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Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-05-27
His MESSAGE Went.

One day when the president was
with the troops who were fighting at
the front the wounded. both Union and
Confederate, began to pour in. AS one
stretcher was passing Lincoln he heard
the voice of lad calling to his moth
er in agonizing tones. Lincoln's great
heart filed. He forgot the crisis OF
the moment. He ordered the carriers
to stop. Kneeling and bending over
the wounded soldier, be asked, What
can l do for you. my boy?'
"Oh, you will do nothing for me-" he
replied You are a Yankee. l can't
hope that my message will ever reach
my mother"
Lincoln. in tears, his voice full OF
tenderest love. convinced the lad OF
his sincerity. and be gave his goodby
words without reserve. The president
directed them copied and ordered that
they be sent that night with a flag OF
truce into the enemy's lines.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-05-27

TIE steady tramp Of martial feet
Was beard upon the village street
Sweet music filled the fragrant air,
So sweet With breath of flowers fair.
Beneath the shade Of stately trees,
Wbose green flags nestled In the breeze,
each soldier paused to bow bis bead
In presence Of the soldier dead.
Cbree little pIaymates left their play
Hnd turned their eager steps that way,
Cbeir aprons filled With daisies white
Hnd dandelions golden bright.
End one dear child was very fair,
Wttb azure eyes and golden batr,
Hnd one was dark, With glowing eyes,
Wbose birth bad been meath southern
skies.
Hnd one, the third, Oh, black was she
Hs child of Hfrica could be.
Hnd arm In arm they came to strew
Che soldiers graves; twas all they
knew
Of that sweet day, and 50,
Witb bearts and faces all aslow,
Cbey scattered blossoms far and wide,
Wbere foe and friend lay side by side.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-05-27

AS she handed me the gourd OF water
she inquired for news from Richmond.
1.-The war is all over, aunty,' l re-
sponded. We are going home. Gen
eral Lee has surrendered
No, be hasn't was the quick re-
sponse. Perhaps that no count, shift
less, trifin' General Fitzhugh Lee has
surrendered, but not General Robert e.
Lee. l know he has not surrendered,
and the war is not ended
Even under the coat OF tan that
had accumulated during my four years
of service l could feel my face flush as
l heard my companions fruitless eff
forts to suppress their merrlment.
1--WE rode on, and we were perhaps
four miles south of Richmond when
courier from General Lee overlook US
and ! received my instructions, which
meant the surrender of the last rem
nant of the army that had so vallantly
defended Richmond" New York Her.
nj n
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-05-27
Hndy's Wldda
se

"G allus fl9 bis grave up good,
O Car'line an meat least sbt
does.
Poor Indy! Wben be fell I stood
Right by bim-so-as IF It wuz
Me bere, BIN there. broke bis fall
Wttb a quick grab, but-tbat wuz all
De left bis wife wtdda.
Hn' that wuz what be dreaded, too,
from frs to las. De used to say:
"cb, you're all right! Gf wuz you
/ Iwouldn't car much either way"
It's different when you're sofn' to leave
Some one behind to fret an srteve
Hn' live a lonely wfdda
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-05-27

but a great many men will keep stop
ping for a drink. No soldier must be
denied"
The children promised readily to
meet the requirements, which they did
faithfully.
81 got good and tired" Billy told his
mother at the close Of Memorial day,
"but told Cherry it didn't make any
difference how tired the soldiers got in
the war they had to march right Oh
and fight right on"
why, Billy, dear, that is just the
very lesson l wanted you and Cherry
to learn" said Mrs. Merritt, with q
pleased smile.-Christian Work.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-05-27
NUMBER 30
The Markets.
RETAIL BUTTER AND EGGS


Eggs-Strictly fresh, l9 cents
Butter-Dairy, rs to q cents; creamery
32 cents
The following quotations on butter.
eggs, vegetables and fruit are up tO-datP
and furnished the Leader by the best
local authorities.
VEGETABLES
Potatoes, II cents per peck; 4O-5Oc per
bushel.
Cabbage to z cents pound
Onions cents pound
FRUITS
Lemons-DOZen % cents to 35 cents
Oranges-DoZen 20 cents to so cents
FARM PRODUCE
The following quotations are reported
by II. l.. Kerr, 800 West Main street:
POtatOes-4Oc
Beans-$2OO
Eggs-17
Live Chickens 8 to 10 cents
Spring chickens II to 1871 C per pound
BUTTER
Chicago, May 27.--Steady. Cream
ery-Extra, % cents; Print 90 cents
tirsts, 20 to 26 cents; seconds, % to "a
cents; dairy, "a cents
CHEESE
Chicago. May 27.-Steady Daisies
Ia to Az cents ;stwins, is to 151s cents;
young Americas. Is to 1511 cents
BARLEY
The following quotations for barley is
reported by HI. Werthei ner, Barley Head
quarters, Main Street
Barley-64
GRAINS AND FLOUR
Red winter wheat-1OO
White winter wheat-1.00
Spring No. loo
Spring No. 2-98
Spring No. 8 so
Corn-58 cents
Rye-72 cents
Oats-35 cents
Patent Flour-$1.55 sack; $500 bbl.
Straight FlOur-S5.50 per bbl; $1.44
per sack
Middlings-Per cwt., $1.25
Bran-S1.15
Rye Feed -$l.05
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-05-27


come over the spirit of their dreams.
Instead of brisk march to queer, en-
phatic orders, they perched on bench
up against the. great horse chestnut
tree.
Cherry" said Billy soberly, 'it's
awful to be thirstyr'
''Yes, If you can't get drink" said
quick witted Cherry.
"And If soldiers get thirsty marching
at war I don't see why they wouldn't
on any march," Billy went on, "and
think, seeing the soldiers did so much
for US, we ought to get up and do
something for them"
What could we do?" asked Cherry,
her eyes big this time
1--WE might give them all the water
they can stuff when they go by here
day after tomorrow"
"Oh, so we mightv' Cherry exclaim-
ed. "But l wish we could give them
lemonade instead; it's ever so much
nicer"
But it would take ton, my DEAR"
said Billy, who sometimes addressed
Cnerry as ne neaTu Ills 1alueI anu HIS
mother address her.
Lets ask mamma about it"
Back clamored the children to the
kitchen with their request. Mrs. Mer-
rift thought she saw a chance to teach
a lesson in real patriotism and a little
endurance.
you can have pail Of water and
several tumblers," she began, '1f you
will agree to stay all the morning-that
means from 9 o'clock until 12-and
hand glasses Of water to the veterans
as they pass by. They go past the
house on their march, and a halt is
usually called at the corner close by.
Remember, If you do this at all you
must do it thoroughly. Bridget will fill
the pail for you as ofteo as, necessary,
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-05-27

BE bad ber ptctur'-Jest girl,
H pleasant young thing, we'll enough,
But Indy lowed she were the pearl,
Che best, tiptopest hind Of stuff.
BE used to look an look an smile
Hn' say, "old boy, she amt the style,
Now, IS she, fer wtdda :"
Hn' my! I got that pfctur' yet.
I hep It kinder fer bis sake
Wben fetched bone bis things an met
Bis folks an'-ber. I bed to break
Che news, an mighty bard to do,
Seetn' I'd bruns poor Indy, too,
Dome to bis little widda.
Bard work, 1 tell you, boys, that's SO!
Hn', sakes, ye'd ousbter beard ber cry!
Be good an glad you didn't, though.
But-well, she Gained down by AN by,
Hn' then I bed to tell about
7est bow the whole blame scrape came
out
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-05-27

q soldier, smiling, turned to see
Hnd jest little With the three:
"Uby, little Gffte, don't you know
Chat Madse's father long ago
Hsainst your father fought Hnd
bere,"
Pointing to Copsy, standing near,
''Is the whole cause Of all the fuss.
Der people got US In the muss."
Che children lifted wondering eyes,
DALI fearful in their sore surprise,
Chen With mutual impulse turned,
Che soldiers stately presence spurned
Hnd, standing closely side by side
Hnd twinins loving arms, they cried;
"ue don't believe word you say,
But If it's true, why, now, Sir, they
4'Hre UP in beaven, and God, know,
forsets what happened long ago.
Hnd we don't fight, alb, no, for We
ue love each other, don't you see."
Chen band in band they WALKED away,
Che girl in blue, the girl in gray,
Hnd she for whose downtrodden race
Che soldiers perlsbed face to face.
Mary D. Brine.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-05-27

. n ly INDUCED In the following
interesting "reminiscences:
"a good dinner was as strange to
our camp as a FIVE dollar gold piece,
and l remember we'll how eager we
were for persimmon time Then it
often happened that we got a good
fat possum out of one OF those trees.
We'd skin him and leave him hung up
overnight for the frost to touch him
just once. Next day we'd roast him
In the ashes with plenty Of yellow
yams SO sugary that the sirup would
ooze out Of them like resin out of q
pitch pine tree.
''Talk about terrapin and canvas
backs! Why, man alive, possum and
taters is the thing that makes you
truly thank God for the space there
is within you! Such sweet meat and
SO fat and juicy! And when the last
morsel has gone down how calm and
cOntented you feel-how much at
peace with all mankind!
st reckon the best dinner we had in
our camp was one fall day in "a,
when we were hanging on to the flank
of Shermans army as it marched
through Georgia. One Of our foraging
parties brought a cow into camp, and
the head fell to my share. | had my
man wash and clean it; then | set him
to digging pit in the clay soil about
N MI q
and heaped it way, way up, SO that
after it had burned for an hour and
been cleaned out that pit was pretty
near as hot as Tophet Then it was
ready for business. We put the head,
skin and all, on the bottom, with plen-
ty of those sugary yams alongside.
Over the top we put some oak planks
we borrowed from a neighboring farm
house and covered them over with
earth. You can imagine how perfect
ly everything was cooked in that
ready made oven.
Meantime l sent out invitations to
General Pat Cleburpe of Arkansas,
General Brown of Tennessee, my own
state Che was afterward governor); (;
Colonel Moses Wickes and other army
men stationed near u.s. There's no
need to say that all responded, for,
let me tell you, the FederalS had swept
the country almost bare, and it had
been short commons with Bragg's
army for several weeks Our table
was made Of three oak planks held up
by crotched tree branches Our dining
room was the scrub oak grove where
we had pitched our camp. with the
wild birds singing and chirping in the
leaves. The fresh smell of the earth
was in the air, and what more did we
want?
"The cows head was served on a hot
oak plank for trencher, with the
yams cuddled alongside. Our hunger
was our sauce; our condiments were
plain salt and pepper. But how it
made you smack your lips! Our
mouths were watering all the time we
were skinning that savory, smoking
headpiece with our frogstickers' Each
man stepped up to the table and cut
off slice with the same handy weap-
on, pared off the hard baked rind Of
yam and sat down On a nearby log to
chew and chat.
1--WE would shake our heads at each
other and smile in a knowing fashion
and then shake our heads and smile
again, like schoolboys out for frolic.
Take it altogether we ate-yes, sir,
we really ate-with a relish and gusto
Delmonico's or Chamberlain's never
saw. Everybody agreed that the melt
ing tongue of that cow was the most
responsible eating he had ever en-
joyed."
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-05-27
Seventh FOUGHT Seventh.

1t was a coincidence that the Sew
enth West Virginia, Union. and the
Seventh Virginia, Confederate. oppos-
ed each other at Gettysburg. The Sew
enth Virginia was beaten and Its colo
mel wounded and captured by the West
Virginia boys who wore the blue. The
West Virginians were very brave
organization and honored their state.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-05-27
Both Pierced by Bayonets,

Notable in the chronicles of the Sec
ond Michigan infantry is an official
report by its colonel, Orlando NJ. Poe,
about the battle at Williamsburg. He
found one of his men dead beside g.
dead foe. each transfxed with the
others bayonet."
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-05-27
Bloody Struggle For the colors,

The flag of the Fourth Michigan in
fantry was seized at Gettysburg dur
ing close hand to hand fighting by a
Confederate officer Colonel Harrison
81. Jefords shot him on the spot, but
JeHords was run through by a Con-
federate soldier and fell clinging to
the standard. This soldier was in turn
killed. having been shot by Jarius W.
Hall. then major Of the regiment and
subsequently It's colonel
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-05-27

Hn' SO on each Memorial day
I git bis grave up eftra fine
Or Car'line docs. have to stay
Most Of the time In marcbin' line,
H-filin' bere, salutin' there.
Us vetterns got 10 do our share
for every soldiers widda.
But Indy, poor old boy! Bis grave
We tend to tbat-or Car'line does.
Hn' then, Of course, she likes to bave
Der little quiet cry, becuz-
dell, Jcs' becuz. 'Cwtft you an me.
It's on'y natural, fer, you see,
l married Hndy's widda.
Hn' 50 It's kinder comforting
Wben each Memorial day comes
round,
Wttb the remembertes It bring
Of them cid comrades underground
It's really comforting to drink
Poor Hndy's bealtb an'-well. to tbtnk
Bis wife amt left wtdda.
madeline S. Brtdges.
children cry
cnn clerrucp,c
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-05-27

CHICAGO & NORTHWESTERN
GOING SOITTH

CHICAGO & NORTHWESTERN
GOING SOUTH
chicago Passenger ..... 5 AS IL
Chicago Passenger. er...................10 10:5S q M
GAINESVILLE Passenger 49,. .......... 6 sc m
Both 545 M and 10 58 m trains make close
connections at Jefferson Junction for Madison
and all points west.
6:56 p IN train makes close connections for
east and west at Jefferson Junction.
GOING NORTH
Lake Superior passenger ........ $40 a m
MenOminee passenger ..... ... 235p,r
Rockford Passenger DRIVES WatertoWn 80
m, departs ! 3 p IN
Passenger from Chicago arrives OF 9:45 D IN
and goes no further PAUL KOHLER Agent.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-05-27
Under Both FLAGS,

At Confederate campfire in New
York few years ago an elderly man
approached General Wheeler, who was
the guest of bonor.
81 want to shake hands with you,
general" he said. putting ont the only
one he had.
Gray or blue?" laughed the general,
grasping it promptly.
Both" was the reply ST fought
with you under the stars snd bars.
and my two boys fought with you
under the stars and stripes"
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-05-27
CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE, & ST. PAUL

Train No SO arrives from Miw ukee ard
departs for Madison at s :4C a III except Sunday
rain No. 222 arrives from Madison at 9:20
a. H., except Sunday.
Train No. arrives from Chicago ann departs
for Madison It 3 02 D. M, dali except Sun ay.
Train No. '3arrlveS from Chirago nd departs
for Madison at rs y. III except Sunday.
Train No. 214 arrives from Madison 1T 732
m daily except SunCay.
Train No 30 arrives from Milwaukee at 7:45
m daily.
Sunday Excursion Train arrives from Mil
waulz9e at $50 m, and goes through to Nadi-
son, returning at :02 p. m.
tCarries sleeping car passengers only.
*StOps at Watertown Junction only.
G. w. WEBB, Agent.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-05-27

MAILS CLOSE.
Mails close at the Postoffice as follows:
EAST WEST NORTH SOUTH
900 mt 1918 mt 2a0 p mt 1856 III
200 p mt 9OOpm 900 p mt 5:35 a m
5:25 p mt
600 pm
Watertown and Madison, 8:15 m :05 p m
Mail for all Rnral Routes close a. 7:i5 m
Except Sundays.
H. T. EBERIE +. "
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-05-27
A WAR Dinner,
BY a Confederate Colonel.

\ TENNESSEE veteran who serV-
ed in Forests cavalry recent
4 "A ly INDUCED In the following
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-05-27
VOLUME XXXXX
KEEPING THE DAY.

~ LILY and Cherry were playing
soldiers in the yard. It made
~ no difference that Cherry was
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1910-04-06
CASSVILLE.

Special Correspondence to the Herald.
Ernest Rantzow, of Turkey River,
Ia, had business in Cassville We'd
nesday.
George Foehringer who is en-
ployed in Gutenberg visited in Glass;
Vile last week with his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. g. J. Foehringer.
Miss Bernice Sharfenstein mem
Der of the Cuba City high school
faculty visited at home last week.
A. G. Fowler, of Glen Haven,
visited his many Cassville friends last
week. Mr.. Fowler is ninety years
old and in excellent health.
Chas. L Ishmael, of White Owl,
IS. D., visited in Cassville last week.
On account of ill-health he has re
signed his position as Land Commits
sioner. He will submit to an operation
IN the Mayor Bros. hospital, at
Rochester, Mimi, within few days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Sparks, of
Washington are making an extended
visit with the formers father Robert
Sparks.
A baby boy arrived at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Julius Schumacher on
March 80.
The Montana 'homesteaders"
are at their destination and word
received from them says they are we'll
pleased with the country.
Miss Ella Hernon arrived home
Wednesday from Bagley where she
visited her sister Mrs. John Bausch
. : Rev. Jones left Wednesday for his
six months tour Of Europe. Rev. NJ.
, inward takes his place here during his
absence.
Joseph Kirschbaum is at home after
an eight weeks confinement in a La
Crosse hospital
Q. J. Mutt is visiting in Glen
Haven.
Mr.. Philip Joehl. of Bagley and
Miss Christina Kirschbaum, Of Cass-
Vile, were united in marriage Wed
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nesday by Rev. P. j.. Jones. They
are we'll known, popular young people
They will make their home near
Bagley. Two marriages took place
here tie day preceding, Otto Fl.
Kirschbaum and Lena Bausch were
married by Father Jones and Chas.
Laufenberg and Selma Jack, by
Justice Burgess. Both these young
couples will live near Cassville.
DR.. Treweek arrived home We'd
nesday after a visit with mis- parents
in Mineral Point.
John Habermann, of Osterdock,
visited in Cassville Wednesday.
William Read and son Tony expect
to camp near Waupeton this summer.
They have recently purchased AZ b.
p. gasoline launch and already were
provided with large houseboat.
Mr.. and Mrs. Killian Stockert, of
Potosi. visited here last week.
Mrs. 9. L. Holmes left Saturday or
Michigan after an enjoyable visit with
her sister Mrs. E. @. Wood.
A pleasant surprise party was held
Wednesday evening at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Roschi in celebra-
tion of their eighteenth wedding an
niversary. The members of the local
r. N. A. lodge were the perpetrators
of it. Different games were played
and all enjoyed Themselves. Refresh
ments we're served. Mrs. Rochi was
presented with a set of cut glass
sherbet cups.
Oscar Kilby and wife are living On
the Bum farm.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1910-04-06
PLATTEVILLE.

special Correspondence to rhs Herald.
A special disability pension of $50
per month has been granted to VIM.
Bachelor
Mr.. aud Mrs Frank White are
preparing to leave for taeir new home
in northern Wisconsin. They broke
up house keeping the first of the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Loveland haye
rented their residence.
Rev. Lack is in Chicago attending
conference this week.
Ruth Harcleroad and Margaret and
Rachel Schreiner visited in Platte
vile last week.
Roy Gibson expects to shortly take
up his home on farm which he has
purchased near Eau Claire.
Miss Mabel Hillary visited in
Potosi last week.
Mr.. Herman Masbuich, of Madison,
S. D., and Miss Title Nohns were
united in marriage Wednesday morn
ing at the home of the BRIDES parents
near this city. Rev. E. Lack oficiat-
ed. The young couple left in the
evening for South Dakota, where they
will live.
State aid to the amount $500, has
been received by. the fair association.
Miss Emily Budd, of Fennimore,
visited last week at the W. B. Smith
home.
Fawcett & Newcomb have dis
solved partnership. The former re-
ceived Gathering offer to stay in the
employ of the Civil Service commits
sion with which he has been connect
ed for several years.
Earl Huntington went to Min
neapolis to attend to business con-
nected with the publication of the
Normal annual.
Ben Louthain is working in Boscobel
in a motion picture theater.
Homer Smith, who is teaching in
Waukesha, visited here last week.
Human & Riddle have installed a
fine new 2Ox2O fit. ice box capable of
holding thirty beeves. This adds
greatly to the modern equipment of
this meat market.
Fl. P. HeImer will build a new
double story brick veneered building
which will be used for his implement
shop.
George Harms was driving to town
several days ago when his team be-
came frightened at passing automo-
bile and one of the horses suddenly
dropped dead. 1t is supposed it died
from fright.
Mrs. Botsford, of Milwaukee, visit
ed the past week with Mr.. and Mrs.
Eugene Botsford.
During the Easter holidays Miss
Genevieve Schuster entertained Miss
Edna Burns and Gail Hickok, of La
Crosse.
Misses Nora Gelvin and Mildred
Curtis, of Fennimore, visited here last
week.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1910-04-06

in Cream Separators, had to be usedS
bearings exactly the same as are used
in the highest class of automobiles,
the most accurate, the lightest run
ming and the most durable ball bear
ings known The vast sum spent in
advertising other machines has been
put into the construction of the "SIM
PLEX," producing a new and higher
and more expensive type than has
ever been attempted either here or
abroad. Cream Separator advertising
and catalogues are so full of broad
and exaggerated claims, mostly in
capable of substantiation by test, that
we prefer to base our arguments on
what the "SIMPLEX" actually does in
tests, and we are ready to demon
strate the entire superiority of the
"SIMPLEX" against any and all makes
of machines The "SIMPLEX" can be
seen at Ziegler Bros hardware store
in Lancaster, Wis! For particulars in
quire of IRA D. TOTMAN, Agt.
Lancaster, Wis.