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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-02-09
CLEAN UP THE
BARNYARD
By John NJ. .Trueman. Assistant Pro-
fessor of Dairy Husbandry,
University of Illinois,.

Has your barnyard dried up yet?
Last winter gave us the muddiest
barnyards in the. central west that it
was ever my bad fortune to see.
Cows were turned out to wade knee
deep in mud and manure. occasional
ly it was frozen hard enough to hold
them, and then they were in danger
of breaking their legs~it was so rough.
A dirty barnyard> means dirty COWS
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-02-09
DON'T MAKE A MISTAKE!
YOU WANT AMOS JUDD IN
= CONGRESS-.
GO TO THE PRIMARIES TO-DAY
AND VOTE FOR HIM.
YOU VOTE!
DON'T DEPEND ON YOUR NEIGH

AND VOIE FOtt HIM.
YOU VOTE! -
DON'T DEPEND ON YOUR NEIGH.
BOR.
:, Appended to the aaring announce
ment was a short personal paragraph
signed by Amos Judd. 1t read as
follows:
"I have received numerous re-
quests from my newly-made Republic
an friends to stand for the congress
sional nomination in this sdistrict. : r
know nothing Of machines or bosses.
stand only on my merits. My plat
form is simple-honesty, energy, and
new post Office. promise you all
three. If fail in the last, I'll build
you government building myself.
II owe you an apology for asking
this nomination on such short ac-
quaintance. As a substantial evil
dence of my feelings in this regard,
1 shall this day y offer the city of
Wayne, through it's common council, a
life-size bronze statue of Gen. Anthony
Wayne, the heroic revolutionary colo
NAL whose illustrious name has fallen
to this city as a priceless heritage. I
ask your vote, and promise you will
not repent the giving"
The cat was out Of the bag. "Vote
for judd succeeded Don't Make
Mistake' as the popular slogan. Both
mottos now stood side by side on bill
boards, dead walls and posters. A
hundred Chinese box kites f1uttered
over the main business streets. Gay
streamers bore ,the "Vote for judd"
The !aboring men remembered his do
nation to their temple fund. The vet
Grams at the soldiers home remem-
bered the silk flag and its sturdy pole
The Parents Of the school children re-
membered the trip to the state capitol
In fact, Judd's candidacy was accept
led as a public boon.
Brown and Blue collapsed when the
last returns were in. A slight revival
came in the form of a telegram
from Judd: =.
'Your $4,000 fee is in to-aight's
mail. Smiling Stove Polish and Con-
gresham Judd owe their success to
you' IOAI yooAo d5O wi. AuuAuSOOu
shut my father out of house and home
by fogeclosing.a a mortgage of $500. To-
day am satisfied =:
cCopyf}ight 1906, by Joseph p. Bowles)s
I: Sturgeon lives Lo:,ne:: :<'*'< 81 -
Young sturgeodas grow very rapid
ly, although after the fish has at
tanned maturity it's growth is much
slower, but continuing for many years.
Frederick the Great attempted to. in
troduce the sterlet, a kind Of stur-
geon, into Prussia about the year 1880.
Some of these fish brought in at that
I,time were found to be still alive in
1866, nearly 80 years later. The Rus
sian surgeons are believed to live to
be 200 or 800 years old.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-02-09

in further1ng my candidacy for this
nomination. l don't want any poll
ticians bought. I don't want any
ward bosses subsidized.
Judd dashed off a check and handed
it to Brown, who seemed partially par
alyzed.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-02-09

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The National tribune., 1907-07-11
The Scrub Brigade.

Editor National Tribune: The Scrub
Brigade was made up of the 31st Ind,
44th Ind, 18th Ky. and 25th KY, and
it had the honor of preventing the rebel
army from getting away at Fort Dom
elson. When Gems Floyd, Pillow and
Buckncr held n council of war on the
night of February IA, they decided to
cut their way cut on our extreme right.
The reb cavalry did get away before we
knew what they were up to, but Gen.
Wallace ordered Col. Cruft to advance
his brigade to the extreme right, which
he did, and met the rebs moving to our
right, who would have gotten safely
away but for this brigade. The Scrub
Brigade came from Calhoun, Ky.-that
is, the 31st Ind. 44th Ind, and 17th
KY. did. / think the 25th Ky. joined us
at Paducah, Ky. For our good work
at the critical time we were allowed
the honor of disarming the rebels, and
were the first into Donelson, Col. Cruft
riding in front of the brigade. This
brigade saved the battle at DonelSon
or at least saved the prisoners, guns
and ammunition. If they had gotten
away we would have been obliged to
fight them again at Nashville, or some
place up the river. All four of these
regiments composing the Scrub Brigade
are numbered as Fighting Regiments
in FoX's history. i only lacked foul
days of serving over four and one-hali
years, and was on the front line all the
time. / was in every fight the regiment
took part in, Fort Donelson, siege OF
Corinth Pttsburg Landing, Stone
River, etc, and after the fighting wa;
all over went TO Texas. / am &C year.
old.-John w. Brown, Second Lieuten.
ant, Co. f., 31st Ind, Trilla, Ill.
The National tribune., 1907-07-11
The I2lh n. Y.

Editor National Tribune: Say, am a
veteran from April 10, 1861, to July,
1865, and understand matters pretty
well that occurred in the Army of the
Potomac, but read in my paper where
you state that the 18th n. Y. was in the
battle of first Bull Run. 1 was in the
18th n. Y, Col. Rutterfield, and was
with that imbecile, Gen. Patterson, in
the neighborhood, whose action caused
our defeat i'll the first Bull Run battle.
Please explain to me if there was 18th
n. Y. and a 18th n. Y. Militia. 1 know
l was with the regiment, Co. F, 18th n.
Y, and L know that my regiment was
not at the first Bull Run.-Capt. VIM.
II. Oliver, New York City.
Capt. Oliver is right. There was a
18th n. y. S. M.-Col. Daniel Butter
field-with Patterson's column, and a
18th n. Y. with McDowelPs column
This latter regiment, otherwise known
as the "Onondaga Regiment" '!nde-
pendence Guard" and The Dozen" was
Il two-years organization, and command
ed by Col. Ezra Walrath. 1t left the
State May 80. and lost seven men killed
at Blackburn's Ford, July 1S.-EditoI
National Tribune.
The National tribune., 1907-07-11
Fort AIcAlIister.

Editor National Tribune: Comrade
Eli A. Weekley, of Co. B, SD Ohio. in
writing of the charge on Fort McAllis-
ter, places the fort on Ossabow Sound,
and in this l think he is in error. Fort
McAllister is on the Ogechee River.
Again, Comrade Weekley said the reb-
els had planted torpedoes every six
feet on top of the bank outside of the
fort, and that not Il torpedo was eX-
ploded in the charge.
/ am very certain he is mistaken in
this statement if he has reference to
torpedoes planted outside of the ditch
as well as those on the bank of dirt out
side of the fort, for l was in that
charge with my regiment, 30th Ohio
and l remember very distinctly OF
jumping over a pile of fresh earth while
on the charge. The man just behind
me jumped over it all right, but the
man behind him struck the cap of the
torpedo as he ran and it exploded and
blew off his foot above the ankle joint
leaving the bone bare of flesh for two
or three inches above the joint. When
heard the report of the shell looked
back and saw the poor fellow as he fell
back in the hole the torpedo made
when it exploded. Comrade WeekleV
makes another mistake when he says
nine regiments charged the fort and
nine regiments were in reserve. Nine
regiments did charge the fort, and
three, not nine, We're in Teserve.-J. S.
Horner, Co. L, 30th Ohio, New Sharon
Iowa
The National tribune., 1907-07-11
The Burial of Gen. Nelson.

Editor National Tribune: Gen. Nell
son was one of the first general officers
| ever saw. II was in the Summer OF
1861 when the camp at Rick Robinson
had been started and on July 4, 1861.
sides the soldiers. large crowd of citi-
Zens were present. the after-dinner
speakers being Andrew johnson. Col.
Byrd and Gen. Nelson. During Gen.
Nelson's speech he said that he desired
to be buried at that place. His unfor-
tunate death occurred while the Con-
federate army had possession of that
part of the State. but after the Confed-
crates were driven out. his re-
mains were brought to Camp Dick
Robinson and inferred near the
spot where he made his speech.
They remained there until several years
after the war, when friends from Mason
with regard to his death only from
County removed his body to Mason
County, Kentucky. I can give no facts
hearsay, but these are the facts con-
cerning his request for burial, and We
have often wondered why his remains
were not permitted to rest in the place
he selected for the repose of his body.
His grave stood alone, a flag pole which
had been erected at the grave being the
only mark of distinction. Altho the
grave was fenced in, some vandals one
night cut down the pole and this act
may have influenced his friends in re-
moving the body to a place where It
would be better cared for-Renj Triton,
Ith Ky. Cav, Hanly, Ky.
The National tribune., 1907-07-11
A Defense of Fox.

Editor National Tribune: I wonder
If the comrades who are always giving
slap at Col. Fox's book "Regimental
Losses in the American Civil War" have
ever read this book? In his introduce
ton to chapter 10, describing 800 fight
ing regiments, the author says: "It is
lighting regiments OF the Army but
that they are 800 regiments which evil
dently did considerable fighting" and ]
believe that every comrade who will
take the trouble to look over the au-
thor's record of these regiments will ad-
NIT that his modest claim is true. \
great many erroneous ideas are enter
tained all the time thru sheer ignor-
ance.
/ was called down by a comrade OF
my regiment some time ago for an arti-
Gle which The National Tribune had
published and which he acknowledged
he had not read. When he read it he
apoloSiZed. However, neither Col. Fox
nor his book need a champion, and if
they do | do not care to take the job
We soldiers are not very different from
other human beings and we all know
how much easier it is to pick flaws in
the work of another rather than do a
flawleSS job ourselves | am glad the
boys tell their stories in The National
Tribune even if now and then some
member of the Army of the Frontier
tells us fellows who served in Virginia
little incidents connected with our ser
vice We never heard of during the war.
w. j. Adams, Mason, Mich.
The National tribune., 1907-07-11
Wake Them Up.

Editor National Tribune: In your
prospectus of The National Tribune you
told us we were to hear again that year
from 81. Shorty, Annabel and Maria
also the Deacon. / think they must be
thru that harvesting by this time, and
we want to hear from them before
they harvest again and get settled in
Winter quarters, where they may be
showed in until Spring. Please wake
them up, can't you? Should be pleased
to see more Naval news, good articles
on the Navy, in The National Tribune.
We know the G. A. r. is the grandest
organization in the world U am men,
ber). 1t saved the country, but our
glorious Navy saved the G. A. r.
Now do not call the following taffy.
for it is not, but what believe. and
what know to be true, viz. that The
National Tribune. always clean. relia ole
and wholesome. is one of our staunchest
friends, and should be subscribed for,
and read by every veteran. May it con-
tinue to thrive and prosper years after
every civil war veteran has answered
the last roll-call, rehearsing the brave
deeds of the comrades which helped
make this country what it is, and teach
ing lessons of true patriotism.-F. G.
Rundlett, u. S. S. Portsmouth, Farra-
quits Fleet, Lowell, Mass.
The National tribune., 1907-07-11
4 Favor Bone by Wirz.

Editor National Tribune: want to
tell You that from the articla published
in your paper ] received several replies,
and among them was one from Comrade
Hilborn, of the seth y. Y, who made
his escape with me on the way from
Andcrsonville to Florence. S. c., in Sep
tember. "a. We had both forgotten
each others names, so the result of that
inquiry was very happy. ] also got in
formation of the parties l inquired for,
Serg't VIM. Owens, of the seth y. Y,
and Henry Pierce. who. | learned. died
at Salisbury. n. c., after having made
his escape, which resulted in his being
recapturcd.
/ have seen several articles about
Capt. Wirz, and have written to parties
who made serious charges against him,
asking them 10 be more definite as to
time and place regarding the acts COM
mitted. l was first under the iurisdic-
ton of Lieut. WirZ while in Libby in
the Fall of 1861. and removed from
there to Tuscaloosa. Ala. with him in
November, 81. While there Wirz did
the 500 who were under him a favor
that calls for good word. The author
tiles had prepared what had once been
paper mill for our reception, but when
we landed there we were placed in u
cotton shed while Wirz Inspected the
proposed place of our imprisonment.
What was his reply to the authorities? :?
This is what was reported to us:
You think / take my Yankees to
that place? / take my Yankees and
clean out that - place first" The
result was we were taken to a brick
hotel, where we wintered and remained
until February. 1862, all the time under
Wirz. l made my escape, was recap
tured and sent to the guard house by
Wirz himself, but there was no other
punishment and there was no hardship
being in the guard house, for it was
over the commissary, and we were able
to go thru the floor and had plenty to
eat as long as we stayed there. WirZ
was not Il hard man on those who went
to Tuscaloosa; in fact, he did well by
us there. ] was under his care at An
dersOnville also. and think no one can
blame him for conditions there. A Cap
tain under orders of higher officers may
be unable to do what he would do If in
command himself. The inhuman Wind
er was the one who made the boast
that he was killing more Yankees than
any army of the Confederacy. AS to
who confscated the supplies, / am sure
that must have been at Richmond when
WirZ was not there. None came to An
dersonville; at least, / never heard uf it
if they did.-N. 3. Easton, Co. E, Goth
Ind, Saltwater, Okla.
The National tribune., 1907-07-11
WOunding Of Gen. Walker,

VIM. QuiSley, 9th. Ohio, Willoughby,
o., says that Conrade Lyon, oath Mass
is in error in regard to the wounding of
Gen. Walker. The 9th Conn. must have
gone up TO the, horse after the 9th
Ohio left that country and shot him
eight or ten times and he cannot. un-
derstand how Gen. Walker could have
learned that his horse received so many
wounds. for he did not have time to
count the holes, as the horse lay on his
leg. Comrade Quigley was on the skir-
mish line at the time when Gen. Wal
ker appeared in front of Co. E, which
fired two shots at him. The horse
timped little as he came past Co. C,
but was still running at a good gait
Co. fired four shots, and the horse
and rider went down. Lieut.. James
Brube came up to Comrade Quigley
with Serg't Gets, Isaac Miller and Joe
Mitten. When the horse went down on
his side he fell on Gen. Walkers leg
and held him fast. The Lieutenant
called to the boys to come help bring
the General in. but when they reached
him the General said that they would
have to pull the horse off before he
could be lifted. The horse was dead,
but four men succeeded in lifting him.
when Gen. Walker said: You had bet
ter take me back further to the rear,
for my troops may come down soon and
uTlNe you people out. Lieut.. BruDe
said they would not, as they had driven
them back abut 10 minutes before in
good shape. Some of the boys carried
the General down the line to the right
Of the wagon road that went to the boat
landing. The 9Th Conn. lay across the
road on the north side in the woods and
the 9th boys gave the General to some
other parties to take further to the
rear. Gen. Walker had gotten lost
from his troops in some way and did
not know where they We're. Afterward
Lieut. Brube suggested that they go out
and get the saddle and bride off the
horse, which the same boys did, Com
rade Quigley keeping a sharp lookout
for the enemy while the others were re-
moving the harness. The Lieutenant
took the bride and Serg't Gets and
Joe Mitten pulled off the saddle, cut
ing the girths. Corporal Miller picked
up Gen. Walkers hat and kept it. Joe
Mitten cut off piece of the saddle and
has it in his house at the present time
Lieut.. Brube kept the bride until he
served out his three years and then took
it home with him. Isaac Miller had
Gen. Walkers hat on at the charge on
Fort Gregg and then wore it at Apo
mattox. The 9Th conn. never was ahead
of the 9th Ohio, and never belonged to
its brigade.
The National tribune., 1907-07-11
Castor bean. In the conec.

Editor National Tribune: l am al
ways pleased to read articles from the
boys giving their experiences during
the war. but especially with the article
of Comrade Wm. II. Rochelle, Co. Il,
I'd y. j.. giving his experience with cas-
tor bean coffee. Now. 1 think l can
go him better on that. Early in No
vcmber, 1861. my regiment was sta
toned on Flat Creek. south of Sedaiia,
Mo. to repair and operate a saw mill
for Government purposes. Our supply
of grub running short. our resimental
commissary went to the post commits
sary at Sedalia and drew rations. which
were issued to the companies that af-
ternoon and supper prepared for the
men who We're on duty, at which all ate
heartily and drank plenty of coffee.
That night about midnight or n little
after. every man in camp woke up with
cramps and pains in the bowels and Il
sick stomach. 50 that from that until
morning there was no sleep or rest.
There were T. men on camp guard who
were calling on the Corporal of tn =
Guard to relieve them. rut the Corporal
was suffering the same as they were. -
that camp guard did not amount to
much that night. When morning came
and time for reveillc. every man was
awake. but the musicians were in the
same boat with the rest, so could not
make much music. When roll call came
the Orderly Sergeant, who was as
badly indisposed as the rest, could not
keep the men in ranks long enough to
call the roll. but in the morning re-
port all We're reported present or ac-
counted for. The discovery of the
cause of the Illness was made by Henry
d. George. the cook for Co. X. who,
tho suffering himself. tried to make
coffee for Co. X TO stimulate the boys.
While grinding the coffee he saw a
peculiar looking bean. which he examin-
ed and found was castor bean. on
further examination he found several
beans in the mill. and moreover on in
vestigation that all the coffee that had
been issued contained castor beans. He
reported his discovery to headquGr-
ters, which resulted in an investigation,
and = was :o@nd that every company
had drawn the same kind of coffee. The
coffee was all gathered up and sent
back to the post commissary and ex-
changed for other coffee. We had nc
rcoffee that morning. Fortunately. the
officers all escaped that poisonous ply
sic. because their cooks had not used
any of that coffee. ] would like to
know why it is that castor beans in
| Georgia are white while in the West
they are light brown. Can some COM
rade explain that to mel y. Berry,
Co. X, 1st Mo. Eng. Victor, Colo.
The National tribune., 1907-07-11
The Execution of Guerrilla and Rohber.

Editor National Tribune: About Au-
gust 1864. the 18th Tenn. Cav. captured
a guerrilla and robber near Lawrence
burg, Tenn. He was executed there at
Lawrenceburg-shot by the 18th Tenn.
Cav. If l remember rightly, he was
loaded down With leather that he had
stolen from a tan yard. He had some
young man with him. 1 would like to
know the name of the young man and
also the one who was shot. l have for
gotten both names. The elder man
saved the young mans life by begging
for him, saying it was his first offense.
Can any of the comrades answer this
thru The National Tribune or by let
er?-Commodore p. Lewellyn, 18th
Tenn. Cav, Rand, Colo, Box II.
The National tribune., 1907-07-11

outlook. Sunday night we were taken
from the field and marched into town,
where we spent the balance of the night
on the streets, as well as all day Mon
day till . O'Clock in the evening. when
We were ordered to fall back quietly
and march for the po1toons, so We
knew we were on the retreat. AS we
went out at one end of the town the
Johnnies came in at the other. and COB
bied up a good many of our men who
had Guartered themselves in houses i'll
order to make themselves more com
Portable. 1t was their own fault. as
they should have been with their COM
panies and regiments. The rebs did not
follow us across the river. 50 we went
quietly back to our old camps and re-
mained there till some time in Feb
ruary, when we started with Burnside
for Richmond, but we got stuck in the
mud. provision trains, artillery. and
pontoons, and finally were compelled to
return to our old quarters. The last of
April we made another forward move
ment under Gen. Hooker, and what
ever his faults may have been. he GER
tainly had regard for the soldiers un-
der him. From the time he took COM
mand we got regular rationS and of Il
much better quality. When we came
to the river Rapidan. having nothing in
which to, cross il, we assumed the cos
tune OF ADAM before he left Paradise.
made bundle of our clothes and put
them with our guns on our heads and
plunged boldly in. We got across all
right, but the water was terribly cold
and rapid We reached ChancellorS-
vile in time for the opening of the ball.
at which there was plenty doing.
was a Corporal at that time, and sent
with squad into the woods in our
front to do some skirmiShing. We adj
vanced very cautiously from tree to
tree. The woods were full of Union and
Confederate wounded, and after going
some distance l heard someone cry
out. For Gods sake, help me!' ] look
ed around and found young man be-
longing to some Ohio regiment who said
he offered to surrender when the reb
ran his bayonet into him. l called a
couple of my comrades, and We took
him to the edge of the woods, where we
left him, as we were obliged to return
into the woods again. | do not know
his name. number of regiment or COM
pany, but If he is living would like to
hear from him. The woods were soon
on fire, whether accidentally or other
wise. | know not, but the wind blew
the fire towards us, so we were obliged
10 withdraw The cries that went up
from the poor wounded were heart
rending. After Charlottesville we
went back to camp, and from there
home.-Christian Rhcin, 1911 Howard
Ave, Allegheny City, Pa.