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Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-02-20
|YEGGMEN GIT SiO,OOGI
Win RUNNING FIGHT
BANK OF WILLARD, NO. BLOWN
By FIVE MEN AT $50 TUBS
DAY MORNING : ESCAPE
ON A HAND CAR
Puallads of Shots Exchanged with
Citzens Awakened by Explosion
Disappear in the Woods -Po-
lice Of Springfield, Mo-, Or
ganizs Posse to Head
Them OF.

Springfield, February, ll.-Fiye
bank robbers at Willard, fifteen miles
northwest Of this city, blew open the
safe OF the Bank OF Willard with dy-
Mantle at 2:30 this morning and got
sl0, 900, with which they made away
after q running fight with the citizens
and officers They we're coming In the
direction OF this city when last seen,
and q posse OF police and the sheriff
have left this city in that direction 10
the hope Of In~teroepting them.
There was three charges explored
IN the bank building. Thu bank build
ing was totally wrecked. 1t was q
two-story brick structure, and almost
every brick IN the building was blown
out by the force OF the charges At
the second explosion fifty citizens,
having been awakened by the sound
OF the explosion, rushed out into the
street and prepared to engage the
robbers. The latter discharged one
more charge OF dynamite, secured
their booty and fed.
The citizens, all armed with revolt
vers, opened fire on the robbers who
fed toward the railroad track, an
eighth Of q mile distant, returning the
fire Of the citizens.
At the track, the robbers mounted
a hand car, which was standing on
the track, apparently ready for the
flight This was started In the direct
ion Of Springfield, bat the robbers
rode only about q mile and a half, to a
clump OF woods where the car was
abandoned; and the occupants took to
the woods. The citizens pursued, and
more shots we're fired, but without
any Of the robbers being hit.
Posses searched the woods and are
continuing the search, but under cover
of darkness,it is believed che bandits
will escape.
The police here expect to reach the
scene OF the abandonment OF the hand
car within two hours, and there is a
possibility Of their cutting of the flight
OF the bandits.
Willard is a town of about 500 In
habitants, with one main street, on
which the bank was located.
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Administrator Notice.


Notice is hereby given that letter.
Of administration upon the estate Of
William III. Triplett, deceased, have
been granted to the undersigned By
the Probate Court OF Audrain County,
Mo-, bearing date Of January IS, 1908.
all persons having claims against
said estate are required to exhibit
them for allowance to the undersigned
Oscar Il Triplett within one year after
the date OF said letters, or they may
be precluded from any benefit OF said
estate, and If such claims be not ex-
hibited within two years from the
timelof the publication OF this notice,
they will be forever barred.
OSCAR r. TRIPLETT,
46-4t Administrator.
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FOLK ASKS IN INVESTIGATION
DR.. Harrisons Management highly
Complem snted.

Jefferson Oily, Mo-, Feb. Is. = Gov.
ernor Folk has ordered Superintendent
J.. +. Harrison, of the state Hospital,
at Pennington, to make a thorough
investigation into the death OF Henry
Wilmore, the aged St. Loulsan and to
fix the blame, II any for his injur-
les.
Wilmore died Monday, and an ex.
animation showed that six Of his ribs
were fractured. A guard was held
responsible, but the Coroner's verdict
and an inquiry beforea justice Of the
Peace exonerated him, and held that
the injuries were received In a fall.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-02-20
BOO Reward 300.

The readers Of this paper Will be pleased Z
learn that there 10 at least one dreaded disease
that science has been able to cure In al II
stages and that 10 Catarrh. Halls Catarrf
Cure IL the only positive cure known 20 IN
medical fraternity CatarTh being q o~onstitu.
tional dlgeaees requires q constitutional trea,
acting directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces Of The system, thereby destroying IN
foundation Of the disease and dying IN
patient strength By building up the constita.
The propri0tofs have 90 much faith Ia its cura,
i've p3werB that they offer One Hundred Dol
ars fcf any case It fails 70 cure. Send FOL
Address W.. cHENEr q Co, Toledo. O
Sold By druggists, price 75o.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-02-20
SouEn SM..1 TAIK.

Mis E>senia Davis is visiting IN
Jacksonville, H.
Miss Mamie Carter goes to Alabama,
Monday, TO visit friends.
Mr.. Harold McPheeters is visiting
fn Concord, Galway county.
Miss Roby. OF Columbia, is visiting
Miss Annie Lewis.
Mrs. T. B. Talbot, Of Moberly is the
guest OF her sisters in this city.
Mr.. Richie Spence was down from
Moberly this week 10 visit friends.
Mrs. Charles MITCHELL OF Bowling
Green, is the guest Of Mrs. Latney
Barnes.
Mr.. Arnold Edmonston, who has
been visiting his parents, has return
ed 10 st, Louis.
Mrs. Martha Catron, Of Columbia,
has been the guest this week OF MIS-
DR.. McWilliams.
Miss Florence Hsrrison,o of st. Louis,
will be the guest Of Mrs. B. v. Mon
tague, next week.
Mrs. Q. G. Hail returned to St.
Louis, yesterday, after a pleasant
visit with Mrs. r. r. Arnold, Jr.
Mrs. Lynne BANKS returned today
to Kansas City, after spending a few
day with friends in this city.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. r. Arnold left,
Tuesday, for Mama, Florida. Before
returning home they win visit Havana,
Cuba.
MI. and Mrs. Milo Cleveland, who
have been the guests OF Mrs. l. B,
Hawthorne during the past week,
left yesterday for their home In Brock
port, N. Y.
Mrs. VIII Burroughs and Mrs. Nan
ME Burroughs, after a visit with Mr..
and Mrs. J. c. Ringo, left Monday fol-
Kansas City.
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wILMoRE TO BE BURIED TO-DAY.

wiLMoRE TO BE BURIED TO-DAY.
In regard to the investigation re.
quested by Governor Folk, John J.
Wilmore said last night be did not
believe anything would be found that
would fncriminate anyone at 1.-The asy.
lum, as he did not believe that any
one was TO blame. He has said that
1t was one OF the best managed asy.
lums be ever saw. He said that be
told the Prosecuting Attorney that II
anF new evidence developed he would
go there and prosecute, but he had
beard Of no new Developments.
The funeral will take place this af-
ternoon, the services to be conducted
at 2 o'clock at the home OF w. r.. vii.
more, No. 3ll4 Clark avenue, by the
Reverend ]. e Meeker, Of the Comp
ton all Congregational Church. The
interment will be in St. Peters Gene
terry. The pallbearers will be ak
grandsons-John, Fred Edgar and
Ralph Wilmore, Robert Stevenson and
]. W. Connell.
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Mrs. Griffith, Ralph Buckner and
Harold McPheeters were in Columbia,
this week, arranging to go into bust
ness there the arst Of April. They
will open a tea room and Toe cream
parlor something like the Buckners
are conducting in the city, and we
predict for them a splendid business.
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WRECK ON WI
Nine Cars Leave The |
Two Miles Vest Of
Some Live Stock !

| A Wabash freight trlI
had ten cars derailed
about two miles west d.
wreck is thought TO hafI
by q coal cal jumping
railing the other can
loaded with hogs and d.
The accident occutsd
! bankment, and the lOsd
they left the track tulI
some Of them rolled DO
causing the loss Of 500
principally hogs, and d.
OF -four.
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WALLACE IN RACE
FOR GOVERNORSHIP
KANSAS CITY JUICE AHEOUH'
cEs CANDIDACY FOR EolI-
NATION BY MISSOURI
DEMOCRACY.
For State Wide and Permanent En
iorcsmsnt Of sunday and Liquor
Laws-in Favor Of Prohibition
in Constitutions.

N
Kansas City, zen. iS'Cuuge "n.
liam d. wallace OF sne sli",nAi Vou
OF this city, VINO recently mas oeeu
making a vigorous campaign loi sun
day observance, eo-uay annouuoeu us
candidacy Tor the Democia.ic no", n
tlon TOT governor Oh Missouri ns
platform declares iot "s1ale wlue anu
permanent enforcement Vi oui o"
day ana liquor AVIS
His platform contains enese opa'a0
terlstic d~eclsfaeions'
wALLAcR's PLATFORM.
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Wy \ Va
mv1a, :, A.,
po . ~ songs
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"a ,s,s -, - an in.,,sn.h,a y,0h,
49, m..aa sh,,,S no,ar ho
-~.,.'a mros, ,ror, Mn n
ssa.,,a ~ .,r,s,,sd hv ,ha s,rong arm
49, o,S,i noma~
M Snaaao ,ha.,s, % az asnnoral,y.
,.aastSa $500 ss,oon "a should
-"srs-s - alo.,aa ~
rs~~ $780, !, ,ha rovarnor.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-02-20
GIRL HIDES TIE R0n
OF LOVER IL,
Murdsrsss Lives for D.,.
Man to Divert spn


Berlin, Feb. IL. Lem
has confessed that she
Glegier, and who was NJ
knosn booksellers in hi
lieved to be the mura..l
men. whom she at arst !
love. She Is said to Be y
man who was expelled n
land where she associs,sl
q number of Russian N
the police decided that's
desirable alien in the c0n
When she came to Gsrsl
came acquainted with
whom she bought somesl
pretty, she easily success
The love q the booksella
ago Giegler disa appeared
soon the won
known as bis sweetheart
ago, however. she was
railroad station In HALF
OF another man
When taken to The
placed before the body
contested that she kllla
that she did it because
her She said that Al,
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Restaurant Far Sale.

Restaurant for sale in Laddonia,
good trade, good location, III health
reason for selling. Inquire Ledger
ONCE, or P. o. b. SO Laddonia. d3W2
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-02-20

W. II. Azdell, Of Worcester, had a
sale this week, and will shortly move
to A~lamogardo, N. NJ, for the benefit
Of his wife's health.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-02-20

BY virtue and authority OF a decree
and order Of sale made by the said
Court, in the above entitled cause,
and of q certified copy thereof, dated
January 22hd, 1908, / will, on
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28TH, 1908,
between the hours Of nine O'Clock In
the forenoon and five O'Clock In the
afternoon Of that day, at the front
door OF the Court House In the City
Of Mexico, In Audrain County, Mis-
souri,, sell, at public vendue, TO the
highest bidder, The following described
real estate, viz;
A certain parcel Of land containing
thirty acres more " less purchased
from Andrew X. Luckie and wife as
per deed dated December Is, 1877, and
recorded at page 491 Of Book No. 8 In
the Recorders Office of said Audrain
County, and described al follows: ALI
that part Of the east half Of the south
west quarter and the west half Of the
west half Of the southeast quarter of
Section Twenty-Five (25), Township
Fifty-one (51) Range Nine (9J that lies
north of the north line OF the right
of-way Of the st. Louis, Kansas City
and Northern Railroad Company (now
known as the Wabash RailrOadl,
bounded as follows: Begin at a point
3 80 chains west Of the center OF said
section %, run thence east with the
east and west line running through
the center Of said Section Is, 13.46
chains to the corner equi.distant be-
tween the center Of said Section Is
and the northeast corner OF the west
half of the southeast quarter Of said
sec. rs, thence south / degree 90 west
"a 65 chains to the north line Of lands
OF the st. Louis, Kansas City & North
ern Railroad Company, thence ives.
terly with the north line OF said road
l degree 20' west from beginning
point, containing 30 80 acres, except
that part OF said lot conveyed by said
deceased In his lifetime to thee. & A..
Railroad Company, containing 3.15
acres.
Also that part OF She southwest
quarter Of the northeast quarter OF
said sec. rs, township 81, range 9, that
lies south OF the middle Of the channel
OF Beaver Dam creek, containing 283
acres, less that part conveyed to the
@. 81 A. Railroad Co. by said J. B.
Gregory, August 2lst, 1880, as per
deed recorded In Book IL, p. 3lI and
that part conveyed to Audrain coun-
ty as per deeds recorded at page 296
OF Book % and p. 267 Of Book Is. The
south half OF lot No. 1 Of the nortn-
west quarter and the north half Of
lot No. l Of the southwest quarter;
all In section thirty-one (3l), town
ship fifty three (53l, range eight (S),
less one-half acre in the northeast
corner OF said lot No. / OF said south.
west quarter.
Terms Of Sale asifollows, viz: Cash.
wtd PRICE JOHNSON,
Sheriff Of Audrain County.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-02-20

Fred Morris new al
arrived. IL is a Pope ID
a thirty horse power, vi
machine, and 1t is a bal
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-02-20

County Assessor, Rufus Jackson, will
attend the State meeting Of the coun.
ty assessors at Boonville February
tWentieth.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-02-20

John Fred is very Ill at the home o.
Chas. Brown, west Of town.
Circuit Court.
Third Monday In January.
Flint Monday In June.
Third Monday in September.
County Court
First Mondayin each month
Regular Terms;
First Monday in February.
First Monday in May.
First Monday IN August.
First Monday in November.
Probate Court
Second Monday Ia February.
Second honliay In May.
Second Monday In August.
Second Monday in November.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-02-20
Prohibition in Misrissinni.

Jackson, Miss, Feb. 13-The senate
to-day passed the statutory prohibit
tion bill by a vote Of 80 to 4. The bill
is effective December 81.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-02-20

B. r. Doan is very i'll at his home on
N. Clark ave.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-02-20

II. R. Day and fam4
week for Colorado, Vls
make their home. Tha'
locate near Eaton.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-02-20

Mrs. J. W. Boles. Of AuxvasSe, at
tended the missionary rally here
Thursday and was the guest OF Miss
Susie Muir.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-02-20

Mr.. and Mrs. J. v. FARES, who live
with their daughter, Hrs. W. L.
Corner, on Wade street, are both -ery
III. MI. Corner "a also sick.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-02-20

The Royal Neighbours Society met
with Mrs. William Crockett, Thurs
dao after noon, on north Washington
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-02-20
Advertised I,e,ter..

List Of letters remaining in the Pos
ONCE at Mexico, MO-, for the weel
ending Feb. ID, 1908, which If MOI
called for ~ Is days, will be sem
TO the dead letter Office az Washing
ton. Persons calling for letters in thil
list will please say advertiser
Brewer, Rev I'll w
Collins, B o
Darling, Martha
Dickson, Maria
Field, Rev e L
King, Miss Ethel
Lee, Wallace
Linnermann. r
Middleton, FL w
Phillips, Mrs Willard
Pierson, ] FL
Sledge, G L
Scott, Agnes
Tinsley, Grace
Walther, Gus
Young, HF
Ono. H. KUEKEL
Postmaster.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-02-20

Mrs. J%urgensen, Of VI
the guest Of her daughz
Lee, on s. Jefferson sLIA
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-02-20

Miss Virgie Stuart,of this CITY visit.
ed ]. s, Dillon and wife, OF Farber,
this week.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-02-20

Miss Berthe Biggers, who has been
dangerously III at her home on North
Washinton street, for some time, ia
some better.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-02-20

W. y. Wesly, Of Montreal, Canada
was in Mexico, Friday.
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NOTICE OF
NOTICE OF
herifSSaIeinPaPitiOD

G. Porter Gregory, Martha..F
Monroe, Wrintha A. Bryan,
Mary ]. Windsor, Rosanna
Windsor, Virginia Atkinson and
Catharine P. overfelt Plaintiffs,
VS..
Edward L. Gregory, John W.
Gregory, Walter s. Gregory
and Q. +. Clark, Administra-
tor Of the Estate Of John b.
Gregory, Deceased Defendants
In the Circuit Court Of Audrain
County, Missouri.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-02-20
Cheaper to Move.

Some butchers, bakers, coal dealers
and landlords will appreciate this:
Teacher ito ees scholar):-"Now,
Mary, Ill give you a sum-. II your
father owed the butcher s13. rs, and
the baker sll.l3, and the coal dealer
s27.0S, and the Landlord $3.50, how
much would he have to pay themp"
Answer-"I don't think he would
have to pay them anything"
"Why not?"
.tpaoau.n I 4htrh - ~ a.
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OsTEOpATHy.

GO to the Mexico Osteopathic SAM.
tarium, Mexico, Mo. Office 10 SAM.
Dafium. Phones 373 and 35. Patients
wishing board, lodging and treatment
may obtain the same from $40 to s20
peftweek. Most houseipatiCnts receive
oaily treatment. For further infor
mation write DIR. +. M. sHOUsH.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-02-20
WANTED

A representative in this coun-
ty by a large real estate cor
poration. Special induce
ments to those who wish to
become financially interested.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-02-20

Insist on haviul'
coal company coal
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Mrs. J. r. johnson is d
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REPUBLICAN CEN
TRIAL Committee.

Called g Meeting Of the Republicans
Of Audraln County who met at the
Court House Friday After
noon and Selected Dele
gates to Both the
State land Ninth
Congressional
Convention
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-02-20

Miss Mary suIllnger VI
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The Real Estate Security Co.

.ort Dearborn Building . CHICAGO. ILL
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''Because l think we would move.
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BY virtue and authority Of a decree
and order Of sale made by the said
Court, in the above entitled cause,
and Of a certified copy thereof, dated
January 22hd, 1908, / will, on
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CHAPTER XIV.
INVADING THE NORTH.

n
Flushed With Victory the Confederates
Make n Mighty Hush for the Loyal
States-Anotber Disaster in the Shen-
aadoah VnlIey-NIiIroy at Winchester.
Lees Plans Altered.
The wholly unexpected dash of the
Union cavalry across the Rappahan-
mock and the still more unexpected
yalor and determination with which
they attacked Stuart's horsemen. inter-
fered largely with the plans which Lee
had carefully worked out. The brill
liant, warlike spectacle which Stuart
had presented to his chief the day be-
fore in the grand review on the beauti-
full plain around Brandy Station had
filled Lee, Stuart and the cavalry with
Sanguine expectations of what they
would accomplish. 1t was expected that
Stuart would open the grand campaign
by one of his bewildering rides around
the Army of the Potomac, tearing up
the railroad, capturing and burning
supplies and carrying alarm even to the
Government at Washington. and bring
ing destruction to H0oker's plans and
those of his subordinateS. While Stuart
was doing this Lee was to take advan-
tage of it to move his heavy infantry
wherever he would under cover of his
cavalry, and probably improve upon his
Second Bull Run campaign by catching
the Army of the Potomac in detail and
beating it piecemeal.
All this vanished upon the unexpect-
ed Eruption of the Yankee cavalry in
force across the Rappannock with the
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l(S7AMuulAAhSNzM
~ audlMzNybuzY')
BY JOHN MeELROY.

take care of itself, which could do
with its enormous Notifications, It's So
900 men in garI ison, and perhaps 10000
more that could be brought in from
Harper's Ferry and other nearby points.
Like many other plans, this certainly
appeared well on paper, but like all
plans its excellence depended entirely
upon its executant, and Hooker, tho he
wrote never so well. could not regain
and of his own army, which had been
irretrievably lost at Charlottesville.
Hooker's removal had been decided
upon, and would take place as soon as
the Administration and the principal
officers of the Army of the Potomac
settled :iron his successor. As to this
feeling toward him, Col. Charles F.
Benjamin, who held confidential posi-
tons in the War Department and at
Headquarters of the Army of the Poto-
cac, says:
when Gen. Hooker telegraphed to
Washington that he had brought his
army back to the north side of the
river. because he could not find room
for it to fight at Charlottesville. Presi-
dent Lincoln grasped Gen. Halleck and
started for the front post-haste. He
would likewise have taken the Score
tary of War, in his anxiety. but for the
obvious indelicacy of the latter's APP
pearance before Hooker at such mo-
ment. Mr.. Lincoln went back to Wash
ington that might, 'enjoining upon Hal
leck to remain till he knew. every
thing Haileck was keen lawyer,
and the reluctant Generals and stan
officers had but poor success in stop
ping anywhere short of the whole truth.
When he got back to his post con-
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a campf,re In North cnrolInn.

A. ]. Furnass. 44th and 103d Ohio.
Columbus Junction. Iowa. who was Or
derby at Gen Jack Easements head
quarters, sends us some of his memories
of a grand blowout that was held at
Easements headquarters on the night
of April 20. 1865. to celebrate the re-
turn of peace. All the officers and men
entered heartily into the festivities with
Rotations, songs, fancy dances and
comic stunts. A Sergeant from the Sec
ond Division sang Liza Jane" charm-
ingly, accompanying himself on the vio-
lin The brigade band and the Swanton
band discoursed sweet music. The.next
night the band went to serenade Gems
Grant and Sherman at the Governors
house, rockets were thrown up IN Ra-
leigh, and the boys We're blowing up
canteens in the camps around and max
ing all the noise they possibly could.
The next day came the sad news of Lin
coins death and funeral.
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A PAINTER IN MAINE. 49,
The Annual Winter Scare AbeWf gre.
rOeloua Wild Animal

Never a Winter passes in the north
ern parts OF the country without there
being scare about painter" in tho
neighborhood. In the West il is usually
a lynx" and all timid people throw a
fit at the mere mention of painter
or lynx inside of several .t1anties.s
They have been having the usual fright
in Maine this Winter. with somewhat
more basis of facts than is usually the
case. The fear of painter has
frightened the community around Mad
rid. Me-. so that church socials and
other forms of evening entertainments
have been cancelled. because the people
viii not venture from their homes after
dark. IL Is claimed that several people
have been actually attacked. and the
story goes so far as to describe tho
panther as female about four feet
long and two and half feet high. At
night she is said to prowi around the
farm buildings, seeking prey, but when
people are in such a state of mind al
most any old noise at night can be
translated into panther's yell. IL is
now said that she has been tracked to a
large cave. but nobody has set VEN
tured in and Joe Dignard, a mighty
hunter. has been enlisted to rid the
community of the terror. Joe's arIna-
ment is something formidable. He Is
a good rifle shot but is not content
with arming himself with an ordinary
gun. and has provided himself with
what is termed an automatic rife,
whatever that may BE-. He has in adj
ditiou a large revolver. hunting knife
and several sticks of dynamite to blow
up the cave and force the animal to
come out for an open fight in the day
light. This theme makes an agree
able variation in the ordinary. routine
of country gossip. and probably has less
reason for its basis. In spite ofsthe in.
finitude of talk about painters" and
lynx. it is not on record that anybody
has been killed by either of these for
about a century. nor has anybody been
really attacked by them. 1t is highly
unlikely that there is anything even ia
the Maine woods larger than fair
sized bobcat. which could not kill any
thing bigger than an old sheep or q.
young pig
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holding his own army in close support
ing distance. yet be able to cover all
the approaches to Washington. He
must guard against such disaster as
befell Pope, when a portion of his, army
was caught between Jackson and Long
street and crushed before it could be
supported.
The Blue Ridge running as a high
wall southwest from Harper's Ferry has
at intervals low gaps which are prac-
ticable for the passage of armies. Thru
these gaps pass roads which radiate like
the spokes of a wheel from Richmond.
These were the keys to the whole stretch
of that territory. The Army of the
Potomac, with its left on the Kappa
hammock near Fredericksburg. habitual-
Iy extended its right out toward the Blue
Ridge The Confederates had at all
times the option of passing thru the
Blue Ridge at one of the gaps in front
of the Army of the Potomac, going down
the Shenandoah Valley and coming back
thru another gap ln the rear of the
army, menacing Its communications and
interposing between it and Washington,
when it would be compelled to retreat.
In some form or another this was the
story of the campaign on the plains of
Manassas from the Second Bull Run in
1862 to Mine Run at the close of 1868.
The Army Of the Potomac was constant
ly adrancin~ to the RaDpahannock or