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WAR SI
The A.ttaek ol'
.Maj. .James li. Moore, Cameron,
Having been solicited to give un
account of the action of my command
lu the battle of Fort Harrison, I send
a description of thc occurrence,
.which, for the number engaged and
resulte achieved, proved to bo one of
the most remarkable engagements of
our great war.
It will be remembered that during the
summer and fall of 18b'l Gen. Lee
was most actively engaged in thc de
fense of Petersburg, and to success
fully resist Gen. Grant's repeated ef
Jorts to capture that city ho had with
drawn all the troops from the front of
Richmond on the north side of tho
James l?iver except one small brigade
of Tennessee troops, Gen. Benning'a
brigade of Georgia troops, a few Vir
ginia militia, and about three hun
dred cavalry, in all numbering not
anore than twelve hundred men, under
thecommaad of Gen. Gregg, of Texas.
On the 28th of September, IHul,
thc Tennessee Brigade occupied a
line of ri?e pits extending from
Drowry's Bluff, on thc James Uiver,
to Fort Harrison, situated on tho hill,
overlooking James Uiver bottom, and
distant about three quarters of a
mile.
Fort Harrison was a krgc earthen
fort oommaoding thc approaoh by
land to Drewry's Bluffas well as the
brights in its front and for some dis
tot.ee to us left. It was armed with
nyilil- piecos of field artillery and
. ?e thirty-two-pound Columbia-! and
wa of sufficient size to accommodate
a v rrison Of somo five hundred men,
but was manned oily by a few militia,
who were armed with smooth-bore
muskets, with only ten rounds of car
tridges oaoh, while the artillery was
served by raw troops with only a few
rounds of ammunition.
? Benning's Brigade, consisting of
the 2d, 15th, 17th and 20th Georgia
Regiments, wan stationed at New
. market, about three miles lower down
the James Kivor, in front of and
watohiog tho command of Gen. But
ler (spoons). Being in command of
the. 17th Georgia, I was ordered to'
Fort Harrison, and with some fro
hundred penitentiary oon.viots anti
three hundred negroes, thon at Fc?t
Harrison, to proceed to strengthen
the works. With seven oom pan i cs,
three companion hoing left on picket
duty, I arrived at the fort late in the
evening of tho 28th of Septomber,
leaving orders for tho three companied
to rejoin the regiment as soon as re
lieved from picket duty.
Early on the morning of the 20th of
September Butler made a demonstra
tion against our little force at New
market, having during tho evoning
and night of tho 28th thrown a large
force, estimated at fi?toen thousand
mon, across tho river from the south
side by means of a pontoon bridge.
Between our forces and Newmarket
and Drewry's Bluff he undertook to
mureil into Richmond, which was
.wholly unprotected save by tho Ten
nessee Brigade, the militia > before
mentioned, and my seven companies
ef the 17th Georgia. About seven
o'clock in the morning skirmish firing
commenced immediately in my front.
About this time I reoeived orders
from Gen. Gregg, then at or rear
KowuaTkdt, t0 turo over the convicta
to*a* company of militia detailed for
that purpose and report buck to tho
commander as soon as practicable.
Sccs afterwards one of my men, re
turning from Fort Harrison, reported
tome that the enemy was immediate
ly in its front and would soon be in
ihn works. I immediately sent the
' prisoners to the roar in charge of two
oft my companies, and with the re
nsaining five companies, numbering
abont seventy-three muskets, hurried
into the fort and at coco opened fire
"on the enemy, who was about four
hundred yards distant and readily
advancing in four double columns of
. shout ?ix hundred mei each, thuB
arraying the unequal number of about
twenty-four hundred men against my
companies of only oe ven ty-three mou.
Our fire, being so very effective, soon
threw them in some Confusion and.
, brought them to a halt. By this tim e
the militia and artillerists in tho fort
bV. exhausted theil ammunition and
retired rather precipitately to safer
quarters. The enemy took advantage
of a dight depression in tho ground
some three hundred,yards in our froc t
to rc-foiia their lines, at tho samo
time'kee pi Dg up a brisk skirmish tire
from their skirmishers, somo six.?/
yards br more'in their front, who
were concealed behind woods and
bushes. Our ammunition had by this
time run very lew, and consequently
cor firing had, almost ceased. This
was, however, only-the calna 'preceding
the gathering storm. ;^pttt..t? l:bviif6ii
Iflfc'upou us, I had, in the iuoantimo, by
. tfen. Gregg's . s?^ndc;?an>p nei cou
riers, reported to Mia my sUuatip
and requested reinforcements.
:ORIES.
Fort Harrison.
, Tesas, in Confed?rale Veteran.
I <?? n. Gregg, realizing the impor
tance of the situation, at once started
with the remaiudcr of the brigado to
my assistance; and when within some
live or six hundred yards, they were
espied by thc cneny, who raised and
came with a rush for our works. My
little command had made every prepa
ration to give them a warm reception,
having loaded our small arms and
double shotted with grape the 82
poucder; and when their four double
columns had come within about two
hundred yards, I gave the oommand
to tire. TIliu shot was exceedingly
destructive, tearing a lane of some
thirty feet or more through the entire
four columns. Owing to the unfortu
nate circumstances of our being short
of ammunition, wc were unablo to do
much execution with our rifles. It
took but a few moments for them to
clear thc intervening space aud reach
tho ditch, some five feet deep, in front
of our works, into which they piled
pellmell. They immediately began to
Beale tho embankment and pour over
the works into tho fort. Seeing the
hopelessness of further efforts to save
the fort, although our brigade was
only soma three hundred yard? from
U9 and ooming in a full run to our as
sistance. I gave orders to get out in
the best manner possible and re form
on thc next line of works, about one
mile in our rear. After throwing sev
eral bunches of cartridges which had
just been brought into the fort at
them, I, with Capt. D. H. Wilmot,
Adjt. Sam Robinson, and Lieut. Wil
liam Landee, were the last to leave
that portion of the fort. Tho men
on the right flank, following the line
of works, were thrown with the 2d
Tennessee Regiment, while those on
the left were thrown with the 2d
Georgia Regiment, just arriving to
our assistance. On my leaving the
fort I saw that the 32-pounder had
been dismounted by the recoil and was
standing up nearly perpendicular,
firmly imbedded IQ the hard clay.
Private (afterwards Captain) A. P.
MoCord was on top of the tranverse
going right down into the midst of the
enemy not more than fifteen feet dis
tant. He oven remained in this peril
ous position until the blueooats be
came as thiok within tho works as
blackbirds upon a millet stack.
Io my hasty retreat from these un
comfortably warm quarters I dropped
a very fine sword, which was left to
the enemy's oare. In our retreat from
the fort wo were exposed to thu gall* !
ing fire of moro than one thousand, of
the enemy's small arms, which' sent
numerous bullets in uncomfortably
close proximity to us. My purpose
was to rally as many of our men as
possible at the next lino of works and
dst ail the enemy until the remainder j
of the command could succeed in get
ting in their front'. Tho 2d Georgia |
Regiment, under the oommand of the
gallant Col. W. S. Shepherd, being
pressed by the enemy from.Fort Har-1
risoo, now in their possession, took
position in a small redoubt on the line
of works about oue-half a mile to the
I loft of Fort Harrison. His oommand,
I numbering less than ono hundred men,
made a most gallant fight. Running
short of ammunition and being hard
prcised by thc enomy, be sent word
to some of my oommand for ammu
nition and help or that he would be
oompolled to give up the fort.
A. P. MoCord and John Lindsey,
both of my old command, volunteered
to return near the aubins in tho rear
of Fort Harrison, oooupiod by the
enemy, where stood an abandoned
ordnance wagon, which they passed in
their retreat from the fort. Protect
ed by aline of skirmishers, under the
command, I think, of Lieut. Landee.
and. under a heavy fire of musketry
and artillery, they succeeded in s c cur -
ing eaoh a box of cartridges, and car
rying the same under ?7 heavy fire
some haifa mlle to Coli Shepherd's
men and throwing the boxes upon a
dismounted gun and bursting them
open, the cartridges wore eagerly
gathered up by the; brave soldiers
to renew the firing whleh had almost
.ceased.
Rallyiog a few men who had es
caped with me from Fort Harrison, I
hurried to the assistance of the 2d
Georgia Upon my arrival in tho
fort, finding that Col. Shepherd had
bf en severely wounded, I assumed
oommsnd. Fiadioa tho enemy from
alxty to cse hundred yards in our
front/ and partly concealed behind
weeds anbV .? bushes aud : our ammuni
tion running low, I had tho men to
withhold their fire?hntil a emsU f?toe?
I think under Lieut. Hines, of the 2d
Georgia, led by John Lindsey and A?;
P. MoCord, of the17th Georas, and
\ r$&es ?fcBo?e, of tho 121 Georgia,
could deplqj?aa sktrmbji?rs down tho
breastworks toward Fort Harrison.
?t a pre?oneert?d sigas! tho skirmish
ers ero?sod the works with that mti'eh
dreaded Rebel yell, tiring into the
flank of thc enemy, while our little
band in the fort poured destructive
tire into his front, which caused about
three hundred of .them to throw down
their arms and surrender, while some
breke aa-d ran back to their main com
mand iu thc wood J, some twelve hun
dred yards to our front. "We sent the
prisoners to the roar in charge of a
?mall detail, while others brought into
thc fort all thc guns and ammuni
tion abandoned by the enemy in his
retreat.
The enemy then brought a 14-gun
battery to bear upon our little fort, and
for the next thirty minutes or more
no command was perhaps ovor exposed
to a more terrific shower of iron hail
iu the form of ?hell and shrapnel than
waB poured upon that little band of
defenders of the capital of the South
ern Confederacy.
After dismounting and silencing all
of our guns by their tire, the enemy
again advanced a regiment, some five
or six hundred strong, for another as
sault. They advanced in splendid
order under an incessant fire from our
rifles until within three hundred
yards, when our men began to make
use of their extra guns, captured from
the enemy, and poured into their
ranks such a galling fire as to drive
them back under thc protection of
their guns. Meanwhile a flanking
column had been sent further to our
left, and in their attack on Fort Gil
mer, a stockade fort, were readily re
pulsed by the 13th and 20th Georgia,
arriving in full run just in time to
participate in their repulse. Just
after this repulse of the enemy, which
was four o'clock io the afternoon, the
balance of our division (Hood's), con
sisting of Robertson's Texas, Law's
Alabama and Jenkin's South Carolina
Brigades, arrived from Petersburg,
from which time we felt nsssured of
the safety of Richmond. from any
further attacks of Butler.
Our entire force confronting But
ler s army previous to the arrival of
our re-enforoement of Petersburg did
not exceed twelve hundred men,
which was extended over a line ol
four miles in length when the fighting
began, and in no instance was more
tuan one-half of our force engaged at
a time. The New York Herald, sev
eral days after the fight, giving an ac
count of Butler's attack upon Fort
Harrison, admitted & loss' of three
hundred mea io killed and wounded,
while his loss upon other parts of thc
line was very heavy. We captured
nearly five hundred prisoners in thc
day's engagements.
Where all aoted their part so well
aa did our men on that occasion, ii
would be useless for me to attempt ti
name them for any special deeds oi
val jr, other than tho so before men
tioned whose ao's attraoted my speoia
attention at the time. If there were
any other than bravo mea in our com
mand oo that memorable day, the]
fell out Of the fight in their lon]
run from Newmarket back to For
Harrison. _+_
SOLDIER . OF TUE BLUE AT Till
REUNION.
Theodore, F. Allen, of Cincinnati
writes the.National Tribune bf tk<
Louisville Reunion. He quotes ?
telegram from the 4th Ko mu ck:
Cavalry, G: S. A., inviting him to at
tend and to take the horse that h<
escaped upon when they had hie
prisoner io the sixties. He wore th<
badge of his regiment, 7th Ohio Dav
airy, which attraoted the attention o
many Confederates. Replying to in
qui ry he siiid he was a "scout lookin,
for Confederates/' and was told tba
Louisville was full of them and if b
didn't get.away he would bc captured
He took the. chances, and final!
found the 7tit ^ Kentucky cavalry
members of the regiment whom h
had not seen since the night he bs
caped as their prisoner in 1863.
"One of the officers of raf '4t
Kentucky Cavalry, whom I did nc
know, came up to. me, looked m
over and over two or three times, an
asked if I had formerly been the ac
Jutant of the 7th Ohio Cavalry, an
if I was taken prisoner at Rogersvilh
Tenn., .November 6, I8?5. To ali <
his questions I answered in tho anira
stive, not knowing what his obj*
was.: After I had replied, he 'said:
I was tho officer of the guard in oharf
I of the prisoners when you made yoi
I escape, and I would like to/have ye
tell mc,how you did it and what ye
did with the horse you took- -fro
aa. , ;
"I explained the matter t? hil
fully, whereupon he rjeplied: *Wel
Al lon, ? was very scwy to learn th
you had gotten away, but now I a
glad 'yoe. ^scaped.'
"During th? course of; the r?unie
there w?s a cd?i for a report from tl
histoiiao of the regiment. It was o':
plained that his comrade was absen
?owing to illness, and, wonld not 1
ablo to make a report- at this mee tin
? few minutes later I was called up<
to adarOBB the 4th Kentucky Ccvalr;
b?ing introduced by ?he President
A?pooiation, Col. Will Crab
who stated that I was an honorai
member of tho regiment and at oi
time waa % prisonar, but had eao?pi
on one bf thair horses, f?o sut*
that bc fait- it desirable to tho mot
. . .
bera that I should pay for that horse
now, whcreupou every member of the
regiment claimed that it was his horse.
If I had accepted all those state
ments, I would have had to pay for
that boree about two hundred times.
"In my addrens to the members of
the regiment, I told them that I had
learned that their regimental histor
ian was absent, and with their per
mission I would take his placo for
the day: thereupou 1 gave a history
of their regiment. I may state here
that I was quite familiar v/ith the his
tory of their regiment, as we had met
it many, many times, and we utmost
knew one another personally. As I
was progressing with this historical
sketch one of the old Confederate sol
diers, who had some doubts as to my
being able to take the place of their
regimental historian, leaned forward,
brought his first down in the palm of
his other haad, and said: 'By gosh,
bedoosknow us!' After the meeting
?ras dismissed, the men of the regi
ment crowded ar-.?nd me. If I bad
aocepted as many invitations as were
extended to me to take a drink, 1
would have been intoxicated the rest
of my life; or if I had accepted all the
invitations to spend a few weeks at
the home of each member of the regi
ment, I eould have spent several years
in visiting.
"At this meeting I saw Capt.
George Dallas Mosgrove, the well
known contributor to the National
Tribune. Ile is a chipper boy of
aSout sixty years and an enthusiastic
Veteran of the 4th Kentucky Cav
alry.
"The old soldiers who are readers
of the National Tribune are familiar
with the appearanoe of tbs Veterans
of the Union army as they appear at
their national encampments, and the
only object cf this communication is
to set before the old soldiers of the
Union, army a fair and truthful. rep
resentation of the ghosts of the Con
federate army as they DOW appear.
Of course during the War between
the States we were familiar with the
appearance and knew how the Con
federate' soldier looked; but I dare
say there are many Union soldiers who
live far away from the Southland who
would like to know how they look
now. Many of these ?ld fellows arc
nowadays men of large ?*F?:rn. an<3
upon the whole they are as handsome
a set of men as you will find in a y ear' c
travel."
What to Do In a Storm.
So many persons, especially women,
are frightened at severe thunderStormf
that the following instructions telling
one what to dp in sn?h bases, furnish
ed by J. Warren Smith, a director ol
one of the Government weather bu
reaus, will be acceptable. He says:
"Thunderstorms occur when then
is a very rapid condensation of mois
ture in a rising current of air or t
rapid condensation due to the oooltn(
of an upper layer of air. It is bel
by most scientists that the lightning
flash is ah oscillatory discharge, re
peated frequently to and fro betweei
eloud and blond or between tho , fiasl
and tho thunder. The distance of th*
flash in miles is approximately equa
to one-fifth of the number of second
between the flash and the thunder
The number of people killed by light
.ping eabh year, in tho United State
averages about 300, the greater loss o
life hoing in July. Small: articles o
metal do not have the power to attrac.
lightning, bat one should not stan;
under trees during thunderstorms, ii
the doorways of barns, near open win
dows or doors, dose to cattle or hor
sea, or near chimneys and . fireplaces
There is yery little reason,,however
.for alarm during a thunder starra d
for making efforts to insulate one*
self by getting into, feather bods,, etc
If you are in the vioinity of a perso
who has _ju8t boen struck by light
uing, no matter if he appears dead, g
to work at pjioo to try to restore rec
piratiou and oonsoiousriessV No mal
tor which mefchod of artificial respire
ti on is used, keep it up for at least a
hour, and in tho meantime maintai
tho heat ol tho body by hot flannel
bottles of hot watec% warm clothia
jtakon , frota byftiftnder?, atc. Firm]
mad energetically rob the limbs uj
ward so sis to force the- blood to tl
heart and brain.^Thep sWaliowing i
cs tablished a teaspoonful of warm .Wi
ter, wine, dilated whiskey or ' brand
ot warm coffeeshould- b? given, Slit
should be eucoujsged. Send for !
phyBioian at once. ? Lightning; fr
qnently causes a temporary paralya
of tho respiratory; organs and tl
heart beat, whftjb^if left alone, *i
deepen into death, but which treat?
aa w^gg?sted, will often result sn r
obvery.'?-Brooklyn Kagle.
~ Th??evftmakesa lot of peep
believe that his winking is their .'fjjjol
i ?g. .
-- No slave is more seourely bout
than ho who thtek? bb ia froe to ser
himself alono.
- Without tho senso of st?wafr
?hip culture becomes a curse.
j - The slumber of one saint ?a i
excuse for tba sloth of another.
['.??.. "
No arced that is worth publie;
lng can ht- put into type
- No man iV going to bay yo
'-piety if your pean ins Uro anq?anv
Think About It !
I tell today the ??tory of a pair of
Georgia philosophers who went to
California to seek their fortune in
1870, and found that, after all, they,
bad fortunes at home.
In that year the two Georgiana
went iv the Golden State and made a
tour of it-a six month's tour-on
horseback. They had their pack'
mules along and at night camped, as
it were, under the blazing stars, for
in that State particularly Southern
California, the stars seem to hang
lower and shine bigger and brighter
than anywhere else on the continent.
After six months of seeing the
wonders of mountain and valley and
plain, and enjoying the "glorious cli
mate of California,'*- the cold winda
from the ioeburgs ard tho thiok daily
fogs in San Francisco, always except
ed, they reached a point in the gar*
den spot of the State not far from
Los Angeles-and there the tour end
ed.
Here they parted-ono returning to
his small but prosperous farm in Geor
gia; the other taking the first posi
tion that offered in the Golden State,
and going to work for very small
pay.
That was in 1870-just 35 ?-ears
ago. Los Angeles was then ? Span
ish village of about 3,000. Today it
is a beautiful city of 140,000. Then,
there were cheap lan<?s in Southern
California, which have giveu up groat
fortunes. ?
A gentleman of this city, something
of a philosopher himself, was some
time ago asking the Georgian who re
torced to his farm in this State,
something about that memorable tour
of six months.
"You made no investment out
there?" asked he.
UI did not:"
"Did you have any money while
making the tour?"
: "Oh., yes. I bad $6,000 in a belt
around my waist."
"Suppose you had invested it?"
"There were MK> places where I
could have put that money where the
return today would have been not less
than a million dollars."
"You have a good farm in Geor
gia?"
"Yes."
"Plenty to eat and to wear, a good
placo to rest, and work enough to
keep you busy.*'
"Do yon think that yo? would have
been better satisfied i? you had invest
ed sour money in California 35 years
Iago?"
"I do not."
There IB philosopher Ko. 1. Enough
ic oui?ciont-a happier man, undoubt
edly, on his prosperous Georgia farm,
with all th? comforts of a healthy
home, than if" he ; had given it up ioi
become even- a millionaire in the hold
en State.
"Many yeera af tea that sis months'
tour/' said the Atlanta gentleman,
"my fuiendj. tho farmer, mot his com
panion from whom he had parted- 3S>
years ago in southern California-r
and,, of course, they talked', over old
times.
'/What are you doing, now?" asked
philosopher No.
"Oh, nothing.''
"You must have made some mooey, .
theo?" . ?\
"Yes-a li tili-! own about a gaile
of Juong Beach^ out from JUDI* Aizgu??jp,
. with six hotels oil it, and have aa cie
ga n t home also an the beach.' ' ;f. >
? "You have succeeded?"- . >:
"1 have made''money.-*'
; "Ate you satisfied?"'
"Can'fc say that I am. ; libe only
work I do is collecting my rents and a
maa gets tired of that, you know*;'
- "Do you think that you would-be
> better satisfied today if y ou bad afcay-?
? cd in your humble little home in Geor
gia?" , . 1
? "? certainly do."
j There is philosopher No, 2.
[ ?? A Very vf iso mau once said;
p^??ntentnient -'V is ' ? better than
weaUR'".*
Ana whothor very; wise, man onco'
"Study not to increase your iicsss,
but to d imisb year d?sireSc' '
It ia as true as tho gospel itae?t?.
Money cannot give happinesss.
That conies from within.
No outward fortune, ?iko,-. the in
ward Hobos of oontantmeni.-Smith
Clayton in Atlanta Journal.
? i . '
Most trayelera who have gone into
the way placee cf tho fftt:;We'86.;ha^e.-j
brought back clear remembrance 6? tho ]
voices of lbs ssro fooivu Htt?c -pa?s |
burros : which go but thora: Unat?*
j pseudonym *'?l?eky mountain
I The racing o? the phrase;' is not
; always.so well known '.o tbi-.; who
have always lived es4U So ?ti hap*
! pened that a Bostonf> woman, : who
y?ai iottijduoing ?t young l>s4Bve? ain
IfaiO student to;.,her guists Veoentlyy
caused iUUe :,coB?asiOn fyke? abe
said; V?
"Aod now, la-i?es, Mh?> Converse,
oitr liU?O itock'y mountain can?yyj
will sing for. ; ?3."-YoUUi'a ?Jo?.
f p?nica.
The State Farms.
_
The Hon. W.' D. Kirby returned
last week from Columbia, where he
had been to attend a meeting of the
board of directors of the State Peni
tentiary. A part of the business of
this meeting WSB tho inspection by
the board of the State's farm in Lex
ington, Sumter and Kershaw coun
ties/ besides the ene at the peniten
tiary. AU the farms were found to be
in a prosperous condition, well kept,
with the fino growing crops which
gave every promise of abundant
yields.
. Some statistics given, by Mr. Kirby
may paove interesting to Cherokee
farmers. Tho figures refer only to
I the farms in Sumter and1 Kershaw
counties, and in op way iuolude the
crops growing in' Lexington County
and st the Penitentiary.
In these two farms there are 1,100
sores ic corn, which it is estimated
will make about 35,000 bushels; 600
aorcB in cotton-about six acres to
the horse-which will produce a bale
or more to the aero; between five and
six . hundred acres in peas; thirty
sores in sweet potatoes, which will
yield in the neighborhood of 5,000
bushels; seven aor?s in ribbon enuc,
and twenty-seven sores in orango top
oana, from which molasses will be
made for the use of the .State con
victs. Besides the produce named
above, nearly 19,009 bushels of oats
and 2.000 bushels of ? wheat have
? 'V'. 'V
been made on the two farms this
y esr.
Aside from the growing orops on
all its farms, the State still has s
surplus of forage' and roughness OG
hand; this,*too, after selling a lot o'
it and feeding it to the stock on th?
farms.- Much of tho grain is alec
sold, and already 101 bales of nev
cotton have been sent to tho mar
kot,
'v; Besides the. agricultural prodooti
of the farms, there are now on th<
two in Sumter and Kershaw counties
thirty-two young mules, from fou
mouths to five years ot?; eixteei
mares; about 200 head bf hogs;. XB?
heed of sheep; 120 head of cattle, mn
125 goats. Seventy-^ve mules arc ii
use on the two farms, and-about 141
hands are worked;
Mr. Kirby says that every thin
about the farms had a prospGfoa
air, and that the health of tho peopl
on ih?m are splendid, not a sin gi
caso o? sioknesB haying been reporte
among the hands in some time. Th
managers on the farms? who have-bee
ia their pr?sent positions for abor;
seven y car a, Beale t?iat ibo anet
crops are now being grown upon, thei
i that they have i seen during the whel
time of their management.
Mr. Kirby brought homo with hil
some specimen ears bf corn from a
8?? aero ?eid onth?.Wat?rS? ?S;ve
a?u B?me stalks of sugar oane. Tt
specimens v/ero taken at? random fro
the field, and while they were fir
ouos, Mr. Kirby thought the- av?rai
yield would bo oven hetter.-GaiEnc
.Xedgcr.
- m i .ti m in - . "
: - The\ light-weight mau alwaj
thinks that his buoyancy is duo to h
wings.
He Had Fibbed to Kia Wife.
Living on upper Broadway ia a man
who one day told bis wife a lie, says
^e; New York Sun. "Do you like
billed ham?'&ebe asked, and he,
kuowiog that lram was the ouly kind
of meat she had for luncheon, and not
wishing to hurt her feelings, lied and
said that he did.
I ..' His wife remembered that and tho
day she went to Bar Harbor she
said: < :M
"Now, dear, I have a pleasant sur
prise for you. I know how you dts<%?
like eating in restaurants, consequent
ly I hs7? nt ranged things so thjt yon
oan get part of your meals at hon e. I
have left a boiled ham. Let mo kso?r ;
how you like it."
The man said he would, and during
the next week he dispatched to R%s
Harbor u.ry bulletins pertaining to
supply of ham. One morning ho
reached the stage where the very
sight of a ham gave him the shivers
and he chucked tho whole joint of
meat into .thc gaibege can. Thai
day he exultantly wired to Bar Har*
ber:
.'Ham all gone." V
In the begsnning of the neat week.
he received an unusually, affectionate
letter from his wife.
Bp.:c,? om sending you by express," she
osid, "something ?hat will please you
gi'c.Ul7."
That night when the man got home .
tho janitor informed him of the ar
rival of the express package. The)
man undid the wrappings and col
lapsed; His wife had sent'him another
ham.-, _ V--,..: .
The Use of Bed Bogs.
: 8enatbr M?rti?rOf Virginia, telle a
yarn about "Prof. Cox," a som, -0?
Bate, who oboe did the honors (dust
an? ashes) at Williams' College, ia
that State.
"Prof.": Cox added to his duties*
of sweeping and taking Up the ashen
tho other labor, of making up thu beda
Of the, students.: He was wise in his
generation and very much sc hie
own. conceit, and was always, ready
with a reason or au opinion when
ever he had a Chance to p?t. in ,* a
word. \ At ono timo the beda , ? ?re
tetslbiy infested with bugs, and ono
cf tia students said to him as ho was
pursuing his work;
"Frefessdr, nothing wa* made in
vain, what wore bed -b^g? made for?"
Quickly and aptly the old- fellow
answered:
"To show that wo h?ve,no- resting
plaoc hore below."
-When a man has religion, in hi s
heapt he will not need, it on his hat
ban 3. v
- Tho only vernon oS the Bible
authorized by heaven ie- the- one 0?
two feet.
7 >~ There are preachers- Who. think
the. wearing of a red- necktie will
solve the whole probleai.of popular
ising tho pulpit.
-- Some mon believe- they are doing
a lot for God bo?ause they go tb pray
er meeting every ?t?ui& they haye a;
grouch to unload'.
Intelligence? Beaders ?han^ Ought i?
To h?ve even a 'simple case ?j? in
digestion is to have "inside ipfor
nint?oh'^ of supering that warns of
serious trouble in tho future, unless
tho digestive system is strengthened:
Every reader o? the Intelligencer
ehon?d grasp tho opportunity offered
by Evans, Pharmaoy 'lo;..try .Jfi?o-na - at
their risk". J net ooo little tablet out
?fa'?Oi ; ea iii t boa: of this trota edy be
fore caph meal for a few days, and you
will soon l have a strong stomach ^od
perfect health.
?^^h?'n. .there., avo pain?: or dil^sil;
after eating head, aches, belohiagof
gases, a sour taste in tho mouthy dia?
ViacfjBj heart burn, spooks beforo the
oyes, frayed >,o?guo,. sleeplessness,
ttervonsuosH, -or b?xefc nebo j tho siom
aofc needs tile help of Mi-o-na.- .
'. ?ek Svane Pharmacy to eho-T? you
tho ?uarautee''?ndei . whioh ?hey sell
?Ii-0-sa. This valuable remedy coots
you cobbing unless^.w??r?fcjh?alth.
I:-:
YOU CR? have one by purchasing cae of our Fine^- ,
If not t?HSj^' ihm a
Or some ojther Musical ?natium?at -vlf you iatfe ho ii?m or opportuuitty to
?0a?i?> the? ?^..
Ami tho Bc?iords will sushis you to have a HQH& OOHO&ET of -Mus':'
Funny Speeches, Orchestraftfus?c, Bte.,: tha>. will keep everybody 'laugh
and in a good humor, ' We &&ep eteiything'.yott-'waa't 'musicaiiy.
mr LOW^:-PB?C3E^and &?^$&ms. ?v