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Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-08-11
A YOUNG OLD WOMAN.
SHE KNEW GEMS. WASHINC-
TON AND LAFAYETTE.
Mrs. Sarah DOron Terry. los Years Old,
of Philadelphia, Tells How She Once


The youngest old woman in Ameri-
ca is Mrs. Sarah Doron Terry, who
one hundred years ago, was a demure
little Quaker lass Today she is one
hundred and eight years old and Phila
delphia'S oldest inhabitant. Despite
her great age her faculties, with the
exception of being a trifle deaf, are
perfect. When Mrs. Terry reached her
one hundred and eighth milestone she
joined the Quaker City Chapter of the
Daughters OF the Revolution. Her ia
Their was Stacey Doron, of New Jersey,
for seven years and distinguished him
self in the battle of Monmouth. Her
husband served in the war of 1912, be-
cause of which she gets a pension. I'm
til ten years ago she supported herself
by sewing fine buttonholes on silk and
other gowns of fine fabric She wears
no eyeglasses or spectacles Her pres
ent weight is but twenty pounds less
than it has ever been. Mrs. Terry S
vitality and intelligence are the marvel
of scientist and layman alike. Her
recollections of the days of Washing
ton and Lafayette are complete She
can recall events which occurred nine
ty years ago as though they were of
recent date She is bright. quick and
witty, and her "reminiscences of Euro
pean court life and early colonial days
are full of interest. Mrs. Terry adj
mires Queen Victoria as a monarch
and mother almost as much as she did
not admire her as a child It was
sixty-eight years ago when Mrs. Terry
first saw the queen.
Il saw her in London at the Ken
s.ngton Gardens when she was
twelve. She wasn't attractive. She
was little and too chubby, but she
looked real neat and not a bit proud
like" she says.
Seated in the home of her grand
daughter. at No. 545 North Sixteenth
street, Philadelphia, she talked OF
Washington and Lafayette to re-
porter.
Gen. Washington loved Philadei-
phia and used to live here. One day
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a messenger came to my mother, tell
ing her that the general wanted her
to cook his dinner. so | went with her
and helped to cook him a nice meal
They did not always have good meals
then. My father was once hungry and
met Washington. He asked him for
something to eat. The general put his
hand in his pocket and gave my ia
Their a biscuit, which he was probably
saving for himself.
Gen. Washington was a bonny man,
and the American people loved him.
Every time he would walk down
Chestnut street men would take off
their hats and the girls and ladies
courtesy. He would bow in stately
manner, and the people would say:
'Ah, what a fine man! What brave
general
And then came peace with Eng
land and the freedom of the colonies.
Every wagon, cart o. carriage which
drove into town had big sign on it,
and every sign said Peace The city
was Illuminated and the people
cheered, and the pretty girls let the
young men kiss them on their return
from the war.
81 was in Philadelphia when Gen.
Lafayette came to the city in 1921
He was a handsome young man, with
nice rosy cheeks and black curly hair,
and every one seemed to love him. The
whole town was beautifully illuminat-
ed The gCoeral paraded up and down
the streets, escorted by young men
who had fought with Gen Washington.
When the general reached the arch
he got off his horse and stood near
a stand and saluted all the rest of the
soldiers as they came by. In the
Philadelphia, and each one carried a
roll of parchment tied with a red.
white and blue ribbon, with Gratitude
written on it. AS the children came
by they laid these rolls at Gen. La
fayette's feet. He was nearly smoth-
cred by them. He would take I'D arm
fuls and press them to his breast, while
tears rolled down his cheeks. Those
were happy times, and Lafayette was
as good as he was great. When
went to Europe / saw his splendid
house and estate. 1t was about seven
teen miles from Paris.
when | was a girl there was an
Indian camp on :. grounds now Oc-
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-08-11

you seem to turn your back upon them.
their voices as we'll as you used to, or
to be moved by the sight of their dear
faces. Call louder, We departed ones!
Call louder from the ivory palaces"
When 1 think Of that place and think
of my entering it. | feel awkward; /
feel as sometimes when 1 have been ex-
posed to the weather, and my shoes
have been bemired, and my coat is
soiled, and my hair is disheveled. and
| stop in front of some fine residence
where l have an errand. l feel not fit
to go in as l am, and sit among the
guests. So some Of us feel about
heaven. We need to be washed; We
need to be rehabilitated before We go
into the ivory palaces. Eternal God,
let the surges of thy pardoning mercy
roll over us! l want not only to wash
my hands and my feet, but, like some
skilled diver, standing on the pier
head, who leaps into wave and comes
up at a far distant point from where he
went in, so l want to go down, and so
| want to come up. 0 Jesus. wash me
in the waves of thy salvation,
And here l ask you to solve a mys-
terry that has been depressing me for
thirty years. l have been asking it OF
doctors of divinity who have been
studying theology for half a century,
and they have given me no satisfactory
answer. l have turned over all the
books in my library, but got no solution
to the question, and today l come and
ask you for an explanation. By what
logic was Christ induced to exchange
the ivory palaces of heaven for the
crucifiXion agonies of earth? l shall
take the first thousand million years
in heaven to study out that problem
meanwhile, and now, taking it as the
tenderest, mightiest of all facts that
Christ did come; that he came with
spikes in his feet; came with thorns in
his brow; came with spears in his
heart. TO save you and to save me,
God so loved the world that he gave
his only begotten Son, that whOsoever
have everlasting life" On. Christ,
whelm all our souls with thy compass
sion! Now them down like summer
grain with the harvesting sickle of thy
grace. Ride through today the con-
queror, thy garments smelling ''of
myrrh, and aloes. and cassia, out of
the ivory palaces!
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-08-11
WONDERFUL CAREER.

Col. NJ J. O'Brien, who has been
elected to succeed the late Henry 3.
Plant, has been in the employ Of the
great Southern Express company for
many years. He began as driver OF
one of the wagons of the Adams EX-
press company, and worked his way up
in that service until the Southern COM
pany hired him. Then his real career
in business began. Thirty years ago
Mr.. O'Brien became the private secre-
tary of the president of the Southern
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THE AMERICAN TOMMY ATKINS
He Accepts the Situation without Ex-
citement Mysteries,

He Accepts the situation without EA.
citement Mysteries,
1t is on the heroism of Jimmy Green,
the enlisted man. whether he be volun-
teer or regular, that the interest of the
campaign centerS. says Harper'S Week
ly. 1t is from the individual point Of
view that the last weeks have been like
a dream. In the midst of the carnage
of war, tragedies of life have been
mixed with the most CHASTITY pictures
Of physical mutilation and suffering,
until the very rapidity of the transit
tons daZed one and blunted the sensi-
bilities. Heroism became a matter OF
course, and death an incident. I'm
agine as background to this changing
scene burning villages, smoke, fire,
shot and shell; the ceaseless tramp OF
tired and often bleeding feet; swamps
and jungles to be crossed and rivers to
be swum; men weighed down with am
munition and rations, accomplishing
and cheerful under the heat of a trOp-
zeal sun; at the end of each long day a
sharp skirmish, and perhaps death or
lifelong mutilation, The natural
comment is that all this is merely war
the business of the soldier. True;
nor do l think that Jimmy Green is
troubled with heroicS. He accepts the
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-08-11

situation as a matter of course, with
out excitement or Mysteries. He has lit
tie feeling in the matter, for his heart
is not in this fight. He does not like
his job particularly well, but these very
facts go to show what splendid soldiers
American citizens make in the field.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-08-11
WOODMEN CIRCLE.

PLYMOUTH GROVE, No. 6;
meets every Friday evening at
Woodmen hall. Mrs. Lena Ul-
rich, Worthy Guardian. Mrs
Chas. Hammered, Clerk.
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Express company, and now he is him.
self the president of that great con-
Germ. When Mr.. Plant died Mr..
O'Brien was taking a rest in Europe,
but he at once returned to Georgia.
and his election as president followed
Immediately. Col O'Brien served In
the Confederate army during the war,
and was attached to the fleet of Com
modore PoindeXter until it was de-
stroyed to prevent its falling into the
hands of the enemy. When the colonel
was the superintendent of the Southern
company it is said he travelled not less
than an average of 10000 miles the
year.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-08-11
Poor lsarOnet.

Sir Thomas O'Connor Moore, Bart,
has been elected from the room he
lived i'm with his family at Cork, be-
cause he could not pay the rent of 20
cents a week. He is the eleventh
holder of the title, which dates back
to 1901
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-08-11
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS.

HYPERION LODGE, No. ny;
meets every Monday night in
Castle Hall. VIM. F. Young,
c. c. Cal Switzer, X. of K.
and s.
HYPERION TEMPLE, Rath-
bone Sisters; meets first and third
Fridays of each month. Mrs.
Chas. Mclaughlin, {. 6.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-08-11
MODERN SAMARITANS.

Meets second and fourth Wednes.
day evening in w. O. w. hall.
S. B. Tanning, Pres. ]. A
Skunk, Sec.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-08-11
FORESTERS.

PLYMOUTH COURT, No.r4oo;
meets the second and fourth Fri
day evenings of each month in K.
of P. hall. c. NJ. Slayter, {. K.
Ed Reynolds, Sec.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-08-11
WOODMEN OF THE WORLD.

Meets first and third Wednesday
evenings of each month in X. OF
P. hall. J. O. Pomeroy, Z. ~
Z. Rotzien, Clerk
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-08-11
COLUMBIAN LEAGUE.

Meets Thursday evening, every
other week, 100 p. M, in Bis
sell hall. Vert A. Beldon, Com
mander. Alonzo Stevenson, Pro.
vOSt.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-08-11
MODERN WOODMEN.

Meets second and fourth Thursdays
IN X. of P. hall. ]. a. Skunk,
Venerable Consul. <. l.. Swift
ger, Clerk.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-08-11
ROYAL ARCANUM.

Meets first and third Wednesday
evenings of each month in Simons
hall. J. c. Jilson, Regent. b.
!. Lauer, Sec.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-08-11
MARSHALL COUNTY PHYSL.
CLANS ASSOCIATION.

Meets first Tuesday in each month
Jacob kaszer, NJ. D., President
Novitas b. AsPinall, NJ. D., Sec
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O.. A. r.
MILES II. I

MILES II. TIBBETTS POST,
G. A. r., meets very first and
third Tuesday evenings in Simons
hall. w. Kelley, Com. Charles
Wilcox, Adjt.
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French Soldiers Becoming Smaller.

FrthCH S"fUfeTs be'Ufh"E SHftfftr.
At the semi-annual drawing in Paris
of conscripts for the French army the
number of recruits was IL per cent
smaller than one year ago.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-08-11
ODD FELLOWS.

AMERICUS LODGE, No. OIL;
meets every Thursday evening at
their lodge rooms on Michigan
street. &. F. Schearer, y. o..
Chas. Bushman, Sec.
SILVER STAR LODGE, Daugh-
tiers of Rebekah; meets every
Friday evening at l. O. O. F.
hall. Mrs. J. f. Ellis, n. 6.
Miss Emma Zunbaugh, V. @.
Miss y. Berkhold, Sec.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-08-11
BEN HUR.

Meets every Tuesday. w. II.
Cove, Chief. Chas. Tihrttsr
Scribe.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-08-11

PLYMOUTH CHAPTER, No.
20, O. E. s.; meets first and third
Tuesdays of each month. Mrs.
Bertha Mcdonald, w. NJ. Mrs.
Lou Stansbury, Sec.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-08-11

PLYMOUTH CHAPTER, No.
40 r. A. NJ; meets second Fri
day evening of each month. ].
c. Jilson, II. P. II. b. Reeve,
Sec.
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Society Directory.
MASONIC.

PLYMOUTH Xiv WINNING
LODGE, No. I49, F. and a. NJ.
meets first and third Friday eve-
nings of each month. VIM.
H. Conger, w. NJ. John COrba-
ley, Sec.
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K. O. I. NJ.

PLYMOUTH TENT, No. II;
meets every Tuesday evening at
K. O. T. NJ. hall. d. w. Jacoby,
Com. Frank Wheeler, Record
Keeper.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-08-11
PLYMOUTH COMMAND'RY,

No. 20, X. T.; meets fourth
Friday of each month. John c..
Gordon, E. c. L. Tanner, Rec.
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Cyrus, the world conqueror of the
day. having hitherto depended largely
on the Modes for his military strength,
did not at once take the throne of Bah
ylon, but yelled his final purpose by
putting on it for the moment Darius
the Mede, Cyrus himself being an
Elamte.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-08-11
WIDE AWAKE HIVE, No. 81

L. O. 7. NJ; meets every Mon
day night at X. O. T. NJ. hall on
Michigan street. Mrs. Cora
Hahn, Com. Bessie Wilkinson,
Record Keeper.
HIVE No. rs, L. O. T. NJ; meets
every Wednesday evening in X.
O. T. NJ. hail. Mrs, w. Bur-
kett, Com.
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| might keep it a little while; but when
you, the mother, came along it would
struggle to go with you. And so you
stood holding your dying child when
Jesus passed by in the room. and the
little one sprang out to greet him. That
is all. Your Christian dead did not go
down into the dust, and the gravel,
and the mud. Though it rained all that
funeral day, and the water came up to
the wheels hub as you drove out to
the cemetery, it made no difference to
them, for they stepped from the home
here to the home there, right into the
ivory palaces. All is well with them
All is well.
1t is not a dead weight that you lift
when you carry Christian out. Jesus
makes the bed up soft with velvet
promises, and he says. Put her down
here very gently. Put that head which
will never ache again on this pillow of
hallelujahs. Send up word that the
procession is coming. Ring the bells
Ring! Open your gates, we ivory pal
aces" And so your loved ones are
there. They are just as certainly there,
having died in Christ, as that you are
here. There is only one thing more
they want. Indeed, there is one thing
in heaven they have not got They
want it. What is it Your company
But, oh, my brother, unless you change
your tack you cannot reach that har-
Dor. You might as well take the South
ern Pacific railroad, expecting in that
direction to reach Toronto, as to go
on in the way some of you are going
and yet expect to reach the ivory pala-
ces. Your loved ones are looking out OF
the windows of heaven now, and yet
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-08-11

Wayne, ate freely of watermelon and
then went bathing in the st. Joe river.
AS soon as he struck the water he was
seized with cramps and sank from
view.
Earl Love of Paramount, while en-
route homeward after nightfall, was
sand-bagged and robbed of s12. He is
not likely to recover from his injury.
While thrashing oats on the William
Dale farm, near Lincolnville, spark
of sheaves, and the horses were ere
mated before they could be rescued.
Michael Mahoney. night foreman in
the Lake Erie & Western roundhouse
at Upton, while hunting for his lunch
basket with a torch, was alarmingly
Injured by natural gas explosion.
q. w Cook of Anderson, travelling
salesman for the Mccormick Reaper
company, while at Cambridge City on
Saturday. was alarmingly injured in
runaway accident.
Al Gurtner of Wabash county, upon
going to his bedroom. found a large
blue racer ready to welcome him. The
reptile showed fight, and, with diff
Guilty, was killed.
Samuel Gamble. so years old, of Paw
paw township, Wabash county,
trimmed corn too close Gangrene
developed, and his leg has been ampu-
tated at the knee.
Messrs. Smith & Highly of Auburn,
who recently purchased the plant of
the Daily and Weekly Dispatch of that
city, have discontinued the daily pub
LEGATION.
New-York tribune., 1899-12-17
CHARACTER OF TRADING.

rorso, u,os salIer Of securities in the local mar
ret and hear traders and commission houses were
active in the two hours OF business. After cary
weakness shorts covered and 1t was said that Mr.
Keene was a heavy buyer, while on the suoseaush'
decline buying by prominent banking Interest was
noted The average decline In the first dealings
was per cent but at the close the greater number
of more active issues presented heavier losses VI
the industrisls Sugar Refining, Tennessee Cosb
Steel Hoop. American Tobacco, Colorado Fuel COB
solidated Gas Continental Tobacco preferred, FED
eral Steel Glucose and Peoples Gas were the
heaviest losers The railroad stocks were violently
attacked and suffered more than on any other Gay
in the week Atchison preferred lost Sls points
Baltimore and Ohio. "a Brooklyn Rapid Irans'b
ga. Canadian Pacific, 2i2; Chicago AND Eastern
Illinois, 5; Northwest 3; Burlington, sI; 81 faui'
21s; Lackawanna, 3la; Great Northern prererreu'
3%; Louisville and Nashville. S%s; Manhattan ~
Metropolitan, S; Missouri Pacific 3; New-YorS cen
trail, SIk; Northern Pacific preferred 2is; Pennsyi
vania pa Panhandle" 5: Reading first preferrsa
"a: ST. Louis Southwestern preferred. AZ; soulh
ern Railway preferred 2ls; Third Avenue Sa anu
Union Pacific, 2i2. Some of the buyers ana seys
were: G. s. Hendrickson q ooW bought L<atne'
common; H. l. Judson & Co. (2.5OO sold. w. cav
& Co. q ,OoW bought Southern Pacific. Clark. Doug
& CO. bought ST. Paul; Donald, Gordon Co soa
f. B. Havens & Co. and William Gwynne bought
Atchison preferred; London and Prince & Wnl'ev
sold. II. J. Judson & Co. bought Leather commoh'
j. s Bearnes e. Co sold r. J. Taylor -
bought 81, Paul: Van Emburgh & Atteroury sona
sussdorf Brothers 1000 bought PsnnsylySan1a Pa
LapSey & Co. sold. London sold Nor.hsrn hT.s,
cnc. Bell & Co. bought Brooklyn Rapid IIansssst IIs,sst
r. II. Bissell & Co. and J. & s. wormser 69nsyss
Sugar Refining; J. A. Blair q Son sold hsHs 4
stiegtz bought 1900 Chicago, Burlington "a fa
Quincy and 1000 Anaconda. Bell & Co. IEs.In r. -
Montague jr. and A. a. Housman & Co oeusSS'
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy; K. King. T. "a
Nichols Worden & Co. and &. Minzesheimer SS III
sold T. C. Buck bought New-York Central. s AMs'
& Co. bought Southern Pacific; London and sss nss
man & Mayer (about 10000 sold. w. =. LawffesWf
4 Son bought st. Paul Grant Brothers. !. "a
Amory 4 Son and McIntyre & Wardwel sVT
Simmons & Slade (20oo, sold New-York central ai,. "a
Schef,el 6 00O bought Louisville & Nashyille JonsI
Maury & Co. 1900 and +. +. Ames Q,gp sos.
Henry Bros. & Co. sold Baltimore and ONO w
ferrcd Albert Gross 5000 bought 81. Paul
New-York tribune., 1899-12-17
NEWS or THE NINTH REGIMENT.

In the 9th Regiment Lieutenant ODonneH. re-
Gently elected captain Of Company A, has passed
the Board. A committee Of that company Is ar
ranging an entertainment. Corporal Nlliam d.
Petrie. OF Company 3, has passed the Board INeu-
tenant Herman c. Leonhardi, of that company, Is
an enthusiastic player on the indoor baseball team.
In Company there is talk Of reorsanizing the ola
polo team and joining the athletic association OF
the regiment Corporals Connolly and Chaplin OF
C. have received their warrants. The non-commls-
stoned officers OF the regiment aye to meet OIL De
cember q to form an organization. the ahnuai
ioir+ e,ruoe of Comnanv {; ard the Xavier Athletic
Association have beer set fer February b. 1his
company seems to continue at the Iiont "S ~ ~
athletic company of the 9th. Captain Tyson OF tne
football tea M thinks he has sp4rring clanplol'
IN George St John. OF Company ., al I@' bG' bpq ~
the Pelican Athletic Club. Hyson says his pro,ege
Is easily the National Guard champion, a. az ,t ,,,"'
New-York tribune., 1899-12-17
WALL STREET AND EXCHANGES.

OUTSIDE SECURITIES MARKET. - Market
opened duh closing irregular. Standard OIL closed
at i5sIi6o against 457df5o on Friday. Last prices
Of other prominent issues were Havana CONNER
cia 1652als; preferred, sG62i3; Baking Powder 10
s5la Bay State Gas, i9sGiia; Pump, lial6i pre-
ferred. e2qsS: Marheen Copper 6sG7ss; Amal-a-
mated Copper, 7s5sa7sA.; Amsterdam Gas. 2l4aaa;
preferred 1915; Rubber Goods, 27G9s; preferred,
794G 79s4: Distilng OF America HASA preferred.
25An27: Sioss-Shefffed, 31n3e: preferred. 6sisa1i
General Carriage. 173 bid.
COTTON STATISTICS.-Recelpts Of cotton AZ
the ports since September l are 3623"o bales.
against 514i,o0o last year Stocks at the ports are
now 1,l2sOoo bales against 1881 900 last year Ex-
ports for the week are 14scco bales, making total
since September OF 2.27sOOo. against S546oOo last
year. The total visible supply is ss'2cN has
against 4sisO 900 last year. 900 In 1897 and $685.
OlD in 1896 The American supply is S606.o0o oales
against 900 last year SSj2ooo in 1891 and S7S2-
oo0 in 1895 Interior receipts since September !,
59 900 bales against 443I 900 last year Interior
stocks are $1,000 bales. against $4,000 last year
BANK CLEARINGS.-Bank exchanges for the
week at all leading cities in the United States are
s. 1856 10 gain OF i31 per cent over last year
and 44s per cent over 1892 Baltimore again re-
norts n loss compared with last year, and at
number of other cities the gain over last year Is
small.
TENNESSEE COAL AND IRON EARNINGS
rorressoe Coal Iron and Railroad Company's net
earnings for November are estimated st GSsle
and after fixed charges net surplus OF SZSsoi' 10
the same time last year net earnings were S"t'
and surplus sl9,9il ,
DIVIDEND DECLAREp-The Homestake Min
ing Companv has declared dividend No. Ss. OF .
cents a. share-naking ss.l43.7JO paid in diVdenos 70
date-payable OH December 20 at the oincss OF 'h'
transfer agents Lounsbery 4 Co, NILS punuihs
Transfer books close on December :"