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The Closely Contested Fight of
Jilly l, 2 and 3. 1863.
form. LEE’S LAST rmvasrom.
Imminent Danger of tho Wealthy Cities
of the North.
Rapid March Northward of the Army of
i the Potomac—Seizure of Gettysburg
Heights and tho Death of Gen. Rey-
nolds—Defense of Round Top, Cemetery
Hill, Ciilp‘s Hill and Cemetery Ridge.
How .Pickett‘s Clint-go Was Repulsed
and Stuart's Cavalry Baffled.
THE FIRST DAY.
It is generally admitted by participants on
both sides that Gettysburg was a. field of ac-
cidents and mistakes. The reader of history,
who shall follow in detail the varying fort?
unes of that battle, will find astory, wherein
accident follows accident, and mistake is suc-
ceeded by mistake, each chapter being filled
~with remarkable happenings. - To begin with,
it was an accident, or something like it, that
‘cnusodvthe Confederate leader of the bold in-
.vasicu north of the Potomac in the summer
of 18113 to be kept in ignorance of the move-
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GEN. REYNOLDS" STATUE, PHILADELPHIA.
merits of the Union army, that was in the
field to watch and oppose him. Until a: was
too late, Lee rushed headlong northward on
Pennsylvania soil, wholly unaware that his
antagonist was moving vigorously in thé
same direction to intercept his columns.
Blinded by want of knowledge in this res
spect, he marched his widely scattered corps
into northern territory a dangerous distance.
Here, on hostile soil, believing himself safe
from pursuit, be divided his troops into three
bodies, and allowed them to become removed
from each other by more than a. day’s march.
\thn Lee was abandoning central Vir-
ginia to move north, the Union forces lay
on the Rnppahanuock line, facing southward,
and threatening to push on to Richmond;
mid us the Confederates sped their way to-
ward Philadelphia. and Harrisburg, they
. hoped that Hooker would remain thci'e,-Lce’s
skillful lieutenants keeping up the appear-
anco of having a southern force in that vi-
cinity in order to deludo the Union com-
mander as to the real situation. But acci-
dent enabled Hooker to foil Lee in his calcu-
laticnis. Bytmenns of lucky captures of dis-
patches nndincidental cavalry skirmishes,
Hooker gained accurate knowledge that the
main part of the Confederate army had not
only vanished. from his front, but-had left
Virginia, and was actually approaching the
, very gates of great northern cities.
On receipt of this unexpected but timely
intelligence the whole Army of the Potomac
turned northward in pursuit, just as the ins
vnder was prepared to seize his first prize,
Harrisburg; and, had it not been for the
knowledge thus accidentally obtained, Lee
would have been enabled to strikea heavy
blow before anything could have reached him
iii the way of an opposing force.
It was through accident also that the Con-
federate leader found himself in this emer-
gency, without any swift moving cavalry to
bring reports of Hooker’s threatening opera-
tions in ‘his rear to his headquarters, and
when the situation became suddenly revealed
to him through a chance scout, there was no
flying column at his command to fall upon
'the advance of the different Union corps, as
they marched toward him by several distinct
routes. For a leader like Lee this was an
unusual circumstance. '
A few squadrons of troopers, with their
horse batteries drawn up on each road, might
have harassed the Union infantry and
obstructed their progress considerably. But
the Army of the Potomac (transferred to the
leadership of Meade, as it entered Pennsyl-
vania June 28) moved on freely and confi-
dently into territory practically under the
control of Lee’s hostile bands. Meade did
not encounter so much as a cavalry picket,
and this accident of. having no Confed-
erate cavalry in the way explains how it
happened that when Lee, who had had so
many days the load of his opponent, had got-
ten his scattered corps into conjunction to
meet the foe he saw springing so lightly
across his truck—the foe he had so carefully
arranged to mislead and retard, this fee
was actually in his presence, in line, ready
for combat. ' - ' ' ’
0f the actual battle field events at Gettys
burg there are a series of strange things to
relate. During these three-:- days, of the ,
warmest portion of the.year, the unusual
heat was very. much mitigated by light
breezes, the sun being frequently veiled by
the clouds; yet not a drop of rain felltill the
afternoon of the 4th. Seventy-six (legs.
marked the extreme heat the first day, 8]
|degs. the 2d, 87 dogs. the 3d. The average
for the three entire days was ’17 dogs. Had
the rain, which fell from the 4th to the 6th,
come on the 2d, the roads would have been
impassable, the forced marches of the Union
soldiers could not have been made, and the
slopes of the ridges on the field would have
been so slippery as to make the scaling of
them difficult, if not impossible.‘ Had it not
rained on thovnight of the 17th of June, 1815,
the future of Europe would have been
changed. A low hours of water, more or less,
piosti-ated- Napoleon at Waterloo; 3. storm
on the lst', or 2d of J uly, 1863, might have
been fatal to Mcnde’s army and to the Union.
Again the commanding general of the
Union advance, Reynolds, who had "selected
the field » and made the plans to fight the
opening battle, fell mortally wounded in the
first hour of' conflict, and of the four gen-
erals—Howard, ., Hancock, Sickies and Slo-
cum—Who next inade their appearance on the
scene, it so-happened that the last one to arrive
was superior in authority to the ones preced-
ing, and by virtue of his rank assumed com-
mand. So there was no permanent director
of affairs until after a desperate battle had
been lost, an army crushed and good ground
abandoned. A greater misfortune still, of
more vital consequence than all. was the fact
that the proper Union commander, Meade,
reached the front more than twelve hours too
late. Gen. Reynolds was killed on the morn-
ing of July 1, and Gen. Meade did not reach.
the lines of Iteynoids’defeated troops until
after midnight. On the other hand, it
proved a. circumstance favorable to the
Union cause that a chain of natural fortifi-
cations existed at Gettysburg, consisting of a
high ridge, terminating at either end in rock
bound crests, well sheltered by woods. This
ridge guarded two roads leading from the
south, the Baltimore'pike and the Washing-
ton i-oad, while it commanded another Wash‘
iiigton road, all three roads being routes of
march for the Union army northward. . This
strong position was secured, the different
corps commanders marching in in obedience
to orders, but by a very narrow margin.
To offset this Union advantage the Confed-
crates found a curtain of woodsaround every
important position occupied by themselves,
separated from Meade’s line by about one-
half to three—quarters of a. mile, which com-
pletely concealed all their movements from
view, affording them an opportunity of
massing their columns for attack unobserved
by the Union forces on the crests and hills.
then Reynolds, with the First; corps of
Meade’s army, led the way to Gettysburg, he
did not halt to secure actual possession of
these natural fortifications on Cemetery
Ridge, that lay close by his line of march,
- but pushed on to seize the passes through the
thin strips of surrounding forest, in order to
j prevent Lee from getting a. lodgment in
them and on the high knolis which they
sheltered. H is intention was to risk his own
corps, the First, together with Howard’s
Eleventh, close at hand,’ in a desperate effort
to hold the Confederates beyond cannon
range of the high ridge whereon the maid
body of the Union army would soon be ex-
posed whrlc forming the infantry and placing
artillery in line for battle. The first day’s
conflict at Gettysburg was really a. struggle
for the possession of one of these passes—
that across Willoughby run and the ridge
east of it on the Chambersburg road, two
miles west by northwest of Cemetery Hill,
the crowning point of Cemetery Ridge.
The Union advance, consisting of Buford’s
cavalrx. has! seized this‘ pass on the nivht of
June on and mid planted cannon there to as-
fend it against the Confederates, whom the
scouts announced to be approaching in force
from Clinmbcrsburg under A. P. Hill. Lee,
with the corps of Longstreet and Hill, was
west; of the Blue Ridge at Chambersburg,
twenty-eight miles from Gettysburg, when
the startling news reached him that the
Army of the Potomac was in Pennsylvania.
At this time Ewell’s corps (Confederates)
’ was at Cat-lisle and York, thirty miles east
and north of Gettysburg, and Lee’s orders to
concentrate the three corps—Longstreet’s,
Hill’s and Ewell’s—brought the two, Long-
strcet and Hill, east of the mountain and re-
called Ewell from his threatening position in
front of Harrisburg. Hill led the advance
of the column coming from the mountain
over the Chambersburg road, and fell in
with Buford, when he attempted to cross
Willoughby run on the morning of
tho lst. Two roads cross this run about sixty
rods apart, and between the Chambersburg
piko and the Fnii'fleld road to Hagcrstown
the forest is heavy, making its. good place
fora. surprise. Reynolds came to the front
early, relieving Buford and sending him
northward to meet and hold Ewell at buy
on the Carlisle road, while Doubleday’s di-
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LEE‘S MARCH FROM THE RA‘PPAHANNOCK TO
PZIIXSYLVANIA.
. vision, First corps, was directed to hold the
Fail-field road, and to protect the flank of the
force fighting between that and the Cham-
bersburg road; also to prevent the enemy
from getting between the First corps and the
supporting column of the Eleventh corps,
coming up from tho south on the Einmets-
burg road, through the town. Screened by
the trees, the Confederates crossed W'il-
loughby run midway between the Cham—
bcrsburg and Fairfield roads. The leading
brigade, Archer’s, was captured; at a. high
price, however, for here Reynolds was killed
by a sharpshooter, while directing a. counter
charge on Archer. For several hours this
spot was the scene of conflict between the
- Confederate divisions of Hcth and Fender,
and those of Doubleday and \Vadsworth, of
the First corps. The command of the First
corps devolved upon Gen. Abner Doubleday
on tho (lentil of Reynolds. Doubleday de-
cided to continue the fight and hold the
ground, until he was driven buck, or until
he should be recalled by superior orders.
Tito remaining division of the First corps,
Robinson‘s, he put to constructing breast
works on high ground in the rear of the hate
tlcfieid toward Gettysburg. In the mean-
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macros AROUND UETI‘YSBURG.
[The Confederate rout?- is ipdieu'cd by the broken
IDO.
time Howard reached the town with his
Eleventh corps, while north of Gettysburg
and on the right rear of the First corps
line on Willoughby run, Ewell’s advance
was skirmishiiig with IJiiford’s cavalry. In
order to prevent this First corps line from
being completely turned by Ewell: Howard
advanced and deployed on both sides of the
Carlislc road; but he did not get so far as to
forni'n straight line; in fact his line ro-
seuted a convex surface to the enemy, w ill.
the latter overlapped the flanks of the
Eleventh corps. Ewell then Raced Early’s
division across the right of 'owurd’s line
and at right angles to it. His own extreme
right rested on t e Mummssburg road, about.
100 yards north of the right ‘of the First
corps, where the road crosses Oak Ridge, the
very ridge that the First corps was defend-
ing agaiut Hill. Planting a. battery on Oak
' Hill, the highest 1point of the rid e, be had
the opportuuit o swee ing the irst corps
line With its re, and t ‘ uickly decided
get]? 'sburg’s first day’s butt 9, the battle of
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nun FIELD or me: rmsr DAY.
.{Thgvattack on Reynollds‘ First corps on Oak
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Between the right of the First corps, on
Oak Rid , and the left'of the Eleventh corps,
on Cnrlis 9 road was a gap of a quarter of a
mile, and here had been stationed a. battery
commandincr the positions both of the First
‘ and Elevont corps. At the same time Early
advanced on the right of the Eleventh cor
and doubled it up; then, as each Union -
vision or brigade broke, it retreated to the
town. The battle rolled on along Ewell’s line,
toward Doubleday, and he drew Robinson’s
reserve division from the rear of the ition
on VVilloutrhby run and sent it nort of the
Chambers urg pike to cover the go. in the
angle between the First and Eleventh co 5.
Here, too, a des .rate fight ensued, for 1319
battery on Oak 111 commanded all that por-
tion of the field which the First cerps was
attempting to hold, while the Confederate
infantry, under cover of its fire, advanced
boldly across Willoughb .run seized» knoll
after knoll of the ridges a ongEtllie Chambers-
burg pike, and, when the eventh co
failed to keep up the battle on the norltl:
Wadsworth’s troo had to face in both di-
rections in order beat back the onrushin
columns of Ewell from the north and‘Hifi
from the west. Many of Ewell’s troops fol-
lowed the retreating Eleventh corps into the
town, to the very base of Cemetery Ridge,
where they were seeking shelter, thus getting
into the rear of Doubleds. ’8 command. Then
Doubleday fell back to urinary Ridge, the
, last ridge of the series and one b one his
regiments withdrowto eteryRi ,fight—
ing in many» instances for their right of way
through the streets. . ’ - , , ,
The first day’s battlewssendaz‘thenp-
preaches to thegnorth and. west all lay open
to the Confederates, and the last outlying
knoll, with evisfy piece of woods, the town,-
with its brick and stone buildings and the
terraced walls of its streets .all places of ad-
vantage-in battle, were in Lee‘s pomssion.
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5, THE secono DAY.
The battle of the second day was due more
to accident than was that 'of the ' first, just
described. Reynolds had been instructed to
march at the head of the“ Union army, and
engage the Confederates, known to be con-
centrating in the vicinity of Gettysburg; but
Meade was not marchingwith the intention
of going so far north as Gettysburg. There
is a line of defensible ridges running cast and
west on Pipe creek, thirteen miles south of
this town. _' These ridges protect all those
roads to Baltimore and iVushingtou that'
~meet at Gettysburg, and the seven Union
, corps had been held in readiness to form a.
line and fight on Pipecreok, in case the Con-
federates should attempt to march south with
'11. view of attacking either Baltimore or
the capital. But the sudden death of
Reynolds. at the hands of a. Confederate
sharpshooter, led Meade to send Gen. Han-
cock to Gettysburg to assume command, and
the news of Reynolds’ death and his battle at
VVilloughby run reaching Sickles, the latter
was induced, though fifteen miles distant, to
move his Third corps northward to Gettys-
burg by nightfall of the first. In the same
way Gen. Slocum, whose Twelfth corps was
at Hanover, five miles mist by south of
Gettysburg, was drawn to the battlefield, so
when the First and Eleventh corps fell back
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that the chief of
to the heights of Cemetery Ridge,~ the‘y we‘re
soon in communication with Slocum's
Twelfth, Hancock’s' Second and Sickles’
Third corps, all of whom were either
already on the ground, or arriving
by different roads. Thus five . Union
corps were at hand, prepared for any battle
that might be offered by'the enemy. Han-
cock had reached Gettysburg at 4 p. m. on
the first day, just as the conflicts of the First
and Eleventh corps had ended, and when
these troops were falling back on to Ceme-
tery Hill, tho northern extremity of the
ridge. The presence of Hancock infused
courage and confidence, and, although infe-
rior in rank to Howard, who was in com-
mand, Hancock, by Mende‘s special order, -
took control. Posting the troops of the two
corps by brigades and regiments on the crest
of the ridge'in full view of the enemy, he, by
this show of strength, prevented the Confed-
erates from making their customary “sun-
down nttac ,” and as the troops of the Third
and Twelfth corps arrived they were added
to the line. The more the ground was re-
connoitred by Hancock and his colleagues
the better it appeared as a good position for
defense if not for attack, and word was at
once sent to Meade, at his headquarters at ,
Tancytown, to hurry forward the troops in
order to make the expected fight at Gettys-
burg. In tho meantime some difficulty had
arisen at the ridge, us Howard had de-
murrod to being superseded by Hancock, and
on Sickles’ arrival Howard proposed to settle
the matter by yielding to Sickies, the latter
being the superior both of Hancock and him-
self. But Sickles declined to interfere with
Mcade’s orders, only retaining discretion as
to the placing of his own corps, which he did
by putting them in line along the ‘ slopes on
the west of Cemetery Ridge, between that
and tho Emmitsburg road.‘ ' Slocum 'out-
ranked them all,,and on his arrival from_
Hanover Hancock turned the Command over
to him, and, riding back to Meade at Tnney-
town, advocated the position at Gettysburg
so strongly that Meade came on in person,
reachingthe ridge after midnight, and then
giving his sanction to what had been done.
Tire Fifth corps," under Sykes, was ordered
'tdglmn‘y‘forward, and a hasty summons was
seiit'tongen. Sedgwick, who, with his Sixth
corps-Ewes still at Manchester, thirty-five
miles distant. Of the greater events of the
battle, this rapid concentration of troops on
the'Gettysbui-g ridge was really accidental,
and wholly apart from‘the originalplang It ’
was brought about as a result of the battle of
the 1st, just as tho haying of one hound calls
up the pack.
The ridge, where .the Union army found
itself at the dawn of July 2,.was a place well
adapted for the‘ display of war in. all its
grandeur. The form of the ridge resembles
the letter J inverted 1-, Wolf Hill, Cuip’s Hill
and Cemetery Hill forming tho curve Ceme-
tery Ridge, the long stem, and Round Top
and the Little Round Top, tholower. extrem~
ity. Of these Cemetery Hill, with its bare,
broad summit, rises 150 feet above the plain,
while the long line from this bill to the
Round Tops, three miles distant. show a suc«
cessiou of ground swans, followuig a general
direction, north and south, but no connected
crest. _
The Twelfth corps and part of the First,
under Slocum, occupied Culp’s and Wolf
Hills with ground between. Howard with
the Eleventh corps and part of the First held
Cemetery Hill, while Hancock’s Second corps,
with Doubleduy’s division, joined on How-
ard’s left, Hancock having charge of the
whole line, including Sickles’ Third corps.
Sickics had received orders to extend the
main line to Little Round Top, but dissatis-
fied with the position assigned him, and see-
ing that there were depressions in this ridge,
where the ground was lower than it was
along the Emmitsburg road, he preferred to
station his corps on the road. With this ob-
jcct in view, he sent forward some batteries,
troops and skirmishers, at the same time
asking Meade to give his sanction to the
formation of this new line, and requesting
artillery might be
empowered to plant some cannon
there- for its defense. Before Meade
had time to visit the ground, or to de-
termine whether to order Sickles back, or to
send more troops to enable him to sustain an
attack, should one be made there, the decision
was made for him. The boom of a cannon
is heard and each hurries to his place. Five
hundred yards due west from Little Round
Top is the Devil’s Den, 3 bold rocky. hill,
steep on its eastern face, lying onauangle
made by Plum run, which here makes a
bend toward the southwest, joining with a
smaller stream from Seminary Ridge. The
valley is strewn with enormous bowlders,
while the slopes of the Round Tops are cov-
cred with tiresome. A cross road connect-
ing the Taneytown and Emmitsburg roads
, runs along the northern base of Devil’s Den,
tho first 400 yards of which, beginning at
Plum run, is bounded on the north by a.
wood, and on the south by the now famous
Wheat Field. At the junction of this cross
road and tho Emmitsburg road, is the
Peach Orchard, a hillock formed by the
intersection of two ridges, the highest point
on the Emmitsburg road, although com—
manded about a quarter of a. mile further
west by the Warfield Ridge, where Long-
street placed some batteries which caused
fearful havoc in the Union lines.
The two great armies were now onlyamile
apart. Ewell’s corps on the Confederate
left, held the town and the hillseastof it;
Hill’s the center, with Longstreet on the
right, and in accordance with Lee’s orders,
‘Ewell and Longstreet were to make a
simultaneous attack, Ewell on the Union
right, at Culp’s and Cemetery Hills; Long-
street on the left, at the Peach Orchard.
At the same time constant demonstrations
were to be made against the Union center in
order to keep the troops there, Hancock’s
corps, from being drawn of! to the support
of either Howard and Slocom on the right,
or of Sickles and Sykes on the left. A fierce
cannonade from SeminaryHill led the Union
ofiicers to suppose that the first onslaught
would come from that quarter, but this
proved not to be the case, for at 4 o’clock
this cannonado suddenly ceased and the
booming of Hood’s batteries on the left
showed that Lee’s first objective point would
be Devil’s Den, where Ward’s brigade of
Birncy’s division lay on Sickles’ left. Ward
had taken position in the wood above Plum
riiu, his right extendingas far as the sum-
mit of the Wheat Field, thus occupying the
open ground which covered the approach to
Little Round Top. Do Trobriand formed the
connecting link, with Graham’s division at
the angle, the latter protected on his right
by Humphreys on the Emmitsburg road.
Eight batteries were placed so as to cover the
weak points of the line, and as the move-
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11'an on run UNION Im—ssoom) DAY.
merits of Longstreet’s men could no longer
be concealed those opened fire —upon the
neighboring woods of Was-field, receiving a
speedy answer. Wilcox, of Anderson’s
division (Confederate), and Graham (Union),
both send out skirmishers, and the musketry
- fire grows hotter and fiercer, and, as Hood
has advanced upon Ward, Bimey’s whole
force soon becomes actively engaged. Ward
fought bravely against Anderson’s and
Benning’s brigades, but his line was long and
weak, and being concealed by the nature of
the ground, the enemy could concentrate at
any point. With an eye to secure Round
Top, Hood now thrust his right, Laws’
division and - part of Robertson’s, be-
tween Ward and that peak, and had Lee but
known the real condition, of things at this
point of the ridge he might perhaps have
concentrated his whole force upon the Union
left. At this time only a thin curtain of
of men, the Ninety-ninth Pennsylvania, hung
in front of the hill. Gen. Warren, chief eu-
gineer on Meade’s ‘stafi’, had used the bill as a
signal station, and arriving at this most op-
portune moment (for he found the men in the
very act of rolling up their flags and prepar-
ing for a hasty departure), he soon divined
Hood’s object. At his request Sykes, who
had just passed to the front with Barnes’ di-
vision to the help of Sickles, ordered Col.
Vincent, with his brigade and Hazlitt’s bat-
tery, to occupy the foot of Little Round Top.
But the Confederate sharpshooters are al-
ready climbing up among the rocks on its
western base. Ordering the signal fiagsto
be kept flying in spite of the enemy’s fire,
Warren now secures Wood’s brigade of the
Third corps, and in a few mements O’Rorke,
with the One Hundred and Fortieth New
York, is scaling the hill on the north just as
Vincent reaches its southern extremity.
With a yell the Confederatu rush upon
Vincent, while Haziitt’s battery, which has
been virtually carried to the top, directs its
fire upon the enemy. With clubbed
muskets and crossed bayonets, a close
and bloody hand to hand struggle en-
sues; tho open spaces between the rocks
are filled with the bodies of the dying
and the dead; O’Rorke is killed; Gen. Weed,
2 attack hadfbeeu made for‘the pomession of
‘ the men at the Union
- attack.
groun‘o, afid tile brave Hazlitt. Whit'o bend-
ing over to receive his last words, meets with
a like fate. But the Round Tons remain in
the possession of the Union forcoS. The main
attack is now directed toward the orchard,
where the salient, the key note to Sickles’
position, has already been broken in by tho’
raking fire of the enemy’s artillery. Ker-
shaw leaps upon Graham from the south,
Barksdale from the front, batteries are taken
and retaken; Graham is wounded and caps
turcd; Sickler, with a shattered leg, is carried
of! tho field. Wright, Perry and Wilcox dis-
lodge Humphreys in the center, Barnes, of
the Fifth corps, and Caldwell, of the Second,
who have been sent with divisions to Bimey'p
assistance on the Wheat Field, are driven
back. Cross and look, of unldwoll‘s di-_
vision, are killed and the Union troops, most
of them in disorder. fall back on the wooded
hiliocks which line the left bank of Pin
run. But Gena. Ayres and Crawfo
Fifth corps, with Maj. McGilvery’s reserve
artillery and a part of Gen. Slocum’s corps,
drawn from Culp’s Hill, are soon in position;
and, outnumber-ing the Confederate troops
massml at this point, are enabled to render
futile any further attem t to seize the
Union vantage grounds _ ith the dark-
ness the conflict ceases leaving thousands of
30th sides on the field, woun ed, dying and
en . ' ‘ .
At. the other end of the line a furious
Cemetery and Culp’s Hills. ‘Justéat sunset
the defenders of cemetery Hill as“? the Con-
federato brigades of Hays and Hoke with
the famous Louisiana Tigers, who ad never
yet failed in acharge, teasing for over
the stone walls into is vet" I: of the
,Uniou troops. The wildest coat _on pre-
vailed, till friend and too [could
distinguished from eachiothfiigfin
, .lybe
‘ melee,
them
with spikes, rammers _. . Hen
cook’s unerriii' Vi '
attack, and he.
the rescue. ,
they hurled back
treated with the
LINES AT CLOSE OF SECOND DAY.
Hill, where Greene has been left alone with
a. brigade to defend the Union lines (the other
brigades of the Twelfth co 3 having been
detached by Slocum to re—e orco Sickies on
the left), Johnson with Stonewall Jackson’s
veterans is battling fiercely for a foothold.
He is driven back again and again, until,
finding it impossible either to break down or
dislodge Greene, he ushos past the hill, and
is almost within rose of the Baltimore ike
and Meade’s reserve artillery when n ght
sets in and he is obliged to halt. And so the
day closed—the Confederates baffled, but
exultant on the left, partly victorious on the
right—Meade far from confident as to the
final result. Both commanders held councils
of war during the night, and found that
while neither side had gained much, both
had sustained heavy losses.
THE THIRD DAY.
The morning of the 3d of July found the
two armies in the position in which they had
been left by the conflicts of the day preced-
ing. Lee’s troops were in possession of the
Devil’s Den and its adjoining woods, and the
ridges along the Emmitsburg road, Ewell
still holding part of the breastworks on
Culp‘s Hill, with an outlet to the Baltimore
pike; and Cemetery Ridge, Cemetery Hill
and the Round Tops remaining intact in the
hands of the Unionists. With the hope that
victory might yet be in store for the army of
northern Virginia, J ohnson’s force at Culp’s
Hill had been considerably strengthened, but
before his preparations to advance there had
been completed, Slocum had organized an
attack upon Johnson and opened a terrific
fire, which elicited. as‘ furious an onein re
turn. After seven hours of contest the Con-
federates Were driven out of the intrench-
words they had thrown up on Culp’s Hill,
and pushed back to the left bank of Rock
Creek, leaving three stands of colors and 500
prisoners in Slocum's hands. Ruger’s and
Geary’s divisions of the Twelfth corps, with
Shnler’s brigade of the Sixth corps, had
borne the brunt of this uttack, aided by the
artillery on Powers’ and MeAllister’s Hills, a
little to the south of Culp’s. In the meantime
Kilpatrick, with Merritt’s and Famswortb’s
brigades of cavalry, has crossed Plum Run
south of the Round Tops, and just as John-
son is retreating toward Rock Creek north-
east of the ridge—11 a. m—Kilpatrick is
seen emerging into the open fields southwest,
threatening the Confederate supply trains
stored along the Emmetsburg road. Mer—
ritt deployed on the left, where he became
engaged with Anderson’s Georgia brigade;
while Farnswortb, with his First Vermont
regiment, charges upon the Fourth Alabama,
and after leaping the stone fences that hedge
his pathway, is killed in a gallant attempt to
ride down the enemy’s guns. His regiment
was broken up and forced to retire in detach-
ments. Kilpatrick soon afterward fell back,
and though he had failed in his original pur-
pose, nnd had lost some very valuable men,
his movement had this important result—he
weakened Longstrect’s force, and prevented
Lee from detaching any troops from this
part of the field to aid in assaults elsewhere.
The Confederate commander finally resolved
to make Ziegler’s Grove, near the western
base of Cemetery Hill, the objective point of
a final attack. With this in view, the ridge
from which Humphreys and Graham had
been dislodged the day before, extending
from the Peach Orchard to the point com-
manding the Emmetsburg road, east of the
Codori house, is armed - with seventy-five
pieces of artillery, while Hill has placed
sixty-three more in position along the pro-
longation of Seminary Ridge. The troops
which were to participate in the desperate
assault, under cover of these cannon, were in
n.
LINES ON THE THIRD DAY.
[Showing Pickett‘s charge and Kil trick‘s cav
airy attack on the Confederate i ght flank.)
initsburg road. Pickett’s division, of
Longstrlaot’s corps, had arrived during
the night from Chainbersburg, and as his
men had not been in either of the two days‘
battles; and were full of cnthusiasrn,, the
honor of leading in the attack devolved upon
them. They now lay between the Warfield
Ridge and the Codori house, Truth Wilcox’s
brigade of Hill’s corps a little to the front of
them on their right, and Heth’s division,
commanded by Pettigrcw, also of A. P. Hill’l
corps, on the left; Lane and Scales’ brigades
of Fender‘s division formed a. second line a
little to the left of Pettlgrew, the whole under
Longstre'et’s direction. Since the counter at-
. tack by Slocum at Culp’s Hill had ceased at
noon, every man on the field was awaiting
with almost breathless anxiety the next
signal gun, but for the space of two hours an
ominous silence rested over the scene. . Then
two cannon shots from Eshleman’s \Vashing-
ton (Lin) artillery, located near the Roger's
house, break the silence, and before tho‘
smoke has cleared away 138 guns had belched
forth their ’thuuder upon the Union lines.
Fifteen minutes pass before an answer-is
made, after which nothing can be heard but
the roar of the cannon and tho whizzing of
the projectiles through the air. Then another
lull. Gen. Hunt, Meade’s chief of artillery,
has ordered the Union batteries to cease fix"
ing. Pickett, misled by this-into the beliefi
that the Union troops are getting short of
ammunition, gave his brigades the signal for
With a fierce ell, that rolled across
the 1,400 yards that in between the two
ridges Garnett’s, Armistead’s and Kemp‘er's
briga es rose out of the short scrubby timber
that had partially concealed them, and, leav-
ing Wilcox in the rear, rushed down the slope
and across the plain to the Codori house.
Under the fire of Cowan’s battery First
NewYork Inde ident,and Cashing’s Rattery
who fotlowed 0’R9rke. “2.9 tiring upon the - A Fem-tn U. .artilleryfone gun. the others
position behind the ridges west of the Ema
hau seen silenced isyfirrfnbhfiizfithar'rérméd'
new lines of battle in a hollow directly in
‘ front of Webb’s brigade of the Second corps
on Cemetery Ridge. Two regiments of Stan-
nnrd’s Vermont; brigade of the First co 5,
stationed on the left of Webb, opened With
an oblique lire upon the advancing column.
Pickett’s men, separated from Wilcox, who
has borne further to the Union left, are ex-
posed to the fire of Staniuird. In the face of this
Armistcad urges his men forward, ifevci'
belong to return Stnnnard’s fire. Soon the
Virginians were met by a destructive fire
from the divisions of Gibbon and Hays,
which was promptl returned, and the fight
at once became erce and general. The
struggle is waged at close quarters; the Con-
federates throw themselves like a solid body
upon the Union lines, and such is the impetus
given to the column that they plant a Con-
ederate flag within the breastworks. A
furious hand to handconfiict ensues; all regi-
mental orgamzatwnns lost on both sides, each
man fighting by~ himself and for himself.
Armrstead wrth loo men pierces the line in
front of Webb and rushes forward to attack
the. batteries. The Union guns now re-
main silent for fear of killing their own men
as well as Pickett’s. Cushi’ng and Armistend
are killed. Gen. Garnett is shot from his
horse Within twenty-five paces of the stone
wall, and Gen. Kem r is carried off the “chi.
0f eighteen field 0 cers and four generals,
Pickett and one lieutenant colonel alone re-
mained unharmed. The division is annihi-
lated. Out of 4,800 that have followed Pick-
ett scarcely 1,300 return, while twelve stands
of its colors remain in the hands of the vic-
tors. On tho ri ht, Pickett’s oblique move-
ment at the C ori house had caused a wide
gap between his line and \Vilcox, and when
the latter tried to reach Pickett at the angle
be was met by such a fierce fire that ho was
compelled to retreat. Scattered among the
bushes and rocks, unsu ported either b
infantry or artillery, wit 1 infant on both
fianks'and in front, artillery playing upon
thenrwrth ape and canister, it was almost
certain dent to move either way.
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CAVALRY BATTLE ON THE THIRD DAY.l
Pettigrew, too, had done his best to aid
Pickett s division on the left, and there was
but a s ace of a few hundred yards between
the rig it of Archer’s brigade and the left of.
Pickett, us- they started. But they had
further to go, and met with greater obstruc-
tions. Four of his brigades, however,
reached the stone wall in front, but were
driven back b a terrible fire from Huys’
division, and t ey, too, were obliged to re-
treat, leaving 2,000 prisoners and fifteen
stands of colors behind them.
Thus ended this brilliant but fated charge
and with it; all the dazzling hopes that ha
led the army; of the south into Pennsylvania.
'Among t o wounded in the Union ranks
were Hancock, Warren, Gibbon, Hunt, Stan-
nard, Webb and many others, the brigades
of Webb, Hall and Harrow, of .Gibbon’s di-
vision, suffering terribly from the converg-
gg artillery fire of the Confederate hot-
mess.
While these events were transpiring south
of Gettysburg, a brisk cavah'y combat be-
tween Gen. Stuart, of tire Confederate, and
Gregg, of Pieasonton’s cor , Union, was
taking place east of. Gettys mg, in the tri-
angle ormed by the York and Hanover
roads and the connecting line, the Low Dutch
road, Gettysbmg being at the apex. Lee had
directed Stuart to get around to the Union
right in order to strike Meade’s columns in
flank on the Baltimore road in case Pickett’s
charge should prove successful, and the
Union army attempted to retreat toward
Westminster. Leswing the York road east
of Rock creek, Stuart reached Bi-inckerhoif
Ridge, north of the Hanover road, and from
its crest discovered Gregg maid further east
along the slopes at the ver house. To
separate Gregg from the right of Meade’s
army, Stuart forms his men behind the shel-
tering Great. and wnmls of Cress n'un,.hop5.n , ,
also, to reach the Baltimore pike unobserve .
But Hampton and Fitzhugh Lee, who are at
Rummel’s farm, farther east, accidentally
unmask this movement by allowing them-
selves to be seen, and though the Confeder-
ates have, at the outset, the ad'nntage of po-
sition, along the slopes of the rid e and
within the inclosures of the farm bui dings,
Gregg boldly attacks them. After a number
of hot; encounters in which both commands
were engaged at close quarters, fortune fav-
oring first this side, then that, the com-
batants finally retired from the field, both
claiming the victory. But the utter
defeat of Stuart’s plans to reach Longstreet
was of itself a victory, and Stuart, instead of
chasing a flying enemy, was soon recalled by
Lee to cover the retreat of a. decimated army
and long columns of wounded men. Like the
Gettysburg infantr battles, . much of the
fighting here was a d to hand struggle,
and many a saber gash testified to the brav-
ery, both of assailant and defendant. The
brigades of Chnmbh‘ss, Fitz Hugh Lee, Jen-
kins and Hampton were under Stuart’s lead-
ership, while Plensontou’s caval , under
Gregg, consisted of the brigades of McIntosh
J. Irwin Gregg and Custer. Lee evacuated
the town of God 'sburg and the hills north
of it on tho 4t , and on the 5th retreated
through the gaps of the Blue Ridge.
Forces en aged and lossesat Gettysburg-
Union, 85, men, 300 cannon.
Confederate, 70,000 men, 250 cannon.
Union—Killed, 2,834; wounded, 13,709;
aussmg and prisoners, 0,615. Total, 23,188.
Confederate—Killed, 2,665; wounded 13,-
699; mismg and-prisoners, 7,464. Total, 22,-
728. . GEORGE L. KILHER.
, The rédarm’ 02"Ecuador.
The social and political 'oondition of
Ecuador resents a picture of the-dark
ages. ore is not a newspaper printed
outside of the city of Guayaquil, and the
only information the” poo 1e have of what
is going on in the wot-l is gained from
the strangers who now and then visit the
country, and from a' class of peddlers who
make riodlcal trips, traVersing the
whole emisphere from Guatemala to
Patagonia. ~
These peddlers are curious fellows, and
there, seems to be a regular organization
of them. my and like the old minstrels
that We of intho novels of Sir
Walter Scott. Themfilce medicine,
sing songs, .cure ‘ cattle, mend
clocks, carry letters and race from
place to place, andpeddle such 'ttle ar~
ticles as are used in the households of
the natives. Going invariably on foot,
and carrying packs upon their backs, it
often takes them three or four years to
make a round trip. When their stock is
exhausted they replenishlt at the nearest
source of ' supply. They are welcome
visitors at the homes of thenatives. This
internal trade does not amount to much
in dollars and cents, but it supplies the
luck of retail establishments and the
newspapers—William Eieroy Curtis in
American Magazine.
Succi. the Fasting Man.
,The Accadeuiio Mcdico-F'isicn of Flor-
ence has just given a diploma to Signor
Succi. on the otcasion of his having com-
pleted his thirty days' fast. The docu-
ment runs as follows: _
“We, the undersigned, do certify that
Signor Giovanni Succi. of Cesenatioo. in
tho Ilomagna, African traveler and ex‘
piorer, has completed at Florence a fast
of thirty days—from the midnight of the
lst to tho midnight of the 3131; of March
of this year—subjecting himse if to all the
mogulatious imposed by the committee of
surveillance created ad‘ hoc, and to all the
scientific observations of the commission
nominated by this academy, the result of
which will be made pub ici juris at as
.ou-ly a. date as possible. We further de-
clare that by his courageous experiment,
land by his scrupulous fulfillment of every
:moral pledge undertaken by him toward
Ens, Signor Sucitt has deserved well of
,scienco." The‘n follow the signatures of
‘Professor Angloio Fill i. president of
ttho committee of surve since, and of Dr.
:Vincenzo Cra isle. his secretary, of Pro-
fessor Luigi . luciani, president of the
academy, and the secretary of its proceed-
iings, Dr. Aurelio Blemish—Lancet. _
Juli Ih'Em' fly.
“I had my picture taken today,” said little,
Christine. “I emedmy arms and leaned;
on a chair. and thepicture man put my heodf
in some tongs." '
«Why, you must luv: whiten“ a lump
of III in sugar tongs, u papa
“W‘s; so I'must have," 55d Christina, (is-
lightedly, “’cause the man, kept saying:
'What a sweet little girl.‘ "—Religious
Record. -
g The Cause of Hydrophobil-
"Brigsb , base you a shotgun?”
«Yea-u t t dd 15mm! "__
-' n” m a m gl've expected it
t "I shouldn't won or. ”
Itoga mad for two Weeks.
. .. ha I,
l You ve been practicing on a
“Yes. You've
,comet for nearly a month.”—-Lincoln
Journal. . .~ 5. _ _
' that her children should be strong.
USEFUL, THOUGH ABUSED.
A Short Chapter Concerning the Mephitls
Americana—A Valuable Fur.
Who has not heard of that little symphony
in black and white known in fashionable
circles as the “Russian eat,” but better
known by ornithologists and chicken coops
as the great American skunk! Webster says
the skunk “is nearly allied to the weasel on
‘ the one hand and the otter on the other,"
but he might have gone farther and fared
worse by saying that the skunk had the
happy faculty of making his presence felt
and smelt even in "Egyptian darkness. On
the darkest night he can create a commotion
altogether out of proportion to his size.
One of the largest dealers in raw furs in
New York paid a tribute to the excellencies
of the great Mephitis Americans. the other
afternoon, and his storyppon the fragrant
but highly useful bird was of an interestin' g
nature. ~
“The principal as well as the best fur in.
the United States,” said he,.“is that of the
skunk. It is the most-valuble as Welles the
most salable. In New England the skunk' is
found mainly in Connecticut, New Hamp-
shire, Maine and Vermont, but within an
area of fifty miles of the town of Derby, in
Connecticut, more skunks can be found then.
in all Massachusetts. The animal lives largelyi
upon vegetables, and if'the crops should be‘
poor in One state they travel until they find:
a state where the situationis more favorable. i
There they will breed and remain so long as ,
the vegetable crop remains good. This fact‘,
has been woven into an adage by old trap-f
pers, who say, “Poor vegetable crop, poor
skunk year.” .
There, are four grades of skim, whichmsy,
be described thus; No. 1, all black,'éxeepG-;
ing, perhaps, a white stripe on the head, is;
bought for 81 by the dealer in raw furs; No. 3
2, black, with short body stripes, 50' to 56;
cents; No. 3, black, with still longer stripes}
titan No. 2, 30 to 35 cents; No. 3, n :
zebra for stripes, brings only 15 cents.
The month when the" skunk is in the best'
condition and when the fur isnenrly perfect, ,
is November. The fatter the animalis the,
more valuable is his fur. During October;
and November he gorges himself from the}
vegetable crops and becomes plump and;
sleek. The October peltsare what is called?
blue and are but of little value. The Decem-?
bei- skins, while not so valuable asthe No-5
vember article, are considered Prime, andl
those obtained in January are about that
same. When sprlniplpenstho skunk is thin:
and scraggy, and w ' e outwardly the fur is I
as black as in the preceding months. next tot
the skin it will be found changed from a;
drab to a reddish color, therefore the March
skins are usually of a very poor quality,
The-trap used in catching the animaliswhat
isknown as a “dead fall.” It is generallyl
baited with skunk flesh, that beingeonsid-i
e_red the best. ' i
The skins_ nearly all come to New York.
and many are shipped to England, but the :_
choicest are used in the United States?
Therefore, all the small dealers-tryhard to}
buy what is known as the “November;
skunk.” The far, which iscut up instrips;
about three inches wide for trimming pur-g
poses,is worth 8'3 to $422. yard. The fur;
market iii-affected by London sales. Awar'
scare abroad causes prices to decline—New:
York Press. - 4'
Where Fur In Obtained. - i
“The fun producing countries of the woridg
are very few in number,” said Mr. Ulimann, i
“and they are rapidly becoming exhausted. '
Forty years ago America was the great fur i
producer, with the Russian Mons sec-;
and. Today Siberia. sends out more furs;
than any other region, and America, with}
the exception of the fur seal, has greatly tie-i
creased. A few fancy skins come from Asia '
and Africa, but nearly the whole product is}
from high latitudes. Many. Arctic countries;
are 'nearly destitute of fur bearing animals, 3
Greenland, for instance, while scarcely any}
are found on the northern islands. The Ant-1
arctic regions send none at all, the ice fields 2
around the South Pole being too barren to!
support life of any kind. Thus the field is 5
confined to North America and Asia, with a ‘
very small supply from Norway and Sweder t
and some from European Russia.
“The American field is most seriously de-é
nuded, although I expect Northwestern:
British Columbia. and especially the interior:
‘ of Alaska will in future immensely increase;
their output. In the Asiatic deserts fur bear-g
ing animalsare becoming rarer every year-1
and the time is not far distant when furs}
of all kinds will become a luxury _;_ittain-i
ante oniy'by the very rich. . In' the northern?
par-tot the Chinese dominions and amongi
the high mountains of Thibet thousands of
bales of fine furs are shipped every year,
but these are taken exclusively by the Chi-
nose and do not constitute a factorinthe,
European market. China is by all means thef
bestplaco to dispose of very fine furs, and‘
three-fourths of the most expensive are
bought by tho mandarins of that countryfi
some of whom pom fortunes far ekceedlng'
inamount anything known in the western:
world. Russia probably comes next and the
remainder of the high grade furs are sold all
over the world. I look for a great increase
in the output of Alaska, the interior of:
which is almost totally unexplored, but un-,
der the most favorable conditions the sup-
ply will smaller and smaller every
year, and it will not be long before the fur'
trade will be a thing of the past.”—St. Louis
Post-Dispatch.
Feminine Love of Fine Apparel. .
Father McGiynn, the famous ex-priest and,
present labor agitator, said to me that thef
love of suitable apparel was not even eradi-.
cated from the minds of nuns and sisters bo-
longing to the various orders of his church.
Each of these'sort of devotees has a partic-
ular uniform, usually somber and calculated
to impair if not destroy the vanity of its
wearer. But Father McGlynn cites the ease,
of a girl who decided to renomrce the world-
and devote the rest of her life to religion and
charity in the guise of a sister. She talked.
with him on the subject and sought his in—
struction as to “be different aims, objects
and duties of the various orders. He told
her all about them, and she went away for
the purpose of deliberation. ,
A whek'later she came back and said that
(she made a selection of three. Having nar-
rowed her choice down thus far, she confided
the fact that she meant to accept out of the
three the .one which provided a dm most
becoming to her style. This Was what the
priest called the last remnant of worldlinese
in her. She was ready to give up a. luxu-
rious home and cut herself off from the so
ciability to which she had become habituated,
butshestilldwiredto drew as well as pos-
sible under pious circumstances-Chicago
Tribune.
Berlin Draggim Neatly Caught.
; The Berlin Homeopathic society recently
learned that it was the custom of many
druggism to put up on homeopathic prescrip-
tions merely some simple compound and
label it as whatever Was wanted. To test
this eighty different burlaquo prescriptions
were written out in Latin and sent toss many
{different druggists. Seventy-seven out' of
the eighty swallowed the bait, and putup
what purported tobe the doserequirred by
the bogus prescriptions. The other than
sent the p ' tions back, with the remark
that they did not nods-stand them—New
York Sun.
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Curo of Cancer and Ulcers.
T ' Judge'l‘. C. McLondon writes to the
Swift Specific Co. : “About three years
ago, Jerry Bradley, had a cancerous
note on his face,near the right eye. It
' caused him a great deal of pain, and he,
‘ lost the sight of the eye, but was finally
cured by the use of Swift's Specific.
This onsets well known in Willie 00.,
' Go. where he lived."
u’r. L. Cox, or Arkabutla, Tate Co.
Miss, writes: “I sutferedn great deal
from old ulcers for cars; Your medi-
cine was recommen ed, and after using
six bottles I was completely cured.
Your medicine does even more than you
~ claim for it. I have known it to cure
cases which were thou ht ho 0188!."
Mrs. A. M. Goldsmith, o. 674 arren
8t.,Brookiyn, N. Y., writes: “I com~
menced using 8. s. 8. about threeyears
ago. Iliad suffered with a sore throat
for over a year. I used a great many
other remedies with no good results.
My little girl also, had sore fingers; it
commenced from the quick, and then
the nails would come off. We. doctored‘
her for over two years, and when Icoin-
menced using S. S. S. I thought! would
see what it would do for her. I am
thankful to say that it entirely cured
her. It is the best remedy I know
of for the blood. I really - believe
- it was the means of saving my life.
The doctor told me I had a throat dis-
ease {similar to General Grant’s. I
cheerfully recommend it to all sufiering
fromdisordered blood.
Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases
l mailed free. Tun Bwui'r Spncrric 00.,
Drawer 8, Atlanta, Ga.
If the mother is feeble, it is impossible
Take
Lydia E. Pinkhum’s Vegetable Compou ml.
The farmer's share—the plowsharc.
.Unto the third and fourth generation!
on scrofula and salt rheum is cured by
ontaine’s Great Discovery. For sale'by
C. anhnm, 11 Main Street Norwalk.
A writ of attachment—a love letter. .
The ways of chenpening a piano With-
out detection are more numerous than the
purchaser realizes. Buy the Mathushek
made upon honor. On sale at The Treat
& Shepard Co.
SPEBRY & BARN
Absolutely Pure.
This Powder never varies. A marvel of pure '
strength and wholesomeness. More economic
than the ordinary kinds, and cannot be sold in corfi- ,
petition with the multitude of low test, short
weight, allum‘ or phosphate powders.
Born. BAKING I’ownsn C0.,106 Wall St. . N. Y.
Treated in a clean manly way.
.,1'I;II_J._E., Pilinicwmranssrs ;
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2:311 for Illustrated Price-List, samples of Work,
r, M. WARD,
5!th WIIALLEI’ AVE, NEW HAVEN, CONN
“(300D _ENOUGII”
r'Ai-mi'ir on can.
without Lift-
lng the Can.—
the lining tuba
financing to
In]: in o i g h t :i
of any Lump.
This in the
most practical
rmnx CAN
3' nor-mete
A healthy pie make a prosperous nation.
Peop e made and kept healthy by
Baker’s Great American Sueeitie.
Rheumatism with its Vise-like grip tortures its
victim until he loses control of his temper, and
then comes grave mistakes. Another turn of the
vise and Neurnlgln. torments all patience out of a
man. Relief from these terrible diseases makes a
heaven of happiness for the sufferer. and Baker’s
Great American Specific gives that relief.
There is no mistake about this, and at this season,
in this climate, you cannot afford making the mis-
take of being withouta bottle of this wonderful
remedy. Damp, chill winter winds, sleet, snow,
stop and ice are as certain to bring on the tor-
ments of linsuusrisu and tortures of NEURALGIA
as is Bsxsn’s Gus" AMERICAN srscrric to cure
them. Priceso cents a bottle. Prepared only by
Maurice, Baker Jr 00., Portland, Me. Doolittle in
Smith, 24 and 26 Tremont Street, Boston, Mass,
Selling Agents. .
memummwe
The Best in the War/0’!
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SIIDIILDEIIS, rs
BREAKFAST '
BAGDN
SAUSAGE
Are Guaranteed
THE BEST III THE
MARKET.
Our KETTLE LARD is Strictly Pure .
and Free from All Adulteration.
LflflK lilllEFllllY Filli THE lililllll.
We manufacture all goods bearing our
brand at our packing house. New Haven.
Sperry &. Barnes,
N_EW HAVEN, CONN.
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EQUITABLE MORTGAGE 00.,
OF [KANSAS CITY. CAPITAL $2,000,000
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6 and 7 per cent. Debenture Bonds and Mortgage
Loans at For and Accrued Interest.
R. B. CltAUFURD, Agent.
Room 2 Masonic Building.
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disease to the Internal Organs.
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Page’s Climax Salve,
A FAMILY BLESSING FOR 25 CENTS.
Its action upon the system is unlike any other external remedy, as it never drives the
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WINFIELD IANUFAC‘I’UBING 803.323:in ,
WARREN. 61:11:. '
NoDrop in Oil on tleFloo - '
Faucet toEea or first kiiocked 3%: geld-12
Contents orcause xpiosions. NoCorknto
Lose. ClosesPerfectly Alr'l‘ight. N01418:;-
ago—No Evaporation-Absolutely Safe.
A Universal Household Necessity.
For Sale in NorWalk by Gregory .lr Worden and
E. K. Lockwood a C0. 13t22
Compliments of the Season.
a Merry times and 3 Haiti New Year
‘ Prepare your feast and make yourself joyous
Shout the glad tidings for RAYMOND’S is to
be found at N o. 9 MAIN STREET.
We will try to make you healthy and wise,
It allowed to sell you your family supplies.
Our stock is full and complete. We have all the
table delicacies the market affords, including
Foreign and Domestic Fruits,
CONFECTIONERY, 8:0.
THE CHOICE TURKEYS
Of the land with us can he found and all the
accompaniments of aroyal feast. Do not put oft
but order at once that your anxiety may cease,
and we assure you that with a contented mind
you Will be prepared to enjoy yourself. '
And if you wish to make some soul happy
present them with a barrel of our Choice Flour, a
Tub of Butter, or some of our Excellent Tea anu
Coffee, ands. suitable supply of choice goods to
he found in our stock, or send your order to CEO
W. Ravnoxu, at
RAYMOND’S GROCERY.
9 Mainstrea-
.ibii'N s "ATKINSON,
Wholesale and Retail Dealer in
Harness, Blankets.
’l’runlcs, Bugs, .
Sole Leather and Shoe Findings, and Boot
and Shoe Uppcrs.
Corner of Fairfield Ave. and. Kiddie Street
Bridgeport-,Conn. - ty4s
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revs
as ancient 0a PlWiS «trims on
Its properties go to the diseased part, and separate
all the poisonous-and corrupt humors, through the perspiriug vessels to the surface, and
' eradicates the disease
from the system. we warrant it to cure Old Sares, Ulcers,
'Scroi'ula Sores, Salt Rheum. Sore Breasts or Nipples, Inflamed Eyes, Swollen Glands,
Erysipelas, Boils, Scolds. Burns, Cuts, Bruises,
Fistula, Piles, Corns, Bunions, Chil-
blains. Frosted Feet, and all cutaneous diseases on man and beast.
PAGE'S CLIMAX SALVE acts like magic on horse flesh in curing Scratches. Mange. ()ll
Sores, Fresh Cuts, Snake Bites, Brmses,
Burns, Saddle and Harness Grills, Chnfcs, etc.
it is put ill! in
boxes three times larger than any other Salve, and sold at the low price oftwenty-fivc cents rcrlvpx.
it is warranted to cure in every case or money refunded. For Sale by Druggists and Dealers in methane
everywhere.
moirirs“ "iii E Pitts.
THE GREAT’STOMACH AND LIVER REMED .
Established by one of our most eminent physicians‘and recommended by the medical
.. profession and druggists who know their real merit, and are used With more pleasing
results than any other medicine.
Mofiat's Life Pills are purely vegetable.
They act on the stomach, bowels, liver
and kidneys, purity and regulate the whole system, and are warranted a. certain cure
for all Malarious Diseases, Torpid. Liver,
Dyspepsia, Loss of Appetite, Indigestion.
Neuralgia and Nervous Diseases,
Impure Blood, Jauudice, Bilious Complaints.
Costivencss, Nervous and Sick Headache.
Female obstructions and General weakness, Scurvy.
Inflammatory Rheumatism, Piles of every kind, Gravel and Diseases of the Bladder and
Kidneys, Colds and Fever and A e.
HOFFAT'S LIFE PILLS are e egantly Sugar coated and easy to take and are a perfect oft»!
dinner Pill, one taken after dinner each
day willaid digestion and cure all disorders of the Stomach.
Headache and Sick Headache cannot exist if these Pills are used. F or costivcness take one Pill at bedtime.
MOFFAT’S PHOENIX BITTERS
Are not , a drink used for intoxication. but a. pure medicine and only used by people
who are sick. They correct the secretions of the stomach and are asure cure for
Dyspepsia,
Complaints, etc.
perfect cures effected by
just what we have said or money will be refunded.
Sleeplessuess, Nervousness, Debility, \Veakness, Loss of Appeti'e, Femal -
Thousands of certificates are in possession of the proprietor, giving,
these invaluable medicines and we warrant: that they will do'
It is simply asked that the ailiictcd
will try them once, their use will convince the most skeptical.
PAOE'S CLIMAX SALVE, zsc-aiiox. MOFFAT'S LIFE PILLS, 25¢. a Box. MOFFAT'S
PHOENIX BITTERS, Snoo a Bottle. For Sale by Druggists and Dealers in medicine everywhere,
or sent by mail or Express, prepaid, on receipt of price. .
J". P. MILLS, Sole Proprietor.
85 LIBERTY STREET. NEW YORK.
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A [IE/WE Tall/0.
Celery and Coca, the prominent in ,
iredients, ure the best and safest
’erve Tomes. It strengthens and
.' .
I “698 seriousness: sesame
lessness, arc. -
All ALTERATIVE. '
It drives out the poisonous humanist
the blood purifying and enriching it.
and so overcoming those diseases
resulting from impure or impover-
ished blood. - ‘
[.le TIL’E.
Actingmildlybutsurelyonthebowell
it cures habitual constipation, and
promotesaregularhabit. Itstren h-
ens the stomach. and aids digest on.
DIUBETIL’.
In its composition the best and most
active diuretics of thelifsterls Medics ,
arecombined scientificallywithother
effective remedies for diseases of the
For The NERVOUS
The DEBILITATED
The AGED.
kidneys. It can be relied on to give
quick relief and speedy cure.
Hundreds of testimonials have been reached
from s who have used tin! remedy-uh
mu . le benefit. Send for circulars. (mu
.full particulars.
me. 81.00; laid by nnuim:
wELLs. RICHARDSON a. co.. Prop’e
BURLINGTON. VT.
E. * K. LOBKWMD It 00.,
HOUSE FURNIS‘HING GOODS.
NORWALK _ AGENTS
7 an. 'riin onnnnnirnn
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The only kind allowed by‘the Health Authorities of New York City“
Estimates titeertulli [liven inn tnnneettnu with the Sewer.
PLUMBING in all its Branches.
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