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outpost where stockades had been
erected for the partial protection of the
pickets. During the night almost con-
slant firing was kept up, and the
excitement was so intense as to I'M
settle his mind, and his death soon
followed.
Sleeping on picket was punished
with death. This was necessary, as the
safety OF the army depended upon the
Watchfulness Of its guards; but 1t
sometimes occurred after days and
nights of hard marching, when it was
almost physical impossibility to keep
awake. Doubtless some were shot for
sleeping on post during the civil war
who were thus overcome by exhaustion,
and who really were good soldiers in
every sense.
In 1864 our brigade was encamped at
Vienna, Va, and was engaged in doing
picket duty from Fairfax courthouse
to Dranesville. While thus engaged, a
member of the 18th New York cavalry
deserted from his post and Joined
Mosby's men. This was the most Sc
rious crime soldier could commit.
Desertions to so home were rather fire.
quent and We're often overlooked and
rarely, If ever, punished with death, but
deserters to the enemy were always
shot when the traitor could be secured.
In this case, the traitor deserted while
doing the important duty of picket.
thus leaving the door unguarded and
the camp liable to surprise.
A +n1xy
tured detachment OF rebels day or
two after this desertion, and among
the prisoners was the deserter He was
Immediately tried by a drum-head
court-martial, found guilty, and SEN
fenced to be shot the following day,
The brigade was drawn up in hollow
square, with the rear rank 'open
order" and the doomed man, seated
on q rough pine box which was to be
his coffin, in cart, was driven around
the square, while the band played the
| dead march, and then down the center
where his grave had been dug. Here
he was taken out of the cart, his coffin
placed alongside Of his grave and he
was made to kneel thereon, blindfolded
Then, the IL men detailed for the
execution, six with bullets and six with
blank cartridges, no one knowing which
he had, were drawn up at IL PAGES
solemn, but unwilling executioners Of
the dread justice and unyielding neces
sity of war. The eyes Of 5000 Of those
who had been his friends were f1xet
upon him without pity or sympathy
The sharp word Of command, cat
tenton!" Ready" "Aim!" "F1re!
and the attending surgeon steps up t.
the heap Of humanity, not to render
kindly aid, but to make sure that nj
aid can be rendered, and then we al
hear the word of command, "Clost
order" March by fours!" "Righ
wheel, forward march," and we gladly
leave the scene where the only desertel
from our brigade was executed durin,
the war.-Cyrus G. Shepard in New
| York Evening Post.
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The 18th will be the Forefathers' day
service. On the 18th the cantata will
be given. and on the Goth the children's
Christmas services will have a place.
Sunday at Plymouth church the
morning service will be conducted by
several young men from the Y. M. c. A.
Of New Haven, Derby, Ansonia, Meri-
den and Waterbury. 1t will be at the
usual hour, 1890. AT o'clock p m.
meeting for women will be held with
addresses by the delegates in the audi
ence room. At $50 the delegates will
address the Y. P. S, c. E. meeting.
In the evening Plymouth church unites
with the First church at 1880.
The Connecticut Sunday School asso-
citation will hold conference at the
First Congregational church to-day,
(Monday), at 7;45 p. M, with the fol-
lowing programme: Conversation
Topic, Modern Sunday School Meth
DDS" conducted by Rev. e. P. Arm
strong of New Haven. Address, "The
Trained Sunday School Teacher" by
Miss Lucy G.. Stock state primary SUI
perintendent. Address, Teaching and
its Results" by Rev. Frank D. Russell
D. D., of Bridgeport. A free-will offer
ing will be received for state Sunday
school work. All are cordially invited
to attend.
AT the last regular meeting Of the
Royal Arcanum the following officers
were elected: Regent, John F. Deland,
vice regent, Frank E. FIine; orator, Ed
ward L. Parmelee; past regent, Arthur
E. Clark; secretary, Edward A. Wither-
will; collector, Bur B. B. Gregory;
treasurer, Theodore Thompson; chap
pain, Charles II. Wakelee; guide, Ra-
phael J. Witherwill warden, Robert H.
Boyd; sentry, Albert C. Tlbbals; trus-
tees, Arthur e. Parcelle, Joseph E.
Platt and w. S. Putney; regent, Arthur
z, Clark; representative to grand conn-
ell, Theodore Thompson.
A charity fair will be given by the
Bee Hive club at Gums Hall on De-
| cember 10th, afternoon and evening, at
which will be sold fancy articles, can
dy, cake and flowers. In the evening
there will be musical programme.
Admission in the afternoon, five cents;
in the evening ten cents.
| Mrs. Amos J. Brown was on Friday
taken to the New Haven hospital,
| where she will have an operation per-
formed for tumor.
Eugene w. Coe is i'll at his home
with an attack Of the mumps.
| The fourth round of the chess tourna-
ment will be held at the Milford Wheel
club rooms on Saturday evening.
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THE SYMPHONY CONCERTS.
Subscription List Opened at M. Steinert
and Sons at at the Hyperion.

Subscription List Opened at M. Steinert
and Sons at at the Hyperion.
The musical public of New Haven Is
gradually finding out that it has an
organization of which it can be
thoroughly proud. In the short space
of three years Prof. Parker, the head
OF the musical department of Yale uni
Versity, has succeeded in retracting to
himself the best of our local musicians
and in welding them into an orchestra
Of acknowledged power and skill.
The concerts Of the Symphony orches-
ira have in the past been given un-
obtrusively to select audiences In the
| College street hall. This year, however,
it is believed that they have reached a
point which justifies them in engaging
the Hyperion theater and inviting well
known soloists to take part in their
concerts. There will be five In num-
Der and the first will be given on Thurs
day afternoon, December 16.
| In view of the fact that none Of the
| great orchestras, such as the Boston
| Symphony, have thus far arranged for
concerts in New Haven, ard in view
also of the possibility that the chamber
| concerts of the university may have to
be omitted this winter, the Symphony
| orchestra should receive doubly lib
eral support. The soloist selected for
the first performance is Miss Gertrude
May Stein, who is already we'll known
to New Haven audiences.
1t is hoped that the subscription list
may be so filled at the very beginning
of the season that no doubt will exist
as to the financial success of the new
experiment Subscriptions may now be
made at the music store of M. Stenert
& Sons, or at the box office of the Hy-
perion, and those who subscribe will
have the first choice Of seats, the box
office being open for them only from
| Thursday, December to Tuesday, De-
cember IA, and single tickets being sold
only on and after December IS.
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BOXERS TRAINING HARD.
For the Bouts at the Hyperion Tt
Morrow Night

For the Bouts at the Hyperion To-
Morrow Night.
Tomorrow night the big boxing car
nival Of the Franklin Athletic club will
take place and the Hyperion will I'M
doubtedly be packed to it's utmost, as
the tickets have been selling like hot
cakes. Those who attend will be treat
ed to one of the best boxing shows that
has ever taken place in this state.
There wars an enormous crowd at the
club rooms Saturday to see the boys
train and hundreds were turned away
Eugene McKenna has offered the use
of his gymnasium for Shortell and his
trainer, Matthews, and they will finish
their training at that place. All the
pugilists are in town with the exception
Of Flaherty, who will arrive tonight.
He has been training faithfully at the
New London Athletic club, and will
come down with a crowd of $50 sports
from that city.
Shortell is in the pink of condition
and he and Flaherty will no doubt put
up one of the sWiftest goes ever seen
here Hannigan and Myers are also in
tip-top shape, and will give a very good
account of themselves. Peter Maher,
who will be behind Hannigan, will ar
rive here tomorrow afternoon with
Sam Austin, who is the official referee
of the club. George Munroe, who is to
meet McHeck, has made very good
impression here, and all the members of
the club will root for him.
Mat. Matthews, who has been here
for three days as trainer for Tommy
Shortell, Saturday night consummated
plans for a match for $1,800 with Billy
McKeever Of Philadelphia in Buffalo
the coming week. He will train here
till Tuesday for the Buffalo contest.
The sale of seats opens at the Hype-
rion this morning and all desiring
choice seats SHOULD make application as
they will undoubtedly go very fast.
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Trauellers' Guide,
New York, New Haven and
Hartford II. Ii.
November rs, 1897.

FOR NEW YORK-*4:05, 1850, x8:10.
$500. $500. 1910. $3.50. %ss5, x1O:sO a.
m, 1890. 1906. 1880, (parlor car limit
ed), 1885, 1900 $3.50, 800. $500. s4:17.
a:SO, 1910. 5:S5, $3.50, 1910, 'S:10s
S:io bridgeport Accommodation, 1910.
'.Ao p. m. Sundays-*4:05, 1850, $500 a.
H'' S4:SO. x6:15. 1910, "S:10. Sis, 1910
p. m.
foA WASHINGTON via Harlem
i',ver-+l:05, *11:50 p. m. daily.
x,n' on BOSTON via Springfeld-"1:1o.
SSnV:5e' A1:05 a. M, s1:45, $3.50 p. m.
9undays-+1:10 a. M, $3.50 D. m.
OH BOSTON via New London and
toViuence-S2:10, 1920. *11:S5 (parlor
sa. ~ 'i ae) a. M, *12:O5. "2:47, *4:2O.
~ 200 p, m. Sundays-s2:10. 1920
d. M. 1855, "6:55 D. m.
FOR MERIDEN, HARTFORD,
Strni.tNGFIELD, etc.-*1:1 10. GAO. 500,
e e.oc edl;o5 a. M, 1906, s1:45. $40.
Ii.1s It !6:l5 to Hartford), 1908. 1855.
=, to Nlo Meriden) p. m. Sundays
1;io a. m. +6:52, 1928 p. m.
NEW LONDON DIVISION
For New London. etc.-'2:1o. 1920.
I fnSr, d0:oS (Guilford acc). Hos. .11:ss
800, 1920. Ass, sis Ito Saybrook
June.). e:15, 1856. 1i:2o (Guiiford acc.S
P; m. Sundays-.2:lO. 1920 a. M. s4:5b
'6:55 p. m.
AIR LINE DIVISION
FOR Middletown, Willimantic, etc.
$40 a. M. 1885. 1888, sos D. m. SUM
days-S7:15 p. m. Connecting at Mid
dletown with Valley Division and at
Wlllmantic with the N. e. R. r. and
N. L. N. r. r.; at Turnerville with
Colchester branch.
NORTHAMPTON DIVISION
For Shelburne Falls, Turner's Falls.
Williamsburg, Holyoke, New Hartford.
ana intermediate stations-7:50 a. m.
and 400 p. M. For Westfeld and inter-
mediate stations, 5:57 p. m.
For Pennington, New Hartford ana
points this side-7:50 a. M, 1904, 400,
5:57 p. m.
BERKSHIRE DIVISION
For Derby Junction, Derby, Ansonia,
ete.-7:00. $500. s:35 a. M. 1900. 1888,
400, 5:S5. 1850, 1920 p. m. Sundays
$40 a. M, $3.50 p. m.
1890. 1888, 5:35. 1850, 11:20 p m. Sum
days-S:10 a. M. 6:15 p. m. (via Nauga-
tuck Junction..
For Winsted-7:oo. 9:s5 a. M, 2:ss.
5:S5 p. m. Sundays-8:l0 a. M
For Shelton, Boteford. Newtown,
Danbury. Pittsfeld. State line-9:s5 a.
M. 400 p. m.
For Albany, Buffalo, Detroit, Cincin~
natl, st. Louis, Chicago and the West
via state line-9:35 a. M, 400 p. m.
For Litchf1eld and points on S., L. 81
N. r. r., 6:1O a. m. (via Bridgeport):
400 D. m. (via Derby Junction).
express Trains. xLocal Express.
| c. 7. HEMPSTEAD, J
General Passenger Agent.
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PUBLIC SCHOOL MUSIC TEACHERS
"a State Association Formed in This
City Saturday.

City Saturday.
The Connecticut Public School Music
Teachers association was organized in
this city Saturday afternoon at the
Boardman High school. The purpose
of the association Is the improving of
the methods of teaching music in the
public schools. Prof. Benjamin Jepson
welcomed the teachers to the City Of
Films, and introduced Prof. l.. A. Weav-
er of Torrington, who presided. Speech
es were made by Mr.. Emerson of Hart
ford, Mr.. George Of Norwich and 9TH
ers. The following officers were elect
ed: President, Sterile A. Weaver of
Torrington; vice president, Benjamin
Jepson of New Haven; secretary, Miss
Nellie Dee Of Waterbury; treasurer,
Irving Emerson of Hartford. These Of
flcers will act with the following as a
board Of directors: ]. H. George of
Norwich, Miss f. E. Quitting of Win
sted and f. E. Howard Of Bridgeport,
Bylaws Adopted.
Bylaws. prepared by Mr.. Weaver
were adopted, which require that the
association shall hold sessions in Octo-
Der. January and May of each year,
the time and place to be determined
by the president. The annual dues for
each member is one dollar
President Weaver announced that the
January meeting will be held on the
last Saturday in the month. He invit-
ed all the teachers to write to him to
suggest plan of procedure at the
meeting. The meeting will probably be
held in Hartford.
The first part of the afternoon was
devoted to a practical illustration by
Prof. Jepson of how music is taught in
the public schools of New Haven. His
$50 children representing the eight
grades, sang finely. AT the close they
were applauded vigorously. Prof
Jepson was thanked officially by the
convention for his work.
Among those who joined the associa-
ton were Sterile A. Weaver of Tor
fington, Irving Emerson of Hartford, E
e. Hayes Of Stamford, T. w. Lester
and G. e. Gage of Norwich, R. B. Igor
of West Haven, w. H. Minor of Manga
tuck, Miss Frances Quitting Of Win
sted, Miss Katharine Gloster of Water.
bury, M. A. Griggs of Ansonia, Kate M
Preston of Wallingford, G. w. Lackey
of Derby, Miss Bertha Rockwell Of Mid
dletown, Miss M. H. Bulford of Bran
ford and Miss Nellie Dee of Water
bury.
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OF LOCAL INTEREST,

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Sonnenberg of
Cape Town, South Africa, are in town
visiting relatives, making their head
quarters with Mr.. David Coleman of 1923
st. John street. Mr.. Sonnenberg is
quite a distinguished man, being a
member of parliament. Mr.. Sonnenberg
resided in New Haven some forty years
ago, leaving here to seek his fortune on
the Cape of Good Hope, where he has
been eminently successful. He with his
before their return home.
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VICTIM OF A PRACTICAL JOKE.

Harry Otis Johnson, a Yale Sopho-
more, Sent to Springside.
Considerable annoyance and trouble
was caused Saturday afternoon to
Harry Otis Johnson, Yale sophomore
from Machias, Me, by a practical joke
played upon him by some fellow stu
dents. Johnson carves meat for his
board at Mrs. Young's student boarding
house on High street. Saturday after
noon some students telephoned to the
police station that Johnson had gone
raving crazy and was chasing people
In the house with a carving knife. The
police wagon was sent up and Johnson
was taken first to the central station
and then to Springside, as there are no
quarters for insane people at the sta
ton. The unfortunate victim was fin
ally released from Springside after he
had been examined and found sane by
DIR. j. P. G. Foster on request of Pres
ident Dwight. 1t is said that the jok-
ers, if apprehended by the faculty, will
be severely dealt with.
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A POISONED LIVER.
Don't Keep Poison In Your BODY
Longer Than You Have To.

Longer Than You Have To.
If your stomach poisons your liver
the consequences may be serious.
What poisons arise in your stomach
come from undigested food which has
deoomposed there. They are ABSORBED
by your blood and go to your liver,
where they paralyze its functions and
make you bilious.
Finally they go into the blood again
and are carried all over the body, dis
ordering your different organs, and
perhaps making you dangerously sick.
This Is the origin of many diseases
which are not always known for what
they are.
The poisons of undigested food can
only be got rid of by the use Of a puri-
flying, strengthening digestive tonic
like the Shaker Digestive Cordial.
A few doses Of this wonderful cor
dial will soon clear away all undigest-
ed, fermenting. poisonous substances
restore your appetite, aid you to digest
your food, purify your liver and blood
Of all dangerous poisons, and restore
you to perfect health.
1t will cure biliousness, indigestion
nausea, headache, dizziness, mental de-
preston, weakness, fever, flatulence
constipation, loss of appetite, bao
taste in mouth, stomach-ache, anaemia
rheumatism, ETC., where other medi
cines will barely give relief.
| At druggists. Ten cents for trla
| bottle.
Write for free book to The Shakers
| 30 Reade Street. New York.
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THE P. O. S. of A. FAIR.

The fair that is being given by Wash
ington camps Nos. l and 4, P O. S. Of
A., at ST. Alovsius hall. is being large
ly decorated and an entertainment will
be held each evening during the fair.
On Friday night of this week occurs
the fifteenth anniversary of the found
ing Of the order. This will be celebrat-
ed on that night by a special pro-
gramme.
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TWO MORE GoUNoD REHEARsALs

Managers Request That They be Well
Attended.
The board of managers of the Gounod
society urgently request that the re-
hearsal tonight be well attended. This
will be the last rehearsal but one before
the Christmas vacation, which comes
the last two weeks of December.
The necessity of well attended, enthu-
siastic rehearsals is obvious when it is
considered that the difficulties of Grell's
Mass must be conquered in a compare
lively few more rehearsals.
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Is Your Ailment Catarrh /?

tarrh for 2 years. Il had Catarrh for s
years II had Catarrh for 20 years" II
had Catarrh for so years." apd Dr.. .Agnew's
Catarrhal Powder cured me. These are
sentences from the volumes and volumes
of testimony for this great catarrh cure
not mythical patients, but words from men
and women all over the continent who have
been cured. 1t relieves in 10 minutes. Sold
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resting place. and has much more at
his command, being a very wealthy
man. He has no near relatives to
whom he will bequeath his estate, and
it is his chief desire that those who
were dearest to him in life shall be
close beside him in death.-St Louis
Republic,
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STARiN'S
New Haven Transportation Line

DAILY EXCEPT, SATURDAYS.
Steamer JOHN II. STARIN Captain Nc
Alister, leaves New Haven from Starins
Pier, foot of Brown street, at 1918 D. m.
Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursdays. Steam
er .'ERAsTps CORNING" Captain sposor,
STARfN leaves New York from Pier 10,
North River, at 8 p. m. Mondays, Wednes-
days and Fridays. The ''ERASTUS CORN
ING" Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursdays
Fare Toe; excursion tickets $1.25. State
rooms $1.00
Tickets and staterooms for sale at j. B.
Judson's,, 1857 Chapel St; Peck & Bishops,
u Chapel street; fremont House.
Free stage leaves the depot on arrival Of
Hartford train, and from corner Of Church
and Chapel streets every half hour, COM
mencing at $50 pm. Through freight rates
given and bills of lading issued to points
West, South and Southwest.
G. II. FISHER, Agent.
Order your freight via Starin Line.
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DEATH OF WILLIAM B. METGS OF
GUILFORD.

MIR. William B. Meigs of Guilford, a
brother Of Richard w. Meigs, secretary
and treasurer of the E. E. Arnold Co. of
this city, died at his home in Guilford
Saturday of pneumonia. He was fifty
nine years of age. He died just five
months to day and to the hour after
the death Of his brother, George Meigs,
who was postmaster of Guilford. The
bereaved family and relatives here have
the sincere sympathy of their many
friends in their double sorrow. The
funeral of the deceased will take place
this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at Christ
church, Guilford, Rev. DR.. Andrews of
floating. The deceased leaves a wife
and two small children, and three
brothers, Walter and Charles of Gull
ford. and Richard Of this city.
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VALE DEFEATED IN WATERBURY

In waterbury Saturday the Yale
basket ball team met defeat at the
hands of the Y. NJ. C. A. team Of that
CITY. The final score was 90 to 81.
Only two of last years team played
for Yale. and they have been practtcing
only three weeks.
waterbury beat Middletown last
week 10 to 9, and the Yale team plays
MiddIetown next Thursday night.
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OBITUARY..

DR.. James Olmstead formerly of New
Haven, and for twelve years superin
tendent of the Connecticut hospital for
the insane in MiddletoWn, died at the
Hotel Grenoble In New York, Saturday
morning. DR.. Olmstead had been suf-
fering from nervous prostration for
about ten days and went to New York
in order to be near his attending ply
sician. The deceased was the son of the
late DR.. James Olmstead of this city,
who formerly conducted the drug store
at the corner of York and Elm streets
now owned by P. B. Schurman, and a
grandson of Harley Olmstead, formerly
rector of Hopkins Grammar school. He
was born in New Haven fifty years
ago and graduated from the Yale aca-
demic department in the class of 1872,
the class Of Judge A. Heaton Robert
son of this city. He went to Middle
town early in the eighties as an assist
ant at the hospital for the insane under
Superintendent Shew. On the death Of
Superintendent Shew DR.. O1mstead be-
came superintendent in 1885, a position
which he had since held. He was con-
sidered an authority on mental diseases
and was frequently consulted by super
intendents and physicians connected
with other similar institutions.
DR.. Olmtsead was an indefatigable
worker and it was his close application
to the duties of his position which
caused breaking down of his health.
He leaves a widow and one daughter
MRS. MARY LII BOOTH.
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How Are You Supplying
Your Table With
Water ?

We assume that you are using something
besides the ordinary city or town water
supply, as 1t is now generally recognized
that water as 1t comes direct from the
mains is too impure for drinking Are you
using spring water? II SO, would you not be
glad to reduce your water bill to a small
fraction Of what 1t now is. and save the
annoyance of handling bottles or carboys.
obtaining at the same time equally good I'm
fact frequently better water?
If you are using some system Of fltra-
tion, are you satisfied with its results?
Do you get an ample supply Of water?
Is it always white and pure, and does
your filter work we'll ALL THE TIME?
If not, will you permit us to show you
how those results can be reached, by talk.
ing with you further, or by having our
agent call on you?
Call and see the FILTER now in oper.
alton
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New Haven Steamboat Go.
FALL ARRANGEMENT.
nouhlo nailv Caru;cn.
ARRANGEMENT

Sundays Excepted.)
Steamers from New Haven leave Belle
Dock, Old Line Pier CONTINENTAL 10 80
d. M, and RICHARD PECK at 1890 mid
night.
Steamers from New York leave Piers rs
m. and CONTINENTAL - midnight
Fare $1.00. Excursion tickets, good for
Is days, $150.
staterooms and tickets for sale at Peck
& Bishops, 702 Chapel street, and at Mix's
drug store. cor. Chapel and Church SITS.
FAST FREIGHT,
Through rates quoted over Express
Freight Lines to points West, South, and
Southwest, and through Bills Of 'Lading ier
sued In connection Herewith
CHAS. /. FRENCH, Agent,