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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-07-27
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IA New Story Of the Assassination Of Lincoln


endeavoring to climb up to the box
from the stage. Meantime, the Presi-
dent had remained sitting in his chair
with his head bent forward, but
distinctly saw him rise once to his
feet and in a dazed sort of way at
tempt to take a step or two. He was
not upright, but half erect. Just then
Major Rathbone came to his assist
ance, and, supported by the latter,
he sank back into his chair. About
this time / noticed Miss Laura Keene,
private way back of the stage, and
who was said to have brought glass
of water which might refresh the
President. The bar against the door
having been removed from the inside,
several people went into the box from
the dress circle, and little more could
be distinguished thereafter.
Strangely enough, an assassination
plot seemed to have been understood
at once, for word was passed around
that the place would be blown up.
There was a general rush to vacate
the theatre, and from our position
we were necessarily about The last
ones that could possibly leave the
place. On nearing the doorway we
saw men approaching from the pas
sageway back of the box with the
form of the President, carried on an
improvised stretcher-as 1t now
seems to me a window shutter, or
something of that nature-and we
stopped to let them pass. They were
fastening from the building as well
as they could, and the Presidents IS
head was thrown back and hanging
#, somewhat down. He was quite un-
conscious, seemed perfectly limp, and
was bleeding slightly from the wound
in his head Just as they passed by
| glanced on the floor, and, seeing the
crimson blotch on piece of paper
l picked it up. That the marks there.
on are the life-blood of Abraham
Lincoln is as certain as that he was
shot on the date and in the place
mentioned.
AS the place remained brilliantly
| lighted and there seemed to be nc
immediate danger, we went back tc
the Presidents. box, where almost
the first thing that attracted the no
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the fact and not before 1t, II he had
any guilty knowledge of the con-
spiracy. Where his sympathies really
were, however, was readily con-
jectured, for he harbored Booth and
afforded him every surgical and
friendly assistance In his power.
Spangler was scene shifter at the
theatre, and no one had the remotest
idea that he was connected with the
assassination Understandings. One
thing that made Booths act seem
perfidious and dastardly beyond ex-
preston was the fact that about three
weeks before that time he was at the
White House and specially introduced,
The President greeted him very cor
daily, and, taking him by the hand,
said "Mr. Booth, / am proud to
meet you as son of the elder Booth. J"
The night that threw its sable man
tie over this national tragedy was one
long to be remembered. In Wash
ington no one thought of sleep. The
streets were thronged with people.
OF course the Vice-President at
once came into very prominent notice
and not altogether pleasantly so. 1t
is undeniable that the most ugly
rumors sprang into existence. and his
rather inconsistent conduct at the
time. and subsequently. gave consid-
erable countenance to some of them.
Wilkes Booth was said to have been
closeted with Andrew Johnson at the
quarters of the latter in the Kirk
wood Hotel for over two hours day
or two previous to the assassination,
and this fact, although not necessarily
in itself of criminal significance,
ranked in the minds of many people.
Against this was the supposition.
pretty well supported by evidence.
that Johnson was included in the as
sassination scheme, Atzerodt being
| told off TO effect his death. Perhaps
the most tangible thing TO his detri-
ment, as shown by the hotel clerk.
was the fact of Booths having sent
up to him on one of the days referred
10 a written communication. the ma
ture of which johnson never cared to
make known.-LeslIe's Weekly.
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they knew that the Government actu-
ally begged them to tell their difficult
ties as to the raising of their crops
the results that would accrue to the
Nation in a few years would be stu
pendous.
In my section of the country many
beautiful farm lands are deserted,
and have heard men say 81 would
not give SO an acre for that land"
And why not? The answer is: The
land is worn out; it will not produce
as it used to. Well, where has 81
Perkins gone? oh, he's gone over to
Canada; they've got better farm land
over there. Hence there is a large
exodus to Canada every year from
this country by farmers.
Right here is where he must be
stopped and told that his land is all
right and what he must do to make it
produce. What he needs is special
ist to tell what the remedy is and how
to apply it. Most farmers are not ia.
miliar with rotation of crops or irri-
cation or treating the soil that has
developed toxins as a result of de-
cayed organic material. He knows
that the soil does not produce as
many potatoes as it used to and that
the crop is growing less every year,
and he therefore surmises that his
land is worn out, and hence his de.
sertion.-J. P. S., in the New York
Times.
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g. Passed all his pickets," and so

leg. Passed all his pickets," and so
on. Toward the last he wrote:
after being hunted like a dog
through swamps, etc., etc., l am here
in despair, and why? For doing
what Brutus was honored for-what
made Tell a hero" Further on he
says: IL am abandoned with the
curse of Cain upon me, when, If the
world knew my heart, that one blow
would have made me great"
The personnel of this organization
under Wilkes Booth as guiding
spirit was what might have been ex-
pected. Payne and Atzerodt were
just ordinary thugs without vestige
of character. Herold was young,
foppish sort of fellow, none too we'll
established as compos mentis. Sam
Arnold and Miles O'Laughlin were
Confederate common soldiers and
ready enough to take orders from
Booth, but when it came to facing
the issue they were found wanting.
Altogether they were a wretched lot
until we consider John II. Surratt and
his mother, who were of decent fam
lily and ought to have known better
than to be found in such associations.
Dr. Mudd was an accessory after
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The Pig the Farmers Friend.

No animal on the farm is better
adapted to turning good feed quickly
into marketable meat than the hog,
and none can better repay, from a
market standpoint, a discriminating
system of feeding. This is particu-
larly true as to first costs, for the hog
is by nature planned to utilize the
least expensive feeds and will manu-
facture into toothsome pork much
that might otherwise be reckoned of
little value, if not waste. In any
phase of farm economy the hog is a
feature, and his proper feeding has
in innumerable instances been the
factor that kept farms profit on
the right side of the ledger.-From
Coburn's Swine in America"
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Remedy For Cold,

The owner of most flocks of fowls
has been troubled more or less with
colds, in spite of the best care. The
following remedy is simple one, and
one that you have at hand at all
times. 1t is quite an old one, but is
given for the benefit of those who
have not tried it. Take tablespoon
full of ginger and cayenne pepper,
make into pills about the size of q
small marble, using enough flour to
stiffen. When the cold is first no.
ticed give one of these pills three
times day. If not sufficient, repeat.
1t is always well, even in what might
seem a mild case, to separate the af-
flicted bird from the balance of the
flock Southern Poultry Magazine.
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The Farm Meat Barrel

1t is no better business than it used
to be to sell the hogs, receive market
price, less the freight and a shippers
profit. to be killed at some packing
centre and shipped back to be sold to
the producer with all the expenses,
freight and dealers profits added.
Many of the families in Michigan buy
all their pork when they might just
as we'll buy very little and cure the
pork themselves and have an abund-
ance of pork that Is better than the
packing house product. Good grades
of breakfast bacon, hams, shoulders
and all parts of the pig are selling at
enormous prices at present, and there
Is no reason why the farmer should
pay these advanced prices. No mat
ter how high the price of corn and
the price of hogs, it's cheaper to fat
ten and kill few pigs for home con-
sumption. The price of meat will
very likely be higher next spring than
1t is now so those who cure the meat
at present will not be in need then.
With the present cost of an outfit
for butchering on the farm, the elm
ination of the greatest excuse for the
work is accomplished. A short time
ago was in Oklahoma, where there
Is law which makes every farmer
have his animals inspected before
they are slaughtered and pay fee OF
twenty-five cents for each animal, but
that did not hinder the farmers from
joining together and slaughterine
hogs for home consumption. Where
the families were close enough to-
gether they would take turns in kill
ing pig, half or portions OF the ami.
NAL going TO each family. The
weather in many instances was the
cause Of this, as the winter Is likely
/ to be open and the meat would not
keep long. but here there is not much
need for such divison.-E. y. Reid
in the Michigan Farmer.
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tives for many years. knew one of this
band very well, and he used to tell
Christie some of the wise utterances
of Wilkes Booth, one of which was:
"The fame of the youth who fired the
Ephesian dome will outlive that OF
the pious fools who reared It," At
the time of Booths capture he was
found to have kept, in his fight.
diary, in which his egotism was great
ly in evidence. 1t was rather a dis
jointed affair, full of wild and ardent
expressions. He had seen newspaper
comments, and was surprised and
deeply grieved at not finding himself
glorified in the affair. The following,
just as written by him, gives a good
idea of the matter: "a colonel was
at his side. l shouted Sic semper'
before fired. In jumping broke my
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Farmers Do Not Know.

J read an article by W. ], Spill
man, Chief Of the Bureau of Plant
Industry, United States Department
OF Agriculture, who states that the
chief cause OF slower response to the
modern science of agriculture is due
to the isolation CT the farmer. This
is In measure true. but there are
many farmers who are not isolated
and who are ignorant OF these sub
jects because the matter has never
been brought to their attention. 1
believe that II the farmer knew that
the department solicited correspond
ence from him on subjects of this
kind II would be great help Most
farmers are Indifferent and would not
now address a letter to the depart
ment asking for information, for the
reason that they have the impression
no reply would be Forthcoming. II
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An Educator.

think a good scale is the best ed
ucator on the farm for the boys. BY
constantly weighing cattle and horses,
as well as hay, ETC., a boy gets his
judgment developed so that it be-
comes wonderfully accurate. l know
lad eighteen years old who, I really
believe, could guess hundred indi-
vidual cattle without missing the
weight on a single one more than
fifty pounds, while on most of them
he would not be over ten pounds
from the mark. Such knowledge is
of very great value to man if he fol
lows any branch of the live stock
business. - Correspondent of Michi.
gan Farmer.
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tice of my companion and myself
was the pistol which Booth had used,
lying ON the floor only about three
or four feet back of the chair In
which Mr.. Lincoln sat. | recall the
weapon as single-barreled percus-
sion-cap affair of the Derringer type,
shorter and more compact than the
dueling pistols so much in favor
among gentlemen of the old school in
those days. AS we started to leave
the theatre We met, at the head of
the stairway, policeman. who in
quired IL we were present at the time
of the shooting, etc., and said we had
better give our names and addresses,
as it might be necessary to call US as
witnesses. | drew the pistol out of
my pocket and gave It to the police
man to take charge of against the
chance of its being called for as eyi-
dence.
The blood-stained program has
never been out of the hands OF my
Immediate family. Soon after the oc-
currence gave 1t to my mother, Mrs.
Mary A. Taylor. of Trenton Falls, N.
Y, in whose custody it remained until
her death in 1889. 1t was then kept
by my sister, Mrs. Merritt Peckham,
Jr., of Albany, N. Y. until 1t recently
came into my possession again. 1t
always seemed to me extremely
doubtful that Wilkes Booth could
have been the accredited representa-
tive of the governing body of the
Southern Confederaey, notwithstand-
ing that Jefferson Davis, in speech
at Charleston, s. c.. when he received
dispatch from John c. Brecken-
ridge. announcing Lincolns murder,
remarked to his audience: If II
were to be done, II were better that
1t we're done WELL" The brutal
frankness OF such a statement made
In Dublic was almost sufficient evil
denee that hs was not directly know
Ing to the Infamous plot.
Although the conspiracy was OF
considerable magnitude, It was moi
more than sufficient to satisfy wilkes
Booths morbid craving for notoriety
He had signally failed as an actor
and was known to be man of q
moody disposition. suffering from the
pangs OF disappointed ambition. and
for some reason embittered agains
authority Of any kind He had a lit
tie following OF Kindred spirits. who
reyolved around him as a centra
figure. and to whom he posed as I
kind OF oracle on tho occasion of thei
pothouse assemblages. A friend o
mine named Christie. who was door
keeper OF the House Of Representa-
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Tho program which own OF per-
formance at Ford's Fifth Street Thea
tire, in Washington, d. c., was OBJ
talned. by me under peculiar circum-
stances. l was a young man, about
twenty years of age, and living in
Washington at that time. Having
been away on trip. to Chicago and
points in the West, | was returning
home on the forenoon of Aprll IA,
1866, when, on reaching the Relay
House, nine miles from Baltimore, /
noticed in the morning paper an an
nouncement that President Lincoln,
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Feeding the Colts.

Some farmers seem to think that
the colts can live out in all Kinds of
weather and thrive on any kind of
food they can get. This is great
mistake, however. Colts, like any
other young animals must be kept
growing by careful feeding and care
IL the best horses are made of them.
Oats with a little bran mixed in
them make an excellent feed. Feed
once a day and lightly at first. In a
little while they can be fed twice a
day and will eat quart of feed daily
"A Reader, in the Indiana Farmer.
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General Grant and other notables
were to attend Ford's Theatre that
night. This caused me to resolve
never seen General Grant, whose
fame had for some time been so we'll
established. Quite early in the even
ing | started out at the solicitation of
a young friend of mine, John Danser,
of Trenton, N. j., to witness street
parade in honor of the passage OF
the eight-hour law, etc. We could
hear the bands playing. and directly
came to a point where we could dis
Germ floats, torchlights. ETC., coming
down Louisiana avenue. After watch
ing the procession we proceeded to
the theatre. We selected seats In
the dress circle, which was as yet al
most vacant, and secured places
where no more than two or three
dozen others were able to see as well
as ourselves the arrangements of the
Presidents box, which was situated
Immediately across from our position
and on the same level.
About the middle of the first act
the President and party arrived and
were received with loud and hearty
applause. The band played Hail to
the Chief" which stopped the per-
formance for few minutes while
they were proceeding to their seats.
On reaching the box the President
took large armchair in front and
to the left as they entered; Mrs. Lin
coin took chair in front and to the
right, and Miss Harris one near Mrs.
Lincoln, but not quite as far forward.
Major Rathbone was seated farther
back than the ladies on an old-fash-
ioned sofa that ran along the wall on
the extreme right.
About the middle of the third act
shot was heard and Immediately
thereupon rang out John Wilkes
Booths cry, sic semper tyrannis; T"
not after he reached the stage, as has
been stated in some accounts; neither
did he jump from the box full height,
with arms outspreaC and upstretched,
rs we often see him in illustrations.
On the contrary, he placed both hands
upon the rail of the box and swung
himself over in that manner, thereby
icSsSuiuB tne idll ny tue ulbldnCe VI
his own height. One of his spurs
caught in the American colors with
which the box was draped. and he
probably landed his whole weight on
one foot. On striking the stage he
pitched forward on all fours, and
then saw the blade of long stilettc
or dagger glisten in the fodlights, az
his hand lay on the floor. He quickly
rose to his feet and took one or two
uncertain steps, then, turning to face
the audience, drew himself up il
theatrical attitude, and. swinging hi
arm In a half circle. made a grand
flourish with the dagger. and was of
the stage in fash. Next came the
piercing and horrifying shrieks o
Mrs. Lincoln, and then arose fearful
e0mmotion. Directly efforts wer,
made by some parties to get into thu
box from the outside, but the doc
was barred from the inside. mex
noticed a military officer standing
on the shoulders of another man an,
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lIoodoOcd Radgc.

PhoeniXville.- Convinced that ire
police badge No. l3 OF the Phoenix
Hose, Hook and Ladder Company, is
attended with a train of i'll luck,
Herbert Llewelyn. a member OF the
company recently el cted as a fire
policeman, has refused to serve If he
is compelled TO wear the hoodooed
badge Llewelyn contends that all
his predecessors have met with mis-
fortune of one character or another.
The company will get him another
badge.
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Women ClImb Aloft.

Pittsburg Fourteen members or
the crew of The sand boat Diamond.
twelve men and two women. had
narrow escapes from death when the
craft sank In the Ohio River When
near Laries Head, the Diamond
plunged her bow iuto the water. AMI
aroused had sunk Ave feet below the
surface BY climbing out on the
managed TO feop sdoat until help
arrived.
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state ia Pennsylvania,
Printers Bolt.

Pottsvllle.-The Schuylkill County
Commissioners are in quandary be-
cause of the fact that every Scbuyl-
kill County printing office has re-
fused to print the ballots for the
Spring election. There are 15S dis
tricts in the county and an entirely
different ballot must be provided for
each district. AS a heavy bond is
required for the performance OF the
work in the legal time allowance
none of the local publishing houses
would undertake the risk. 1t is fear
ed that part OF the county will have
to go without an election unless the
commissioners are able TO make ar
rangements with outside printing
houses.
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sChild Labor Law,

Shenandoah.-J. W. Cooper, super
intendent of the public schools of
this town, scored the new Child La
Dor Law. declaring that besides the
excessive extra work 1t entails on
the school district, 1t imposes unusual
hardships on poor widows, crippled
parents and orphan children.
He said 1t became his painful duty
TO send through a parentless boy OF
15, strong and healthy, TO the aims
house, as his boarding mistress
would not permit him to stay with
her until he could learn to read and
write.
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baseball Star Mnrries.

Catasauqua.-In the Bridge Street
Presbyterian Church Miss Mayme S.
Wesley and r. p. Schneider. were
married by Rev II w Ewing MIR.
Schneider was last year captain OF
the Lafayette College baseball team
AMI after leaving college created q
sensation by his twirling for tho
Reading Tri-State League playing
under the name OF Dank The wed.
ding trip will be to California where
the bridegroom has sigued with the
Oakland baseball team Of the Pacific
League.
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Pnstor,s SALARY sIO.OOo.

vittsburg, = Because he refused a
chair in the faculty Of Princeton
Theological Seminary and few
weeks later refused the presidency
of a Kentucky college Rev, WilliaIn
l.. McEwen, OF the Third Presbyterian
Church OF this city, known as the
Thaw church. has had s3.500 a year
added 10 his salary DR.. Mcl1wen will
now receive $4,000. making him
the highest raid minister IN west
ern Pennsylvania Mrs. Mary Cope
ley Thaw has been prominent in the
support OF the church
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Mind RnIl Loses Eight.

WilliamspOrf.--A mad buII on The
farm of Elmer Elder in Woodward
Township, charged upon Elder while
he and several assistants were try
ing to capture the animal. The bull.
in its blind assault, ran into a wagon.
locked its horns In the spokes of a
wheel and was held a prisoner while
shots were fired 10 end its life
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arrested On swindling Charge.

York.-Aiter wandering about this
country and Canada for over a year,
lodging detectives, who were on his
trail. George Barber, a former resi-
dent of this city, was arrested here
Barber is charged with false pre-
tense. having. it is said, secured $3.50
from Mrs. Anna BTenneman, a widow.
promising to use the money to oper-
ate a barber shop for her II Is said
he failed to keep is promise,