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The National tribune., 1894-09-27

WE CHARGED THEIR CAMP ON FooT.
under Maj. Terrence. The advance
guard was made by two men from each
of the five first companies from the
right, and was under Lieut.. Burris, of
the 1st Mo. Cav; a Lieutenant of the
1st Iowa asked and received permission
to join the advance-guard, which made
y men in the advance.
After marching some six miles from
Roanoke the rebel videt
FIRED HIS GUN,
and wheeled his horse and went to his
camp, taking a road square to the left
from the one that we were on.
We followed on, and instead of form
ing line-of-battle with skirmishers in
front, marched down head On in column
of fours to within 30 yards of the camp,
when the orders were given :" Front into
line Prepare to fight on foot !-One
and three ride out !-Dismount No.
hold horses!" The companies came
up in the same order, this, too, under a
CALLING fire at short range.
The advance-guard rode right into
the enemy's camp. Lieut.. Burris was
shot through the arm, one of the 1st Mo.
was killed in their camp; Frank Dugan,
of the 4th Ohio Cav, was shot through
the arm. Our horses were held Just
where we dismounted. Capt Foster
and the writer's received their last in that
little fight.
The number killed and wounded in
the 4th Ind'p't Ohio Cav. were Lee Kin
ger, killed; Capt. Foster, wounded in
the arm; VIM. Phillips, in the thigh
The National tribune., 1894-09-27

On our return to the Squire's house
said:
esquire, I will take breakfast will
you on your former invitation"
Cali right" said the Squire, and ht
got the negroes up and had breakfas
got. Before leaving his house | slipped
one of the revolvers from a table into
my bootleg, and on my return | found
that six others had done the same thing
| also went to the fence-corner where ]
had hid my watch and put that in my
pocket. When it was light enough to
see, / said:
esquire, now it is my turn; you are
my prisoner"
/ sent him to St. Louis, with charges
in accordance with the facts.
Before leaving Ohio we were armed
with State arms, Sharp's carbine, Colts
army revolver, and a saber, and on
the belt-plates and bridle-bits 90.
V. NJ" which meant "Ohio Volun-
teer Militia" and which the boys con-
strued to mean "Ohio Visiting Missouri" +"
and after the capture of Blackwater
camp We found our arms, thus marked.
That night at Blackwater was one of
the most severe nights that | expert
enced during the war. We were not
permitted to take our blankets, and
nor wester came up.
Our officers took shelter i'll a large
brick near by, while we were ordered to
stand in the open prairie, with orders to
build no fires. We stood it until 2 o'clock
a. m., when we could stand it no longer,
and we began taking the top rails from
a fence near by and built fires; which,
however, did US but little good, as the
wind blew such a gale that it
BLEW THE HEAT FROM US,
and we could not stand to the windward
From here we moved on to Lexing-
ton, Mo. Meeting our wagons, we went
into camp in woods pasture one mile
out from Lexington, where, during the
night, we were showed under to the
depth of u inches. On the morning
we went into the city and destroyed two
steam ferryboats and two foundries that
were being worked in the interest of the
Johnnies.
From here we went down the Mis-
souri, River, stayed over night at Glasgow,
sleeping in a tobacco-house thence to
Bonneville, where we were met by Mai.
Hubbard, with four companies Of the
1st Mo. Cav, four companies of the 1st
Iowa Cav. under Maj. Terrence, two
companies of Merrilrs Horse under Maj.
Hunt, (these two companies from Gin
cinnati, o. All were under Maj. Hub
bard.
We crossed to the north side of the
Missouri River in search of Poyndexter,
who had been committing depredations
on the North Missouri Railroad. After
scouting the country for several days
through snow foot deep, and while
passing through the little town of
Roanoke, Countyseat of Randolph
County, Mo-, an old doctor came and
rendered his services to guide US to the
enemy's camp, which we accepted.
The formation was as follows: :. The
4th Ind'p't Company Ohio Cav on the
right, Capt. John S. Foster command
ing; four companies 1st Mo. Cav on
our left; two companies of Merrill's
Horse under Maj. Hunt on their left
was four companies Of 1st Iowa Cav.
The National tribune., 1894-09-27
den, East Tenn, and he now lives in
Adams County, o.
While at Springfield

Adams County, o.
While at Springfield
FREMONT WAS SUPERSEDED BY HUNTER,
and McKinstry was put under arrest fol
some crookedness. We, however, es
corted him back to the railroad at Syra.
cuse and then became the escort of Gen
Hunter during his stay. Then we were
Pope's and JEFF c. Davis's by spells, and
finally we were ASST gned to three COM
panies of the 4th u. S. Cav, Capt. Crit
tenden commanding.
While with the 4th L. s. Cav. we were
continually scouting over the country,
breaking up recruiting stations and de-
stroying rebel property. We partici-
pated in the fight at Chilhowee and
Blackwater, capturing 1900 prisoners.
In addition, we got back some of the
arms and horses and equipments that
had been taken from me short time
before, which / should have mentioned
before, and will do so now.
While we were in camp in Syracuse,
Mo, in November, 1861, two of our
boys horses became worthless, and one
Sunday two other boys of the company
took the worthless horses some u miles
from camp and traded them for two
good ones. There was no one to repre-
sent the other side.
We had had them on our line for two
weeks when three men came along and
The National tribune., 1894-09-27
Didn't Understand Human Nature.

Yes" said the proprietor of the barber
shop, "he was very coed barber, but we
had 10 let him go. He didn't understand
the business"
What did he do?"
" He forgot to say to a baldheaded customer
that his hair needed trimming to-day"
The National tribune., 1894-09-27
A PIG-TAIL PREDICTION.

am the famous L-Hung-C Chang,
The Chih-li-an Viceroy able,
Of the City and the Province of Pekin.
Iquell proceedings with an awful bang
If matters grow Unstable
just by the waving OF my royal fin
stop the racket.
The Senior Secretary Grand
OF State am. My ordeE
Cuts debate upon all. Questions of the realm,
In Yankee dialect, have the sand
Along the inner border
And without. / wear below my somber
helm
yellow jacket.
OF ali the Coast DefensesI
Alone sole Director
ofthe North including each Imperial ship;
And not yard OF canvas burst they fly
Unless my own Inspector
Shall. to say it Yan-Kee fashion. "let 'em
rip
That IL. "go."zs
am Northern Superintendent
Of our Trade and Foreign Barter
And keep the wheels Of commerce on the
move;
Both as plaintiff and defendant
The Celestial Chinese Charter
Only changes my head and eye approve
That is so 3iNtE
sanction oil devices from afar
That will help the Chinese Nation,
And welcome foregn devils TO our shore;
But for the little time that we're at war
You had better break relation
If you would not lose your ears or some
thing more 80
In the fight
OF the Army Chief Commander too, am I,
And when this bro Is over
With the petty, upslart creatures OF the
East,
If you'll look beyond the waters OF Wang Hal
= You viii certainly discover
fit That the Islands of Japan have wholly
ceased
To be in sight!
II. HING .ruANG
The National tribune., 1894-09-27
Out of His Line.

Ada-Flo was just going down for the
third time when DIR. Watson diyed off q
yacht and caught her.
Grace-And saved her life! Wasn't that
wonderful.
Ada-Yes, for a doctor.
The National tribune., 1894-09-27
For a Steady job.
tthicdgo Trib,sae.1

lNHChJV HDUHe.J
EFF had to take some kind O. job" said
Rusty Rastus, rolling over so as to turn his
other side up to the sun, AM could have
my choice, think I'd like to be the private
secretary of some man that's got the con-
tract fur getherin' the crop of century
plant"
The National tribune., 1894-09-27
Room to Spread Himself.

LUe..
Frank-I have just taken my entrance
exams for Princeton.
Grace-Where were they held this year ;
at the Polo Grounds or Mott Haven?
The National tribune., 1894-09-27

RUDY'S PILE is guara II teed
to cure Piles and Constipation, or money re-
funded. so cents per box. Send stamp for cir
cular and Free Sample to MARTIN RUDY, Ian
caster Pa. For sale by all 6rst-class druggists
The National tribune., 1894-09-27
A Sure Corrective.
IG0Od Eetcs.l

Wife-That new girl sleeps like log, and
never can get her up in the morning
Husband (struck by bright idea)-Let
the baby sleep with her.
The National tribune., 1894-09-27
A Special Favor

Mr.. Doleful-You're looking wretched.
Downright miserable 4! to tell you the honest
truth.
.Jack-Thanks for telling me the truth,
old man; | know you wouldn't do that for
everybody.
The National tribune., 1894-09-27
Disgraced.
TIfe.l =

She-Don't be discouraged, Reginald,
dear! Father gives you all the money you
want. -
Eyes know; but be has to work for it,"
The National tribune., 1894-09-27
Mistaken Sentiment.

She (sweetly What beautiful roses; so
fresh. Is that dew on them?
He (haughtily)-There is nothing due on
them.
The National tribune., 1894-09-27
Case of Aggravated Insult

Young Wife (at telephone)-Is that the
office of the telephone company? / want to
talk to Cyrus Winterbottom. I'm his wife,
and
Telephone Girl-Ngmber
Young Wiie-Number? Pm his first and
only one, you insulting creature!
The National tribune., 1894-09-27

PEE Ess.
ALI Woe is me. my top-knot is accursed,
Alas, that should clack it;
or all disgraceful things now comes the worst,
doff my yellow jacket.
When snail my very pig-tsil useless hang
Whose praises all have sung?
Instead of being Ii Hung Chang,
l shall be L-Cbang hung.
Sept. Z, 1894.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-09-05

strain the sovereign to do this would
be revolution, and, in DIR. Smiths opin-
ion, the next thing would be civil war.
And yet he declares that upon the So
luton of this question of the reorgan-
ization of the house of lords depends
not only the escape of the country from
revolution but the preservation of ma
tional unity itself
The broaching at this time of many
dangerous questions, the prevalence in
England of the general unrest of the
world, the decay of religious belief, the
unhappy effects of divisions and con.
flicts between employer and employed,
the eagerness of the masses to use
political power, the great numbers of
Recommendations factory hands,
mechanics--in proportion to the general
population, their collection in inflamma-
BILE masses and their singular lack of ma
tional feeling, the sensitiveness of a
vast commercial system partly made up
of industries that are rather artificial
and Fictitious than growths of the soil,
the deterioration of British statesman
ship, the lack of any commanding fig
ure whose influence might turn the
wavering scale all these embarrass the
solution of and intensity the perils that
surround the leading problem of British
politics. These perils are so great as
to constrain DIR. Smith to say, in con-
Guiding his article: " If any American
is enough of an Anglophobist to wish
to see misfortune befall the cradle of
his race, it is not unlikely that his wish
may be fulfilled"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-09-05

THE first guns of the campaign were
heard from Berlin and Montpelier in
their choice of representatives. Each of
these towns sent democrat to the gen.
eral assembly two years ago, and some
idle Boosting has been heard that this
would be repeated this year. Nearly
fifty majority for Wilbur Brown in
Berlin, and two hundred fifty-six over
all for w. A. Lord in Montpelier, give
evidence of republican year in and
around the capital of the state.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-09-05

FIFTEEN out of nineteen towns in
Washington county show a republican
gain of $40 from the figures of 1892.
If the full returns from every county in
the state give like increase, it means
a majority for Woodbury. of nearly
10000. Surprises are numerous. West
Rutland, the stronghold of the demo-
Gratis, sends republican to the legis-
lature by a majority of 100, and G. P.
Smith of Burlington has the handsome
majority of 264 over Mr.. Henderson,
the representative in 1892. Further
comments on the state election are de-
ferred until next week.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-09-05

IN his letter to Representative Catch
ings, President Cleveland gets off his
lofty perch and swoops down to the
dead level of democracy. 81 do not
claim to be better than my party" is
the confession the course of events
wrings from his stricken soul. And
yet his whole stock in trade has been
the claim, persistently maintained in his
behalf, that he was better than his party.
His Pharisaic cant in all his public ut
terances has helped to sustain the illu-
sion, at length dispelled, and the pres
ident shrinks to the dimensions of a
man of very ordinary caliber. The
"stuffed prophet of the men who
pierced his disguise has had the stuffing
knocked out of him, and he is making a
very contemplate figure in current
political history.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-09-05
THERE is prospect of a lively contest be-

THERE is prospect of a lively contest be-
tween democratic senators and the presi-
dent over the appointments made since the
adjournment of congress. Among the APP
pointments are large number of post
masters who were nominated some time
ago, but who were not confirmed by the
senate for the reason that they were OBJ
jected to by individual senators. The demo-
cratic senators are in an uncomfortable
mood over the criticism of the president on
the senate in connection with the consid-
GRAFTON and passage of the tariff bill, and az
the congressional elections will be over
the senators will not hesitate to exhibit
their resentment toward the president by
strict observance of that courtesy" which
requires that senators shall sustain one an
other in a contest with the executive over
nominations that are made against the pro-
test of the members of that body.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-09-05
A Mugwump's Greasy Hands.

Why should wool be free, and why
should the manufacturers of wool be
protected? Where is the reason or
justice Of this discrimination?
Tariff reformers of the Springfield
Republican stripe have long howled
with wollish ferocity for free wool and
are still clamoring for free coal and
free iron ore. The Republican APP
proves President Cleveland's demand
for renewing the battle for tariff re-
form, if he means to fight for free iron
ore and free coal; but fthe president in
tends TO reopen the entire controversy
and make general attack on the sched-
ules, the Republican dissents. The
manufacturers must not be again dis
turbed. "They have been upset and
harried and injured by nearly two years
of delay and uncertainty" and they
must now be left alone. The spectacle of
manufacturers in distress or harried"
by prospect of further e" delay and I'M
certainty" brings tears from the cold
type of their newspaper attorney.
Wool is the finished product of the
sheep farmer, as woolens and worsteds
are the finished product of the manu-
facturers of wool. The farmers prod
uct is stripped of protection and ex-
posed to the destructive competition of
all the sheep-raising countries of the
world. The manufacturer is protected
by duties from the competition of the
world. OF the two, the wool-raiser
most needs protection. When the duty
is removed he has no defense against
competition. He cannot materially
cheaper the cost of his product. The
manufacturer, however, has various
defenses. He can reduce wages, by
" tricks of the trade" he can cheaper
the quality of his goods, while art and
science help him to "keep up appear
ances," and the limitless development of
the power and capacity of machinery
come to his aid in the battle with COM
petition and against the lowering of
protecting duties. The wool-raiser has
none of these foils for his defense. He
must go down in the fight, or his wool,
like the hides of his cattle, must be-
come a mere by-product. The discrim-
ination against the American farmer in
making wool free, in making other
farm products free or lowering to the
vanishing point duties levied on the
ad-valorem system, with its opportuni-
ties for differentiation, is one of the
most iniquitous features of measure
honeycombed with perfdy and dis
honor.
The Republican, in a burst of virtu-
Gus indignation, declares against the
sugar, coal and iron rings that put
their greasy hands on the tariff bill in
the senate" but it so exhausts its frenzy
and vocabulary that it has neither
breath nor words to chastise the wooden
and cotton manufacturers, who, in
season and out of season, had their
"greasy hands on the tariff BILL" and
who, as clearly as Z" the sugar, coal and
iron ring" had their friends at court.
Again it makes all the difference in the
world whose OK is gored.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-09-05

sions, will require little attention. The
measure of greatest Importance, and
which will consume the largest amount
of time, will be the revision of the laws;
but this should be effected in good
form and an adjournment reached by
the last Wednesday of November. 1t
is difficult to conjecturei what can arise
to engage the attention of the assem-
bled wisdom even during this period.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-09-05

THERE are two legislative positions
over which there will be no contest this
fall,-the offices of clerk of the house
and secretary of the senate. These
places absolutely demand men who
have had experience in the duties re-
quired, so the list of candidates is
necessarily confined to those few men
who have been connected in years past
with the clerical departments of the
two branches. Mr.. Merrifeld, clerk of
the house, and Mr.. Powers, secretary
of the senate, are men of several SEES.
sions' experience, and who performed
their duties so efficiently and satisfac-
torily in 1892 that there is no occasion
or disposition to make change the
coming session.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-09-05

THE WATCHMAN's innocent refer
ence to the fact that the state fair man
ayers deemed it expedient to go to
Ohio to procure some very cheap-look-
ing posters to advertise their show,
and the mild criticisms made on the
transaction, have been generally copied
and approved by the state press. Our
esteemed contemporary, the st. Adams
Messenger, copied the paragraph and
devoted an editorial to some reasonable
structures of the action of the associa-
ton and thereby drew the fire of the
treasurer, Mr.. j. S. Bacon, who con-
cludes somewhat petulant letter by
requesting the Messenger and the
WATCHMAN to send to him bills for
the publication of certain notices he
had requested might appear in those
papers. The WATCHMAN makes the
Messengers reply its own, to wit;
Having very cheerfully published the
notices in accordance with custom and
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-09-05

at the request of the officers of the as
ISOLATION, it has no intention of pre-
senting bill for them. Its columns
are not for sale upon any such terms.
1t exercises the right to accept or re-
ject the publication of free notices, and
its editorial opinions are not affected
by their acceptance or rejection"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-09-05

IN the Empire State millions of tons
of hay, amounting to hundreds of mil
lions of dollars, are raised. Canada's
staple crop is hay. The American con-
gress, democratic in both houses, with
that tender regard for Canadian inter-
ests that appears in every item of the
agricultural and lumber schedules, has
reduced the duty on hay from S4 to 50
ton. The farmers of New York, in
the border counties in particular, are
quite likely to cut wide swath on the
November election day. Vermonters
send them Godspeed.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-09-05

GROVER and congress are out.
Grover has addressed one message to
congress through Chairman Wilson,
another through Representative Catch
ings. Through what tariff reform crony
will the "stuffed prophet" send to
congress and the world his next annual
deliverance? -
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND began his
tariff reform campaign with demand
for free wool. That was the burden of
the famous message of 1887. He gets
free wool and a great deal more in the
present tariff law. "-SpringfeM Repub-
lican. Yes, indeed. BY his own dole
full admission, the great tariff reformer
gets, in the German tariff law, big
dose of what the Bible reformers
changed into the euphemism " sheol. :"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-09-05

THE pillows on your bed cannot be too
comfortable. They should be made of genu-
inc live geese feathers, thoroughly cured
and warranted without odor. Send to
Paine's Furniture Co., Boston, for prices ON
pillows, mattresses and bedding.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-09-05

No doubt the judges were sorey puz-
zled to know just where and in what
order to place the premiums in more than
one instance during the fair; but here they
had " soft snap" for in this division there
was only one entry-one solitary male pig
of the masculine gender of the White
Chester breed, exhibited by p E. and w.
l.. Crofts of Bradford. Therefore Messrs.
Crofts are the receivers of all the premiums
in the department
POULTRY.
S. NJ. Hood of West Topsham exhibited
three different breeds, namely, Barred
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-08-14

efficient orderly at the Governors head
quarters.
But neither fighting Gin the legally pre-
scribed manner and after the most approved
methods) nor singing SO sweetly as to move
sterner hearts than those which always flut
ter in the presence of brass buttons and s
martial figure, are the only accomplishment
of the soldier boys at Camp Cleaves. AT
ter the noon mess, Monday, the men got q
little practice at the national game. Soor
there were three or four games in progress
Catchers stood behind the bat and bare.
handed snatched the pigskin from its
dangerous proximity to the willow and
peered over the batstick at the grape.
vine curves of the pitcher without the pro-
lection of a mask. Dangerous, almost, as
facing masked battery, but celebrating
There is talk of base ball game between
rival company teams, one from each of the
regiments. If the small boys of the town
get wind of the date of the game there'll
be such petition from bare-legged urchins
for passes as never before run tangent to a
State encampment in the history of the
militia.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-08-14
Obituary.

Died, at the residence of Col. j. w
WEIGH, State street, Saturday evening,
Mrs. Mercy Merritt Mason, aged SO years
and months, wife of the late Alpheus
Mason of Medford, Mass. Mrs. Mason has
been living with her sister, Mrs. j. w.
Welch, for the past / ! years, during all the
years she has been blind. In November
last she fell, fracturing her hip, and has
been confined to her bed ever since, re.
curing much care and attention. The
funeral took place Monday morning, at 1C
o'clock, and the remains were taken to Bath
on the afternoon train and inferred in the
family LOT, where father and mother and an.
other sister are buried. Three sisters sur.
vive her. Mrs. J. w. WEIGH of Augusts
Mrs. ]. w. SWEET Of Waltham, and Mrs
L. A. Bradbury of Boston.