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The fSt y. Y. Cav.

Editor National Tribune: Please
give a short history of the 1st n. Y.
Cav.-L. f. Knief. 10 Roebling St.,
Brooklyn. n. Y.
The 1st n Y. Cav, also called Lin
coin Cavalry. was organized mostly in
New YORK State from July to August,
1861, tho one company was made up
/ in Michigan and one company in Penn
sylvania. and the regiment was mus
tered out June 81. 1865. 1t was COM
manded by Col. Andrew T. McRey-
nolds, who was mustered out June Is,
1864. succeeded by Col. Alonzo w.
Adams. III command at the time Of
muster-Out. 1t belonged to AverelPs
Division Cavalry Corps, and lost
40 killed and 129 from disease, etc
Editor National Tribune
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XIX.
4etters From a "saiIor Aunt"


A.tweIp, Belgium.--Dear "Favorite
NieI.:' When we left Brussels the
otbE afternoon Miss Ms cold blue
eye aSofte ned for moment. and she
Teaas seemed sorry to have us leave
hers6 l should have experienced keener
regg't at the parting myself if she
hadl,'t tackled on SO many triffing extras
to sly bin, for which l was not pre-
parth, and which irritated me Just a
litti.' bit. For instance. she had charged
Eone franc for service when it seemed
TO tie / had had no service at all. one
frame for gas (Which was put out on us
evea'y night at 10 o'clock sharp), so
eeEtimes 90 cents) per diem for my
morning egg. and in spite of the addi-
topal charge for service the servants
locked for their fees just the same.
With regard to the egg, however. l was
fully prepared to pay extra for it. The
first meal OF the day in Pension Neef
consisted of nothing but rolls, butter,
marmalade and coffee-you find this
everywhere over here. and for many
people it is quite sufficient-but TO my
mind it fell far short of being Il self
respecting breakfast, consequently ! al
ways ordered an egg. knowing we'll that
the day of reckoning for this indulgence
would come when 1 paid my bill. OF
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The 18th Wis.

Editor National Tribune: I see you
are giving a short sketch of the differ
ent regiments. VIII you please give
one of the 18th Wis. Carl Nelson,
Ephraim, Wis.
The 18th Wis. was organized at Mad
ison from Dec. /, 1861, 10 Feb. 13, 1862,
and mustered out at different dates
from Dec. 90, 1864, to Feb. 13, 1866.
II was commanded by Col Hans c. Heg,
who died Sept 20, 1868, of wounds re-
ceived at Chickamauga, succeeded by
Lieut.-Col. Ole c. Johnson, in COM
mand at time of muster-out. 1t took
part In some II battles, belonged to T.
]. Woods Division, Fourth Corps, and
lost "a killed and 242 from disease,
etc.-Editor National Tribune.
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TO be continued.)
I5ntiarN 4. 1St y. y. L. 4.

Editor National Tribune: Can You
give short history of Battery a, 1st
y. Y L. A.?-C. w. Persons. 225 For
est avenue. jamestown, n. Y.
The Is; Y. Y. L A. was organized in
the State-at-large during the Autumn
OF 1861, and the batteries mustered out
at different dates during June, 1865.
Battery y was organized in September,
and was commanded by Capt. Thomas
II. Bates al! thru its service 1t be-
longed to the Fourth Corps, and lost
four killed and nine from disease, etc
Editor National Tribune
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| lery at the beginning of the war. He
was an enthusiastic artillerist and the
great grief of his life was that he was
not allowed to be Chief of Artillery
| in reality as the Chief of the Cavalry
was the head of the cavalry organiZa-
| tions. He had advanced ideas, which
are now being genarally accepted as
| to masSing artillery, and his career was
| filed with conflicts with the corps, di-
vision, and even the Commanding Cen
erals over the control of the artil-
| lery. i He wanted all the artillery under
his command to be used according to
his discretion, and massed upon vital
points, whereas the Brigadier- and Ma
ljor-Generals wanted TO manage the
artillery themselves.
A bitter feud developed between him
and Gen. Hancock over the manage
ment of the artillery at Gettysburg.
Hunt wanted the artillery to wait for
the charge, which he knew was COM
ing, while Hancock ordered il to fire
in answer to the Confederate artillery.
so that when Pickett's column appear
ed, HancOck's guns were generally hot,
the men exhausted. and the ammuni-
ton expended. Hunt remedied this by
bringing up fresh batteries from the re-
serve artillery. He had trouble with
Grant, because the latter did not have
a very high estimation of artillery and
relied upon the musket in his battles.
Grant was also impatient of the heavy
guns and the great trains of ammuni-
ton that Hunt wanted to carry along
and which interfered with the move-
ments of the army. Hunt had trouble
with Meade, too. in getting full recog-
milton of his plan for making the artil-
lery corps, and giving its commander
the rank and powers of corps COM
mander. Gen. Hunt died Feb. II, 1889,
as Governor of the Soldiers Home at
Washington.
Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock.
While there may have been in our
own and other armies equally good
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The equal of Gen. Humphreys in
his mastery of detail and organization
was AdJt-Geu. Seth Williams. Maine
man. who had been Adjutant at West
Point when Lee was Superintendent of
the Military Academy. He was large
red-headed man, with full face BEAM
ing with manly kindness and good
Will. A born organizer, he had been
set to the work of making an army
out of the raw levies camping around
Washington, and wore out his life in
perfecting the organization for which
Gen. Mcclellan received unbounded
credit. He threw his whole heart into
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shores. With this trip I am perfectly
content Elizabeth and were con-
graduating ourselves this morning FOR
the thousandth time on It's entire sue
cess. We have seen so niuch thanks
to her splendid management and had
such a good time, that. with q heart
full OF gratitude, exclaim with Emer-
son. somewhat altered to suit my pur-
pose: Ua
Farewell, Old World, I'm going home;
Thou art my friend and / am thine"
And farewell to you. FaVorite Niece.
If wind and wave are kind to me, I
shall soon see you face To face in the
best country on which Goe's sun shines
my own, my native land.
Lovingly,
sailor Aunt"
And now, gentle reader. as they say
in books, my veteran friends,
my real good-by is to you. You
have gone with Elizabeth and me
(there really is an Elizabeth) to the
Land of the Midnight sun, and accom-
panied us during every step of the jour-
ney, back even to this very city. If you
actually had been with us in the flesh
you couldn't be any better acquainted
with our varied experiences than you
are, I wonder If you have enjoyed these
letters of mine, j know that Favorite
Niece has (there really is a Favorite
Niece. for each week she has written
me: Sailor Aunt tshe really does call
me Sailor Aunt, your last letter was
fine; one of the best of ALL" but wheth-
er you, my silent audience, have found
in their pages any entertainment or
profit is something I will probably new
er know. ] can only hope you have.
(The end
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Gen. Hunt.

Another man whose high talents as
a soldier have had little recognition
in the stories of the achievements OF
the Army of the Potomac. was Maj
Gen. Henry j. Hunt, Chief of Artillery.
Gen. Hunt was d tall, sOldier-like man,
with large eyes, full lips, and COM
pleXion so dark as to indicate the large
proportion of Indian blood which flowed
in his veins. lie was the son of that
Col Hunt who had been trained up in
solhiership in the old First United
States Infantry, under Mad Anthony
Wayne, its first Colonel, and was a rel
ative of Lewis Cass. who so credit
ably represented Michigan in the Sem
ate for many years. 1t will be remem-
bered that Lewis Cass resigned his
position as Secretary of State in Bu-
chanan's Cabinet upon the refusal of
the President 10 reinforce Fort Sumter
Gen. Hunt was a Major in the artil-
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Quartcrmastcr-Gcn. Rufus ingalls,.

Those who knew him best pronOunc-
ed Quartcrmaster-Gen. Rufus ingalls,
| by far the ablest intellect in the Army
of the Potomac. He not only had great
talent for organization, and was past
master of the difficult science of logis-
! fics, but he had a foresight that amaz-
| ed all who knew of his unfailing prov
| idence for every situation and emcr-
gency that could arise. He was GER
| tainly tie greatest QUarteTmaSter-Gen
eral that the American army ever pro-
duced. and after the war Grant did not
hesitate to say that if Gen. Meade had
! failed to come up to his expectations.
nc should have appointed as his sue
cessOr Gen. Rufus ingalls,. To COM
mand corps was comparatively easy
task compared to that of ingalls,, with
his 1000 wagons to look after, and
the thousands lOf other things that mad
to be done at the right time and the
right place for the success of the army.
He did not seem to have to be told
things, but knew them by instinct. Gen.
Batchelder, afterward Quartermaster-
General of the Army, relates that when
Gen. Meade, leading the army, rode
up on the banks of the James, he said
to his Quartermaster-Ge angrily:
Gen. Ingalls,, where in is the
transportation for my army to cross
this river?"
Cen ingalls, replied calmly: Gen.
Meade, this is the first intimation that
1 have had that your army was to
cross the James River-there is your
transportation" He pointed down the
river, where a small cloud of smoke
was to be seen, and in an hour the
river in front of the army was covered
with craft of ali kinds. which Ingalls,
had ordered to assemble at a certain
time, which order had been obeyed.
Gen. Ingalls, was a classmate of Gen.
Grants at West Point, graduating
above him, and was a square, thick-set
man with thinning hair and grave.
sage look. which, when responsibility
slackened, temporarily mellowed into
the most genial iocularity He was
reputed to be the best poker player
that the army had ever seen. He died
in 1S93
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The S4th Ind.

Editor National Tribune: Please
give a history of the saith Ind.-Wil-
liam II. WHlEcr. Box 794, Horton, Kan.
The S4th ITh. was organized at Rich
mOnd and indianapolis in September
and October. 1862. and mustered out
June IA, $50, with the recruits trans
ferred to the 57th Ind. 1t was COM
nandcG hy Col. Nelson Trusler. who re-
signed oct. 10. 1868. succeeded by
Lieut.. Col. Andrew J. Neff. who re-
signed in September, 1864, succeeded
in turn by ficut.-Col. John C. Taylor,
who resigned in March, 1865. At the
time Of mUst"r-out Lieut.-Col. Martin
r. Miller was in command. 1t belonged
TO Stauiey's Division, Fourth Corps,
and lost 81 killed and 147 from dis
ease. etc.-Editor National Tribune.
The Sth y. J.
Editor National Tribune: Please give
a shorl sketch of the list n. Y.-James
Perry frJnkHnville, n. Y.
The list y. Y. was organized at Sta
ten Island and Washington, d. c., Aug.
4. 1851, and mustered out July so,
1864. it was commanded by Col. Geo.
B. Hall. who was discharged April 2S,
1853, succeeded by Col Henry L. Pot
ter, in command at the time Of muster
out, but dismissed from the service
Nov. .. 1864. The regiment was also
called 2d Excelsior Regiment. and be-
longed To Hooker's Division. Third
Corps, ana lost SO killed and IS from
disease. etc.-Editor National Tribune.
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cock, It is certainly true that no army
ever had q better one. No army ever
had q more knightly soldier, man
with a higher genius for battle, or one
who could inspire his men with more
of his own fiery courage and zeal. y
handsomer soldier never sat on his
horses back, and when riding like a
centaur he appeared at the head OF
his troops, the cheers were wild and
enthusiastic. and confidence in success
became contagious. After seeing his
magnificent leadership at Williamsburg.
Mcclellan bestowed upon him the epithet
of "the Superb" and he we'll sustained
that appellation wherever he was. at
the head of a brigade, division, n
corps, or, as at Gettysburg. the wing
of the army. He came out of Get
tysburg with a brighter reputation
than any other corps commander. and
it is significant of his high soldiership
that, as he lay wounded on the field,
he sent note to Meade urging him to
hurl in the Sixth Corps Upon the heels
of Pickett's decimated column, and
complete the ruin of Lee. The men of
the Second Corps adored him as few
Generals were adored, and they proud
ly point to the fact that while under
his command the Second Corps never
lost gun or flag.
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the struggle; could not content himself
with office work, but at critical times
would rush to the front and was re-
peatediy brevetted tor gallantry. He
died in 1866.
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Gen. Gouvcrneur Kemble Warren.

Maj-Gen c.. X. Warren, the Com
mandcr of the Fifth Corps, was one
of those men who just miss attain
ing brilliant emlnence. He was an
engineer of high ability. man of eX-
alted courage. of the most earnest de-
votion to the cause. and handled his
corps admirably, only failing to give
complete satisfaction TO his superiors
by what they deemed m 'ue caution in
his and in caring for his command in
the emergencies of battle. 1t has been
claimed that he had too much of the
engineer in him and not enough of that
hair trigger quickness and perception
in action necessary for 4 commander
in actual battle. At Gettysburg he
had seen with true snldierly percep-
ton that Little Round Top was the
vital point for which Longstreet WIS
aiming, and had taken the responsible
ity Of diverting troops to hold it. which
he did just in the nick OF time. Upon
the relief of Gen. Sykes from the COM
mand of the Fifth Corps, Gen. Warren
had been appointed his successor.
He had out-maruvered and defeated
Lee in the brilliant little battle OF
Bristoa Station, and had led the army
across the Rapidan in the absortive
Mine Run campaign, the failure Of
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THE WILDERNESS CAMPAIGN
CONTINUED from page one.)
Adj't-Gcn. Williams.

commanded from Petersburg to APP |
pomattoX. He died in 1888.
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Maj .-Gen. Ambrose f. Burnside.

Gen. Burnside, the commander of the
Ninth Corps. the victor of Roanoke
Island, the deposed commander of the
Army of the Potomac, the commander
Of the Army of the Ohio, and who had
driven the enemy out of East Tennes-
see. was a large, fieshy, handsome man,
with a face beaming with good-nature
and kindliness His patriotism and de-
votion to the Union We're unbounded,
and he was a gentleman of great per-
sonal attractiveness 1t was proba bly,
his misfortune that he attained high
rank too soon. which thrust him into
positions too great for his abilities.
These We're all the time respectable. but
never commanding
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PENSIONS. PATENTS. BQuhIlES.

bfany soldiers who drew pension under the old Ia
back 70 old law and obtain further increase Pension;
en's procured or inventors Over 26 years Successful
JOSEPH II. HUNTER, Pension and
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which was charged to his undue cir
cumspection in not striking blow at
the opportuna time. In spite of this he
maintained a high reputation. and it
was felt that under his command the
Fifth Corps would gain great glory in
the coming campaign. He was under
medium size, meager in frame, with SAL
low complexion, raven black hair. and
the face of q poet or artist. A strict
disciplinarian, but just to the last ex-
treme. he won the high regard of his
corps by the ability with which he ham
died it, the care he exercised over it
at all times, and the courage with
which he exposed himself in every bat
tie. actually leading his men at the
crisis. His relief by Sheridan at Five
Forks was bitterly resented by every
member of the corps. and the rancor
against Sheridan abides to this day in
every survivor who wore the Maltese
Cross. He died in 1882.
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Maj.-Gcn. John Sedewick.

Uncle" John Sedgwick bore to the
Sixth Corps something of the endear-
ing relation of Pap" Thomas to the
Army of the Cumberland. Sedgwick
was a short, squarely-buiit man. with
curling chestnut hair. but a soldier in
every fiber and nerve. He had none
of the masterfulness of Hancock. nor
the acerbity of Warren. but was genial
and kindly with all from private to
Major General. while maintaining the
strictest discipline and the fullest COM
mand. As a brigade and division COM
mander he had fought splendidly on
the Peninsula and at Antietam, while
his assault and capture of Maryc's
flights. and the successful withdra wal
Of his corps from its periIous position
when Lee was hurting his whole army
upon it, was the most brilliant thing
in the Charlottesville fight. He made
the whole Sixth Corps over after his
own fashion into steady, dutiful sol
diers, boar-like in ohstinaCy of defense
and tiger-like in swift attack. He was
destined to fall too early for his high
est fame at SpotsyIyania from reckless
exposure.
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Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock

While there may have been in our
own and other armies equally good
corps commanders as Maj-Gen. Han.
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w. Au, nov draw under act Of Feb 9. 1907, now %
and bounties procnrsi for soldiers and widows ftt'
practice Now write him.
Patent Attorney, Washington, .. O
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-12-01

1t is not wise to trust the seasons
with only one or two crops. Good
business judgment requires that sew
eral crops be planted, all Of which
are adapted to your soil and for
which there is a demand. This is
diversified farming.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-12-01

\ simple rue for The ;.IruA.scIncnt
of doory"!d i"rrs and ShrubS is never
to SCI them IN straight lines. but in
groups with nurviui: boundaries
An idea! peach &; hard location is n
high. rolling elevation where H. very
best air drainage i; obtainallr. and If
the land s.. ,i,S toward the northwest
so much the better. Never set peach
trees in hollow
The man Who thinks it is Il woman's
work to keen Il Garden going was not
built on right lines. The garden should
be considered rs Important as any
other part of the farm and treated ac-
cordin@ly.
DO not bury cabbage until there IS
danger of very hard freezing
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Qsardcn
FAITH IN The WYAND0T'Tc.
Good Points Of the Breed Explained by
Successful. roW,ry RAISER.

Good Points Of tire Breed Explained by
Successful. rou,ry RAISER.
In the New England Homestead +.
B. Williams of Iltchh"id county.
Conn, Il successful poultry raiser. rX
plains as follows his faith in the
White WyanGotte:
Il am making poultry my principal
occupation and, like any business man
naturally wish Ia produce that Which
will return the largest profit. Former
ly | tried having several OF the most
popular breeds and fully watched
results. one by one | discarded the
other breeds and after ab,u; twelve
years experience with White n'YIn
dottcS have decided ia f.iVar " tAc-A.
"Othcr breeds di. slluNGid,y al
times, but after ~ rI.in2 np year
after year and for ali purposes com
bined | found not.iH. ia equal Whc
WyandotteS. The birds are of blOcl:I
shape and tender flesh. making tn" lin
est of hroil"rs and r0astcrs. and ar, Ii
for market i.S broilerS at m carrie" ~"
than nearly any other breed. put,in
on flesh from tn" start while ether
breeds are growing an abundance of
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-12-01
Orchard and Garden.

Take precautions against apples
frosting in storage. Where there is
danger from freezing set large tub
of warm water in the cellar to raise
the temperature If freezing occurs
allow the fruit to thaw slowly.
The farmer who finds it cheaper to
buy fruit than to raise it usually goes
without it most of the time.
Plum trees set from sixteen to TWEEN
ty feet apart will need good, vigorous
pruning to keep them in bounds in
later years.
berry bed should be kept stirred and
rich to enable the plants to go through
the winter in good shape
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-12-01
Burnirq Stumps.

In the early part of the winter bore
two inch auger hole to depth of
about three inches in the top of each
refined nitrate of potash and drive a
pin tight on it, Let it remain until
the spring when the potash will be
absorbed Pour little oil on the top
of the stump and set afre. The entire
stump and in a great many instances
all the roots will be consumed by a
slow burning. Rural New Yorker.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-12-01
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Garden
GOOD FOR EARLY DAT CROP.
Sixty Day or kherson Oats Beat 9th
ers By About Ten DAYS

The two varieties Of oats. sixty Day
and KherSon. 'oak 50 much alike
that the same description lna' be up.
piled to both Tilr plant l. - ygcr-
Gus but not rank grower. uSuall;- less
Inclined 10 lodge than vayic,. with
roars"r straw The head. or prncle. is
loose ana =. reading, BEARING Il lar-c
numtrr Of grams. The grain is small
to medium in ne. lou- aul r1,hri
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-12-01
WHITE wYANDOTTES, DOUBLE COME.

feathers. Wyandottc pinfeathers. be-
ing white, make them easier To dress
and give the carcass Il neat appear
ance. As layers White Wyandottes
are steady and will produce eggs ev.
cry month in the year and many of
them. The largest proportion of them
will be produced when eggs sell high.
therefore the profit. They are not per
sistent sitters, although making the
best of mothers. and are excellent for
ayers
The incubators are started by Mr..
Williams the middle of January. and
the combined capacity is about LOO
eggs The Matching * continued up to
July |. Mr.. Williams built a two story
incubator brooder house. which he calls
his chicken factory
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-12-01

HEALS Or SlAlf DAY OAlS.
(From bulletin, United States department
Of agricultural
slender but under favorable condi-
tons plump and well filled. Heads
of Sixty Day oats are shown in the
illustration taken. with the reading
matter. from bulletin of the United
States department of agriculture. The
color of the Sixty Day and the Kher-
son oats varies with the locality. In
the corn belt the grain is deep golden
yellow, while farther north and in
drier sections it is much paler becom-
in" almost white in the extreme west
and northwest. The hull is very thin
and the weight per bushel usually high.
The crop ordinarily reaches maturity
in ninety to a hundred days, or about
ten days earlier than most of the va
rieties commonly grown.
The principal objections urged by
farmers against this class Of oats are
the yellow color and the small size of
the berry. In some markets there Is
discrimination in favor of white oats
of 1 or . cents Il bushe. but by far
the larger portion of our Oat crop is
fed on the farms where produced. and
yellow oats are just as good for feed
ing as those of any other color. On
the other hand, on account of its thin
hull this particular type of oats Is
higher in feeding value than are most
other varieties.-United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture Bulletin.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-12-01

The Rev. ri X. Hicks Almanac for 1911 that
guardian Angel in il hundred thousand homes.
is now ready. Not many are now willing to be
without it and the Rev. Iri X. Hicks Magazine,
Word and Works. The two are only II year
The Almanac is 35c prepaip. No home or office
should fail to send for them, to Word aud Work
Puhli Sh lnn Co ST Louis Mo.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-12-01
Chemical! Fertilizers.

There is one thing which all farmers
who use chemicals should remember:
These chemicals should be spread as
evenly as possible. They are all con
centrated and will burn or injure veg
citation if they are dumped in handfuls
upon growing crops. They should be
spread out all over the ground.
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Ends Winter Troubles.

TO many, winter is a season of
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fingers, chapped hands and lips,
chilblains, cold sores, red and
rough skins, prove this But such
troubles fly before Bucklen 5 Arm
lea Salve. \ trial convinces. Great
est healer of Burns, Boils, Piles
Cuts, Sores, Eczema and sprains.
Only 25c at II. S. Elwood 5.