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STATUE OF GEN. GEORGE c. MEADE.

oil baking through the entire battle. Civ
ing bread to all who came hungry.
The great artillery duel which shook
the earth for miles did not drive her
from her oven Pickett's men. who
charged past her house, found her still
baking and some of them obtained bread,
for this woman, although loyal. was a
devout Christian, and friend and foe alike
We're to her human beings, and she would
not allow them to suffer while she hat
food. When the battle was over
the house was found riddled with shot and
shell, and seventeen dead bodies were
taken from the house and cellar-the bod
les of wounded men who had crawled
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picturesque scenery. The origin OF the
name is not known to the Rambler ana
it's origin is not known to any OF the
numerous dweliers along its margin or
to ANYBODY else with whom the Rambler
talked about it. The natural assumption
is that at some remote time when the
country in that part of the District, or II
may have been in Maryland then. was
so thinly settled that the stream was
nameless and that a human being or
some stock got mired in the stream or
the soft lands bordering it. Somebody
may have called it a stckfoot branch,
and the name stuck.
The land a bout il is 10 boggier than
that which borders any other of the lit
tie water courses that flow into the Po-
tomac or the Eastern branch, and moth
ing like so marShy as many There have
been stories of quicksand along this lit
tie stream. but they not easy to Verl-
fy. For much of its way ii winds through
a narrow vale between high hills thickly
wooded before becoming so we'll inhabited
"A now. The woods have been cut away
from these fine hills. but I'm the upper
parts of the valley and Jn some of the
hills dense underground or brush covers
the land. For half a mile before its en-
trance into the Eastern branch it flows
through level land which for at least two
centuries has been under tillage.
* *
Inc stream Is ABOUT TWO nllieS II
rises from springs in gullies and ravines
among the broken highlands southwest of
the very old junction of roads called
Good Hope and near a settlement Of col
ored people founded in the eighties and
called Garfield. Stickfoot flows westward
for about d mile, gains volume nu-
merous rivulets join it. turns northWard
for half mile. and passing under Mich
OILS avenue. bends to the west on its way
to the Eastern branch. which ii enters
south of Poplar point. Because of the
hilly country it drains, its own narrow
and steep valley and the number of ra-
vines that lead into this valley, Stickfoot
branch becomes a torrent in times of
heavy rain A road, Sheridan road, mar
row. hard beaten and winding, runs along
its nOrtherly and easterly sides. and
sometimes this road is under water be-
cause of the overflow of the branch.
You will strike the crossing of this
stream where Nichols avenue passes
through the old colored village of Hills
dale. Turn left along Sheridan road.
Little frame houses of many forms of
architecture. and some of none. are lr-
regularly planted along the sides of Stick
foot and perched on the steep slope and
crest of the hills that rise high above
the road. Some are painted various tints,
some are blue -WaShed-a vivid, lively
blue. Nearly all have shrubbery. not as
rule thriftily trimmed and kept. in the
fenced-in yards. Many have small po-
tato. tomato, bean and cabbage patches.
Leading TO the highlands on the left
YOU see an old rugged dirt road-Stanton
road-which will carry you up the heights
topped by many small cottages. and the
weedy. scru grown ruin of For' Stanton.
Further oIS your wa il crossed D."
Pomeroy road, ana if .o.l l4rn - ;ne
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sons who. with unfaltering step and un-
surpassed bravery bore almost alone the
brunt OF charge perhaps the most
heroic and daring in the annals of war
fare.
The battle of Gettysburg was over The
cost of men had been frightful. for the
losses of the two armies had been more
than J0.00 about evenly divided between
the two sides. The weary Confederates
retreated to the waiting lines of the Con
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dismantled guns and begging the men to
stand firm. The troops under Picketts 8
charge were in readiness to advance.
Pickett himself. cool and collected was
the effect of the artillery fire
when courier brought him word that
the Union guns had slackened fire and
the moment had arrived for the charge.
Pickett handed the note to Longstreet at
his side. General. shall ] advance"
Pickett asked his chief. Longstreet, mas
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MAJ. GEN. JOHN SEDGWICK. L. &. g..
there for shelter. Neither of the wom-
en- was in njured.
Numbers of the men seemed to have
premoniton Of death. and many stories
are told of how they used to sit around
the campfire and predict the time. Capt.
Thompson, as he sat by the campfire at
the foot of Bemers hill the night of
July >. suddenly got up, and said, We'll.
boys. i shouldn't wonder if | leave you
tomorrow and when ! do it Will be
quick" Next morning he mounted cais
son during the heat of the battle and
shell bursting beneath him hurled him
into eternity.
Scarcely had the battle begun before
powerful shells began to fall about the
farmhouse where Gen. Meade had his
headquarters. The shells tore off the
steps and ripped open bag of oats as
though it had been done with knife. For
an hour and three-quarters the storm of
fire continued
The slaughter of the horses belonging
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Indian Spring.

TOUR Corners is a cross roads m
J. Montgomery county. Maryland. where
the main Travelled ways from Wheaton
to Takoma and Burnt Mills to Si.Ver
Spring intetsect. On the northeast cor
ner are store and dwelling and road
side pump where the thirst OF man aud
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zen. LEES Determine
~ ton to Win-Terrible
Slaughter of the Horses.
Pickett's Charge, and the
Death of Armistead-High-
water Mark of the Confeder-
acy Is Reached-The Union
Forces Victorious.
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federacy on Seminary Ridge and Lee then
began his retreat to Virginia The high
water mark of the Confederacy had been
reached and now the waters were re-
ceding not at Gettysburg alone but in
the southwest as well. for almost at the
same hour that Pickett's charge occurred
Grant and Pemberton stood under tree
on hill above the Mississippi river and
arranged for the surrender of Vicksburc.
Fold up the banners. smelt the guns:
Love rules. Her gentler purpose runs.
\ mighty mother turns in tears
The pages of her battle years,
LamentinS all her fallen sons.'
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right this will lead YOU into Hamilton
road or Alabama avenue. the main way
between Good Hope and Congress
Heights. You will see now that Sheri-
dan road is becoming less Travelled, that
the little houses along Stickfoot branch
are further apart and the vegetable gar
denS are larger.
On the left of the road is an old
frame church. This is Macedonia Cob
ored Baptist Church and by its side on
the steep hill slope. inclosed with rude
palings is close-graved cemetery. -inS
that region are at rest The soil Is
heavy clay and many of the mounds
and not all of them are new ones. are
bare and cloddy. Most of the grave
markers are board with legends that have
been worn away by the weather. Beyond
this church and cemetery your road
passes a line of bluffs revealing deep
and thick strata of iron-stone. the con- =
glomerate which underlies these hills
Along here many tons of this familiar
stone have been quarried for founda-
tons, for walls and for the lining OF
wells and cellars.
Finally, the road wears itself out and
breaks into various footpaths leading
up the hills and gullies that are closely
covered with the scrub growth which
succeeded the fine woods that up to the
time of the civil war covered these COM
manding hills and picturesque Wales.
Red Cross Station in Park.
IN travelling southeast along Riverside
drive i'll Potomac Park beyond the
flower circle with the red light in the
middle, and just before you reach the
string OF horse jumps. you will see lit
tie cottage-like cement structure with a
broad open porch and a green roof l.
is surrounded by young shrubbery but
looked at from the front there are lines
of big willow trees in the background
and in the distance YOU see some of the
great buildings of Washington. On the
lawn between the drive and this little
house is sign set in the turf which
reads
First Aid Station-American Red
Cross
On the porch IL sanitary fountain and
some of the tired and thirsty foot pill
gIims TO the park stop here for refresh-
ment. Among the furnishings of the sta
tion is a stretcher. In locker. which
may be opened by breaking the glass in
front, is supply of first aid appliances
and remedies. Any one skilled in first
aid to the injured would know how 10
use these things Otherwise, perhaps
not
Talking with Potomac Park habit,,es
the Rambler was. told that one safe, ~
device lacking in this station is a te,e- r
phone by which an ambulance OF other
help might he quickly summon I'd I'll Z
naval hospital looks out upon the par,
bat il * long way from The nl.a ana
.""er stretches OF the 8"I.,; play
= .u'aI -
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T. the end OF the
second day : battle
il was not known,
and perhaps not
definitely k n u " II
even now. on which
side WAS the ad-
vantage. The morn
ing of the third
found both armies
prepared and dc
termined for t h 9
final struggle, as
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Stlckf0ot Branch.

0NE of the little water courses of the
~ District of Columbia is Stckfoot
branch. 1t Is not euphonious name. and
is not suggestive of ripping water and
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The distance to the center of the Union
lines was nearly a mile, and for more
than half that distance the boys OF the
southland marched as If on holiday
parade with flags and banners glistening
in the sunlight. One company was singing
Bonnie Blue Flag and the band of a
regiment in the rear was playing south
ern airs. They We're unmolested by the
batteries of the Union forces which We're
prepa ring. to open their death dealing
fire at ths proper time. When they came
within close range the roar of the Federal
guns was heard and wide gaps We're torn
i'm the ranks of Pckett's men, only to he
filled up again by others, and yet on
they came. undismayed by the danger
and unchecked by the murderous work
of the Union forces surrounding them,
right into the jaws of death. 1t seem
ed that tuey We're aiming for the
clump of trees which stood on the
very summit of the ridge. Gushing.
though badly wounded. had stood by
his guns at this point until the guns
We're disabled and nearly all his gun
guns still in working order were
wheeled down to the stone wall by the
men of the 69th and list and for time
did deadly work in the ranks of the
Confederates. The men under Lieut.. Col.
kochersperger. in conjunction with the
men of the t9th. hugged the stone wall.
Plcketts men came on, and discovering
vacant portion of the wall they began
" reap over men TWO companies Oh lnt
i9th swung back in order to protect
the wall and a hand to hand conflict
of the most desperate character took
place. a Confederate called out TO
James Donnelly of the Goth to surrender.
leveling his musket to fire at the same
time. but before he could pull the trigger.
Donnelly. who was a boy about eighteen
years of age, feled the man with the
barre! of his gun. Corp. Bradley of the
same company was killed about this time,
having his skull crushed by Confederate
soldier while attempting to beat back the
men who were coming over the wall.
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to the aids and orderlies which had
been tethered in the yard was .pitiful-
They reared and plunged in terror in
helpless way only to be shot to pieces in
the end. Mr. Wilkinson. the war CORE
spondent of the New York Times, who
was at headquarters during this storm
of shot and shells, tells how he saw an
ambulance coming driven by frenZied
soldier at full speed, one horse running
on three legs-the left hind leg having
been shot off at the hip. The horses
seemed terror-stricken during the battle.
and when their riders were killed they
ran wildly after the cavalrymen as It
seeking human aid. An orderly who vas
carrying a message tells how he was
riding rapidly with dispatch when he
suddenly heard the clatter of horses
hoofs behind him, and supposing he was
being pursued by Confederate he put
his spurs to his horse and increased his
pace without looking behind. After
travelling for some distance he turned
and discovered the horse following him
was riderleSs. The man was worn out
and the sudden shock of satisfaction was
so great that he fell from his horse and
the two rlderlesS animals cantered off to-
sether. AS soon as the orderly revived
he captured both horses and rode into
camp with both animals, none the worse
for his experience. Thousands of horses
We're killed during the battle and many
stories of their fathfuness to the riders
might he told and it seems most fitting
that these brute victims of the war
should be remembered in some manner.
The state of PENNSYLVANIA realized this
and the monuments in memory of its cav
airy invariably show the figure Of
horse on some part of the memorial
About 10 o'clock Longstreet had massed
seventy-tive guns in one battery. Hill
siXty-three and EweN enough to bring
the number to $50 1t was evident that
Lee was preparing for grand center
charge y few minutes later the signal
guns were fired and before their echoes
had died away the whole line of Con-
federate batteries were blazing like d
Volcano The terrific cannonade dark
ened the MONDAY sky and the Union SOL
diers found themselves in the midst of
pitiless storm of shot. Soldiers and Of
ficers leaped for their guns when the
firing began, only to fall mortally wound
ed-some died while eating their dinners,
others with pipes in their mouths and
one a young pale-faced Pennsylvania.
fell dead while looking at a miniature of
his sister During the heaviest fire an
officer who rode out to give an order
tells how a man raised up just as the
horse was about to step op him-'Don't
ride over me, captain, he said my
hands are gone and cannot even crawl
He held up the bloody stumps appeal
ingly but before the officer could reply
a shell had snuffed out the life of the
wounded man
This indescribable scene kept up for
about TWO hours. when the Union bat
teries were ordered to cease firing so
that they might husband their ammun
ton, for what every man knew was
coming-a charge by the now desperate
Confederates. The Union generals tried
to repair the damages caused by the cam
Notwithstanding ranks and replacing
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time was terrific Many Confederate
sharpshooterS were hidden in woods. and
when the shower of missiles came through
the trees EweIls men came out and
contest similar 10 the one waSed on Little
Round Top the day before took place.
There was a piece of hopeless heroism
shown here which deserves special men
tion. and it occurred when the fighting
was the fiercest. An order was brought
for the two regiments-the I'd Massachu-
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Gen. Armistead, who led one of Pick
ett's front brigades, reached the farthest
point of the Confederate advance and with
his hand upon a Union gun, while under
the shadow of the flags of his brigade,
fell mortally wounded. The struggle was
soon over. for Pickett's men We're out
numbered and the loss of Armistead had
been sad blow. over 1000 We're made
prisoners and as many more We're lying
on the field or cold in death. Virginia
on that day yielded up as a sacrifice to
the Lost Cause her gallant, chivalrous
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MAI. GEN. GEORGE G. MEADE, L. 5. \.
tered by his emotions, could only nod in
assent and turn away. Il shall lead my
division forward, sir, was PickettS
reply.
Then followed scene unequaled i'm
the military history of the world, and
one in which friend and foe alike have
borne testimony to the courage and forti-
tude with which this gallant band met
the ordeal of having to endure a terrible
fire without the power of returning it.
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W. ! :: !: !: :" :: = :: :: !: J.
0l vkH III la now a country
%SAH <ST come. three miles
~kGR6SI north and east OF
&0 sligo to on" OF
uAN0 the TO IN an lc
.no,. of the region around
- Mace is Burnt Mills. y Jew yarns
,,.ond tho Sligo tougate You VIII Tar"
a.. tight fork of the road, Tor the ieit
~ would lead YOU over the Ihioh lutH-
g. 20 Wheaton. No~bcck, oakdaie. u
NV snd BrooI;ev!ile. 1he Aeh' loEh WIZ
- yo,, through highly tilted upland
-.,rt-,. occupied III nUmoef ci !'"c'a
80 no.able villas, over the green >''-e
.L.o,ph which sligo branch H""S, u"
..,, IN A wide stretch of hlSn, roilhs
.x,ntry vividly green at TINS season Win
~,-h pas;ures and undu!atinS neids OF
leading wheat past cross-roaGs ap-
.,onriately called -Four Corners, ana
hon down grade for mile, more 'haA
nalf the way being through a faNlhe'
.bsded and gratefully cool in summer
which is LEGALLY Galley Sleepy Hollow
md which drops down into the alley
of Northwest branch
.t the ;ioint on this branch where
Rnrnt Mills stands the land IS a uIs
howl-Eke formation. 1t - sometimes
Ss.cribed nv poetic persons as amph!-
fheater HIS rise nigh above TINS dc
-easion on the southeriy side OF the
tream 2 heavily wooded nil. rises
s,.enlv. The other hills are cleared ami
80 under tiilage Big bowlders and out
croppiIgs Of Carolina sEeiss sho" thSt
mis- basin was sCCOped out ~ the base
of the surrounding hills At some remote
rfme trace OF the original county IoaC
vritich ran through tnis section before TIE
hri!dinc Of the CJleSVu!e ana Ashton
ike may lie seen near the mill
Tho main work of man m the landscape
90 tbe Old mill, with a modern addition,
ard its cement fume which displaced the
aItcaed nil race. The shinSle vuOf ot
the mill i green. dark and old, with
u.as. but nearly everything else about
the .nill-the miller. of course. IN
,IudeI--:s hi,ened BY the fo.r and mea.
ground taere. and which has been grind
.nE there long that 10 mans memory
rurneth to the contrary. Near the mil.
is sne niller's horse. powered in the shade
rome OF Ur. WiliSn -. rrowu, s,-rrpurd-
ed by shfTJberg. orchard AMI vino ara
TreD there IS d general store. 0;i. 81
thoss interesting .ittic roadside dSpart-
T1ent sJorsS where i P.C&t nCCieS- Of
wares C.ut,Sf the sh~I"Gs, thS counter
and IL. fJo: and hang from Ihc r.tlters
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+ YOU will ira vel
along the Wash
ington, Colesvilte
and Ashton road.
which up to tw o
wears ago was d
toll pike but Is
now a countr!
road. you VIII
come. three miles
north and east OF
Sligo, TO on" "i
: h . TO IN ii II l lc
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1913-05-02

Among the many out of town friends
who were present at the services were
Mr.. and Mrs. dwell, Mr.. and Mrs. j.
w Robinson, Robt A. Hogsett, Mrs.
Jas. G. Taylor, Mrs. Hunter, Mrs.
Chas. Howard, Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur
Howard, of Milwaukee; John Mckinley
OF Hartford, Conn; DR.. and Mrs. Mil
t1more of Gary, Ind. Prof. Taylor and
wife, Mr.. and Mrs. Wallace Cochrane,
Mrs. James Fathers, James McGiffin
and Miss Kittie McGifin, Mrs. Robert
Lee, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Scott, James
Scott, George Barker, VIM. Tallman,
Mrs. Ellington, Leora Westlake, Alice
and Rose Morrissey, Mrs. Elsie Lowell,
OF GAINESVILLE; Roy Scott and wife of
Kenosha; E. Silverthorn, wife and
daughter, Mrs Frank Pepper, Mrs.
Frank Trevorrah, Mr.. and Mrs. Lowrie,
Frank Wells, Harry Silverthorn, of
tootville; VIM. Butler and wife, Miss
Brand, of Clinton Junction; Mr. and
Mrs. c. Olson of Darlington, ILL.,; Mr..
and Mrs. Joe Parr of Madison; VIM.
Parr of Oregon; Robt. Maltpress and
Jane Parr of Rockford, ILL., Mr.. and
Mrs. Geo. Maltpress, Milton Junction.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1913-05-02
MRS. JOSEPH MARSDEN.

Another of the early pioneer women
OF the state passed peacefully to her
reward in the death of Mrs. Joseph
Marsden who died at her home in Sum-
ner, Thursday, April "a, 1913.
| Eliza Cooper was born in Derbyshire,
England, June 9, 1882. She departed
this life at p. M, Thursday, April
24th. Had she lived until June next
she would have completed her 81st
year. She came to this country with
her father and family when she was %
years old. They settled on Albion
Prairie, Wis. On June 6, 1857, she was
united in marriage with Joseph Mars
den. They went to housekeeping on a
farm on the Prairie To this union
were born seven boys and one girl; two
of the boys died in infancy. There re-
main to mourn her departure her hus-
band, Joseph Marsden, Horatio, Thos.,
Leor ard, Walter, Henry, and Mary,
wife of Mr.. Ezra Bussey, all of whom
were present at the funeral She also
leaves twenty grandchildren and three
great-grandchildren.
| 1t may be said of Mrs. Marsden that
she has been Christian all her life.
She was an ideal mother, and all her
children loved their home, and after
they had gone out to homes of their
own they still loved the home of their
childhood. And be it said to their
credit, it was meyer long between visits
to father and mother.
| She has left them a most precious
/ legacy, for she was a good woman.
Hers was a beautiful Christian char
acter. In the words of one, she lived
her religion. She was faithful mem
Der of the Primitive Methodist church.
She has gone to her reward May we
meet her in the Heavenly home.
| Funeral services were held Sunday
afternoon from the P. NJ church on
Albion Prairie, Rev. Blenkinsopp Of
! floating.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1913-05-02
MRS. BURR ]. SCOTT.

In the meridian of her womanhood
Mrs. Edith M. Scott passed into eternal
sleep at the ST. Mary's hospital, Mil
waukee, Saturday morning, April 26th,
1918, her death being due to uremic
poisoning. The deceased, who was the
only daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Royal
J. Maltpress, was born in this city July
%, 1882. She graduated from the Ed
gerton high school in 1900 and after
wards perfected herself in music. Her
marriage to Burr ]. Scott took place
Sept. %, 1908, and for the first year
after they travelled largely while Mr..
Scott was employed as an adiuster for
the Travellers ms. Co. For nearly a
year they lived in New York, then re-
moved to Hartford, Conn.,, and eighteen
months ago they came to Milwaukee to
permanently reside.
The funeral services, held from the
Congregational church Tuesday after
noon, were very largely attended. Rev.
Paul B. Jenkins of the Emanuel Pres
byterian church in Milwaukee. her pas
tor in that city, spoke words of comfort
and consolation to the sorrowing fam
lily. He was assisted by Rev. Schoen-
field. The touching music Of the occa-
sion was two selections, "Jesus, Thou
Art Standing" and ''Face to Face, +"
sung by George Hatch with harp &C
compartment, each being a favorite
song of the deceased The pallbearers
were Clouden and Roy Farman, Frank
Pearce, Adolph Jensen, Lawrence Hut
son and Earl Langworthy, and ]. w.
Robinson and J. A. Campbell of Mil
waukee. The casket was banked with
flowers, a beautiful tribute to the high
esteem in which the deceased was held.