the
eutler at Cette who cold the dagger to the
murderer has, it is said, been inundated
with orders for weapons of similar pattern
and size to that used on the fatal night at
Lyons The orders come from France and
from abroad, somebody in Brussels having
asked for 800 daggers. During the last
month the cutler has dispatched over ], 900
Of these articles to various places.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-12-13

LONG coAT-FUR TRIMMED JACKET.
the long cloak of faced cloth, with cuffs,
revers and fringes of fur, and the fur
trimmed jacket.
A navy blue cloth long coat seen was
trimmed with Canadian sable. A styl
ish jacket in blue cloth and lined with
brocade was trimmed with cuffs, revers
and facings Of dark Russian sable. 1t
was also braided with black in military
fashion.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-12-13
ScE1ouler's Millinery.

We are offering big inducements
in that line, closing out our winter
stock at almost cost. As we have
facilities we can trim your hat
while you wait short time. Ladies
handsomely trimmed felt hats for 81
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-12-13
A CHICAGO SENSATION.

Second Vice President wiokes of the Pull
man Company Sued For Divorce.
The action for absolute divorce of Laura
U. Wickes against her husband, Thomas
Fl. Wickes, has created quite a sensation
In the social circles of Chicago and st.
Louis, where both the parties are very
we'll known. Mr.. Wickes is the second
vice president of the Pullman company
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-12-13

N THE march
toward Gettys-
burg Lees veter-
ans were told
by way of en-
couragement that
they would meet
no other enemy
on northern soil
than despicable
Y a n Ike g home
guards or raw
militia. Greatly
to their dismay,
their first heavy
encou IN to r in
NJ a c P b e r sons
woods, where the
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-12-13
Good for Some, Bad for Others

Dalton (Ga.) Argus
"These are the best times the coun
try ever knew for the man who is on
of debt, but the man who is in deht
is certainly at the bottom of tie
boiling consomme pot"
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-12-13
Eur Trimmed Garments.

Numbered with the early importations
of fur garments are two outside wraps
that are likely to be extremely popular
during the winter of 1994-5-namely,
Arizona silver belt., 1894-03-10
AnIn nsecn Enen,,

Is more to he dreaded than an open aud visible one. That subtitle and lurking foe, which under the generic name of malaria mauifests itself, when it clutches us in it's tenacious grasp, in the various forms of chills and fever, bilious re- mittent, dumb asue or ague cake. can only be efeetually guarded against by fortifyiug the system against is insid- ions attacks with Hosietter's Stomach Bitters thorough antidote to the poison of miasmi in the system, and a safeguard against it thoroughly to be relied upon. In the event of mala- rious attack, avoid poisoning your sys- tenn with quinine, and use instead this wholesome remedy, unohiectionable in taste and far more eflicacisus than any drug Use the Bitters for dyspepsia, biliousness, constipation, kidney com plaints and rheumatism.