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VOL. X, NO. 50.
MOUNT HOLLY, BURLINGTON COUNTY, N. J., TUESDAY, DECEMBER, 14 1886.
ESTABLISHED 1879
C HARLEM 91. MLOAN,
FIRE AND LIFE INSURANCE.
Office in Arcade Building, Mount Holly.
^JIIAKIiKM EWAN 9i£RR1TT,
ATTORNEY and COUNSELLOR AT LAW
Main Street, Opposite Arcade,
Mount Holly, N. J.
July 3-1879.
gAMUBfi CALEY. M. D..
HOMOEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN.
Garden Street near Cherry Street, Mount
Holly, N. .1.
Office Hourb : 7 to 10 a. m. ; 1 to 3 p. m., 6
to 8 1*. M.
ALEXANDER F.BAILLIE’M,
MARBLE WORKS,
Water Street, near Regan's Hotel, Mount
llolly, N.J.
W*
•I A nr II. CALEY,
(Successor to Barclay White,)
CONVEYANCER. REAL ESTATE
AGENT, ETC.
Titles examined, searches made, legal
mpers written, advice on legal matters,*
etc., at fair rates. Office, High street, oppo
site Arcade, Mount llolly, N.J.
Aug. l-l8S4-ly.
C1PONGES AND CHAMOIS SKIN’S, ALL
kinds very low, at Prickitt & Bar
rington’s Drug Store, 49 Main Street
Mount Holly.
CKONK’M EXPRESS,
Between Mt. Holly, and Philadelphia,
Philadelphia Office No. 14 Market Street.
Mount Holly Offices: Regan's hotel,
Butte rwortk’s hotel, and residence. White
Street, Mount Holly. All orders left at the
above places will receive prompt attention.
Milk.
Having purchased the milk route of
Augustus Walters, the subscribers will
serve MILK and CREAM to all who favor
them with their patronage.
Milk and Cream constantly on hand at
residence
JOHN P. L. AKINS & SON,
Mill Street, Mount Holly,
(Opposite Branch Street).
A LL THE FINEST EXTRACTS, CO
ZY. logne, Satchets, Pomades, Hair Oils
and Bay Rum, at Prickitt & Barrington's
Drugstore, 49 Main street. Mount Holly
^ IEi/liUC.a riiDiDl tTinu
O is now making regular trips between
Mount Holly and Philadelphia, leaving
King street wharf, Mount Holly every
Monday and Thursday, according to the
tide, Leave Philadelphia, Callowhill street
wharf, Tuesday and Friday at 12 o’clock
noon. Also, daily trips except Saturday,
from Heulings’s wharf, Centreton, to Phila
delphia, leaving Centreton at 4 o’clock
p. M
Freight carried at low rates and satis
faction guaranteed, The patronage of the
public is solicited.
GEORGE H. HU ANSON, Captain.
July 6,188a.
J^OVK, the HATTER,
ARCADE BUILDING, MOUNT HOLLY,
Has the largest stock, greatest variety
and lowest prices of any store in Burling
- ton county. WOOL II ATS, soft and
stiir, 40 cents to $1.75; FUU do., from
*3^11.50 up.
Chintz, Gingham and Alpaca UMBREL
LAS at almost any price. Silks to order.
Hats to order without extra charge.
JOSTJ list received a fresh stock ot
Men’s, Children’s and Youths* lints,
JOHN B. LOVE.
ot all grades.
May 12-1885-ly.
N“
EWELL & III DU WAY,
T. P. NffWBLL. O. 8. RIDQWAY.
Successors to Newejl & Bro. Importers of
WINES AND LIQUORS AND DEALERS
IN FINE OLD WHISKIES.
Stores, Nos. 11 and 13 N. Front St., Phlla’da.
Achoice selection for Family and Medi
cal use. Purity Guaranteed.
March 30-82-ly.
nXPRESH.
£
Htwecn Mount Holly and Philadelphia.
’Philadelphia office, No. 141 Market street.
Mount llolly offices: C. E. Travis, fur
nishing store, one door above Postotfice,
Morelli’s fruit store, Main street, opposite
Friends Meeting House, News office and
at residence, Garden street, two doors from
Mount Holly avenue.
All orders will receive prompt at tention.
Sep. 182. JAMES CLOTHIER.
Philadelphia , February'3d, 1885.
To J. P. Lippincott, Proprietor of Lippin
cott’s Cancer Halve:—
After years of Suffering with a cancer on
my face, I sent to Mount Holly. N. J., and
bought a box of Li pptneotta’s Cancer Salve,
which relieved mo of the cancer.
i can be consulted In reference to the
above at any time.
JOHN BRADSHAW,
1030 Marlborough street^
Kensington Phila.
Being acquainted with the case, also with
Mr. Bradshaw. 1 can vouch for the cor
rectness of the above statement,
JOS. L. BOWKER,
1030 Marlborough street.
Kensington,
Philadelphia.
A box of LLPPINCOTT’S CANCER
SALVE, with full directions, will be sent
to any address in the United States or Eu
rope on receipt of the price—Five Dollars.
Address J. P. LIPPINCOTT,
P. O. Box 78, Mount Holly, N. J., U. S. A.
Cl CHIU VEER’S EXPRESS.
O between Mount Holly and Philadel
phia.
Philadelphia Office No. 210 Market street.
All orders left at his residence, No. 52
Buttonwood St., lthees’s, J. Howard Shinn’s
andJ.R. Deacon’s will be properly and
promptly attended to. An experience of
over 20 years a sufficient guarantee of his
ability and trustworthiness. Baggage
called for and delivered to all parts of the
town and city.
At my Philadelphia office, all large
packages must be left- at 10310 o’clock a. m.,
and small packages at 1 o’clock P. M.
July 8-79-tf. NATHAN S. SCHUYLER.
WRITING PAPER, ENVELOPES
Pens, Pencils, Inks, Mucilage, Rub
ber Bands, Erasers and Stationery of
every description at bottom prices, at
Prickitt and Barrington’s Drug Store, 49
Main street. Mount Holly.
J^URLINUTON COUNTY.
Insurance Rooms.
ESTABLISHED 1866.
FIRE, LIFE, ACCIDENTAL.
In all their Blanches and forms.
‘THE BEST IS THE CHEAPEST”
Companies ox our own selection,
cmlmiceing those of the oldest, strong
est and most liberal corporations of
NEW JERSEY, PENNSYLVANIA, NEW
YORK, CONNECTICUT, AND
ENGLAND.
Farm Insurance on the Mont favorable
terms ami conditions.
Against Fir*, lightning & Tornados,
No Note*. No Assessments. No Personal Lia
bility. We invite Comjxirieon. S*e me!
OVEIt 158*500 PAID
IN BURLINGTON COUNTY. NOT A DIS
PUTED LOSS OR CLAIM,
Unvoting my entire time to the study
and practice of Insurance, together with
the experience and observation of thepast
It* years, and the earnest purpose to do
OJM.Y A 8AKK BUSINESS, WUlTantS HI© ill ill
viting public attention to this office. A
call or postal will receive prompt atten
tion anywhere in the county with out
extra expense.
Calendars and Blotters at your service.
Very Respectfully,
CHARLES. M. SLOAN,
Manager,
Mount Holly,
Principal Office in Arcade Building,
Mount llolly. N. J.
Office in Burlington. No. 2*2*2 High street.
•• 14 Bordentow, No. 18 Crosswick St.
»uly X 79.
C10NGRESS, EMPIRE, GEYSER, M1S
) sisquoi, Gettysburg, Fredricks had
Hunyadi and Appolinans Mineral Wateg
at Prickitt A Barrington s, 49 Main street.
Mount llolly.
QKORtiE URANIA,
CONTRACTOR and BUILDER.
Plans and estimates turmshed.
Jobbing promptly attended to.
Mount Holly, N. J.
Residence—No. (>3 Paxson Street.
Shop—Mill Street, above Pine.
J une 15436-6m.
All proprietary ani> patent
Medicines at Prickitt A Barringtons
l>rug Store, 49 Main street, Mount Holly.
A
BORON,
Watcliiake and Jeweler
NO. 11 MAIN STREET, MOUNT HOLLY.
Keeps the best assortment ot
Keeps the best assortment of a
Watches, Chains, Rings, and Spec- J&K
tacles in Burlington County. BS1
Also, a full line of SILVER and dhfeflfr
PLATED-WARE.
March *27-1883.
JJAVE YOU
Hot and dry skin ?
Scalding sensations?
Swelling of the ankles?
Vague feelings of unrest ?
Frothy or brick-dust fluids?
Acid stomach? Aching loins?
Cramps, growing nervousness?
Strange soreness of the bowels?
Unaccountable languid feelings?
Short breath and pleuritic pains?
One-side headache? Backache?
Frequent attack of the “blues”?
Flattering and distress of the heart?
Alduinen and tube casts in the water?
Fitful rheumatic pains and neuralgia?
Loss of appetite, flesh and strength?
Constipation alternating with looseness
of the bowels?
Drowsiness by day and wakefulness at
night?
Abundant pain, or scanty flow of dark
water?
Chills and fever? Burning patches of
skin ? Then
YOU HAVE
BRIGHT’S DISEASE OF THE KIDNEYS.
The above symptoms are not developed
in any order, but appear, disappear and re
appear until the disease gradually gets a
Arm gra.sj) on the constitution, the kidney
poisoned blood breaks down the nervous
system, and linally pneumonia, diarrhoea,
bloodless ness, heart disease, appoplexy,
paralysis, or convulsions ensue and then
death is Inevitable. This fearful disease
Is not a rare one—it is an every-day disor
der, and claims more victims than any
other complaint.
It must be treated In time or It will gain
the mastery. Don’t neglect it. Warner’s
SAFE Cure has cured thousands of cases
of the worse type, and it will cure you if
?ou will use it promptly and as directed
t is the only specific for the universal
BRIGHT’S DISEASE.
REDUCTION IN BREAD.
The largest lonf of bread in town for 5
ORDERS RECEIVED FOR FINE FRUIT,
LADY, POUND AN D OTHER CAKES
AT THE LOWEST PRICES.
Orders for festivals, parties and weddings
solicited and served at the lowest rates.
ERNST DEUSOHLE,
MILL STREET BAKERY,
MOUNT HOLLY.
Nov. 2-81.
NEW DEPARTURE.
Having moved into my new store, No. 51
Main Street, with more room and better
facilities fordoing business, I have added a
DRY GOODS DEPARTMENT
With a full line of
Table Linens, Napkins,
Towels, Flannels,
Prints, Mus
lins, &c.
Also a new line of
Fancy Goods,
Art Decorative Work,
Trimmings, Notions, Etc
And propose to keep the prices down to
meet competition in these goods. Our
MILLINERY STOCK
lor spring is complete. W e have the latest
novelties in Hats and Bonnets, Feathers,
Flowers, Ribbons, Ac., and will please you
as to style, quality and price.
Also agency lor Barrett, Nephews,
A Co., the Ktaten ImIuimI Dyes and for
Butte rick’* Patterns and periodicals.
I. HCJWARD SHINN,(
NO. 51 MAIN STREET.
MOURTT HOLIiY.
J W. Me DA NIKE,
MA.VUPCTURBB OF
Fine Harness, Carry Comb*, Brosbes, Whips, ftc.
Repairing promptly attended to.
ALSO DEALER IN
PINE CIGARS, TOBACCO, &c.,
NEW EGYPT, N. J.
Canary, hemp, rape, millet and
Max Seed, at Prickitt A Barrington’s
Drug Store 41* Main street, Mount Holly.
rpiIORNTON'S
BEEF IRON & WINE.
This Preparation is Maimfactureil from
Pore Beef Citrate of Iron and
Pare Cheery Wioe.
It combines in a pleasant form,
the valuable nutritious tonic and
stimulating properties of its ingre
dients. Prompt results wiK follow
its use in eases of sudden exhaus
tion arising either from acute or
chronic diseases and will prove a val
uable restorative for all convalesc
ents.
As a nutritive tonic it would be
indicated in the treatment of Im
paired Nutrition, Impoverishment
of the Blood, and in all the forms
of General Debility.
Manufactured Only By
Henry Thornton,
Chemist and Druggist,
Jan. lfc. 85.
JOHN SYKES,
HAMILTON SQUARE, N. J.
General agent for the collection of
NOTES AND ACCOUNTS.
AGREEMENTS. WILES. LEASES, CON
TRACTS. MORTGAGES, ASSIGN
MENTS AND NOTICES IN
TENANCY CORRECT
LY DRAWN.
June 29-80.
nriT T\ tielus are scarce, out those
VJVjJuly who write to Stinson & Co.
Portland, Maine, will receive free, full in
formation about work which they can do
and live at home, that will pay them from
$5 to $25 per day. Some have earned over,
$50 in a day. Either sex, young or old
Capital not required. You are started free
Those who start at once are absolutely
sure of snug little fortunes. All is new.
Aug-10.88.
Nursing bottles, nipples kub
ber Rattles, Teething Rings and all
requisites of the nursery that will con
tribute to the baby’s happiness, at 1‘rickitt
A Barrington’s Drug Store, 49 Main Street
Mount Holly.
T A. S. WHITE’S PHARMACY.
No. 59 Main St., Monnt Holly, N. J.
-Can be ton ml a flue stock of
DRUGS, CHEMICALS,
STANDARD PATENT MEDICINES.
TOILKT ARTICLKS A DRUGGISTS 8UNDRIE8.
-m great variety
Also many articles especially suited foi
the Holiday trade.
The prescription department is in charge
of a Graduate in Pharmacy, and receives
special attention day and night. Have
constantly on hand my celebrated Cough
Candy, Cough Mixtures and Troches.
At A. S. White’s Pharmacy,
No.SU Main SI., Mount Holly, N.J
Dee. 2-84-ly.
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» general practice ot medicine and*surgery,
, but will pay especial attention to treat
, ment of chronic diseases.
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MOUNT HOLLY, N. J.
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-AND
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Til KSE goods have boon carefully select
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Our assortment will be found to contain
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everybody to come and examine our slock
and learn our low prices.
Priclytt \ Burriigoii
SUCCESSORS TO JAW IS HILLER,
DRUGGISTS & CHEMISTS,
49 Main Street,
MOUNT HOLLY.
Branch Store—Lumberton.
Nov-10-85.
qoalT scuttles, ~
STOVE BOARDS, COAL SIEVES,
SHOVELS,
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-AT
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Dec. 7-85.
“Ah-Goo!”
BY OHAULBS FOLLKN’ ALLEN.
Vet vas Id mine baby was trying to gay.
Ven I goes to hees creed at der preak of
der day ?
Und oudt,vrom der planket peeps ten
leedle toes.
So pink und so shveet as der fresh ploom
ing rose.
Und twisting und curling dhemselves all
about.
8hustlike-dhey vas saying: “Ve vant to
get oudt?”
Vhile dot baby looks oup, mitdhosc bright
eyes so plue.
Und don’d could say nodings : shust only:
“Ah-Goo 1”
Vet vas Id mine baby vas dinking aboudt,
Vhen dot thumb goes soqulck in his shveet
leetle mout*,
Und he looks right avay like he no under'
standth i ;
Der reason he dou’d could quite shvallow
hees handt;
Und he digs mit dhose Augers righdt into
hees eyes, ..
Vhleh Alls hees old fader mit fear and sur
prise ;
Und vhen mit dhose shlmnasdic drick he
vas droo,
He lay back und crowt und aay nixt budt;
“Ah-goo!”
Vot makes dot shmall baby shmlle, vhen
he’s ashleep;
Does he dink he vas blaying mit some von,
“bo-peep?
Der nurse say dhose shmiles vas der sign
he hat colic—
More like dot he dhreams he vas hart n some
frolic;
I feeds dot oldt 0111*36 mit creen abbles,
ssme day,
Und dhen eef she smiles, I peliefe vot she
say;
Vhen dot baby got cramps he And some
ding to do
Oxcept shmile, und blay, und keep opp
hees
“Ah-Goo ?”
I ask me, somedimcs, vhen I looks in clot
crib;
“Vlll der 8hirdt>front, von day, dakc der
place off dot bij) ?
Vllldotplue-eyedbaby, dot’s pooling mine
hair,
Know all vot I knows aboudt drouble and
care ?” '
Dhenldinkoff der vorldc, mit Its pride
und its sins,
Und I vish dot mlnesolf und dot baby vas
twins,
Und all der day long I hat nodings to do
But shnst laugh und crow, und keep
saying;
“Ah-Goo !”
With the Stragglers’ Brigade.
BY LIEl'T. J. DARK CIIANDLKK.
“Just my infernal luck!’’ exclaimed
Lieutenant Biff Norr, Eighty-second
Pennsylvania, as he sat down sudden
ly on a boulder and held out his leg
for Barney Callahan to pull his shoe
off. “If that miserable reb had been
possessed of the ordinary instincts of
a gentleman he would have fired that
shot three days ago at Gettysburg, so
that the wound might have willed a
fellow out with a little honor and
credit. But no! he must wait until
the fighting is all over and he is safe
across the Potomac, to fire the last
shot of the campaigned shoot a fel
. iovr ia Uie fopt.” *
By this time the shoe was ofF and
the lieutenant looked at his hurt.
“Well, if that .ainR the meanest
wound I’ve seen in this contemptible
war. Jt’jsijjwt enough to. make a fel
low limp and swear until it turns into
lockjaw and rubs him out Why.it
ain’t even good for a thirty-days’ leave>
or a rido,_ in ap( ambulance. Barney,
put that shoe imirtigajii amt we’ll re
sume our promenade.”
Barney was carefully pulling on his
officer’s shoe, when-be suddenly clajt>
ped his hand on his hip and leaped
three feet into the air.
“Their sowls to torment!” he howl
ed ; “couldn’t they shoot a felly in a
dacent place, so he could see how bad
he was killed, I dunno?”
“Barney, vye can mingl| our tears
now as the most misused'pair in the
army. Are you much hurted ?”
“Divil the touch I’m hurted meself,
at' all: but it's me feelin’s-that’s sore
wounded. Who’s going to believe
that I wasn’t runnin’ away when I got
that watch-fob cut in the rear of me
pants. Wirra! Wirra! that the
mother’s sop of- me should.be called a
coward mileg'and miles Trbm home!”
“Who is calling you a coward, Bar
ney?”
“Whoop! Hirroo! Coward is it!
Let me jist see the mon that dares
even the likes to Barney Callahan!”
“Fall in,” shouted the lieutenant
and the last picket post left the bank
of the Potomac at dam No. 4 and
started off briskly to hunt up its regi
ment, now miles on its march toward
the lower fords of the Potomac, where
Gen. Meade hoped to cross and inter
cept Gen. Lee before he reached the
gaps of I he Blue Ridge after his dis
aster at Gettysburg.
noth the officer and his man regard
ed their wounds as very pitiful affairs,
and would have been better contented
had they been just enough more seri
ous to have secured a resnectable
leave. As it was, they trudged across
the country to the Hagerstown and
Frederick City Pike, and down that
hot, dusty and crowded thoroijgh fare
toward the Catoctin mountain and
Middletown. Though the lieutenant’s
wound was slight, it was on the top of
his foot, and the march and the dust
irritated it until he found that it would
be impossible for him to keep up. All
the ambulances had long since gone to
Frederick City laden with the wound
ed. There was nothing for it but to
drop out and take the risks of catch
ing up somehow in the future.
Surgeon McDonald, of Norr’s regi
ment, and Col. Bassett happening
along, he was quickly furnished with
a pass to show that he was not a will
ful straggler, and the lieutenant sat by
the wayside and bitterly cursed his
luck as he saw his companions hurry
away. He had sat there nearly an
hour, and was wondering how he
should get to water when he saw a
lone figure far down the pike limping
back toward hifn. As it drew nearer
he saw that it was Barney Callahan.
“What made you fall out, Barney ?
you could march well enough.”
“Och! divil the much is the matther
wid me. It’s jist yerself that’s in
throuble. So I axed the Colonel wud
he give me a pass to come back and
take care of yez; and he did. So I'm
yer guardian, d’ye see ?”
“Well, Barney, I’m glad you’re here.
Now, the next thing is to see what we
can do for ourselves.”
“Which wud ye rather have; an
open camp or a close one ?”
“What do you mean, Barney ?”
“Wud yex rather be in a house or
undher a tree? Ye can liev yer
choice.”
“Oh, let ns get under a tree, by all
means. It is so long since I’ve slept
with anything between the sky and
me that I should smother in a house.”
“That’s jist where ye’re sinsible.
I’m in favor of an open camp myself,
an’ thare’s an illegant. spot in the hol
low beyant ”
With that Barney picked up the
lieutenant’s blanket and haversack
and helped him to his feet. The in
jured foot had now swelled and be
come intensely painful, but by hob
bling and leaning on Barney, the lieu
tenant contrived to reach the wide
spreading tree the former had selected
near a mill race ; and while Barney
went on a foraging expedition the lieu
tenant had a bath in the crystal
stream, anti then fell into a refreshing
sleep. When ho awoke Barney was
broiling chicken for supper, it was
the first time the lieutenant had ever
fallen out, and the experience was a
novel one. He had a feeling that some
dreadful calamity must befall the regi
ment, for which he would be blamed
because of his absence.
The evening was now coming down,
and the pike was still full of strag
gling soldiers, many of whom were
evidently loitering for the sake of the
freedom of action it gave them, though
the greater part were suffering from
illness or wounds and exhaustion.
Even horses had succumbed to heat,
hunger and fatigue, and a battery had
gone into camp on the far side of the
pike. Where the setting sun was gild
ing the distant summit of the Catoctin
mountain the white covers of a wagon
train could be seen, slowly following
in uie watte oi tne troops, wcile down
in the road was heard the clatter of a
cavalry patrol as it trotted over the
little wooden bridge across the creek
A plow boy was shouting to his oxen,
a dog barked at a neighboring house,
and a belated crow cawed hoarsely as
he made his way to his roost in the
wood. It was a strange and peaceful
scene, in which for one to find himself
who had but a short time before been
in the midst of wild excitement and
deadly strife.
“This is a truly enjoyable scene, Bar
ney.”
“Yis, sor. The Sffiill av it is de
loightful, an’ if only I'd the laste taste
of pepper to put in it, I’d defy ’em to
set onything better forninst the Giu
eral, the night.”
Then Barney dished up his chicken
and hard-tack, to which ample justice
was done, and a solid night's sleep
found both men considerably better,
although Norr’s foot was still inflamed
and painful. The first straggler who
stopped in the morning to light his
pipe at Barney’s fire, bade him warm
some plantain leaves and put on the
lieutenant’s foot, which he did. The
next visitor was Col Glenn, command
ing Jfprr’s brigade. {He had been de
tained on business at Hagerstown and
was now hurrying to the front. After
condoling with the lieutenant the Col
onel said:
“Norr, you can do agood thing while
you are behind here and one that I
know Gen. Wright will approve when
I tell him of it. Yon see what a lot
of stragglers are still on the road?”
“Yes, sir.”
“Well, as soon as you are able to
move on gather up all those fellows
and bring them along with you. Make
them believe you’re a straegler your
self and they’ll do anything you want
them to. I played that game once
myself and came into camp command
ing blame near a brigade after Antie
tam.”
Lieut Norr said he should certainly
try it; but it was not until the after
noon of the second day that he was
able to take to the road again, and by
this time the stragglers had got well
on ahead. A couple of miles on the
road he came upon a party of a dozen
who appeared to have gone into a per
manent camp; but they were soon in
duced to pack up and fall in. The
lieutenant talked pleasantly with
these men and by waiting for them
once while they foraged on a flock of
sheep, won their confidence. They
fell in with his idea of picking up all
the stragglers tliey^ame across, so that
by the time they halted for the night
he had a company of about fifty men.
The next day they were on the march
in good season and overtook Second
Lieutenant Chidsey, of the First Long
Island, with a slight wound in his leg,
and later on three sergeants were
picked up. Lieut. Norr now had over
one hundred men and Lieut. Chidsey
was quite an acquisition. With his
help and that of ’the sergeants the ill
assorted battalion was kept in decent
soldierly shape and when they stop
ped the second night under the shadow
of South mountain they hail nearly
I two hundred men.
The next morning an early start was
made in order, if possible, to catch the
army before nightfall. The lieutenant
here adopted the tactics of turning
out all the grumblers, who, as soon as
they were refused the privilege of
marching with the party, were very
anxious to do so. One of the men
found a stray horse which he brought
to Lieut. Noor, and soon after another
found a bridle, and with a blanket for
a saddle, the lieutenant was mounted
and *at once promoted to the rank of
General pro tan. and obeyed and re
spected accordingly. Hurrying on to
reach the mountain gap before the sun
got warm, their plan of reaching the
army that day was suddenly cut short.
At a crossroad they suddenly encoun
tered a force of fifty or sixty cavalry
men under command of a captain,
having in custody some three hun
dred Confederate prisoners. Lieut.
Norr halted to let the cavalry have
the road, when he was surprised to see
the captain pull up, saying with much
courtesy:
“I’m very glad to have met you, sir.
You are to take charge of these pris
oners.”
“Oh! nonsense 1” replied Norr.
“These are only a lot of stragglers I
have picked up, who only obey me
from courtesy. Why should I take
your duty off your hands?”
“Because such are my orders; which
were to turn these prisoners over to
the first infantry column I met, and
return to my brigade, which is on a
rcconnoissance.”
“But this is no infantry column I
tell yon, only a few stragglers who are
following me into camp.”
“You seem to have got them into
pretty good shape, and you can’t deny
that you are infantry and in column.”
“But if these prisoners should take
it into their heads to run away, I have
only this one horse, and he can not
travel more than four miles an hour.”
“Bnt yon have your muskets, and
I’m sure these men will obey you,”
and the captain smiled pleasantly over
the stragglers, who at once began to
shout:
“We'll obey you, General! We’ll
obey you! Don’t be afraid to tackle
the graybacks Not one of them shall
get away ?’’
“There!" said the captain, “what
better assurance of fealty do you want
than that ?”
Finding there was no hope for it,
Lieut. Norr called his command to
gether and ordered them to load their
pieces yhile he signed a receipt for
the prisoners, and the captain and his
cavalrymen cantered away.
“This is a nice piece of business,
Chidsey,” said Norr, as he looked at
the big bunch of prisoners sitting in
the road. “It’s a bad .job, but we
must make the best of it we can.”
“Well, do you know, now, I rather
like it, Lieutenant,” replied Chidsey ;
it will enable us to arrive in camp with
some credit.”
“Be gorra! it’s the best thing that
could have happened,” insisted Bar
ney. “It’ll give the b'yes something
to think of an’ kape ’em out of mis
chief.”
■the dispositions were soon made.
Lieut. Chidsey took the head of the
column, while Lieut. Norr went to the
rear, ami the sergeants, with Barney,
were put on the flanks,and instructions
were given aloud to shoot down any
person who should attempt to escape.
By advice of the cavalry captain the
column was put on the march for Har
per’s Ferry, now some twelve miles
distant. The prisoners seemed quite
content and gave no trouble, the
slower march of the infantry being
quite a relief after the hurried pace of
the cavalry. In an hour the party
had reached the head of Pleasant Val
ley, and by noon the centre of that
pleasant localty was reached, and,
finding a piece of open ground on the
left of the road, Lieut. Norr led his
party to it for a rest alongside a small
mountain stream. As they were Btill
some distance away from the Union
army and offits line of inarch, pickets
were thrown out, and the building of
fires was forbidden.
Lieut. Norr sat down to eat a bis
cuit, having sent Barney out to the
picket line to bring in word should
anything occur. The men were lying
about in all directions ‘aking their
rest, and all was quiet anil peaceful
when Barney came in from the picket
line on the clean jump and with his
eyes as big as saucers.
“Lif(iiiant, be 'the |x>wera ue'flfei
for it'now! There’s thedivil’sown
lot of Rib cavalry a cornin' down the
mountain ! In five minits thim pris
oners of ours will be escortin’ us to
Richmond 1”
“Shut up,” said Norr,sternly. “Are
you sure they are Confederates Y”
“Shure! Bad luck till it; d’yethink
I don’t know a butternut coat from a
blue one !”
“Go back and reconnoite, Barney.
If they discover us, fire off your piece
and take to the trees. We will do the
same at your signal. Cavalry can not
pursue these woods. Meanwhile
I must ke^fchose fellows quiet.”
Dennis darted into the woods again,
while Lieutenant Norr ordered his
men to cover the prisoners with their
muskets, and at the same time he told
the Confederates that any outcry on
their part would be the signal for a
volley into their midst. The prisoners
failed at first to understand this sud
den change of demeanor, but the sight
of two hundred muskets leveled at
their breasts, taught them speedily
that we were in danger. Still the love
of life was too strong for them to make
any effort for liberty ; so they cowered
down and remained silent and motion
less.
Slowly the Confederate column came
down the side of the mountain and
across the valley. There appeared to
be about two hundred of them, both
men and horses looking tired and
worn out. The head of their column
had passed the opening leading to the
impromptu camp, and Lieutenant
Norr was beginning to think that all
was going off well, when suddenly his
horse gave a long and loud neigh
The Confederate column halted sud
denly, and Norr saw that the crisis
had come, and with the help of Lieut.
Chidsey, he quickly called about fifty
of his men from the line around the
prisoners, and brought them over to
the side next the road, and at the
same moment Barney’s musket was
heard. Quickly taking trees, the
Union men opened fire npon their un
welcome visitors. The fire was re
turned, but without effect on account
of the trees. The firing had been
kept up for about five minutes, and
the prisoners were becoming very rest
less and uneasy because the bullets of
their friends were dropping among
them with uncomfortable frequency,
and one or two of them were Blightly
wounded, causing them, regardless of
consequences, to break into a loud
yell, half of despair and half of hope,
for succor, at the same time that Bar
ney and the men on the picket line
having got together poured a volley
into the rear of the Confederate
column. The effect was magical, the
yell and the fire in the rear led them
to believe that they were about to be
surrounded by a vastly superior force,
and putting spurs to their jaded steeds,
they quickly disappeared down the
valley road, leaving one of their men
dead by the wayside.
The Confederate column was scarce
ly out of sight when another alarm
was raised, but this time the advanc
ing column proved to be the Sixth
Pennsylvania Cavalry in pursuit of
the enemy. The officer in command
only halted long enough to inquire
how far ahead the column was and to
say that the road was safe for Lieut
Norr and his party to Harper’s Ferry.
A few minutes later Lieut Norr heard
the scattering shots, which announced
that the blue had caught up with the
gray and that the usual trouble had
ensued.
Lieut. Norr once more put his column
in motion, and two hours later defilled
from the lower end of Pleasant valley,
I at Berlin, where he found Gen. Sykes
in temporary command, to whom lie
turned over his prisoners. He then
drew rations for his stragglers, and
after making them a little speech,
thanked them for their good behavior
under his command,he dismissed them
to seek their different regiments in
the immense aggregation now pushing
across the river, and every man went
off with a vague idea that he was a
first-class soldier who had done rather
better by his country by straggling
than he would have done by sticking
with his command.
Story of the “Rain" Tree.
About nine years ago a sensational
story concerning the "rain” tree went
the rounds of the press, to the effect
that in the Vera Paz mountains of
South America a tree bad been discov
ered that was ever dripping ’ with
water, so that whoever stood beneath
it was sure of a shower bath.'This
was an exaggeration, but founded on
fact. The rain tree is the one known
to science as “Pithecolobium suntan,”
and in tire month of April a fine spray
has been seen to drop from the leaves,
so that the soil beneath was moist
to some extent. When the leaves
are fully grown the phenomenon
ceases. The liquid is supposed to be
a secretion from glands on the foot
Btalk of the leaf.
Dr. Brace, u South American travel
er, in a Kew Garden report, says j
“The *Tami caspi,’ or rain tree, of the
eastern Peruvian Andes, is not a myth
to a certain extent. I first witnessed
the phenomenon in September, 1855,
when residing in a large village a few
days eastward of Moyobamba. A lit
tle alter 7 o’clock we came under a
lowish-spreading tree, from which,
with a perfect clear sky overhead, a
smart rain was falling. A glance up
ward showed a multitude of cicadas
sucking the juices of the tender
branches and leaves, and squirting
forth slender streams of limpid fluid.”
In Negro canon, opposite Pasedena, I
have seen a fine rain dropping from
certain trees, where there were no in
sects to explain it. Dr. Ernst has
noticed a rainy mist in Venezuela in
a clear sky, and claims that it was
produced without the intervention of
insects.
A nice little boy, reared in the intel.
lectual and hetordox atmosphere of
Boston, happened to be a witness in a
case in Cincinnati, and the question
arose as to his being old enough to
understand the nature of an oath, so
the judgo investigated him. “Well
Wendall,” ho said kindly, “do you
know where bad little boys will go
when they die?” “No, sir,” replied
the boy, with confidence. “Goodness
gracious!” exclaimed the Judge, in
shocking surprise; “don’t you know
they will go to hell?" “No, sir; do
you?” “Of course I do.” “How do
you know?” “TheBible says so.” “Is
it true ?” “Certainly it is.” “Can yon
prove it?” “No, not positively; hut
we take it on faith,” explained the
judge. “Do you accept that kind of
testimony in this court?” inquirer! the
boy, coolly. But the judge didn’t
answer; he held up his hands and
begged the lawyers to take the wit
ness.
Free Trade.
The reduction of internal revenue
ami the taking oil' of revenue Btamps
from Proprietary Medicines, no doubt
has largely benefitted the consumers,
as well as relieving the burden of
home manufacturers Especially Is
this the case with Green’* August
Flower and Botchee’s German Syrup,
as the reduction of thirty-six cents per
dozen, has been added to increase the
size of the bottles containing these
remedies, thereby giving one-fiflh
more medicine in the 75 cent size.
The , August Flower for Dyspepsia
and Liver Complaint, and the German
Syrup for Cough and Lung troubles,
have perhaps, the largest sale of anv
medicines in the world. The advan
tage of increased size of the bottles
will be greatly appreciated by th.e sick
and afflicted, in every town and vil
lage in civilized countries. Sample
bottles for 10 cents remain the same
size. Oct. 19, 1886-ly.
Mose Schaumburg was in bad humor
yesterday. When he came down t
his place of business, his head cleik,
Ike Silvcrstone, said:
“Have you heard already dot Par
ker & Fizzle, in San Antenio, has
failed ?”
“Ish dot so? Veil, veil, dey owes
me six hundred tollar for goots dot I
sold ’em. How much on a tollar does
dey bay?”
“Terventy cents.”
“Terventy cents? I vas glad to hear
dot. Ven I sold ’em dose goots I fig
ured on a fifteen cent on a tollar fail
ure. Ven dey bay terventy cents, den
I makes a profit of fifty per cent, on
dot bill of gotts.”
The other day, on the Flying Yan
kee, down in Maine, a young tnan and
a young woman scraped an acquaint
ance. Both wore good clothes,both were
equally inclined to enjoy the sensation
of a flirtation with a perfect stranger.
He quoted poetry, talked polite slang
and made himself generally agreeable.
Finally they swapped names, and just
before reaching Augusta, where he
was to get off, she made bold to ask his
business. “I am an undertaker,” he
said, with a beaming smile' “How
nice!—and my father is a doctor. I
wish you success!”
At a house in Ohio where a minister
was boarding, the servant was anxious
to anticipate everything in her work
that any one wished her to do. She
had always “just done it,” or was
“just doing it” when any order was
given. This amused the young divine
greatly, and on one occasion he
thought to nonplus the girl by a ruse
“I don’t think Eliza has washed my
Bible since I have been here,” he said
to the mistress in a low tone, but de
signed to be overheard by the girl.
A few minutes later the mistress
said to her in the presence of tha
clergyman: “Eliza, have you washed
Mr. Blank’s Bible ?” “No, ma’am, but
I’ve got it a-soak.”
Grocer—“I’ve called with that little
bill, Mrs. Short.”
Mrs. Short—“Oh, I’m so sorry; my
husband has gone to Coney Island,
and won’t return for a week-” (Hoarse
whisper from beneath the table)—
“Make it a month, Sarah, make it a
month.”