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New four room bungalow, two
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Attorneys.
M. T. O'Connor, counsellor at law,
505 Hyde block. Office phone,
M. 1748; residence, $3.50.
Samuel T. Crane, Lawyer, 40 Co
lumbia Bid. Phone Main 9393.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-12-10

The calendar year 1909 will show a
smaller expectation of wheat than any
year in the last decade, and an in
creased home consumption, both in
amount and per capita average, says
report of the Bureau of Statistics on
wheat production, expectation and con-
sumption of the United States.
The continued decline in exports or
hreadstufrs lends interest to the state
ment The expectation of wheat for
the nine months ending with Septem-
Der amounted to only 27,76S,901 bush
els, against 6S.17S,935 bushels In the
same month of 1908; -four exports were
6,2NN,2S3 barrels, against 9,42S,S4!.
This reduction in exports of wheat
seems to be due to increased consump-
ton at home rather than at any de-
cline in production. The average an
nual production for the last five years
has exceeded any earlier five-year
period
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-12-10
Was Poor Tom A-CoIdg

Vets" and those who like good word
painting will enjoy this from the San
Francisco Examiner:
The night Of Dee. 81, 1868, was eX
ceedingly cold in the vicinity of Muir
freesboro, Tenn. The first days battle
at Stone River had been fought, result
ing in disaster to the Federal army,
which had been driven from its orig
inal ground at every point except its
extreme left. The weary troops at
that point lay behind a railway en-
bankment, which had served them dur
ing the last hours of the fight as
breastwork to repel repeated charges
of the enemy Behind the line of
ground was open and rocky. Great
powders lay about everywhere, and
among them lay many OF the Federal
dead where they had been carried out
the dead of both armies lay greatly
thicker, but they were not molested.
1t was not dark night, being clear.
Among the dead in the powders lay
one whom nobody knew-a Federal
sergeant, shot directly In the center of
the forehead One of our surgeons,
from idle curiosity, or possibly with a
view to the amusement of group OF
officers during a lull in the engage
ment 1--WE needed something to divert
our minds), had dropped his probe
clean through the head. The body lay
on it's back, it's chin in the air, and
with Strengthened limbs as rigid as
STEEL frost on its white face and its
beard and hair. Some Christian soul
had covered 1t with a blanket. but
when the night became pretty sharp a
companion Of the writer removed this,
and we lay beneath 1t ourselves
With the exception of our pickets.
who had been posted well In front of
the embankment, every man lay silent.
Conversation was forbidden; to have
made fire or even struck match to
light pipe would have been a grave
offense Stamping horses, moaning
wounded-everything that made
noise had been sent to the rear; the
silence was absolute. Those whom the
chill prevented from sleeping, never
theless, reclined as they shivered, Hr
sat with their heads on their arms,
suffering, but making no sign. Every
one had lost friends and all expected
death on the morrow. These matters
are mentioned to show the improbable
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-12-10

ity of any one going about during
those solemn hours to commit ghast-
ly practical joke.
When the dawn broke the sky was
still clear. I'VE shall have a warm
day" the writer's companion whispered
as we rose in the gray light; lets
give back the poor devil his blanket
The sergeant's body lay in the same
place, two yards away But not in the
same attitude. 1t was upon its right.
side. The knees were drawn up nearly
to the breast, both hands thrust to the
wrists between the buttons of the
jacket, the collar of which was turned
up, concealing the ears. The shout
ders were elevated, the head was re-
tracted, the chin rested on the collar
bone, the posture was that of one suf-
fering from intense cold.
But for what had been previously OBJ
served-but for the CHASTITY evidence OF
the bullet-hole-one would have sworn
the man had frozen to death
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-12-10

keep the roads in good condition. In
many parts of the country the roads
are maintained and kept in fairly good
condition. but thousands of miles of
roadways traversed every day by the
carriers are wretched, and later in the
year will become next to impossible
Were it a matter of great expense or
effort to keep country roads in good
condition 1t might be something OF a
hardship to farmers, but the intelli-
gent use of the split-log drag has prac-
tically solved the problem of country
road making and road maintenance,
and people need to get busy in en-
ploying them on the highways. In
many parts of the country, especially
in Iowa and Missouri, hundreds of
miles of roads are kept in passable
condition the year around by means of
this cheap and inexpensive implement
When once highway is placed in
good condition any farmer can keep up
one mile of road the year around by
dragging it few times a month after
rain has fallen, work that will take
the time of man and team less than
a half a day all told.-Denver Field
and Farm.
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age of 107 pounds at the end of each
period. regaining this again when good
ventilation was restored, and this, too,
when they were drinking less water.
During the good ventilation days, too,
for each and every period, the COWS
gave more milk, the average being
.55 pounds per head per day.
At the end of the fourteen days the
COWS were turned into the yard and
exhibited an intense desire to lick
their sides and limbs, doing so in
many cases till the hair was stained
with blood.
Examination showed that during the
interval a rash had developed which
could be felt by the hand, in the form
Of hard raised points. and the rasping
Of these off caused the bleeding.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-12-10

was in Company II. One Hundred
and Forty-eighth New York Volunteers,
Eighteenth Army Corps, and among
the skirmishers at early dawn June 3,
1864, at Cold Harbor, Va My brigade
(Wistar's) charged Zen masse" and
was repulsed, as indeed was the whole
Army of the Potomac. After our re-
pulse we were ordered to fortify.
A battery Of artillery in our rear
was firing over our heads, its objec-
tive being a point of the enemy's
works. Suddenly an explosion occur
red, enveloping our whole right with
powder smoke, hurting iron, ana
dust. As the air cleared we know that
a shell from the battery in our rear
had burst just over us, either by mis-
take or faulty manufacture.
Some one said it had killed man in
the next company. Passing along into
and among the next company, saw
fine-looking young may lying partly
against the breastwork, apparently I'M
conscious. His uniform was torn from
his left breast and left arm, and his
flesh lacerated and torn, hung in
shreds, exposing his ribs. l remember
noting the pulsatlons Of his heart as
seen between the bare ribs.
The surgeon was quickly called He
came reluctantly, looked an instant,
and turned on his heel and retired.
The murmuring of the men became
decidedly emphatic over his apparently
brutal conduct. Soon the hospital
steward appeared with a sponge and
a bottle of colorless liquid. Saturating
the sponge he held 1t to the uncon-
scious soldiers nostrils. The brave
heart soon ceased beating forever A
sheet of paper was in his hand, head
ed: Gold Harbor, Va, June 3, 1864
Dear Mother" His comrades said they
would send his unfinished letter to his
mother, or whom he was thinking at
the instant he was smitten down.
Imagine her reception of that last
letter, accompanied by the explanation
of It's unfinished state.
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SERMONETTES.
Every gift is a call to give.

Every gift is call to give.
Occupations arms the heart
Love is dead when the lips can tell
it all.
Facts are dangerous on the lips of
fool.
Opposition is often the cause OF en-
thusiasm.
The wind never blows the right way
for a lazy man.
The only pleasures enjoyed are
those that are earned
Your future depends on what you
are making the present.
Blasts of sorrow uncover false
friends and reveal true ones.
They who guard their eyes are like
Nv to watch their tongues.
You cannot judge a mans faith In
God by his credulity with men.
Our own roses are never quite as
fair as our neighbours cabbages.
The best thing about good man Is
that he never knows how good he Is.
The greatest crime against love Is
to use its language and miss Its life.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-12-10
Civil War Stories
AllRtoonn.

The morning of October S. 1868,
dawned brightly The Confederate
army under Hood had advanced to the
picket lines, and firing along the out
posts warned Allatoona's defenders
that deadly work was in store for
them The guards around the rail-
road shed had been withdrawn to the
forts on the hilltop, at the right and
LEFT of the railroad. The first artillery
practice from the fort on the left of
the railroad, facing Atlanta, resulted
in dismounting Confederate battery
man and battery planted near the
railroad by the Johnnies; then the
bloody work OF the day began.
do not wonder why the battle of
Allatoona has not been written up by
some one of the survivors of that
dreadful carnage which lasted from
dawn till four o'clock in the afternoon.
The great mistake OF General Hood In
attacking Allatoona is this: The Con-
federate scouts reported to Hood that
there were but two or three regiments
guarding the place and the million
rations stored there, whereas there
were two brigades Of the best troops
in the field that had quietly arrived
in the night before the battle, and
nobly did they resist the onward
charges Of the Southern hosts and
storming parties, until the leading
Confederate officers were fully con
WINGED that instead of two or three
regiments a whole army Of Union
troops had in some mysterious man
ner suddenly come to the rescue of
Allatoona and the rations. The fact
was that the troops coming from
Rome, by order of General Sherman,
for the defense of Allatoona just fool
ed Hood and the officers under him,
and 1t was another George Washing
ton military movement. The fore
sight of General Sherman in ordering
plenty of men to defend AIlatoona
proved one of the greatest gains to his
success through Georgia"
And though the people Of this age
may never realize the Importance of
the defense of Allatoona Ga, I am
sure the troops engaged in that de-
Tense will fully sustain me in the
statement that had General Corse sur
rendered on account of the useless
effusion OF blood" as General Hood ex
pressed it, the march through Geor-
gia" would have been delayed many
moons.
l always admired General Sherman,
and saw at once as / gazed at him for
the first time that he meant business;
and what little of a warrior I ever
had in my makeup was inspired in
me by General W. r. Sherman; for
considered him all that man could de-
sire as a soldier, and man desper-
ately determined to do all in his pow
err to show to the world that the
American army was not a pack of
bloodhounds but gentle and kind in
peace, and, in war, furious and unre-
vengeful. That the whole Southern
army, navy and Confederate States
were deceived In fighting the Govern
ment of the United States is exempli
fled in the terrible carnage of ALA
toona. The troops under Hood were
shamefully deceived, for there were
too many troops defending the place,
as they bitterly realized at the time
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-12-10
Stable Ventilation.

Some years ago Prof. F. H. King,
If Wisconsin, made an experimental
,trdv Of the effect Of ample and de-
ec,ent ventilation upon twenty mich
corrs The experiment was made in
o balf-hasement stable, represented In
accompanying figure having three out
side doors, thirteen large windows and
= door leading by a stairway to the
aoor above. The ceiling was nine feet
ohoye the floor and the stable con-
tafned 900 cubic feet of space per cow
leading upward from the ceiling were
two hay chutes two by three feet in
cross sections, twenty feet high, which
could be opened or closed at will, and
yentilating shaft terminating near
tbp ridge of the roof inside.
During the trial the COWS were kept
continuously in the stable with the
hav chutes closed during two days and
then with them open two days, the
trials being repeated four times. Fol
lowing these four trials the hay chutes
were left closed during three consecu-
tive days for poor ventilation and left
omen the following three. making four
teen days in all.
It was found that measurably the
same amount Of feed was eaten under
both conditions of ventilation. But
during the days of insufficient ven
tilation the COWS drank, on the aver
age. ia pounds more water each
day and yet lost In weight an aver
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-12-10
Experience with Alfalfa


III the nrst place, made two mis-
taxes In sowing with grain and of
course made two failures in getting a
stand that suited me- For nv third
endeavor | selected a piece of ground
which had been in hoed crops for
number of years and heavily MANFRED
each year, blowing it In April and
Keeping it cultivated till July. when
seeded 1t at the rate of 20 pounds
per acre.
On the night following my sowing
we got a very heavy shower. and |
got magnificent stand. On part of
the field | had sown wheat and red
clover the fall before So that in the
fall after sowing my alfalfa the red
clover was knee high and in full
bloom, and as l did not wish 1t to go
TO seed l turned my cattle and sheen
into 1t, thinking they would not trou-
bic the alfalfa, but l found that had
made great mistake, as they fell
upon the alfalfa and eat 1t nearly into
the ground. l gave 1t up. thinking
1t was entirely ruined, but the next
spring 1t came up as green as a bed
Of lettuce, and since then, now five
years ago, l have mown from two to
three crops each year, of the very
hnest OF hay, and the stand of alfalfa
Is now as good as ever, and all with
out being MANFRED or fertilized in
any way.-A. c. Gowdy, in Michigan
Farmer
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-12-10

Lewis Roesch, the veteran nursery
man. says the best time to plant every
thing except strawberries, black rasp-
barries and perhaps peaches, Is the
fall say from Oct. is until the ground
freezes up. The next best time is as
oorIv IN tbs spring as the ground is
dry enough to work. In case the
eround to be planted is exposed to Sc
we're winds or else is SO damp as TO
beave in winter all stock had better
he PLANTED in spring,
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-12-10

The best plan for Kidding the fields
and pastures of noxious weeds is 10
cut all of them out before they
60 to seed. If no seeds are al
lowed to form the crop will at least
Ne reduced next year Many OF the
weed pests are bienpials, poisoning
and seeding the second year; hence
oy keeping them from going to SEED
'oe second year they will die and that
VIII be the last of them. The Canada
thistle belongs to this class.
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Fruit stones for spring Planting

Peach, cherry and plum stones
should be spread thin on high, dry
ground in narrow rows, and then COW
cred with about inches of fine earth,
with little trench on each side OF
'he row TO draw off the surface water
AFTER the ground freezes a little me
morse manure may be spread over the
Hozen ground. just enough to cover the
ground. If too much is used 1t will
4'4"e harbor for mice and rats.
apple seed may be sown In the same
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.ur,cuIturnI Statistics.

At the approaching census special
4tontion will be given to the gather
ing of agricultural statistics, Farmers
III he asked for information which
1T no regarded as of very per
sanaI nature concerning their opera
t;ons hut they will be assured that the
sacts will be held sacred.
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smoking Hnmx without smolehou.e

Dig a hole in the ground L foot In
diameter and foot deep, and put
three blocks of green wood or stones
a foot high on the edge or IT, Ihen
take an empty sugar barrel and bore
holes In the bottom large enough to
mass the hamstrings through to fasten
outside by passing little sticks through
loon and. after setting barrel up on
the blocks, start fire. and 1t Will
smoke contents of barrel to perfection
In a short time.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-12-10
Rural Delivery and Roads.

The Postofiice Department at Wash
ington has again sent out orders that
rural mail delivery is to be discontin-
ued on routes not properly maintained
by mail patrons, who are supposed to
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.IncISrnhhIf Dinner.

| was one of about dozen to spend
the fall and winter of GA near Cleve-
land. Tenn. repairing an old sawmill.
We were out one day Telling some
trees for the foundation of the saw.
mill, when suddenly the teamster cam"
and told me he had shot sheep and
wished l would so quick and skin it.
| did so, and soon that sheep was
skinned, quartered and in bag.
The teamster then took the bag OF
mutton to camp and our good old cook
prepared it for dinner. During the
forenoon one of the boys had been out
around camp shooting jackrabbits. He
had killed quite a number Of these
Hesperian creatures when he had
come into camp, but he and the cook
preferred them for supper, so the rab-
bits were laid away and the mutton
was used instead. The sergeant OF our
little squad had ofttimes said that he
could not eat mutton. This, of course,
gave chance for a good joke. The table
was set, the boys called and before
they sat down to feed each had been
given the wink. The sergeant seated
himslf with the remark, Il am, indeed,
fond OF jackrabbit," and in fact, he
ate as though he was.
After dinner the boys told him of
the huge joke played on him; but he
swore It was jackrabbit. This, of
course, made the laughter so much
the more, and the sergeant was led to
the bag and shown the three remain
ing quarters.
Throughout the remainder of our
stay at Cleveland our dude" sergeant
could eat as much mutton as any OF
us.
wouldn't Surrender with IA Loaded
Gnu.
At the battle of Cloyd's Farm an in
cident occurred the like of which l
have not seen recorded in the annals
OF the war.
The Confederates were outnumbered
and flanked, beaten and many of
them captured.
H, a private in the Forty-fifth
Virginia, had just loaded his gun and
was putting on cap when Yankees
came M In front and in rear and on
all sides, and ordered the Confeder-
ates to surrender, which many of them
were doing, while others were lodging
about and trying to get away. II
couldn't bear the idea of throwing
down loaded gun, so without raising
1t to his shoulder he pulled the ham
mer back and fred, sending ball
through a Yankee not ten feet in front
of him, and at the same instant drop
ping the gun and throwing up his
hands he mingled with the other pris-
oners and In the turmoil and confu-
sion the circumstances was not noticed
by the captors.
H was uneasy about the affair
all the way to prison, but the boys
kept his secret and he returned home
at the end of the war.
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way. but will need heavier covpy,nz
ihese seed Will sprout and take root
as soon as the weather turns mild.
when they should be taken up and
planted out in rows.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-12-10

victoria, Australia, spends $4'o'ooo
.aar IN the endeayor to extermi-
nate the rabbit.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-11-26
.SEWANEE HAS REVENGE
ON VANDERBILT TEAM
OverShelms Nashville University In
Game in Which Straight Foot
ball Is Used.
lBy Associated Press.)

NASHVILLE. TENN, Nov. 20
Sewanee gained her revenge today.
winning the annual football game
with vanderbilt by the scoie OF Ii
to ;. Noise. for Sawanee. played the
game of his life and his team mates
backed him up in splendid style. Van
derbilt was lacking in her usual snap.
except in the work Of Morrison. who
piayedaa star game. He went down
under punts in splendid style. often
downing his man in his tracks.
The first half was almost through
cut a kicking duel. with Vanderbilt
frequently ,fumbl;ng the bail.
Roth teams adhered 10 straight
football, most CT the time. Wander
bilt tried the forward pass twice, gain
ing each time. once paving the way
for the touchdown
In the second half Sewanee ripped
open the Vanderbilt line almost at
will and. ran around the ends with
ease. Vanderbilt made her single
touchdown when luck broke temper
arily in her favor in the second hall.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-11-26
Y. N. |. CENTER HURT
IN LYNCHBURG GAME
Cadet Webster Unconscious for
Three HoUrs--IkOught to be
Doing Well.
CBy Associated Prcss.I

LyNCHBJRG. VA. Nov. 25.-Cadet
Fred webstsr. Of Missoula. Mcnt-.
center 81 he virginia Military Insr-
trfe football eleven. was unconscious
fer several hcurs here tonight a. a
rcrult Ct injuries received IN The
game here today with Davidson N.
c. Coilere
~ ten O'Clock the attending physi-
cans stated b. would be kept at the
hotsI for the night bat II improve
ment was not noted by morning ne
would BE- taken TO = hospital here.
At 1890 he rceained consciousness
and Is thought to b. doing well The
acc dcrf happened in a scrimmage IN
an eaoft q the cadet team 70 make
sa'n a-ourd Davidson's end.
Webster Is abort 20 years old and
Is q fTst year cadet