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The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1913-01-24
BIG SANDY RIVER
NAVIGATION COMPANY

What will be known as the Big
Sandy River Navigation Co. will be
organized in the near future, ac-
cording to Paris dispatch last
Monday. The object, it seems, is
to operate a line of boats between
Big Sandy and Paducah, Ky.
Nearly eighty years ago the Ten
nessee General Assembly declared
Big Sandy River to be a navigable
stream, but in more recent years
this aroused opposition, though we
do not recall the reason. Claims
are made that for more than nine
months of the year this stream is
navigable for a boat of 80 feet in
length and Is feet beam; that the
finest quality of hardwood timber
is located on Big Sandy River, and
this could be made accessible to
market.
During the summer months it is
expected that timber would be cut
along this stream and Aoated TO
Big Sandy and RATED to market
The people of Big Sandy and along
the river are enthusiastic over the
project, and. declare it will mean
hundreds of dollars in freig rates
per annum to the small merchants
of Henry County.
The feasibility of building an
electric line from Tennessee River
to Paris was discussed few years
ago, but owing to the billy nature
of the section through which the
line would have to pass, the plan
was abandoned. In the event the
new company proves good invest
ment likely an electric line will be
run from Paris to Big Sandy.
Judge William Orr of Paris and !
W. l. Leegan, timber man of the
ninth district of this county, are
the promoters of the enterprise,
At present about fifty prominent
men of Benton and Henry counties
are in the proposed company 1t
is planned to have line in opera
tion by the time of the coming of
fall rains.
The following are among the
prominent citizens of Big Sandy
who are interested in the project:
Mayor L. G. Craney, j. W. Doty,
J. b. Bowles, I. B. Cantrell, E. b.
Bowles, w. w. Dean, L. e, Bowles,
j. VI. Perkins, G. Herndon, Ollie
and j. e. Dortch, j. p. Dean, II.
l.. Stockdale, J. Nj. KcKenzie, w.
b. Herndon, G. ID. Pierce, Harry
Dortch, G, Clement, w. II. Dowdy,
w, E. Cooper and j. d. Cooper.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1913-01-24
Adjutant Benton County Gang

The fine tobaccos used in Red
Band Snuff, and the great care
with which it is manufactured,
makes it easily the highest quality
snuff nthe market, and yet it costs
the consumer no more than cheap
snuffs. So get the best value for
your money.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1913-01-24

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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-06-26

the house in which Captain Lee Gight Horse
Harry, the father of Robert E Lee staying
but Lee and his guard manned the doors and win
dows and drove the enemy off with loss. Lee
was the son of Washington's famed "Lowland
Beauty" and the general already d. eply in
terested in the young man. For the deed of gal
lantry he obtained Lees promotion.
Washington's own quarters were at first in
tent marquee, which is at present in the Val
ley Forge museum in good state of preservation,
for Americans had not then forgotten how to
make the things that would last.
To Washingtons worries during this awful win
ter was added the miserable Conway cabal" a
plot to remove him in favor of Gates. Little won
der that strong though he was, Washington
despaired Of earthly aid and turned to heaven for
assistance Isaac Potts day passing
through a woods near headquarters when he
heard voice. and looking into thiclet discoE-
cred the general ION his knees in the act of
devotion to the Ruler of the universe. At the
moment when Friend Potts concealed by the
trees, came up Washington was interceding for
his beloved country. . =. He utterly disclaimed
all ability of his for this arduCus conflict;
he wept at the thought of that irretrieVable ruin
which his mistakes might bring on his country,
and with the patriots pathos spreading the inter
Of unborn millions before the eyes of Eternal
Mercy, he impored the aid of that arm which
guides the starry host AS as the general
had finished his devotions and had retired Friend
Potts returned to his house and threw himself
into a chair by the side of his wife
Isaac she said with tenderness thee seems
agitated; what's the natter
indeed, my dear, quoth he, If l appear agt-
tated it's no more than what 1 I have seen
this day what shall never forget Till now
have thought that Christian and soldier were
characters Incompatible; but if George Washing
ton be not man of God, | am mis- aiken, and still
more shall l be disappointed If God do not
through him perform some great thing for this
country"
In all about three thousand mon died in the
camp. but the grave of only one IS now known.
Lieutenant John Waterman, a brigade commits
sary, died in April and some one erected rough
stone and cut on it the inscription: j. w, ITS"
A marble shaft, SO feet high, erected II
years ago, by this grave, dedicated ITO the Sol
diers of Washington's Army Who Sleep at Valley
Forge Dozens of other graves have been dis
covered, but others have been Identified
Fearful as was the suffering at Valley Forge
the time spent there proved fruitful, thanks, in
large measure, to the arrival in camp of Freder-
lex Augustus Henry Ferdinand Steuben. The
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-06-26
SUITABLE FEED FOR CHICKS
Warning on Practice of Giving Soak.
ed Bread-Boiled Rice With
Oatmeal is Excellent.

A poultry lecturer in Scotland some
years ago in an address on the rearing
and general management of chickens,
said on the subject of food, he would
give a wrinkle worth its weight in
gold. At three days old the chickens
are qualified to eat pretty nearly ev-
erything, but he warned them against
the practice of feeding the chickens
on soaked bread. They should adopt
the following plan: Fill a little linen
bag half full of rice, put it into water
and let it boil five minutes. They
should then withdraw the bag and let
the water drain away and they would
find the rice whole and separated. A
handful of oatmeal should be mixed
with the rice and it would absorb all
the moisture. This the chickens
should be allowed to pick up for them
selves, but they should not have too
much.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-06-26

newcomers merits in proportion to thu
length of his He had been an aid-de-
camp to Frederick the Great, the ablest soldier
of the day, and thoroughly yersed in the
science of He had proposed to congress
that he enter the service as a volunteer with
the understanding that congress should defray
his expenses If the revolt failed or his services
proved unsatisfactory, he to receive nothing
more; otherwise, he was to be refunded the in
come he had given up (about three thousand dol
lars year, and properly remunerated. His offer
was accepted, and Steuben reached Valley Forge
February 90
The suffering of the troops and their lack of
discipline and proper organization astonshed
Steuben greatly. Il have seem" he wrote long
afterWard, "a regiment consisting of 80 men, and
a company of corporal =. We had
commssaries and quartermasters at that time
than all the armies of Europe together"
HthertQ five to eight thousand muskets had
been lost yearly through discharged soldiers car
rying them home as souvenirs.
The loss of bayonets was still greater. The
American soldier never having used this arm
had no faith in it, and used it only to roast
his beefsteak, and, indeed, often left it at home
With regard to their military discipline Steuben
found no such thing existed
In spite of jealousy the part of some of the
other officers, Steuben accomplished wonders
The next year not more than a score of muskets
were lost instead of thousands Steuben turned
drill sergeant and introduced discipline such
the troops had never known. Rising at three Ill
the morning, he would drink a cup of coffee
smoke pipe, and then ride to the parade ground
for hard days labor. His enthusiasm proved
contagious, and the whole camp fell to drilling
The army was greatly cheered in April by the
news that France long Americas secret ally, had
at last decided openly to enter the lists IN her
favor
4 believe no event was ever received with
more heartfelt JOY" wrote Washington. May =
was set apart for gratefully acknowledging the
Divine Goodness, and celebrating the important
event, which to His benign interpositon.
BY Washington,s orders the whole army paraded
salutes were fired from both artillery and small
arms, and the troops cheered Justify for the king
of France" the friendly European power, and
the American states"
Not less joyful to the waiting army the
news brought to Valley Forge June that the
the British had evacuated Philadelphia. The long
months of suffering and encouragement had at
last borne fruit By their patriotic devotion
Washington and his men had held the enemy in
check until better days dawned, By holding to-
gether during those awful winter days they had
preserved the revolution.
large part Of the land upon which Washing
tons troops shivered, starved, and died, is owned
today by the state of Pennsylvania, and pious
care is devoted to preserving the Notifications,
the old bake ovens, and other relics of that mem
Orable winter
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-06-26

the other revolted provinces and forced the sur
render of Burgoyne at Saratoga. But in the mid
die states, Lord Howe, aided by the lukewarm-
ness of the inhabitants of Pennsylvania defeated
Washington at the Brandywine and firmly estab-
Ished himself in Philadelphia the American
metropolis and the rebel capital.
The continental congress fled to Lancaster and
then to York. Washington lowered about Phila-
delphia fought the brilliant but indecisive battle
of Germantown and late in December went into
winter quarters in what says the English hsto-
rian Trevelyan, bids fair to be the most famous
encampment in the worlds history. Valley
Forge. up the SchuylkiI river about twenty miles
from Philadelphia strategically left little to be
desired for it enabled the Americans to restrict
British raids and was, besides. well fitted for
defense.
Many civilians insisted that the army ought
not to go into winter quarters at all. The fugi-
tive PENNSYLVANIA assembly adopted a remon-
STRANGE to that effect Harassed by a thousand
cares and dangers Washington tartly responded
that we have by field return this day tDecem-
Der %. ITO no less than 2,S9S men now in camp
unfit for duty because they are barefoot and 9th
erwse naked. Numbers have been obliged,
and still are to sit up all night by fires instead of
taking comfortable rest in natural and common
way" because of lack OF blankets
4 can assure these gentlemen that it is much
easier and less distressing thing to draw remon-
strances in comfortable room by a good fire
under frost and without clothes and
blankets"
The troops were divided into squads of twelve
aud TO encourage the Washington offered
reward of $12 to the squad in each regiment that
finished a log hut for quarters in the quickest
and most workmanke manner. Inside the huts
hunks we're to be built and the farmers living
near the camp were ordered to thrash their wheat
In order that the straw could be used for bedding
IN building many of the huts a considerable
hole was first dug, and dozens of these hut
holes" or cellars still be seen. Until
few years ago one of the more substantial huts
still remained but unfortunately it was destroyed
by fire The Daughters of the Revolution in 1905
constructed an excellent facsimile of hut, over
an old hut hole and this reproduction undoubt-
eddy gives a fair idea of the structures.
Some OF the officers found quarters in the scat
tered farmhouses that stood within or near the
encampment. Those who lived in houses without
the lines paid heavy price for their comfort for
unceasing vigilance was required to guard against
British attacks Early one January morning
force of about two hundred British surrounded
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-06-26
DAILY NOTES

A fresh cows milk is not as rich as
one long in milk.
Never buy a COW whose milk testu
below three per cent.
If you wet your hands before milk
ing, you flavor the milk.
A good brush is necessary for thor.
ough cleansing of strainers.
Rinse all milk vessels with cold
water before scalding them.
For udder Inflammation Or similar
troubles try camphorated oil.
Dairy farming should be made the
means of improving the land
If the sire is to count for one-haIf OF
the herd he must be good one.
Fresh clean grass, pure water and
some grain is what the cows want
now.
It pays in more ways than one to
be friendly with the young dairy
stock
Too often the profits from the best
cows go to defray the losses on the
others.
A good point in a dairy cow Is to
have the milking habit well estab-
lished
The large udder is a good indication
but not proof that a COW is a good
mixer.
Good rich cream with a large per
cent. of butter fat will keep sweet the
longest.
Care should be taken never to over
work butter, or the grain will be
spoiled
Butter and cream may be hauled to
market at less expense than any other
farm crop.
The sooner dairy tools are washed
after using, the more easily they will
be c1eansed.
Letting the new calf run with the
mother a day or two viii often cor
rect udder trouble.
A dash of cold water in the churn,
beforehand, will keep cream from
sticking TO the sides.
It is not always the man with the
biggest herd of cows who clears the
most money from his dairy.
Milk bottles are washed most cas-
lily if filed with cold water and emp
tied. Later rinse with soapsuds and
then with cold water
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-06-26
BIRDS DESTROY MANY WEEDS
Many OF Feathered Tribe Depend Al
most Exclusively on Weed Seed
for Their Sustenance.

Weeds, as well as insects, are. enc
mics of the farmer Most weeds are
short-lived and depend Cor their con-
tinuance on a prolific seed production.
There is a class of birds that, in ma
turity, feeds almost exclusively on
weed seeds, among which the gros-
beaks, goldfnches, native sparrows,
quail and doves are the more impor-
tant. Probably the greediest seed-eat-
ing birds, according to Mr. Pratt, are
the native American tree sparrow and
the chipping sparrow. Their cousins,
the English sparrows, however, can by
no means be included in the list.
Rats, mice and snakes are the prey
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-06-26
MARKET REPORT.
Milwaukee, June 81. 1918.

Milwaukee, June q, 1918.
Butter - Creamery, extras, Csc;
prints 29c; frsrs, z6027c; seconds,
24@25c; renovated. 24@25c; dairy.
fancy, 26c.
Cheese-American, full cream, new
made twins, 147A@15c; Young Amer.
icas, 15@151ac; daisies, 15@157ac;
Ionghorns, 15c; limburger, new. l4c;
brick, 13c.
Eggs-Current receipts fresh as &c
quality, 15@167zc; recandled, extras,
$4,000; seconds, 12@14c.
Live Poultry-Fowls, 151ac; roost,
ers, 9@10c; springers, 171ac.
Wheat-No. / northern, 9612c; No, 2
northern, 951zc; No. northern, 93c;
No, 1 velvet, 95@96c.
Corn-No. 3 yellow, &c.
Oats-No. white, 411a@42c; stand
ard, 42@4215c.
Barley-No. 3, 611zQ63c; Wisconsin,
56@611zc.
Rye-No, 2, coo.
Cattle-Butchers steers, 6.75@8.50;
COWS and heifers, 5.25@7.50; feeders,
5,50@7.00; calves, 9.75@10.00.
Hogs-Good heavy butchers, 5000
$50; fair to best light, 0.35@8.60;
pigs, 7.25@8.25.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-06-26
Expected a Bomb.

An amusing incident In connection
with the letter bomb is related by the
Calcutta, India, police. The story goes
that small brown packet containing
a hard substance wac sent through the
post to European gentleman In Old
Court House street. Suspicious OF the
contents the receiver fastened to the
police station and handing the packet
to the officer in charge retired to q
respectful distance while he related his
fears. The first suggestion was that It
should be placed In bowl of water
before being opened, but on second
consideration the officer decided to put
on a pair of gloves and swathe his
features In Turkish towel. This done
he cautiously opened the envelope and
drew out the contents. They consisted
of a small circular mirror and an adj
vertisement for dog biscuits.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-06-26
ONE OF WORST WEEDS
Quack Grass Is Propagated by
Stems and Seeds.
Snotherfna by Flowing and Thour-
ough Bare Cultivation Is Best
Means of Graduating Pest
Thrives in Rich Soil.

Farmers should study weeds. learn
how they should grow. when they ma
ture seed, whether they come from
the seeds OF from roots each year, in
what soil they thrive best. and many
similar feature OF weeds Then the
question of eradication would be more
easily solved A weed is most com
monty known when it is in flower or
in fruit. Very few persons know
weeds when they first come up. Know
the weeds at every stage and condi-
ton. Start with a few of the worst
kind and gradually extend your ac-
Quaintance. When you know the
weeds, learn the methods OF eradiea-
ton.
Quack grass. which is one of the
worst seed pests, flowers during the
latter part Of June and ripens its
seeds in July. It is propagated by
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-06-26
SOME DISEASES OF THE HOG
Garbage Poisoning Is One Trouble
Sometimes Mistaken for Cholera
Serum often Blamed.

CBy H P. HOPKINS. Assistant veter-
marian, University Farm. St. Paul,
Mimi
Ninety per cent. of the losses from
disease among hogs are due to chol-
era, but other diseases are often mis-
taken for it This sometimes leads
owners to blame serum because they
have used it without benefit
Garbage poisoning is one trouble
sometimes mistaken for cholera. It
results from feeding hotel and restau-
rant table. refuse containing large
quantities of soap. The soap causes
severe Inflammation and ii or other ir-
rltating substances produce symptoms
much like those of cholera.
Worms cause troubles mistaken for
cholera by multiplying in the lungs.
causing irritation, stopping the air
passages and giving rise to a cough
aud pneumonia, The animal becomes
unthrifty and loses flesh but does not
die quickly or show the other charac-
terIstic symptoms of true cholera.
Worms in the intestines cause diar-
rhea, dizziness and lack of thrift but
their presence can usually be detected
in the droppings. Cholera is not pres
ent if the animal does not show the
other symptoms, including fever, red
ness Of the skin and sudden death.
When worms are present the appetite
remains good. Loss of appetite is usu-
ally an early symptom of cholera.
tuberculosis rarely runs a rapid
course in hogs and should not be mis-
taken for cholera. It occurs most fire.
quently among hogs fed on slaughter
house refuse. creamery or other skim
milk containing tubercle bacilli, or
those following cattle.
If in doubt as to the presence of
cholera have a competent veterinarian
examine one or more of the dead hogs,
but do not expect serum to protect
against any of these other diseases.
Hogs entirely immune to cholera may
die from one of these other troubles.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-06-26

underground stems as well as seeds,
and these stems are often scattered
on the hoofs of horses or by ma
chinery used in cultivation, The weed
grows in many kinds of soil, but
thriVes best in rich soil It's seeds
occur in wheat, rye, barley, clover,
and timothy and bronze grass.
Smothering by blowing and thor
ough bare culture is the best means
of eradicating quack grass. The best
results will follow when the treatment
is given in hot, dry weather after the
root systems have been somewhat ex-
haused by the growth of plants. The
seed should not be allowed to mature,
however, or if mature, the grass
should be cut and burned
Where a field is badly infested, it
should be plowed deeply from five
to eight or more inches, as soon as the
hay or grain crop is removed The
blowing must be well done and all
portions of the plants turned under
completely, A jointer on the pillow
will aid in turning the grass under
perfectly. The pillow should be fol-
lowed within a very few days by a
disc harrow, with discs set nearly
straight to avoid inferting the sod.
The purpose is to fill the spaces be-
tween the furrow slices, thus stopping
the free circulation of air. Following
the first discing the land should be
double disced frequently enough to
prevent the appearance above the
surface Of any quack grass leaves.
This will be twice a week in warm,
moist seasons and once a week when
the weather is dryer. The discing
should be continued until growth
ceases, usually from six to eight
weeks. The following spring cultiva-
ton should begin very early.
Short crop rotations are useful in
keeping quack grass under control,
and, when arranged so as to provide
an opportunity to attack the quack
grass at seasonable times, they will
permit eradication of the weed with,
out losing the use of the land
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-06-26
News Notes of Wisconsin.

Madison.-Miss Margaret Wilson,
Madison to spend a week as the guest
Of Mrs. Joseph E. Davies, wife of the
commissioner of corporations. Mr.
and Mrs. Davies also came from
Washington to attend the reunion OF
the class of 1898 of the University
If Wisconsin.
Bsloit.-Two graduates of the class
Of SO took part in the sixty-sixth com
nencement of Beloit college. Horace
White Of New York and the Rev. A
W. Curtis of Southern Pines, S. c., the
only survivors Of the class of sixty
years ago, saw portraits of themselves
unveiled in the art hall Of the college
IS a feature of the commencement
1t was the first time the two had met
slice they left Beloit in 1853.
Racine-Arthur and Otto Schultz,
Milwaukee, were fined 800 each and
costs in municipal court on a charge
Of assaulting William Rowe, a prom
inent farmer Of Rochester. While
hunting here last fall the two men
quarreled with Rowe and hit him Oh
head with a gun. Rowe was obliged
to lie in the hospital for three weeks
New Richmond.-A drought which
lasted for several weeks and severely
damaged the crops in st. CroiX and ad.
joining counties was broken. Al
though the crops are damaged by the
long dry spell, farmers believe that
with sufficient moisture during the re
mainder of the season the damage will
not be great
Racine-Mrs. Joseph Hoffer, DC
years old, of Caledonia, committed
suicide by leaping into cistern at her
nome She had been suffering from
nervous prostration for some time.
Racine.-Mrs Joseph Hoffer, aged
IS, of Caledonia, committed suicide
by leaping into cistern
Ashland-Whiie walking along the
Drecipitous banks of the Bad river
George Bye of this city, who was to
have been married on June 25, slipped
and fell into the river. His body was
carried over the Copper falls.
Racine.-Racine high school gradu.
ated class of ninety-fve. This is. the
largest class in the history of the
school The class motto is, 1--WE should
worry" or words in Latin to that
effect.
Barrsn-H D. Jennings, a farmer,
about so years old, was almost instant
ly killed by lightning while in the hay
NOW in his barn.
Oshkosh-William Mlbreig, Am
herst, Wis, is recovering from lock,
Jaw caused by a rusty nail at ST.
Mary's hospital here. 1t required fiji
Ey-four units of antitoxin to overcome
the disease, SIS worth. Ordinarily
So worth would be sufficient
Cumberland-Mr. and Mrs. Lewis
Larson of this city have just cele-
brated the twenty-ffth anniversary of
their wedding.
Neenah.-While fishing for bull
heads Alvin Staffeld caught carp
that weighed twenty pounds. The fish
was found to have swallowed an iron
nail three inches long.