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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-08-23

listed In biz company al that age. He
also says that ! remained as drummer Of
said company 10 the close OF the war.
So much for the southern side Of the
question. l VIII now proceed 70 give you
The record Of the youngest soldier Of
the northern side:
According ID the War Record az Wash
inston, Mr. Herbert Fay was The young
est furnished ~ the North. he enlisted
at London. O.. in Company a. 18th Ohio
Volunteer. Infantry. AZ the age OF -
years, II mon Is. and 2 days. So you
see / can justly claim 20 be the youngest
furnished by either side during the war
between the States ! was born AID
reared In this city. ard am prepared 20
suostantiate all that I assert IN this let
ter 70 you. I viii also add that I have
presented % TIE Confederate Museum d
pair OF mahogany drum-sucks. which
carried through tho war and which
saved from capture b. placing them In
the lining Of ny gray Jacket.
1 Will also state that / am member OF
Lee Camp. No. /. Confederate Veterans
The following lines represent me as &C.
eurately now as they did during the war
and l quote them in connection with the
above:
a BOLD DRUMMER BOY.
10y SOAn ~ " AAAlAnAAs -AAtasJA ~ Lsr-
member the Brave" etc)
was enc OF the boys
Who wore the Confederate gray,
And II was Gt's
| would be wearing IL to-day.
Because II always gave me pleasure,
And made ny heart beat with 10Y.
To be IN the Confederate army.
A bold drummer-boy.
When I enlisted
was not thirteen,
And many a bard BATHS
surely have seen;
But II always gave me pleasure.
And made my heart beat with JOY,
To be In the Confederate army.
A bold drummer-boy.
when the war was over
/ put my drum away.
But III not forget the time
when ] wore the Confederate gray
For II always gave me pleasure,
And made ny heart beat with Joy.
To be IN the Confederate army.
\ bold drummeg-boy.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-08-23

used 10 believe that consumption was IN
curatle. Many doctors still believe Il
DR.. Y. V. Pierce Of the lnvslids' Hotel
and Surgical institute Of Buffalo, y. Y.
never believed this theory. The result
was that over thirty years ago BY dint OF
much concentrated study he discovered a
remedy that will positively and uniail-
ingly cure s. per cent. OF al cases OF con-
sumption.
CONSUMPTION is a germ disease, but thu
geTns cannot exist in neh pure blood:
Therefore II has been called blood
disease" People with weak lung. sre
likely to produce weak luuged children,
and weak lungs are al invitation 70 con-
sumption germs. Therefore consumption
mas been Justly called q hereditary
trouble. No matter what Il Is called or
Why II cones, Dr.. Pierce's Golden Med
ical Discovery will cure il. The Golden
Medical Discovery" IS powerful germ
icide. II searches out disease germs and
kills them wherever they be IN the body
whatever kind OF germs they may De.
II stimulates digestive action and sup
plies the blood with the properties II
needs to make 1t pure and rlch. II
strengthens inherited weak lungs and
makes them healthy and germ proof. Il
is sold by al good druggists.
stagration breeds iizpurity. rnpurity breeds
disease. Constipation Is stzgraticn OF the bowels
Constipation breeds impurity Of the blood. aud
all manner OF naladies, trifirg aud serious. are
the result. Dr. Pierces Pleasant Pellets cure eon-
sipatiou. They never gripe-money back ifthey
do. Don't scccp, SOME violent purgaiive As jus.
Is COED" only 10 give the dealer bigger profit
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-08-23
THE YOUNGEST CONFEDERATE.
The Record Of sir. VI. T. Morris, OF
This City.

To the Editor Of the Dispatch.
II ere Of your reunion issues. Mr. j..
?. Freeman. q Cartersv.lis. Ca, lays
claim 20 being the youngest solder Of
the Confederate army. The following
record q my connection with tie army
vii prove that I. Instead o. himself, was
the youngest: ! first Joined Company D
Captain J. c. Mun1ay), Nineteenth VIZ
ein!a Battalion. e. the age Of - years.
months. ard { days After filing TIE
place as drummer @; said company fcr
abous two months 7 asked for ard CO.
tained ny release and Joined Company
4 y. T. Chalmers). when l had reache 4
the age Of II years and months.
havs a letter ia my possession from cap
80, ChaIrnerg. which states that ! en-
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-08-23

Now. all who are living
That wore the Confe1s-Ais gray.
Remember your brave comrades
That sleep beneath the clay.
And may IL always give yoa pleasure
And your heart beat with Joy,
When you meet the little fellow
That vas A drummer boy.
INurs. respectfully,
Z =. MORRIS
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-08-23
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THE VERNON TOoTa-BRUsH.

II you wish the BEST TOOTHBRUSH,
buy the VERNON. The finest quality OF
bristle and the most carefully selected
bone are used IN their construction. Every
brush guaranteed not 20 shed the ortstles
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ANNUAL STATEMENT FOR THE YEAR DAY or Dr
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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-08-23

The Checrest. purest ard Best Family
Medicine IA the Mofi1i

Fer DYSPEPSIA. CONSTIPATION, lawn
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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-08-23
I-CAPITAI.
Amount q easa stock actually paIa ...
I-CAPITAL.

u-AssETs
nortgagei q buildings and persuade
OF buildings morgagei Ensured Tor Eal9e9
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-08-23
Total value premises rItsl insss. -. -rra

e 30 cltv CT Richmond Cva) bonfs........
- 30 city o. Bolti-ore 1fd) h1r1s...-..
s100 state ~ Virginia Centuries bonds.
1000 charlotte Columbia and Augusta
railroad bonds. ......-.... ...---.--....
1000 Baltimore Traction Company hO-1s..
90 city az Cumberland tA1J tor4s......
i9.go Ohio and Mississippi Springfield
Division bonds. ....-... .............
- On State o. Virginia bonds ............
100 20 United states & Ter cent. bonds.
2 o. Aransas Pass hartor bonds. ......
T. 30 Georgia, southern and Florida bc-cs
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-01-03
News and Notes,

A summary Of the department of agri-
culture estimates gives the acreage and
production Of the United States for 1895
as of wheat 33, 944, $50 acres and 424,
231, 600 bushels, and of corn 81, 800, 500
acres and 2,1G1, 357, 600 bushels. III
1894 there were 1912, no, 052 bushels
of corn.
The %evaporated apple market is show
ing greater activity. The extra demand
doesn't seem to he for sun dried stock.
Choice apples, especially red varieties,
are in good demand.
j. Il. Brigham of Ohio has been re-
elected master Of the National grange.
This is his fuulth term of two years each.
Plant memorial trees on the birth
days, aud your children will always
have a monument.
The New York Herald expresses the
opinion that the opening Of the New
York Wool Exchange will effect a revo-
luton in the wool trade in this coun-
try"
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-01-03

Probably the tobacco crop this season
has proved as profitable as any farm
product. The markets have been very
firm and active all this fall, and the
prices realized are very satisfactory, es-
pecially for the best grades of Havana
leaf and seed. Tobacco can be cultivated
over a much wider range Of territory
than many seem to expect. Twenty
years ago very few northern states raised
tobacco, except i'll isolated parts of Con
necticut, but today Pennsylvania, New
York and Wisconsin tobacco is in con-
siderable demand. More recently south
ern Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Missouri
have come to the front as good tobacco
states, and thousands of farmers are
making IA good living from the plant.
But, as a writer in The American
Cultivator explained, it does 10 pay to
raise inferior tobacco, for the taste of
smokers is becoming more critical every
year. "The labor required to put the to-
bacco into marketable shape is great,
but as this comes chiefly in the winter
season no farmer should complain. A
farmer should consequently raise ut
least two crops, one of tobacco and one
of some other profitable plant. The soils
that give the best results with tobacco
are sandy loan, we'll drained and very
rich. The soil must be deep and warm,
and consequently we'll drained"
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-01-03
Clubfoot In Cabbages.

For club root, or foot, as it is various
ly called, in cabbages, turnips, etc, no
remedy or sure prevention has yet been
discovered save strict rotation. Never
plant cabbages or any other member Of
the same family twice ON the same
land except it be in old gardens or in
calcareous soils. The New Jersey exper-
iment station says that in its expert
ments air Stacked stone lime gave sufi-
cient evidence of its usefulness as a pre-
v%entive of clubroot of turnips to war
rant it being recommended for that pur-
pose. But nc less han rs bushels should
be applied per acre and at least three
months previous to the time of plant
ing. The soil on which these expert
ments were made was probably Il light
sandy loan. Undoubtedly even a small.
err quantity of lime would answer for
some other soils.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-01-03
IMPROVED C~HeSTNUTS.
stepping out of the Old Ruts and Making
Waste HiIlsides Profitable.

Waste Hillsides Profitable.
Some of our New England farmers
are reporting success with the growing
of fine chestnuts. One of Connccticut's
progressive farmers, Judge Coo, is at
tracing attention with his experiments
with grated chestnuts. Like Mr.. Engle
of Pennsylvania, another successful nut
grower, he saw all about him useless
hillsides of strong but rocky land, vast
ed because they are not suited to the
growth of ordinary farm crops. He eX-
poets to find i'll chestnuts Il crop that
will in time make such old hillsides
yield $500 per acre. Mr.. Goes nuts are
selections from seedlings of Japan chest
nuts planted by Luther Burbank If
California. Mr.. Burbank grew 10, 900
seedlings, and out of this number only
four were worth growing. OF these four
Judge Coe has three.
Mr.. Burbank says hat some of these
neglected seedlings produced enormous
nuts, seven TO a bur, each nut hand
some and over two inches across. The
trees were strong growers and abundant
bearers, but these huge nuts were of no
better flavor than acorns, and so every
one of them was destroyed. With him
the Japan chestnut is a wonderfully
varying variety. Some seedlings from
enormous selected nuts have produced
nuts smaller than the smallest Ameri-
can chestnuts. With him the Japan does
not do well when grated on the Span
iSh or Italian trees. 1t is at its best on
the American root. He has been cross
ing The Japan Mammoth and American
chestnuts and has Il number Of these
hybrids to come in bearing shortly, but
he says. "After all it seems unnecessary
work, as some of the japan chostnuts
are fully as sweet as Amer lean, Of largest
size and lear y1ung and ahuudal' ly.'
These interesting facts are CLEANED
from Il report made Ivy Rural Now York
er, and following is the concluding par
agraph of the report:
This crop promises 10 be Ct great val
ne to farmers who have acres of waste
land. Tho nuts can be readily sold. The
crop costs little or nothing in the way
of plant food and cultivation and will
grow anywhere that chestnut trees will
thrive. 1t seems like a fairy tale to say
that land too rocky and steep to raise
three woOdchucks to an acre can be
made to produce a crop which, acre for
acre, will bring as much money as po-
tatoesl Yet this is not only possible,
but is, i'll fact, being done!
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-01-03
Estate of Mary Gotta.
Notice Of Proof Of YViIl

TATE OF VERMONT, BE Il un-n.
! 1DIsrRiCr or NDpIsOS. s.. berc. No. 30 tt q
session 81 the probate Court holdc- lf Nii.
dlcbury, within and tOI said district. ou the
Both da" OF December. \. $3.50,
Present; Hon James VI. ~ltic, Judge.
Whereas, "a certain in trument in writing,
under seal, purpOrling to he the las viii aud
testament OF MARY Gotta, tale OF Nildlehury iu
said district, deceased, having been this dlV
presented to said Court OF Probate aui dul
filed in the Probate office: Therefore. 10 is on.
dercd thai al persons Interested ina the estate
OF said deceased be notified 10 appear betor
arr A ID 1896, ~ 10 O'Clock "a. u., hY pubiicl|
ton of this order three weeks succ' ssive y
previous thereto, in the M%iddlehury Il gister,
q newspaper printed NJ Middlcbury aforesaid,
to eshow cause, II any they may have. whv
said instrument IN writing should not hO
proved and allowed as the last will add Tesla.
ment OF the said licensed.
By order OF court.
Attest: JAMES A.. SLADE, Judge.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-01-03
Harper's Weekly
IN 1896.

HARPER's WEEKLY i.a journal tor the whole
country It deals 18th the events OF the world
tn It are important to Americans.
In carrying out this policy, in 1895, Julian
Ralph VI tied emma and Japan, and journeyed
through the West; Richard Harding Davis
took II trip through the Caribbean Sea; the
evolutions of the new navy were described
by Rufus f. Zpgbaum; Frederic Remington
presented studies OF Army and Frontier lite;
PoultneV BigelOw attended the opening OF
the Kiel Canal,
In lS9G like attention u i'll he given TO every
notable happening The chief events I'm ART,
literature and music and the drama will be
artistically pre- -ented. ". ID How ellis, in the
cnss In his interesting way book aud the so
cial questions OF the time. f :. Martins
sprigntly gossip of the BUSY WORLD will be
cont rued. The progress OF the TrhnspOrta
ton Commission around the World will be
followed, and Ca par w whitney will con
duct the department OF AMATEUR PORT.
In 1896 will occur IA Presidential election. In
its q iitOrlal5 and through lts political car.
too ~ the Weekly will continue t. ne AN indie
pendent advocate OF good govern nent and
sound IL OueY.
In fiction the Weekly will he especially
strong. 1t will publish the only novel OF the
year by w. ID towels, and II stirring serial
OF Il Scotch teud, by $. II. rocket The short
stories selected are OF unusuNl excellence and
Interest. In ev ry respect Harper's Weekly
will maintain its leading place in the illus.
trated journalism at the world.
The Volumes ct the Weekly begin with the
first number tor January OF each year. When
no time is mentioned, subscriptions will be-
gin with the number current at the time of
order.
Remittances should he made by Post-ofice
Money Order or Draft, to avoid chance OF loss.
Without the cypress order Of Harper IL BROTHERS.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-01-03
Feeding Value of Potatoes.

"Shall l sell my potatoes at present
low price or feed them?' is a frequent
query. Here is the Maine Farmers an
swer to it Sell them every time, if u
market can be found. Compared with
other stock food articles potatoes cannot
be worth for feeding more than 2 or s
cents "a bushe!."
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-01-03
HARPER's PERIODICALS.

Postage tree to all subscribers In the United
states, Canada and Mexico.
Address HARPER Il BROTHERS,
Pc Box $50 y. Y. City.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-01-03
BINDING.

Arrangements have been perfected BY
which we car have Magazines bound at tho
following rates per volume Halt canvas, 6
cents; halt sheep, SIS cents. halt roam, eli han
morocco, $l.25. These prices are for the
magazines, likethe Century"
"Harper's," etc. Publications having a larger
page will, OF course. cost more.
REGISTER co.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1896-08-13
A Kansas Divorce Case.

In a suit for divorce In the district
court a man submitted his wife's
dry goods bill for April as evidence
why the divorce should be given
him. The total of the bill amounted
to almost the mans monthly salary,
and yet there was only one item
showing IN article Of any practical
value. There was n pair Of hose;
the other articles were velvet, silk,
pattern, sidecombs, kid curriers', rib,
corduroy, grass cloth, etc. No item
in the entire bill amounted to more
than sixty cents. There we're six
items Of silk" billed at from ten
to thirty cents each. The word
velvet" appeared quite frequently,
at prices ranging from five to fifteen
cents. There were seven items OF
sidecombs. A number of we'll
known women were summoned by
the man IS witnesses. aud they
said they could not possibly imagine
what the wife had done with the
hundreds of articles which were OF
no practical value. The divorce was
STANDARDIZATION Globe.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1896-08-13
FROM THE RANKS
Tho Omoering Of the United States
Army.


The number of men who enter the
army with view to secure promotion,
outside of those who have relatives
IN the service, is limited to q much
smaller number than is generally
supposed, says Harper's Weekly.
The enactment Of the law allowing
enlisted men of any grade to apply
for examination for a commission re-
moved all incentive for applicants to
strive for the lower non-commis-
stoned grades, a most serious defect
in the law. It is In keeping with the
legislation advocated by Mr.. Proctor
during his term of Office, relative to
the gradual elimination of the old
soldier, and his replacement by a
better class OF young men, who were
to be secured by holding out as a
tempting bait promotion from the
ranks.
The large number applying for ex-
animation at present would natural
ly lead to the supposition that Mr..
Proctor's object was surely being
accomplished, but such is not the
fact.
The enlisted force of the army Is
to-day composed of no better men
than it was ten or twelve years ago;
in fact, q comparison results favora-
bly, to the old soldier. The men who
are now being examined for promo
ton do not in any sense represent
the. great body of the enlisted men
of our service.
They in reality represent q class
consisting OF about one-twentieth OF
the enlisted force, who have nothing
in common with the other nineteen.
twentieths, and who are fully alive
to the advantages they possess over
the West Point graduate in securing
their shoulder-straps in one-haIf the
time required by the cadet to con.
summate his high ambition.
The enlisted men of the army, es.
pec1ally the old soldier. look upon
these men as a favored class-an6
favored they are in many ways dur
ing their preparatory two years
service.
The soldier reasons, and Justly
that if the four years of preparation
ut West Point are necessary to fully
equip the cadet for the requirement.
of his position as an officer, it i:
presumption to suppose that a mar
of ordinary intelligence can, in two
years, in addition to his duties as
soldier, fit himself for the accom-
plishment Of the work required o
the graduate.
Possessed Of the finest militar,
college in the world, which has beer
the Alma Mater of the greatest sol
diers of modern times, it should b,
the aim of the United States 20 sup
ply the commissioned officers of oul
army from that source, restricting
promotion from the ranks to extrem,
cases, in recognition of extraordina
ry acts of conspicuous bravery OF
the battlefield, or other distinguish
ing feature of the soldiers service.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1896-08-13

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