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went to work and by noon had OBJ
tain a god mess for each one of us,
most of them being little sunfish and
two or three good-sized suckers. AT
noon we went down to the mill, built
fire and cooked some fish for
dinner. After dinner we went down
stream ways and tried it again with
about the same success, catching,
however, an eel about two feet and a
half in length. We fished until about
four p. m, and then came home.
got the eel for my share of the days
sport. After we arriver N camp
hung a door and did severed other lit
jobs Of work. Our regiment left
early this morning for the Morgan
town railroad, which was about TWEEN
ty miles west of us.
Thursday, May 25, 1865.
Made five stools to-day for the
quartermaster's mess; fixed door;
made bunk, and nailed three others
together. 1t kept us busy all day.
Friday, May &c, 1865.
Made stand this forenoon and in
the afternoon, bunk. We were not
very busy. Rainy to-day.
Saturday, May 81, 1866.
|. No special jobs on hand to-day, so
after reading awhile we went to work
on light wagon-box for a citizen. In
the afternoon an order came for me
to make desk for the post adjutant.
The other men worked on the
wagon box and went to work on the
desk, making the door this afternoon.
Sunday, May %, 1866.
The quartermaster's clerk wanted
US to make him table and bunk
this morning, so / got up early and
went to work on it. Worked busily
and had them both finished by 1890.
/ and another fellow then went over
to the regiment and got two old gold
diggers and went prospecting for
gold. We went but few rods from
where the regiment lay and in the
second pan full they found ga color"
as the gold diggers say when they
find gold. The next pan, half full of
powdered rock, showed "a color"
quite rich gold. They said that
such dirt as that would pay big with
proper machinery. In the afternoon
we went further away but found moth
ing. We returned to town about five
o'clock, we'll satisfied with what we
had learned about prospecting and
washing gold. Rained some to-day.
Monday, May 29, 1865.
Worked on a desk all day and near
ly finished it.
Tuesday, May 80, 1865.
Finished the desk this morning and
took it over to the post adjutant. The
other boys were working on some ia
bles and benches for the headquarters
of the 23rd Michigan, so / went to
work on them also. Borrowed team
from headquarters and went down
across the railroad after load of
lumber. Then we went to work on
the benches. Afterwards I made
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-08-01
Interesting Accounts Taken
From Diary of the Late
G. NJ. Siayton
Monday, May Is, 1865.

Monday, May Is, 1865.
We were relieved from picket duty
this morning about eight o'clock and
proceeded to camp, taking a quart of
Strawberries and quart of milk, that
bought for 25 cents, which i had
for breakfast. / wrote letter home
and in the afternoon went on inspec-
ton. A little before night / receiv-
an order to report before Lieutenant
Chambers, assistant quartermaster at
division headquarters. / did not like
the idea of going as we were well sit
uated here, had nothing much to do,
and were having good times, but
could not avoid it very well. How
ever, l concluded to stay with the
company one more night anyway and
turned over my gun. etc.
Tuesday, May 16, 1865.
As soon as / got my breakfast
packed up and went down town and
reported to the assistant quartermas-
ter. He showed me a shop to work
in and said ] must find what tools
could, clean up the shop, etc. 1t had
been a month and five days since
had left here, and when i left there
were quite a few tools and all were
in pretty good shape, but now most of
them had been lost or broken, and the
remaining ones had been borrowed, so
that it took me nearly all day to get
them together and sharpen them up.
did several unimportant jobs and
opened some boxes that had been TAX
en- from the rebels and were now in
care of Lieut.. Chambers. The boxes
contained stationery blanks, rebel
uniforms. etc. The lieutenant said
he had about $4,000 worth of cap
ing of clothing, cloth, yarn, station
cry, nails and other hardware, drums,
and some material for making pow
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-08-01
box for myself to send express home

box for myself to send express home
in.
Wednesday, May 81, 1865.
Did not feel very we'll to-day, so
did not work very hard. Made a
small box for darky to keep his SUI
gar in, and in the afternoon made
some stools for the assistant quarter
master. Delivered the two tables and
the four benches to the adjutant of
the 23rd, and received $1,000 for the
job.
Thursday, June l, 1865.
We had but little work to do to-day.
There was news in the papers to-day
about our being mustered out and the
boys think they will soon be on the
road for home. The army in general
was very disconnected and were anxi-
Gus to be.on their way home. think
that now the war is over that there
is no more use for them in the field.
Friday, June 2, 1866.
Finished box to-day and helped
pile up things in the warehouse and
clean it out.
Saturday, June 3, 1865.
Had no jobs on hand, so after
breakfast l made ready to write let
tiers home, when an orderly came
from General Cooper, who wanted me
to come up there to fix up some steps
in front of the house where his head
quarters were. took tools and nails
noon. In the afternoon / went back
and finished up the job in about an
hour. Very warm to-day.
Sunday, June A, 1865.
After breakfast Wash. and / went
over to his regiment to look for lit
tie more gold. We washed dirt
while, but did not have very good
luck. However, we found "color."
Returned to the shop at four p. m.
Warm again to-day.
Monday, June 5, 1865.
Did not do much to-day, but at
tended to several small jobs.
Tuesday, June 6, 1865.
We witnessed general review of our
division by General Cooper. The
twelve regiments and battery passed
by in columns of companies, which
took about half an hour.
Wednesday, June z, 1865.
This forenoon Wash. and / helped
pack and nail up the captured prop
erty in the storehouse ready for
transportation. In the afternoon we
had nothing to do. Went to a negro
meeting in the evening.
Thursday, June 8, 1865.
Nothing to do but loaf around to-
day. Wrote a letter home. The of
ficers of the division are having a
picnic out about three miles in the
country to-day. The weather is ex-
tremely warm.
Friday, June 8, 1865.
/ was not feeling well to-day. and
as we had nothing to do, l layed~
around most all day. Helped make a
bunk. Our regiment returned to-day.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-08-01

The following report shows some
hing of what the Woman's Relief
Corps of Michigan have done the past
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-08-01
WARTIME NEED OF CULTURE
nv F. A Puffer)


Oft times we are made to wonder
what will be the ultimate outcome of
the great war now raging. 1t is not
in any sense a question to be answer
ed but rather to be thought upon. The
great leaders of our day especially
along the line of psychology are
agreed that the great failure of the
masses is after all a lack of careful
thought processes. Professor Thorn
dixie in his elementary work on psy-
chology points out the fact that few
people have a complete system of
thought which they use to derive the
important conclusions Of their life.
System then is the factor lacking
rather than any sluggish hindrance.
System is not enough, one must have
a good system that is capable of find
ing truth. Culture as Teutons have
learned it is system of group
thought guided by what they term
competent leaders of thought. AS
we know culture it is the outgrowth
of group thought in which the COM
mon folks think and the leaders think
and the sum total of thought pro-
duced makes up a public sentiment
which has not been over much nodded
by authorities hence we have what
we call democratic thought culture.
1t is not so good, so we of demo-
cratic training believe, to be so much
coerced in our thought life as the
Teutons are used to. Our ideals call
for a frank statement Of fundamen-
tails and an opportunity for all to
weigh the data offered. This method
of necessity results in a many-sided
group conclusion which is not entire
ly true but yet does have the virtue
of being capable of remolding in
which fact democracy excels over
autocracy because it leaves the in
dividual free to reconstruct himself
rather than TO be reconstructed by
another.
Our need is a conscious effort to
achieve a new attitude toward the
war and the world. We must not
hate for hate destroys the hater au-
tomatically. We should rather learn
the truth if possible for truth gives
both courage and strength, elements
greatly needed now.
War time culture is of necessity
many-colored and it is very important
that now should be the time when we
should secure through good talent in
formation both reliable and inclusive.
As we come to the time when
the Chautauqua will hold sway in
our city it will be well for US to
consider if we can afford to loose
so good an opportunity to gather
a rare volume of information. 1t
is not alone the food we have or
the clothes we wear that furnish
protection against the ravages
of wars furies. Rather let us
consider that our ability to un-
derstand ourselves and neigh
bors will be the real test of true
culture.
Red Cross topics will also be
given a considerable part in the
program of the week. To my
mind the one important thing is
that people prepare for action
before grief shall have greatly
disturbed our capacity for true
thought culture. No doubt the
work Of Chautauqua week will be
of great value to the community
in properly invoicing our capaci-
ties for the work we have to do
as a city for the greater cause
of humanity
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-08-01
CONN UNITY SINGING
OF NATIONAL SONGS
Chautauqua Emphasizes Patriotic
Spirit in All the Seven Days Pro-
gram, With General Approval

Community singing of national
songs will be patriotic feature of
the Belding Redpath Chautauqua
which begins Monday and continues
for seven days.
Community singing performs a dis
tinct mission-that of unifying the
feelings of the audience-and the
community singing of national songs
has for its purpose the kindling of a
community spirit Of patriotism. This
fact was recently recognized by
Frank G. Lowden, governor of Illinois,
who. in a proclamation TO the people
Of that commonwealth declared:
zone of the great unifying. nation
alizing influences is the singing of
our national songs. Nothing so
arouses and fixes "A sound and patri-
otto sentiment as the singing Of these
songs. We should learn to sing these
songs ourselves and our children
should learn them"
This patriotic feature he's met with
general approval in all the chautau-
qua cities and at each people have
sung their patriotism in the big chau-
tauqud tent. The singing is under
the general supervision Of a skilled
musician.
The children's hour work is another
community feature which has been
wonderfully received in chautauqua
this season. This work is in charge
of Miss Van Dyke, and eliminates on
the evening of the sixth day in a
Mother Goose festival, in which fully
$50 children of the city will take
part. No charge is made for children,
both old and young, attending the
children's hour each morning.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-08-01

ter to Lincoln Park, and we went to
see the Zoo. For this hath been the
custom of Elderly Gentlemen since
time began, that they take Ntheir
Grandchildren to the Show. And /
showed her the Bears, and the Lions,
and the Tigers. And she was Pleas
ed, for she had heard of those Ami
mails, and Seen Pictures of them, and
they were not altogether unlike what
she Expected.
And the Damsel is Two Years and
Four Months old. And she is the
Daughter of the Daughter of Ke-
turah, and she is unto me as the APP
pie of mine Eye.
And / showed her the Camels, and
the Elephant, and she spake nothing
but she looked at them with Wonder
and in Silence.
And we went to great Cage,
where are Monkeys.
And these Apes do climb, and
swing, and play, and many Folk
stand before them and Laugh; for
they are things so like unto Human
Animals that people see their own
Antics as in a Mirror. And it is be-
cause they are so like to Men that Men
are ashamed to be thought like
llGlIls Dub NOItpeAAC W bitC
Lion for Courage, and the Eagle and
the Horse for Other Qualities, and
not to the Monkey, which they are
more like unto.
Now the Little Maiden saw the
Monkeys, and she laughted not. But
when she had regarded them for a
long time, she turned her face to-
ward me, and she asked me this
strange question
BUT, GRANDPA, WHAT ARE
THEY FOR?
And ! marveled at the Premises of
Ethical Idealism which underlay her
question.
For it was as if she had said,
NY Major Premise is, that The
World and All Things therein are the
Product of the Intelligent Mind of
Purposeful Creator, and that every
thing has a Benevolent Use. And
my Minor Premise is that my Grand
pa is a Very Wise Man from whom
no Mysteries are Hidden, and know
eth the Reasons for things. He will
tell me what these things are for.
And while ! stood speechless, she
Asked me again,
BUT. GRANDPA, WHAT ARE
THEY FOR?
Now there are people VINO say,
know not what they are for, neither
do l care; it is fun to watch them,
and the next things is some Popcorn,
and if we have a dime left some Ice
Cream. But my little Granddaugh-
ter, who is two years and four
months old, looketh out upon the
Universt and asketh, What is it for?
Oh, my God, know not what they
are for! And / would ask Of thee!
Are they to mock humanity with
verisimilitude of it's own follies? Are
they for the Rockefeller Foundation
to fill up with various kinds of Ser
UNI to the end that the Monkeys may
suffer vicariously for humanity? Are
they to make sport for the open
mouthed populace?
And / stand at the Corner of State
and Madison Street, when the Rush
Hour is on, and the Streams of HUI
mainly throng me, and / ask, What
are they er? And / look at the
May of the World, and behold HUI
mainly gone made, and ask, Oh, my
God, what are they for?
But my wisdom is all one with that
of child, whose age is two years
and four months.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-08-01
Good Showing for w. r. c.

The following report shows some
thing of what the Woman's Relief
Corps of Michigan have done the past
year:
No. of Corps in state. 1873
Total membership. ...... 1928
Amount Of money in General
Fund SO ,343. sc
Amount in Relief Fund. -. 1,614.36
Expended for relief. ... 1,171.32
Expended for relief other
than money. 3,95S.TO
Money turned over to the Post 1912
Expended for patriotic work $4,292.32
No. veterans assisted during
year 44o
No. families assisted during
year ....:..., .......... oIS
Total assisted during year.. 2,133
Woman's Building at Soldiers Home
Grand Rapids
Amount received for non
pensioners .............S lZl.4o
Cans of fruit received, quarts 546R
Cans Jelly .............. R
Barrels apples .......: z
Many pounds candy, towels, quilts,
also sent, $25 dollars for Christmas
presents for the old ladies in homes.
Mary E. H. Coville
Sec'y Corps IT'S.
Prosperity alas! is only another
name for pride.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-08-01

"Impossiblel That is not good
French. Napoleon.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-08-01

To rejoice in the prosperity o
another is to partake of it.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-08-01

1t is well to read everything of
something and something of every
thing.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-08-01

A happy family is but an earlier
heaven.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-10-19
Mental Preparedness.

Children trained from the very
start to self-cxpression enter school
with invaluable mental preparedness
for the work to be done there. They
have a poise that keeps them from
being difident in class. They are not
afraid to ask questions declares a
prominent educator. They know how
to tell what is in their mind. In asso-
chatting with other children they get
more JOY from 1t because they know
how to make themselves understood.
Older people find them more charm
ing and interesting.
Effective training toward self-ex-
preston in the young child means that
characteristic Of life, and there Is no
training more effective than telling him
stories and teaching him how to tell
them.
asking about a child's doings will
encourage him to tell you about them.
For instance, when your little boy
comes home from a walk get him to
tell you all that he has seer while
out. When he in from play
get him to tell you all about the fun
he has been having.
Always make him feel your vital
interest in his thoughts and actions"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-10-19

back to the times when the Mortimer
came down and tried to make the
Flemings slaves.
Formerly Opposed the French.
Although the Flemings are fighting
side by side with the French, they had
for years prior to the war united in
opposing everything French. and. many
parents III Flanders have pursued the
inhibition to the extent Of declining to
permit their children to learn a single
word Of that language.
There are no Drawer people In Eu-
rope than these selfsame Flemings,
but they have been the victims Of con-
quest over and over again. Had It not
been that the Walloons dwell princi-
pally 10 the eastern provinces. those
AUDITING Germany. there Is reason to
believe that long ago Belgium would
have fallen to the German empire, and
probably without any serious strug-
gle.
The events Of the opening days Of
the present war, however, have
changed the entire face Of Belgium's
history and that OF Flanders also.
Today the people Of Flanders have
seen their beautiful cities reduced to
ruins and their people enslaved BY q
cruel conqueror. At the same time
they have seer France and England
come to their assistance, and Flanders
hereafter probably will not be 90
proud Of its Low Dutch language that
It will neglect the study Of French.
which u the language used largely in
other parts Of Belgium.
Some years ago . more or less de-
termined attempt was made In Flan-
ders to popularize the Flemish lam
guage. Some Of the foremost literary
men In the country consented to write
only IN that tongue, among them
Maeteriinck and Verhaeren, but It was
not long before the former found that
he was at his best In French, and 20
the Belgian Shakespeare" as he has
been called. does all his writing IN the
language Of France.
Land - Famous counta
n the Middle Ages Flanders was q
powerful princtpality; which. while I'M
der the xuxerainty Of the French king,
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-10-19

Of Client have their praises sung, and
the towers Of the ancient country have
inspired q host Of poets, for its old
bells and its ancient architecture have
been the Joy Of artists from every part
Of the world. Alasl the cruel inva-
sion Of the Germans has reduced to
ruins the historic Cloth hall ut Ypres,
which wns built by that Count Bald
win who afterward led a crusade ut
Constantinople, and have made other
towns unacceptable.
Flanders was the home Of the
guilds In the Middle Ages, and many
Of the guild halls are to be seer to-
day, the product Of a age Of artis-
tic architecture. The loss to the
world Of art by the invasion Of Flan-
ders cannot be estimated, and now
most Of its art objects are merely q
memory.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-10-19

MERE Ii something about the
name Flanders that seems i'm
mediately-to call up to the
mind visions Of romance, of
chivalry, Of art and history that are
produced by the mention Of no other
country, unless It be old Venice.
The land Of the ancient Flemings
and of those medieval counts who
ranked almost as high as kings is
again living Its romance In the bitter
struggle against the Germans. We
read how the people In London heard
the guns roar In Flanders Of how the
great offensive was being launched in
Flanders, and yet the bounds Of
Flanders to the average man are
something of q mystery.
While Flanders proper is nowadays
divided into West and East Flanders,
says the Philadelphia Public Ledger,
the Flemish peoples Of Belgium, who
number rather more than One-half OF
the whole, IRE in the majority In the
also, and In the remaining provinces
they may be said to divide the hon.
Ors.
These few facts tend to show that
the Flemings are not by any e
extinct, and that those persons who
confuse Belgium with Flanders, OF be-
lieve the two names are synonymous,
are not greatly to blame, for they are
only technically wrong.
The Flemings are In origin a Ger
manic people. while the Walloons, the
Belgians of the East, ere more Celtic
In their genesis. The Flemings are
kin to the Dutch, and at one time they
were q part of the United Netherlands.
But they have had a long and strange
history, and have. during the last 1900
years, owed allegiance to many princes
and countries ; yet they have continued
to preserve their W language, to pro-
duce their own art and to maintain
their love Of the picturesque and the
simple life.
1t is true that the great gambling
place, the seaside resort Ostend. lies In
Flanders. but 1t was the late king Of
the Belgians, Leopold, who made that
quiet summer resort what 1t became.
With Newport 1t is n Of the most
ancient towns in Flanders and dates
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-10-19

was virtually Independent. The north
eastern provinces added to the
Holy Roman empire In the eleventh
century. It Is the land Of the Counts
Baldwin. The first OF the line, known
as the Iron-armed, married Judith, the
daughter Of Charles the Bald of
France, and obtained the newly Great
ed country as q gift from his father-in-
law.
In those days the counts of Flanders
were regarded as the richest princes
In Europe and were said to be far
more wealthy than many Of its kings.
Baldwin TX will be recalled as the
founder Of the Latin empire In Con-
stantinople.
The cities of Bruges, Client and q
few others at this time were proud
and felt their might, bidding to be-
come free cities, and were permitted
their independence with the suzerainty
of the counts Of Flanders. The coun-
try was united with the Netherlands
in the fourteenth century. but a CEN
fury later passed to the Hapsburgs.
It has been in the possession Of the
Spanish and Of the French, but in
1880 finally liberated itself from Hol-
land and from France.
Client has been called the City of
Flowers and the Soul of Flanders. 1t
was the home of Flemish art, and here
was to be seen before the war Van
Eyck's masterpiece, 1.-THE Alteration OF
the Lamb" In the cathedral Of St.
Bavon. It VT here that the peace of
1915. which concluded the Wal of
1872. was signed by the commission
ers Of Great Britain and the United
States.
Bruges 4 City Of Bridges.
Bruges Is a picturesque old city, a
city of bridges and the Venice of the
North. There the early printer Man
sion taught his art to the English mer.
| chant Caxton, who carried the art to
England and began printing, presery-
ing for us some OF the most remark
able pieces Of English literature, for
he was the first printer Of Chauccr.
All the arts have f1ourished in Elan
ders. Indeed, In the early Middle
Ages it might be said to be the cen
ter Of industrial art In Europe. Even
now the tapestries of Bruges. the laces
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-10-19
"Potwallopsr" Word With History.

"PotW1lloper" Word With History.
Potwalloper Is q slang word with q
history, meaning literally a pot boiler.
There Is an old English word wallop,
meaning to boil with q bubbling sound.
Before the passage Of the so-called re-
form act Of 1882. persons In England
who had occupied q single room and
boiled q pot for six months claimed
the right to vote In an election for
members Of parliament, on the ground
that boiling . pot and cooking food at
their own 6re made them household
ers. The act Of 1882 recognized their
claim by providing that those who had
previously exercised the right Of suf-
frage on that ground should not be de-
prived Of II, but the act gave q new
definition Tor householder. Pot boiler.
the modern form Of potwalloper.
means one who does literary or artis-
tic work By the Job. mainly to keep
the pot boiling.