The Celina Democrat., February 09, 1912, Image 8

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I'lintinii'il from fourth (mbi'.J
that nijiht thinking lie would have to
lep:in a loiijr siege. The troops had no
shelter, anil it was intensely cold. The
soldiers had recklessly thrown away
their overcoats and blankets, and it
was risky to have fires within range
of the guns of the fort. Early on the
15th Grant visited the wounded fluff
ofhVor on the St. Louis and found that
the navy had been put out of the fisht.
Returning to his camp, lie was met by
the news that during his absence the
Confederates had opened the ball on
land by driving MeClernand's line back
from the road of retreat, uud there
was danger that they would escape the
trap he hoped to set for them.
Gallant Charge to the Road.
General Smith headed the attack to
close the road which the Confederates
had wrested from McClernand in their
bold sortie. Reaching the abatis in
front of the Confederate works with
his center brigade, he searched out a
path through the eutaglemetit, keep
ing his cap on the point of his uplifted
sword in full view of the men. After
passing the barrier he rode boldly up
the ascent, followed by all who had
lived through the terrible volleys
which greeted his column from the
fort and from the rifle pits in front.
He captured the outer line3 of pits and
held on in the face of a Confederate di
vision which attempted to beat him oil.
Under the cover of Smith's charge up
to the fort Lew Wallace sent forward
to the captured Charlotte road the
demlbrigade led by Colonel Morgan L.
Smith. There were but two regiments
in the column, the Eleventh Indiana,
known as "Wallace's zouaves," and the
Eighth Missouri. Both regiments had
been trained as skirmishers. After ex
plaining to the men the desperate na
ture of the task Wallace told them to
be governed by circumstances. Ills
words were drowned by their cheers
and cries of "Forward, forward!"
As the skirmishers advanced up the
slope the Confederates opened from a
forest In front a terrible ride fusillade.
The zouaves and Missourians spread
their line until it covered the whole
batlle front. Volleys were iired over
their heads into the main line of battle.
Knowing the field well, the Confed
erates made n citadel of every tree and
rock. Often antagonists took shelter
behind the same object. Upon Hear
ing the crest Wallace's men began fir
ing steadily, and before the supports
got well engaged the Confederates fell
back to their intrenchments. Just then
an order from Grant reached Wallace
to suspend the attack; but, believing
he had the wedge well in, he Ignored
the order and pushed the skirmishers
forward to the Charlotte road again,
cutting off the way of escape. His
men bivouacked within 150 rods of the
enemy's guns, lying on their arms
ready for the expected counter assault.
Inside the walls of Fort Douelson thcro
was gloom the night of Feb. 15. The
Confederates had been beaten in bat
tle that day and were hemmed in on
all sides. They had few boats plying
the river flowing past the fort, and
Grant's troops had closed the only
road of escape on land. The chieftains,
General J. D. Floyd, General G. J. Pil
low and General 8. I?. Buckner, met In
council of war. Various accounts of
the scene have been given. Colonel N.
B. Forrest, the noted cavalry leader.
was present. !
Confederate leaders Disagree. j
Colonel Forrest was full of light, j
Ho would not surrender and told
Floyd that he would cut a path
through the Federal lines at any
point Floyd would designate, form a
line of cavalry around the plnco of
exit nml keep the Federal soldiers
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back until the escaping garrison had
passed through. The council could not
agree upon a mode of action. Floyd
decided to give It up, turned the com
mand over to Fillow and took his own
brigade out by boats. I'illow went
away, leaving Ruckner to share the
hopeless fate of the garrison. Forrest
said that he would go out if it was
only to save one man. A creek with
swampy borders extended from the
river close to the fort along the front
of Grant's lines on the flank. For
rest told his men of this swamp and
gave them their choice to ford It or
stay and be taken prisoners In the
morning. About 500 of his Tennessee
troopers nree to follow their leader
wherever he went, and they escaped
by riding through the swamp with the
water reaching their saddle skirts.
Unconditional Surrender Demanded.
Grant intended to push the fight on
the morning of the Kith and capture
the fort by storm if it did not haul
down the Hag. It was in this spirit
that, he received before daylight the
Kith a letter from General Ruckner.
written after Floyd and Pillow had
abandoned him to bis fate. The letter
asked for an armistice until 12 o'clock
noon. Ruckner had said at the coun
cil of war before he wrote to Grant
that the troops of the garrison in Dou
elson had no tight in them. Some were
already helpless from the cold. Grant's
reply to the note was just suited to the
temper of things In Ponclson. It was
as follows:
Headquarters Army In the Field.
Camp Near Donelson, Feb. lii. 1S02.
General S. E. Buckner, Confederate Army.
Sir Yours of this date propostns an ar
mistice and appointment of commissioners
to settle upon terms of capitulation i3 just
received. No terms except an uncondi
tional turrendcr can be accepted. I pro
pose to move immediately upon your
works.
I am. sir, very respectfully your ob't
se'v't, U. S. GRANT,
Brigadier General.
Meanwhile Buckner had sent notice
to his troops on the front line that he
had made a proposition to the enemy
to surrender the fort and asked them
to notify the Federal troops In front in
order to stop further fighting. White
flags appeared all along the rifle pits,
but none on the fort itself. To Grant's
message he replied that be was com-1
polled by circumstances to accept the
"ungenerous and unchlvnlrous terms"
proposed. On receiving this second let
ter Grant mounted his horse and rode
along the lines toward the little vil
lage of Dover, where the Confederate
headquarters were located. Firing had
ceased on both sides, and on reaching
the Confederate outposts In front of
Dover Grant was not challenged. lie
continued on to the little two story,
unpainted tavern which has become
historic as the scene of the famous
surrender and was surprised to find
that General Lew Wallace was already ,
In consultation with his old enemy,
Buckner. '
Wallace commanded the Federal
troops nearest to Dover and had had
his soldiers astir before the break of
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day, Intending to charge the Confed
erate breastworks as soon ns it became
light enough to maneuver. The regi
ments wer forming for the purpose
when a buglo blast across the lines an
nounced the approach of a ling of truce.
The truco otllcer stated that lluckuer
had decided to surrender the fort and
garrison, numbering 12,000 to 15,000
men, and usked that there lie no more
tiring. Wallace gave orders to his brl
gado commanders to advance and tuk
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possession of the enemy's works and
himself rode with the Confederate to
Buckner's quarters. ,
Wallace sent his name in to the Con
federate chieftain, who recognized In
him an acquaintance and ordered the
sentinel to admit him. After a general
handshake between the Federnl and
the Confederate leader and staff all
sat down to a breakfast of corn bread
and coffee. During the meal Grant ar
rived and at once entered Into friendly
conversation with Ruckner, whom ho
had known at West Toint and in the
regular arms' before the war.
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It would hav6 been a striking spec
tacle upon a New England country
road, and it lacked its due effect un
der its present circumstances only
because, as far as the eye could reach
over the treeless and illimitable prai
rie, there was not a living creature in
sight to behold it. It was a caravan
of three vehicles, drawn by sorry
looking teams of horses. One clumsy
wagon, covered with a tilt that had
once been white, was the prototype
of the "praii-le schooner" of later
days. The others were gaudily
painted vans, boldly inscribed with the
legend:
PROF. TODIIUNTER'S GREAT MORAL
WAX WORKS.
Day after day, week- after week, it
had crawled along over the untraveled
plains, toward the golden promise of
California. The railroads which now
make this journey a trifling affair had
not then been built to simplify the
managerial problem, but in managerial
energy the dauntless Todhunter was
ahead of his time, and he did not per
mit mere difficulties to stand between
him and the professional rewards of
the new Eldorado. There were, be
sides, compensations. He had exhib
ited, with varying fortune, as long as
there were settlements to provide au
diences; and if the pace of his little
procession was that of a snail, It
characteristically carried Its house
along with it, for the canvas-covered
cart -bore all his household his wife
and two children. Altogether, his
progressive domesticity had been
a rather pleasant business, his
closet containing but one skeleton
the noble redman. But now the end
of his long Journey was near at hand,
and the dread of this peril of the road
had all but worn itself out and given
place to a pleasant sense of security.
Thus it was with him in the after
noon of an oppressive day when, all
at once, the horses, guided by some in
stinct, suddenly pricked up their ears
and quickened their weary pace, and
the driver on the foremost wagon,
looking ahead, saw the tree tops that
told of water and a camping place. He
announced the long-hoped-for discov
ery without excitement.
"There y'are, guv'nor right ahead,"
he called out, lazily.
Prof. Todhunter rose up at the
sound from the seat of the tilt-wagon
at the rear of the caravan, and from
this elevation peered ahead under his
hand without speaking. As he did so
the curtains behind him parted and a
woman's face looked out.
"What is it. Bill?" she said.
"Mathias seen suthin'," replied her
husband, still staring intently ahead.
"Not Injuns?" she asked, anxiously.
At this word two children, a boy of
12 and a little girl, appeared at either
side of her.
"No, not Injuns, M'rla," he Baid, re
assuringly. "God's country ag'In.
Trees. An' grass. Giddap!" And sit
ting down again he smote his horses
a leisurely and Impersonal blow with
the reins, at which they slightly quick
oned their pace.
"Ain't they goin' to be no Injuns,
pop?" said the boy, an active lad,
brown of skin and resolute of eye.
"You don't wanter see no Injuns,
Sam," replied the father.
"Yes, I do," said the boy, sturdily.
"That's all I come for."
Prof. Todhunter chuckled proudly at
this as the boy climbed to a seat at
ills side and looked sharply about him
after the manner ascribed by his fa
vorite writers of fiction to that Just
ly celebrated connoisseur of Indians,
Comanche Dick.
The Father J
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I Country J
j 1 By FRANK E. CHASE. I
OIL ELIDES UP
01 SHUTDOWN
WiliihlrM llnralii
Th auvcri i n.il wcutlii r ol Uih punt
month bun ou..i d nlinol h uonilul)
abut-down of ilm oil buutiK'ta tu Ohio,
ludlmiH, and Illinois. Many or the
leusa will bii ahut down until uprlng,
aa (bo lead limn and Ka line rn
frozmi and tlmy art under ground from
lfi tu 18 inches, wbicb will mean a
great loaa to the producer. Proannt
condition have not occured In tbe his
tory of the oil Indiiatry.
The CbattAnooKii tleld, with all the
nioiluru appliances for producing nil,
and inttii will! experience, have linen
tied up for several weeks, with the ex
ception of two or three leaaes, and will
not produce over (iOU barrel of oil this
month a drop of 2500 barrels.
The shut-down baa also affected tbe
market, which baa advanced 10c,
maktntr North Lima oil 2o., Noutb
Lima oil H7o., Indiana oil H7o.
Tim well recently drilled in by tbe
Ohio Consolidated Oil Co., on the K.
U. Mot risen farm, section 2(1, Black
township, Mcrci r County is proving up
good, It started pumping at a rate of
1U0 barrels per day, but owing to de
lay In getting pipe Hue laid to the tank
and the cold weather, ill" "HI baa not
been operated rt vtilai ly. But with all
these drawbacks it has produced four
tanks of oil in January, and baa caus
ed quit- it stir in (bat locality.
The same company has tbren stakes
struck and material on lh ground to,
start drilling as soon as the weather i
permits. !
The Ohlo.OII Co. has leased up about
700 acres In this district since tbe Mor- i
rison well was completed. I
Suddenly, far away to the north,
his roving eye caught sight of a mov- i
lng speck crawling like a fly along j
the lino of the horzon. Soon another
speck appeared, then another and an-
other. As the boy gazed breathlessly j
at this phenomenon, which was elo- ;
quent with meaning to the faithful stu
dent of the career of Long Tom the
Scout, the professor's satisfaction at
the prospect of camping expressed
Itself In a quavering, but resonant
scrap of a half-forgotten hymn, more
or less appropriate to the circum
stances of his approaching deliver
ance: Ho gave my sharpest torments ease,
And silenced all my faara.
A violent nudge from Sam, who was
pointing In speechless excitement at
the ominous signs in the north, inter
rupted his song at this point, and he
looked inquiringly In the direction the
lad indicated. Though he lacked the
second-hand experience of his gifted
offspring, it did not take him long to
make up his mind.
"Injuns!" he ejaculated; and his en
ergetic "whoa!" sufficed to bring the
entire caravan to a standstill. The
creak of the axles bad hardly ceased
when, as if by magic, the moving
specks entirely disappeared from the
horizon.
Sam's vast, if wholly vicarious, ex
perience of western life easily enabled
him to read these signs aright, and he
expounded their meaning with obvious
pride to the excited little council that
was gathered about Prof. Todhunter.
The Indians had been watching them
and knew by the stopping of the
wagons they had been observed. They
numbered a score or more, and must
have been headed for the water-course
ahead.
Prof. Todhunter's first idea was to
push on and gain, if possible, the shel
ler of the trees before attempting to
withstand the inevitable attack, but
he had not gone far when the Indians
reappeared so much nearer than be
fore that it became evident that there
would be no time for this. In the
clear air of the plains he could now
see them with some distinctness, al
though they were still three or four
miles away. It was clear that with
he overwhelming odds of at least ten
lo one in their favor they would not
wait until night, but that they were
planning an open attack which could
not be delayed for more than fifteen or
twenty minutes, even if the caravan
were to be kept moving at its best
speed. There would thus be no time
to reach shelter, and there was no oth
er cover in sight only rolling prairie
with low knolls rising here and there
from its own face.
So he again called a halt, and sum
moned his little fighting force of two
men and a boy.
"Hoys," said he, slowly, "we've got
ter take keer of ourselves the best
way we kin, an' there ain't much time
ter spare. This ain't much of a pitch
for Todhunter's Great Moral Wax
Works, but my rule is to alius give the
best show I kin fer the money, an'
please the public."
Ar.d Matthias, whose professional re
lation to the entertainment when on
exhibition was that of ticket taker, re
sponded with a dismal grin:
"Well, guv'nor, this'll be the fust
time I ever tried to let in all the dead
heads I could."
Their arrangements were soon made.
The professor chose a spot near at
hand where his movements were con
cealed by a knoll, and then hastily ar
ranged his three wagons in a triangle
with the horses in the center, barri
cading his wife and little girl behind
a wall of bedding and supplies within
the tilt cart. Sam was sternly counted
out of the defending party, to his ab
solute despair. Nothing but an adroit
appeal to his chivalry had kept him
from absolute revolt.
"No, Sam," Todhunter had finally
said; "you stay in the cart with your
ma an' sister, an' take keer o' them."
There were precedents for this sort
of thing among the myriad experi
ences of Comanche Dick, so Sam re
luctantly yielded. This left an effec
tive garrison of three men, opposed to
an attack from perhaps ten times that
number. There were plenty of guns,
to be sure, and the Indian of the fif
ties was only occasionally supplied
with that weapon, and still employed
very largely the aboriginal bow and
arrow, but the odds were fearfully
againBt the attacked.
The professor finally broke the
anxious silence:
"Ef we could only have reached
cover," he said. "Then they couldn't
have told whether we was three or
thirty; but out hero we can't make no
Instructors:
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Soil Fertility, O. M. Johnson; Farm Crops, W. II. Darst; Animal IIus-
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Home-Makers' Department Miss Elizabeth Jefferson and Miss Mable Miskimen.
These instructors are all experts and the best the State departments can secure.
You can not afford to miss hearing them. Turn out and enjoy the benefits of the Ex
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Course Tickets, a) l.OO. Dally, slnule admission, 25 cents.
show at all."
"Sam 'ud count one for looks," sug
gested Matthias; "an' he's 'bout as
safe out here as In the cart."
"Bully for you, Mat," cried the
quick-eared lad, thruBtlng out his
head. "Lemmo come out, pop. I kin
Are a gun Jest as well as If I was
growed up." In another instant he
had climbed down among the men.
"Ah, Sammy," said his father, pat
ting him proudly on the head, "you're
a good one, but you're only one, and
we want ten."
Sam was looking at the legend on
one of the wax-works vans, and his
face was luminous with an idea.
"B'gosh! we've got 'em!" he cried.
Todhunter stared.
"Yes, we've got 'em," shouted the
lad. "What's the matter with George
Washington?" And he pointed at the
van.
Forty years later the trio would
have automatically responded: "He's
all rit;ht," but the formula was as yet
unborn. But Sam's meaning was clear
to them at once. The Idea of a free
performance of Todhunter's Great
Moral Wax Works was repugnant to
the managerial mind of the professor,
but its utility under the circumstances
was obvious to him.
It was an inspiration, and with des
perate haste all hands sat about car
rying it into effect. In a twinkling
the vans had been opened and a great
variety of celebrities, both of peace
and war, had been unwrapped and pre
pared for action. Their uniform cheer
fulness of expression brought solid
encouragement to the hearts of the lit
tle garrison. They looked so human
and appeared so calm and confident
and unterrlfied that fear seemed con
temptible beside their magnificent ex
ample. They were very generally clad
in military uniforms, which gave a
certain sense of protection through
association of ideas. In a very short
time they had been effectively be
stowed. The post of honor was assigned, at
Sam's suggestion, to George Wash
ington, who was propped up In a con
spicuous position at the junction of tno
two vans, facing the direction of at
tack. At a commanding height above
the driver's seat of the van he stood
boldly forth as the ostensible leader
of the defense. A set expression of
vast benevolence which the artist,
from patriotic motives, had given to
his countenance, and an aspect of su
pernatural calmness in a position of
greatest peril, were well calculated to
impress his opponents.
Below him, peering out between the
wagons, looked the stern face of Ol
iver Cromwell, to whom the artist had
givtn a mien of contrasting truculence
and unyielding resolution. At the oth
r end of the van, next tbe tilt cart,
stood Napoleon I., with folded arms
and an air of command, the breeze
toying with his characteristic beauty
lock, which rose and fell upon his
forehead with a menacing effect, like !
the hair upon a dog's back. Below him
was disposed a protean effigy, repre- :
senting variously any malicious crim- ;
Inal that chanced to occupy public .
attention for the time being. A coun-,
tenance of singular brutality, height-'
ened by bushy eyebrows and a rough
shave, formed a combination calculat- ,
ed to appall the stoutest heart.
Benjamin Franklin dominated the
third angle, bearing in one hand a
Leyden jar, at which he gazed with
an abstraction that under the circum
stances was sufficiently remarkable.
Below him stood the duke of Welling
ton, presenting a somewhat insignifi
cant appearance In his relatively shel
tered situation between the carts. His
cocked hat was not, however, without
a certain effect. The classic features
of William Shakespeare, flanked by
Queen Elizabeth and Benedict Arnold,
looked bravely forth above one of the
vans, while Lucretia Borgia, her es
sentially masculine traits reinforced
on either hand by the counterfeit pre
sentments of Grlmaldi and Daniel
Lambert, effectively manned the other.
Lindley Murray, Lord Byron and the
poet Cowper bestrode the tent cov
ering of the wagon beneath which
looked forth the seductive counten
ance of Mary, Queen of Scots, while
as many minor celebrities as could be
accommodated were set up in a
strategic semi-circle before the wag
ons, where they amply corroborated
the claim of Prof; Todhunter's small
bills in being "as large as life and
twice as natural."
Behind this fraudulent array was
stationed the living garrison, with
such skill as Prof. Todhunter's limited
experience could command.
"The Injuns are bound to aim at
their heads or hearts, boys," he cau
tioned; "so keep your heads well be
low the Aggers' waists."
And after this fashion they were
stationed: The professor behind Na
poleon I., over whose hip his rifle was
leveled, Matthias on the ground be
hind the petticoats of Mary, Queen of
Scots, while the other driver found In
the burly figure of Cromwell the sense
of moral and material support that he
required. Little Sam had arrogantly j
February 19 to 22,
seized upon the post of greatest hon
or, behind the bulging calves of the
Father of His Country. Thus far, all
these preparations had been screened
by the knoll from the sight of the ap
proaching Indians, who, hoping to in
stantly terrorize the three lonely driv
ers into submission, came galloping
over the rise at full speed, and were
taken wholly by surprise by the ap
pearance of these unexpected rein
forcements. As they swerved sharp
ly on tbe down slope they let fly a
shower of arrows at their waxen op
ponents, and received In reply a volley
that made one "good Indian" and
partly made another. George Wash
ington, by his attorney, the disciple of
Comanche Dick, fired the first Bbot,
with a result that would have been a
credit to either hero, and Sam was
proudly conscious of having made a
successful debut as an Indian fighter.
The professor cautioned his men to
lie low and await their opponent's sec
ond attack and when the Indians again
charged 'round the knoll they were
met with a second deadly volley. By
this time the wax works presented a
curious spectacle. An arrow bad torn
through the calm countenance of
Shakespeare, lending to his features
the appearance of a derisive smile;
but he had not so much as winked.
Oliver Cromwell had received three
arrows through his heart and had lost
an ear, but had suffered no abatement
of his truculent mien, as was, perhaps,
not unnatural. George Washington,
as the ostensible leader of the de
fense, had been given especial atten
tion and resembled nothing so much
as a human pin-cushion. Like the
rest, he bore his hurts with an
easy nonchalance. The spectacle they
afforded of heroic endurance and su
pernatural vitality would have stag
gered the most Intelligent beholder;
to a superstitious savage, it was sim
ply appalling.
Loading as quickly as possible, the
little garrison awaited the next on
slaught, which proved to be a flank
movement. Hastily shifting their po
sitions, the well-masked quartet
checked this advance with a third vol
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ley, but as the Indians swept by the
battered array of waxen notabilities
and noted the cheerful Invulnerability
of their unprecedented foes, a panic
foil upon them. It was not a jepulse,
It was an utter rout, and with a wild
howl of superstitious terror, they fled
In disorder over the knoll and disap
peared. After an anxious interval, Prof. Tod
hunter ventured to reconnolter the top
of the knoll. Nothing was to be sten
save a cloud of dust rapidly receding
into the north. The marvels of Tod
hunter's Great Moral Wax Works bad
been too much for the savage mind.
And when their owner and exhibitor
turned and beheld them, his heart, too,
almost failed him.
But the managerial mind Is full of
resources, and nothing in California
that fall made such a hit as Todhuntr
er's Great Moral Wax Works, "pierced
by the arrows of the hostile red-man,"
as the bills announced, more profitable
in such dilapidation than ever before.
With the few figures that had escaped
lamage artfully Impaled by the spare
arrows collected from the battle-field,
ihe lay-out made a terrific picture of
savage ferocity. And Sam told the
itory of the fight nightly to crowded
houses at advanced rates, with their
.silent corroboration, and when asked
about the Indians, used to Bay, to great
laughter and applause, that he didn't
believe they had stopped running yet.
THE MEANEST MAN
ON EARTH
The meanest man on earth is said to
ho a f irmer ho lives in Kansas. He
old bis Hon. In-law one-half a cow,
and then refused to divide the milk,
maintaining that be "old only the
front half. The buyer was also re
quired lo provide the focd the cow
consuim l. and compelled to caery wa
ter to her three times a day. Recently
the cow booked tbe old man, and now
he is suing the son-in-law for
damages.
Mrs. Clarence Lusk, of Wapakoneta,
is the guefct of her mother, Mrs, Chut.
McComb, West Market street.
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