The National tribune. [volume], July 07, 1904, Page 3, Image 3

About The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917

Image provided by: Library of Congress, Washington, DC

                
RECITALS ANDREMINISCENCES.
Stories Eminently Worth Telling of Experiences and Adventures
in the Great National Struggle;
IN A HOLLOW SYCAMORE
Close Quarters with a Rebel Scoutlnc Party
for Three Honrs.
Editor National Thibune: In the is
sue of May 19 1 saw an article from Com
rade W. G. Gilbert. 51st I nil. Shake, com
rade; 1 was there?1 was the ln>y who put
it into Gen. Pope's head to climb the trees
and look into Corinth! 1 was on lien.
Uglesby's staff, and one night carried a
message to (ieii. Pope. In the morning,
when the General was preparing for his
usual morning skirmish, he remarkeil that
he'd like to look into the rebel works.
Glancing np at a tall oak 1 safd. "General,
yon can do it," and throwing off my coat,
up that tree 1 went?and sure enough,
right before me lay a large portion of the
rebel camps and forts. 1 saluted the Gen
eral and told him to come up and see: but
being short and fat. he could not climb;
but in a little while he had a ladder made
and was up in that tree.
But 1 was going to write of how it
looked to a man up a tree.
After the second battle of Corinth,
where Gen. Oglesby was wounded, 1 went
into the scoutiug service, under Gen. G.
M. Dodge, and when Lawler and Sullivan
?were licking Forrest at Parker's Cross
roads, 1 was with a detachment of the
15th 111. Cav.. under Maj. Carmichal, and
our Chief of Scouts. Col. Kill Breckin
ridge. trying to capture and destroy For
rest's ferryboats at Clifton, Tenn. We
found so many rebels there who objected
to it we concluded not to cross the Ten
nessee Kiver: but we skirmished a good
part of the day. across the river. In the
afternoon the troops retired, leaving a few
scouts to watch the rebels. We had hid
our horses back in the timber. My part
ner and 1 discovered, just below the ferry,
a sycamore stump, probably 50 feet high,
leaning over the hank, and with a hole in
the upper side, near the ground, large
enough for a small man to crawl into, di
vested >of coat and accouterments. Inside
"a B~BKL COMMAND LAFWCHED FBVEBAL
PLAT BOATS AND STAKTKD OVEK."
there was room to spare. Lying on the
ground we stripped, then slipped in ami
drew our clothes, including our coats, in
with us. The stump was large; there was
room for us to crawl side by side till we
could see out at the top; and to help us,
woodpeckers had made numerous holes,
to that we could see in various directions,
up and down the river, and straight to the
ground, while the end pointed straight into
Clifton. We had just gotten comfortably
settled in our nest when a rebel command
marched down and lauched several of
their flatboats. and started over for a
reconnoissauce. It was then too late f??r
us to retreat, and we concluded to hold
the hole, and see it out?or sec out of it.
They came over. KM) or more. Some boats
landed under our snag. Of course, they
left a guard at the river, and our dis?-oin-y
forts then began. As if with malice and
delilxrate purpose that squad built a tire
right under us. and went to getting din
ner! Smoke? It was fearful! How those
woodpccker holes did draw! And we dare
not sneeze or cough! They heaped insults
on injuries?talked hard about the
Yankees?called us cowardly pups, and
even used profane language because we
had shot across the river into houses and
kill?*d some of their brave comrades who
were shooting out at windows and doors
at us cowardly whelps who stood behind
trees or lay Hat on the ground instead of
coming out in the open like men!
We just lay still and took it without
saying a word back?but we made many
mental reservations.
IIow good their bacon and corndodger
smeiled to a pair of hungry Yankees in
a tree! How chilly we got, looking down
on that fire, 50 feet below us. And how
1 did want to cough, sneeze, jaw, kick,
turn over or move some way! Were rebels
ever l?efore so long in eating a dinner?
We could have dropjH-d a cartridge into
their fire. My partner. G. M. Copland,
wanted to do it, but I was fearful they
might decide to try to tind out "where the
thunder it came from. Three bad hours
they kept us th? re, and we dare?l not move;
to lay there perfectly quiet was no easy
matter. Finally the scouting party re
turned. al?oul sundown, and all crossed the
river, and we lost little time in getting out
of that hole. To our great surprise we
found our horses where we left them, and
soon we joine<l the command, three or four
miles back oil the hiils. That night I
spent in my saddle, till 1 o'clock in the
morning. With Col. Breckinridge I en
tered a village, full of rebels, stole a horse
right out of their camp and got away with
him. And thereby hangs a tale 1 may un
fold some other day.?J. H. Watson,
Stewart's Battalion, 111. Ind. Car., El Do
rado, Kana.
Shoulder Artillery.
Editor National Tribune: The com
rades who have been writing in regard to
Harper's Ferry and the Harper's Ferry
Arsenal and the old muskets altered from
flintlocks to percussion lo< ks remind me of
the early days of the war when I was in
Missouri with the 1st Iowa, under Gen.
Lyon. Our efficient Commissioner of Pen
sions, Comrade Ware, can tell how effec
tive they were. No man who ever fired
one of them will forget the impression they
made on the "man behind the gun/' A
regiment in action, with such arms, could
not l>e kept in a proper line; for the
fciuall men would have to take one or two
steps to the front to regain his |>ositioii
after discharging his piece. Kick? Yes,
1 should say they would! Harder than
Totten's mules! 1 would like to *ee one of
those old altered-over Harper's Ferry
muskets; but I have no desire to go gun
ning with one. Later on tu the war I was
in a regiment that was armed in a pro
miscuous manner, one battalion with
Colt's revolving rifles, and for a short time
we had what were called Belgian rifles,
with salier bayonets, and we were nick
named /'Coon's IJght Artillery." Our
Major's name was Datus K. Coou. Sub
sequently we were given the Spencer car
bine?a seven-shooter, of which the boys
were very proud. The rebels said we
never went to church, but put in the day
loading them up, so that we could shoot
all week without loading. In that d-ay
they witv good-?but where would they be
now agamnt the Mausers and Krags of
these times? Well, boys, we were all
right then, even if we ure back numbers
now.?F. A. PAHitoTT, Co. B, 1st Iowa.
Iowa City, Iowa.
DUST, THIRST, REBELS AND HUNGER.
The Main Features of the Retreat frgm Cum
berland Gap to the Ohio.
Editor National Tribune: I have
been much interested in letters from com
rades giving their recollections of the
grand promenade from Cumberland Gap
to the Ohio River. They prompted ine to
look into my diary of those days, as 1 was
also a member of the Seventh l>ivision.
Army of the Ohio. It occurred to me that
I might also give a brief reminiscence of
that long and tedious march of 10 days
and 'nights. As no supplies were coining
to us from the North, the food problem
was growing serious; so much so that Gen.
Geo. W. Morgan decided to send l>e
Courcey's Brigade?the l?;th and 42d Ohio
and 22d Ky., and Lanphere's Michigan
I Battery?to Manchester, about 50 miles
, northeast of the Gap, the 7th Ky. having
; preceded us to that point. I quote from
my diary:
Sept. 8.?At 4 o'clock p. m. DeCourcey's
Brigade started out for Cuml>erland Ford.
The dust was at least four incites deep,
which made~it very uupleasaut for those
marching in the rear. \Ve marched most
of the night, going into camp about day
light. at Camp Patton, near the Cumber
laud Hi ver. where we took a good bath
and rested until p. m., Sept. 0, when we
fell into line and started out for another
| night march, going into camp about day
light.
Sept. 10.?At 3:30 p. m. we are again
on the road, aud march until midnight.
Sept. 11.?At noon we resume the
march, and after going seven miles arrive
at Manchester, early in the evening. A
strong picket was posted around our
camp.
Sept. 12 to 20, inclusive.?(lathering ra
tions for man and beast and doing picket
duty.
Sept. 20.?Gen. G. W. Morgan, with the
balance of the division, joined us to-day,
having evacuated the Gap. Sept. 17. Ra
tions have been scarce for some time, but
the flour ami bacon we have been able to
procure in this section has put the men
all in a good humor again.
Sept. 21.?The brigade was marched out
this afternoon to witness the execution of
a member of the 7th Ky., who had been
tried by court-martial and was sentenced
to be shot, for the murder of one of his
comrades. Orders were issued to be ready
to inarch soon after dark. Our road for
considerable distance was through the
woods. The night being very dark, it was
impossible to obey the order to move
quietly, and make no noise. A man would
catch his foot under a root, and would
pitch headlong into the man in front, then
such a clatter as our iron bayonet scab
bards would make! It was near midnight
when we finally got started, and we
marched until 10 a. in. of the 22d, when
we halted and rested until 5 o'clock p. m.,
when we were ordered to fall in for an
other night inarch. Went only about nine
miles, halting about 10 o'clock p. in., and
resting until 3:30 in the morning.
Sept. 23.?Resume our march at 3:30
a. m.. making a halt at 0 o'clock near a
large flour-mill. Rations of flour issued
and baked as soon as possible. After j
rest of three hours we again move on. We
arrive at Proctor, on the Kentucky River,
at 8 o'clock p. ni. Near where our halt
was made this morning was a depression
about the size of a large iron kettle which,
in wet weather, when full of water, is a
boiling spring: but at this time it was
dry, and a flame about three feet high wtif
issuing from the crevice.
Sept. 24.?The Ouartermaster procured
some shoes at Proctor, and supplied those
in need of them. At 10 o'clock we are
again on the move. Go about 15 miles aud
halt for the night, at 8 p. ni.
f Sept. 2T?.?March this morning at 8
o'clock: paas through Campton and march
until evening: go into camp about two
miles from Hazel Green.
Sept. 26.?More forward at 7 o'clock
this morning, to Ha/el Green, where we
halt for about two hours. Not many Union
people here. A small drove of cattle had
been collected, and fresh beef was issued.
After leaving Hazel Green we go about
eight miles, to where our road descends
into a narrow valley, a little wider than
the road, and about two miles long. The
hills on either side are very high and heav
i ily timbered. The wagon train ami rear
guard. of which I was one. had gotten
well into this pass when .Tohn Morgan's
rebel cavalry made a dash from a by
road, and after wounding two or three of
the guard, and killing one. stampeded our
cattle. The troops were double-quicked
back, but found i>o rebels, as thev had left
as suddenly as they had appeared. We
bivouacked there for the night.
Sept. 27.?We move out of this pass
about noon, and after going a short dis
tance discover the rebels in our front. The
10th Ohio is right-obliqued into the woods
and moves forward rapidly; the artillery
is soon exploding shells in their midst, anil
they beat a hasty retreat. 1 understand
that a case of surgical instruments aud a
muM or two were the trophies that were
OOBV POSE TOR SUPPER.
captured as we passed the place they had
occupied. We coutinue the march until
we reach West Liberty, and go into camn
along the Licking River. Judging from
appearance milk and honey seemed to flow
freely here, and an occasional porker aud
a few chickens strayed into camp. About
the hist thiug after going into camn
would be to start up our Armstrong mills
?till plates punched full of boles ami
used to grate the corn into meal, which
was mixed with water to the right com
sisteiicy and placed on a plat# or a flat
bake* 8el up before the fire to dry, or
AH K,n'ldus baggage, and ev
ei>thing that we could g?t along without
was burned, and at 3:30 p. U1. the column
moved in the direction of Mt sEJung
xt.?Z[y ?Ve m,U? ne Wvouacked near
tbc^Mt. Sterling road.
Sept. 20.?Marched at daylight, goimr
about 12 miles, aud camp in the woods.
X*o water fit to use; had to boil and akiin
half nn inch of mud from it before putting
in the coffee.
Sept. 30.?March at 3:30 a. m.; go 10
miles an?l camp at 5 p. m.
left and water to the right. W ater g?od
but hard to get at. The Armstrong mills
wtTf s(U)n in full operation and corn pone
was prejmred for supper.
(lot. 1.?Fell into line at 4 o clock this
morning. Found the roads blockaded by
trees felled across them. The blockade is
soon removed aud we huiry forward as
fast as possible. Have some skirmishing
during the day. We march until ?o clock
in 1he morning. Having come 31 miles,
we lie down beside the road and are soon
asleep. . ..
Oct. 2.?failed up at sunrise this morn
ing. expecting to find Humphrey Mar
shall's force of rebels to dispute our ad
vance; but it seems they had urgent busi
ness elsewhere. We proceed about one
mile and go into camp, near the town of
Grayson, aud rest until 4 o clock p. m.
Resume the march and go 12 miles, halt
ing about midnight. .
Qct> a.?Fell into line at sunrise anil
inarched until 9 o'clock, when we halted,
made coffee and had breakfast, after which
we moved forward again, arriving at
Greeniipsburg. on the Ohio River. Bnouar
on its banks, ending our long, wearisome
march through the mountainous region of
Kentucky. , . a A ? i
Now. I do not remember just what lhil
las Mosgrove said al>nut that drove of cat
tle; but I thought at the time that I read
his account that he was considerably off,
or that it must have been another drove
of cattle. He wrote an interesting story,
but in his account of our retreat he was
evidently inclined to exaggerate.
In reading the letter of Comrade Con
ner, 33d Ind., in The National Tribune of
June 2. I nOTe what he says of the drove
of cattle mentioned by Mosgrove. It is
this letter of his that has called forth this
account, as 1 saw it. I was with the
train guard that day, and only a short dis
tance in front of the herd. I well remem
ber that splendid regiment, the 23d Ind.,
and met their gallant Col. John Coburn
at the Reunion of Morgan's Division, held
at Cumberland Gap. Sept. Hi. 17 and 18.
1?>1. I hope that other members of Geo.
W. Morgan's Seventh Division will give
lis. through the columns of The National
Tribune, their recollection of this long and
trving march.?Enoh Pierpon, Corporal.
I Co. C, 10th Ohio, Wooster. O.
HOSPITAL SCENES.
luffnlnci of the Bero?? WHO FontM the
Battles of the Union.
Editor National Tribune: We have
had intensely interesting articles on
"Fighting Them Over," in The National
Tribune, for many years past, but very
little of hospital experience. Let me d.ver
sify the matter a little.
I was First Lieutenant and A. D. C. on
the staff of <ien. A. <1. Draper, command
ing Second Hrigade, Thml Division,
Eighteenth Con*, participated in the
terrible, bloody, but successful, charge d.v
this command on the rebel works at ^.vs'
Market lights, Va., Sept. 2!?, 18<?4. 1 did
not enjoy the coveted privilege of getting
over the works, as, in the heat of the
charge, a rebel bullet about the size of a
large peanut, struck me in the hollow of
the left hip, imssed, like a red-hot iron,
behind the spine and lodged just under
the skin, near the right hip joint, un
horsing me. I lay, unconscious, from a
quarter to half an hour. Some time after
the works had been taken, two men, com
ing to the rear, discovered and knew me.
They got me on a blanket, took the four
cornets and bobbed me along as best they
could, to a house in the rear, surrounded
by large shade trees where they were col
lecting the wounded and waiting for Sur
geons and ambulancts. My lower limbs
were paralvzed. En route in the blanket
I could look down and see the blood on
my clothes, but for the life of me could
not tell just where I was wounded.
While lying on the grass under the trees
I searched for my wound; put my finger
on the hole where the ball entered; traced
the direction by tlie soreness, across my
back, and felt the ball at my right hip.
I was greafly relieved for I was fearful
that I was shot through the bowels. A
Lieut. Richardson was placed in the same
ambulance with me. He was shot through
the right breast and lung, the ball lodg
ing under his shoulder blade. He appeared
to suffer great agony. We were taken
to the I Kink of the James RiVer, and lay
there until evening, waiting for the steam
er to be loaded with wounded. We had
been wounded about daylight. About noon
Mr. Kuhn, sutler's clerk, came to me and
asked if there was anything he could do.
I told him I was famishing. He got a
pound of tea cakes and a three-pound can
of peaches, opened the can, and I ate the
whole commissary. Never tasted anything
better. 1 hope lie is still living and happy.
At dark the steamer started down the
river, with 2~?0 wounded aboard. I was
in a cot on the lower deck and the Sur
geon's operating table was close beside
me. I watched their dressing of wounds
and amputation of limbs during the whole
night. One poor fellow wandered around
the cots all night, groaning. He was shot
across both eyes and through his nose? i
totally blind?his face a mass of coagu
lated blood. A number died during the
night; one on the cot nt-xt to mine.
At daylight we reached Fortress Mon
ro". and were taken in ambulances to the
Officers* General Hospital, which was in
what had been a female seminary. 1 was
placed on a cot near the center of the
auditorium, a large room, where there
were some 25 or 30 cots already occu
pied. The ball was cut from my hip the
morning of the ninth day. It is unneces
sary to speak of my physical sufferings,
tjiiite a number thought I would die, but
I never once thought so, and I didn't die.
Enough for myself.
A large, broad-shouldered German, by
name Deitman, from a Maryland cavalYy
regiment, was over on my right. He had
|>een there some time; was just getting
about the room on the crutches furnished
by the hospital, with bis right leg ampu
tated at the knee; would be r<*ady to go
home soon. The room was scrubbed the
night after I got there, and was not dry
in the morn:ng. Deitman came across the
floor on his crutches, with shirt and draw
ers on. leg of drawers pinned up over his
stub of a leg. I was asleep from exhaus
tion. He was going to the water tauk for
a drink. Beside my cot one crutch slipped
aud down he went with a heavy rhud, the
wounded stump striking square on the
floor. The weight cut the bone clear
through the flesh. He fainted and was
carried back to his cot. Gangrene set in;
his leg was reamputated, and the poor fel
low was still there when I left for home
on eonvelescent's furlough.
A tall, fine-looking lieutenant, named
Swartout. from a New York regiment, was
there, walking around. His left arm
was knocked off at the elbow, at the fa
mous Dutch Gap Canal, by a fragment of
shell. Gangrene set in and the stump had
been amputated three times, the last at
the shoulder joint. It was doing well then,
but the ligatures binding the arteries were
still sticking out. and had to slough off
and come awav before the wound could
heal. His solicitude was touching. It
was his last chance. If the arteries broke
or gangrene set in he was gone, and he
knew it. He would sit on the sid? of my
cot and gently, oh, so gently, twist the
ligatures every day to see if they were
ready. I will never forget the expression
of great joy that passed over his handsome
face when, one day, the last one came safe
ly away. He soon went home. I hope he
is living and will see this.
One more Incident and I will not tres
pass further now. A Capt. Hall lay on a
cot, foot to foot wilh mine. His thigh had
been sliattered, and they were trying to
save his leg. His leg lav on a rubber
blanket, with a long bag of sand on each
side of it. A cask, suspended, was con
tinuously dripping cold water on his
wound. One day, when I could get to him
on my crutches, I asked him what the
probabilities were for saving his leg. He
said he did not know, and then lie reached
down under one of the sand bags with his
finger and pulled out several maggots.
"That don't look very encouraging, does
it?" he said. Ilia wife came soon after*
and he was removed to a private room,
and I never hoard whether h? recovered
or not.?D. L. Wat, Sanford, Fla.
SAVED t- jyjAlf S BREADTH.
A Rebel General Stop* the Murder of 15 Union
Soldiers.
Editor National'J^ibvxe: Will you
kindly publish the inclosed' and say that
j I should very uiiii-b Ulde to hear from any
of those 1H who were w*th Capt. Gary and
myself on that occasloti, or any one who
was in Florence Stoeka?le that ^ ?nVw.r'
who remembers mfcY f mn the m?u who
was taken out intt) Commissary Depart*
ment tire Inst few weeks of uiy |H*sou life,
and was allowed \6 take a negro to carry
a large basket that I filled with the best
edibles 1 could find1 after the rebel officers
had finished their meal*. 1 was taken out
as an expert steamboat cook, but was so
weak from starvation that 1 could not uo
anything. That was why 1 was allowed
the negro to carry the basket. 1 he Com
missary s name was Wallace, formerly a
Yankee, but was in the South as a negro
driver or overseer, and was a very bitter
Southerner when Col. Averson was about.
The men were starving in the prison,
vet hundreds of carloads of corn meal
were outside the i>en. I shall never for
get Commissary Wallace. W hen they
were loading us in box cars for " ?ni'nl5"
ton, N. C., to go to the Union lines, Wal
lace and his men threw several sacks or
eorn meal into each caf- and we ate the
meal raw. We were received by the llNtti
111. I remember the contrast between
their appearance and ours. rl hey were
big. brave men, who helped us along inio
cauip.. They would look at our emaciated
frames and cry like children. We wete
not allowed to eat anything but fat meat
and raw onions, nnd drink only vinegar foi
several davs. If any of them ever stray
this wav 1 will try to convince them that
uiv table has been set ever since the war.
The foregoing is from Comrade Lymaji
S. Roach, now of Texarkana, Tex. The
incloHure to which he refers is a letter
from him to a newsjiaper of Texarkana, in
which he recounts the fact of the capture
of two comrades and himself, Pee. 1??.
1804, at Hutchinson's Island, Ga. His
companions were Capt. M. B. Gary, CO.
C, 1st Ohio L. A.?to which Comrade
Roach belonged?and Comrade I/ewis Het
tinger. They, with other prisoners, were,
after a few days, sent to Pocataligo, 8.
C. The extract pr?keeds:
"Capt. Gary and I were put at the hea<l
of a column and marched through town
and back of it perhaps one-half mile.
? * ? We were lined up witu ?/>
others. Gary ami I still at the head. W e
right-dressed in line. There being In of
us the same number of guards took their
positions directly in our front; the officer
in charge of the guard did not give us any
warning or time to pray; but the Captain
?>eing older and a closer observer than I.
told me that this was our last march. The
officers stepped to the head of the column
and commenced giving orders through the
manual of arms. Just at the tiring point,
a General, with his Aid, caine in sight on
fleet horses, having been informed in the
town what was going on and knowing the
utter disregard of the rules of war of some
of his men, they had made the race for life
and saved 15 lives, some of whom have
made their mark in America since, as M.
B. (iary is as fine an international and
constitutional lawyer as the State of Ohio
boasts; and others of that forlorn com
pany have got to the top of the ladder in
their line of business. I, for one, will
never get.through thanking that Genera!-?
I think his name Was Hardy?for making
that swift and famous ride and keeping In
souls from looking too suddenly on that
great white throne*. We were taken back
to Pocataligo, then to Charleston, and
there Gary and I separated, he going to
Columbia "and I to Florence.
"I have lived in the Southland ever since
the war, and those that were so anxious
to make angels of us then are as good and
true friends to-day ns we wish to have."?
Lvman S. Roach, Texarkana, Tex.
Others Almost Superfluous.
Editor National..Tribune: I was Sec
ond Lieutenant, Co. K, 81st Ind.; First
Brigade, First Division, Fourth Corps.
Ours was the first regiment marched into
Fort I>onelson after Us surrender. Ours
was the first regiment ashore at Pittsburg
Landing, and we lay in the old road and
held the enomv in cheek for five hours.
I We were at Stone River from Dec. 20 to
Jan. 3, Ours was the best brigade in the
Department of the Cumberland?1st and
2d Ky., 00th Ohio, 31st Ind. We anni
hilated the rebel J. It. Chalmers's Missis
sippi Brigade?7th, 9th, 10th, 41st Miss.,
Blvthe's Miss. Regiment and 0th Mis<.
Battalion of Sharpshooters. They made
three charges and their losses were so
fearful at our hands that the brigade was
never again organized.
Gen. I>. T. Donelson's Brigade came up
with deliberate step; but Polk, in his re
port. says the slaughter was terrific. The
Kth Tenn. lost 300 out of 42T?; the 10th
Trim. 2(>7 out of 402. Polk says they car
ried all the line in their front except the
extreme right of Palmer's Division. This
point, which was the key to the Union
line. Polk says, Donelson Attacked with
his left and lost half of his men. In con
sequence of the terrible slaughter of Chal
mers's Brigade of Mississippians that part
of the battlefield is known ns ."Mississippi
Half-acre." After the battle our brigade
moved out on the McMinnville Pike, eight
miles, and did scout duty for five months.
Our brigade passed over Lookout Moun
tain Sept. 9, '03. Marched and fought till
the battle commenced. We were down ns
far as Ringgold before the battle. We
were on the Atlanta campaign, in the ad
vance. Opened the campaign at Tunnel
Hill. Rocky Face. We started on this
campaign Slay 3, and ended Sent. 8. The
31st and 81st Ind., 90th and 101st Ohio,
21st nnd 38th 111., all fighting regiments,
engaged at Dalton, Resaca, Tilton. Adair
ville, Cassville, Burnt Hickory, Pumpkin
Vine Creek, Dallas, Kinston, Acworth,
Marietta, Chattahoochee River. Ruckliead,
Peach Tree Creek. Mt. Gilead Church, West
Point, Mud Creek, New Hope Church.
Tore up the railroad tracks to Jones
borough and Lovejoy. We were under
fire all through the campaign hnd skir
mished nearly every day. The first shot
by our brigade on this campaign was at
Dr. Lee's house, near Tunnel Hill, May
3: the last at Lovejoy, Sept 5. We were
at Franklin, Tenn., Nov. 30, '04: lay next
the pike, on the left, across the pike from
where Gen. Cleburne was killed. We were
at the Nashville fight, Dec. 15 and 10. I
was the first man in the fort on Mont
gomery's Hill. Wre had to use our bay
onets on them after we got into the fort.
The First Lieutenant especially, who was
in command of the rebel battery.
We went up through East Tennessee
and crossed to North Carolina, to Point of
Rocks; uit the French Broad River to
Marshall Hot Springs ,pnd Asheville?for
what purpose I don't kjjow. Asheville was
the home of rebel Secretary Vance. There
we heard the lasr fcebfl shot. We then
went to Texas, an/1 Sy^re discharged Jan.
12, '00. Were swo^h into TT. S. service
Sept. 5, '01, making 1f580 days. I am
getting $8 a monfli frir wounds. I say
give uh the age pension,with disability ad
ded. till it reaches J}J34,1o $30 a mouth.?
John W. Brown. Co. F, and Second Lieu
tenant, Co. E, 31sf.1fh$; Trilla, 111.
Loyal to the Flag.
Corp'l George Storer. Co. II, 7th W. Va.
Caw, writes from G'ainbfe. S. I>.: "I believe
that the man that left hte home in the South
in 1801, leaving liiri'Olo'father and mother
to the mercy of th<*; rebel army, and
worked his way fhton?h the rebel lines
and enlisted in the Union army, aud
served during the war and did his whole
duty ns a soldier, is just as good as the
st^dicr from any other State, and should
have the same credit. But do they get it?
The writer is one of those Southern boys,
hnd two brothers airtl seven cousins in the
same cause; who served in the same com
pany with me?all dead now, but me; I
still live and love the Old Flag to-day as
I did iu '01 to '05. I am prowl of my
services to my country, and can say that
I did my whole duty as a soldier, f I am
aware that my time is short here on 4arth.
I shall try to content myself with knowing
that my father lost Ida home and all he
had, and moved North?and died thrre?
with his two sonii whose health was im
paired by army service. I am alone at the
age of 00: left to read The National Trib
une and glorv over the mauy good deeds
of my comrades.**
PICKET SHOTS
From Alert Comrades Aloni the Whole
Line.
WHO lost $35?
G. H. O'Hannon, Co. E, 144th Ind.,
writes from Dresden, inik: "Personally 1
did but little service for the country, hut
I tried uiwi 1 did nil that I was able to de
?all that the Higher Power permitted mi
to do. (Mir regiment was in the Shenan
doah Valley, at Halltown, near Harper's
Ferry. I was taken sick there, with
I measles. followed by pneumonia, and when
j the regiment started to Winchester I was
1 sent to the hospital at Clarysville, Md.
j I was discharged Juue 12,' 18*>5. James
1 I>ay. a soldier from Indiana, gave me
some good advice at Wheeling?told tn?
how to avoid tisk of losing my money. I
did not take his novice; consequently, the
next night, tftn the train between Wheeling
and Cincinnati, while I was asleep, 1 had
seven new teji-dollar bills slipped out of
my pocket! If the fellow who took it will
let me know what penitentiary he now
lives in I will send him the $35 that he
did not find, which I had in another
pocket. I would like to hear from army
friends."
WHERE IS THE HOOSIER?
John Kogers, 18th Pa. Cav., writes from
Kingfisher, Okla.: "If this meets the eye
of any Danville (Ya.) prisoners of Prison
No. 4, who were there just a few days
j before the prisoners were sent to Ander
I sonville. he will recollect a break that was
! made through the door in the high fence
I that surrounded the well, and if lie knows
| of the wherealsmts of a little Indiana sol
; dier by the name of Steel, who was a fu
! gitive with John E. Payne, now of Thayer,
Kans.. and myself. We did not wait to
? omit how many followed, but were told,
after recapture, there were nine. A big
Sergeant by the name of Hush, who was
from a Wisconsin regiment, secured an
ax when at the cook-house after soup, and
concealed it under his blouse. He used
the ax on the door; one or two blows were
sufficient. I have never heard of one who
was with me there, except Payne, since]
the war."
WANT YOUR HYMN nOOK?
H. 8. Kfnor writes from Newton,
Iowa: "I am one of the boys who was
there. I served in Co. K. 118th Iowa, from
Vicksburg to Shenandoah Valley, and to
the Sea with Sherman from Atlanta. I
have in my possession a Christian Hymn
Hook that I got at Oakland Mills, in the
Spring of 18H3, when Sherman mode his
first move in the rear of Vicksburg. It
has the name F. M. Ellis and Miss Eliza
beth Ellis in it. I would like to return it
if the owner can be found."
SEEKS OLD COMRADES.
Comrade Geo. W. Huss, Co. I, 1st Pa.
L. A., and Co. D, 3d IT. S. I., writes from
No. 8, Walker avenue, Troy, N. Y.:
"Some time ago I noticed that
some one in Ohio claimed to be
the youngest among the _ boys who
served in the Union armies in the civil
war. He stated that he was born in 1847.
and that he was not a drummer boy, but
always at his post as a private. I am
claiming to be a couple of years his junior.
I was born in February, 1841); enlisted in
the 1st Pa. L. A. in March, 18<J4; served
in Cameron's Hatterj' (D, 1st Pa. L. A.,
until the close of the war. Would be glad
to hear from any and all of the boys of the
battery. In November, 180t?, I enlisted
for general service, and was assigned to
the old Dragoons, Gen. Win field S?*ott's
regiment, 3d U. S. Infantry. Served my
-term of enlistment, three years, with Co.
D. 011 the frontiers of Kansas. Any of the
comrades of Lieut. A. Kiser's company
(D), 3d U. S. Inf., who may see this,
please write to me, fpr I am looking for
some information concerning our life
among the Indians. I am a meml>er of
Gen. John Sedgwick Post, 37, York, Pa."
BROTHERS IN AN INDIANA COMPANY.
Comrade John L. Illica, Col B, 59th
J Ind., writes from Cloverdale, link: "I wish
I to correct Comrade E. B. lteece, as I
! think his memory is at fault as to quad
ruplets, trios and pairs of brothers in Co. 1
H, 50th Ind. First, there were four of the
Crouch brothers?tfsaiah, John, James,
Hiram; three of the Simes brothers?Mart,
Joseph, James; three of the Alexander
brothers?Enoch, Thomas, Hugh. There
were 15 pairs of brothers: Lee, Thomas
and Jesse; Bivens, John and George;
Bryant, ltichard and Burt; Bienal. John
and Simon; Demott, Abraham and Peter;
Fulk, William and John; Masters. Julius
and Itush; Keece, Tige and Shadrie; Hyan.
George and John; Trent, James and
David; Watson, Levi and George; Wal
ters, Mary field and McDonald; Modral,
Andrew and George; Cheuoweth, Stephen
Jeff ami Grafton.
"Comrade Keece's memory is at fault
in giving the rank, as lie well nigh had
nearly all Sergeants or Corporals. When
I recall these brothers ami their com
rades of Co. B, 5!)th Ind., I wonder if
any company can show a better record.
There were three Sergeants of these
brothers who were killed in battle; and
I dare not write of the heroic nets of oth
ers of the company, as I would not be be
lieved. We had excellent officers, especially
Kodgers, Harden and Lee. The latter?
Jesse M. Lee?is now Brigadier-General
in the IT. S. Army.
"I remember Comrade E. B. Reece and
his brother Shad, and have always had a
warm place for them in my heart."
WASN'T AN IDLE REGIMENT.
Comrade M. B. Brown. Co. G, 17th Ky.,
writes from Crofton, Ky.: "I enlisted,
Oct. 15, 1801, in Co. B. 25th Ky., when
a mere boy, being but 17 years of age. I
enlisted at Henderson, Ky.; was at the
battles of Fort Donelson and Shiloh.
There our regiment was merged with the
17th Ky., and our company became Co. G.
The 17th was attached to Nelson's Divi
sion, Ammen's Brigade. I think the regi
ment entitled to the honor of being the
first inside of the works at Corinth. The
17th saw about as much service that was
service as did any regiment in the army.
We took part in the battles of Fort Don
elson. Shiloh, Corinth, Cliickamauga, Mis
sion Hidge, Itesaca, Cassville, Alltooua,
Atlanta, Lovejoy Station, Franklin and
very many other important engagements,
battles and skirmishes. We were mus
tered out at Louisville. Jan. 23, 18<J5.
What has become of all the 17th Ky.Y
Why don't some one write a history of the
regiment and its services? I would like to
know how many it enlisted and how many
it lost, and how many were left."
COMRADE KIRK TO COMRADE MAULL.
Comrade B. F. Maull writes from
Bridgeton, N. J.: "I saw an article in
'Picket Shots,' June 0. from Comrade J.
B. Girk, Lima. Ohio?-Captain, 101st Ohio
?and I am glad to see that the dear old
boy is yet alive. I enclose a copy of a
letter from him, referring to an article I
wrote to The National Tribune a long time
ago, entitled 'A Musician's Story.' This
letter was interesting to me, and will, no
doubt, be so to others. If you have space,
please publish it."
Here is Capt. Kirk's letter:
"B. F. Maull?My Dear Comrade: I
have been interested, nay, almost para
lyzed. by your contribution to war litera
ture, in reading your musician's story in
this week's National Tribune. I was in
the Big War four years; a prisoner of war
10V& months; in nine rebel prisons; have
run on a railroad several years, aud have
heard commercial travelers tell stories;
have heard railroad men lie?and all that
sort of thing! But bless me if your story
don't lay them all out cold and stiff! Why,
man, if I had known yon were in the army
?Appomattox would have come a great
deal sooner!
"But the story, bad as it is, is nothing
compared to your nerve in saying that per
haps your 'memory' is not as food a? it
was! Don't you worry about your mem
ory. If you can recollcct that shot, your
memory is better than the memory of an\
of the rest of us oJd liars ?>f that war.
I'll venture that not a man under Grant
or Sherman has such a memory as that.
I think, but am not sure, that tlie next
article you write you will be justifiable in
signine: *B. F. Maull. Principal Liar, of
.Id and l."tli N. J.' You take the cake;
you nerd not try again; your first shot is
only equalled by your first story. Your
picture should be in the Hall of Fame.
"You are entitled to a medal?a fold
one at that. I feel like writing to Presi
dent Roosevelt, recommending you for a
position. 'Magna est Veritas et pre vel
erit* shouhl be chiseled in deep on your
monument. I did not think, years ago.
that musicians amounted to much in the
army; but now?how changed. God bless
you. my boy; I hope you will be the last
survivor of the army; that you may instill
such lessons into the rising generation. I
am laid up with rheumatism, but was able
to walk around a little: hut now. since
reading your article, 1 have to be carried
I from, one rmmi to the other.
"Good-by, and may God in His infinite
goodness and mercy have mercy on your
soul."
PULLS OFF PAT ?1.1*8 PATKRNAL LAURELS.
Comrade Maurice II. Groomes. Troop
K, Oth U. S. Cav., I'almetto, Ga., demands
the championship badge claimed by Papa
Kli C. Merriam. thus: '"In issue of The
j National Tribune Dec. 24. Comrade Kli C.
I Merriam says: 'Who can beat itV Now.
j I believe 1 can. I was born Nov. 2. 1845.
! in Clinton County. Ohio. Hulisted July
21 (Sunday I, 1N?1. in Troop K. Oth 1". S.
Cav.-?same compauy that Gen. Chaffee was
private. Corporal. Sergeant and First Ser
geant in:?was in Peninsular campaigns;
was not 10 years of age until Nov. 2. after
I enlisted in July. 1801. Discharged for
disability at White House Landing: re
enlisted in Battery D. 1st Ohio II. A.
1117th Inf.); mustend out as First Ser
geant of Battery at Knoxville. Tenn., July
25. 1805. Came back to Georgia; married
Lucinda V. Kskew, daughter of a Confed
erate soldier. May. 187i. She died Aug.
10. 1878. leaving me one child, a daughter,
now married. I married again?Miss Flora
Ferguson, daughter of another Confed
erate soldier. By this marriage we have
had 11 stout, healthy children. Now I
claim that I can beat the comrade, by hav
ing three of the youngest children of any
; of the 1801 soldiers. My age will be 50
l next November. Here they are: Dewey,
! born Aug. 5. IKItS; Vernon, born. Jan, 20.
1(H)1 ; Cliaffee. born March 2S. HKKf. So
you see the last too knocks Comrade
Merriam's chances for that badge of cham
pionship out.
"I am the only Union veteran in this
(Campbell! County, and I am obliged to
stay here with my big family to see that
there is not another rebellion. We will
nip it in the bud. All of my children by
my second wife are at home, except one
daughter dead, and auother daughter, wife
: of a railroad engineer, living in Atlanta.
I Am sorry I cannot send you photos of the
j three youngsters: but, you see, I liave
1 three younger than the comrade claims for
i himself.
I "I joined Sedgwick Post, 1, in 1807.
Nashville, Tenn,
"Send 3'our griyid old paper along: we
love it; we love tne name; we love to read
it.
"Ci\'e every old vet $12 service pension.
"I have seven sons, all at home; not one
eigaret smoker nor tobacco user nor dram
drinker, nor swearer among them. I do all
of the 'cussing' when any is necessary?
which I have not observed to be."
AS TO MEDALS AND PENSIONS.
Comrade Alex. J. Hoffliger, Sergeant,
Co. D, 05th Pa., writes from Boise. Idaho:
"I notice in your issue of March 17, an
article headed Medal of Honor Pension*,
by J. C. Julius Langhieu. The article
reads furmy to me. According to my
knowledge there are more men alive now
who do not possess a Medal of Honor, yet
are entitled to them fully as much as are
any who wear them. We were out of luck,
in not being reported for our bravery. I.
for one, belong to that class. Before the
attack on Fort Fisher, March 25. 1805.
when Gen. Fpton's Brigade was ordered
to feel the enemy in an offset of the picker
line, my regiment (115th Pa.) was on the
right of the brigade, and at command for
ward, I), to which I belonged, started.
When I got through a point of woods that
was full of brambles I was alone in the
clearing, not more than 50 feet from the
rebel rifle pits, carrying my rifle at a trail:
and the way the rebels emptied their rifles
at me at that close range was a caution.
Our Colorbea rer. Brannan. was to my
left, a I suit 200 feet in advance of the regi
ment and the brigade. He was down on
one knpe waving Old Glory. I hailed him
and said: '(Jet up and go for the cusses!*
When I got within about eight feet of
their picket line a hat came up on one of
the guns in token of surrender. Then I
ordered them out. and 23 of th??m jumped
out of their pits. I ordered them to our
rear: they wanted to take their guns and
accouterments along, to get pay for them,
but I ordered them to drop them,
which they did. I kept on forward and
sent two more prisoners to our rear. Final
ly I was hit on my left hip by a piece of
shell, that knocked me out, and I am now.
at OS years of age, suffering from that
cause. I have had to give up work ever
since 1884. There are others who did brave
deeds that were never reported. In a
good fight a man has to look to his front:
and he sees little else. Why should Medal
of Honor men pet so much more than oth
ers who did their full duty? I cannot un
derstand that. None of us get as much as
we should?especially those who were dis
abled. and there are legions of them. Our
pension laws are not just. If a man is at
all entitled to a pension it should not be
less than 50 cents a day. There should be
only al?out five grades of pensions, and fin
officer should get no more for the same
injury than a private: but as the laws are
now, I say get all you can and ask for
more; for the Government will never pay
us onr just dues according to results ac
complished."
HIS SPINE INJURED.
Comrade J. W. Layman, of Mt. Ver
non. Ohio, writes: "I was l>orn in Fair
field Co.. Ohio, in 1845. I lived on the
farm until Aug. 22. 1802. when I enlisted
in Co. F. 113th Ohio, and went to Camp
Chase. We were in Zanesville. Ohio:
Denison. Louisville (Ky.l ami Elizabeth
town, Ky. Then we went from there to
Nashville. Tenn.. and to Franklin. Tenn..
and helped build Fort Granger. Then the
regiment went to Triune. Tenn.. and had
a few shots at the Johnnies. From there
we went to Chattanooga and were in bat
tle of Chickamauga with Gen. Granger's
Reserve Corps. I was knocked out in the
second charge, a horse running over me
and fracturing my hip and injuring the
spine, for which I draw $8 from a grate
ful Government. From the time I was
hurt I followed the fortunes of the Four
teenth Corps, and you have my service
better than I can write it, for I was in all
battles that it fought to Johnston's sur
render, and some little scraps that they
were not in, being one of Sherman's bum
mers. After l?eing discharged I tried
many different things. Was three years
in Illinois then came back to Knox Co..
Ohio, and got married. Six years ago had
to quit active work on account of spine
and hip. I am now farming and reading
The National Tribune. Give us straight
$12 and as much more as possible.
"Here is a partial list of the most im
portant battles of the ll.'tth Ohio, to say
nothing of the little scraps: Chickamauga.
Ga.; Missionary Ridge. Buzzard's Roost.
Ringgold Gap. Rocky Face, Resaca, Ken
nesaw Mountain. .Tonesboro. battle of At
lanta. Bentonville, and with Sherman to
the Sea.**
Have You Got
Rheumatism
You Can Be Cured;
A Scientific
Discovery.
It l* now po**ib> to be curcd of any form of rticuoi^
tbun w.thoui bavin* yotirMonuwIi turned njwide <"own
or Wiin; It If < hokcil o death and rn.vte to vomit. and
??very * uTerer fiom rlienm.-tlein ?hoiild ne ?? ?me tl.N
ti -v? Rtirt marvelous dls o\ ? y w.th o|>en ai ma and give
It aw h >ne<?t tral. Thle n?*? rniiMlr frg* d'wwrered
1 by John A. Smith, Milwaukee. W?, rhil? rkh tow
enough to ?end it free 10 every attflerer who n tilea at
! on/-*. It Isa borne treatment and will notk*epyoe
I from your work.
JOHN A. SKITH (From Photo).
As you know. If yo-.i've tried them, every totalled
rheumatic remedy on the market t ?-day. except thtai
genuine cure, will cau?e you violent stomach pains and
vomiting, aud some of them aie x>i atiRerousiliey ulll
cai s h -art tr< u'-de. And the w?.r*t of ti in they never
Mire. \Vh<*:i a person la* rheumatism the conmlttt
tion I- so run down thiit lie should be very careful what
be puts into his stomach.
It therefore give" rne pleasure to present a remedy
that will cure every form and variety of rheumatism
without one single unplea?ant feeling. That remedy la
"(ilXJltlA TONIC,"
Before I dadded to tell tl?e world about the discov
ery of "fi'orla Tonic" I had it trieil ?,n hospital i>a
ttents; als<? on old and crippled perw>n?a. with perf <-t
surcesa But some people never will believe snj thing
until they know it from expeilence, no tlae liest and
quickest way Is for you to write me that you want to
: ?>e cured, a ad I will send y<?u a bo\ of "(Gloria Tonic'*
frceofco*t. No mutter what your lorin of rheum*,
tism is?acute, chronic, muscular, Intlumma'ory. de
formant. sciatic, neuralgia, gout. lumbju(<>v?-tc ,' 'tiloria
j Tonic" will surely cure you. In not nrtnd if other
remedies have failel you. nor nan rt if doctor* say y >u
are incurable. Mind n to e br| wii e m? today t-u e.
" (iioria Tonic*' wlil stop tii s ? a he* una! p.in*, th<>*
inflammations a'i?J deform iti<"* nit 1 c ire you w> tliat life
! wiil aKa<n be worth living. Thin ofT?-r is not for curio*.
Ity Makers, but is ma<le to rh?u tiMs-?' only. To them
I I Mill send a trial box of *?(*!?-rut Tonic" free.
Never before has a re>ne !y beea so highly-indorsed
as "Gloria Tonic." It ba>beeu indorsed by such world
noted men as I)r. Quiutero of the I'nlver.-ity of Vene
zuela. Hon. K. H. P.umacher, I'nited states Consul,
Mararalbo. i'rof. Munulam of Si r;hjiiV Hall. Kdln
burg, the famous ni: g i/.iite, " Health," lx>n<lon a id a
column of others.
W you are a wiflT.-rer. semi your n tme to-<lay an<1 bv
return mail you will receivs "?lloru? Ionic," ?n l a nt
the most elaborate book ever written on the subject of
rheumatism, absolutely free. This^ook contains many
drawings fro:n actual life and will tell you all b mt
your case. You get "Gloria Tonic" a id this wonderful
book at the same time, both free, so let me hear from
von at once and soon vou will be cirel. Address
JOHN A. SMITH, 531 Gloria Rldg.. Milwaukee, Wis.
U. 8. A.
RESTORES EYESIGHT.
??Aellna,'* a Harvelons Discovery tbat
Cure* All AfBletl?n* of tbe Kye
W ithout Cutting or Dragging.
There is nomeed for cutting, drugging or probing the
eye f >r any form of di-ews". There is n?i ri-k or et|>er
iuienting, as thousands of people hare been cured of
blindness, failing eyeslglat, cat
aract-. granulated lids and oth
er uffl ctioiis of theeye through
thlsgr.titd discovery, when ? in
inent oculists termed the cos?*
incurable.
Mrs. A. I>. Howe. Tulsy, N.
Y., writes: "Actina removed
catarac.s from both my eyes.
I can read well without glasses.
Am 65 years <?ld.
Robert Paker, SO Dearborn , Chicago, III., write*:
"I should have be;*n blind bail 1 not used Actina."
Actina is sent on triat |K?stj?ai t. If you will send
vour name ami aiialress 11 tlae New York A London
Klectric Association, I?ept 61 B. ?2? Walnut street.
Kansas (Ity. Ma, you will receive l'r?e. a valuable
book. Prof. Wilson's Treatise on tne Kyeand o:i I >m
eaae in General, ami you can r st assured that your
eyesight and hearing will be restored, uo matter how
many doctors have failed.
pfUEPSY
w
If you suffer from Epilep.ic Fits or Falling
Sickness, or uuve children, relatives or friends
that do so, tn}* New Discovery will CUKE them,
and all vou are nsked to do is to send for my
FREE REMEDIES and try them. They have
cured thousands where everything else failed.
Sent absolutely free with complete_direction
express prepaid,
address.
Please give AGE and ful
li
94
DR. W. H. MAY,
Pine Street, New York City.
"THAT ETERNAL ITCHING."
TRADE.
mark
Z/C
SILVER-LEAF OINTMENT..
Jfk ^ ,for case of Itchlnf, Outward or
(]? L Seres, Sceley Head,
fl K?1*0" ?*' Ecieew, or ur 5kla
am _ I P',eMf can't be eurea with
111 |J |?ver Leaf Otatacnt Try eaa b?u
Y " By "J" ?0c Writ* for fre* acaple.
* Dr. ZJff Medical Ce.. Bradford. Pa.
$40.00 A WEEK.
Reliable man or woman
*ach ooontf m oaitactr
to exhibit, take order*,
appoint ac*nt? for Mnr
rteN Ynfteleee Oil-Ga*
Stove*. W oaderfal la
veatlee?b*aU others?
Automatically generates
fuel gs* from k*roe*ne?Ml*lat*re gmm worke? Abeo
latiT eafe?Eaormoai demand?ftpleadld f*r Mataer
ee*kIn*?Delight enntomere?Cheap, clean, eafe fuel.
Gaaollne la dsigrruu*. Catal?c?e Free. Write todar.
Wet-Id Mfg. Ce., 6687 World B'H'?, Clnclanatl, O.
ure
Scad nf your addrM
| and we wdl th 'w > on
I how to make 93 a day
atwvlutrl) sure, we
fnrnilh thr work and tearh J"U free, jr?.u work in
the locality whue you live. Kfi.d us >ot>r adiirett and wa will
esflain the tuamcaa folly,rrueiuber w. (uarantea a cle.r proht
ef fur evtry days work, abaoluialv sere. ariteatunce.
ROt&L BA.M FAlTl KIMj CO.. Bat | | 5 | (0et^ Bta*.
TO
A6ENTS
Mat thin knffa cuts looee a perfect raka.
I* Oistlt free Exp. prepaid. Dept h B
BOCSKHOLO SOTKLTT WORKS, Chleace, III.. er BeVale, B. T.
flOA CflHCC rOH 13 ?EXTS. This collection
?Oil dUnQw contain'* all the favorite Americaa
war songs, nejjro melodies, etc.?such us " Sherman'*
March to the Sea." " My Mother-ln-Ijiw." " Ben Bolt,"
etc. Each page measures9x11 inches. Order this collec
tion. Price 15cents. C. F. Clarke, Dept. 2, I^eBoy, N. Y.
12 Ids. of IRISI TRillllliSS
all ie eoe piece for BOe. atlver. pnatpaid.
?Adreaa. JOHN CARL. HKRNDON. TA.
BARGAINS IN BOOKS.
See Daniel Hottlnser's advertisement tn ClaiKitied
Columns under headin? Books and 1'ictures.
Handsome Watch FREE I
hy Pajr |?? for m *olH idol*
Hlrh ? bra y ? m rara
Uhont rml ? U A X DM91 IS
VOLD riNIMHKD WATtHT
Our premium watcb is* beauty, ban handsome dial, patent eacapeinent, expansion balance, is dust proof and an arraralv time
keeper. If you want a watch of this description, send your name and addiess and agree to sell o?ly SO packages of Century
I'erlume at 10 cents per r*ckage. This Is an exquisite and Us ing perfume. Sells like hot cadces. When ^o'.d you send ns the
noney and we wl.l send you
A HANDSOME WATCH WITH A GUARANTEE
We send the watch the same day we receive the money. Resimber. NO HOHKY I* re^alrH IN AO?A\('K. We
are giyiig away these watches to intioduce CEXTUB Y PERFUME, and tbey do not cost you a cent of your money
short Umt _
CENTURY
PERFUME CO.,
48
v
OTTEN BLDG.,
This offer is good fur ?
WATERVILLE, ME.