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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-08-27
ROBERT POINTER

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Five years old. a golden bay stallion. stands
1872, weighs ll50, star in forehead, one white
hind foot.
He was sired by Sun Pointer. he by Star
Pointer I.59 IA. he by Brown Hal. who was
the champion in his day. Star Pointer. /. So
IA. was the first horse to beat two minutes
and held the worlds championship for six
years
Sweepstake. the dam of Star Pointer. pro-
duced Hal Pointer, 204 IL. and many other
good ones.
Brown Hal. g.f2 LIZ. sire of Star Pointer.
1.59 IA. Hal billiard. 2-04 81, Hal Griffin,
2.o5 IA. Star Hal. 206 Ia. and lot more
Star Pointer was the sire of Joe Pointer.
2.05. Sidney Poin3er. 2.07 Ia, Schley Pointer
2.08 Ia. Sun Pointer. the sire of Robert
Pointer. Although Sun Pointer had no track
record he went trial mile in 2.20, last
quarter in 81 Ia.
The dam of Robert Pointer-was sired by
Brown Bird. 2.2I Ia, he by Eagle Bird, 2.21
a.10 Ia. Monbars. 2.ii "a. Margaret. q 49,
IA. Kentucky Frank. 2 IA Ia, etc.
Eagle Bird was sired by Jay Bird. by
George Wilkes. jay Bird is the sire of Al
lertoD, 200 IA. Early Bird. 2.10. Rose Croix,
I'll 4. Miss Jay. Eli IL. Larabie. q II "a
etc. He has 83 Ia the $50 list.
The dam of Eagle Bird-the sire of Brown
Bird-was "ansy, by George Wilkes. The
dam of Brown Bird is Mary Kent. 2.2S, by
Kent No. 1857. sire of Kendall, 2.17J<, and
many other fast ones
Although Robert Pointer has had no tram
ing, he is a horse with good action. good
life. good shape and well developed horse
for one of his age.
Whether looking for speed or size you will
do well to look this horse over before de sid
ing elsewhere. This horse viii make the
season of 1910 at
The Woodstock Fair Ground
Terms $1,000
to warrant; %. 90 payable at time of service.
Having complied with the stallion law of
Vermont shall claim its privileges.
GEORGE A. ROY. Manager.
Woodstock. vt. Peoples telephone.
The National tribune., 1910-03-17
Orders to Daughters.

Minnie T. Guittard, National Presi-
dent of the Daughters of Veterans, has
issued General Orders No. 4, in which
she extends greetings to the newly in
stalled Tent officers. She announces
that honorable mention will be given to
Tents or sisters who are successful in
organizing new Tents. Any sister get
ting Tent of Daughters ready to in
stitute VIII be given a gold recognition
pin. The National President has ap-
pointed great many Aids, and states
that she expects fine results from their
efforts. She also sends thanks for the
many good wishes and greetings that
she has received in the new year. The
National President announces that
there is slight increase in member
snip, and asks each member to bring
In one new one. She thinks that one
reason why the membership is short is
because the members have been indif-
1erent to law, and all must work to-
gether in one strong, united effort to
double the number. 1t is also an
nounced that Miss Elizabeth Kimball
of Fttchburg, Mass, has been honored
with membership on the Board OF Re-
gents Of Memorial University. All do
nations from Departments and Tents
for this cause should be sent directly
to Miss Kimball at AZ High street. The
National President makes strong plea
for assistance from the Daughters to
add material sum to the vested fund
of the Grand Army of the Republic In
closing her General Orders she an
nounces the death of Charles A. Van
Horn, father of Mary L. Van Horn
President of the New York Department
Daughters of Veterans. Comrade Van
Horn enlisted as drummer boy in Co.
d, 27th y. Y, and served three wears
Re-enlisted in Co. n, 14th y. Y. II. A,
and served to close of war He was a
member of the National Civil War Mu-
sicians.
The National tribune., 1910-03-17
Against Substitutes.

Farragut Post. 2, Lorain. o.. is very
much opposed to the erection of a mon.
ument by the United States Government
in honor and memory of the man who
served as substitute for President Lin
coin in the war of the rebellion. Among
other things it says: There were many
thousand substitutes in that great con-
fiict, each Of whom took the same risk,
endured the same hardships as the sub
stitute of President Lincoln. and all
such substitutes received greater COM
pensation than those who enlisted from
purely patriotic motives The Post
then resolved as follows: while we are
loyal to the great-hearted martyred
Lincoln. revere his memory and en-
shrine him in our hearts, yet we do not
believe that the substitute of that
adored ruler is entitled to greater con-
stderation than that to be accorded to
the thousands of other substitutes in
the civil war. nor that any substitute
should be held in higher esteem than
the volunteer soldier, who risked his life
and all that made his life sweet from
purely patriotic motives. Signed: II.
o. Cooke, Adjutant"
The National tribune., 1910-03-17
How to Get Rid
of CatarFh
A Simple, Safe, Reliable Way,
and it Costs Nothing to Try.

Those who suffer from catarrh know
its miseries. There is no need of this
suffering. You can get rid of it by q
simple, safe, inexpensive. home treat
ment discovered by DR.. Blosser, who
for over thirty-five years, has been treat
ing catarrh successfully.
His treatment Is unlike any other
It is not a spray, douche, salve. cream
or inhaler, but is a more direct and
thorough treatment than any of these
1t cleans out the head, nose, throat
and lungs SO that you can again breathe
freely and sleep without that stopped
up feeling that all catarrh sufferers
have. 1t heals the diseased mucous
membranes and arrests the foul dis
charge, so that you will not be con-
stantly blowing your. nose and splitting
and at the same time it does not poison
the system and ruin the stomach, as in
ternal medicines do.
If you want to test this treatment
without cost, send your address to DIR.
]. w. Blosser, $50 Walton street, Allan
ia, Ga, and he will send you by return
mail enough of the medicine to satisfy
you that it is all he claims for it as u
remedy for catarrh, catarrhal head
aches, catarrhal deafness, asthma. brOn-
chitis, colds and all catarrhal complica-
tions. He will also send you free an
illustrated booklet. Write him imme-
diatey.
The National tribune., 1910-03-17
Patriotic Daughters.

c. Millie Leighton, National Patriotic
Instructor of the Daughters of Veter-
ans. has issued very pretty circular
letter of instruction to the members of
the Order. The Patriotic Instructor
says: 1T is my desire to speak plainly
and earnestly to the Patriotic Instruc-
tors as well as to every member of our
Order. Many times the Office of Pa
triotic Instructor is looked upon as of
little Importance, but it is a great mis-
take. for the office is next to that of the
President in its possibilities for
effective work and outranks any other
office in that respect" The National
Patriotic Instructor calls upon the Pa
triotic Instructors of the various Tents
to face the responsibilities and oppor-
tunities before them and take up the
work that the Daughters of Union Vet
Grams have instituted, and feel that il is
not only duty but a pleasure to per
form il. She recommends that children
take active parts in the entertainments
and be thoroly instructed in patriotic
lore, as "the children of to-day are the
men and women of tomorrow" She
recommends that the following patriotic
days be observed: The birthdays of
Washington, Feb. %; Lincoln, Feb. 12:
Grant. April 81; Mckinley, Jan. 2s, and
Memorial Day May 80; Flag Day, June
Ia; Patriots Day, april 70, and Moth
ers' Day, the second Sunday in May, are
the most important dates appropriate
The National tribune., 1910-03-17
\ POPULAR OFFICIAL.
The Veterans of Maryland Ask for the
Ecappoirifment of Collector Stone

One of the most popular and efficient
customs officers in the country is the
Hon. !Nm. F. Stone, Collector of Gus
toms at the port of Baltimore. Mr..
Stone is now rounding out his third
term. SO efficient has his administra-
ton been that the commercial bodies,
importers, shipping men, in fact, every
one having business at the Custom
House, have overwhelmed the Presi-
dent and Secretary of the Treasury with
petitions, letters and delegations urging
his reappointment to a fourth term. The
President, who was fully Informed of
Mr.. Stones fine record, sent his name
to the Senate on the Sth inst. This is
unprecedented in the annals of the
Customs Service at Baltimore.
Collector Stone is held in high es-
TEEN by the u. S. Treasury officials, and
| it is very rare that any important rul-
ing in the matter OF customs admins
tration is made before his views are
sought. But there is another class of
people who are delighted with Mr..
Stones reapointment-the Union vet
Grams of Maryland.
During the Cleveland Administration
nearly every civil war veteran was
droped from the rolls of the Custom
House-not for a just cause, not for in
efficiency, for they were conceded the
very best officers in the service, but
simply because they chose to vote as
they shot. AS soon as Mr. Stone took
charge of the Custom House by ap-
pointment of President Mckinley he
took counsel with the leading Grand
Army men, and after hearing their
statement with reference to their de-
posed comrades declared in effect that
he would not sleep day nor night until
every one of them were restored; and
he meant it. for it was not long before
they We're all doing business again at
the old stand.v
During his whole Administration, in
his appointments or promotions, he has
invariably given the old soldiers the
preference He declares that the men
who sacrificed so much to preserve the
best Government ever devised by man
are entitled to the first and highest
consideration.
1t is very refreshing to come across
man in the public service who appre-
ciates the surviving veterans of the
Union army, and il gives us pleasure, in
view of the tendency in high places to
Collector Stone.
Quite an imposing delegation of CON-
rades waited on the President and Sec
rotary of the Treasury last Saturday to
urge Mr.. Stones reappointment. In
the delegation We're the following COM
rades: B. f. Taylor. Department Com
mander; Daniel yTatum, Senior Vice
Commander; Mai. Fred c. Tarr. Col.
John G. Taylor, Wm. j. Vannort, Geo.
Prechtel, Joseph Brooks, Rev. ]. Wynne
Jones, d. D.. Charles F. Leitz and Thos.
Il. Stansfield, representing the Depart
ment of Maryland, and Comrades JOS
r. Kemp, John McElroy, Fred c. Tarr
and John G. Taylor, representing the
Grand Army Club OF Maryland. Ar
The National tribune., 1910-03-17
Department of Maine.

The 43d National Encampment of the
Department of Maine, G. a. r.. VIII be
held at City Hall, Bangor, on Wednes-
day and Thursday, June 15-16. Head
quarters will be established at the Pc
nobscot Exchange Hotel, Room s. The
city of Bangor has rendered the free
use of its City Hall for the general
meetings of the patriotic organizations
on that date. and the comrades and
citizens have announced that they will
open their doors and give fraternal
welcome to these Grganiza tions. The
Woman's Auxiliary will furnish dinner
and supper at Beal Post dining room
and there will be campfire provided
by the Bangor Post on the evening OF
the 18th.
The Department Commander an
nounces in sorrow the death of two be-
loved Past Department Commanders
Richard X. Galley, who died at his
home in Portland, Dec. II. was born in
England 20 years ago, and came 10 this
country in 1S49. He enlisted in the
navy in the war of the rebellion. He
had been for 40 years member of
Bosworth Post, %, of which he was a
Past Commander. In 1887 he was De-
partment Commander. and served with
distinction and honor to the Order and
himself.
Thomas C. Libby. Past Junior Vice
department Commander. died at his
home in Vinalhaven, March 6 He was
one of the youngest members of the
Order, being but 81 years of age at the
time of his death He had served in
many Department offices. and was also
on the staff of the late Commandcr-in-
Chief Alger. At the time of his death
ne was promising candidate for the
Office of Department Commander and
his many friends had hoped to serve
him in that office. A w McCausiand.
department Commander; John w. p,
johnson, Assistant Adjutant- General.
The National tribune., 1910-03-17

Encampment TO be held at Atlantic
City in September next.
This Department stands behind him
in solid ranks; not alone because he
halls from Massachusetts, but because
he has exceptional qualifications for the
place, and also for the further impor-
tant reason that, upon the withdraw
of Comrade Ketcham, of Indiana, at
Salt Lake City, many comrades from
other Departments to whom he is well
known urged us to present his name at
Atlantic City
LAS a soldier Comrade Gilman served
in the 18th Mass. and temporarily in
ThompsOn's Ind'p't Pa. Battery during
Pope's campaign. At Gettysburg he
lost his right arm by a shell wound
"As Grand Army man he joined the
Order in 1868; has been Post Com
mander, Department Commander, and
served with distinguished ability as Ad-
jutant- General under the administra-
tions of Commanders-in-C Black
mar and King, during which he visited
almost every Department in the coun-
try.
"As a citizen he has held offices of
trust and responsibility and is now Sol
diers' Relief Commissioner of the city
of Boston, disbursing a quarter of a
million dollars annually.
PERSONALLY he is soldierly in bear
ing, courteous in manners, social in
disposition, eloquent in speech (but
with an eye attentive to the clock), ju-
dicial in temperament, prompt and en-
ergetic in action. He is especially quail
ifed as presiding officer by thoro
knowledge of parliamentary law and q
tactful way of applying it.
Because all this is true, and not
campaign taffy, the Department of
Massachusetts will, at its coming En-
campment in April, earnestly and en-
Enthusiastically appeal to all other De-
armed comrade, John f. Gilman, in
the Office of Commander-in-Ch Chief
John i. Parker. Department Command
or; ]. Willard Brown, Senior Vice Com
mander; Granville c. Fiske, Junior Vice
Commander: II. ]. Millard, NJ. D., Med
ical Director; Rev Geo. f. Lovejoy,
Chaplain; Israel II De Wolf Assistant
Adjutant-General; Daniel Eldredge, AS
sistant Quartermaster-Cener Orrin
Whitten, Inspectors James II. Wolf,
Judge Advocate; Gustavus B. Wilbur
Chief Mastering Officer; Charles S. Par
ker, Patriotic Instructor: Charles w.
Hildreth, Richmond L. Weston, Chas.
II. Heald, Thos. ]. Ames. Edward L..
Rowe, Council of Administration; Au-
Sprague, John W. Kimball. John w
Hersey. Myrnn p. Walker, James *.
Churchill, Wilfred a. Wetherbee, Peter
ID. Smith. Lucius Field, J. Payson Rrad-
ley, Alfred s. Roe. Francis A. Osborn.
John d Billings, Charles d. Nash, Geo.
l.. GoOdale. Eli w. Hall, John NJ. Deane
Silas A. Barton, James II. Wolff, ID. H.
l.. Gleason, Past Department Command
ers; Wm. NJ. Olin, Past Senior Vice
Commander-iDCh Ephraim b. Stl-
lings, Past Junior Vice Commander-!n-
Chief
The National tribune., 1910-03-17
INSTALLATIONS.
Various Posts and Corps Elect Officers
for the Ensuing Year.

whitworth Post. SO. of Apollo. Pa.
| installed the following officers on Jan.
8: Commander, s. +. Hildebrand; S.
V. c., r. F. Wray; j. V. c.. Enoch
Way; Quartermaster. Daniel Jack: Sur
geon, r. e. McCauly. NJ. d; Chaplain.
]. G.. Wyant; o. D., ]. NJ. Fiscus; o. G..
n. n. Thompson; Adjutant D. b. Coul-
ter: Q. NJ. s. J. X. Findly: $. NJ. VIM.
Connor. After Post installation the w.
r. c. Auxiliary to Whitworth Post in
stalled their officers J. X. Keiser. Ad-
jutant. Post 1873, Installing Officer.
John A Hunter Post. 1913. Lirch-
burg, Pa, installed the following Off
GERS Jan. 20. 1910: Commander. C. Nc
Cauley; S. V. c., +. V. Shepard; J. V.
c., A. Spratt; Quartermaster, ]. A.
Klingensmith: Surgeon. r. p. Hunter;
Chaplain. A. ]. Ashbaugh: o. D., John
r. Long; o G.. John Frank; Adjutant.
j. Fl. Keiser; Q. NJ. S, Joseph G. Beale;
S. NJ, VIM. Mann. After Post iHstalla-
installed their officers. Installing Off
Ger, j. II. Keiser, Adjutant.
| Henry c. Beebe Post. 55. of Rich
mond, Mich. have installed the follow
ling as officers for the ensuing year:
Commander, J. NJ. Davis; s. V c.. ]. d
Lewis; J. V c., Eanbrocklin: Adjutant,
~
Q. NJ, Ed. Hunt; o. D.. n. Vroman; o.
G., Fenert; Surgeon. S. II .cks. s. H.
Heath acted as Installing Officer.
! o. p. Gardner Post. AT, Department
of Kansas. of Gardner, Kan. has in
stalled the following officers: Com
mander, f. Essex; S. V. c., ]. F. Brom-
master, George Reese; Surgeon, DIR. J.
r. Armstrong; Chaplain. w. J. McClin-
tock: Adjutant, Frank McShane; o. D.,
j. r. Moony; o. c., S. J. Chamberlain:
S. NJ, W. X. Anderson; Q. VI. s., ]. S.
| Hendershott.
Mansfield Post. 35, Department Of
lowing officers: Commander. John Ire
gaskis; S. v c., VIM. II. Lyons; J. V.
c., Adam Miller; o. D., julius Snyder;
0. G., Louis Fogelsang; Chaplain, Jas.
| w. Garrett; Surgeon, !. Jerolman;
Quartermaster. VIM. Gozence; Adiu-
tant, Samuel II. Ferguson; S. NJ Wm
p. Kimball; Q. NJ. s., r. H. Fargue; Pa
triotic Instructor, r. II. Fargue.
The officers of Choate Post. 66. have
been installed as follows: Commander,
c. E. Reynolds; S. V. c., r. w Hart
man; ]. V. c., David Musser; Adjutant,
Samuel Martin; Quartermaster, d. w
Frease; Surgeon, Adam Lighthiser;
Chaplain, D. v. Hartman; o. D.. Henry
Kobe; o. c. A. Lautzenheiser; S. NJ,
r. B. Heller. Q. NJ. s.. NJ. ]. Grimes; I.
G.. Steven Bascom: o. c., F. NJ Adams:
| Delegate to Department Encampment,
r. w. Hartman; Alternate, r. B. Hei-
| Ter.
At regular meeting of Henry Didiot
| Post, Hillsboro, Wis, the following Off
GERS were installed: Commander. Edgar
Emo; s. V. c., Harvey Myers; J. V. c..
J. P Riley; o. D.. Alex. White: Chap
lain, James Feight; Quartermaster.
Roger Williams; @. NJ. S., Isaac Bing
man; /. s., Henry Lind; Adjutant. l. L.
Tongue; Delegate, L. L. Tongue; Alter
nate, Roger Williams.
The National tribune., 1910-03-17
Gettysburg Circle

Gettysburg Circle. Ladies Of the C.
A. r., of Omaha, Neb., recently in
stalled its officers in conjunction with
the officers of Garfield Circle, OF
the same city, Mrs. Clara c. Lyons be-
ing the Installing Officer. On the same
evening the Union Veteran Union held
Its installation. A fine banquet fol-
lowed the program of speaking and
music. At this meeting VIM. w. East
man, Past Commander of Custer Post,
of Omaha, was indorsed for Depart
ment Commander of Nebraska. ON
Jan. 27 Department Commander s. ID.
Richards, of Fremont: A. NJ Trfmble.
of Lincoln; S. r. Jones, Chief of STAFF
of Omaha, together with the Depart
ment President of the w. r. c., Mrs.
Clara ]. Hughes, and Department Pres
tGent of the Ladies of the G.. A. r.,
Mrs. Clara c. Lyons. all met at Fair
burg with the members of the Com
mercial Club TO complete arrangements
for the Department Encampment and
Conventions to be held in that city
May 1919.
The National tribune., 1910-03-17
GILMAN, OF MASSACHUSETTS,
For COMMUNICATIVE Chief of the Grand
Army CT the Republic.

Following is the circular announcing
the candidacy of Comrade John e. Gil
man as a candidate for the office of
| Commander-in-Chie
Johnnie Gilman as a Soldier
How He Lost His Arm, but Saved His
Life at Gettysburg.
A sturdy right arm, says the Boston
Herald. was the sacrifice offered by
John E. Gilman on the altar of his
country in the titanic struggle of Gettys-
| burg. Bostonians are familiar with the
gray haired, soldierly figure. cloaked in
the semi-military cape hiding the empty
sleeve. Wherever Grand Army men
meet his name and his record of boyish
heroism are told. For Gilman was only
| Is when Southern gunners shell shat
| tered his arm, and in all the dark rec
ords of pain and agony, of torn and
bleeding men gasping out their lives on
the battlefield, there is not a more in
spring example of high-spirited,
knightly courage than that shown by
this Boston boy. Stanching the fearful
bleeding of his torn arm with the towel
from his haversack, running with
his companions across a Shell-Swept
field, operated upon in the open air on
crude table in the wilderness, under
the bursting shells of the enemy, and
then with his tortured comrades forced
to flee from the approach of the South
ern troops, he finally staggered into the
comparatively safe haven of field
hospital. Here, instead of permitting
his life to ebb with the terror of his
surroundings, he sang hymns to the
dying men about him; he laughed and
made merry in his pain, and with all
The National tribune., 1910-03-17
CONFIDENCE IN GILMAN.
Stevenson. Post. ROxbury. Mass. Passes
Resolutions Unanimously.

Resolutions Unanimously.
At the regular meeting of Thomas G.
Stevenson Post, Roxbury, Mass, the
following resolutions were unanimously
adopted:
Whereas a report purporting TO
come from the Boston Finance Com
mission has been presented to the
Mayor and City Council criticizing our
comrade, John i. Gilman, Soldiers Re
lief Commissioner Of the city of Bos-
ton, for incompetency in the admins
tration of that Office. which report is
manifestly incomplete, misleading and
unfair, and
Whereas we have implicit conf
dence, born Of long and intimate asso-
citation with Comrade Gilman, not only
in his integrity (Which not even his
critics venture to question:, but in his
executive ability; and
Whereas we believe that in view of
the very limited force of visitors at his
command as compared with the thou
sands of bencficiarics who have come
under his charge for nearly decade
the small number of cases of imposi-
ton discovered reflects credit rather
than blame upon his administration
therefore, be it
Resolved, That we respectfully re-
quest his Honor, the Mayor, and the
City Council to make a thoro investiga-
ton of the matter, to the end that not
merely such facts as may appear to be
unfavorable to Comrade Gilman, but
all others relating TO his official CON
duct, may. be brought TO light, and espe-
cially with regard to his strenuous and
consistent opposition to the classifica-
ton with the pauper poor of those who
receive relief given in payment of the
debt of gratitude and honor due to the
men who saved the Nations life. This
we ask earnestly, urgently, not alone as
war veterans eager 20 vindicate our
confidence in a comrade, but as citizens
Of Boston. jealous of the good name of
her official representatives"
The National tribune., 1910-03-17

for holding patriotic meetings or to OBJ
serve in some fitting manner. Be sure
TO wear white carnation on Mothers
Day. l trust no Tent will allow the sth
OF June to pass unobserved.
She urges Patriotic Instructors of the
Tents to institute custom of entertsin-
ing a class Of children one afternoon a
month in the Tent room. with patriotic
stories and songs and to inculcare love
of Ihe Flag, and ends her Instructions
with the following patriotic apostrophe:
old Glory. ours by inheritance. ours
by allegiance. ours by affection, long
may you float on the free winds of heav-
en-. the emblem of liberty. the hope OF
the world"
The circular letter is countersigned
by Minnie T. Guittard, National Presi-
dent. Headquarters of the Patriotic In
structor are at SO Third avenue south,
st. Petersburg. Fla
The National tribune., 1910-03-17

-tion toward Our comrades. During the
Administration of President Cleveland
practically every civil war veteran was
dismissed from the Customs Service
Since Collector Stone has held Office he
has reinstated every one of those dis
placed comrades, and during his whole
Administration, in his appointments and
promotions, he has given the civil war
veterans the preference. In view of all
this the Grand Army Club of Maryland
by unanimous vote, requests the Pres
ident to continue our good friend in his
present position.-John r. King Presi-
denU, Joseph II. Kemp, John G.. Tay-
lor, Committee; Robert c. Sunstrom,
Secretary"
Collector Stone is the popular Ser
geant-at-Arms of the National Repub-
lican Committee.
The National tribune., 1910-03-17

rangement for the visit and interviews
had been made by Past Commander-in-
Chief John r. King and Comrade John
McElroy. Both the President and the
Secretary of the Treasury were inter-
ested and impressed with the delega-
ton and what they said. y statement
from the Grand Army Club was left
with the President, as follows:
The Grand Army Club of Maryland,
the first organization of Union veterans
to ratify the nominees of the Chicago
Convention in urging the reappoint-
ment of the Hon. Vim. f. Stone Col
lector of Customs for the port of Balti
more, does so in grateful recognition of
his unfaiing kindness and considera-