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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-05-27
A SOLDIERS BATTLEFIELD
LETTER TO HIS SWEETHEART.


Lucy aimed to be reckoned in the New
England caste of We're de We're, and ro-
mantle impulse born on the treacherous
field OF death found no vulnerable place in
her armor of propriety. Twas confused, to
state 1T mildly, almost desperate, but when
the field of war was reached again devotion
to the fighting offered good ;antidote, ard
the exciting work which followed helped to
turn that affection most speedily from an
object so unworthy.
In this great campaign came the climax
OF interest concerning this stamp 1t had
now come to be priced with something of
that personal generation we give to charms.
A week before Richmond and Petersburg
fell into the Union hands / was aroused
1rom a sleep on the outpost biyouac in front
OF the latter city by a rough shaking and
felt myself hurried off by force toward
Lees lines. Our men had been surprised.
1t was very dark, and the Confederates
found such heavy fighting ahead of them
when our forces received the alarm that
they had to disregard the handful of pris-
oners taken, and so before daylight found
opportunity to steal away from the pres
ence OF the troops. Some green backs con-
cealed on me purchased seclusion for the
time and also O good suit of Confederate
clothing. An old negro in hut between
the forts and the city helped mo to these,
and found him shrewd adviser besides
he told ne to 60 into the interior Of Dixie
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-05-27
The way of the TrangressOr.

Sometime last fall Will Mcknight.
alias, Shuts of Grand Forks. made
his appearance in this city, On Jan. 5
he married Miss Taylor living in the
town of Ashley, After living with her
for short time, he lett for Grand
Forks saying he would return in few
days. Nothing was heard of him UNI
til last Thursday when he returned
driving a team. On Friday his wife
came to town and swore out COM
plant against him for non-support.
Deputy Murphy went out and brought
him in.
In the meantime Byron Carr had
received telegram from G. E. Hurst
of East Grand Forks instructing him
to look out for Mcknight as he had
stolen team and was headed for
Sank Centre, and that he had wife
and two children in Grand Forks.
When the contents of the telegram was
made known the complaint against
him was charged from non-support to
one and for bigamy. He was taken be-
fore Judge Wilcox ON Saturday, and
during the investigation the facts de-
veloped that after he left his Grand
Forks wife, and previous to his mar
riage to Miss Taylor, he had married'
a girl at BarDesville and lived with
her several months at Grey Eagle:
In regard. to the stolen team, Carr
telegraphed Hurst that the man and
team were here, and on Saturday
Hurst arrived in the city with the in
tention of taking Mcknight back to
Grand Forks, but as he was already
under arrest for bigamy, Hurst could
not take him. Mcknight admitted to
have stolen a team from Rob Gunnis
of Grand Forks and on the way had
traded them for the team he brought
here informing Hurst where the stolen
team could be found. Judge Wilcox
thought three wives was to many for
one man to have and bound Mcknight
over to appear before the grand jury
which met on Monday. In absence of
bail Murphy took him to the st. Cloud
Jail on Sunday.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-05-27
MINNESOTA
HISTORICAL.
SOCIETY.
Whole No. 1850

like it, although there we're some nighb
riders in the crowd-some of Mostly ram
gers. / could see innocent" written upon
every palld countenance, and emotions
stirred by my own grief and my sympathy
for my fellows, as thought OF this useless
and cruel execution, moved me beyond con-
troll. ] burst into a tornado of vehement
appeals aimed at any who would listen.
Some ears were open. l pleaded against
the shedding of innocent blood, pictured
the calamity to be visited on SO many
homes, foretold the narrowing thoughts to
arise some day in the minds of our beloved
friends when they should learn the story
of our vain and shameful deaths, and at
last came to the point of fastening upon
the would be perpetrators lifelong re-
morse.
My eIoquepee-for who could not be fired
with logic at such a crisis?-commanded at
teHtion and several of the guard Withdrew,
from the sound of it, The leader stood
pear gloomy and cold All this time my
Bible in it's close wrapper had remained in
my hand, pressed instinctively to my
heart, and as last argument turned to
1t to try if could not hove those obdurate
hearts by reading from Gods own word.
AS turned the covers nervously the blue
Enclosure fell out, and pregnant thought'
THAT stamp and Pennington" flushed
to my mind. "Here is proof!' l cried.
"Let me see Joseph Pennington again!"
The hour was up, but a respite was allow
ed and Pennington came sullenly back.
My game was desperate. I showed him
that fragment stamp and told the whole
story without break. He scanned me,
still skeptical, but l had put in a wedge.
Doubt had arisen. After a hasty consul
tation the execution was deferred until
daylight and my own was then to be SUBJ
ject to approval of acouncil from the main
camp. Of course l was a hero among the
doomed men. About midnight word came
that Lee had surrendered his army. The
startling tidings instantly disarmed the
passionate prejudices of the fratricidal
strife The stern judgments and fatal YER
diets If martial courts were off forever, and
every man of us went free, filled with q
gratitude words failed to express.
The little faded fragment of stamp is
now mounted Oh blue silk, framed, and
hangs over my cabinet. l prize it as the
choicest of my collection Of relics of the
war. .Ig
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-05-27

rremely uantalizing, mice fresh oranges,
ten for q quarter'' A stoical warrior with
out a cent could repel that, but the music
al throat of one young girl in the crowd
had decided charm. There was rush
to the spot by all who were able to use
crutches, although there was not a dime
in the entire party.
Some one called out, "Do you take
stampsp' OF course the answer was
eyes" as soon as the money panic was
known to the hawkers. Some of the live
Hest of the crippled ones then hustled into
the barrack, and one by one they returned
and counted out their last fiscal symbols
and sat down on the grass to enjoy their
fruit. Those who could not join certainly
felt no better for looking on. Among the
latter was furnishing lad whose wits had
been turned by his suffering, and when he
saw some of the men eating oranges he
reached out and seized one from basket
and began to devour it, and that without
question or bargain or pay. The girl with
the musical throat looked startled at the
bold act, but soon smiled and continued
her cry, "Nice fresh oranges!'' But the
girl was only a helper of the real owner,
and now swarthy, hard looking Hun
stepped forward and held his hand out to
SeU Iuc pfUCcSlS VI UIic SttlcS. ne COuuUGu
the money and then the oranges in the
hands of the men, and as he saw there was
a difference he demanded something from
the girl in jargon we could not inter-
pref. The girl began to weep, and just
then the famished boy, unconscious of ev-
erything but his desperate craving for
food, reached for another orange. He Sc
cured one, but the old Hun grabbed the
basket, gave the girl a rough shaking, and
then, after placing his goods beyond reach
of the soldiers, returned and attacked the
boy. The lad was too weak to stand, but
he chung to his prize, and the brutal hawk.
or wrung the slender wrists to make him
let go.
There were some strong, cool men there
who could not endure this sight, and be-
fore could see just how the melee opened
the soldiers had gaided the whole pack Of
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kept, but away from the lines men came
and went pretty much at pleasure One
circumstance favored me and controlled all
my subsequent experiences. Although 1
was an old campaigner, was beardless
boy, with fair skin, and actually appeared
like schoolboy rather than a soldier in
the field. Weather bronze and battle CRIME
had not taken hold in my case, and this old
man raised my hopes many degrees when
he declared contemptuously at our leave
taking, Nobody gwine to bother wiz SIGH
baby trash like yo'."
In ten days I made the circuit of the
whole army of Lee and reached we'll known
ground on the Rappahannock, near Fred
ericksburg. found that Federal cavalry
was posted on the north bank opposite,
and concluded to join it at once and trust
for welcome despite my suit of gray
spied out my route in the morning, and
then went to sleep away the day in an iso-
lated barn. At dusk that day was de-
termined to cross the stream to the cavalry
camp. But during the day, while slept,
the scouts of the camp raided the whole
region along that bank of the river, and l
was made prisoner to my own men. Ev-
erything was against me, and my treat
ment was rough, for the story / told was
declared a lie "We have too much Of
that, said the leader. 1t appeared that
some of the river patrol had been foully
murdered shortly before by treacherous
citizens or guerrillas, and the comrades of
the victims were bent on speedy revenge.
They had secured nine other stragglers
like myself, some in civilian and some in
Confederate army dress. These unfortu-
mates were hidden in wooded vale be-
yond reach of discovery and rescue, and
here they were pleading for q chance of
life by military trial under the authorities
! at Washington. To their petitions l now
added mine. But the majority of the guard
advocated summary measures My situa-
ton was trying one There was not a
scrap of documentary evidence about me
for Identification. When taken by the enc
my, wore an overCoat, in the pocket of
which always rested my Bible. The fly leaf
was missing, and hence bore no record.
kept it wrapped in a gum cover to preserve
it, and between its leaves, incased in a
folded strip of blue tissue, was the torn
postage stamp, the continuance serving as
place mark and memento as well. In
the transformation made at the time of
capture and escape 1 had parted with all
else that belonged to me as a Union sol
dier, even my United States undercloth-
ing, shoes and stockings. The patrol
which now had us in charge was an out
post guard for large camp composed OF
all arms which lay back on Stafford hills.
We were to die the death of outlaws at sun
down, and on this day of doom CHANGED
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-05-27

MORE SECESH."
to see an infantryman from the main
camp coming to the cavalry bivouac with
dispatches. His cap bore the characters,
"142nd-Vols.'
There was rift in the cloud at once.
Fortunately two of our guard were
strong willed and humane and ready to
favor us with kindly offices. They fed us
and took our last messages for friends and
directions for our Identification, and from
them learned that the One Hundred and
Forty second regiment was all in the camp
five miles distant asked to be conducted
there, but the acquaintance which claim
ed was so slight that the commander de-
INJURED and declared it was simply anoth-
er trick to gain time. Our kind advocates
then took it up and offered to investigate
the case, and soon Joseph Pennington was
brought to our prisQl glen. Pennington
too, shook his head When he last saw me-
the pallor caused by pain and the blight OF
wound and fever were upon me. My re-
counting that affair with the hucksters ia
Baltimore shoak him a little but one oil
the guard who was jealous for our dcstruc-
ton broke the force of its influence most
skillfully He said: .Oh, this fellow may
be only a Baltimore secesh who w;is hang
ing around that time. Come to think,
have seen him sneaking around the depots
and wharfs in Baltimore and Alexandria,
spying out the movements of our troops
Settled prejudices are hard to uproot Pen
nington quit the scene, and we were told
to get ready. Some prayed, some cried.
paced the ground like Gagged tiger. There
was not guilty one in the party that is,
guilty Of the crime CHARGED or anything
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-05-27
A TORN STAMP.
BY CAPTAIN KENNETH GILMER.
copyright, 1897, by the Author. 7

copyright, 1897, by the Author.]
When the Army of the Potomac started
rOn the Wilderness campaign in the spring
of 1864, there was hasty rally of scatter
ed commands, and men of all ranks and
stations who were on furloughs, detached
service and the like turned from their tenn
porary occupations or pastimes, as do bor-
der settlers in time of Indian alarm, and
rushed to the field of danger reached the
Wilderness battle-ground after an air line
run to Washington and forced march
across Virginia, and that, too, without an
ounce of personal baggage, without mon
Z ey, with nothing but a soldiers regulation
equipments and q scribbler's inevitable
portfolio. / was veteran campaigner and
after that fight the myriad dead whose
dumb, cold forms would never again utter
love messages reminded me that the dear
ones left behind me would anxiously await
tidings by every northern mail. A volun-
teer soon learned that patriot fire must be
fed by dear home ties; that in order to fight
well the soldier must love well, and SO
mother and sister and cousin and sweet
heaA must share the warriors thought
and affection. / wrote the usual home let
tiers and hastily put on stamps, letting the
other remain so that might use every Sec
sond of time before the bag would close
When the call sounded and the mail courier
was gathering his burden, I added "just
another word" closed it and reached for a
stamp, but found nothing but fragment
of 3 cent issue. elias any one spare
stamp called out. The answer from all
over camp by mocking laughs and catcalls
told me that had echoed query already
ancient.
In my absorption had been oblivious Of
the stamp famine raging around me. The
agents of the friendly commissions who
sometimes forward army letters were not
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-05-27

at hand, 80 scribbled across the edge of
the envelope, ga soldiers battlefield letter
to his sweetheart; no stamp" and tossed
it into the mail bag, returning the torn
stamp to my portfolio quite carelessly. For
a fact the kindly countenance of the Father
of His Country seemed to smile on me
from that stamp as glanced at it. re-
called some of the stories of the young
British lieutenant and his amatory ardor
until fancied he was my friend whisper
ing to me each time that thought about
my wandering missive. "It is all right,
my boy; that Wilderness letter is going
to Lucy" the whisper would say. We went
and fighting postponed all letter writing.
We shouldered our way to Richmond, and
was one of the 10000 who crawled away
from Cold Harbor, MANNED and bleeding,
with a singing hurt to carry for life. We
were soon en- route to Washington, and the
river and railway conveyances were weight
ed with crushed and groaning humanity.
About three days after left the field I
received from the sanitary people two Bos-
ton crackers and gill of milk punch.
When / saw Washington at the end of a
week, I was burning and thirsting and
longing tnadly for something to cool the
fever of lip and head and coursing veins.
All about the wharfs where our steamer
put in there were hucksters of every sort of
repulsiye trash-pies, black cakes, fat soak
ed doughnuts-just the sights to derange
still more the famished stomach and unfit
it for the coarse hospital fare which was
now to follow. When we reached the new
diet, it was rough, raw and tasteless and in
every way unsuited to the palates of suffer-
ing men. Finally, within two or three
days, we were put on board box freight
cars on bare floors and hauled, with much
jolting and spasmodic shakings, to Balti-
more
The arrival of new detachment of men
from the front attracted the basket ped
dlers of the streets, and they quickly sur
rounded the parade ground, crying out
their stock with glibhess that was ex-
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-05-27
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On the 18th, 10Th, 18th, and 18th of
June the Central District Christian En-
deavor Union will hold its annual con-
vention in this city, commencing on
Tuesday evening and closing Friday
noon. From so to 100 delegates are
expected, one small society already
having sent in a list of l. who will at
tend.
The session cannot fail to be prof.
table one as an interesting programm
has been provided, a special feature of
of which will be the men and women's
meetings. Some OF the speakers will
be from Minneapolis.
The public is cordially invited to at
tend PRESS COMMITTEE.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-05-27

Ringing Brothers opening tour
'nament this season is the most COR
geous spectacular entry ever seen with
a circus. In this magnificent display
more than a thousand people, hum
dreds of beautifully caparisoned hor-
ses, scores of ancient Raman chariots
and huge, golden tableaux, and %
elephants are utilized, and the scene
is fairy spectacle Of oriental splen-
dor.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-05-27
A SOLDIERS GRAVE.


- -
6 N A garden of death
ssTzfaMs}S HE where heroes lie
4 e.AeiIK5d III Sheath the light and glow
s~T& III of the summer sky
~ There's a grave just
marked by a plain gray stone
That's inscribed with name to fame unknown.
q But green is the grass
And fresh are the flowers
Which sarnish this grave
That loves hand embowers.
And the wind signs DER it on summer ewes
Its plaintive lament through the shrubs and
leaves,
From the heart of love that cannot die,
For true love survives
III The lapse of the years,
Though of hope bereft,
Though its fruit be tears.
And on summer days by this grave so green
In somber array may form be seen,
Or, when DER it is cast shroud of snow,
There undying love by this grave means low.
What does she wish for,
For what does she pray
In the garden of death
Both winter and MayP
In sad communings her thoughts backward fly
To the day he babe her last goodby,
To that sadder day when he, fighting, fell
For the cause he loved and she loved so well.
She, Spartan bride,
Would not say him nay,
Though it broke her heart
When he went away.
Others there be in that garden of death
Who the loved ones recall with bated breath,
Who strew bright flowers Ger their graves
with sigh
For love that lived, for the love that could die.
But she, robed in black,
With the pale, sad face,
Defied the long years
Her love to erase.
Not welded to death, though her love lies low
And her heart feels cold in the Maytime glow,
But welded to love which lives in the past,
Sustained by hope that they'll meet at last
She and her lover,
He conqueror where
Death cannot enter
Nor partings be there.
NEIL MACDONALD.
The copper country evening news., 1897-12-31

In the neck on the bias edge. The mid
dl. point is hsmmed and plated little
at the top under bow OF ribbon 20
match. The two points are turned back
to form loops, and bows of ribbon are
sewed in front of them TO tic. The whole
is light and very dainty. Some OF
the zephyr fascinators have double
knitted row of scallops. each edged Win
a row of crystal or wax pearl beads
notice a growing preference Tor tno
long circular capes lined with Siberian
squirrel or other inexpensive fur They
are rich and look most comfortable
They are usually made OF fine cloth,
tibet, whipcord coating serge yelours,
ottoman silk, reps or in few cases OF
velvet itself They are garnished ac'
cording to the taste or purse OF the
woarer, but the preference just now is
for skunk borderings The blouse street
costume is still favorite, but it Is no
longer possible TO evolve anything new
for these suits, for many minds and
hands have exhausted the list. One
new one came as nsar being novel as
one could be now. The gown and blouse
were smoke gray whipcord, trimmed
with black titan braid and fur border
The copper country evening news., 1897-12-31

ings; alss enc rsvsr sf fur and q lafa- :
ystts collar. Far blousss are quits pop.
ular with the smart sst, but - are those
Of heavy wool braided N all sorts OF
ways, ness eften in hall inch widths.
There are few new goods o. designs in
the old ones to chronicle, but still there
are some. Mohair matslaass 10 hand
some new stuff. MatslASse means quilt
ed, and the distinguishing mark Of this
matsrial is that the pattern u raised
above the body Of the goods h comes
in several different oolors. Somstimes
the raised design il one color and the
rest anothsr, but mest often il is all
alike. This is a very rich material and
makes handsome street oostumeA There
is new satin faesd diagonal, also
shown in all the popular solors Of the
season. Prunella-the pYunslla of our
great -grandmothers-is offered new IS
a novelty. Some Of il Is plain, others in
two tones, and more still woven with
satin bayadere stripes. Armure with
figures and in two tones IL new stuff.
So is mohair cheviot velours, which COM
bines the excellencies Of all the three
goods in one. This has heavy crinkled
cords and comes in all the colors. Some
new matte or basket weave mixtures are
shown.
They combine the newest colors and
have unusually wide threads. There is
a novelty of silk boucle over wool, and
this is very attractive, but think not
durable. HENRIRTTE ROUSSEAU.
The copper country evening news., 1897-12-31

this time Of the year a cold 10 very
easily contracted, and II left TO run its
course without theaid oi some reliable
coush medicine 10 liable to result In that
dread disease, pneumonia. We know Of
no better remedy to cure cough or cold
than mberlain's Cough Remedy. We
have used Il qoits extensively and II has
always given entire satisfaction, Ola
gah, Indiap Territory Chief
This Is the only remedy that 10 known
to be q certain preventive Of pneun9nia.
Among the many thousands who have
used it for colds and Ia grippe. We have
never yet learned OF single case bayine
resulted In pneumonia. Persons who
have weak lungs or have reason to fear
an attack OF pneumonia, should keep the
remedy at hand. The 20 and 80 cent
sizes for sale by Sodergren & sode -gren,
Druggists.
The copper country evening news., 1897-12-31

Don't be persuadedi into buying lin
ments without reputation or merit
Chamberlain's Pain Balm costs no more,
aud its merits have been proven by a test
OF many years. Such letters as the fol
lowing, from l.. G.. Bagley, Hueneme,
CAL, are constantly beng received: "The
best remedy for pain have ever used is
Chamberlain's Pain Balm, and l say 80
after having used it in my family for sew
eral years." 1t cures rheumatism. lame
back, sprains and swelling. For sale by
Sodergren & SodergreD, Druggists.
The copper country evening news., 1897-12-31

Mutual Fire Insurance. company u
Houghton and Kewesanw counties, or
ganised in 1890 according TO the laws oi
the State OF Michigan, wiIl insure proper.
ty OF it's members. Have paid fire losses
over "a, 900 and dividends nearly $4,000
during the last seyen years to members
OF FIVE years. standing. On the frst day
OF July the company had 541 mem.
ber, $466.948 worth Of property In.
sured and s11, ,121.1s in treasury. For
harther pa.aculArs apply to the undtP.
dgned. JOHN BLoNovur, Psddsnt
Ajax IEMoNEB, SECRETARY. .ll
Ofhce, 442 Pine strsst- uputairs dRs
JAekst
The copper country evening news., 1897-12-31
sce,s,s concert orchestra.

An organization long needed in this
section is now an actuality. and as re-
suit, first class music, rendered by ca
pable performers, can now be obtained
for concerts. church services, masses, ETC.,
as well as for music OF lighter charac-
ter and for the ball room will be found
unsurpassed. MIR. Scott, personally, will
also receive a limited number Of pupils on
reed and brass instruments, and on that
most delicate OF all instruments, the
human voice. Address
FREDERICK SCoTT.
Jewell House, Calumet.