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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-06-16

The 18th annual reunion of the
famous Weld Club, composed Of
natives or relatives of natives of the
town of Weld, Franklin county,
Maine, was held at the Virginia Street
Universalist chruch at Dorchester,
Mass, last Saturday afternoon. One
hundred and twenty-five members
representing all the New England
states were present and the occasion
was a very pleasant one. After the
business meeting a social program was
enjoyed in which "reminiscences of
days long ago in the pretty little town
of Weld were exchanged. After din
rer the following officers were elected
for the ensuing year: President, Mrs.
Sarah n. Pierce; first vice-president
Mrs +. S. Wilder; second vice-presi-
dent, Mrs. Fremont Scammon; secre-
tary. Mrs. Sarah E. Wheeler; treasur-
er, Mrs. Annie B. Huntress.
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trials for the fttest the who have received
appointments and aid. Only two of them have dis
graced their Office in any way If the President can
get able brave executives to sustain the law of the
land from the ranks of his own men whom he knows
man for man. why should he trouble to look else
where? Are not his motives superior to those which
would inspire him to attempt to satisfy the craving
for political patronage? Secondly would the good
people who criticize him have had higher opinion
of him if he had given the favorites of politicians
the appointments and had turned his back on his
own men!
List of Those in Office
THE partial list of Rough Riders whom their
Colonel has appointed assisted to Office,
which the writer has been able to compile, is most
interesting array Some of these are no longer
holding the officers indicated, in the case of
Captain Frank Frantz:
Bailey, William: Deputy U. s. Marshal.
Bell Sherman (Sergeant): Adjutant General of Colo
RADIO.
Brodie. Alexander O. Qeutenarft Colonel: Governor
of Arizona now Major, U. S. A.
Bugbee, Fred W. Qieutenant): Lieutenant U S A.
Caseby Arthur F. Qieutenant): Assistant Adjutant
General U. S. A.
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Church, James R. Nieutenant): Major Medical Corps.
u. S. A.
Colbert Ben: U. S. Marshal of Indian Territory forced
resignation)
Coleman, Sherrad (Lieutenant): Lieutenant, u S. A.
Crimmins Martin L. Lieutenant, U. S. A:
Curry George (Captain): Chief of Police. Manila:
Governor Of Samar; Governor of New Mexico.
Daniels Ben lSergeant): Warden Arizona peniten-
tiary; U. S. Marshal (unconfrmed).
Fortescue Granville R. (CorporaD Lieutenant. U. A:
aide at White House
Frantz. Frank Captain: Governor of Oklahoma:
postmaster at Enid; agent of Usage reservation.
Hadden, James: Deputy U. S. Marshal Oklahoma.
Hill Ira A. isergean Clerk of District Court Oklahoma.
Holderman Ben: Indian Police Oklahoma.
Hunter. Charles E. (Sergeant): Chief clerk Supreme
Court, Indian Territory.
Huston Robert Postmaster. Guthrie Okla (deceased)
Jackson, ]. N: Deputy U. S Marshal.
Jenkins Micah (Maor) Various federal Offices South
Carolina.
Johnson Gordon Qeutenant): Lieutenant U. S A.
leahy. David H. Qieutenant): Clerk. U. S. court.
Alamogordo, N. NJ
Lee ]. W.. Secretary American Legation, Panama.
Light, Jack: Quarantine service, New York
Lewelyn, Morgan o. (CorporaI: Surveyor General.
New Mexico.
Lewelyn w. H. H. Captain: Major, S. A.; U S.
attorney and other Offices New Mexico
Continued page IS
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the regiment guard of honor on that occasion
When next they ride in column of tours they want
their Colonel with them, and they want no asphalt
under foot: They were much better pleased that
Colonel Alexander Brodie, Major Jenkins, and
Major Llewellyn should head picked body Of their
comrades, twenty-eight in number to serve per
sonal escort.
It was on this occasion that General Chaffee got
in quiet little joke the Rough Rider contingent,
which is score still to be paid off. He ordered
troop of gentle horses" for them and the regular
army officers carried out the order with so much
enthusiasm that the personal escort had more the
appearance of being bound for the cemetery than
the Capitol. I'm afraid this horse will skeer
of these Washington street cars to DEATH, said
Nanies of Arizona.
The President has been pelted with criticism
from some quarters for his appointments of Rough
Riders to federal offices or for assisting them to
Office, and in Arizona, New Mexico, and Okla
homa the local politics are scarcely Republican or
Democratic, but have more the color of Rough
Rider and anti-Rough Rider.
There are two sound answers to this criticism:
The Rough Riders were good picked before
they enlisted; the best of them were tried out in
the campaign; and the survivors of the successive
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ordered to guard tent and place it at the
west end of the gravel walk directly in the rear of
nothing occurred to arouse suspicion. Shortly
afterward we learned, however, that on the very
night after had moved the tent the Confederates
had plan laid to capture the President. The con-
spirators were to hide in the shrubbery and when
the President along the walk they
to seize, gag, and carry him to the house of
Green, rank Rebel, the bank of the Potomac
back of the White House grounds, where he
to be secreted for time and then spirited across
the river into Virginia Thence he was to be taken
to Richmond some other Confederate strong hold
where he was to be held as hostage The members
of the bodyguard always supposed that the con-
spirators were frightened away when they
guard tent, and abandoned the plan of kid
mapping.
Ford's Theater Gang at Work
MOT long after the attempted kidnapping, another
~ episode took place, which afterward was found
to have been planned by band of assassins who
made their headquarters in the city Bourke the
veteran coachman, who had served at the White
House through Perces and Buchanan's admins
trations and thus far through Lincoln's, taken
sick and compelled to be off duty.
Immediately stranger, who represented HIM
self experienced coachman from Baltimore,
applied at the White House and reported that
Bourke was down in the city protracted spree
He pleaded his own cause, and the result was that
he was employed presidential coachman From
the first he was domineermg, and after few weeks
became important that he was discharged and
Bourke reinstated. He made threats, and was
ugly that he driven away, and we ordered
not to allow him the premises
One night shortly afterward just about dusk,
the discharged coachman was seen sneaking around
the stables, by some of the guard The stables
had been locked for the night, and it not sup
posed that he could do any damage, and
quent1y the men who saw him did not 60 to the
stables Presently the whole interior of the barns
found to be fire. The guard was called out
and by dint of great exerton saved the Pres-
dents coach and team; but Tad Lincolns ponies
and Colonel Hays carriage team persisted in the
flames.
The plan to have this fire the stables and
thus to distract attention. During the excite
ment of the conspirators ready to rush
into the White House and murder the President;
but instead of remaining in the house Mr.. Lincoln
out among and thus in all probability frus-
trated another attempt at assassination.
What makes this appear likely is the
fact that after the ncendiary arrested, he pro-
duced several witnesses, who later found employ
ment at Fords Theater, to testify that he down
in the city during the whole of the evening. These
the persons who doubtless planned the final
conspiracy that brought the great benefactor to
the grave.
Shortly before mustered out of service,
verifcation of the last incidents given
by Captain Lamon, who then marshal of the
District Of Columbia and who kept in close touch
with the workings of the secret service depart
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in checking his steed, the President said to
He came pretty near getting away, with me;
could draw the reins.
l then asked him where his hat was, and he re-
Piled that somebody had fired gun off down at the
foot of the hill, which scared his horse, and the
horse to the cottage, where the President and his
family were staying. There he dismounted and
went in.
Thinking the proceeding little strange corporal
and started in the direction from which the report
of the gun had been heard to investigate. When
to the place where the driveway meets the
main road, we found the Presidents hat-a plain
silk hat,-and on examining it found a bullet hole
through the corner of the crown The shot had
been fired upward, and it was evident that the per-
son who fired it had secreted himself close to the
roadside. We listened and searched the locality
thoroughly; but to no avail.
The next day gave Mr.. Lincoln his hat and called
his attention to the bullet hole. He unconcernedy
remarked that it was put there by some foolish
gunner, and was not intended for him: He said
however, that he wanted the matter kept quiet
and admonshed to say nothing about it.
We all knew that it was an attempt to kill him.
and we'll nigh successful one too. The affair was
kept quiet and gained no publicity After that
the President never rode alone.
Frustrating the Kidnappers
THE next fall, after we had taken up winter
quarters at the White House, conspiracy to kid
nap the President unknowing y frustrated by
Had the truth of the affair leaked out at the
time, it doubtless would have created great ex-
of the south porch of the Executive Mansion, posi-
ton which placed us at about equal distance from
the Treasury Building on the east and the War and
Navy Building on the west. Just to the east of
the quarters guard tent, where portion
of the bOdyguard remained when duty. Presi-
dent Lincoln was frequently called to the War and
Navy Building to the west of the White House. A
gravel walk led from the west end of the mansion
through the park, which filled with trees and
shrubbery, to the War Department. and this
the President walked several times day, often
unaccompanied
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President Lincoln, and
continued in that capa- 'SSSoSkS1SII
city until his assassina- AQX19 :
ton in the spring of lfs1k ~
1865 During the three * &6SA 49,
years of my stay in < s<% 2S(4 g. 8,
Washington, the most sS II s. =
critical period of the s@ 80
nations history l saw -. .{TM NsSSS
and heard many things 5E2-S&E ~
that have never found l5kS*N - ~
their way into the public ~ NJ Ssas#S..
prints Some of the body 4&
guard were constantly with AE
the President and his family,
whether at fashionable levees, -
receptions to foreign legations, "a
private interviews. At all such func-
tons silent spectators of all
that took place We were always treated with
the highest respect by the Lincoln family; who
private of the guard received the same attentions
of courtesy the most famous statesman or diplo-
sonal attachment for the President. and when the
grand old man laid down his life in behalf of the
cause that had been his Network, we felt as if we
had lost the dearest friend we ever had.
During the first two years of our term of service
the most rigid discipline enforced Sometimes
would be ordered to extraordinary vigilance,
and to let enter the grounds of the White
House without the proper passes, and to be very
particular as to who approached the President.
Often the order would come for the guards on duty
to be doubled 1t was seldom that knew the direct
cause of these extra precautions but supposed that
the officers of the secret service were in possession
of information of some plot that brooded harm to
the President.
Up to 1864, owing to vigilance and the pro-
tecting hand of Providence, our beloved chief had
escaped the hand of violence The back of the Con-
fedeIacy was broken, good feeling pervaded all
Washington, and consequently the strict watchful-
ness that had prevailed grew into 1axity. This
the fatal PERIOD for it was at this time that con-
spiracies were Matched, and Confederates overran
the city, comparatively unmolested. The President
and family spent the summer at the Soldiers Home,
situated about three miles north of the city; and
thither the bodyguard always accompanied them.
A Bullet Through His Hat
TT in the summer of 1864, while up at
the home, that incident happened that came
very near eliminating in just such awful tragedy
as followed only few months later at Fords Theater
1t was the custom of the President to remain late
at the War Department when anything of great
importance was happening in the army, consulting
with the Secretary of War and transmitting and
receiving dispatches; and after his work fin
shed, he would ride out to the Soldiers Home.
That summer he had persistently refused escort,
imagining himself perfectly secure.
One night about the middle of August was doing
sentry duty at the large gate through which
trance was had into the grounds at the home. The
place is situated about a quarter of a mile off the
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By JOHN w. MIC HOLLIS

way. About one o'clock /
heard a rifle shot in the
direction of the city, and
shortly afterward could
hear approaching hoof-
beats. In two or three
minutes the horse came
near enough so that in
the dim moonlight l
recognized the rider as
the belated President.
The horse, a very spirited
one, belonging to Lamon.
the marshal of the District
of Columbia, was Mr.. Lin
,oln's favorite saddle animal,
nd when he was in the White
,use stables he always chose
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-10-16
Fertility Notes.

The great question of soil improve
ment in the future is going to be
based upon the improvement of con-
aitions favorable toward the growth
and development of the soil organ
lsms. or bacteria. that work for us in
changing the plant food contained in
the soil into form available to nour-
lsh the growing plants. The success
fsl farmer of the future will be the
man who understands how to make
the conditions favorable for these lit
tie helpers to do their work in the
most efficient manner.
When We depend upon the grow
Ing of legumes to improve our soils,
we must not forget that they depend
upon certain elements of plant food
that is in the soil as we'll as that from
the atmosphere, and that when we
neglect to keep them we'll supplied
with potash and phosphoric acid they
are not capable of doing their most
efficient work at nitrogen fxation.-
Epitomist.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-10-16
Making Glover Hay.

We all know it can be injured more
easily than any other grass il curing
into hay, on account OF its broad
leaves and its blossoms; and its being
exposed 10 dampness. dew or rain, or
even 10 scorching sun. is very iaiuri-
Gus TO the hay, 50 it should be cut in
good season, wilted and put into
heaps, left remaining in those heaps
from two 10 four days, until it cures
quite we'll in the heap.
Possibly in wet seasons we need
hay caps. In season when We got
very little clover in without being
damaged somewhat by the rain, hay
eaps were found very useful things
to have on the farm.
The poorest OF all ways of making
slower hay is to cut it down and let
it lie until it is cured, then rake it
up with hay loader, breaking off
the leaves and the valuable portions
and so putting q lot of sticks and
stalks into the barn, the feeding value
Of which is probably very low
George Hill, in the American Guilt
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-10-16
Quick Fattening.

The theory on which crate fatten.
ing is encouraged is that hen will
digest more food than she will eat.
Shredded wheat will put the fat on
at as low cost as four and one-hali
cents per pound. The sections OF
our crates are two feet wide, two feet
high, twenty-seven inches long, three
sections to a crate, five birds to a
section. These have to be very care.
fully fed so that the appetite will not
be hurt.
Careful attention has to be given
not only to what they are fed, but
when and how often the feed is of.
fered to them. Equal quantities OF
corn meal. ground oats and shredded
wheat. mixed with skim milk, consis.
tency of good porridge in front OF
them for few minutes, every twelve
hours for two days. Next evening
let them eat their fill. Next day feed
in the morning not enough to satisfy
them. At night, all they will eat
Do this for week. all they want. Al
the end of the second week give a
noon feed of just little. The third
week give all they want at noon
Next week add little tallow to fif
teen birds. Give little grit from
time to time.
II growing broilers give them >
large percentage of bran six weeks
then make the bulk of the feed CORP
meal for four weeks. Milk and buck
wheat. or milk and oats tend tc
whiten skin. If anything is not con-
tented, it won't put on flesh.
You can't fatten bird at temper
ature above slxty-fiye degrees
lessor L. B. Graham. Connecticut Elk
pertinent Station.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-10-16
Troubles With Butter.

Mrs. 5. F.. of Milford. ILL.,, writes
to the Indiana Farmer: IL am having
more trouble with my butter this sea-
son than ever before. l can't get rid
OF the white streaks in it, and it is
not as firm as usual"
We suggest that our correspondent
change her brand of salt. Streaki-
ness in butter. is usually caused by
the uneven distribution of the salt;
that f, the salt will not dissolve and
work into the butter. Work your
butter little longer. There is no
general rule about the time butter
should be worked, but work it until
the salt has penetrated the whole
mass evenly. The finest quality of
dairy butter we have tasted in a long
while Is made by awoman who churns
with the old-fashioned dash churn
and works. her butter in a. wooden
butter bowl. She chnrns about five
pounds at time and works her salt
in with ladle. There is not the
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-10-16
Rusty Cans and Milk.

In bulletin 1872 of the Wisconsin
Agricultural Experiment Station, the
harm to milk handled in rusty cans
is brought out, and the following con-
illusions reached on the subject:
l. a better grade of utensils should
be used in the handling of milk and
its products. The iron or steel plate
should be heavier and more thickly
coated with tin.
2. No milk should be accepted at a
factory which has been kept in iron
exposed pals or cans.
3. The factory or creamery should
be an example OF neatness and clean
illness, with all utensils in first class
condition.
4. Cooperation among the propri-
etors of creameries, cheese factories
and city milk supplies will tend to
bring about cleanliness among pa
irons. and the use of better utensils.
.. Milk should be bought on it's
merits. by some satisfactory arrange
ment following well founded sanitary
and hygenic rules, by which the pro-
duction Of milk Of superior quality is
encouraged. and milk of low grade
either rejected or gradually improved.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-10-16
A Jury in Doubt.

We are justly proud of our Jury
system, but the twelve men good
men and true" are not always the
wisest of mankind. At recent ses-
sions a prisoner was indicted for
pocket picking, and to most people
in court the clearest possible case was
made out by the prosecution.
Have you anything you would like
to tell the jury before they retire?"
said the judge.
We'll. all l wanter say is, hopes
as 'ow they'll give me the benefit of
the doubt" replied the prisoner de.
spondently.
The. jury considered their verdict:
they were no little time over it.
Can | assist you in any way. gen.
tlemen?" said the Judge, at last be.
coming impatient.
We are almost agreed, me lud. >.
said the foreman, but we can't quite
understand what the doubt is the
prisoner wishes us to give him the
benefit of. "-Tit-Bits.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-10-16
IENrnl Fowls.

Fowls on the farm should in the
very nature of things be the most
profitable of all fowls They cost lit
tie to feed and the space they range
over costs no more on account of the
presence of the fowls. Most of them
have free range and forage for their
food; this is profitable for the owner
and enjoyable to the fowls
Most farm fiocks are too small.
They might easily be increased in
size with little effort and small ex.
penditures. 1t has been said that
fowl will pay dollar a year clear
profit under such conditions as pre-.
vail on the average farm if they are
rightly housed and cared for. This is
surely large enough profit to be in
teresting to any farmer. Usually the
farm fowls do not get credit for all
they really do, for the farmer seldom
figures in the eggs and other poultry
products used by his own family,
which make quite an item in the
course of year.
Not only the quantity should be
increased, but also the quality. There
are vastly greater possibilities for
profit in pure bred fowls than in
scrubs. They look better, weigh and
lay better and really are better in
every way.-Epitomist.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-10-16
Is the Well All Rishte

The weak point as regards health
on many farms is the water supply
The neighborhood is not likely TO be
crowded, but various matters which
defile the water are liable to be neg
lected. There is no better time TO
clean out the wells than the last of
August before the heavy fall rains
begin. The bottom of the we'll should
be thoroughly scraped, and the walls
washed down. The top and covering
should be made rat proof with ce-
ment. OF ninety samples of we'll wat
er analysed, only twenty-eight were
pronounced thoroughly wholesome,
while twenty-one were more or less
injurious. and thirty were condemned
as wholly unfit for use. These were
all from farm wells.-American Gull
iystor.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-10-16
Broiled Shoulder of Lamb.

Have you ever tried broiling a
shoulder of lamb instead of roasting
it? Here is the way an English.
woman, who knows all there is to
know about cooking mutton, does il
and declares it is delicious.
Il choose a shoulder of lamb that
Is young and small. In buying lamt
see that the kidney fat is abundant
semi-transparent and clean and there
is no softness or discoloration, which
shows the meat to be on the verge OF
spelling.
Put the roast in a moderate oven
for about half an hour. Use as little
water in the pan as will prevent burn
ing.
Take it out and rub both sides
with melted butter, black pepper and
a dash of cayenne and a little lemon
juice. Broil over a clear and mod.
crate fire until we'll done.
Serve either with brown gravy OF
sauce piquante. The latter is nice
when you use the lamb for late sup
per with salad and Hollandaise DO.
tatoes.
ITO make the sauce put one ounce
OF butter, three ounces of water, a
tablespoonful of vinegar, quarter OF
a teaspoonful of -four, yolk of one
egg and little stock into a saucepan
and place on good fire. Stir till
thick, but do not let it boil.
After removing from the fire stil
in slowly teaspoonful of lemon
juice. New York Pres
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-10-16
Power From the Mines.

A central plant of 5000 horse-pow-
er is about to be erected in the midst
of the bituminous coal fields of Indi-
ana. 1t is believed that large say.
ing of expense, especially for trans
portation of coal. can thus be effect
ed. 1t is intended to distribute the
power over wide territory direct
from the mouth of the mines. The
distance from the plant to Indianap-
oils will be about 100 miles. This
will involve small loss of power in
transmission, requiring. according to
the calculation, an increase of about
ten per cent. in the amount of coal
consumed above what it would be If
the coal were burned at the points
where the power is used. But the
saving in other respects is expected
to much more than counterbalance
this slight disadvantage. = Youths
Companion.