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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-03
STOCKS YET STACNANT
SHOW OF ACTIVITY is CONFINED TO
VERY FEW ISSUES.
Anatgamated Copper Rises on Strength Of
Montana Court Decision, but Drops
Below Mondays Closing FIgures-Short-
Lived Movement in Steel

NEW YORK, Feb. 1.-The stock mar.
Ket lapsed further stage towards entire
stagnation today. Except for the activity
IN Few STOCKS the dealings were neglible
SO Tar as they reflected any views on con-
dltlonS OF properties or the prospects in
the business, industrial or political world
mere was hurry in Amalgamated Cop
per IN the opening dealings on the decis-
ION by the Montana supreme court giving
regal sanction to the holding by AmaIga-
mated OF stocks in other corporations,
put the price OF the stock got only
shade higher than the first price and then
Saesed heavily to i II below last night
Inc action OF the stock was attributed
70 pront-taking on the favorable news
me rise In United States Steel prefer
req, on the other hand. was called due to
covering of speculative accounts on the
snort side Operators who followed the
decline last week were inclined TO he
i1eVe that the fall had been due TO knowl-
edge OF the coming resignation of John
u Rockefeller from the board of df-
rectOrs. -
The shorts were therefore dismissed tn
cover, with the news of the resignation
puollShed. Some of the other iron and
s steer stocks hardened in sympathy with
united states Steel, but the movement
was short lived. News from the trade
was meager, but the decline in gross
earnings or the Pennsylvania lines for De-
G iedinet;Wa was counted as an unfavorable
lnolcation. owing to the large share of
mat system in the iron and steel traffic.
pennsylvania 8 reduction in operating ex-
PoHoeS ioE the same month was regarded
hopeIuIIy as possible promise for con-
SefVatlon of net earnings by retirement.
reports OF curtailment of anthracite pro-
auction, owing to poor market conditions
were apparently ignored as were the
rather omInOus expressions brought out
IN the negotiations for a wage settlement
IN the b1tuminous field.
Less Hopeful for Peace.
The Russo-Japanese situation was
deemed rather less hopeful for peace, and
TINS influence was shown in firmer tone
Tor grain and a relapse in cotton The
erect on the securities market was largely
conflned to restricting operations pending
rhe reception of the Russian reply to
Japan. The professional operators of a
smaller class were made abundantly aware
that they had the market almost excitl-
S1vely to themselves, and as this condition
offers little opportunity for profitable trad
Ing, they were very cautious In making
ventures.
A jump in the price OF Realty preferred
was entirely without explanation in any
news that became known to the public
The attack on Brooklyn Transit was re
neWed, and Metropolitan Street Railway
reflected the anxiety over the condition
OF W. q. Whitney. Amalgamated Copper
carried the whole market with it in the.
late dealings to a level below last night.
and the market closed heavy and life
less.
Bonds were dull and irregular. Total
sales, par value. $2.535.000 United States
bonds were unchanged on call.
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VARIOUS LIVE STOCK MARKETS.

Chicago = Cattle = Receipts. s3 900.
steady to strong Good to prime steers
81. 1905. 40; poor to medium, $4@4. go:
stockers and feeders. 81. 1904; cows, s.. Is
@3 80; heifers, 1904 so; Gamers 81 500
3. 40; bulls, $3@4. 10; calves, So .5OD7 40
Hogs-Receipts, 5000; tomorrow, IS 900
Mixed and butchers, 81. 5000. 95; good TO
choice heavy. "a .90@5. 021a; rough heavy
81 1904. 80; light, 81 5000 rs; bulk of
sales, 81. 1904. 80. Sheep-Receipts, 8 900:
sheep and lambs slow; good to choice
Wethers, "a. o.. so; fair to choice mixed
80 75@4; Western sheep, $4@5 Is; native
lambs, $4,000 Western lambs, $505. 90
South Omaha, Cattle-Receipts
2ee0; market slow steady; lower Ma
txe steers, SO .SoQ5. 40; cows and heifers
3. zoos. 90; stockers and feeders. 81. 500
3 50. Hogs-Receipts, 5000; market slow;
ceipts, 5000; market dull SO .50@5 10.
Sioux City, Cattle-Receipts
1,1OO; steady; beeves, 81. 5O0D4 so: cows
bulls and mixed. 50 20@3 40; stockers and
feeders, 81 -65@S. 60; calves and yearIings
~ .5O@S. 40. Hogs-Receipts, 5000: mar
ket. 5@1Oc higher, 81. 4O@4 so; bulk, 81 .65
@4.75
Kansas City, observation-disclosures
5000. including 300 Southerns Market
slow. Native steers, SO. 50@4. rs; Southern
steers, SO. 1903 80; Southern cows, 81. 25m
4 IS; Southern steers, IS .356D3. 80: South
efn cows, 81. 25@3; native cows and
he1fers, sos. 40; stockers and feeders, SO
@3.95 Hogs-Receipts 10000; market
strong to higher. Heavy, 81 S5O4. 80;
packers, 81. 1905. 80; pigs and lights, 81 50
"a. 70. Sheep-Receipts, 1000; market
steady; $2.6OQ4.5O; lambs, $4.50@5.75.
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Reassessment for Cement Sidewalks, Estl-
mate No. 5, for Year 1902.
Office Of the Board Of Public Works

Office of the Board of Public Works
City of st. Paul. Mimi, Feb. l. 1904
The Board of Public Works in and for
the corporation of the City of ST. Paul,
Minnesota, will meet at their office in said
city at 2 p. m, on the 18th day of Feb
ruary, A. d. 1904 to make a reassess-
ment Of benefits, costs and expenses aris-
ing from the constructing, relaying and
repairing cement sidewalks, Estimate No.
5, under contract of L. G.. Washington
during the season of 1902, in said city, on
the property on Dayton avenue Oakland
Park Addition, lot IA, block 8; Geranium
street, Pelz's Subdivision of lot 8. block
2, st. Paul North Outlots; lot g. block 2
and except easterly 30 feet Of lot g. block
1; Gordon avenue. st. Anthony Park
North. lot 9, block SO; Minnehaha street,
College Place West Division lot 49, block
Il; Orleans street, divers Addition to
West st. Paul. lot 5, block IA Raymond
avenue, ST. Anthony Park, lot Is, block
A; Watson avenue. Clarke's addition lots
80 and 40 in block 6; Yankee street, Win
slows Addition, lot 6, block g; E. HI
Hawks Subdivision of Winslow,s AGdi-
ton. except east %. as feet of lot g. block
10, and the east ID. II feet of lot A. block
10, and specially benefited thereby
amounting in the aggregate to 1886. 70
All persons interest ted are hereby noti-
ned to be present at said time and place
OF making said reassessment, and viii be
heard.
JOHN S. erode.
Official: r. L. GORMAN,
Clerk Board of Public Works.
Feb. 3-1904-1t.
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IIOpen. High. / Low. | Close

Cash quotations were as follows: Flour
spring, S69s0c; No. 3, 78@sSc; No. 2 red,
90A M93a4c. Corn-No. 2, 47%q; No. 2
yellow, 4S1zc. Oats-No ?. 44c; No
white, 42@43Ac. Rye-No 2. Soc Bar
ley-Good feeding, 3S@39c; fair to choice
mailing, 45@57c. Flaxseed-No l. 81 10;
No. l Northwestern. $1-17. Timothy
Seed-Prime. So 05. Pork-Mess, per Dbl
$13. 25@13. BIN. Lard-Per 100 lbs, 81 %
@7.30. Short Ribs-Sides (loose), Sc. 500
6.75. Sides-Short clear (boxed), Sc 87h
az Whisky-Basis of high wines, 81 27
ceipts-Flour, 20 200 bbls; wheat, AZ, 600
blu; corn, 497,50O bu; oats. 2S2, 500 blu;
rye. II 400 bu; barley. SO, 600 bu. Ship
ments-Flour. q 800 bbls; wheat, IA 400
blu: corn. $4,000 bu; oats, 74,300 bu; rye,
2.690 bu; barley, 1880 bu. On the
produce exchange today the butter mar
ket was steady; creameries Is % &c: dali
ries, 10000. Eggs-Firmer; at mark
cases included, 26@28c. Cheese steady,
10Q10hc.
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DULUTH.

DULUTH, Mimi, Feb. 2.-Wheat hard
ened slowly all day. closing at the top
price at net advance of &c for the day.
There was good buying of May by large
same advance as other markets. For a
while 1t dragged, but May closed at 9O1kc.
the high point on the crop. Flax was
Ac up and quiet. TOday's receipts:
Wheat 20 cars; flax, 80; barley, 20; rye,
l; oats, 81. Shipments: Wheat, /, $50 bu;
barley, 3,455. Cars on track, Al. Close
Wheat. cash No. 1 hard 919sc; No /
May, 9O1sc; July. 89c: September. Isle
Flax, cash. $1.13A May. 81 .16s4 July,
81 .17&. Oats. 4OAc. RYe. 54c
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AvaIIabIe suppIy CHANCES.

Geographic communications received nv
Bradstreet's show the following changes
in available supplies as compared with
previous account
Wheat, United States and Canada. ca st
of the Rockies. decreased l ,107, 600 bu
Afieat for and in Europe decreased
1,400,00O blu.
Total supply decreased 2,507 600 bu
Corn, United States and Canada, east
of the Rockies. increased 757, 900 bu
Oats. United States and Canada, east
of the Rockies. increased IT'S. 900 bu
The leading decreases reported this
week include:
Two hundred and eighty thousand
bushels in Manitoba. 100000 Blu at the
Northwestern interior elevators. Sc 900
bu at Portland. Me, and $1,000 bu at
Louisville.
The leading increase reported is that
of $4,000 blu at the Chicago private ele-
Vators
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Minneapolis Curb.
State Grain inspection.
Northern.
Totals
90 112 ION 90

Other Grains-Winter wheat. 80; mac
aroni. 5: No. corn, IS; No. corn. 36:
no grade corn, 4; No. 2 oats, 8; No. 3
acts. So; No. 4 northern oats. 103; no
grade oats. IA; No, 2 rye. 10: No rye 9 !;
no grade rye, 1; No. 3 barley, 1; No. 4
barley %; No. s barley, IS; no grade
barley, A; No fax, %; No. | northern
flax. 1; rejected flax, q; no grade flax l.
Cars Inspected Out-No. l northern, IA;
no grade. 10; No. corn, Is; No. 3 oats,
81; No. northern oats. IS; no grade oats,
3; No: rye, 5; No. 8 rye. Z; No A bar
ley lS; No: barley. Is; no grade bar
ley 3; No. flax. A; rejected fax, A.
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MINNEAPOLIS.

Minneapolis was up another
session, and was strong at the higher
prices. All the markets of the world took
on more of a waiting tone There is now
feeling that few days more will bring
the far Eastern uncertainty to an end
The speculative wheat market shows this
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New York MInIna Stocks.
New York Money.

New York Money.
NEW YORK, Feb. money on call
easy, IA a. per cent Closing bid IA Of
fered at 2. Time loans slightly firmer
so days, 3%4 "a per cent; 80 days, 4Q4A; ;
six months, Az @415. Prime mercantile
paper, 41a@5A per cent. Sterling ex-
change firmer, with actual business in
bankers bills at $4.85.45@4. so for de-
mand, and at $4.82.50@482.90 for 60-day
bills. Posted rates. -$4.8312 @4.86H. Com
56Ac Mexican dollars, 43c. Government
bonds steady; railroad bonds irregular.
Bank CIearings.
st. Paul Observation-Disclosures. $685., 252
minneapolis ..-......-......-.... 2,317, 504
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Sheep.

The arrivals were made up largely of
feeding stock direct to local feeders. The
small supply on sale sold generally at
weaker prices than yesterday The last
of band of 3,400 fed Western wethers
contracted last week at 81 were weighed.
Representative sales:
Killing Sheep and Lambs
No. Kind. Weight. Price
ATS Western wethers ....109 81 90
Is Gull ewes .............. So 25O
Among the shippers on the market
Were: w. johnson. Lindstrom: G, WI
berg. Lindstrom; G. W. Maier, River
Falls, Wis; c. Bates, Elmwood. wis: ],
G. Morrison. Elko; G. Hitter, Monticello:
h SCHWARTZ. Lester Prairie; J. D. No
Ian, Glendale.
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HONS.

Market opens steady and close sc higher
Receipts only fair for Tuesday. Quality
averages somewhat better. Price range
and mixed hogs of common quality are
quotable from $3.50 to $40, good light and
desirable mixed from s445 to $455 and
good to choice medium and heavy hogs
from $3.50 to 81 70. Representative sales:
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HOGS PRICES ARE HIGHER
MARKET OPENS STEADY-CLOSE SC
HIGHER-oUALITY BETTER
Cattle Receipts Fairly Moderate-PrIces
Quoted Steady on All Grades-Sheep and
LAMBS Weak.

SOUTH ST. PAUL, Feb. 2.-Estimated
receipts at the Union steckyards today:
Cattle, 700; calves, ITO; hogs, 200; sheep,
-6;400; cars, 108
The following table shows the receipts
from Jan. L. 1904, to date, as compared
with the same period in 1903:
Year Cattle. Calves. Hogs. Sheep. Cars.
1904 .12157 1,797 125486 III, 681 2,510
1903 ...12,302 1886 95,497 65. 928 1878
Inc. -. 49,. 102 29,9S9 51,753 532
Dec: -. 145 49,. $50, -. -.
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O'C0nnOr & Van Beruen
BROKERS
Stocks, Bonds, Grain, Provisions
20a-sos shsst a. Paul Nina
Members chIaSO Board wires ~

in the buying of wheat by those who be
heye war will mean great squirt in prices
and more especially in the buying in of
short wheat by those who We're venture
some enough to put out little on the
recent weakness. Receipts 206 cars
The market continued advancing to the
close and was strongest at the end. The
cash market showed some Improvement
Many flour mills will start up on Thurs
day which report was a help to the mar
ket all around. May closed at high point.
S0Bc. July closed at S9$ c and September
at 7S13c. Following was the range of
pri0eS:
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Chicago Produce.

CHICAGO, Feb. -Butter-Firn:
creameries. 15G2Z1zc; dairIes. 800 2ec.
Eggs-Easy at mark: cases included, $50
2Sc. Cheese-Steady; daisies, 10A g10Me.
twins. 10c; Young Americas, 10c Poultry
Live. steady; turkeys. 12c; chickens.
11.c; springs, 111sc.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-03

There are many ways of finding
good things. but the best is to read
''The Globn's Paving Wants."
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Official receipts for the past seven days

The various railroads entering the yards
reported receipts for the day, by loads, as
follows: c. G. w, 10; c., M. & st. p,
20; M. & st. L., 1; c., st. p, M. & O.,
u; G. N, q; 500 Line, 10; n. p, II; c.,
r. /. & p, 2; total, 10S.
Hogs.
The following table shows the weight
cost and price range of hogs for the past
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HAY, GRAIN AND FEED:

Quotations Established In Open Trade on
the st. Paul Board.
ST. PAUL. Feb. 2.-The following
prices were established in today's trade:
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Chas. |. Haas Commission Co.

Live Stock Commission Merchants
@oom 10, Exchange Bldg, Union Stock
Yards, South st. Paul, Mlnn., aand
Union Stock Yards, Chicago, III.
Ali correspondence will receive prompt
attention Liberal advances made on
consignments. References-Unton Stock
Yards or any Commercial Agency
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-03
ROGERS { ROGERS

LIVE STOCK COMMISSION MER-
CHANTS.
Room z, Exchange Building, South St
Paul, Minnesota.
Highest market prices obtained for
stock Prompt attention given to all cor
xespendence and orders. References:
Amy Commercial Agency.
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PRODUCE AND FRUIT.
Ruling Prices at Yesterdays Meeting Of
the ST. Paul Commission Men

ST. PAUL, Feb. 1.-The following
open market at todays meeting of the
Produce Exchange established the fol-
lowing prices:
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WOOL QUOTATIONS.

Wisconsin, Eastern Iowa and Southwest.
ern Minnesota.
Quotations furnished by D. Bergman
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On Ifack-No. / hard, 93bc; No.
northern, S11sc: No. 2 northern, B81Ac;
No. wheat, SS@S4Rc No. yellow
corn, 3912c; Ne. 8 corn 39c: No. A corn.
S9qS95zc No. white oats. 39Ac; No. 8
ley. SIC to Sc. FIaxseed@Cash 81 RI
FEBRUARY, 81 .1Z5k; May. 81 I5; max to ar
rive 81 ;!S1s. No. northern wheat to ar
rye, 914sc; No. northern to arrive.
Flour--Shipping directions are reported
as coming In more freely. Buyers are
taking flour on old orders. The prospect
Is that some of the mills closed down will
resume operations tomorrow. New or
ders are light. and, while the advance in
wheat has had the effect to draw in ac-
little flour has been sold on the present
price range. which is higher on all grades
by about 10c barrel Shipments, 46 576
Dds First patents, 81 1904 80: second
patents, 81 60@4 10; first clears $3 s50G
$50; second clears, 81 .55@2. 65.
MinnaapoIis Curb
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Midway Horse Market.

Minnesota Transfer ST. Paul, Mimi
Barrett & Zimmerman report that trade
was of light character today. The Sc
we're weather affected the trade materiaIIv
Values: '--'
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URINARY OF THE DAYS TRANSACTIONS IN THE MARKETS

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The oldest. strongest and most reliable
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The following prices are those at which
the commodities mentioned are selling in
the retail trade. In large lots these prices
may be shaded:
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-21

meeting one of the officers after the at
tack on Fort Saunders, wept like child
over the awful slaughter of the men,
Former Owner of Hayslope.
Hugh Graham, the father of Mrs Ryan,
and former owner of Hayslope. came to
America at the age of A. with his nephew,
William Houston. He was born in Stra-
BAN, Co., Tyrone, Ireland. Upon reach
ing this country he went into business
with his elder brother, William Graham
and his future father-in-law, Patrick
Nenny of Bent Creek, Tenn, man of
large landed estates and family OF
beautiful daughters. The beauty was an
Inheritance from his wife, beautiful Lucy
Bramlette of Bedford county, Virginia,
whose father, a Revolutionary soldier,
went with Daniel Boone to Kentucky en-
tered land there and later was killed. 1t
was said he was shot in mistake for an
Indian, while hunting in the forest but
in reality he was shot to get possession
of his land. With two of his comrades he
was buried at Cumberland Gap, and
years afterwards a huge stone rolled
down the mountain and rested on this
triple grave, marking that and also boun-
Diary line where Kentucky, Tennessee and
Virginia come together.
When quite younk Hugh Graham and
William B. Nennay were sent to Rich
mond to purchase slaves for the planta-
lions of Patrick Nenny and William Ora
ham. They went on horseback, stopping
frequently to shoot squirrels or attend
frolics, but finally reached Richmond.
There they bought cooks, spinning women,
weavers, carpenters and blacksmits from
a planter who sold them for a gambling
debt. They were hand-cuffed to chain,
and came on foot the long distance. safe
ly guarded by their young purchasers,
the way enfivened by the musical sing
ing of the slaves.
Hugh Graham was merchant and once
while in Baltimore purchasing goods he
was impressed to defend Fort McHenry,
which was sbesieged by the British. While
in the Fort he heard the first rendition
of the Star Spangled Banner and
brought the first copy of 1t to Tennes-
sec. In his journeys he always carried a
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possessions was a portrait of herself ana
two daughters. painted by Lady Dufferin,
who accompanied the gift by very
charming verses There were also CHINA
bowls presented by the Shah of Persia,
Miss Frederick Bremen, the Swedlsn
novelist was another guest, who warm
hearted ways always reminded Mrs. VIII
uams of her Tennessee friends. Other
friends were Lord Bulmer, and Sir hich-
ard Jackson. who Travelled through Iur-
key with them More exalted and more
unhappy were Macmillan and Carletta,
whom they visited at Schloss Miramar,
Maximilian's beautiful palace at the head
of the Adriatic. Here, while the ladies'
gazed entranced upon Carlotta's are treas
ures, Macmillan and Mr.. Williams paced
up and down the walks of that famous
garden, talking of Mexico. Mr.. Williams
vainy endeavoring to dfssuade Maxmilian
from that Inflated expedition. he offer
ing Mr. williams many inducements to ac-
company him. Finally, Mr.. Williams sent
his nephew, Col. Thomas Williams, who
served on Maximilian's staff.
During the civil war the Williams fam
ily lived in London, and as no remittan-
ces came from the south Mr.. Williams
supported his family by writing for the
London Times and by publishing two
books. one on Slavery and one on THE
American Citizen" He also edited a paper
in the interests of the southern confed-
eracy and 1t is said he was assisted in
that enterprise by Henry Watterson.
Here they visited Castle Clanebry," the
Dufferin home, making friends in Eng
land as they had on the continent. In
deed, Lucy Graham as Mrs. Williams
was always called by those who knew her
in childhood, was celebrated all her life
for her wonderful charm of manner and
stately. yet gracious dignity.
Mr.. Williams died in Gratz, Austria
where he had gone to purchase an estate
near his married daughter. Mrs. Williams
died in Tennessee, while on a visit to Am
erica to see her son. Mr.. William VIII
liams, now of Montgomery. Ala. Kate
Williams. the eldest daughter married
Baron Harry Kavanaugh- Ballyane of
Hungary great stone castle. "tlis-
Tabor is said to date back to Ro-
man times. In her letters to Tennessee
relatives Baroness Kavanaugh- Ballyane
describes her room in the Round Tower
as filled with silver articles of whose
use she could form no ida Tradition said
they were all used by former baronnesses,
who had been in their graves for CEN
a few years ago, as tenderly mourned by
her Austrian relatives as by her Amer
lean whose kith and kin. Al
Marry, the youngest daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Williams. married Prince Ferdi-
nand de Lignori de Pdesicci of Naples,
whose ancestors were kings of Sicily.
She and her husband are still living, and
1t was from him that Mr.. and Mrs Rogan
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Continued on Twentieth Page)

Mrs E. R. Coe and Mrs. Brown of
Chattanooga. have opened dressmaking
parlors at 1901 Eighth avenue. Bell phone
22Ss
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A Secessionist.

A SecesSionist.
Hugh Graham was a secessionst, and
once when the Federal soldiers took all
of his hay and grain he said: you have
taken all my provender, why don't YOU
take all my stock?' which they imme-
diately proceeded to do. driving off forty
mules and other stock in proportion. His
wife and daughter, when visiting Phil
adelphia relatives at the beginning of
the war, were taken down to the wharf
TO see a whale in the Delaware. The
whale had United States flag in its
mouth and as soon as the ladies be-
held that they turned their backs ON both
whale and flag.
While in Baltimore, after the siege of
Fort McHenry. Hugh Graham purchased
four characteristic pictures of life in
China from the vessels just back from
there. and a curiosly carved fish bone
butter knife. His return from trips was
always a time of great excitement among
his children as he bought back beautiful
gifts for all. A list was once made of
the first things he brought to East
Tennessee as gifts for his family. and
its is a very interesting one. He bought
the first grand square piano. paying $1,000