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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-02-18

in fact almost annihilating, the militia
Clinton.
George Clinton, gathering the rem
nant of his defeated troops, estab
lished his quarters at this old Falls
house. To this house, on October 10
was brought a British prisoner upor
whose person was found a message
from the British Clinton to Burgoyne
which, if it had been safely delivered
might and doubtless would have had
the effect to have delayed Burgoyne's
surrender at Saratoga, giving time fol-
conjunction of the two British
armies In fact, similar message was
delivered about week later. Bur
goyne, with suddenly revived hope
hesitated, delayed, endeavored to pro
crastinate negotiations.
But happily it was then too late;
Burgoyne was compelled to surrender;
Saratoga saw the high tide of British
dominion.
1.-THE suffering of the troops that
winter was most deplorable. 1t prob
ably was somewhat worse at Valley
Forge (for those very words have be-
come synonymous with patriotic
wretchedness), but then the army,
elated by the victory Of Saratoga,
was buoyed up by hope of action.
"Of the mutinous spirit there Mai
John Armstrong, aide-de-camp on the
staff Of General Gates, was the mouth
piece. In letter-calmly considered
now, after the lapse of more than a
century, not unworthy Of the occasion
and a very masterpiece of influencing
literature-he portrays the condition
of the army, their hopelessness and
the supineness of the continental con-
gress. His stirring words must, I
think, be recalled by many.
you remember (having reviewed
the wrongs and the just complaints Of
the army with what burst Of right
eous indignation Armstrong ends his
forcefuI address:
eff this, then, be your treatment
while the swords you wear are neces-
sary for the defense of America, what
have you to expect from peace, when
your voice shall sink and your strength
dissipate by division; when those very
swords, the instruments and compan-
ions of your glory, shall be taken from
your sides and no remaining mark
of military distinction left but your
wants, infirmities and scars?
"'Can you consent to wade through
the vile mire of dependency and owe
the miserable remnant Of that life to
charity, which has hitherto been spent
in honor? If you can, go and carry
with you the jest of Tories and the
scorn of Wings; the ridicule and, what
is worse, the pity Of the world! Go
starve and be forgotteni'
The mutiny was quelled, harmony
restored, equity esa bEshed in the tenn
pie: the letter OF Armstrong was
penned at the Fails house, razed to
make way for the march Of progress. F."
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-02-18
PLAYED GREAT
HISTORIC PART
Destruction of Falls House, OF
Revolutionary Fame, Some
thing to Be Deplored
by Patriots.

IF. THE British spy Taylor had not
been captured in the Falls house
the United States of America in all
probability would never have existed
as such. For it was in this house, on
October 10, 1777, that the emissary
sent by General Clinton carrying dis
patches to General Burgoyne was
trapped and searched. On him were
found letters with instructions as to
how a junction of the British forces
was to be effected with an idea of deal
ing a crushing blow to the hard
pressed American continental army.
1t was in the Falls house, in those
days known as Woods tavern, that
many famous letters were written by
Major Armstrong, one of which is a
vivid portrayal Of the condition of the
continental army, then in sore straits.
1t also was the headquarters Of New
York's first governor, Clinton.
Historical societies of Newburg and
surrounding towns agitated for the
preservation of the Falls house. But,
with no available site on which to re-
erect it and small funds with which to
put through such a project, it had to
be abandoned.
Something of the history associated
with this typical tavern of revolution
airy days is related by William J. Roe
Of Newburg as follows:
"The autumn of 1777 saw the plight
Of Americas arms, endeavoring to as.
sert the right of self-government, at
their lowest ebb. From the north Bur
York Sir Henry Clinton, urged by the
necessity of effecting a junction with
Burgoyne, had already captured Forts
Clinton and Montgomery, dispensing,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-02-18

houses that were occupied by Wash
lngton. First Washington lived in the
residence set apart for principals of
Harvard college. Then he moved to
the house of fugitive Loyalist, John
Vassall Later this became the resi-
dence of Henry w. LongfeIlow, the
great poet, and here were written
many of his works since become world
famous.
Washington had many houses in
New York None is more beautiful
than the building now known as the
Jumel mansion. This was his head
quarters from September IS to Octo-
Der 81, 1875. 1t is also rich in mem
cries of Aaron Burr, who married the
widow of Stephen Jumel. Jumel
gained possession of the house when
Roger Morris and his wife fed be-
cause their Tory sympathies threat
ened to get them in difficulties. 1t was
Mrs. Morris, who as Mary Philipse,
George Washington wooed in vain
At Neshaminy, 20 miles north of
Philadelphia, is a headquarters of
Washington rich in historic memories.
It is a rough stone building, two
stories in height, located near the
bridge over the Little Neshaminy
creek. Here Washington held an inn
portant council of war, at which for
the first time the young Marquis de
Lafayette took his place as one Of
Washington's advisers.
The Valley Forge headquarters of
Washington is justly famed as one of
the hottest shrines of American free
dom. This old stone house was the
residence of the founder at the time
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1885, besides the output of milk, po-
tatoes and other products.
Racine.-7At the primary election to
be held March % the voters will be
given a chance to express an opinion
as to whether all city work shall be
done on the eight-hour basis. The city
council has adopted a resolution pro-
viding for an eight-hour day.
Appleton.-Frank G.. Haddock, au-
thor, former minister and attorney,
died at Meriden, Conn, where he was
arranging for the publication Of his
latest book. He was graduated from
Lawrence college in 1876. He prac-
ticed law in Milwaukee. In 1887 he re-
turned to the ministry He retired
from the ministry to take up writing.
He was at one time editor Of the Mil
waukee Globe.
La Crosse.-Judge and Mrs. Herman
Langstadt celebrated their golden we'd
ding anniversary at their home here.
Mr. and Mrs Lankstadt were married
here on February 3, 1866.
La Crosse.-Oscar F. Anderson, well
known local commercial traveller, was
found dead in a bathroom in his home
by Mrs. Jennie Wesley, his housekeep-
er. An apoplectic stroke was the cause
of his sudden end He was the Oldest
Elk in La Crosse.
Two Rivers-Held prisoners IS
hours in the home Of Henry St. Ger
main on the outskirts Of Two Rivers,
eignteen-year-old Eva Burns and boy
companion were found in q semfstupor
by relatives. The girl testified that
she and the boy were forced to drink
by st. German. The latter was sen
fenced to six months in jail.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-02-18

Headquarters Occupied by Wash
ington Throughout the
Country Are to Be
Preserved.

= HROUGH the efforts of the various
u patriotic societies many of the old
houses made famous by Washington
as his headquarters during the war
OF independence, have been preserved
and are now suitably marked for the
information of posterity. During that
long struggle for freedom Washington
used perhaps a hundred or more
houses for this purpose in various
parts Of the country. Many have dis
appeared under the ravages OF time,
but about two score of them have
been saved. 1t was in these houses
that he planned his battles and
strategy; it was in them that indepen-
dence was achieved.
Cambridge, Mass, points proudly to
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-02-18

Janesville.-J. A. Craig. prominent
manufacturer Of this city, was named
president Of the GAINESVILLE CONNER
cial club at the first meeting Of the
new directors. George E. King Is
vice president and Edward AmerpohI
treasurer. II. II. Bliss is secretary
and W J. Mcdowell general secretary,
Washington. - President Wilson
nominated the following Wisconsin
postmasters: Peter Yelling, Beaver
Dam; Alexander Buchanan. Lake
Mills; Ida Inglesby, Eleva; Charles 3.
Cartons, Grafton.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-02-18
FANNY CROSBY is DEAD.
Blind Writer of Hymns Expires in
.... Connecticut.

Blind Writer of Hymns Expires in
... Connecticut.
Bridgeport, Conn. Feb. 15.-Fanny
Crosby, well-known hymn writer, died
on Friday at her home in her ninety
fifth year. Her death was not unex-
pected, as her health had been fail
ing for some time. In spite of feeble
health, especially within. the last few
months, Miss Crosby continued writ
ing hymns up to short time before
her death.
Eight thousand hymns of Christian
worship sung in Protestant churches
through the world are the work of
Fanny Crosby. Thousands-perh
hundreds of thousaDds-who sang her
songs, which were translated into ev-
cry language, did not know that it
was blind woman's inspiration which
they employed to express their Chris
tian faith and hope in song.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-02-18
His Life 4 Model.

What tribute to the character Of
Washington is the government survey
Of the old Fairfax land grants! The
sixteen-year-old boy worked under con-
ditions so primitive that mistakes
would have been excusable, and in a
wilderness so remote that in any case
they would hardly have been detected
for generations; yet the recent sur
yey Of the land, made with the finest
modern instruments. has failed to dis
close any appreciate error in his
work They say the cherry-tree anec-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-02-18
Minneapolis, Feb. 10, 1915.

Wheat-No. l hard, 1856; No. !
northern, 1520156; No. 2 northern
1.490153.
Corn-No. yellow, 71A 077A.
Oats-No white, 56hc.
Rye-No. 2, 1240126.
Flax-1S6@1S9
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Son EeIls Ex.Ludne NTH Az

San Francisco, Cal, Feb. 15.-War-
rem n. Dusenberry, former district
Judge at Provo. Utah. was probably
fatally injured in a quarrel with his
son, Grover, who struck him down
with an az. ~
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Priest and SerNsnt Slain.

New Britain. Conn. Feb. 11.-Rev.
Father Joseph Zerbris of st An
drew's Lithuanian church here. and
Miss Eva Gilman. his housekeeper,
were murdered at the parochial resi-
dence on Monday
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-02-18
AGED Woman Is Murdered

glastonbury. O.. Feb t5.-Mrs. Jo-
seph Kimbel, seventy years old, was
murdered. and her husband. Joseph
KimbeIl. aged seventy-two. was prob
ably fatally beaten at their home near
Rradner.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-02-18
BRESLAU FIRES ON YALTA.
Steamers and Schooner Flying Turk
ish Flaq Are Sunk.

ish Flag Are Sunk.
Petrograd, Feb. 1.-THE former
German cruiser Breslau has shelled
the fashionable seacoast town of YAH
ia, in the Crimea, in the Russian gov
eminent of Tawrida. The cruiser
badly damaged the Hotel de Russie
and four mercantile establishments.
No one was killed. In retaliation the
Russian Black sea fleet bombarded
the Turkish city Of Trebizond. on the
Black sea. A half dozen Turkish
steamers, full laden, were sunk and
much damage caused to the forts A
schooner flying the Turkish flag and
loaded with foodstuffs near Cape
Yeres was also destroyed.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-02-18
NORMAN 3. REAM is DEAD.
Former chicagoan, Widely Known as
Einancier. Succumbs in New York

Former ChIcagoan, widely Known as
Financier, Succumbs in New York.
New York. Feb. 11.-Norman B.
Ream, one of the aggressive group
of men who supplied the faith and
hope which enabled Chicago to
emerge triumphant from the fire of
1871, died in hospital here on Tues
day as the result of an operation. The
fnancier and capitalist had lived in
New York for many years, but was
we'll known in Chicago, where he was
a director of the First National bank
and the Pullman company An esti-
mate of Mr. Ream's fortune made in
the financial district placed it at be-
tween s50,O0O,00O and $4,000, 900. He
was rated as one of the 25 weaIthiest
men in the United States.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-02-18
British Shin Is Attacked.

London. Feb. 13.-British steamer
Laertes was attacked by the German
submarine U-2 A torpedo was
launched by the submarine. The Laer-
ties hoisted the Dutch flag TO protect
neutral passengers and escaped
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-02-18
Enmr Of EaniIu DEAD

Abilene, Tex, Feb. 15.-Four mem
bers of the J. T. Garrison family near
Arson. Tex, are dead and four others
seriously i'll from poisoning by bread
made from milk out of a rusty tin
vessel
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Bank Robbed of So, 500.

Antelope, Mont, Feb. 15.-The cash
Ter and his assistant of the Farmers
State bank at Medicine Lake, Mont,
were compelled to witness the looting
of the bank by two masked robbers
who escaped with $4,000.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-02-18
Held in $500 Bank Fraud.

Detroit, Mich, Feb 12.-Adolph
Schmidt. aged twenty-four, was ar
rested at his home here on charge
Of defrauding the Fort Dearborn Ma
tional bank of Chicago of $500 on a
forged cashiers check last May.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-02-18
Postmasters Named.

Washington, Feb. 11.-President
Wilson nominated David A. Wilson
for postmaster at Hartford, Conn:
George F. Parrish at Toledo, O.; B. G.
Costerbaan at Muskegon, Mich, and
H. B. Snyder, Gary, Ind.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-02-18
Colonel House Is Not an Envoy,

Washington, Feb. 11.-President VIII
son Tuesday emphasized that Col. E.
II. House. his close personal friend.
had not gone TO Europe to seek to
bring about peace as his personal rep
resentatiYe
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-02-18
11s BRITISH SHIPS SUNK.
Hamburg Vessel Owners Deny Report

Hamburg Vessel Owners Deny Reports
From England.
Berlin, Feb. 15.-Among the state
ments given out for publication by the
Overseas News agency on Friday was
the following item: Contrary to Brit
ish reports that since the beginning of
the war only one per cent of the Brit
ish merchant ships have been sunk.
Hamburg ship owners state that 113
ships of 30S,0O0 tons, or about four
per cent of the British commercial
navy, have been destroyed"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-02-18
Indiana Postmaster Arrested.

indianapolis, Ind, Feb 12.-Post-
master Reuben \. Robertson Of Wa
verify, Ind, was arrested. charged with
enlightenment. Four separate ofTenses
are charged, the amount in each in
stance being more than $1,000.
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Killed in Illinois Mine Exclusion,

Peoria, III. Feb. 12.-One man is
dead and another is dying as the re
suit of an explosion in the mine of
the Collier Coal company at South
Bartonville. The cause Of the explo-
sion is not known.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-02-18
Suffrage Amendment Wins.

Harrisburg. Pa, Feb. 1.-THE reso-
luton to submit to the electors the
woman suffrage amendment to the
constitution was passed finally in the
house by a vote of $50 to Il. The reso-
luton now goes to the senate.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-02-18
War Veteran. 1oe- Buried

London, Feb. 15.-Edward Monroe,
aged one hundred and six years, said
to be the oldest veteran Of the Civil
war, was buried Friday. The Ameri-
can embassy and the consulate was
represented at Mr.. Monroe's funeral
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-02-18
p-i,ca If Austria Is Ro-,

Vienna, Austria, via London, Feb. Il.
Princess Zita Of Parma, wife of
Archduke Charles Francis, heir appar-
ent 10 the throne. gave birth to a son.
They we're married in 1911 and have
two other children.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-02-18
Msritz Executed bv Germans

Pretoria, South Africa, Feb. I2.-The
Pretoria News states Lieutenant Colo
mel Maritz. who instigated the Boer
rebellion, has been executed by the
Germans on charge Of treachery.
There is no confirmation Of this report.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-02-18
u,.,,rr R.fsas "a nm mo E,rs

Hamburg. Feb 1.-THE council has
appropriated 100000 marks Cs3.O00,-
000l with which TO purchase a supply
of foodstuffs. fodder and other articles,
so that the city may be prepared for
emergencies.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-02-18
Riu Slauohtsr of Turks

London, Feb. PA dispatch from
Cairo states that the slaughter of the
Turkish troops in the recent fgh ing
at the Suez canal was more terrible
than anything in history. The Eng
lish are still burying the dead.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-02-18
Two Blocks Burned

independence, Mo. Feb. 13.-Fire.
starting in a cafe in the downtown dis
trict burned more than two blocks of
buildings and threatened the entire
business section of the town Fire
companies rom Kansas City assisted.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-02-18
conernor willis Of ohfo Is strloken

SoVeTnoT Wills o. OHfO Is otFTcken.
Columbus. O.. Feb. 13.-Gov Frank
Willis sufferer an attack OF heart
trouble on Thursday when in his Of
fee in the state capitol His condi-
ton is not believed serious. The at
tack was said TO be result of over work.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-02-18
nacia Sails From Norfolk

Norfolk. Va, Feb. 13.-Off on voy.
age that may prove her last and one
that may involve the United States in
serious international complications,
the American steamer Dacia sailed
from this port Thursday morning.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-02-18

Washington was born February 22,
1892, at Bridges Greek, Westmoreland
county, Va. The home in which he
was born burned down in 1850. No
vestfge remains, only a stone placed
there by George Washington Parke
Gusts to mark the site Of the "oId
ow-pitched farm house"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-02-18
Ohio Bank Robber Killed

Cincinnati. Feb 12-One robber
was shot and killed and a second was
captured and 500 in cash recovered
after a raid on the Mohawk German
Banking and Savings company. Cash
Ter Cross resisted the robbers.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-02-18
Nenro Murders TWO Men

Johnson City, Tenn, Feb, 15.-Clyde
Slower, a negro under arrest, CON
fessed to Chief of Police Osbrooks at
Elizabethtown on Friday that he killed
AIonzo and Horace Gardner, near Wei
aka, Fla, recently.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-02-18
JAMES C. FARGO is DEAD.
Once President of American, Natlona
and Westcott Express Commands.

and Westcott Express Companies.
New York, Feb. 10.-James G.. Far
go, for many years known as the fore
most express official in America, died
on Monday night at his home in his
eighty-sixth year. He was president
of the American Express company,
the National Express company and
the Westcott Express company from
1881 until he retired in June, 1914.
Mr.. Fargo was born in Pompey, N.
Y, and entered the express business
at fifteen in Buffalo. Later he was
sent to Detroit and finally to Chicago.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-02-18
FrawIey Marries Peoov o,NeII7

Los Angeles, Cal, Feb. lit. Dan
iel Frawley. general stage director in
New York for Oliver Morosco, is said
to have recently married Miss Peggy
O'Neil, star of Peg of My Heart
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Recommend Raise in sread PrIc,

Pittsburgh, Feb. 1S.-The price COM
mittee Of the Western Pennsylvania
Master Bakers association recon-
mended to the association an increase
in the price of bread, making the
small loaf six cents.
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Robbers Captured; $4,000 Recovered

NOopSTs OapNUTtuT NS'UUU 0tCOVeFedr
Yates Center. Kan. Fen 1.-two
armed youths, who locked ". J..
O'DonneIl, cashier of the State Ex-
change bank here, in the bank vault
and escaped with $1,000, we're cap
tured and the money recovered.
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Chicago. Feb. Ii, 49,

Hogs-Light, 6.75@69O; heavy, 6.55
Q6.s5; rough, 6.5506.65; pigs, $500
$40
Cattle-Native steers, 5.600910;I
western steers, 5.2O@74O; cows and
heifers, 310@8.OO; calves, 8.O0Q12O0J
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when the fortunes of the cause went
to their very lowest.
On the Hudson is the venerable
structure that did Washington service
at NeWburgh. This had a military
use. 1t was situated on a bluff that
overlooks the river for eight miles to
West Point.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-02-18
ENVOY CAUSES U. S. ACTION.
Gerard Told to Object to Treatment
of Van Dyke.

of Van Dyke.
Washington, Feb. 15.-Ambasasdor
Gerard at Berlin was instructed by the
state department On Friday to make a
strong protest to the German govern
ment against the action of the Ger
man military authorities in Luxem-
burg in holding up the diplomatic cor
respondence of Henry Van. Dyke.
American minister to The Hague and
to the grand duchy of Luxembourg.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-02-18
Washinuton,s ONLY joke.


The only admirable quality in which
Washington was deficient was hurnor
One of the very few tests he ever
made-perhaps the only one-has de,
scended to posterity on the authority
Of his sfde-de-camp, Colonel Hump
reys.
General Washington rather prided
himself on his riding, so the colonel,
one day when they were out hunting
together, dared him to follow over
one particular hedge. The challenge
was accepted, and Humphreys led the
way. He took the leap boldly, but, to
his CONSERVATION, found that he had
mistaken the spot, and was sunk up to
his horses girths in quagmire The
general either knew the ground bet
ter, or had suspected something, for,
following at an easy pace, he refined
up at the hedge, and, looking over at
his engulfed aide, exclaimed, mo, no,
colonel, you are too deep for me!"-
Youths Companion.
-~~~-0~~~~~~O~o~-~
dote is a myth. Let it go; we do not
need it. Washington's whole life
shows that ne ran his lines by the
com pass OF haracter-Youth's Com
pauiou