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Milford chronicle., 1909-03-05
PRODUCE QUOTATIONS.
The Latest Closing Prices For Produce
and Live Stock.


and Live Stock.
PHILADELPHIA - FLOUR quiet
winter low grades, $4.25d475; wintel
clear, $5G5.25; city mills, fancy, $j.l'
RYE FLOUR quiet, at s42O@42'
WHEAT weak; No. red. western
S12501.26.
OATS firm: No 2 white, clipped
591k060c.; lower grades, 58c.
HAY steady; timothy, large bales
SIS per ton.
POULTRY: Live steady; hens, 161a
% TIC; old roosters, 10l5 a lie
Dressed firm; choice fowls, 16c.; old
roosters. l1i5c.
BUTTER quiet; extra creamery, 32c.
EGGS steady; selected, % O. Csc;
nearby. 2lc.; western, 21c.
POTATOES steady; per bushel 50
6S3c. Sweet Potatoes steady; per
basket 500 soc.
Milford chronicle., 1909-03-05

"a H7 Z first meeting with General
HWkt4 George a. Custer was w hen
1Wg was scout in the de-
partment of the Missouri
in the spring Of 1867. AT this time
General Clusters regiment the Sew
enth cavalry. United States army. was
at Fort Larned. on Pawnee Fork, near
the Arkansas river.
One evening the general arrived at
Fort Hays from Fort Harker. He had
with him only two officers and three
orderlies. The general told Captain
Ovenshine, who was In command Of
Fort Hays at the time, that be wished
60 leave Fort Hays the next morning
ct daylight to join his regiment and
wanted a guide who knew the country.
one that would make no mistake, well
mounted. to guide him to Fort Larned.
I Captain Ovenshine sent for me and
eOld me to be ready sharp at daylight
Milford chronicle., 1909-03-05

The mule tgouid get ahead Of the horses
to 90 with General Custer and that be
wanted me to have the best mount
there was at the post. At that time
the horses at the fort were pretty well
run down from many chases after In
dians, but / was riding ands had at
the time as good a long distance horse
as l have ever known. and he was n
mule. The general himself was riding
q Kentucky thoroughbred.
At daylight ! rode up to the COM
manding officers quarters, and Cap
tain Ovenshine introduced me for the
frst time to General Custer. The gen
eral. seeing that ! was mounted on a
mule. said to Captain Ovenshine:
captain. / haven't got time to dilly
daily along the road with mule. l
see that my guide here is mounted on
q mule. l want him to have a horse,
and a good one"
/ said, General. this is the best
horse at the fort, and l assure you
that he won't be much behind you
when you reach Fort Larned."
The captain explained to the general
thet the horses were in pretty bad
conditi~. at the fort and that he had
heard me brag so much about that
mule that he felt quite sure that the
beast was all right.
\ The general seemed a little displeas-
ed and said "Well, II that is the best
you have l will have to put up with
it."
We mounted and started out on the
road For the first fifteen miles to
Smoky Hill river there was good
wagon road, and as we rode along the
general asked me numerous questions
in regard to the country and the In
dians. and thus we talked along mile
after mile. But the general was going
at a pretty rapid gait, and my mule
was not very speedy on the start but
I knew he would finish all right. So
when the general was not looking !
would put the spurs to the mule lit
tie to wake him up. However. ] kept
alongside Of the general until / got to
Smoky Hill river. I noticed that the
old mule was not painting much, but
the horses were.
1 told the general that this would be
the last water for forty-fve miles un-
dI we got near Larned; that It would .
be best to water the horses there, and /
h the men required any water they /
had better fill up their canteens. which .
they did
From this point we struck into the I
sand hills, leaving all roads. 1t was
pretty sandy and pretty heavy travel
ing for horse or mule, but l made up
my mind that would show the gen
eraI from there on that had spoken
the truth about the mule. So when the
general was not looking at me ! would
put the spurs to him, and as he would
Iunge ahead I would say:
@Whoa, therel Take it easy, old fel-
low. Don't get to ,frettin'."
We went on like that for mile or
DO. The mule would get ahead Of the
horses, and whenever the general
wasn't looking I would spur him, and
as tho mule would forge ahead l
would pat him to calm him down.
Finally the general remarked, THAT
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is really quite a horse you are riding
there"
"Oh, he isn't warmed up yet. gen
eral," said. "He doesn't go good un-
til he gets his second wind"
BY this time the mule was really be-
ginning to show his staying qualities
over the Kentucky horse that the gen
eral was riding. and the general could
not keep up. But the general would
after mile through the sand hills until
finally / had actually to walt on the
general little. Every once in awhile
the general would remark about that
mule But we went on. and the gen
eral still would not give in. We con
tinued going until we got within about
fifteen miles of Fort Larned. Here we
stopped on a hill to wait for the Off
GERS and Orderlies to Overtake us.
When they got up l showed the gen
eral a depression in the sand hills and
told him that that was the Pawnee
Fork creek and that all we had to dc
was to follow the creek down and we
would come to the fort.
"Now, general" / said, 'if you have
any urgent dispatches that you want
taken to your commanding officer, If
you viii give them TO me / viii take
them on and have them delivered To
him. You cannot help but find your
way"
"Ah," he said, you are kidding me
about what / said IN regard to that
mule. Well" turning to one of the
officers, you bring the escort in. Fol |
low the direction we are going. and l
will go on with Cody"
And we started. giving him as live
ly a ride as his horse could stand until |
we reached the fort. That night the
generals horse died. The next morn
ing at guard mount ! rode up to the |
headquarters of Fort Larned, which |
was commanded by Captain Danger /
field Parker with whom the general /
was stopping, and reported to him.
said that II he had no further use for
me l would return to my own fort and
that if he had any dispatches he wanted
taken back to Fort Hays l would take
them, as 1 expected to get there in
eight hours on the same mule.
He laughed and said. "Weu. I will
never say anything against a mule
again"
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horse in the outfit, and when twilight
arrived he decided, after patching up
his head little, to bring relief and
meet us at a point northwest on the
Platte river. about a days march on
ward These were about the most
definite directions any scout got in the
trackless wastes of those days. and it
showed the peculiar sixth sense or
acumen possessed by experienced Off
GERS and why practical scouts, like
Cody, in the wide terrestrial seas Of
the great plains rarely ever missed
connections, Cody therefore reached
us safely, making a successful ride Of
fifty miles during the night and ar
irving at Fort Kearny at daylight"
Milford chronicle., 1909-03-05

Among the many army officers under
whom I have served one of my earliest
experiences was with Major Genera
Eugene A. Carr, retired General Carr
was a graduate of West Point when
cabins were more plentiful than frame
houses in upper New York state
whence he came Graduating In 1850
he went to the frontier and graduated
in that old school that made him one
of the best of Indian fighters.
In 1868 / first met him when ! was
a scout for Colonel Royals command,
whom he succeeded 1t has been the
pride Of my career that, he being an
officer OF such wide experience and
ability. / secured his esteem and
friendship, and I'm his writings he has
been very generous in alluding to my
services. l had the honor Of serving
with him IN many trying campaigns
notably I'm that which eliminated in
his success over Tall Bull, who had
long been the terror of the plains with
what is known as the dog soldiers"
who were renegades recruited from
dozen disappointed tribes and were
composed Of the most vicious, fanatical
Indians who were opposed to the
white mans intrusion in the west. The
depredations were Of a terrifying ma
ture, and Carr was delegated to pun
ish them at all hazards. Their contin-
uOus pursuit for many months was a
very trying one, as they employed the
Indians methods OF annoyance in at
tack by safely scattering when hard
pressed. Knowing that only strategic
cunning could eventually effect sub
iugatlon or dispersal, General Carr
proved by his persistent energy and
strategy that he was equal to the sit
uation. 1t was during the continuous
pursuit Of these warriors that. met
one of my closest calls in an incidental
fight which occurred at a point called
Elephant rock. 1t was in the spring
Of 1869 that we reached Elephant
rock, which is a point on a rock on
the south side Of Beaver valley, where
found an Indian trail going down
he Beaver, and, following 1t. the com
mand went into camp. The general or |
iered Lieutenant Ward to follow It, |
being already on the scene l was
keeping the Indians in sight while Gov |
ering my presence from them, when 1
somewhat to the left, almost parallel !
With them, l heard firing, and after
ward ascertained that Lieutenant |
Ward was in a skirmish so premature
hat at one time it threatened to cut
ne of.
General Carr left the command un-
Ter Major Brown to follow with the
wagons. and the Indians, skirmishing
With great daring. put up a game fight.
General Carr followed them until
iearly dark and returned to meet and
Irotect the wagons. Forming his men
q a hollow square. he made an orderly
etrest, the Indians showing great per
nacity in their sl1irmlsh tactics, so
much so that the general got a bullet
trough the scabbard Of his saber
Ieeting the wagons and getting into
God position, he went into camp, but
be Indians stayed around all night,
mitting the cries Of owls and coyotes,
Milford chronicle., 1909-03-05
CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS.
ThursdaN. February 25.

An extradition treaty with France
was ordered favorably reported from
the senate committee on foreign rela.
lions.
Frederic Gooding Mason. assistant
superintendent Of the liability depart
ment Of the Fidelity and Casualty Co.
Of New York, died at his home at East
Orange n. J.
Two laborers working In one Of the
McAdoo tunnels at the edge OF the
Hudson river in Jersey City were in
stantly killed by coming in contact
with an electric light wire
Giuseppe CampaRnolo thirty ygars
Of age. and Banals Carfaro, twenty
years Of age. We're hanged at Weth-
ersfeld. Conn., for the murder of Da-
vid D. Sheehan in New Haven on the
night Of Aug. IS last.
Friday, February IS.
The next annuel session Of the trans
Missouri Dry Farming Congress will
be held at Billings Mont
W. T. Gentry of Atlanta, Ga, was
elected president OF the Southern Bell
Telephone company az an annual meet
ing OF the stockholders and director.
in New York.
Senior Francisco de la Barra, the new
Mexican ambassador to the United
States. was presented To Secretary oil
State Bacon by Senior Alvarez, charge
d'adalres OF the embassy.
Ten years in the federal prison IN
Atlanta. Ca. for each, and a fine OF
$1,000 each. was the sentence imposed
by Judge Platt in the United States
court at New Haven. Conn, upon
Frank Howard and William Carlton
for breaking into the postofiee at East
Morris and Morris. Conn.
Milford chronicle., 1909-03-05
saturdaY. FebruarY q.

Morris and Morris, Conn.
Saturday, February 27.
Governor Marshall, of Indiana, We
toed the bill legaHzing Sunday base
ball. The bill had passed both houses
Professor B. b. Atkins, president o
Logan Female college, died Of hear
trouble at his home at Russellville
KY.
Frank McHugh, former Lightweight
pugilistic champion, who shot anC
killed Hugh Christy was exonerateC
by the coroner at Toledo o., on the
plea Of self-defense.
President Roosevelt. Secretary o.
Agriculture Wilson and Clifford Pin
chot, government forester. are now al
full aedged farmers" having Just
been admitted "on sight" to member
ship in the Uational Farmers Union.
Monday, March I.
Mayor Tom L. Johnson, Of Cleve
land. has officially announced his in
tention to become a lawyer.
Daniel Bingeman, Of Kleinfelters
vile. Pa, was killed under tree that
he and John Noll were telling.
-Four Chinese, arrested at Roches-
ter. n. Y. for being illegally in the
country. we're ordered deported.
Two strangers. robbed Of their pay
envelopes. were found murdered at
Gvatztown WestmOreland county, Pa.
At the request of the Arkansas leg
is'arvre. government engineers will
ov vsu'ae the new state capitol, under
cuon. to see II the work has
been properly done.
Tuesday March 2.
The senate passed bill pensioning
at the rate. of S12 a month dependent
volunteer army nurses Of the Civil
War
The senate confirmed the nomina-
tion Of George $. Terry, of New York,
to be assistant treasurer of the United
States.
United States Circuit Court Of Ap-
peals Judge John X Richards died a
his home at Cincinnati, o.. of Bright's
disease.
Hugo Schwartz. thirty-one years old
associated with his father in the book
bindery business in Pittsburg. fell from
the third floor window and was fatally
injured
Wednesday, March 8.
John H. Leaser. a prominent stock
broker, of Paterson, N. J., committed
suicide in his home by inhallng gas
Burglars ransacked the residence o II
John ]. Ryan, the well known broke
and sporting man, at Cincinnati and
secured $500 in cash and S280O worth
Of diamonds
Leaving a note directing that his
body be given to a medical school, Or |
Victor Meyer, a foreign newspaper cor |
committed suicide in his
room in a boarding house in New /
York.
Governor Fort. Of New Jersey, sign
ID the bill providing for the voluntary
retirement Of national guard officers
1t the age Of sixty-two years and TO
heir compulsory retirement at the age
II sixty-four
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MANILA, July 29.-Machinery for
the purpose of dredging the depths of
the gold laden streams of Faracale gold
bearing districts brought forth not
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S the first step back to health and
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In Trevi. Just think. it is ours, ours /"

In Trev- Just Think it is ours, ours 4"
Thine dear Filippo for listen, thou shouIdst not
part with what may help thee skill in workmanship
So shalt thou gain gold and become great man.
This was new outlook and the lad grew grave The
thought was sweet With money earned, he could
brighten life for this dear friend and beloved playmate
Suddenly great gladness broke over his earnest face
and his eyes filled with tears he eaped to her side
Little sister, little sister, thou shalt see This shall
buy thee back thine eyes" The JOY of the face upturued
to his in its listening way made the boys heart trob
Then with sudden sadness came the answer: at can
never be, Filppo. Only the good God can give me back
my eyes"
ayes. it can be. Here is gold, so much. a heapl II
will pay the doctors who do wonderful things and
little sister, when thou canst see again" and sob
manly and heartfelt, choked the loving words
And so the mother found them, trembling with new
hope The impetuous boy ran to her. "See see how
much is here VIII it not bring back her dear eyes7"
She had no thought of refusing his noble gift From
his great love had come the impulse and it was
sacred
The story told and the three sat close while the
mothers heart beat warmly for the orphaned lad az
for her own.
Filippos faith found fulhment Light was given back
to the tender eyes by patient skill and mercfu time
And when the physicians heard of the wonderful gold
they refused to take it. and said that was clear "a
AASNS OWA SnLnAE POOl some 1aT-Seeng lover of
childhood had furnished the golden keystone for
Filippos own fortune
All this made pretty story to be told and retold in
Rome, and fingered twilight tale for travellers
And in far-after time the American girl who had
paid such heavy toll to Trev stood again by its waters
They rpped in the breeze and their sunaden laughter
seemed the liquid CLINT of her golden coins rising to well
come her back to Rome.
She smiled at the fancy. But it was not indeed the
of The oOid 6oFn~
dawn rejoicing that love had wdened its ways into such
far-faring benehcence.
1t was the hour of morning devotion and even as she
stood there, whispered blessing bound her to two who
kne together in grateful happiness before their humble
household shrine
And above them hung an empty sillen purse, which
she recognized the she had thrown into the fouu
tain But she did not know that its meshes were heavy
with prayers purer than any gold
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crowd Of street boys fishing away the sacred spot for
the pennies of Trevi
One lad of fourteen, ragged as the rest dark
eyed and sunny facedand he was who captured the
wel-hiled purse.
He opened it, and when there shone into his amazed
eyes the glitter of gold he cutched his treasure and
scampered away spot where he could safely examine
this marvel The most secret of hooks it must be, or
he might lose it ALL
No gems Of story were dazzling as these cleaning
coins by one they rolled into his hand Like the
mythical gold of the Rhine this heap its rich glow
upward into the heart Of the ragged boy and he sang
for Joy.
Il was key that opened TO him an unknown world,
and he was wild with glee.
Carefully he tucked away the purse and hurried home
For he had hornewithout father mother brother or
sister but not lacking in affection In this lowest story
of medieval palace lived kindly woman who had taken
the boy when he was left alone and had found room in
heart and household for To this home he ran
in glad haste.
In sunny corner far from his home, sat slender
girl darhaired and of gentle beauty Large dark eyes
she had too wide open but sad for JOY could enter
them from the world without She was blind.
o, little sister, what thinkst thou? have gold
Harki" And the boy jingIed It merriy
Startled the listener said: Where ddst thou get 4
F1ippno7 Tell me quickly
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farmer boys and girls throughout the Middle
and Eastern States, for he is as much part of
the farm the brook or the orchard
In form he is far from graceful, especially in the
latter part of the summer when the body becomes very
fat and pouchy. The color of the fur varies from
reddish brown to grizzed gray or occasionally black
The teeth like those of the squirrel and prairie dog are
strong and well adapted for cutting.
His summer home is sometimes in a burrow and
sometimes in wall or stone-heap The woodchuck of
the present day is rather inclined desert the old home
in the woods, where he fed upon tender bark and roots
of various kinds, and become dweer near the clover
patch in the field For this reason he has become spe-
cial object of persecution by the farmers and con-
tnual warfare is waged against him from early spring
until fall; some trapped many shot, and not
few destroyed by the farm dogs.
The trap set at the entrance of the burrow being
made fast to stake which is driven into the ground
The woodchucks more easily trapped in May or
June than later in the season Old ones frequently be-
come very shy, especially those living in meadows re-
mote from the house and having their burrows in the
edge of the woods or bushes by. Sometimes one
of these woodchucks will spring trap day after day
without being caught; dig around the trap much
to the disgust of the farmer-boy who is usually paid
bounty Of ten cents for each chuck caught Occa-
sonay the farm dog develops considerable ability in
capturing them.
course of year than the woodchuck. He feeds upon
the best in the meadow and occasionally in the garden
being very fond of the juicy peas and beans and tender
lettuce. Then winter comes on he forgets all care
and worry craws into his burrow, and like the bear
falls asleep, not 10 awaken till spring
The cubs usually number four FIVE and the date of
their birth is not far from the tenth of May The snug
little chamber in which they are born located two or
three feet under the ground and contains small bed of
dry grass gathered the fall before.
The wo0dchuck family best known to me was the one
that lived by the old rail fence just back Of the orchard
on my fathers farm The mother introduced herself
morning In the latter part Of May just as old Rover
and had started out for days fishing AS she aed
at our approach Rover followed and disclosed to the
burrow into which she had fled.
More than one days sport got out Of that burrow
took care that Rover didn't go with me when made
my visits and, instead Of digging the inmates boy
fashion, waited for them to come out OF their own ac
cord Several times the old woodchuck appeared; but
feeling sure that there were more to follow" pa
tiently watched and waited Finally my patience was
rewarded for, fine morning, Eve little cubs came
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which is supposed to guarantee that happy flu
ture day he will return to Rome
Down sober streets they went where the star-shine
shut out by palaces that almost met overhead around
shadowy corners fearsome Of nights and black with his
tory Then into the moon-swept square and here the
soundless midnight, fell the clear splash of Trev2s
waters.
White and serene the fountain stood like waiting
altar, and for a moment, laughter and chatting were
hushed as all gathered about the marble brim
Then splash splashlo went the pennies or the
centesim,D amid much merriment
But one there was who was far from merry--a girl
il her early teens d
She had dipped into her pocket with the rest and had
drawn forth sen purse which she had forgotten to
empty. A goodly sum and the CLINT Of gold shone
through the meshes closely casped in her unwilling
hand.
What all thsle and the little American tghtened
her hold.
The great sculptured Neptune looked down from his
height at the maiden whose upturned face fair
and poutng nymphs but she felt no of the
SeaKings trident She peerng into possible fu-
which might hold for her no enchanting Rome with
its sparkling fountains where the waters always played
and where life was brimful Of wonders
Many Of the visitors around her drank Of the sweet
water, touched by the thought that two thousand
years before had quenehed their thirst az its gen
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BY TREVPS WATERS
BY GEoRGIANA HOME

<HE Roman moon was at its full as group Of
merry folk came from out an olden doorway ard
fell into file on the bordering walk
Luggage had been labeled and strapped for
the morning start, and now, true to tradition
these outbound travellers bent on emptying their
pockets of pennies into Trev For the tie-worn legend
tells that he who loves Rome but leaves it, must make
pilgrimage to the fountain of Trevi the evening be-
fore he departs, and cast into the waiting water coin
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erous spring And then they threw their pennies into the
great fountain
Shutting her eyes that she might not behold the sac
rhce the young American girl threw purse and treasure
into the large basin ripple, and it was hers no more
The loss was nearer than the joyous return to Rome
which foretold and the following morning as the
train carried her norhward who shall say that in the
sunshine, she did not repent
On that same morning, the dawn saw its usual eager
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a OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES ~
THE OPAL RING
BY Augusta HuieII Seaman
MO6g]G709)6N0G
20 y p :;

r = ATHLEEN VAN BRUNT returned to her
Ia place at Miss HOLSTERS school, after the SUM
vacation, the happiest girl to be found
anywhere