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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-06-27

Her son Washington. who was born just
when his father died at the age of %.
served = the late war in the confede-
rate army. The family has been quite
wealthy, but was impoverished by the
war.
Mrs. Asenath Turner is another of
the Revolutionary Widows who likes
to talk Of the great war times. She
has written a very interesting little
story of her life. in answer to a request.
She married again after the death OF
her soldier husband. whose name was
Samuel Durham. He belonged to the
Connecticut troops who did great work
in the battles of Long Island and along
the banks of the Hudson river. Mrs.
Turner is now living in the town of
Manchester, Ontario county. n. Y. Sur
rounded by chill 1ren, grandchildren and
great grandchildren.
She is ninety years old. and was mar
ried when twenty-one To Mr.. Durham.
This was I'm 1925. when the nation was
fifty years old. and when Mr.. Durham
was considerably older. Her interest
ing letter follows:
MY name when a girl was Asenath
Gurley. I was born and brought up in
Connecticut (~Afans1eld). My father died
when ! was two years old. We were
poor, and. as the custom was IN those
old. hard times, we children were bound
out. / was quite a young girle when |
married Mr.. Durham. my soldier nus
band. He was a pensioner when / mar
ried him. but only $25 a year because
he had a little property and the country
was poor then. We lived in the same
neigkborhnod where I was brought up
for several years. had two children.
both now living: then VI came here into
YorE state when the country was new
andfvLry sickly. with plenty Of woods
IN log houses. Excepting q very few
yea s. ] have lived IL the same neigh
Dor pod that / came to over sixty years
g
- y husband served two terms in the
war. once he was drafted and once
he enlisted, but l have forgotten how
long he served each time. Your re-
spectfully.
.AsEEATH TURNER"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-06-27

the town, the home and social life is a
perpetual source of pleasant study. Fol
truly these are 1.-THE isles of peace" No
l-oud-tongued women. no brawling chill
dren, no noise of any sort except from
the noisy birds and ~barnyard fowls;
nothing but peace and p~oliteness, and
politeness and peace frr m these bare
footed princes and kings of persisted
dynasties. Everybody seems to be mar
ried. The little brown men of China
and Japan fall desperately in love with
the big, fat, cocoa-colored native girls.
especially If they AVE a bit Of land.
and, when they are married, the little
brown men do all the work; all of it.
IN the house and out of the house. and
the big, fat bride sits all day in a red
Mother Hubbard gown on the porch.
~barefooted, her black hair trailing to
the floor down her back, as she plays,
and perpetually plays the guitar. The
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-06-27

historic days. Yet in the report of the
commissioner of pensions it appears
that there are eight widows of revolu-
tionary soldiers who are living and
drawing pensions from the govern
ment. and none Of them is e~xtraordin-
arily old either. They were clearly old
mems darlings in the early years of
the present century, as they were all
many years younger Than their patriotic
husbands. They tell wonderful stories
Of the great war which gave birth to
the nation. n never tire describing
the hardships of their respective hus-
bands. To them the war of the revolu-
ton is something real, not an event to
be read of in books, says New York
World. None of these living revolt
tionary widows is as old as the century,
a fact which shows that their husbands
We're well along the milestones of life
before their wives were Dor They al
so show that the revolution a beaus
who after the war were conquered by
feminine youth and beauty. for each ms
Of these dear old ladies will tell you
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-06-27

speaking now of the great cane and cof-
fee and pineapple plantations. often
owned by men in Chicago and New
York. who are rarely here. and so. OF
course. give no color to the local life;
but entirely of those whom / see at work
or at rest as | rid about the islands
Naturally enough. the big. fat native
man effects the petite and dainty Chi
nese and japanese girl: and having a
bigger lot of land thai his sister, his
woOing of the little Acknowledged immi-
grant is not doubtful of result. 1 have
a big, lazy native man for a neighbor.
who has a Chinese wife. She is all
bones and teeth. hideously ugly in the
face; but ali! her little feet. He is
never done showing them to me, and
fondling them all the time that he is
not nursing their little iower-pot baby.
These humble yet most perfect little
farmers can pillow where an American
team would mire and drown. Their
team is a little, blue Chinese COW, with
enormou cloven feet. Her horr stick
straight back toward her shoulders.
slim and short. like a goats: her collar
is two crooked sticks tied together; and
it looks as if she were going to creep
through it as she tugs and tugs at the
ropes attached to the pillow from the coll
lar. Her tongue is out and she wal
lows slowly along up to her belly in
mud and water; but she is as good-na-
tured and patient all the tins as her
master; take off her ropes and sticks and
she runs to the nearest ditch and wal
lows in the mud like a sow. She raises
a calf, plows, pulls the cart to town ana
gives milk bountifully at the same sea
son.
The portraits of the president and
queen printed herewith are from the
latest sitting and are believed to be the
best yet taken.
JUDSON BLACK.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-06-27

PRESIDENT SAMUEL B. DOLE.
little patch of ground may be only half
an acre, but the spous is up to his
knees in the mud at work from sunrise
till dark, and it is made to produce mar
velously, and all the household seems to
be happy. The children of these poly
glots are pretty. They &c to school in
red silk gowns. Some of them look like
animated fiower-pots. Everybody
seems to want to learn. / rave 8 Jap
anese servan girl who can be heard far
into the night going oyer her lessons in
English, Chinese and Portuguese. Do
you know how the Chinese plant rice?
BY hand. They sprout it first; then the
planter snatches off the sprouts in each
hand, and making holes in line with his
~forefingers, dexterously drops sprout
after sprout, faster than you can count.
Much of the product here is grown UNI
der water; this keeps the bare-legged
little brownie in the mud all day long;
but he is spotless white in apparel above
the bare legs, and he stops work and
wipes his brow with a big piece of red
silk at his girdle, looks lovingly up at
his fat spouse and seems to be the hap
piest man on this side that stored Eden
of old.
After the rice or taro or other things
that flourish under water is growing,
the bitches that always flow through
the grounds are damned up and the
grounds become a little lake. Then gold
fish, always in the bitches, leap and
play in the little lake that surrounds
the house on stills. Then the ducks are
turned out, while the chickens are
cooped up; so that the little brownie
lord of half an acre, has rice, gold fish
and ducks, one above the other, and
all f1ourishing on the same piece of
ground; while he now puts on a pair of
white pantaloons and a pair of slippers,
takes his wife to town every day till he
has to turn the water of the rice, ard
has a big, good rest.
Pardon the detail of this. 1t is only
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-06-27

seriously hat she was considered a
great beauty in her day, and that she
had plenty of admirers, young and old.
Mrs. Patty Richardson is the eldes of
these interesting widows. She was born
ninety-four years ago. and her husband
was Godfrey Richardson, who fought
and struggled with the New York
troops. The old lady is now living in
the little town of East Bethel. Windsor
county, VT. Her husband fought under
Schuyler, Herkimer and Arnold, and
helped those warriors to beat off Bur-
goyne and his Indian allies. Mrs. Rich
ardson tells many stories about the wa
as her husband was in the thickest of
many big battles. The youngest of the
widows is Mrs. Mary Snead, who is only
10 years old, and quite a handsome
woman to-day. Her husband, Bowdoin
Snead, was a Virginian and fought with
The troops that Washington loved best
Of all. The old lady is now living in
the small village of Parksley. in the
county of Accomac, Va. not far from
where her husband was born and
raised. Mrs. Snead's husband was q
commissioned officer in the revolution.
and was probably born in 1850, although
his widow was not BORN until 1916. She
was not married until 1885, and at that
time the revolutionary hero was old
enough to be her grandfather.
Mrs. Nancy Cloud. another Of the
widows, is very proud of the fact that
her husband was one Of the men who
rlsked his life to es ablish the nation.
The old lady is a Virginian. On being
asked By the Sunday World to give an
account Of her life, she kindly wrote out
the following:
My husband, william Cloud, was a
revolutionary soldier. / have often
heard him tell IF tie h%ardships he went
through ii the war and how he walked
and marched for miles on ice and Q
how he waded through rivers, and how
his feet would bleed. have heard esre
tell how they would come so near starv-
ing that they would 90 into a corn
field where the British fed their horses,
and there they would pick up the
tered grains To keep themselves from
starving. I think he said be was at the
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-06-27
A PARROT HER HEIR.
$4,000 Bequeathed to an Apt Bird by
Its Owners VIII.

Mrs. Mary Jean Bradford, who died
at South Boston last week, leaves by
will $4,0 900 in trust for the care and
maintenance for her poll parrot. The
parrot is only 25 years old, and was the
JOY, solace and comfort of Mrs. Brad
ford's declining years, and has been in
the family 20 years. The parrot knows
some choice explosives, and has ac-
quired the fine art Of conversation.
When Mrs. Bradford would say Good
morning, Polly, did you sleep well?"
Polly would answer, quite well, thank
you" or mot so we'll as usual" The
intelligence of the bird is said to be
little short of human. Mrs. Bradford
was not over well-to-do, but of her pos
sessions she leaves $4,000 in trust to
George H. Pierce, the income to sup
port her poll parrot, the bird to lave
the best of care, to be kindly treated
and must not be put into a store or n
public place. On his death the money
is. to go to the home for aged couples
and the Women's hospital. 1t is figured
out that the person who the
charge of the bird will receive $40 a
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-06-27
Cen. Grant Rnled Blankl.

Upon him the acknowledgement put
the critical eye. when Grant applied To
him. and seemed. like all the others. 70
be disposed to measure the unassum-
Ing mar by his clothes rather than by
his record and his intelligence.
He. too, said: We'll. l don't know
hat there is anything you can do to
help us. We are pretty well organ
lied. But" he added. hold on; you
must know how to rule blanks for the
making out OF such reports as we make
You certainly earned how TO do
that when you were in the army"
..Oh, yes replied Captain Grant, II
know how those blanks should be
ruled"
'.WelI. you see" continued the ad-
jutant-general. I'VE are short OF these
blanks. The department at Washing
ton cannot forward us the printed
blanks as fast as we need them, the
demand is so great. l think I'll set
you to work ruling blanks. You may
come around tomorrow"
Captain Grant came, according to APP
pointment, and paper. ink and pen with
ruler were given 70 him. But he was
no permitted to have a desk in the
room where most Of the clerks of the
Acknowledgement worked. That was a
room well carpeted, a room with hand
some desks and other convenient and
comfortable furniture. Just outside of
it was a little ante-room, where the
floor was bare. and the only furniture
was a plain table and a hard-bottomed
chair. There they put Captain Grant
and set him 70 work ruling blanks; and
thus. in that humblest of clerical work.
he who was a few years later to COM
mand all it's armies. and finally to rule
the nation. began his formal service in
the war.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-06-27
A Dnme-Iike Forehead.

Englebert Humperdinck, who is hailed
ia Germany as the new Wagner. be-
cause of the eminent success of his
opera, "Haensel and Gretel." is forty
one years old. and for the past five
years he has been a teacher in Hoch's
conservatory at Frankfort-on-the-
Main. Previous to that he was a
teacher in the Barcelona Conservatory
of Music, a post to which he was APP
pointed after he had finished his must
cal studies at Munich One is i'm
pressed, in looking at Humperdinck's
portrait, with the dome-hxe altitude of
his forehead, which seems Sh~akespear-
can in its general aspect.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-06-27

1t is said that a local minister who
is a well-known punster has not per-
petrated a pun for a month. He applied
for a pass over one OF u railroads
and received the following scriptural
answer: Thou shalt not pass.'-Num-
bers Xxx, IS; Suffer not a man to pass
Judges ill.,. IS; None shall ever pass
Isaiah xxxiv., 80; This generation
shall not pass"-Mark xiii, 80; Though
they roar. yet they canno pass"-Jere-
miah ", %; so they paid their fare
and went"-Jonah l., g." The minister
laid down his hand and passed-Dead-
wood Pioneer.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-06-27

surrender of Yorktown. ard marched
four days without getting a mouthful.
MY husbands age was %, as well as
/ can remember. Mr.. Cloud was a fine,
sensible man, and was well respected
BY all who knew him. He was a bust
ness man, and was chairman Of the
court for forty years. He was high
sheriff of the county when he died. I'm
til on his deathbed he was strong-mind-
ed. pert and active.
He died in 1912, on the Sth OF Febru-
airy, and my youngest child. a boy, was
born the same day. about half an hour
before Mr.. Cloud died. He was in his
senses n named him Washington. af-
ter the father OF his country. The house
was crowded. He repeated his wish
over and ver told him that all he
wanted US to know was that the child's
name was Washington.
Il was married to Mr.. Cloud in. 1 be-
lieve. 1896. My oldest child was a girl.
born in 1889. MIR. Cloud left me a good
home ms a right smart bit of property.
He requested me to educate Washing
ton, n thought he would make a use
fu. man, | tried to do so. and sent him
to school all / could. He was the best
boy l ever say. He was always kind
TO his mother. but he has been gone
from me about twenty-five years. He
is practicing law m wanted me to
come to him and sent me money. 1
preferred to stay with my daughter.
who is married and living about a mile
from where Mr.. Cloud died.
Il had a hard time through the late
war. All the money left me was ex-
hausted before that, for | had to edu-
cate my two children. The hardest
trial was when l had to give up my son
to &c to the war, and then my great
troubles commenced. He was wounded
and taken prisoner. out he said they
We're mighty kind to him on the other
side. / had to sell some of my property,
and now for seven years | have NOT
been able to do anything.
NANCY CLOUD.
widow OF william Cloud
Mrs. Cloud is now living in the VIII
lage Of St. Paul, Carroll county. Va.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-06-27

Upon the field of glory.
But there lived who met a woe
More dire than any armed foe;
He faithful bowed beneath the rod.
He could not wrestle with his God.
He could not fight, he only fell.
And there was naught for men to tell.
And so the tale was never told.
Yet angels took their harps of gold,
And all the halls of Heaven rang
With echoes of the song they sang.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-06-27
SOCIETY In HAWAII.
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PEG
PIE OF THAT COUNTRY.
They Are Quick to Appreciate the
Necessity for Chrietian Education
Much Given to MatrImony Their
Agricultural Proclivities.

S FOR THE So
cial or home COM
plexion of the little
world, Hawaii, in
the great sea, it
is unique, indeed;
that is, outside of
the city. All cities,
especially Ameri-
can cities, are
much alike; but in
the country V e
into the edge of
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-06-27
DRAW PENSIONS
AS THE WIDOWS OF REVOLU-
TfONARY SOLDIERS.
Interesting Old Women Drawing
Money from Uncle Sam-TIusbaads
Were Patriots in I5s6-The Eldest
Ninety-four and Youngest seventy-Nine.

o S PERSONS
think Of the war OF
the revolution as
such an ancient ar
fair. as we look
back upon it now,
that it seems in
credible that there
should still be liv-
ing among US any
one who is able to
give personal recol-
lections of those
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-06-27
Historical Relic.

No visitor to West Point fails to no
tice the few links Of the iron chain
that lie around the monument up near
the hotel. They are the remains OF the
great chain which was stretched across
the Hudson river during the Rev5lu-
ton. to prevent the British warships
from sailing past the forts and landing
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-06-27
ZenObia.

Zenobia, the famous queen of Palmy-
ra, is stated by ancient historians to
have been of a light brown complexion.
with intensely black hair and eyes.
She is described as cutting of her hair
in front and allowing it to hang over
her forehead in the style of the modern
bang"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-06-27

HERO lived in days
of old,
And he was true
and brave and
bold.
In times of a
he nobly wrought.
In times of war he
nobly fought,
And men have
o il into story,
And of the hero
1oxTa - talI
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-06-27
VETERANS CORNER.
SHORT STORIES RECALL OLD
TIME MEMORIES.

Two Heroes a Poem-Tender and
True-HistoricaI Relic-Capt. CIeIn a
Maior-Aneedotes and of
the Late War.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-06-27

She-The nan I marry must be only
a little lower than the angels He sud
dealy fopping)-Here l am on my knees
a little lower than one Of them. lie
got her.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-06-27

Elk QUEEN LILIUOKALANT.
picture Of ten thousand, and ! could
not give you the color of domestic life
here in fewer words. OF course. all the
brides are not fat natives; the bigger
farmer, of various dark races. sits Of
the porch with his wife and babies and
directs the contract coolies in the field
below him from where he sits. This
bigger farmer is generally a native; that
is Of this SORT Of family. l am not
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-06-27

Never pick up an old glove or sorrows
viii follow.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1895-03-14
WANTED. FOR SALE. ETC.

Chester boar for service. G.. F. DUMAS.
TO RENT. Tenement, 90 Weston 81.
II w. A. MCINTOSH.
FoR SALE Choice dry wood. Cash on
delivery GEO. F. DUMAS.
am prepared to clip horses. Terms,
ESQ, and satisfaction guaranteed.
E. M. MCCRILLIS, n School st.
WANTED Help for general housework
to take charge OF a house. Address
H. w. FIsKE, Randolph Center, VT
The one who borrowed my Child's Gaz-
etteer Of Orange county will please return
at once. w. 5. B. BUCK.
WANTED. To exchange cows or young
stock for working oxen. G. 2. TEACHER,
Pomfret, vt.
WANTED: Near Randolph Centre, small
house, low rent and land enough for gar
den. Address HOUSE, this Office.
FouND.-A sum OF money in F. H. JOS
lyn's store. Owner can have the same by
proving claims and paying charges.
For SALE:-One yoke Of oxen, good
workers; also four good cows.
Wv H. &c. SoPER, West Randolph, VT.
For SALE Smooth Coated st. Bernard
Puppies. (Thoroughbreds.)
J.C.LYNCH, box 1877, Center Rutland, VT.
WANTED: -Situation on farm for man
and wife. References good. Apply to
G. LOADER, care H. j. Rood, Braintree, vt.
To RENT:-My place OF 81 acres on old
road to Randolph Center, ! Ia miles from
W. Randolph. Or will rent house only.
3w PATRICK WYNN.
HOUSE TO RENT.-On Fales street, now
occupied by Postmaster Montgomery.
The house, location and surroundings in
every way desirable. tt VIM. H. DUBOIS
McDougall's Sheep Dip. Keeps in
sects of cattle, sheep and horses. Sold in
75c., $1.25 and 90 cans by
G. w. FLAGG, Braintree, vt.
Canaries for sale; sweet singers; raised
from imported birds. Sent BY express.
Prices, 90 to IS per pair. Address, Mrs. g.
E. G. Wheaton, Box 230, Barre, vt.
Take Heed. You will miss it if you do
not take advantage OF my bargains in Ul-
sters, Refers, Leggins, Overshoes. At
YOUR wn price, almost. VIM. H. KENNEYs
WANTED:-An experienced and capable
girl or woman to cook and do general
Kitchen work, April 1st To such, good
wages will be paid Wv
VIM. H. DUBoIs, West Randolph, vt.
To RENT:-Premises known as the Isaac
Newton place, including tenement, car
risge, paint and blacksmith shops, the
shops connected. Possession given after
April 1st. 3w G. E. CUsHMAN.
George F. Chandler OF STAFFORD, VT,
writes the Phoenix Insurance company ,ac-
knowledging the receipt, through its
agent, j. M. Atwood, OF West Randolph,
OF $500 in settlement OF a claim under
Mr.. .Chandler's mothers policy. He gives
figures which show that the net profit to
the iDsured's estate was s1,24554.
E. A. Thomas reports good business in
his New Carpets, Draperies, Straw Mat
tings, Lace Curtains, etc. Ladies say he
has the finest assortment OF samples in
fine goods and choice patterns they have
ever seen outside the large cities. He car
ries stock OF all wool Ingrains, Tapes
tries, Moquettes and Brussels for immedi-
ate delivery, also the cheaper grades for
15c. per yard up. Prices in these lines
this season are very low. 1t will pay you
to see them.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1895-03-14

STATE OF VERMONT In Probate Court, held
Randolph District. SIS at Randolph In
said Dist the 18th day of March AID. ls9j, ,AmaA
Holden. executrix of Tie
estate Of Waller R.Hodeh late of Randolph in said
district deceased
presents her ADMIRATION account for examination
and allowance and makes application for decree Of
distribution and partition Of the estate of said de-
ceased Wlereupon 1t is ordered by said Court thai
said application come under consideration and he
heard on the Sd day of April A. Dl85 at the Probate
Office in said Randolph and i Is further ordered that
tjon Of notice Of this application and order three
weeks successfully in the HERALD AND NEWS. nrnt-
ed at Randolph, before said time of hearing tnat
they may appear at said time and place, and show
cxusef any LIey may have, why such account shoulr
d he allowed and such decree made
BY the Court-Attest.
ais WILLIAM H NICHOLS, Judge.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1895-03-14
Terms, Adv't Rates. etc.

This paper is printed every Wednesday
afternoon at 43 Main st., West Randolph,
vt. Price Sc. copy,$1.2 year, (25c. less
In Vermont. All papers stop when sub
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Advertising rates IS an inch per year;
transient adv'ts 81 30 per month. Liberal
rates to large yearly advertisements on
application to the publisher.
GTAdvertisers ordering special posi-
tion will be charged so per cent extra.
Average circulation per week for Octo-
Der, November and December, 1894, was
1878.
Address all business to
L. B. JOHNSON, Proprietor,
West Randolph, vt.