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Decorah-posten., 1899-12-26
San ipiacoc i'm Hoac aoot.

Oct bar peo ct gaoeIteb. 6olt
'tremmebe til, og be, Iom tom iibit, fit
ben Seiteo: "aae 9pteller og 2ogiss
buie er o%perfplote." Selp be riaeite
maatte tase tiltatte meo Iimple Be-
toemmeligbeoer o9 lite ensaug lour
oanne bar mere at faa. 9ldnbt be
reiienoe bar psiad en- aunitner fra
Gbioago, ipm life tunbe iaa Saa pper
6opeost. Hatten bar mar. 8obe
Ruao bar opre. Men 9unitneren
inbgit bog ct @9ooemaol mco TO Ben.
ner ON, at fan trpos aIt ituIbe ftafc
fig ct betpemt 89relIe paa ct Sotel.
!6an git inO / en- 9urlor, bpor noale
glade GiGitsr brat % rs9te. De bar
De ale iitret Jig 89relier pau .Sotelz
let og tunbe bore lpiti9e og glade. 0a
tommer en- utienot Wano inb % I9tz
ter Jig peo goroet paa en- Stol, ipm for
Gieblittet bar leoig, % beitiler meo
bei HeIt Tin gftsnsmab. "N8en, min
9erre = Stolen er optat," ia noesn.
"Nisget fcrbunOsn!" IA ben fremmebe
beflig; "jeg Itisnnsr, De er ida ben
Zig at opfprore mig til at tuse 9laOs."
Oct nptteoe life at tale BAN t~ilretts.
Sun maatte pGre tunsbsrt sGer maaits
osp. Der bar ingen Raao mep BAN;
man muatte Ia 6am iioos. San ipiIte
lin Suppsr. "a ban bar faroio, tog
BON i'm Sat6sl CO ites op / ferite
Stage. bOor ban Gil ino bet ferite BET
beoite Y9rslie, iom ban fanbt uabent.
Decorah-posten., 1899-12-26
Secorab og Snlegn.
Zen s6oe December 1898.
Smaapinf.

gt bapce fprleosn ben 6ornsielle
at billie pod en- al "0ecordp'y go
iten"s Observation-Disclosures, 9r.
&. 8. gielbsle fra Sitre Sliort, IdIs
oers. .oan tom uper for q beige IN
9rposr oe for pau famine Nib at lattc
ia liot ino / 5orbcIcens beroper. 9r'
gieIbele sr 8aarobruser biemms og
aotsr at rsiie tiIboge til Saarsn.
q. 2. Gtprboff, SoIdno .. D,
"a !0ans 8ulobranoien. 2anesboro,
"a Qebsr arntion at Spring Sroos,
bar i Dscorab iiDite 5reous.
Iisls 8. 8Grneis meo 6amtlte
al Garlino, &. Dat, er / Seieg hos
SlaotninQe / MabeI o9 oerOmtrtn9,
"a pil opbolpe fig Der ct BAR Wfoanea
Der, tanbGnoe.
Otto Sucobion, iom ItuOerer
peo ben 1orensoe 9irtes Seminar
R~inneapolis, tom forleoen hiem paa
SuIebsies.
apertereoe 9rep.: Sscur Grns@
ipn, Qeter Senetb, mrs. g. D. Some,
N}iIs Bora Sobnion, Miis Silie
Qppen, Rifs siIoa Subnipn, Wr.
Sobn Stinnemon.
8. 8. SalporIon al Sorortp
3. 8, Deuel. Co., G.. DAT, er Der
SeIsg. Sans 6aoer, 8. $. Bale
Canoe er ipgsIis, ug Ssnnen tom neo
for at beIeae fine gamle 6praIore
5plgenbe bar TbIts uge fat
@Gatefdbslicenie: Spbn y. 8tlon9
oa Shrsiia 9ooenitener; Ole 8.
Sobnion og Gbriitie 2Ouiie Climber
bolt; s6enrp q. Salporion og Mds
tbiloa Serene Yinosrbolt; Wihael
0ouabsrtp % Socils Bbalen; Olaf
8. 9isrIuno og Ninnie SanIon; s.
8. Weitgsnant og Iooie Wf. Stros
isl; HiIs ReITon % Watie Gmerp;
GSru g. Hseo Og Sulia 6. SedeI; 6.
M. MilIer % 2duru e. See; 3obert
StenbsI os CLARA Sobnipn; Sulius
!ouas % annie arneiOn.
Gfter ben lite San. ION S'qurG
9aIporien bare en- iort Silteitiern:
paa arnen. !San bar ba paret ppits
buo / 5 Qdr. Radr bar bar paret
9oitbuo / 10 Mar, fan ban bore to
Stierner % sftsr Is 4ars 5jsneite
faar ban en- ROB Silteitierne.
- Peter Roonep bar / l9ngere 5ip
lisget unoer 2Gsebebanoling / Sipur
Sails. San bar muuttst unoertuite
ii9 5 Sperutioner for 8rait og maa
unoertaite fig TO til.
Decorah-posten., 1899-12-26
Sdptons Doc.
6elcralcn ifnbt, meoets han taite
til CIT iaaret aamerat.
Iono til bans Gnfc.

Utdntld, 2U0e Dec. Den stamp,
bppri General canton faloi, q en-
~ubetposlig 4fGre, fun ct Tibet Gep i
ben u~lminoelige 5elttogsplan for
arioens 4flutning. Sbsrit 2pdetts
lite aaoaleri Ituloe iGtte Dper San
Wateo Glpen ~openfpr gDen at FAM
me Ndpn for at om9aa Sniur9ens
terns, ba oeres SSlo blep bort. Sberits
Isitnant Sargent meo TO gataIioner
at 29be fripiqiee Snfantert iiuloe
gisre bet oirette augreb.
General canton oirigersbe perIons
Zig Surgents Speredng pper Gloen.
Sargent tunoe life saa D Gloen
umiooelbart forun San WateD, iorpi
en- 3pfon bupoe gjort Glpen til en-
ripsnbe Strsm. 9eneral 2alpton
Itoo bit oppe paa Glpebrebben og
iau pad Sargents 5olt. San bar
ifsrt i'm fore bible Sjelm % en- gul
R~egntdppe, bpiltet gjorbe bans fore
Stittelie til en- uomRrtet Stipe for
Sniurgenternes &u9ler. aaptein
Breckenridge, en- at bans 4oiutanter,
bar blepet ftubt | 9rpitet, og General
Satpton gift bort for al tale til bdm,
toet Barren blep baaret bort. Sap
tein Setpaa, en- anben at 9eneralens
Iojutanter, abparsbe @eneralen %
iogbe, at SnIurgenterne gioroe Jig
i9rlig Image for at traffe BAN.
@eneralen itulbs netop til at tale
til ben Iaareoe 3aptein, ba ban tditeoe
Qrmen Up, 9lobet itrsmmebe uo at
bans Muno, % ban fdlot uoen at
it9e ct Orb. San bar truffet /
Sjertet og oeoe naiten sie6littelig.
Smiolertib bapbe Sargent ungres
BET Sniurgenterne og iagst benz /
Sberit 2odetts &lsr. Bore andre
CAB bar 20 orpbte % fadreoe.
8eneral CARTONS Sso bar net
boaroeite Slug, Iom tunbe ramme
4meritanerne netop MI. &ri0ens en-.
beige Heiultdt foranores life; men
bet bill blipe n9itsn umuliat at fnbe
en- Wtano, iom fulot ub fan irloe
General Cautions Ylaos.
8enrdlens Ssb bill neppe aisre no
gen @trtning pda Sniurgenterns, ba
De allereoe bar rappprteret bam bob /
mango Sr9fnin9er.
Snbiamling til Gnfcn.
WuIbin9ton. 20be Dec. - General
Satptons 9enner / armeen bar ~forenet
fig ON at iamle ct 5onb til bans
Gnte. st dlminoeligt Spraab til
Sanoets 5olt blep ubiteot ioaa, unz
oerTtrepet at fire 8eneraler at ben re-
9ulere Irme. S Spraubet ,tdar:
Decentralization !6enrp 20. 2afpton
bar efterldot Tibet anoet eno tit aoDe
Napn ION arp til 8one % Bern. ct
Stptte Sdno, ban tiebte Iom ct
9iem, er bebeftet meo en- Wortaaoe
Tor bet babe al Sisbeiummen, iom
enonu life ct betalt. De unoerteos
nsoe bar al e9en Drift iluttet ia FAM
men for at iamle ct Sono til Beta
ling at 8jeloen. Sibrag mootages
mso Satnemligbeo al benz"
Senator 5airbunts bar / Senatct
fremIut ct SprIIag ON gepiaino ON
$4,000 BENTON ON 9(aret til General
Gaiptons Gnte. Meolemmer al Sns
oionas Delegation / apngresIen pil
ts9e at faa peotuaet en- Bill, ION qis
Der Wrs. canton en- Ipeciel peniipn
al $1,000 ON 4aret. Oct 9els6
bleo gipet Gnterne efter @e~neralerne
Sancpt, Groot pg Sbomas. Den re.
9ulGre peniion, iom Mrs. canton
bill faa, bpis ingen Ipeciel 2op peos
tases, er $50 MaaneOen.
Decorah-posten., 1899-12-26
sllainr'en 49,. 132.40
ior Sioraget fga S~lniien GA
010
$780, 30
S'o''Ae'e 'o'l!etet 1or ....., 2,266.42
Sall Wotpnlniet ....... $2,39s. 70
8rispplo. g. 9af.. oObe

Sriswolo. q. 9at., 2ooc Seebr , 1899
Or Y. @nunblen, Secorab, Sa.
SnoiaGt iinoer Sc Ell Ntonepproer mn
$40; bet er en- liben stiGro til Snolomltu.
Gen lor De NpOlipenee / GOrsc. Nj Yelubet
ltnibe $40 san til Oct ulmiupel,ae ,suuo
% $500 lom en- Serueiuoiamlns til Guocl
Gins Som paa 8uuGr.-3tsie 10 7pIIo,s
CT Inolamlet al llub,rteSneoc liant Ole 9abl
20 Carl Gesen blan,t Solicit outrtua Wris.
molo.--S' bespnote i~prient, igrit eiter at
Decorah-posten., 1899-12-26
6ooe RpBeoer ira Oklahoma

VpuC VDDtUtr Iru SllnD0fla.
!9pao en- peltjenot Surm:r bar at iioe
oerom. llbbolbenbeb belsnnet. Sr.
Siorit Beibmann / Srisco, en- at
Btonererne / bort nDe Serritprium,
er MI en- lDttelig Wanb. Sporoan
bette gift for Jig, f~ortGIsr ban / felz
genoe 8rep.
IS tioli9ere 0age bar ieg en- Snpas
lio. Seq leo me9et at S~pfteaiat.
Wtin &pg bar beiet at Srerte, %
mine R9tter bar ispnlsIe. Sea
tunoe neppe gua nogle faa Sfriot, %
bet imerteoe mig enoeg at iibbs oppe.
Seq forIsgte ct elettrif Bette, Glets
t"ricitet og en- Wtasie foritjeaige Meois
elmer uoen at finoe Ginbrinq.
5or omtrent tire 2lar Iiben fom lea
til at bsre ON Or. Beter's "aurito."
Seq iii SiQib til benne Meoicin oo be-
title en- Prsoetasie. De tolp Imaa
SLATER blep bru9t op, % ba iee fslte
mig bebre, lenote ieg efter en- 8asie
meo fore SLATER os pepblep at taae
Wleotcinen. !9el6reoelisn git Itaoia
fremao, Rp9gen bleo ret, Smerterne
foripanot, og isg fan M ippe 9obt ON
RRtterne.
S bet forlebne aar bar iea Itaoret
oper $50 acrss at !Speoe % Sabre
meo Selpbinoer % bar label oper AZ
'tore Statter ganIfe dlens, % for ire
@ar .iioen bar jsg life iitano til al
lefte ct Reg. Seq plsier meo en-
"SuItp Ploug" og fslsr, at nit Sc
GENE bar gjenpunoet lin tiolioers
StDrte. Rdar ieg tGnter tilba9e puo
dle be 2ioelier, ieg bar siennemaaasi
| De forlsbne aar, fan ies life anoei
eno paa mine Sna tatfe CUB for, al
ban bar sipet fine i~tattels lioenot
Born en- fabian S%eliisnelie Tom Or.
Peters "&urito."
Or. peters "&urito" er life at ers
6oloe paa Ipotbeter; ben iGloes al
6abritantsn Oirstte til 5orbruoerns
eaersiennem 2ofalusenter. Strip til
Dr.. Setsr 5abrnep, 112-114 60.
6onne gtpe.. Gbicaso, 81.
Decorah-posten., 1899-12-26

8 Spanisn anrettsr 8rpsbopperne
for 3ioen frpgtelise goslaeaelier.
ganelinien / Propinien 4Iturisn er
paa fine Steber Ioa beopttet meo
DIR, at 2otpmutipsrne lite tan TOM
me pioere. 10000 WianO at Ras
brioS @drniion er ubisnot for at til
lntet9jsre De ube6u9elige @jefer.
Decorah-posten., 1899-12-26

Saritsrts at itanbie SnorctS aiialoen. iie rnsr so.
neoilos gltngtner raturltg Sarne uQ brlbreber ale
Sp9oontnts Sooeobuben geoqs Satr Reitener.
wan iie role bet moi; itanbiehe NIT oars Niiolneu %
bile. &ouioS.
6aocS hos ole IruQQtitcr.
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@ q mort y rosnis@a'''''
s,,.,es g~roO"Fimar''''
zen 26oe Settnber.

otter o~pfOrpr,us ral lEs rI,s -
At pt CT iulbfpmmsu t~il'rfos NV T 60 q
Nobn yeberfou, ea1
Decorah-posten., 1899-12-26

9 andre Glitter bapbe paret noe ps be fleite
aIereoe bauoe poet fine 8aoer.
Set er rent pplpftenbe o9 bp99elist at le
ben itprarteoe Oferpiaisbeo % SiGlpiom-
bsb, iom eiter benne lllpfte fom tilipne hos
bore 2anosmenb pperalt bppr be lGrbes.
gneitaaenoe!
Weo Sgia9telie
Sprsen Slaiien.
Decorah-posten., 1899-12-26

Sier 9lobet rent. renter hee Spiteuirt % qtorr mt
Gin. gc9qS 9berp glono puri'irr. Zen bclbrebebC
ma for et qnTlnelt % frontif lil'Gibe al SiitCl." - v.
u. geutlp. Snnmit. Slurioa. 6ootlruot al S0oerne.
Carriers. at ben life ilour fell. preO ben.
5aaes hos ollie TruQQiiicr.
Decorah-posten., 1899-12-26
"EleId IIOMern

4 ret Tor veIdens storste ,
hunstneres noble Bidrag. Wilde Diet like have yrrst I
mnligt al ieyere denne Bog for under 81
nrt htIyed oprettede Fond dele llgelir mellem J
nugehe flelus efterladte Familie Og ct Fond hi }
Bygnlng AZ ct Mlddesmrrke Tor den at slle B,rn J
saa siholdte Digter. Skriy Ill
Eugene Field r1onument Souvenir Fund.
eogsaai Boelsderae.) $50 Monroe ST., Chicago, ,
indlas loc, hys De ossaa snsker 1t betsle portoen ,
N"Nh "pecorah-Posten'', da dette AZ betragtes son
wort Bidrag.
Decorah-posten., 1899-12-26
Gipes trit

III enhver. der subskriberer
tll Eugene Field Monument !
souvenir Fund. Kan sub. !
skrlbere hvilket Brlsb. man !
ellSker. Bldrag ned III 800
beretttger Giveren al detta
smukke, kunstnerlske Bind |
Field Flowers
lShlrtlngsbinu, SKID sonnet
Ctrtlnkat for Bidraget I'll
fnndet, BOgrn indehold.r
ri udValg al Fields bedSte !
og NEST repre- sentative Ar.
Delder og er nu ierdig I'll
uddenng. ,
AEiZ dat NIEA 49, 7
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gn tpIt Sergeant ~fortlareoe nplio
Retruterne 9esrebet paa falgenbe
Wuupe: "Sploaten 5eItaOr life Blot
al bet oertil berenoe 99osrtei, men
osTau AZ aierligbsb til 5prite6uiet i
Screening meo De nsopsnoige 0oanos
9reb.."
Decorah-posten., 1899-12-26
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1Sielr's
,Diete.
;Gi,SSe
it'll 1890,

Aarhun redets Bog.
slnukt illustreret
! at 90 af Nerdens
\ sierSte kunstnere.
Decorah-posten., 1899-12-26

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bible beto
tasitrsr
Vmotitenri
better 60
1loyo,
o'ono OBJ
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9sis Suii
at brenb,
sipbnon,
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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-05-25
ONE DECORATION DAY.
How Its Observance Brought About
the Relief of Needy Soldier.

How Its Observance Brought About
the Relief of a Needy Soldier.
1t was May 80. All good people had
been warned to turn out and decorate the
graves of the dead brave in our cemetery.
1t was in the early days after the war, and
every one was ready to do his part The
speaker Of the day, the town officials, the
village fathers were in carriages; the pref
ty young girls dressed in white represent
ed the different States and carried flowers
in their hands as they rode in the big, old
omnibus in the procession. LAUNDERING af-
ter these came dray carrying an easy
chair in which a sick soldier was half re-
clining. He had been seen day after day
sitting at window by generous hearted
woman. She had entered and asked him
about himself; she had noted the poverty
in the room, the decrepit old father and
mother, and she had thought this was
good missionary work. She went out
among her neighbors, begging food bed
ding, everything for the family. He told
her his story; how he had enlisted, start
ed for the front, had fallen i'll, suffered for
want Of care in the barracks and had final
~ come home disheartened and crippled
for life. Poverty, extreme poverty, had
come to the family. A brother who had
family of his own was the only support
of them all. They were actually suffering
for food.
So Decoration day came on and the good
friend caused the soldier to be taken to
the cemetery, where the address of the
day took it's chief point from the afflicted
man, where a collection was taken up for
him and new start given him in life. A
little stock Of pins and needles and the like
was furnished him, string was fastened
to the oldfashioned latch of the outer
door, so that he could open it without trou-
BILE, and, as he lay upon his couch, he sold
trifes to his neighbors and friends. The
pension surgeon took his case in hand, the
lawyers pleaded his cause and after de-
lay Of several years pension was granted
him and few years farther on back pay
was allowed him. Relief from care and
anxiety has contributed toward his amend
met in health and he is now much better.
ALI this is the fruit of one Decoration
days work started by a generous, impul-
sive woman.-Exchange
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-05-25
Significance Of the Day,

There is a melancholy pleasure in con-
sidering this great anniversary, second
only in Importance to Fourth of July, but
overshadowed by vastly different senti-
ment. Independence Day is the birthday
Of American freedom. Memorial Day may
we'll be called it's day of baptism and con-
secration. On this occasion we turn from
the everyday concerns of life and give
ourselves up to the contemplation of acts
of heroism that raise humanity above the
common level and link it more closely to
the Divine Spirit. These heroes whose
graves we strew with flowers gave their
lives for their country; sacrificed them
selves and all that they possessed that lib
erty and peace as established by the Con
stitution of the United States might be
freed from the bands that had been
thrown around them, and might flourish
untrammeled, unconditional and without
reproach.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-05-25

hall of granite and marble, while just be-
yond it glitters the gilded dome of the
Congressional Library building. The
mansion is surrounded by broad drive
way, and from it the well-kept walks lead
in and out among the flower beds.
In q perfect grove Of forest and orna
mental trees, over a level plateau that ex
tends from the western wall of the Gene
terry to the mansion, is the general bury
ing ground where thousands of the private
soldiers lie. In this section the head
stones are all alike, simple marble slabs
rising about two feet from the ground,
bearing the names and regiments of those
whose graves they mark. Directly south
of the house is Il most interesting plot of
ground. Right in its center is what is
known as the Temple of Fame. 1t is a
circular structure and is composed of eight
columns, surmounted by dome, which
cests on an octagonal cornice of stone
work Set in this cornice are the names
of Washington, Lincoln, Grant and Far
ragut There is also carved on each Of
the pillars one of the following illustri-
Gus names: Mcpherson, Sedgwick, Rey-
nolds, Humphrey, Garfield, Mansfield,
Thomas and Meade. This temple is seen
in the background of the illustration Of
the Tomb of the Unknown. During the
summer months the names of our famous
generals appear in floral letters in this
plot Immediately west of the Temple
is the Tomb of the Unknown Dead, and
contains the bodies of 2, Ill soldiers who
were picked up after the battle of Bull
Run, and who could not be identified. 1t
fs one of the most touching sights.
There are four magnificent entrance
gates to Arlington, of which, perhaps,
the one known as the Sheridan is the
most interesting. 1t is of four NAM
moth white marble columns, which were
originally in the War Department at
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-05-25
State Items of Interest.

Carl Frederick, aged 10, of the town of
Scott, was blasting stumps when a pre-
mature discharge went off, piece of the
stump hitting him in the face and literally
smashing it. He died during the night.
Frank Kleist, cook on the steamer
Douglas, fell into the Mississippi and
drowned near West Newton, while raft
ing A deckhand named O'Neill, residing
at Galena ILL.,, drowned near Wabasha.
A brick wall which was being construct
ed in the rear of the Upham Manufacture
ing Company's building at Marshtield for
a large vault, fell, burying the workmen.
Fred Ward and Fred Thinner were seri-
ously injured
Enraged residents of the new paper mill
town Niagara dynamited building which
was in the course of construction and
which, it was feared, would be used as a
resort. What had been built thus fur was
completely demolished.
Philip Sheridan, a well-known farmer
residing near GAINESVILLE, while pitching
hay, slid down from the NOW to the floor
below, landing on an upturned fork. The
handle entered the body, badly tearing the
intestines and the liver.
H. VI.
ager of the Northwestern Wire Mattress
works at Kenosha, of which he is the sole
owner, that the wages of every man,
woman and child in the factory should be
increased 10 per cent at once.
A serious accident occurred in the
Snowflake laundry at Manitowoc A
shaft, making 1900 revolutions per min
ute, broke unexpectedly, wrecking a cast
iron she'll surrounding the shaft and
large copper extractor, which was also
revolving at high rate of speed. The
flying pieces of castiron struck Bertha
Burt and Nellie Stoenten. The former
had one of her arms broken in two places
and one of the bones was badly splintered.
She also sustained severe internal injuries.
Miss Stoenten received a severe scalp
wound and bruises about the body.
At Menasha, Fred Riesenwebber, aged
80 years, committed suicide by hanging
himself. He was 30 years of age. De-
spondency is given as the motive for COM
hitting the deed
Ole Hoihold, an electrical engineer, was
killed in horrible manner at the electric
station at Stanley. His head was caught
in the belt and crushed in the machinery,
resulting in instant death.
At Eau Claire the dwelling owned by
Michael Mulrooney and occupied by Mi
chael McNamara's family burned. The
fire is believed to have been of incendiary
origin. The loss is about $1,000. insured.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-05-25

hills about three miles southwest of
Washington on the old Georgetown and
Alexandria pike, a road which hundred
years ago was the principal means OF
communication for all of that part Of the
country. 1t rises beyond the river in ter
raced hills, while every foot of ground for
miles around it was the scene of the great
drama of the civil war.
The story of Arlington itself is full OF
historic interest. 1t was the property OF
George Washingtons adopted son, George
Washington Parke GUSTS, and he built
the old mansion in 1902. Into this house
he brought his bride, Mary Lee Fitzhugh,
and here he spent the remainder OF his
life, as quiet country gentleman without
ever giving any evidence Of possessing
much Of the spirit of his honored grand
sire. He left but one living child, Mary
Randolph GUSTS, who married Robert r.
Lee in 1881, and they lived at Arlington
until the outbreak of the war, at which
time they left it never to return. During
the war it was used as headquarters for
the commanders of the Union troops that
were quartered on the grounds. Wash
ington was the hospital base of all the
surrounding country, and thousands of
wounded soldiers were carried there to
die. The cemetery Of the Soldiers Home
became overcrowded, and what to do with
the soldier dead became very serious
question Then it was that Quartermas-
ter General Megis ordered that Arlington
should be used as a burying ground for
the Union soldiers.
1t is interesting in this connection to
mote that the first soldier buried at Ar
lington was a rebel prisoner of war. In
1867 it was declared a national cemetery,
and, number of years afterwards, the
Government paid to the Lee family the
price they agreed upon for it. The estate
contains about LOO acres and the 200
acres surrounding the mansion is used for
burial purposes, while all of the rest is a
magnificent park. The house is modelled
after the temple Theseus at Athens, and
consists of a center 60 feet long; two
wings, and a portico in the front, % feet
wide, with six massive doric columns,
which are so feet high. The view from
this porch is surprisingly beautiful. To
the north lie Fort Meyer and George
town. Extending away to the east across
the Potomac lies the proud city Of the ma
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either end Of which were three arrows
When in line Old Abe was always carried
on the left of the color bearer, in the van
of the regiment The color bearer wore a
belt to which was attached a socket for
the end of the staff, which was about five
feet in length. Thus the eagle was high
above the bearers head, in plain sight of
the column. A ring of. leather was fasten-
ed to one Of the eagles legs, to which was
connected strong hemp cord about TWEEN
ty feet long.
Old Abe was the hero Of about twenty
FIVE battles, and as many skirmishes. Re
markable as it may appear, not one bearer
of the flag, or of eagle, always shining
marks for the enemy's rifles, was ever shot
down, Once or twice Old Abe suffered
the loss of a few feathers, but he was
never wounded. The great bird enjoyed
the excitement of carnage. In battle he
f1apped his wings, his eyes blazed, and
with piercing screams, which arose above
the noise Of the conflict, seemed to urge
the company on to deeds Of valor. Old
Abe knew his own regiment from every
other, would always accompany its cheer,
and never that of any other regiment.
Having served three years, portion OF
the members of Company were muster
ed out, and Old Abe was presented to the
State of Wisconsin. For many years on
occasions of public exercises or review,
like other illustrious veterans, he excited
in parade universal and enthusiastic at
tention. He occupied pleasant quarters
in the State capitol at Madison, Wis.,, I'M
til his death at an advanced age.