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QUAKER GIRLS SERVICES BEFORE THE BATTLE OF WINCHESTER

so much of the troops with Sheridan. and
could no longer doubt him.
He quickly noted the change and
said: I will go now, Miss Wright and
come again at 3. and l know you will
have a line to send to the general
''All this time l was nervously trying
to get at the note which was rolled in
| tin foil. Noticing that l was likely to
tear 1t, he said: DO not tear the foil,
Miss, Wright; you will need 1t to wrap
your reply in. carried 1t under by
tongue and was to swallow 1t If I was
arrested or searched
| After talking it over with my mother,
knowing the risk [ was running. / sat
down and wrote the general all I knew.
Confederate affairs:
Two evenings before a rebel officer.
convalescent, who boarded with our
next door neighbors, asked the privi-
lege OF spending the evening in my COM
pany. He had watched me from the
window gathering flowers from our real
ly lovely garden, was lonesome, and
merely desired little varioy. I asked
questions, never thinking of using The
information, and he answered truthfully
When General Sheridan asked me,
knew just what to tell him. and wrote.
putting my life in the keeping of a
strange colored man. He came at 3
and silently gave him the tiny pack-
age.
Many many times during the next
day and the quiet Sabbath l wondered
wha. had become Of him and my note,
and when we were awakened Monday
morning. September 10. before day
break by the roaring OF cannon, my first
thought was whether my note had any
thing to do with the fighting.
THAT was the most terrible day of all
our experience in old Winchester, and
shells fell so near us that We went down
into the cellar for safety. After a time
the rumbling and noise grew fainter and
fainter. I could endure the suspense no
longer, and said / must go up and see
what could learn.
Nothing on the first floor. nothing on
the second floor, but from the window
of the garret saw the old flag waving,
and 1t was coming into the town.
fairly few down stairs to the cellar,
screaming The old flag is coming down
the street. The dear old flag is coming
back again All will soon be right again
now
1--WE soon had the house open to re-
ceive our friends, and in the evening
learned whether my note had anything
to do with the battle. Answering
knock at the door, l met two Union
officers, and. without noticing their rank,
l reached out a hand to each. When
one introduced himself as General
/ welcomed him indeed, and
he told me 1t was entirely on the in
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terest upon those structures once more
serving their original purpose. There
are not few of those historic churches
left standing in Washington.
The principal houses of worship con-
verted into hospitals at that time We're
the First Presbyterian Church, John
Marshall Place. between and D Streets
northwest: E Street Baptist Church.
Epiphany Episcopal Church, G Street
northwest, between Thirteenth and Four
teenth Streets; Ryland Chapel M. E.
Church. Tenth and D Streets south
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Services Country, Quaker
Girl by General Sheridan

my little writing desk. Soon our friends
began to arrive. and though there We're
no decorations, no expensive entertain
mept. no flowers, there was never a re-
ception more thoroughly enjoyed than
the one held in the old house in Win
chester by the Quaker girl who felt she
had done her duty by her country.
II had not realized the value of the
service had done until | received the
beautiful watch and chain. accompanied
by letter from General Sheridan, beg
ging me to accept 1t as a memento Of
September 10, 1854"
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near G; the st. Aloysius Hospital, op7
Grated as branch Of ST. Aloysius
Church. and branch hospital estab-
lished under the auspices Of one Of the
Southern Methodist churches in the city
at that time. - -
These were not all. however. Many Of
the other churches came we'll to the
fore in the splendid work of caring for
the sick and wounded, and hospitals Of
greater or less size sprang up every
where. There were in Washington at
that time four Baptist churches, four
Roman Catholic, five Episcopal one
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formation had sent that he fought the
battle. begged him not to mention it.
as my life would not be safe when our
troops went away.
Oh he said. the rebels will never
often, and told him that others had
told us that so many times that we had
lost faith. But he was as good as his
word-they never came again.
HE wrote his report of the battle at
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Quaker meeting place, two Lutheran.
seven Methodist. six Presbyterian. one
Unitarian, and half dozen colored
houses Of worship Of different denomi-
nations. There were, besides. in George.
town, one Presbyterian church. one Ro-
man Catholic. and several Methodist
and Baptist structures. Nearly all Of
these churches took more or less
prominent part in nursing the soldiers
and supplying food and proper nourish-
ment for those in need.
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Mrs. Bonsal values her watch very
highly and always wears it. 1t is DIFF
ferent from every other watch in the
world. as General Sheridan had 1t made
especially to order. The heavy gold
chain fastens to the neck OF her gown by
very unique gold pin-a horshoe which
extends gauntlet claspiny stirrup.
Attached to the chain lower down. so as
to form fob, is a key and seal and
miniature gold sword in a tiny teweled
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First Presbyterian Church.

west; Trinity Episcopal Church, Third
and C Streets northwest. and the Union
Chapel Methodist Episcopal Church,
Twentieth Street northwest. near H
Street.
Other churches. where it was found
impracticable to establish hospitals in
the edifices. secured halls or buildings
near by and set up hospitals there. The
most prominent of these were the one at
the corner Oh Ninth and H Streets,
established by the Church OF the AS
cension; the Baptist Hospital. managed
by Dr.. Samson, on Thirteenth Street,
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. Epiphany P. E. Church. ~
~ III

good that was done in these structures
cannot rightly be estimated. Hundreds,
even thousands, of the veterans OF that
war who will throng the streets of the
National Capital during the present
week will recall the days or weeks spent
in those church h-hospitals, under the
tender care of hundreds of faithful and
tireless women. And the old soldiers
will look with more than a passing in
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sheath. The inscription on the inside
CT the cover reads:
Presented TO Rebecca l.. Wright, of
Winchester, Va, by General Sheridan, in
memento OF September 10, 1864"
In further recognition Of the service
rendered her country. Mrs. Bonsal holds
a responsible position in the United
States Treasury. where for years she has
been valued clerk
Mrs. Bonsal cherishes her memories
OF the stirring events of the civil war.
ana Is proud of her services as an i'm
portant factor in the momentous battle
at Winchester.
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tion which won the battle of Winchester.
This is the story told in her own words:
IL was sitting at my desk at noon in
my little school room in Winchester,
Va, September 16, 1864, when colored
man came in and said he wished to speak
to me privately. He closed all the doors
and looked about in such a way as to
greatly alarm me. demanded very posi-
lively his business, and he then told me
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"Ew spots possess more interest
X for the veteran of the great civil
conflict than the place where.
wounded and suffering he lay
hovering between life and DEATH al
most within ear shot of the terrible
roar and rattle of the bloody strife that
: had divided a nation. The National Cap
ital is crowded with such spots; 1t was
a city of hospitals during those dark
days Of the war.
When the tide of battle turned against
the boys. in blue at Bull Run and other
battlefelds within a radius of many
miles of Washington the wagons bear
ing the sick and wounded streamed into
the Capital in an unbroken line day
Z after day and night after night for
weeks. The majority of them were at
deaths door; medical attention and hos
pitals had to be secured and at once.
Accommodation Inadequate.
The Government had done its best to
provtde accommodations for the thou
sands. Still they came, in teams and on
foot. In doorways and on cellar doors
in old Georgetown they sank down, ut
terly exhausted and unable to drag one
soot after another. Not day but saw
them filing into the little town across
Rock Creek by the hundred. Something
had to be done. Unhesitatingly the resi-
dents of both Washington and George
town threw open their homes to the
sick and wounded and exhausted. Cots
for and
food in abundance. Great washboilers
were converted into coffee pots, and the
STRENGTHENING beverage was passed
through the streets by loyal and de-
voted women by the gallon. Night and
day they labored, nursing the suffering
and providing food for the famished.
But still that endless stream poured
into town. 1t seemed as If the tide |
of war had turned, and bit by bit the
defenders of the nation were being fore |
ed back into the Capital. Yet 1t was |
only q small part of that vast army. |
Wounded and dying from the terrible
hail OF shot and shell. exhausted from
days and nights of ceaseless marching, |
fIl from exposure and lack of proper |
thew flocked into Washington as sink
ing ship seeks port. Still they came,
and the hospitals and the private houses
were filled to overfowing. The door
WAYS and streets were thronged day
and night. Something had to be done
to relieve the suffering, and find places
for the wounded and sick. The Gov
ernment could do no more. The homes
OF washington's people were filled with
soldiers.
Churches Converted Into Hospitals.
And then the churches were converted
into hospitals and thrown open. few
of the weather. houses of worship rails
ed suficient funds to open hospitals
near their churches. and the members of
the congregations attended the wants OF
the suffering and dying. In other casea
the church buildings were given entire
ID oyer 20 the use of the soldiers as
hospitals. For weeks and months these
houses of worship were thronged with
Union troops. and church ladies took up
their labors by the side of the cots as
nurses and attendants.
When the movement was once started
1t spread through the city with wonder II
full rapidity. Almost every cdifice that
was capable of accommodating even a
few of the troops was converted into a
temporary hospital. The amount OF u
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that he had a note from General Sheri-
dan who wanted me to tell him of the
strength and position Of the rebel forces
in and around Winchester. was greatly
troubled. as the man was an entire
stranger, and the thought that he might
be trying to find out what / would do
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and betray me to the rebels who were
then in possession of the place was up
permost in my mind.
II asked hin. IL he knew to whom he
was talking, chat there were two of us,
and he replied: Oh yes; you are Miss
told him I did not have anything to do
with the rebels and knew nothing about
them; but he talked SO intelligently, told
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n K RS. Rebecca Wright Bonsal
M wears handsome gold watch
1 L and chain that was presented to
her by General Sheridan in
recognition of the service she did him
during the civil war. AT the risk of her
own life she furnished him with informa-
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-11-07
MAY BE UNCHAsTE.
cision, Snys the Term Is APP
plicable to Spinsters.

1t makes no difference whether the
victim of the SANDER of lack of chas-
tity is married or unmarried, accord
ing to ruling of the supreme court,
in affirming the trial court in the case
of Grace Cushing VS.. Patrick Heder-
man, appellant. The appeal was from
the court of Judge S. M. Elwood, in
Crawford county. The lower court
awarded the plaintiff $1,000 damages
because the defendant had slandered
her in declaring she had been guilty
of unchaste conduct. An effort was
made by the appellants attorneys to
maintain that as the plaintiff was not
a married woman the language imput-
ed to the defendant did not constitute
SANDER. The supreme court holds no
such distinction can be made and that
it does not matter whether the per-
son slandered was married or not.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-11-07
HAD PUT IT TO PROOF.
Samuel Had Travelled Enough to Re-
come Convinced of the Flatness
of the Earth.

Most of the men who went west in
1s49 were from the north. There
were, however, few southerners,
among them a Baltimore family who
took along an old slave, Samuel JEFF
ferson. Samuel was patient trav-
eler on the long journey across the
plains, but very skeptical about the
success of his masters expedition. 1t
was not until his master became one
of the gold kings of California that
Samuel stopped shaking his head in
silent protest, relates Youths Com
panion.
Samuel lived to good old age, and
after the war was the special at
tendant of his masters children. One
day Hugh, the youngest son, was ex-
planning to Samuel the spherical
shape of the earth.
: "If you should go straight ahead
far enough, you'd come right around
to where you started from"
"Now look heah, chile, yo' evan
mex me b'lieve dat. 1 ain helped yo'
daddy tote, his things all de way out
heah I'm Baltimo' FIR muffin. If what
yo' tells me was true, we'd "a come
back to Ma'ylan' about fo' times. I
knows I'm 'sperience, honey, drivin'
cross dem plains, dat de worl am
fiat out-fatter'n hoecake, clean till
yo' bump inter de ocean,"
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-11-07
FOURTH ANNIVERSARY.
Moines and the Institutional
Work 1t Is Doing.

The Central Church of Christ, of
Des Moines, of which Rev. H. o. Bree--
den is the pastor, has celebrated it's
fourth anniversary as an institution
al organization. 1t now conducts
complete educational establishment,
which occupies 81 rooms outside of
the regular church organization au-
ditorium. Most of the classes are
conducted in the evening. The course
Of study is adapted to the kind of
students which are accommodated by
the institution. The institutional
part of the church has it's own di-
rectory. DR.. Breeder watches over
the whole.
Admission to study in the depart
ments is open to all alike, whether
members Of the Christian church CT
not. Nearly 400 students are annual
ly enrolled. Social clubs, recreation
clubs, camera clubs and all sorts of
sub-organizations designed to elicit
and maintain the interest of pupils
are maintained within the institution.
All of the common branches are
taught, practical trades, such as
Gressmalling to girls, cooking to
some, music, etc. Gymnasiums are
maintained, also This is the only in
stitutional work being done by
church in Iowa as a regularly estab-
lished thing, and its success, it is
thought, will encourage others.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-11-07
WOMEN ATTACK so1oNs.
The Equal Suffrage Association De-
nOunces Iowa Legislature for IY-
nOrinE the Right of Petition.

The action of the house of repre-
Eentatives at the last session of the
general assembly in turning down
the petition to allow the Suffrage
question to go before the people was
again strongly Denounced by the con-
vention in Des Moines of the Iowa
Equal Suffrage association.
A resolution adopted declared that
the constitutional right to petition a
Legislative body was absolutely ig-
nored by the committee on amend
ments to the constitution and suf-
frage, in that the petitions showered
upon them from all parts of the state
asking that the question of equal
suffrage be referred to the people
for vote were UNDECIDED. The ac-
ton of the senate in passing the res
olution was commended.
Other resolutions were passed by
the convention expressing the regrets
Of the Iowa association at the death
of Elizabeth Cady Stanton. They re-
ioiced in the healthfulness of the suf-
frage movement and in the great
sallueS GudU Sul1rdSlSlS were LldklnS
in all parts of the world.
Mrs. Mary ]. Coggshall, of Des
Moines, was chosen president of the
Iowa association for the ensuing
year. Mrs. C. A. Reynolds. of Panora,
was chosen as vice president, and
Mrs. Eleanor C. Stoclman, of Mason
City, was reelected recording >ecre-
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-11-07
GIVEN ANOTHER CHANCE.
Supreme Court Grants RehearinE
in the Case OF Jack Phillips,
of Wapello County.

The supreme court has granted re-
hearing in the case of the state against
Jack Phillips, of Wapello county, who
about two years ago was convicted
of manslaughter for the killing OF
Clarence Debard at Eldon. Phillips was
a special policeman employed at El
don during the fair there in the fall
of 1900. September of that year he
attempted to arrest Debard, after
warning the latter against disturbing
the peace. Debard was intoxicated
and when led towards the jail he re.
sisted the officer. Phillips fnall;
struck him with his billy" and when
Debard fell and refused to rise and
kicked at the officer to prevent the
latter from catching hold of him.
Phillips gave him another blow over
the head. According to several wit
nesses, Philips struck him three or
tour times, until lie became uncon-
scious. Debard had to be carried to
Jail, where he died the next morning.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-11-07
CORN JUDGING.
The State Agricultural College An.
nounces Coming Special School
and Invites Farmers to Attend

The department of agronomy at
Iowa State college in Ames has is
sued the following announcement:
every farmer in Iowa is cordially
invited to attend the corn judging
school which will be held at the agri-
cultural college January to II, 1908.
Bring samples of your corn and
other farm seeds. They will prove of
interest to your fellow farmers and
will be of the greatest value to the
students and instructors in the corn
school.
"The very best samples of all the
leading varieties of corn from the
greatest breeders of this and other
states will be on exhibition, and will
be used in the corn Judging classes.
"This immense collection of choice
corn will afford an unusual oppor-
tunity to compare the different va
rieties an6 study their characters
tics.
"The best known and most success
full live stock breeders and corn grow.
ers of Iowa will attend this corn
school. You will have an opportunity
to meet these men and confer with
them on live farm topics.
Regular classes in corn judging
will be held every day. All who de-
sire to do so may enter these classes
and make systematic study of corn
with the revised score card.
"Those wishing to become expert
corn judges, qualified to judge corn
at county fairs and eNpositions, will
have an opportunity at this corn
school to prepare themselves for the
work. An examination will be held
at the close of the school and corn
judging certificates will be issued to
those who prove themselves proficient
corn judges.
"Lil'eral cash premiums will be
awarded those who excel in corn judg-
ing.
Bring ten ears of your corn and
come prepared to stay the entire two
weeks.
Important and interesting points
regarding the selecting, storing and
breeding of seed corn will be pre-
sented by prominent seed corn breed
ers of Iowa and by Others"
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-11-07
Didn't Recognize bible auotation

In spite of the strenuous efforts of
Prof. kittridge, it would seem that
Harvard undergraduates still remain
ignorant of the Scriptures. Some one
once said: ga Harvard man knows all
literature but the Bible"-a startling
ly sweeping generality, but not with
out truth SO far as the Bible is con-
cerned. A case in point came to light
the other day. Two Harvard men
were reading together some famous
modern orations, one of them eulogy
The eulogy closed with the words: 80
death, where is thy sting? o grave,
where is thy yictory?"
"What beautiful closet" exclaimed
one of the students, enthusiastically.
"The man who wrote such sentence
as that proves that the grand style in
prose did not die with the eighteenth
century"
1t should be added in fairness that
the other student was a churchman.
and said nothing.-N. Y Tribune.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-11-07
VALUE OF A CHILD.
Years of Age Cannot Ex-
coed $4,000.

In case from Webster county, the
supreme court has decided that in this
state the recovery of damages for the
loss of life of child under five years
of age cannot exceed $4,000. In the
original trial of the case before Judge
S. M. Weaver, who is now member of
the supreme bench, the jury returned
verdict of $4,000. This Judge Weaver
cut to $4,000. The supreme court re-.
versed the judgment, stating that the
damages to the parents from the loss
of the child could not exceed $1,000.
Mrs. a. w. 1Iiveley, of Webster county
is the parent. The suit was against
the county.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-11-07
LEPRosY IN IOWA.
Two Cases Are Reported to the state
hoard of Health and Isolation
Is Advised.

Two cases of leprosy have been re-
ported to the state board of health,
one from Gilmore City and" the other
from Humboldt. The latter is that
of Scandinavian woman, 81 years
of age, who came to this country five
years ago. Isolation has been ad-
vised in both cases, preferably in their
respective families, since Iowa has no
home for lepers. 1t is said that the
conditions of climate, quantity of
food and sanitary regulations in Iowa
are such that the disease can hardly
be regarded as contagious.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-11-07

'.It's miracle" he said, giving her
full credit. I'D like to know how
you did it,"
She laughed lightly and did not
deny her handiwork. cit was simple
enough. When we came here 1
found lot of good people who had
fallen into way of boring one an
other, and a few who hadn't; but
these last held aloof. We opened our
house to the many and tried to show
them that a church sociable wasn't
exactly the acme of social enjoy
ment."
Griswold saw in his minds eve a
sharply etched picture of the rise of
village magnate. Verify, Miss
Grierson had Imagination.
ct is all very grateful and delight
full to me-" he said. 81 have been
out of the social running for long
time, but 1 must confess that / am
shamelessly epicurean by nature, and
only an ascetic of necessity
81 know" she assented, with quick
appreciation. can author has to be
both, hasn't he?-keen to enjoy and
hardened to endure
I'm not an author" he corrected,
with vanity struggling to muzzle the
protest. 81 have written but one
took, and that has not yet seen the
light"
"But it WILL" she asserted, con.
fidently. "Tell me about it,"
Now, Griswold was no babbler, but
the charm of her personality was
upon him, and before he knew what
he was about he was telling her of
the dead book, its purpose and it's
failure.
Bat you are not going. to give it
up" She said, when he had made an end.
mo; it's my message, and 1 shall
yet deliver it,
Bravo! That is the spirit that
wins always. And when you get
blue and discouraged, you must come
here and let me cheer you. Cheer
ing people is my mission, if 1 have
any"
ITO RA