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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-09-18
FEATHERS SAVE
A FAMILY

ELMYRA, o.. Sept. is.---Feather
beds, on which Mrs. Henry Ernst.
d woman friend and six children
were sleeping, saved their lives
when lightning struck the house.
lthc bolt tearing down the chimney
and passing into the bedroom.
sPhysicians say the feathers. refus-
Ing to conduct the current, prevent
ed death.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-03-22

Dick Husman has rented Ed ward
Selom's farm in Dayton township,
and Mr.. Scion has moved over into
Lynn township where he will make
his home with his father, Erik Scion,
Edward will continue sinking wells
and putting up wind mills for all
needing his services.
Charles Fl. Tangen, N Of Canton's
prominent contractors and builders
was a renewal subscriber last Friday.
Charlie says from present indications
and from information al hand, he
expects to see many new homes go up
In this city during the season, and
many fine homes in the country will
be erected.
Henry Uvattum was a LEADER
visitor and a renewal subscriber last
Friday. Henry with his father and
sister expect to occupy their new
home In town about April first. Mr..
Helgerson thought some Of going west
when he sold his handsome home to
Mr.. Hvattum. He has decided to
remain in Canton and will probably
build on his lots east Of his old home.
The Athenian Debating Society,
through a committee, will have
charge of the citizens Lecture Course
for next season, and will give a four
number course Instead of five but the
fnnr nDOpnor anlt1rSn will onct ponro
than the five. The entertainments
will all be given in the Opera House
and the talent is the highest priced
furnished by the Ridpath bureau.
The first number will cost $3.50. but
it is worth a $1,000 as an attraction.
Our people wantthe best.
Mr.sM.. E. Wiley writes the Editor
from Kadoka, including a renewal
subscription and giving Summit, Rob-
erts county, as their new post office.
She also states that if everything goes
right with her in raising turkeys, the
editor need o be surprised if he
gets Thanksgiving bird from Sum-
nit TO match the famous r.. /. birds
the president. Bird or no bird,
the Editor hopes Mrs. Wiley and her
son Guy will find comfort and pros
perity in their new home.
The Rergstrom plow Company has
an ad ia this issue of the LEADER
that will interest the farmers. Read
the ad and then secur this modern
farm implement. This new style
c%ultivator is superior to any made.
is the opinion of experts. The open
OF cutaway cultivator shovel is a
splendid implement, and farmers will
find it to their advantage to call at
the pillow works and look these i'm
plements over carefully. 1t may be
we'll to note that all kinds of repair
ing will be promptly attended to
Patronize the Bergstrom Plow Co.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-03-22

southern coast. Commodore String
hams fleet had driven the Confeder
ates at Hatteras out of their shore bat
teries in August, 1861 a few weeks
later Flag officer Dupont had cap
tured two strong forts guarding the en-
trance to Port Royal sound. South Car
DINA, with the guns of wooden ships
This feat led to the fall of the seaport
town of Beaufort into Federal hands
together with a vaS country round
about. If wooden ships could batter
down forts on land no southern port
or section of coast could be considered
safe against Federal attack. The news
from the Carolina coast so alarmed
the inhabitants along the gulf that
whole towns were deserted in antici-
patton of attack. OF course slaves
were removed along with other belong
ings Of their owners in order to pre-
vent the Yankees" from getting them.
The Army and the Slaves.
The slave at this period Of the war
was an ever present bone Of conten-
ton. Southerners almost universally
- wv tiit lhC Isl - Vas
all the north cared for in prosecuting
the war. Yet the north was divided on
this very subject, the val prosecuting
party being itself split into factions.
West Virginia, for instance. was seek
ing to become a state in the northern
Union. He movement for statehood
was a war movement. led by men who
wished the war to be prosecuted to the
end. The people had voted to secede
from the original state of Virginia and
join the Union column in the fight
against the south.
On the 9th Of January a proposal
was made in the convention assem-
bled at Wheeling to so frame a con.
stitution for the new commonwealth
as to prohibit slavery at the outset,
This was considered extremely radical.
The very next day a petition was read
in the United States congress in which
citizens Of Illinois prayed that body
not to abolish slavery in the District
Of Columbia. This was aimed at a
bill recently introduced by Senator
Wilson OF Massachusetts.
A Gun Record of 1852.
1t is of interest now to recall what
was considered a good gun record ear
" in the civil war. On the 9th Of
the month Battery E, Third United
States artillery, commanded by Cap
tain r. B. Ayres, at practice in the
camp at Alexandria, Va. fred thirty.
eight shells, landing thirty-ive of then,
on the target 10 by - feet in dimen-
sion, at 1900 yards range. This rec
ord was widely commented upon as an
achievement. The guns were OF the
kind known as feldpieces. such a.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-03-22

notes and $5OO.OOO 900 6 per cent
bonds. This measure. after some
amendment, became a law and estab-
Hshed a financial system which has
lived until the present time. The i'm
mediate object of the law was to
bridge over Il grave financial crisis and
gather the sinews of war into the
treasury in Washington. Before the
bill became a law h amount of treas
ury notes was increased by so per
cent. The principal opposition TO the
measure came from the bankers, who
thought that this method of filling the
| war chest was not favorable to their
profits.
A Storm Bound Fleet.
At this time the Confederates were
expecting that the Burnside fleet.
about to attack Newbern, \. c.. The
expedition just at the time was Sc
rtously threatened with the fate Of the
Spanish armada. For nearly Il week
this expedition had been trying to
cross the bar into Pamlico sound. The
bar separating the sound from the in
let was covered with only six feet of
water, whereas all the vessels in the
6eet, as well as the warships. drew
at least eight feet, although most Of
the %troopships had been guaranteed
by the owners who chartered them to
the government to draw less than
eight feet. Transport ships consisted
OF river barges. propellers, passenger
stea tugs and ferryboats and
were transformed so as to be service
able in carrying soldiers and cannon
and rations and baggage. On some
were stored building material for
bridges. RATS, scows, in~trenching i'm
Elements. tools, etc. b W end
OF the outfit comprised about 100 YES
sells, all Of them steamers which had
been converted from the passenger and
merchant service.
Fortunately the current over the
bar, or. more properly. the "swash."
was very swift, a circumstance which
proved favorable to the fleet. Large
vessels were sent ahead under full
steam on the bar when the tide was
running out. and then anchors were
carried out by boats in advance, SO as
to hold the vessels IN position. The
swift current would wash the sand
from them and allow them to float.
after which they were driven farther
on by steam and anchored again. when
the sand would again wash out from
under them. This process was con-
tinued for days until a broad channel
Of over eight feet was made deep
enough to allow the passage of the
neet from Hatteras inlet into Pamlico
sound. a point from which attacks on
the coast could be made. Before the
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-03-22

Miss Bessie Rusten, who has been
attending Augustana College during
the winter returns to her home in
Lincoln township next week.
j. Hansen Of Chraft g. Hansen.
returned from Chicago last Saturday,
where he purchased a large stock of
Spring and Summer goods for their
trade.
George l.. Nelson, formerly in the
newspaper business at Canton, is nov
publishing a paper called the Search
light at Martin, Sheridan County,
North Dakota.
Hammitt & Co., proprietors OF the
Syndicate Block meat market adver-
tise q fresh supply Of Swift's premium
hams and bacon, and at prices that fit
the not overly fat pocket book.
Alfred Zoske, a former cattleman
and now cashier OF the Farmers and
Merchants state bank Of Draper, was
In town last Saturday. He came
down to visit Geo. Byers, who had
Nun IN charge.
Will Opperud Of Inwood, came over
to Canton last week to attend the
College oratorical contest and meet
ing of the officers. He had a very
pleasant visit and returned home last
Friday.
Miss Clara Peterson of Dayton,
was q LEADER visitor and a renewal
subscriber last Saturday. Miss PETER
son is teaching ia district 8, known
as the Hokenstad school, aud is very
successful in her work, and Miss Cor
man OF district 9 is the champion
speller in the county.
Fairview has a Commercial Club
that Is trying to build up Fairview.
Canton had a Commercial Club once,
but it must be dead. It's record for
business has not been heard OF. Can
ton ought to have a real active Com
mercial CLUB Club that will help to
grab things for Canton.
Mr.. Pickett is having his big
double store rearranged to provide
more room In the dry goods depart
ment and the Office goes TO the rear
Of the store to give nor room in the
grocery department, and still there
is not . foot of vacant space in that
big store.
Theodore Gedstad and Henry Peter
son Of Grant township we're in town
Monday and favored the LEADER
with = visit, Theodore called to renew
his fathers subscription. Theodore
said LIE wis Larson Is hoping for plenty
Eof rain this spring so that some OF
those big catfish can get up from the
VermilliOn river 50 as he may find
material to beat the LEADERS cat
fsh-pig story OF Spirit Lake. Mr..
Larson says Henry Hanson's calves
are now protected against Vermillion
catfish, but there might be . chance
for . pig story.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-03-22

ships We're in evidence i'll the sounu
the Confederates IN shore began 10
consider the expedition a failure.
AS the rigors of winter Increased
throughout the north the people beSti'
to grow anxious as TO the hardshlpH
suffered by the prisoners held III l'l'n
mond. Soldiers in camp about lW'
miles from Richmond wrote home 81"
ries of snowStorms ard freezing wealth
er and suffering. Naturally the prl~-
oners. who were wholly ut the mercy
of their enemies for creature comforts
must be worse off. 1t was in hope OF
relieving the captiveS that the tnIted
States secretary of war appointed Il
commission to visit var prisoners at
Richmond and provide for the comfort
of Federal soldiers held there. ms
was the first step in the an,eliofati"n
of prison hardships.
The coastwise expeditions sent out
by the Federal government naturall!
spread CONSERVATION all along the
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-03-22

for the north evil. Would the Euro
Intervention in Mexico far enough and
fast enough to influence the outcome
of the civil war in the states: Napo-
leon III. was behind that movement.
He was a great figure then because OF
his imposing name and significant
birthright. He might do anything
perhaps. He did secure the control of
the Mexican intervention movement.
as was apparent early in 1852. and
it was Surmised that he wanted to
swap the Mexican throne with Aus
tria for something or other. Some
southerners counted upon the presence
IN America of n foreign army and
navy controlled by a man Of adven-
turous blood to do something which
woul hamper the United States in its
effort to bring the south to terms. The
Co~nfederacy bordered upon Mexico.
French, Spanish and English warsbips
to- the number of twenty were in the
harbor of Vera Cruz and foreign la-
gions on Mexican soil. Napoleon was
slow to declare himself on the question
of the United States versus the South
ern C~onfederacy. so slow as to leave
the Impression that he might ..haye
something up his sleeve" However.
he did venture TO declare in a speech
before b parliament on Jan. q that
he hoped that the warning sections of
the United States would reunite and
be at peace. 1t was a safe proposition
and reasonable enough for the latitude
OF Paris. The sections themselves
wanted reunion. 1t was the terms for
reunion they were fighting over and
were to continue fighting over for three
years more. The south wanted Nano-
leon III. to recognize it as a separate
nation in 1862.
War Prices Early In 1862.
High prices caused by the war be-
gan to pinch the common people north
n south alike early in 1862. The
United States congress increased tarir
duties. levied a huge war tax and 40
drained the coin of the country as to
make money scarce and dear. Rnt
prices rose gradually in the north
whereas in the south they jumped nm
because of the scarcity of many SIM.
plies and the closing of the %seaports
against importation. Quinine went I'd
40 an ounce, opium to So an ounce
gunpowder to So a pound. Ordinarj
boots sold at SIC a pair. the kind which
brought So or So before the war. New
England was the center for leathe
goods, and of course the southern maj
ket was closed to that trade. In part
OF the south where railway transports
ton was interfered with by army OF
erations corn brought $40 a barrel an
other produce in proportion.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-03-22

Mrs. Hannah Sheldon is home fro
an extended and a very pleasant VII
with relatives and friends at Waveri
Iowa.
Miss Anna Paul, the young IL
who hsd charge Of the Lincoln Coup
Fair, left Sunday for Sioux G
where she starts In . new field.
A party Of young people after
Fair had = supper served ala
hemian It the "NeMav ONCE
saturday night which lasted iuto1
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-03-22

Miss Sarah Brynjulson was a Sioux
Falls visitor Saturday.
Archey Hemstock left sunday for
Salem where he will visit q while.
Carl Moe came up from Hudson
Sunday for a short visit with friends.
Druggist A. 6. Pond OF Fairview
was up Friday night to take in the
Lincoln County Fair.
Mrs. j. q. Cloud came home Sum
day from Sioux City Whers she had
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-03-22
BY Captain GEORGE L. KiLN1ER. Late
H. s. "

BY Captain GEORGE L. KiLr1ER. Late
u. S. v.
~HE last week in January was y
quiet one for the armies in the
iield. Nevertheless the war
moved on apace. On the I'D
President Lincoln returned thanks to
Thomas army for its victory ut Mil
Springs ON the 10th, the first formal
congratulations to troops by the Fed
eral commander in chief. This was the
beginning Of praises to troops and I"
leaders which was not only their due.
but was beneficial in many ways. 1t
announced to the folks at home that
the government appreciated the sacri
fees of their brothers and sons at the
front. Napoleon Bonaparte set Il GOOD
example in this respect by prompt rec
IGNITION given sometimes on the field
Of battle.
On this day congress took up he
famous war financial measure provlG
ing for $1OO,OOO 600 demand treasury
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-03-22

you . good idea OF the person or thing
"knocked."
Some characters are like q pocket
book, they conceal very little or
much.
II q person wants an unlimited
supply OF opinions expressed about
himself. try TO do something good
for the public.
This idea of wanting to do good for
others very seldom comes out the
way you would have 1t.
An afistocratic air is quite a load
for some people. Little. things will
leak out that you can't hide behind a
turned up nose.
Its only the helpless that get the
| real hard kicks.
Play straight is the best old wagon
after all.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-03-22

John Tollefson, A. J. Rommereim
and other noted farmers of the south
end we're in town Saturday.
Fred Stengel, Route /, Canton is
advertising Buff Orpington eggs for
sale. This is q fine breed to raise.
Martin Odegaard returned Sunday
from a winter spent in California at
different cities. In that sunny state.
Christ Gilbertson. who is working
In Sioux Falls vas IA over Sunday
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-03-22
The War Fifty Years Ago

Lincoln's First Thanks to the Army---burn-
sides North Carolina Expedition Storm bound al
Hatteras - Southerners Desert the Coast towns
War Prices In the Confederacy - The SITUATION Ill
Mexico---Napoleon III. of France Supposed 10 raoo'
tho Southern Cause In the Civil War---Northern Up
position to Radical Anti-slavery Measures - Dill
culties of Aiming the Troops--Sharpshoot'ns K1les
Introduced In the North.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-03-22
"Hvsry Day lunches.

"Evsry nay lunches"
Soma parents wouldn't recognize
their own children were they to see
thsm through other eyes then their
own.
Beauty hides the most deviltry.
That's the CAUSE of 80 much COMPETE
tlo0 along the extreme lines at the
present time.
observation-disclosures Is not freely ex-
DEonood opinions.
a "knocker" Is : great thing to
have around, no or she lets you have
n inslght Of their nature but gives
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-03-22

,-c,o drawn By horses. SIN to il caino"'
,,l want into action with lnlaHlf!
tro,us Thp large part of the heid'
uieces then in use were sihoo'nooi''
One-third or less were rltleu S"hn
th,t is. the barrel VAS ~rroNlued WIN
a groove to secure greater arcula'! !"
the flight of the prOiectile. During az
oonrsa of the wal many of the slhool"
hora cannon were converted INTO II
aed cannon by the simple eNpedienl OF
boring a groove. AyreS batter! con-
nriS ed two ritled guns ana TOUR OF 'n'
smooth bore pattern. Captain AYR
was not content to be maxim" al'''
lery records. although his battery nav
scored well in his first action. h""
Huu where it was attached TO 'ei
oral ~ II. Snerman's brigade. IL Use"
canister on the COnfederateS AT one
crisis in the battle. AyreS vent with
NcClellan's rmy to the peninsula ~
chief Of artillery in General W.. T.
Smiths division. Later he became
commander of Il division OF lhlalltr!'
serving in that capacity untll tue ~"
render of Lee and coming our WIN
the rank Of brevet major general II
is also of interest to note tllat on '"''
cS Colonel Hiram Berdan's FAMOUS
regiment of SllarpShooters. the FrS'
United States. was equipped WIN
Colts and Sharp'S rifles. inns was IA
pioneer SharpShooting corps ~ 'Ne
eastern army. Others were organized
earlier. perhaps. but experienced uafi-
culty in securing rifles adopted to their
use and also in assignment for ms
SDecial service.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-03-22

Napoleon III. and the South.
Other things than actual fighting.
mast and to ONE We're being talked OF
at this date fifty years ago. Ihere
was the Mexican question. big with
possibilities. for the south good and
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-05-15
CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF BURLINGTON
First Complete and Authentic History
Has Been Prepared.

The first complete and authentic his
tory of the diocese of Burlington is con-
tanned in the new Catholic Encyclopedia
The early history of the Catholic settle.
ments are graphically described and the
rise of the see from its beginning to
its present important position has been
treated at length. Interesting statistics
Illustrating the general scope and influ-
cree of the ecclesiastical, educational and
charitable work of the diocese has been
complied by Thomas f. Meehan, the
greatest authority on this subject This
diocese comprises the whole state OF Yer.
mont and considerable new information
will be found in the following excerpts
taken from the pages of the encycIope.
dia;
"The diocese of Burlington, established
July IA, 1858, comprises the whole state
of Vermont, Z. S. A., an area of 9,l35
square miles. The territory now making
up the state of Vermont was not only
discovered but first settled by Catholics.
Champlain bestowed on the state in 1900
the name it bears and the first mass
said within its boundaries was offered
up in 1865 by Sulpician priest from
Montreal, in the chapel of the little fort
Of st. Anne on Isle LaMotte-now the
site OF shrine of pilgrimage-where
few soldiers upheld the authority of the
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-05-15
Liability of Sellers of Unwholesome Food
at Public Eating Places.

The supreme court Of Louisiana re
Gently rendered decision in the case
of Doyle VS.. Fuerst and Kaemer (56 So
006l which is Of interest to everyone
who even occasionally dimes in a pub
lie restaurant, The plaintiff claimed
that he was poisoned from having eaten
cakes and chocolate with whipped cream
at the defendants confectionery where
refreshments were served to the pub
lie. The court holds that a seller Of
food, such as chocolate and cakes sold
at a public eating place, is presumed 20
know any unwholesome condition Of the
food, and is liable for damages TO
purchaser through being made i'll OH
account of Embellishments 1t is com.
mon knowledge, 20 which the keeper
OF public eating place must be held,
that food in which the process of deeom.
position has begun Is liable to make the
person who eats il i'll. The measure
of damages sustained by purchaser
OF food, who ia made i'll through its
unwholesomeness, is not merely REIN
bursement of the nriee, but oil damages
that We're foreseen or could have easily
have been foreseen as likely TO have re
suited. The court thinks that 800 was
not an excessive award to purchaser
of food for illness resulting from pto.
maine poisoning caused by unwholesome-
ness of the food, where he suffered In
tense pain, believed for two hours that
he was in danger Of death and suffered
an attack OF jaundice in consequence.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-05-15
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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-05-15

luxury of its appointments and the al
titude Of its charges. At the opposite
corner on the Forty street front
age will be another hotel of equal size
but with a rate schedule SO much modi-
fled that it will not be necessary for
the prospective guest to mortgage his
farm to rent q room for night. An
opera house and new home for the
National Academy Of Design are pro-
posed for the town that il to rise over
the terminal. Altogether seventeen city
blocks formerly taken up with insight
ly, noisy, dirty railroad yards or cheap
private structures will be added to the
available building area in the choicest
part of the metropolis; not to mention
n fine broad avenue and number Of
cross streets where such things did not
exist before. Charles Frederick Carter
in June Technical World Magazine.