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same spirit as that which he prepared
forty years before. when the cornerstone
Of the Bunker Hill monument was laid.
Judge A. d. Olin Of the Supreme Court
Of the District of Columbia made an
eloquent address.
The Star sent a reporter to the dedi
cation of these monuments. Many Of
the facts just related are taken from
that old account. and the following,
which was part of the same article. il
introduced because of the great in
terest which must now attach to it:
From Alexandria to the battlefield
is one wide area Of desoiation. Fences
are utterly swept away. Here and there
a dilapidated house shelters a few
sQuahd inmates, and occasionally
small patch of corn or wheat is passed,
but the whole face of the country is
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headquarters for approval. Capt H. C.
Lawrence, a brigade quartermaSter, had
general control of the enterprise and
provided the necessary materials. Lieut..
Battery was made superintendent and
builder. A hundred mechanics and
laborers were detailed from Col CAL
lup's 5th Pennsylvania Heavy Artil
lery. The stone for the monument on
Henry hill was taken out OF field
nearby and the stone for the monument
at the railroad cut near Groveton was
taken out Of a culvert of the unfinished
railroad.
:. The service of the eonsecration Of
these monuments on Sunday, June II.
1865. was rendered with great solemnity
by Chaplain McCurdy of Kentucky, as
sisted in responses by Chaplain Will
liam A. Spencer Of the Eighth Illinois
Cavalry and by Signal Oficer Albert N.
Sefp. Gen. Augur, commander Of the
with his stan. one Of whom. Col. J.
II. Taylor. was the author Of the in
scription on each monument, Tn mem
ory Of the Patriots Who Fell" Gen.
Meade, commanding the Army Of the
Potomac. sent his headquarters band.
guests from Washington to Fairfax sta
ton. and sixty army wagons and am
balances carried them to Henry Hill
and Groveton. At the close Of the dedi-
fsauOn services tneEe was q pAfaQ6 OF
all branches of the service and Scott's
Sixteenth Massachusetts battery fired a
salute from the spot where one section
Of Ricketts, battery, which escaped
slaughter. was captured on that bloody
Sunday. July 81. 1866,
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THE addresses at the ceremonies
were representative Of all the de-
partments Of the government. Gen.
Farnsworth Of Illinois spoke for
Congress-. Of which he was a member.
Gen. Heintzleman and Gen. Wilcox spoke
on behalf of tho soldiers who had fought
on that field. The Rev. John Pier
pont. then in his eightieth year. wrote
the dedicatory poem. which breathes the
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profession and followed their calling
throughout the war so far as 1t was
possible for them to do so.
k* ~
TN the crisis Of the first battle I'm
= boden's battery and the Washington
artillery Of New Orleans we're In line to
the right and left Of the Henry house.
At that time the house was surrounded
by grove OF locust trees and many
Of these were shot away and their
stumps were standing at the time the
photographs accompanying this story
were made. which was In 1900. A little
heap OF stones picked up in the field
marked where Gen. Bee was killed. An
Barlow was killed, and stake In the
ground marked the spot where Col.
Cameron, commanding the 18th New
York regiment, was killed:
A rail fence, along which line Of
cedar trees had grown up, marked the
position Of Jackson's command. which
''stood like a stone wall" when there
was wavering and uncertainty In some
parts Of the Confederate hne. A gran
ite boulder was placed in position in
toward Groveton and half q mile west
Of the sudley road and the Henry field.
to mark the spot where Col Fletcher
Webster, son Of Daniel Webster. and
colonel Of the 18th Massachusetts, Vol
unteerS, was killed in tho second bat
tie. August 30. 1852. A rude little
marker had been set up to indicate the
last position occupied by Ricketts, U.
8. battery in the first battle and where
that command was shot to pieces.
In q piece Of woodland not far ffom
the Henry house bits of board nailed
to trees were inscribed telling how Gen.
Wilcox and Gen. Kirby Smith had been
shot there.
ON the warrenton pike, one mile west
houses and blacksmith shop were
there In 1861 and 1862. The houses were
destroyed in the second battle and
three Of them were rebuilt after the
war. One Of these was the. Dogan
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merely as ''the stone house." It might
have been without tenant at the time
Of the battle, or being q stone house,
and very conspicuous in the battle zone.
the soldiers thought that "stone house
was the most fitting name to call it.
On the other side Of the road and on
q wide ''lever' beyond the crest Of the
slope-that is. in the southeast Of the
roads-s gray frame house with
few broken locust trees around 1t. That
the Henry farm. The slope from the
pike DIP to that house and the fiat field
around it was the scene Of the principal
collision between the Union and Con-
federate forces in the first battle OF Bull
Run. and 1t was also fighting ground in
the second battle, something more than
q year later, the, bloodiest and most
death -blighted field OF the second bat
tie being on the Dogan farm, about q
mile to a mile and q half west by nortt
and the ;Manassas-sudley road.
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THE main line Of the Confederates
was on the Henry farm in the fight
ing Of 1861. and 1t was the farthest point
of the Union advance in their march
westward. from the stone bridge and
south from sudley Springs. 1t was on
that field that the Union lines wavered,
broke and began the retreat which soon
developed into panic and rout. 1t was
on that field that the sobriquet '..stoe-
walr' was first applied to Gen.. Jackson,
and there the Confederate general, Bee,
who gave him that sobriquet, was killed.
and today q simple little mariser tells
that Gen. Bee Was killed here" II was
on this farm that most OF the killing
Of the first battle Of Manassas took
place.
Very early after the fighting, which
began at the stone bridge and between
the pike and Sudley. had developed to
the intensity and extent Of battle. a
Union shell from Ricketts, regular bat.
terry pierced the Henry house and killed
its owner, Mrs Judith Henry. In her
bed, She was old and bedriddsn at the
time. Soon after that the house was
in flames, and Its destruction was
hastened By moro cannon shot and shell.
Mrs. Henry II buried In the family
graveyard, with many of her kin, Few
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half ruined. its roof going to decay and
its walls pierced for rifiemen. threaten
ing at no distant day to fall in the gem
eral ruin. The hotels are but novels.
Broken brick and mortar. half hidden
by weeds, alone mark the site of the
churches. A dozen, perhaps, Of its
former male population remain. Their
homes ruined, their families beggared
and themselves humbled, one cannot
avoid expression Of sympathy in, their
misfortune.
''Centerville is even more Of a desert.
Once a village of rare beauty. perched
upon gentle slope Of a high ridge and
commanding q view of fertile valleys for
many miles war-swept, 1t and its ruins
lie about, invested with all the sad
dening influences Of perfect desolation.
'.The first Bull Run field has been
stripped clear by relic hunters except
in the matter of horse bones. The bat
tlefield Of Groveton, two miles beyond,
is more distinctly marked with traces
OF battle. Here the shot and shell are
thickly strewn, the trees splintered and
In many places the forest looks as II
having been visited by terrific storm.
. .sThe bones Of soldiers Of both armies
are scattered over the fields and one
may find skulls enough to build
The road to the Rull Run fields today
Is not q bad one In fair weather. Ten
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unfinished railroad is preserved today.
though the cuts are grown up in
woods and the fills" are generally over.
grown with pines and cedars A par
ticular cut where troops. their ammu-
milton expended. fought with bayonets.
about a thousand yards north OF the
Dogan house.
Pointing over the wide fields between
her house and the woods through which
Star man that when she came home
after fighting had ceased and the
armies moved on to fight at Chantilly,
dead men lay 80 thick over that field
that you couldn't walk without stepping
on them. They had not been buried.
Men had gone about shoveling dirt over
them where they lay. and the night be-
fore I came back with my children to
where the house stood 1t had rained and
the dirt that had been thrown over
these men had been washed on"
THE old lady was . witness At the
congressional inquiry which reversed
the findings Of the court-martial in the
testified that Longstreet and officers Of
his star ate breakfast in her house
early in the morning Of August 2s Cor
was 1t August 297) and that his troops
were coming down tho pike from the
direction Of Gainesville. Her testimony
helped to prove that Longstreet had
Joined jackson on the morning Of that
day and that therefore Longstreet's
corps was in front Of Porter's corps,
which lay behind Dawkin's branch, two
miles south Of Groveton, while Jackson
was standing of. and finally driving
back the troops Of Pope with great
slaughter.
One Of those ''soldier monuments''
stands on the Dogan farm by the side
Of the railroad cut. Though erected on
two battledelds and set up as memo
more than thirteen months apart, these
two monuments should be discussed to-
gether.
One Of he officers present at the
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the stone bridge, then about a mile to
the Sudley road and Henry farm. and
about a mile or a mile and a half on
to Groveton. In some places you will
have to leave your car If you would visit
the lines occupied by troops.
With the battlefields made a park,
the road to them improved and roads
built through to the various positions as
at Gettysburg and Antietam. II will
become one Of the shrines at which
millions Of Americans may visit and
strengthen their love for America and
its race OF men.
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invited pilgrims to drink the health
giving waters Of Sudley.
This junction of the Warrcnton turn
pike and the Manassas-Sudley road is
one Of the landmarks Of history in our
country. In the northeast angle of the
roads, and close beside them, is an old
stone house which in recent years has
been given a new roof and a front
porch. The porch was put on about
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changed. Scrub oak and pine are
springing up everywhere.
"A few decrepit houses and leaning
chimneys are all that remain Of the once
pleasant valley of Fairfax Court House.
The old-fashioned courthouse itself Is
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1921-06-16

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The Story of
Our States
By JONATHAN BRACE
II.-PENNSYLVANIA
~M r. HE second
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AZIANxM ] state to
NJ @A1N va adopt the Con-
H 4 [22 Y VA stituti0n was
w EExHtR ISL P ennsylvania.
W\yyN54sA Its area of )
<S6/ 45,126 square
miles fs larger
than the combined New Eng
land states, except Maine, with
New Jersey thrown In for good
measure. Its name m cans
"Penn's Woodland" and was so
named by King Charles II, who
granted this territory to the
Quaker, William Penn, and
named it in commemoration of
Penn's father, who had been
distinguished admiral and on
terms of peculiar friendship and
intimacy with the royal family.
This grant was made in lieu Of
$4,000, which the king owed Ad-
miral Penn. On this basis it
originally cost about 81 a square
mile.
Pennsylvania has assumed
such an important place among
the states that it is often called
the Keystone state. This term
was probably derived originally
because her name was carved
on the keystone Of the. bridge
over Rock creek, between Wash
ington and Georgetown. Later on
1t was applied on account Of the
great Importance Of the state In
national elections. Its delega-
ton to congress totals 80, Sec
ond only In size to that from
New York, and Pennsylvania
accordingly has 38 presidential
electors.
William Penn first came over
to America in 1882. The follow
ing year he laid out the city of
Philadelphia, or "Brotherly
Love-" which was named after
a biblical city in Asia Minor. As
Pennsylvania was the only col
ony without seac0ast, Penn
obtained from the duke of York
the control Of Delaware, and un-
til the Revolution these two
provinces were under the same
proprietary government. Quar-
rels with Maryland over bound
aries caused formal survey
to be made by two surveyors,
Mason and Dixon, and it was
this which became famous dur
ing the Civil war as the Mason
and Dixon line, the dividing
mark between the slave and the
free states.
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sold it said it was as good as new,
and it broke his heart to part with
it, but he had to go to Florida for his
health and needed the money. Most
Of the great bargains are offered by
people who have to 60 somewhere, for
their health, and they're wise in doing
that, for if they stayed around the
neighborhood where they sold the
junk, they'd have their heads punched.
"Doolittle was so proud and happy
over his bargain that it would have
made you feel ten years younger just
to look at him. He hitched up his
family steed, which is named JAN
uary, and then invited Aunt Julia and
Mrs. Spry to take buggy ride. He
and his wife sat in the front seat, and
the invited guests took the rear one,
and all went as merry as divorce
bell for about block.
'Then one of the hind wheels came
off, and the surrey keeled over and
dumped my aunt and Mrs. Spry onto
a pile Of gravel that had been left on
the street by a cement contractor. He
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nad put red lantern on top on me
pile as a danger signal to motorists.
/ think the fall must have unsettled
Aunt Julia's faculties for the time be-
ing, for she grabbed up the lantern
and broke 1t over Mrs. Spry's head.
Mrs. Spry has her faults and failings
like other people, but she is dead
game, and the way she went for Aunt
Julia was the prettiest thing I ever
saw. I was sitting on our front porch
where / could see the doings, and /
don't know when ever enjoyed my
self so much.
"Unless you have seen couple of
refined and cultured ladies clawing
each other around on a pile Of gravel,
you don't know what true sport Is.
Mrs. Spry showed some fine ring gen.
eralship, but my aunt had the best
wind and she finally won out and came
home victorious. And thus through
camp and court she bore the trophies
Of conqueror,' as the poet says, but
there was no pleasure in living in the
same house with her for a week or
two. As soon as she cooled down she
was sorry and ashamed, and would
have given a million dollars If the
row had never started.
"WOmen are so blamed queer I've
given up trying to understand them.
When I get the best of shindy I feel
all swelled up for quite a while. /
don't have any remorse unless I get
the worst Of it, and that doesn't often
happen, for am pretty handy man.
When I put a cupola on Tensmith's
head last February I was so chesty
for month that everybody noticed it,
and thought I must have been appoint
ed postmaster.
"Well, after the women fell out of
the rear seat of the surrey, old jan
uary ran away, and it was amusing to
see that rig go humping along the
street on three wheels, with Doolittle
hanging onto the dashboard and his
wife waving her umbrella and yelling
'Fire' January couldn't 60 very fast,
being covered with ringbOnes and
spavins and other blemishes, but he
managed to knock several people down
and do lot Of damage to property,
and the old man had to pay out nearly
5000 to avoid some damage suits.
"The one thing that keeps him from
despair is rumor that the man who
sold him the surrey is coming back
here to live. Doolittle will be at the
depot to meet him, and 1t will be
worth $5 to have ringside seat when
the meeting occurs" e.u,
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of the Seville Presbyterian church.
County Agent R. H. Halderson was
a guest of the association at this
meeting and gave a short But inter-
esting talk on the christian Einpha-
sis in the Farm Bureau Club Work"
The general discussion upon the
rural church and its work was par
ticipated in by everyone present and
covered wide variety in points Of
view.
Those present at the June meeting
were Rev. S. F. Ross, E. Il. Zechiel,
C. B. Etter and M. N. Lehman Of
Wadsworth; Rev. w. H. Bryenton,
W. J. Drew, w. R. Moffes of Me-
dina; Rev. R. w. Gardner, M. H.
Woolf and A. r. Woodworth Of Sc
vile; C. R. McMeeken of Leroy, H.
R. Chalfant of Sharon, H. R. Hal
derson of the Farm Bureau, and E.
W. Barnes Of the Y. M. C. a.
The September meeting Of the
county ministers will be in the form
of a picnic with their families, prob
ably at Chippewa Lake.
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KAUFMAN PROMOTED

His many friends in Medina will
be glad to learn of the continued
promotion and success Of Dwight H.
Kaufman, a former Medina boy but
now of Lakewood. A city newspap-
er of recent date contained a picture
of Mr.. Kaufman and the following
notice:
Dwight H. Kaufman has been ap-
pointed assistant manager of the
Lakewood office of the Guardian Saw
ings & Loan company, announced
Vice President W. R. Green this
week.
"The Lakewood office has been
growing so rapidly, pointed out Mr..
Green, that it became necessary to
give w. H. Steinkan1p, manager, ad-
ditional executive assistance. Be-
fore the Lakewood State Bank was
merged with the Guardian, Kauff-
man supervised the savings depart
ment and recently he has bcer in
charge of new accounts.
Kaufman is a Lakewood booster
and has this year secured twelve
members for the Chamber of Com
merce. He lives at 1925 Wagar ave-
nue."
Mr.. Kaufman is a graduate of
the Medina high school, as is like
wise his wife, formerly Miss Marion
Branch, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
F. M. Branch, who moved to Lake
wood few years ago. Mr.. Kauff-
mans mother resides in Medina.
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CAMP CRAG GALL SET''

The boys of Medina county over y
years of age can register at any time
now for the annual summer camp,
August 800, under the auspices Of the
County Y. M. c. A. An early reg
istration means the saving of expense
to the campers. In order to serve
the largest number of boys the camp
fees have been made very low by the
County Committee. Any boy can
attend the first week of the camp for
$3.50 or the full camp period for $3.50,
and be supplied with food, shelter,
transportation and all necessities ex-
cept personal effects.
Camping at Whips Ledges in Hinck-
ley township makes the annual camp
available to large number of boys.
Any Medina county boys of good
character may register for Camp Crag.
1t is not necessary to belong to any
local township Y. M. c. A. group.
In addition to the regular group
tents the camp will be provided with
large mess tent which will furnish
ample space for bad weather sports
and activities as we'll as pleasant
place for an after-dinner rest period.
This camp being promoted jointly
by the Y. M. c. A. and the Farm Bu-
reau bids fair to be one of the best in
the history of Medina county boys and
will be attended by boys from every
township.
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GOVERNOR SIGNS
TRUCK LOAD BILL

Gov. Davis has signed the Burke
bill which regulates the use of motor
trucks on the public highways by pre-
scribing the weight of load at $50
pounds to each inch Of aggregate tire
width.
In connection with his approval of
the measure the governor issued a
statement in which he asserted the
necessity for such regulation to pre-
serve the highways outweighs the OBJ
jections made by truck manufactur-
ers and users. He asserted the meas
ure in several respects is not salts
factory and should be amended at
the first opportunity.
The bill limits the weight of truck
and sload to 10000 pounds. Truck
manufacturers and users contended
this was too low, as a truck of five
ton earring capacity weighs six tons
itself, making a maximum of truck
and load Of $4,000. Truck men urg-
ed that the present maximum weight
Of $4,000 should not have been re
duced.
Owners Of heavy motor trucks in
Ohio are facing serious losses, ac-
cording to statements Of manufactur-
ers' representatives, who declare
heavy trucks carrying a load within
the prescribed tonnage would eat ur
sall profits in operating expense.
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RAIN PREVENTS GAME

With the exception of one game,
the baseball matches scheduled for
last Saturday in the Medina county
baseball league were all postponed on
account Of rain. Mallet Greek Sem
iors succeeded in playing off their
game with Litchfield Seniors, the
final score being 5 to 7 in favor of
Litchfield. The game between NAL
let Creek and Litchfield Juniors was
postponed. The game between Me-
dina village Juniors and Seville Jun
iors was postponed as it was impos-
sible to secure the Seville diamond.
Medina Seniors and Brunswick play
ed Tuesday afternoon and the score
proved walk away in favor Of
Brunswick. Granger and Leroy
Juniors postponed from Saturday to
Wednesday afternoon, the game be-
ing played in Leroy.
Many Unclaimed Accounts In Banks.
New York.-There are 25,000 un-
claimed accounts In savings banks,
trust companies and private banks In
| New York state, accounts which have
! lain dormant for from five to thirty
| years. They range from $5 to tens
! Of thousands Of dollars.
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ATHLETICS

Athletic sports appear to be about
the most important thing in college
life of the average young man of
today. If he doesn't 60 in for The
round of sports he is apt to be term
ed grub-worm and find himself
more or less isolated from the COM
panionship of his fellows. If he
becomes an enthusiastic sportsman
he is in danger of neglecting his
studies to the detriment of his
education and his future.
The promotion of athletics is de-
sirable up to a certain point, but the
tendency of the day is to 60 the linn
it, even to the sacrifice of educational
proficiency in lines that are necessary
in modern commercial life.
This is not an age when young
men may learn to read and write and
add and subtract and then go out in
to the world and compete for success.
Employers are becoming more exact
ing each day. They require some
thing more than a football or stroke
record from their employees. They
insist upon stability, common sense,
and an ability to produce the
goods"
There are many noted critics of
our higher educational institutions Of
today, and these critics have little
confidence in the ability of the aver
age college graduate. When shrewd
employers place value of $40 week
upon the services Of young men just
out of college, there would seem to be
something wrong with the system un-
der which these young men have been
trained.
Too much athletics may become as
detrimental to an individual as none
at all.