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Memories of Southern Cities.
Savannah to New Orleans.
This was a primitive journey compared
with Mrs. Dinsmore’s all-rail ride—dat
ing back to the time when the following
newspaper item began to circulate: “ ‘A
Southern railroad has this notice posted
in its cars; ‘Passengers not allowed to get
off to pick berries on a down grade.” ’
There were several stop-overs, changes
from train to boat and boat to boat; no
Pullman’s, no dining cars; and in leaving
Savannah —this was in December, 1858—
a fee was necessary to get our baggage
checked to destination. When about
five miles from Savannah the train stop
ped in a swamp with not a human habi
tation in sight and the conductor assist
ed a young lady to get off, calling on the
baggage master as he did so to ‘‘put off
that small black trunk.” He then en
gaged in conversation with the young
lady for fifteen or twenty minutes, after
which the train proceeded, but stopped
after that about every fifteen minutes.
It was midnight when we reached Ma
con and we concluded to stop over there,
but had to get into the baggage car and
roll out our trunks as the surly official in
charge refused to do it for us. Then we
went to Brown’s Hotel, the house found
so satisfactory in 1872, but which at this
time was a very primitive hostelry. At
breakfast next morning, after many
fruitless attempts to get the attention
f or.e of the slipshod darkies who were
running aimlessly about the room, collid
ing with each other or clustering, half a
dozen at a time, about a single bewilder
ed guest, I caught a youthful African
whose head just reached the top of my
chair, and asking if they had green or
black tea, be replied: “ ’Taint green nor
’taint black; when we pours it out its
white, and when we puts milk in it its
kinder yaller.” The menu consisted
mainly of liver and bacon, corn bread,
hominy and fritters.
At noon we boarded the train tor
Montgomery, but there was a hanging
to come off somewhere on the line and
the cars were filled with a rough crowd,
many of them drunk. After standing
for three-quarters of an hour on the
platform of a car in which there was not
a vacant sea: the railroad officials con
cluded to pat on another car, in which
we gut a seat, but it was dirty beyond
description. At Columbus another crowd
got abo rc to go to the hanging, and it
was a mod disagreeable and uncomfort
able journey, There was nothing eat
able to be had, but fortunately we were
provided with a package of assorted bis
cuit and a warm-hearted Southerner
with whom we had some conversation
gave us some Isabella wine made on his
father’s plantation in South Carolina.
At this time we made the acquaintance
of two New Yorkers, one accompanied
by his wife, whose destination was also
New Orleans, and their company made
the remainder of the trip more pleasant.
One was selling hoop skirts and the other
caskets!
v> e arriveu ai munigumery, Aiauainti,
about lip. m., pretty well used up, not
having had a meal since breakfast, and
drove to the Exchange Hotel. Finding
it too late to get anything to eat in the
hotel we sallied forth in search of a
restaurant, and succeeded in finding one.
While waiting for our supper to be
served 1 picked up a local paper and read
in it news of the death in New Dan
ville. Texas, of my paternal grandfath
er, Hon. Timothy Filsbury, a relative 1
had never seen. Some years later I
visited his late home and his last resting
place in the cemetery at Henderson, the
county town of Rusk county.
Returning to the hotel after a hearty
supper we had a good night’s rest, and
the next morning started out sight-see
ing. We found Montgomery a very
pretty little city, with wide streets
shaded by,trees, and a handsome State
House on an elevation overlooking the
other buildings. Some of our party saw
"slave pens" for the first time, with
the stock .in trade lounging about await
ing purchasers. I am under the im
pression that there was a very good din
ner provided at the hotel, but because
of the lack, or inefficiency,of waiters we
were able to partake of but little of it.
After dinner we saw our baggage load
ed on a baggage wagon, during which
operation an ambitiouB darkey who
had tackled two trunks went headlong
down the stairs, his head and shoulders
going through the glass in the door at
thuir fruit
We walked leisurely to the landing
and went on board the steamer LeGrand,
in which we had taken passage for Mo
bile, and found her cabin filled with a
motley crowd of passengers. There
were twenty-five or thirty men of vari
ous ages in suits of butternut-dyed
homespun, with broad-brimmed hats,
and bowie knives and revolvers more or
less in evidence; about the same number
of women, and innumerable children,
most of them babies. As the boat left
the shore a burly, good-looking negro
stood on the cotton bales in the bow and
sang a goodbye to Montgomery, some
twenty of the deck hands joining in the
chorus. The effect was wild but pleas
ing, and the musical darkies were re
warded with a shower of silver coins
from the passengers.
The river boats of those days were
flat-bottomed, and carried their freight
on the main deck, and as cotton was
piled many tiers high the passenger
deck was ten or more feet above the
main deck and was reached by a stair
way at the forward end. The cabin ex
tended to the stern, with staterooms on
each side. Heading the row of state
rooms on one side was the bar and on
the other side was the office. The space
in front was where gambling was car
ried on, and few boats were without
professional gamblers among their pas
sengers and frequent tragedies resulted.
The deck outside of the staterooms
waB known as “the guard,” and there
one morning I saw a young girl chewing
snuff, a common practice among the
“poor whites.” The end of a small
stick is bruised until it is like a broom |
and when moistened it is dipped into the
snuff and then put in the mouth and the
snuff rubbed into the gums. I was still
more disgusted on seeing ayounglady (?)
smoKing a big black cigar while playing
euchre.
I am afraid our party were not re
garded with very friendly eyes by the
other passengers. One of the New
Yorkers when visiting the lower deck,
attracted by the notes of a violin, over
heard the remark: “Here’s one of them
damned Yankees. What in hell is he do
ing down here?” The visit to the “reg
ions below” was cut short and was not
repeated.
The Alabama river is narrow and very
crooked, but is free from the sandbars
and snags which make navigation on
most of the southern rivers both difficult
and dangerous. The banks are high and
steep, and in some places the cotton
comes down shutes and the deckhands
have to catch and hold the bales with
their cotton hooks to keep them from
going across the deck and overboard.
At one place we were told there were
10,000 bales of cotton on the bank, worth
$500,000.
We stopped one night at the foot of a
bluff to take on cotton. On the bow of
the boat pitch pine burning in iron braz
iers lighted up the deck and the dark
green foliage of the live oaks with their
streamers of grey moss, which fringed
tl -* bank. It was a weird and pictures
que scene. One after another the bales
of cotton came rolling down the hillside
in quick succession, followed by the
dusky deck bands glistening with per
spiration. One of them through neglect
letting a bale go overboard, the mate
gave him a few blows on the back with
a switch, and although the punishment i
was not nearly as severe as I have seen
schoolmasters give their pupils it almost
sent one' lady passenger into hysterics.
These were the days when northern peo
ple were seeing the Southern “institu
tion”— Blavery — as pictured by Mrs.
Stowe in “Uncle Tom’s Cabin.”
1 must not forget to mention our one i
distinguished (?) passenger, who announc
ed himself as Viscount de Basterd, |
who spent most of his time on the hurri
cane deck with a large notebook,and who
informed us that he should publish a book
on his return to France. He said: “Ze j
part ven 1 was on ze Miszooree river ;
wall be very amusing. Zey ask me to :
trink and I no like to trink, but zey say j
zey shall shoot me if I no trink and I no
like to refuse.”
The New Yorkers were introduced at
the bar to “peach and honey,” —a south
ern drink at that time, composed of
strained honey and peach brandy—but
after a few interviews gave up the ac
quamtance. I
I have no recollection of how we spent j
the time on the boat, or how long we j
were making the trip, but I know we i
were all glad when we arrived at Mobile
and found quarters in the Battle House,
then one of the best hotels in the South,
i It was built of granite, and in architec
ture closely resembled the Revere and
the Tremont in Boston and the old Plant
ers Hotel in St. Louis, and J think they
must have all been built at about the |
same time.
Only one night was spent in Mobile,
and at 3 p. m. on the day following our
arrival we took passage on the mail boat
Cuba for New Orleans. Mobiie bay is
(or was) very shallow and although built
for the trade the Cuba stirred up the
mud for at least half a mile after leav
ing the wharf. Large vessels cannot
come within a mile or two of the city
and lighters are used ior receiving and
discharging cargoes. There was noth
ing attractive to be seen. The land
visible from the boat was fiat, and save
for the clusters of buildings at the
watering places there was nothing to
break the monotony. When we awoke
the next morning the Cuba was laying
at the head of a long pier in Lake Pon
chitrain, and an early train over the
Ponchitrain railroad took us into New
Orleans, a distance of only a few miles.
Here we parted with our fellow travel
ers and went to the home of relatives to
spend the winter. C. A. P.
BOWDOIN COLLEGE PRIZES.
Brunswick, Me., Jan. 25. Prof.George
R. Elliott of Bowdoin College today an
nounced the prizes of $10 each offered
by Edgar 0. Achorn, ’81, of Boston, for
the best prose and verse compositions
published in the Bowdoin Quill during
1915, had been awarded to Donald Q.
Burleigh, ’17, of Augusta, for his s ory,
“Coals of Fire,” and to Forbes Rickard,
’17, of Denver, for his poem, “Regrets. ”
Don Burleigh is a son of the late Clar
ence M. Burleigh and a grandson of
United States Senator Burleigh. His
father for many years edited the Kenne
bec Journal with conspicuous ability and
was the author of a very successful
series of boys books.
Cured of Worms.
Familiar signs of worms in children are*
I Deranged stomach, swollen upper lip, sour
| stomach, offensive breath, hard and fully belly
twith occasional gripings and
pains about the navel, pale
face of leaden tint, eyes heavy
and dull, twitching eyelids,
itching of the nose, itching of
the rectum, short, dry cough,
grinding of the teeth, little red
points sticking out on tongue,
starting during sleep, slow
fever. If your child shows any of these
symptoms, start using Dr. True’s Elixir, the
Family Laxative and Worm Expeller at once.
“My little son '.is gaining every day and I
think more of Dr. True’s Elixir than all other
such medicines put together,” writes Mrs. Ida
Gagnon of Manchester, N. H.
At your druggist’s, 36c, 50c and $1.00. Ad
vice free. Write me.
TRUCKING
I am prepared to do all kinds of trucking,
Furniture and piano moving a specialty.
Leave orders at the staoie. corner of Main
and Cross - streets, and they will receive
prompt attention. Telephone connection.
w.;w. BLAZO,
is6 Waldo Avenue,.Belfast.
An Historical Sketch of the
Sixth Maine Battery.
The Sixth Maine Battery was recruit
ed in York, Aroostook and Waldo coun
ties. Capt. Freeman McGilvery of
Searsport was-the first commander; first
lieutenant, Edwin B. Dow, Portland;
second lieutenants, Fred A. Morton
of Augusta; and William H. Rog
ers of Stockton. It was organized in
November and December, 1861, and
April 1st was ordered to Washington, D.
C., and arrived there April 3d. The bat
tery consisted of four light 12-pound
brass pieces and two 3-inch rifle pieces,
with about ore hundred and twenty-five
men. In this little sketch I shall only
refer to the part taken in the battle of
Gettysburg on the 2d and 3d days.
In the patched-up line to stay the tide
which had rolled the advanced line of
Dan Sickles back from his first position
appeared the Sixth Maine battery, com
manded by Lieut. Dow. The battery
at this time consisted of four 12-pound
brass guns, with one hundred and three
men and ninety horses. The battery ar
rived on the field in the early morning of
July 2d. During the first part of the
day the battery was held in reserve and
the men were anxious spectators of the
struggle between Sickles and Long
street. About six o’clock Lieut. Dow
was ordered to report to Major Freeman
McGilvery, who commanded the reserve
artillery of the 2d Corps.
All the batteries on the line had moved
off but the Sixth Maine and the 5th
Phillips, Mass. McGilvery, whose brav
ery and sagacity were valuable at this
hour, directed Dow to hold the position
at all hazards until reenforcements could
be brought up. The Sixth Maine and its
officers were equal to the demand of the
hour and their chief. The Sixth Maine
and 5th Massachusetts used grape and
canister upon the enemy with such pre
cision and rapidity that the line could
not advance and had to retire. It was
about 7 o’clock p. m. when the enemy
was repulsed. The Sixth had expended
one hundred and forty rounds of am
munition. Before the battery left the
field Lieut, Dow and his men brought
seven guns from the field left by other
batteries and not carried off by the
enemy.
The morning of July 3rd, having re
paired damages and received a new sup
ply of ammunition, Capt. Dow again re
ported to Major McGilvery, who was at
that time bringing into line all the re
serve batteries under his command on
Cemetery ridge, knowing full well there
was where the enemy w'ould make
their last charge to break through the
Union line Thirty-nine guns were
placed to meet Pickett’s charge. In
front of those guns a slight earthwork
was thrown up to protect the men sup
porting the guns. At the rear was the
2nd Corps and some of the 3rd. About
1 o’clock the enemy opened upon the
Union center with about one hundred
and fifty guns. It was the memorable
cannonade that preceeded Pickett’s
charge. Soon McGilvery’s guns began
a slow but well directed fire on some of
the single batteries most in view. Some
of them were driven to the rear before
the enemy came in sight.
About 3 o’clock Picketts division came
into view, aiming directly for McGilverys
batteries. Two of his brigades never
reacheo the Union lines. The McGilvery
batteries poured such a withering fire
that the enemy never succeeded in get
ting within musket range. McGilvery
trained Dow’s Sixth Maine battery upon
the advance of Pickett’s men. No forest
intervened in the even plain and the
cannoneers of the Sixth mowed the
enemy down like grass before the sythe.
One brigade reached the Union line and
came over the stone wall, where they
met more of the boys from Maine, ft
was all over in a short time and the
battle of Gettysburg was won.
The original time of service of the
Sixth Maine battery expired Dec. 31,
1864, but it re-enlisted for three years.
Capt. Dow was discharged for disability
and Lieut. William H. Rogers of Stock
ton was commissioned captain and com
manded the battery until it was muster
ed out of service June 17, 1865, at Au
gusta.
Capt. McGilvery, after his promotion
to field office, was for some time in com
mand of the First Brigade of Artillery,
Army of the Potomac. He was a daring
and successful officer and distinguished
himself at the battle of Gettysburg. At
the time of his death he commanded one
hundred guns. He was wounded in the
hand at Deep Batton and it was neces
sary to administer chloroform to ampu
tate. He did not survive the operation.
Thus ended the life of a noble soldier.
Capt. Rogers took command of the bat
tery, making as gallant a record for him
self as its former commanders had made,
returning after its muster out to his for
mer home in Stockton.
Freeman McGilvery was one of the
many noble young men of Searsport who
gave their lives in defence of their coun
try. His sword and picture, presented
by his widow, hang on the walls of the
room of Freeman McGilvery Post and
are held very dear by its members. As
we gaze upon the picture it seems to
speak out in plain words: “It is well with
me now.”
We should honor the memory of such
men as Searsport sent to the war.
A Veteran.
MURDERED IN MEXICO.
El Paso, Jan. 25. Three Americans
from Chihuahua City today confirmed
reports of the murder by Mexican ban
dits of five Americans, between Dec.
23 and Jan. 9. They were Henry Ack
lin, a rancher living south of Minaca;
his son-in-law, Walter Maiburn; Tom
Johnson, a ranch hand; Peter Keane,
bo ikkeeper for the Babricora ranch ol
William R. Hearst, and Bart Kramer,
son of David Kramer, one of the Ameri
cans driven out of Western Chihuahus
last December. The elder Kramer waE
wounded. Two surviving sons have gone
into the mountains near Madera to bring
their father out of his hiding place.
COUNT APPONYI
IS A STATESMAN
Eloquent Orator With Gonmaod
ol English.
When the name of Count Albert Ap
ponyi, the veteran Hungarian leader,
was first put forward to fill the vacant
post of Austro-Hungarian ambassador
to the United States the occasions of
his visits to this country were re
tailed.
Count Apponyi is one of the most
distinguished of the European states
men of today. An eloquent orator,
with a singularly striking command of
English, he has won the respect of the
many Americ ans who have heard him
speak during his visits to the United
States. He comes of a family that
traces its descent from King Bela IV.
Photo by American Press Association. [
COUNT APPONTI.
of Hungary and has played an imjior
tant part iu the destinies of his native
land.
Count Apponyi led movements for
the development of Hungarian com
merce aud agriculture and for the
checking of Russia’s ambitions in the
Balkan peninsula. He is noted for his
democratic ideals and practices ardfor
his advocacy of international peace.
Since 1872 lie has been a member of
the Hungarian parliament and was
president of it from 1872 to 1901. He
was formerly minister of public in
struction, privy councilor, member of
the permanent court of arbitration at
The Hague aud member of the Inter
parliamentary union.
WASH DAY IN THE TRENCHES.
Soldiers Gather Soiled Clothing and
Give It Vigorous Scrubbing.
One day a week is set aside in the
trenches in northern France as “wash
day.” On that day the soldiers gather
all their soiled clothing aud give it a
vigorous scrubbing. Some of the men
could give housewives pointers on the
method of getting the heavy dirt from
clothes.
Wash day generally is followed by a
night of music and song. There are
Photo by American Presa Association.
WASH DAT IN THE TRENCHES.
many good singers among the men in
the trenches, and it is a poor camp that
does not boast of one or two musicians.
The story is told that at one of these
concerts, when the air was still and
clear and the voice carried, a youth
with a fine tenor voice started to sing.
From a trench in the far distance there
came a plaintive call. It was the
youth’s father. He had been led to be
lieve that his boy was dead. His voice
didn’t carry, and another in the father’s
camp through a megaphone asked if
the singer was Willie -of the
British regiment. When the answer
was megaphoned back that it was there
was a fervent “Thank God!” from the
other end of the line. The two camps
then joined in the singing of the song.
A Cranberry Island Landmark.
Famous as a Maine landmark, the
house on Fish Point, Cranberry Isles,
which has stood for 61 years, is to be re
moved, as the owners wish to erect a
summer residence on the site, which is
the finest on this Atlantic seaboard prop
erty of more than 20 acreB. The old
house is one in which many, especially
the older residents, feel a personal in
terest, and many will regret its tearing
down or removal.
Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER’S
CASTORI A
Col. Boothby Reminiscent.
A Personal Letter Which We Obtained
Permission to Publish.
To the Editor of The Journal.
Just to congratulate you on entering up
on volume 8S. As before intimated I
thoroughly enjoy reading The Journal.
Beginning in the railroad service so
young it has been my good fortune to
know personally nearly all the news
paper men of Maine; indeed, at a ban
quet of the Maine PreBS association I
happened to mention the ntmes of news
paper men I had known, whereupon the
next speaker said he had learned one
thing, and that was to whom to go for
information as to the newspapers of the
State—not a newspaper man, but a rail
I hope you will keep on with your
“Memories of Southern Cities”—all so
far familiar to me. Down in Florida at
a hotel one Sunday they made me talk
and I told of my visits to churches
throughout the country. After 1 got
through one lady said she hoped none of
us sat in Washington’s pew in the cnurch
at Alexandria, for some of her party did
and she didn’t believe they had got rid
of the bugs yet.
Then in Richmond the church which
Patrick Henry attended, and where in the
yard I believe his remains lie. I never
see it without thinking of the old story,
perhaps familiar to you, of the lecturer
who had Patrick Henry for his theme
and kept running all through the lecture
the “give me liberty or give me death”
phrase. He tells the story that at one
country place he was followed to the
hotel by a citizen of the town who said
he had come to enquire as he was curious
to know if “Patrick Henrv finally secured
his divorce.”
We have several times visited the
church in Richmond where Jeff Davis
was attending services when the news
came to him of Lee’s surrender, and his
pew is always pointed out to strangers.
On the occasion of our first visit we
were being shown around the Capitol by
apparently a Confederate veteran, and
from the dome or cupola he pointed out
a locality and remarkea: “Right over
there is where Gen. Lee with a mere
handful of men kept the whole world at
bay.”
Visitors to Richmond should not fail
to visit Hollywood cemetery.
In Richmond I have a particular friend.
Dr. George Ross, one of the most emi
nent physicians and surgeon in that city.
He took me to the WeBt Moreland club
one day, where I had the pleasure of
meeting, all in one bunch, Generals
Wheeler, Mahone and Pickett. Luckily
they did not ask me if I had ever been
in the war. Frederic E. Boothby.
Maine’ oldest couple.
Bath, Me., Jan. 26. Maine’s oldest
couple, Mr. and Mrs. Read Nichols, re
ceived many friends today at their home,
601 Washington street, where they in
formally observed their 70th wedding an
nivdrsary.They were assisted in receiving
by their two children, Charles L. Nich
ols and Emma Pierce, both of this city.
Scores of congratulatory messages and
floral gifts were received by them.
Mr. and Mrs. Nichols were hosts at a
dinner tonight to which about 20 were in
vited. Outside the members of the fam
ily present were Mrs. Jane Donnell, a
neighbor, and Mr. and Mrs. George E.
Litchfield of 16 Bath street, who cele
brated their 52nd anniversary earlier in
the month.
Mrs. Litchfield was formerly Sarah
Augusta Reed and is the only person
now living who attended the wedding of
Mr. and Mrs. Nichols 70 years ago. She
was only four years old but well remem
bers the ceremony.
WANTED
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Contract work furnished for men and teams
if desired. MILTON B. HILLS.
Tel. 17-21. LincolnviUe, Me.
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RECENT DEATHS.
The funeral of the late M. V. B.
Mitchell of Troy was held at the home
Thursday, Jan. 20th, Rev. William snow
officiating. The daughters, Mrs. C. A.
Stevens of Pittsfield, Mrs. Frank Seavey
of Brockton, Mass., Mrs. Grace Rogers
of Buffalo, N. Y., and grandchildren,
were all present with the exception of
Miss Tavia Mitchell and grandson Van
Stevens, who were too ill to attend. The
DearerB were Messrs. Myrick, Woods,
Cook and Bagley.
Inez (Kent) Ulmer, wife of Orris Ul
mer, died Jan. 21st at her home in Rock
land after a painful illness of several
months. She was born in Bucksport,
Jan. 8, 1868, a daughter of Stillman and
Elizabeth Kent, but had resided in Rock
land about 40 years. She is survived bv
her husband and two daughter, Lena and
Katharyn. The funeral at the late home
Sunday was very largely attended. Rev.
James H. Gray of the Methodist church
officiated.
Sherman Tucker died Jan. 17th at his
home in Springfield, Me., at tne age of
80 years, 8 months and 15 days. He
was the son of the late Samuel and
Annie Smith Tucker and the last of a
family of seven. He married Miss Sarah
E. Downs on Feb. 18, 1854. Mr, Tucker
was a veteran of the Civil War, a mem
ber of the First Maine Heavy Artillery.
He leaves to mourn their loss the aged
widow and six children: Asa Tucker of
Lee, Mrs. James Davis of Forsythe,
Mrs. T. J. Stanley of Carroll, Mrs. May
hen Tupper of Old Town, Mrs. Sewell
Worster of Anson and Mrs. B. F. Jud
kins of Prentiss; also 22 grand-children
and 16 great-grandchildren, and hosts of
friends who knew him as an upright citi
zen, a devoted husband and father, a
brave soldier and an honest Christian
gentleman.
Funeral services for the late Sarah D.
Perkins were held from the Baptist
church in Burnham Jan. 19th, Rev. C.
W. Lowell, pastor of the M. E. church
at Clinton, officiating, assisted by Rev.
H. H. Hathaway, the pastor of the
church. Members of Burnham Grange,
of which the deceased was a charter
member, attended in a body. Several
selections were rendered by Miss Ethel
Allen, Mrs. L. E. Gerald and Mrs. Al
bert Cole. Among the friends and rela
tives present from out of town were Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Cook of Albion, Mrs.
Alice Gooriale of Hampden, and daugh
ter, Mrs. Effie Gibbons of Bangor, Al
vah Perkins of Lowell, Mass., Eugene |
Reynolds of Georgetown, Me. The
bearers were R. A. Baxter, J. A. Call,
W. C. Hunt and E. W. Crawford. In
terment was in the family lot in the
village cemetery.
Charles 1. Welch died Jan. 23d at his
I ho me in Ellsworth after a long and pain
ful illness. He was born in Northport
sixty-one years ago, and was a young
man when he went to Ellsworth to work
in the Murch block factory. When this
business was discontinued he worked as
a joiner and cabinet worker, being a
most efficient workman. In 190B he went
to the Charlestown navy yard, where for
five years he worked at his trade as a
block maker. He returned to Ellsworth
in 1910. For several years, before and I
after his work in Charlestown, he was
janitor of the First National bank build
ing in Ellsworth. He was a member of
Lygonia lodge, F. and A. M., and a
Knight of Pythias. Mr. Welch married
in January, 1879, at Taunton, Mass.,
Miss Cora I. Call of Ellsworth, who sur
vives him. He leaves also one daughter,
Miss Helen C. Welch, teacher of domes
tic science in the Presque Isle normal
school; one sister, Mrs. Annie Murch of
Medford, Mass., and one brother, Daniel
Welch of Ellsworth. The Ellsworth
American says of him that he was an in
dustrious, worthy citizen who had many
friends. *
THE FIRST MAINE CAVALRY, v
>1
Gen. Cilley Gives War Records and lit
dents of Two of its Men.
[Rockland Courier-Gazette.] ,
Editor of The Courier-Gazette: !
your issue of Jan. 11th, copying an a: -
cle from the Porterville (Calif.) pap
the late Capt. Clarence D. Ulmer v I
reported to have served under Sheric i
for lour years. Sheridan did not j i
the Army of the Potomac until m
winter of 1864. The following is Cap:
Ulmer’s service: Mustered in Oct.
1861, as private, Co. D, First Ma
Cavalry, promoted regimental quart
master sergeant July 1, 1362; comn
sioned regimental quartermaster Mar
27, 1863; detailed assistant quart
master of 3d Brigade 2nd Cavalry Ui
sion Oct. 18, 1864; was present for rin
from date of enlistment till the »
closed. He contributed much to 1
good fame of the regiment by being
ways on Lbe spot at the right time w
the needed supplies.
Here is another incident pertaining
the First Maine Cavalry. In the addr.
of President Chase of Bates College
Glencove Social Center, as reported
your columns, he says: "Thirty-fo
years ago, when drilling a sophomo
girl to speak, she surprised him by r
forming him she wanted to become
lawyer.”
something more is pertinent in regai <
to this young girl so nicely introduced
us by President Chase. There was
young man, Henri J. Haskell, who
military record is as follows: Age 1
residence Palmyra, mustered in Co. 1
First Maine Cavalry, Sept. 22, 1862, a?
private; joined company Oct. 25th an .
appointed bugler shortly after; wounde
slightly at Boyd ton plank road Oct. 2
1864; promoted corporal March 20, 186;
dangerously wounded at Dinwiddie Marc:
31, 1865; sent to hospital and discharge
on account of wounds July 12, 1865.
Haskell came home to Maine, went t
school; then studied law and went West
settling in Montana, where he won sue
cess in law in its capital city and receive
the nomination for attorney general o
the State. He was surprised by disco'
ering that the opposing party had nom;
nated a woman for the same position an
that the person was a woman frou
Maine. He was a believer in the pro
ducts of Maine and personally sougl
her out. He found her—as beautifu
and strong as the rivers of Maine; s
when be was I cted attorney general o'
the State of Montana, Mrs. Haskell be
came the assistant attorney general o
that State. J. P. Cilley.
PITTSFIELD PERSONALS.
Z. T. Frost and son, Elmer Frost
were business callers in Bangor Thurs
day.
Arthur Condon of Belfast was the
guest of his brother, Harry E. Condor
Monday and Tuesday.
Everett Hurd, a student at the U. of
M., is passing a few days with his moth
er, Mtb. Maude Hurd.
Alvah Cornforth and Charles E. Vick
ery went to Unity Thursday to attend
the funeral service of Mrs. Olive Corn
forth, a relative.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Manson left
Thursday for Skowhegan, where Mr.
Manson went on business. During their
stay they will be guests of Mr. and Mrs.
F. W. Briggs.
Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Gilmore of Burn
ham were in town Wednesday visiting
Mrs. Gilmore’s sister, Mrs. B. L. Fitz
gerald, and attended the Birth of the
Nation in the afternoon.
C. A. Stevens was in Troy last Thurs
day to attend the funeral of Mrs. Stev
ens’ father, the late M. V. B. Mitchell.
He was accompanied home by Mrs.
Stevens and sister, Mrs. Grace Rogers
of Buffalo, N. Y., who returned home
Friday.—Pittsfield Advertiser.