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The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-08-14
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9TH CORPS AT FORT STEVENS
Member Of 3rd Vermont Relates Some
Personal Experlences-NotabIes
Witnessed Fighting.

The article published recently in
regard to placing a large stone al
Fort Stevens as a memorial to the
battle of July IL, 1864. calls to mind
some personal experiences there. AS
member of the old Vermont brigade
| had been all through the strenuous
campaign from the Wilderness to
Petersburg, and was several weeks on
that line, when on July we had or,
ders to move to City Point. This we
found to include the whole Sixth
Corps, or at least what had not al.
ready gone. We marched in the night
a distance of about fourteen miles,
then took transportation to Washing.
ton, arriving on the 11th, writes
George A. Harrington Of Company A,
Srd Vermont. of Elgin, ILL.,, in the Ma.
tional Tribune.
General Early had been sent into
Maryland to create scare, so as to
compel General Grant to weaken his
line in front of Petersburg, and this
force had already arrived at the line
of forts around Washington. AS we
marched through the city the citizens
were much relieved. AS we passed up
Seventh street we were welcomed in
a truly friendly manner, and the
Greek cross never looked SO good be-
fore to any people.
General Gordon has said: "On July
IL. 1864, the second day after the bat
tie of Monocacy, we were at the de-
lenses Of Washington. We were
nearer to the national capital than
any armed Confederates had ever
been, and nearer to it than and fed
eral army had been to Richmond. I
myself rode to a point on those
breastworks at which there was no
force In sight. The unprotected space
was broad enough for the easy passage
of Early's army without resistance.
Undoubtedly we could have marched
into Washington, but in the council
of war called by General Early there
was not dissenting opinion as to the
impolicy of entering the city"
After the Sixth Corps had taken a
position and had time to get ready
strong line was moved forward short
~ after o'clock. July 12, and
sharp fight took place, In which the
Union loss was ESQ and the loss on
the other side was about the same.
1t is said that this battle took place
In the presence Of more distinguish
ed group of spectators than witnessed
any other action of the war Presi-
dent and Mrs. Lincoln, Secretary Stan
ton and other members of the cabinet
and several ladies came out to Fort
Stevens during the afternoon to see
some actual fighting, and Mr.. Lincoln
remained during the action. chanced
to be In the line few rods to the
left Of Fort Stevens, and knew when
Mr.. Lincoln was there, but | did not
see him. We were all busy watching
the effects of the large shells from
the fort and expecting to be ordered
forward at any moment.
This battle was the first of the cam
paign in the Shenandoah valley,
which eliminated at Cedar Creek un-
der Gen. Sheridan. After the work
was done In the valley we returned
TO the lines In front of Petersburg,
and we'll do l remember the trip from
Harpers Ferry to Washington on q
cold winter night on a platform car.
IN the morning we were covered with
about six inches Of snow.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-08-14
ColonelIa Wife

Colonel Yerger's wife was con-
slant source Of embarrassment to him.
Colonel Yerger once gave a dinner
party to few select ladies and gen
tlemen. OF course. he was called upon
for an after-dinner speech. Colonel
Yerger got up and began:
Ladies and gentlemen, unprepared
as am-being wholly unprepared to
make a speech-not having expect
ed There was painful silence.
which was broken by Mrs. Yerger.
Why, Colonel. you knew your
speech perfectly this morning"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-08-14
Hard Job,

A rural subscriber in central Kan
sas took his telephone to the central
office for repairs.
When you get it fixed call up my
residence he instructed the work.
man.
"All right" replied the electrician,
and the countryman was gone before
the situation dawned upon either Of
them.-Kansas City Star.
Honesty, the excuse a lazy man
has for being poor, is worn thread
bare by now.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-08-14

Heat LIohtninn.

Heat lightning is ascribed to distant
lightning flashes which are below the
horizon, but illuminate the higher
strata of clouds. SO that their bright
ness Is visible at great distances; they
produce no sound. probably in conse.
quence of the fact of their being 50 far
off that the rolling of thunder cannot
reach the ear of the observer.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-08-14
And She Always Asks.

You always go marketing with
your wife, don't you?"
Always, but have an object in
view"
And what is that?"
i have been seeking all the years
Of our married life for a dealer who
viii say No when she asks him IL bic
eggs or berries are fresh"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-08-14
SAW HER AFFINITY IN POET
Nine. Leblanc Openly Wooed Maurice
Maeterilnok and Tells the story
Of Her Triumph.

Or the wooing of Maurice Maeter-
linck by Nine. Georgette Leblanc, the
"Gil Bias" tells the story as given
by the lady herself. Nine. Leblanc.
on reading one OF the poets volumes,
said to herself, said she: This man
shall be my husband and no other
She communicates this resolution to
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-08-14
Mean lntimation.

What is this hard, round object
which has just rolled to my feet?"
Il don't know whether it's golf
ball or one Of my wife's biscuits
Baltimore American.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-08-14

A-I Ii Il IdlIIS Lnelr SUBMITS covered Win
eternal snow, their bases clothed
~ ~ in pine forests Of perpetual green.
swung over the Canadian border,
uo"n through the heart of the continent to the
vearlong summer lands Of Mexico
Eighty lakes, sapphire and opal and diamond
clear, In the varying lights, reflect the blue west
ern sky. Threescore living glaciers, green with
the depths of Ice that endures season after sea.
son. lies the the hollows Of the giant peaks
crystal streams descend in countless waterfalls
over the brown rocks and break the silence of
the forest trails
In these mountains, left save for few trails
as they were before the first white men pushed
their way across the plains to the further ocean,
the wild things of that early wilderness still find
a refuge
Accustomed to think of Montana as a state of
cattle ranges, big wheat crops, and the home of
copper, we know nothing of this part Of it-this
land Of delight. Yet we, in common with some
4O,OOOOO0 of other Americans. are its owners
Congress, In one of its moments of wisdom two
years ago, set 1t aside as a national possession
to be- as Chief Two Guns said, "a playground for
all the people, rich and poor, white and Indian
forever"
1t Is now Glacier National park and there are
some 1,4O0 square miles within it's borders You
may roam through 1t for month and never
tread the same ground twice.
1t was by pony travel that party of eastern
-~>~~~NNSS'
ercise Is at discount and locomotion is mostly
by street car, explored the park few weeks ago.
They emerged from two weeks exile after
some tribulaton, hard as nails and healthy as
savages. This dairy is a brief record of their
experiences:
Two Medicine Mont, Thursday.
1t Is eight miles from the park gateway at Mid
vale to the first chalet at Two Medicine. But
these are Montana miles. and as Old Philadelphia
said. II they would only sell you land on the Mon
tana measurement and let you resell it on the
eastern scale 1t would be mighty satisfactory
transaction. The trail led over several small
streams. and on through forests of pine and
scrub oak But always 1t led upward. little
nearer the snowcapped mountains inclosing the
green ahead. The pace dropped to an easy walk
tne horses feet fell noiselessy upon the thick
pine needles. and scarcely a sound disturbed the
forest peace. Late afternoon came all too soon
sudden turn in the trail brought into view
pretty log chalet beside deep blue lake, the
mountains coming down to it's very edge. Smoke
CURED from the cook house chimney, suggesting
good things to eat. The ponies broke into q
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-08-14

Just as woman quits worrying
about her own age she begins to wor.
ry about that of her unmarried daugh-
ter.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-08-14
Bringing It to a Head.

Briggs-Now you are splitting hairs.
Griggs-No, am merely stating
bald facts.-Boston TRANSCRIPT
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-08-14
Its SUCCESS.

Beauty is only skin deep, after all"
Yes, but that is deep enough for
It's little human skin game"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-08-14

Red Cross Ball Blue will wash double as
many clothes as any other. Don't put your
money into any other. Adv.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-08-14

said, and will gain your conf
dence.'" Was ever poet in this man.
ner wooed and won?
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-08-14

Blessings come disguised, but so
does ptomaine poisoning.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-08-14
Cinch.

What did the old man settle on
the young couple?"
His family
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-08-14

She-My husband has never spoken
a harsh word to me in his life.
He-Too considerate, eh?
She-Oh, no; too cautious.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-08-14
CIT M71zz-AU 10zzY MRDxW 21TR1W"
~ % AzRYJ ZAHE-

Montana.
That's a pretty good place to stay,
Well always think when we're far away,
or Montana.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-08-14
Song of the Glacials.

iE particular part of Montana
about which this song was sung
lies in the far northwest corner of
the state. where the Rocky noun
tains, their submits covered with
eternal snow, their bases clothed
in pine forests Of perpetual green.
swung over the Canadian hnrdar
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-08-16
GIRL THROWS APPLE AT AUTO AND HITS
 WOMAN IN THE EYE

Greenwich, Aug. 16-F'or throwing an apple because the chauffeur of a car footed nis horn, Frieda, Warnick, aged IS, was before Judge Tierney in the borough court, today, and was placed in care of the probation officer, Mrs. Parker, after advice which the court thought ought to be carried to other girls of her age. The apple struck Mrs Leopold Barazaghi, wife of a New York importer, in the left eye, closing the optic and causing much pain. Mrs. Barzaghi lives at Shippan Point, near Stamford, and was on her way there in an automobile
 At Byram's between Greenwich and Portchester, a bevy of girls was pass ed. The chauffeur, to warn them. footed his horn. The Warnick girl took urnbrage at this and, according to the story told, threw a green apple at the machine. It missed the driveE and hit the passenger. The chaufeuE stopped and chased the girl across lots and upon catching her carried her to the police station.
 Judge Tierney told the youthful cul- brit that the act of throwing the apple might have led to serious re- suits. He said it might have hit the chauffeur in the eye and the latter might have turned his machine sharp ly ands those in it thrown out and in ilred. The court asked F'rieda not to throw any more apples or stones at machines and to tell her girl friends not to as 1t was a very dangerous practice.
 Mrs. Barzaghf is booked to sail for Europe, today, and this forenoon she was still under a physician's care.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-08-16
DIR. MINOR, NOTED
 SURGEON AND WAR
 VETERAN, DIES AT TO

Waterford, Conn. Aug. 1e-John Crannell Minor, M. D. noted New York surgeon in his day. died, this morning. at the home of his nephew, pr. G. M. Minor. He was 70 years old Dr. Minor was surgeon in the Civil war and following that conflict attained a large measure of fame for skilled surgical operations in New York and abroad. He was a graduate of the New York College Of Physicians and sergeons a member Of Hthe French Medical a Surgical Society and a Eel low of the Royal British College of Physicians and Surgeons.
 Mrs. Minor, the widow. was Ella Bal1entine, a member of prominent New York family. A daughter is Miss J. V. Minor, an official of the New York Health Department and the oth- CT daughter, Miss Edna V. Minor, is an accomplished violinist-- The two sons ars John c. Minor, head of a carbonic acid gas manufactury of Elizabeth, N. J., and Albany. and H. R Minor, a civil engineer of South NorwaIlz, Conn.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-08-16
Venerable LoCksmith Is Near Deaths Door G. W. Moulton Pronounced By Physicians Beyond
 Medical Aid
WAS A MECHANICAL GENIUS
Invented and Built the First Walking and Talking Boy Designed and Executed First Telephone Switch Board Tn City.

George W. Moulton, once a lOck- smith well known in Bridgeport, lies at the point of death at the home of his son. pr. Starr Moulton, of Win trop, Mass News of the condition of his father was received today by George Moulton. a well known chauf- fsur employed by the Locomobile Com pany of America. A telegram stated that after a consultation of physicians, MT MouIton had been pronounced be- yond all earthly aid and his death was expected to be but a matter of few days.
 For many years MT. 1doulton was engaged in business in Fairfield ave- nue and his reputation as an expert on locks brought demand for his services from all over the state. MT. Moulton Is a mechanical genius. He designed and set in working order the first telephone switch board used in was then located in the building in Fairfield avenue where Blanchard's s lunch room is at present
 Mr. MouIton also laid out the line and helped set the poles for the first telephone system in this city. His greatest mechanical achievement how ever, he considered the walking and talking boy. It is said to have been the first walking autonaton made and exhibited in America For @ time 1t wzs feature of the Barnum's circus and later a ventrHoquist bought 1t and exhibited 1t in Europe as well as the United States.
 Nr. Moulton retired from active business life several years ago. About i've months ago he developed a nery- ous trouble and after treatment by his family physician decided to place himself fn the hands of his son. The latter Is superintendent of the Mt. Sinai hospital at Winthrop
 Despite the best medical treatment obtainabIe it Is said that MT. MouI- tons condition has grown steadily worse until his death is looked for at any moment
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-08-16
PRENATAL CARR

"Prenatal Care is the title of a monograph just Issued Gby zthe Chil- drenss Bureau of Department Of Labor. It is the first of a series Of bulletins to be issued by the bureau on the care of children, The reasons for it's publication are set forth by Miss Julia c. Lathrop, chief of the bu- reau, in her letter transmitting the monograph to Secretary Wilson. The letter says:
 A preliminary survey of the field prescribed by law for the bureaus in vestigations showed at once the urg= ency of the question of infant mortal ity. The United States Census Btu reau estimates that 300,O0O babies less than 1 year old died last year in this country, and it is authoritatively stated that at least half these deaths reau's first field of inquiry is upon the subject of infant mortality. The stu dies preliminary thereto have induced us to begin our series on the care. of children with this monograph on Pre- natal Care, for considerations of which the following statement is sig nificant-
 The latest reports of the Bureau of the Census on mortality statistics show that slightly more than 42 per cent of the infants dying under year of age in the registration area in 1911 did not live to complete the first month Of life, and that of this 4 ? per cent. all most seven-tenths died as a result Of conditions existing before they were born or of injury and accident at birth. Of those chat lived less than one week about B per cent died of such causes, and of the number that lived less than one day 94 per cent. died of these causes.
 Thus the ChiIdren's Bureau was drawn inevitably to begin it's ccntem- plated series of monographs on the care of children by a statement re- garding prenatal care for mother and child. ment has been requested by the Ma tional Congress of Mothers and by mem bers of other representative bod ies of women. It has been written by Mrs. Max West, of the staff of the bureau, from the standpoint of a wo- man who has university training, ex- perieence in Government research, and who is herself the mother of a family of young children. It has been prepared after careful study of the lit erature of the school. It has been read and criticized Tsby a large number ot we4l-known physicians and nurses, and by many mothers. To mention by name all those to whom the bureau is indebted for valuabale aid in it's preparation would be impossible, but especial appreciation may be express cd of the generous assistance of Dr. J. Morris Slemons, professor of obStet- rics and gynecology in the University of California.
 This monograph is addressed to the average mother of this country. There is no purpose to invade the field of the medical or nursing professions, but rather to furnish such statements regarding hygiene and normal living as every mother has right to possess in the interest of herself and her chill dren. A standard of life for the fam fly high enough to permit a woman to conserve her strength for her fam ily if she knows the facts essential for her guidance, is necessarily taken for granted. The attempt is made here to present some of the most inn portant of these facts.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-08-16
TnE ROWLAND DRY GOODS co.
DANIELS GIVES
 TENANT TO IDAHO
 CRACK NAVY SHIP
<Front basement>

Newport, R. l., Aug. 16.-secretary Daniels presented the target practice pennant to the batt1eshipy Idaho. the crack ship of the navy here. today, and read her officers and crew a, lesson in preparedness.
 There never is time to make ready in any truly great crisis in life" said the secretary, commenting the crack gunners for their skill ! What is growing navy worth to us unless man. ned by men who live in state of pre- paredness?
 You may not know it but it will add to your appreciation when I tell you that as a. boy, it was the highest am bition of Woodrow Wilson to enter the naval academy and become a naval officer If his father had not led him into other lines the probabilities are that today he would be with us, a cap- tain or an admira1-commandi the New Jersey, let us say-rejoicfng with the officers and sailors of the Idaho in- stead of wrestling with the big prob- lens that have kept him in Washing ton all summer while you have had the fortune to be refreshed by the breezes from Old Ocean.'' ''
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-08-16
Weather Indications

New Haven, Aug. 16-Forecast: Generally fair and warmer, tonight and Sunday.
 For Connecticut: Generally fair tonight and Sunday; moderate south west winds.
 Showers have occurred during the last 24 hours in the northern portion of the lake region, Oklahoma and Tn the Southern States from the Mis- sissippi river eastward to the coast and as far north as Tennessee. The temperatures continue high over the corn belt. There is no well defined storm area east of the Rocky noun tains.
 Conditions favor for this vicinity generally fair weather with higher temperature.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-08-16
AMBASSADOR PAGE
 ON COUNTRY LIFE


 Washington, Aug. 1e.-Deve1opment of country life in the United States is the greatest problem facing the nation today, in the opinion of Walter H. Page, American ambassador to Great Britain The ambassadors views are set forth in a bulletin on ''Educa ton in the South,' issued today by the United States Bureau of Education.
 We have just passed through pe- riod of organizat ton of the machinery of the modern world,'' he declared, ''makfngatf1e city and the railroad. but the country has been left out Now we must build it up. We all know that in the coming centuries as in the past, the character and virtues of Americen life will come from the soil"
 The ambassa dor refers enthueiasti- ca1ly to the effects of the educational propaganda in the southern states and to the influence of the conference for education in the south.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-08-16
TWO MURDERERS
 HUNTED BY POLICE


 Pittsburgh Aug. 16-County detee- tives and the police of Pittsburgh are searching for two murderers whose crimes within the past 24 hours have aroused the community.
 The first came. to light when the body of Miss Pauline Loos. a young schooIteachera of Grafton, Pa, was found floating in the Allegheny river near Varona- An autopsy revealed that she had been assaulted and thrown into the river while uncon- scious.
 The other crime was the shooting to death of Nicholas Ritorti, who was talking with a party of friends in Washington street not far from a busy business district. Three persons in the party were taken to police head quarters and declared a man ran into the crowd. fired four shots into Re- torti's body and escaped.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-08-16
DETECTIVES ARE UNDER ARREST FOR
 SHOOTING IN RIOT

Erie. Pa. Aug. 16-ren men, two of whom are said to be private detec- tives, are under arrest in connection with the rfoting here. last night, in which three men were shot None of the injured is seriously hurt. George E. Hall and Kenneth B. Lapsly, de- tectives, and Alexander Orewski, a strikebreaker, are held on charges of shooting with intent to kill.
 Hall was released, today, on $1,000 bail but the other two and seven rioters are confined in the county jail The rioting was the first serious de- veIopment of the mo1ders strike which has been in effect ten months and which involves 1,50O men. No out ward signs of trouble were visible to- day but an undercurrent of unrest prevailed to such an extent that the advisabilfty of calling out the state constabulary was under consideration by the sheriff and the mayor.
 One Of the rioters under arrest is Joseph Nowa.k, who was released two days ago from the penitentiary where he had served a long sentence for a similar offense. He is said to have been the leader of the demonstration.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-08-16
Old Tracks to Remain
 In William Street
Likewise In East Washington Avenue Cars Running Both Ways
 Over New Lines

Cars may be running by tonight over the new line on the East Side from Congress street bridge through Crescetn and Noble avenues East bound cars were run over this new line last week., but today the workmen completed the west bound tracks and the line through William street will now be discontinued. The rails will be left in William street and that thor oughfare used by way of East Wash ington avenue, in case of any accident which ties up the new line.
 The company will also retain its tracks in East WasEin gton avenue. Some day it is expected the city will build a new and more stable bridge over the Pequonnock river at East Washington avenue and then car ser vice in that direction will be resumed.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-08-16
 DIED.

COLEHAN-Months mind mass Tues day morning at rae, St, Mary s church, for the repose of the soul of the late Anthony Colehan. Friends are invited to attend. a@p WHEELER-In this city, Friday, Aug. 18th. 1913, Catherine B., wife of Wallace A. Wheeler
 Funeral private from her late residence, No. 80 Gem avenue, on Monday, Aug. 18th, at 2 p. m.
 Interment at Mt. Grove cemetery.
 a JACKBGAN-In this city. August 5th, 1913, George w. Jackman, aged 62 years, 6 months.
 Friends are invited to attend the funeral at his late home, No. 2403 North avenue, on Sunday, 17th inst, at o'clock p. m
 Burial in Barre, Vt, on Mon day L. IS b"p