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SOLITUDE.
One sought a place to do a crime
So lone not even God should be aware.
God gave his wish and drew aloof ;
Yet not alone. he found himself in proof,
Since his own soul was there.
—Arlo Bates in Scribner‘s Magazine.
Ititllltitlfl itllll.
Through Kentucky, Indiana.
and Ohio, in July, 1863.
THE KENTUCKY LOCHINVAR
Thrilling Adventures a Quarter
of a Century Ago._
A Thousand M'ilo Ride and
Dollars' Worth of Property. A
Bum Bags and Tin Cans
Road—Morgan’s Capture at New Lisbon.
and Imprisonment in the Ohio Peniten-
tiary—His Romantic Escape—Morgan's,
Last Bald.
'Tis no time for pleasure: ‘_
UDog thiel sllkeudvgshlow '. 1.
Muffin :Iltlilgl‘l’egt. " f
Strike with him for freedom,
Strike with main and m ht, 1
‘Neuth the noondny s len or,”
’Neiith the gloom 0 iii ht.
Strike by rock and roads dc,
Strike in mood ajid wold;
By the shndo‘lvy valley '
By me purpliug floo .
0n where Morgan's war-horse
Thunders in the vent
Godl who would not: die gladly
Beside that glorious maul -
—Puul H. Hayne.
One of the most romantic and exciting
episodes of the civil war was that famous:
cavalry expedition known as “Morgan’s
raid,” in the summer of 1863. The raid bo-j
gun the last of June, in Tennessee, just south‘
of the Kentucky line. July 2, Morgan and
his men crossed the Cumberland river at
Burksville, headed northwest through Ken~
tucky, crossed the Ohio river at Branden-
bur , Ky, forty miles below Louisville, J ulvi
8, and entered the state of Indiana. Pursu-
ing a general direction parallel with the
Ohio river, from five to forty miles
north of it, they passed from Indiana. into
southern Ohio, approaching within fifteen”
miles of Cincinnati in their journey. The:
ending of the raid was partly at Buffington
Island, in the Ohio river, July 19, and finally.
at New Lisbon, 0., July 26. i
John H. Morgan’s influence on the conduct
of the late war was more than is generally
known. It was he who originated mounted"
infantry fighting. Ho originated also cuv-.
alry raids, those stupendous military ridesf
which were made so much use of by both
sides during the war. The plan was to ride,
over long stretches of country and fall on un—
expected places. The mounted infantry did
not fight on horseback, thus difi‘ering from
cavalry. When fighting was to be done they,
dismounted, formed in line and used the.
regular infantry arms. This mode of battle,“
in a. country of long distances, has undoubted
advantages
John Hunt Morgan was born in Hunts-'
ville, Aid, in 1826. W’hen ho was four years
old his parents removed to Lexington, Ky.
John was the eldest of a. family of six
brothers. In his
young manhood be
manifested rc-
mnrkublo powers
of physical endur-
ance and reckless
daring. lie was six
feet high and
weighed 180 pounds
—tho exact propor~
tion of height and
gravity said to be-
long to physical , .
perfection. He was of, /
dark and hand-
some. His manners
were frank and GEN. JOHN H. MORGAN.
winning, and there was about him the nmg-’
netism that drew to him the hearts of men
and women. His commanding presence was
such that wherever he appeared lie was
recognized as an uncommon man. His men-
tality was as uncommon as his physique, and
impressed itself strongly. As soon as he
crossed the Ohio river after his memorable
escape from the Ohio penitentiary, he was
known and recognized wherever he set foot.
As he passed through Kentucky and Tcnnes~
see on his way south he was greeted con-
stantly with the words: “I know who you
are; you are John Morgan.” If he had been
as Well known north of the Ohio river as he
was south, he never could have traveled un-,
recognized in a railway train from Colum-
bus, 0., to Cincinnati.
At 19 years of ago his fiery, restless spirit
took him into army service during the Mexi-
can war. Young as he was, he became a,
lieutenant. The handsome, dashing young
officer returned home from Mexico and set-'
tied down to business pursuits in the splendid.
Blue Grass region of Kentucky. He became
a manufacturer of the coarser grades of tex-.
tile fabrics in Lexington, Ky. Here he soon:
amassed n competency. His business talents
and energy were as great as his physical
strength, and all alike seemed exhaustless.
He married Miss Rebecca. Bruce, of the:
well known Kentucky Bruce family. A pe-
culiarity of his character was the enthusiasm
he seemed to arouse among women. On ulli
his raids through Kentucky during the war
he was weclomed, feasted and feted by wo-
men. Babies were nnmed for him. So were
f nvorite horses. ,
In several instances ladies voted addresses
of welcome to the bold raider, when he up-j
peered in their towns, delivering the speeches
In their own silvery southern soprano.
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ROUTE or noncnn’s RAID. -
In the year 1861 two events happened that,
changed wholly the life of the rich and hand-I
some woolen manufacturer. His wife died
after years of illness, and the civil war bursti
upon the country. John Morgan took the,
side of the south with all the fiery zeal of his
soul. In September, 1861, he left his home,
and went south within the lines of the Con-f
federncy. ,
“There was about him,” says a. writer in
The Magazine of qutern History, “a. look'
of authority that demanded obedience us
well as confidence. llis power of endurance
was so wonderful that he seemed to set aside
the common laws that control the need of
rest and refreshment; among the average of
the human race. He was generous to a. fault,
and unselfish in the sense of looking better;
after the welfare of those under his command
than his own.” ‘
Of the six Morgan brothers in Lexington,
all joined the Confederate armv save one.‘
Joan took south “million; from Lexington a!
company of Kentuckians to the Confeder-i
c cy. Each was provided with his own horse.
and with the aocoutegments of war. This,
was the nucleus of the famousJohn Morgan
cm airy. Morgan joined Buckner, then at
Bowling Green, and asked to be allowed to‘
serve the Confederacy” a. “partisan ranger,”:
that form of fighting which seemed so fas-
cinating to southern horsemen. 3
Young Kentuckians flocked to his stand-
ard until he soofihad 1,000 men. Early in
1869. he was made colonel. Soon afterwards“
he made his first raid on a. large scale against:
the rear of Buell’s army at Nashville. Fromf
that time on till his death, John Morgan’s
life was a series of during, romantic exploits.;
As many wild storieem told of him as were;
narrated in old times of Robin Hood and his
men in Lincoln Green. Many of the stories
are undoubtedly true. He took risks that;
scarcely another man in. his right senses,
would have done, and generally came off,
with awhole skin. It was his reckless during;
however, that proved his undoing at last. .
On his raids he was always accompanied
by n. telegraph operator, who carried a. small
electric battery. In Union neighborhoods,
the bold raider tapped telegraph wires and,
caused his operator to transmit and receive
messages that gave him valuable informa-
tiOn. He sometimes also penetrated even to
the Union lines in disguise. ~
In the summer of 1382 Morgan constituted:
11 part of Kirby Smith’s command in the ex-,.
pedition which crossed Kentucky and came,
so dangerously nc'ur Cincinnati. Morgan at;
this time visited his own city of Lexington,‘
and received a triumphant ovation from'
Confederate sympathizers. When Bragg r05
tired southward after the battle of Perry-,
ville, in October, 1862, Morgan’s cavalry
covered his retreat.
After that Morgan was
quiet for n. time. .
Vtht ho was about may be guessed from the| '
announcement 01.13.s~marrleinael).eq.4..1§62d
Fo’MTss’Rciidy; Thi'dfiy’vms‘fifiéfrmar:
gun was promoted to a major generalcy in
the morning. and in the evening was married.
He won his bride under the very eyes of a
young and distin- . -~~
guished Union ofii-
cer who had sought
her hand for years,
carrying oil? the
prize in triumph.
The day after the
wedding this Ken-
tucky Lochinvar
left his bride and .
hastened back to
camp and field. He -‘ ”A
left his bride to
make. a, mid into _ __
Kiwanis: G’féen river, destroying s'ev-
enty-five miles of railroad and capturing
2,000 prisoners.
In the summer of 1863 occurred Morgan's
great raid north of the Ohio. Gen. Burnside
was then in command of the department of '
the Ohio. The state of Kentucky was dl-.
vided into three military districts, extending
from the Big Sandy to the Cumberland
river. Gen. Buruside‘s headquarters were at
Cincinnati.
In the plan for the Morgan raid, the cup-'
turc of Louisville was expected to result.
Morgan with 3,500 men was to dash north-
ward through Kentucky, destroying rail;
roads mid capturing prisoners and supplies.
’It was a dark period of the war for those
who adhered to the Union cause. The battle
of Gettysburg had not; been fought, and
Vicksburg had not yet fallen. The northern
states, particularly those on the border, were
full of Confederate sympathizers. It wusbc—
lievcd by the Richmond government that a
grand dash northward by Morgan and his
men vauld arouse the latent enthusiasm for
the Confederacy, refill its depleted stores
with army supplies and recruit thousands of
young soldiers for the southern flag. So the
raid was planned.
Ono object intended by Bragg, Morgan‘s
superior, was to draw the attention of Burn-
side and Rosecrans as far as possible away
from himself, in Tennessee, and enable him,
to complete movements ho contemplated.‘
Bragg and Morgan planned the mid to-
.. gather. On one
point they dis-
agreed hopelessly.’
Bragg forbade
Morgan to cross
the Ohio river to
the north side. He
must confine his
operations to Ken-
tucky. The expe-
dition left: Sparta,
Tenn, Juno 27,
1863. No sooner
was it out of hear-
ing of Confederate
headquarters than
Morgan informed
Gen. Basil Duke,
his second izi command, that he intended to
disobey Bragg’s orders and cross the Ohio.
He would give Indiana. and Ohio a taste of
the war as the south had known it. Morgan
believed even that the capture of Cincinnati
itself was practicable. '
Morgan had made a. pretense of attacking
Tomkinsvillc, Ky., just over the lino from,
Tennessee. Brig. Gen. Edward H. Hobson
was at Columbia, Ky.. with a. small force of
Union soldiers. It was his duty to guard
the Cumberland from a. Confederate crossing
‘in that: portion of the state. But when Mor-
gan appeared before Tompkinsville Gen.‘
gHobson’s superior, Gen. Henry M. J udoh, or-
dered him to proceed forthwith to Tomp-
kinsvilio. He did so June 30. Then the wily’
Morgan, whom the poet Paul Hayno called
"the “Swamp. Fox,” slipped him and
crossed the CinnberlandatBur ville. When
Hobsou found out how Morgan had iven
him the slip the Confederate raider be two
days the start of him.
"To an enemy be as tigers, to our Southern
brethren be as lambs," Morgan said to his
soldiers in one of his proclamations. There
was that about him that up aled to all the
romance and fire in the sout em nature.
Gen. J udnh himself was not far from
Burksville, witha bod of cavalry, when
Morgan crossed. But: 6 trusted that the
high stage of the Cumberland waters would
prevent any Confederate crossin . He did
not calculate the resources of the raider.
Morgan crossed his whole force in two little
ferry flats, swimming the horses at the some
time. Such skill and swiftnem had he at—
tained, too, in maneuvering that it is said he
could put his whole force in line of battle in
half an hour.
FIGHT AT TEBBS BEND.
From Burksvillc Morgan hastened to Co-
lumbia, Ky., and beyond. There was a. skit-
mish at Columbia. He attempted at Tebbs
bend to cross Green river, with two regi-
ments, July 4. A portion of tho Twenty-fifth
Michigan Union volunteers was at this point.
under Col. 0. H. Moore. Morgan summoned
Moore to surrender.
“The Fourth of J uly is not a. proper day
for me to entertain sudh a. proposition," re-
plied Moore.
Morgan attacked. There was a. furious
GEN. BASIL DUKE.
* [Note to the Editor from Gen. Robson] I was
placed in command of all the Federal cavalry
that pursued and captured John Morgan in 1863,
defeated and broke 'up his entire command at
Bui’flngtou Island, on the Ohio river, after pursug
lug him through Kentucky, Indiana and Ohio;
Twenty-one days and nights during the pursuit,
two suffered many privatiohs. I can only remem-
‘ber of about forty hours‘ rest and slec throu 11-
‘out the whole pursuit. Maj. Gen. A. L. Burns do
,plnced mo in command of the ex edition. Ve
u‘espectfully, etc., ': 1!. Hanson. ,
Morgan was intensely excited. Unless he!
could cross with the rest of his men his fate
was already sealed. Every quarter of an
,llOlll"S dclaiiadded to his ril.
- An hour organ and t e gunboct pla ed
at fix-incr harmless shots at cachot'ner. T en
the guriboat backed out and steamed up the
river. Morgan breathed again.
With all speed he resumed the ferrying as
soon as tho gunboat was ought of sight. The
moment the crossing was nccom lished be
burned the unlucky steamers that aid served
him in such good stead and hurried on up
through Indiana, sli htly northward, then
eastward. He had 8. (led to his numbers by
recruitinips he traveled, and he now entered
southern dinner with 10 cannon and 4,000
horsemen. Gen. Hobson, hot on his truck
treached the river bank at Brandenburg just
in time to behold the dying embers of the
steamers upon the Indiana shore
MORGAN IN IN DIANA.
Morgan passed through the Indiana towns
of Corydon, Grecnville, Palmyra and Salem.
He reached Salem, a railroad town thirty
miles from Louisville, July 9. Herc there
was 0. skirmish, and the Confederates cap-
tured 350 home guards. These “home guards”
seemed tospring like armed men from the
soil. At Morgan’s
approach the gov-
ernors of Ohio and
Indiana. called on
the men of their
states to arm them-
selves and enlist to
defend their homes.
It in significant of
the vast resources
still at command
of the north that in
forty-eight hours
from the time of the
issuance of Gover-
nor Morton’s pro-
clamation, Indiana had 65,000 men on their
way to meet Morgan. More were offered, but
these were all that were accepted. It was now,
too, well on in the third your of the war.
Morgan’s approach struck panic into the
rich farming district through which he
passed. Amusing stories ‘without end are
told of the “Morgan score,” as it is called to
this day. Events so exciting as it was occur
not once in a century in those happy agri-
cultural regions. . ‘
The wildest rumors floated a. hundred miles
away from the point where he really was. As
soon as he came to a railway station it was
his habit to take possession of the telegraph,
and send false messages of his whereabouts
along the line. Accumtelytoo bad he in-
formed himself of his projected route. IVhen
his followers approached a town some one or
more of them would frequently be recog-
uizcd as strangers who had visited the tow’a
a. few days previous on some pretext of busi-
ness. So udroit were they in framing such
pi‘ctexts thntuouc suspected them of being
Morgan’s spies. '
At Corydon, hid, the commander of one
part of Morgan‘s force was} recognized as a
young man who had lately spent several
weeks in their midst. Another officer was
one who had even taken a hand at working
on the fortifications hastily thrown up to
protect: the town against Morgan.
GEN. SHACKELFORD.
inunities paralyzed with confusion. Even
away in Illinois the “Morgan scare” ex-
tended. At an Illinois wedding,400 miles
away from the scene of'Morgan’s exploits,
the boys of the neighborhood executed a
rural churivari for the newly wedded pair.
Assailing their residence with tin horns,
whistles, pans, and all the varieties of tin-.
ware capable of makingunoise, they con-
tinued the infernal din till morning. Many
who heard it were persuaded that Morgan
was upon them, and they would believe
nothing else. th0 but Morgan could make
such a noise as that? People fled out of their
houses, hiding in cornfields and elsewhere.
An old Scotchmnn heard the groans and
bowls of the sereunding party. He thought,
they were cries of dying agony from the
wounded.
“It’s awfu’ dreadfu’,” he exclaimed. “Ab,
| man, but he'sulong timeudeeing." '
It embossed. cowequld here wiped
The wily raider contrived to keep the com-'
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NORWALK, CONN, WEDNESDAY, JULY 26, 1888.
uVé'lSeén captured
ere he set foot on
O h i0 5 o i I. The
“homo guards” of
both Ohio and In—
diana were ready
to do what men
could. But they
were undisciplined
in martial usage.
- . Morgan had ex-
.pected that his
, f o r c 0 would be
‘ added tofrom the
supposed l n r g 0
number of Con-
federato sympathi-
zers in the southern
counties of Indiana.
and Ohio. It was at this time the northern
secession organization called the Knights of
the Golden Circle was much talked of. From
this, at least, Morgan hoped to draw, by his
presence on the ground. accessions to his
cause.
He was disappointed. The pursuer was so,
close on his truck that he had no time to
halt for friend or foe. He must on, on, even
to death and destruction. At the small towns:
there were ohcasional skirmishes, in which
little damage was done on either side. Citi-
zens and home guards were captured by the
thousand, but all that Morgan could do was
to parole his prisoners, and leave them just'
:where they were before. His men spent as
.much time as they dared in tearing up rail-
way trucks and destroying bridges. In some
tenses it took several days to repair the dam-
age they did in this way. They also broke
,into private stores and captured all they
could carry away. In one instance. they
come upon a. rich find of 2,000 hams, sugar
cured and sown in canvas. Every man car-
ried away a. ham, till the supply was ex-i
hausted. They appropriated vast stores of.
canned fruit, from farm house and grocery.-
Tbc road behind them was strewn with ham
bags and empty fruit cans.
At news of their approach housewives dug
holes in the ground and] buried their silver
and valuables. Morgan everywhere ex-
pressed his surprisc at the richness and
‘abundant supplies of the country through
which he passed. » It was so different from
the war stricken south.
July 13 Morgan reached Harrison, a town
'on the border between Ohio and Indiana. It
is twenty miles from Cincinnati. In ex-
- ctation of his coming, Gen. Burnside, then
in the city, ordered business to be suspended.
‘Mayor Len. Harris proclaimed martial law.
.The militarywere ordered to be ready. As
amatterof fact, the home guards were on
:July 14 marched out under arms north of the
city to await the coming of the raider. They.
'waited with brand new arms in their hands,
eager to shoot the enemy on sight.
he enemy did not appear..There was
good reason. During the night of July 13,
while Cincinnati was sound asleep, Morgan
had made a circuit quite around the city,
jkeeping some fifteen miles away from it.
He dared not risk an engagement. There is
a tradition that on that night he and one of
.his staff gulloped into Cincinnati and the.
member of his staff was married at midnight
to a lady of Cincinnati.
Be that us it may, at daylight, July 14
Morgan’s men were eighteen miles east of
Cincinnati. They kept; carefully away from
soldiers’ camps and the larger cities.
Moraan swe t through Ohio as ho had
done ITII‘OI‘I"I1 Indiana. He passed through
light; of several hours. Moore’s little force
consisted of only 200, but they were inside a}
strong stockadc and well reputed for resist-l
once. Morgan was at length driven ofl’,§
after losing nearly fifty of his men. The;
Kentucky egislature gave a vote of thanks
to Col. Moore and his plucky little band. ‘
GOVERNOR DAVID TOD.
LEBANON, JULY 5.
Moore‘s force was not strong enough to in-
tercept Morgan, and he rode) away, joining
the rest of his command that had crossed at,
another ford. Still northward the raiders
rode. July 5 they came to Lebanon, Ky.
Here there was a Union force of Kentuckifi
ans, under Col. Hanson. It was Kentuckiun,
against Kentuckian. In each force were
brothers and relatives facing one another as
deadly enemies, about to spill their common
blood. The very officer who commanded the,
fort was a. brother of the Confederate Gen.
Hanson, who was killed at the battle of Stone!
River. ‘
Morgan attacked Hanson at Lebanon. 11‘
hot and stubborn fight followed. It lasted'
until nearly the whole town was on fire.'-
Manysfell on both sides. Morgan ordered a
charge. It was a. desperate one, and in itl
Morgan’s younger brother, Lieut. Tom Mor-z
gun, was killed. Another brother, Calvin;
Morgan, was with the raiders, Thoma.
Morgan fell at the first answerin volleyl
from Hanson’s men. He cxclaime : “Bro—I
ther Callie, they have killed me!” and died
almost immediately. '
Col. Hanson’s men sustained the fight for"
seven hours and then surrendered The‘
prisoners should have been paroled under the;
circumstances, but there was no time for,
makingput parole lists or for taking oaths;
Pursuers were now upon Morgan’s truck, hot'
and close. The risoners were hurried alongf
with Morgan’s orsemen, being obit ed to‘
keepu with them. If an were um. 19 to
do so they were shot dead 37 Morgan’s order
and left 1 ing in the too . After leaving
Lebanon t 0 party traveled ten miles in an,
hour and a. half.
THE PURSUIT.
Two days after Morgan crossed the Cum-,
berland a force of all the Union soldiers that!
could be hastily gathered was on his truck. '
The force consisted of infantry, artillery and
cavalry. Gen. J udnh commanded, and wit
him were Geus. Hobson and Shackelford an
Col. Wolford. _
Gen. Edward H. Hobson, like Morgan
himself, was a Kentuckinn. He was born in
Greensburg in 18%. Ho was possessed of .
great pluck and determination, even as a-
boy. When 14 years old he was at- college in,
Dunville, Ky. His health failed him, and he;
took a walking tour through the south. He;
hired himself to a. hog driver. Great herds
of swine, with their keepers, used to make on'
foot the long journeys they now perform by
railway train. Young Hobson traveled 600
miles, in this way, to Huntsville, Ala. Re-
turning home in winter, he walked through;
the snow, $10 miles, from Smithlund, Ky.
Young Hobson learned the saddler’s trade,1
but afterwards engaged in mercantile busi-I
ness in Greensburg. Like Morgan he served
in the Mexican war and became a. lieutenant.
Hobson was a. banker in Greensburg in
1861. He at once formed a. regiment for the
Union army and became its colonel. The‘
Greensburg bank contained $146,000. The;
place was threatened by the Confederate;
Gen. Buckner, present governor of Ken-
tucky. Hastily taking the money from the,
bunk, Hobson left Greensburg by night, and,
procuring guards and horses, conveyed his
valuable property to Lebanon, and thence
by rail to a. place ofsafety in Louisville.
Col. Hobson was in many battles and skit-t
mishes in Kentucky and Tennessee. He also
took part in the battle of Corinth. In Febru-:
ary, 1863, he was appointed brigadicr gen-:
eral. He asked to serve in southeastern Ken-.
tucky, that he might capture John Morgan. :
His request was granted and the cavalry .
force was given to him. Gen. Hobson is now
engaged in business in Greensburg, Ky. .
After Morgan’s march of ten miles in an'
hour and a half he stopped in Springfield,
long enough to parole his prisoners. He had .
thought he might reach Louisville and cap-I
turo it. But at Springfield, according to his,
custom, be tapped the telegraph wires to as-
certain what his enemies were about. He
learned thus that he was expected at Louis-
ville, un'd that Louisville was prepared to.
give him a. warm reception. ,
Thereupon he turned abruptly to the west-
ward nnd headed for the Ohio river at Bram.
denburg, Ky. Thence be determined to cross
, . into Indiana. His
resources of mind
seemed infinite. His
me 11 carried no
baggage, but sub<
sisted on the coun-
try. As fast - as
his horses became
worn out; ho levied
- on the rich farmers
‘~ for others, thus ob-
taining a fresh
or o u n 1: whenever
his men needed it.
M o r g n. n crossed
Kentucky f r o m
south to north in five days, his men living on
the fat of the land. In his rapid march he
only paused long enough to burn the bridges
over streams behind him, thus delaying his
pursuers as long as possible. He had another
advantage, in that he took all the fresh horses
he needed as he went, leaving worn out,
sorry bucks behind. When the horses of the
Union troops became exhausted there were
for them only the broken down animals Mor-
gan's men had left.
Rapidly as tho raider chief traveled, he
took care to send a. messenger ahead to pro—
vidc for his crossing at the Ohio river. The
messenger, Capt. Taylor, had with him thirty
or forty men, armed to the teeth. When he
reached Brandenburg, the point of crossing,
a little packet steamer, the J. J. Combs, came
pulling up the river, on her way to Louis-
ville, forty miles above. All unsuspicious of
danger, she landed at the Bradenburg wharf
as usual. Instantly Morgan’s men took pos-
session of the Combs to press her into service
as u. ferrybout. A large steamer, the Alice
Dean, came up shortly after and shared the
same fate. Thus, with two boats ready, full
steam 'on, Taylor waited for his chief.
John Morgan and his cavalry reached
Brandenburg on the morning of’ July 8. But
.by this time the state of Indiana, on whose
GOV. 0. I‘. MORTON.
. (supernmneulermotnheuhesrqssed
(
.m'nnueiiburg, was thoroughly aroused. ller
t“war governor," Oliver Perry Morton, was
'then at the head of affairs. ' Capt. Iliues, of
,Morgzm’s men, had crossed; the river ahead
of his chief and had done some foraging and
,dcstroying, enough to arouse the state.
iGovornor Morton at Once made active
’pi'cpurations to receive the invader.
_ When, therefore, Morgan crossed tho river
at Brandenburg he found Citizens and state
militia. arming themselves with all speed.
Foes were around him, and a foe, relentless
and untiring, was steadily creeping up behind
him, coming closer and more close.
' Morgan crossed part of his men into Indi-
'unu. \Vurning had 82011532110 to Louisville,
and just in the midst of the fcrrying over a ,
gunboat steamed down the river upon the
scene. Two regiments of Morgan’s men were
on the Indiana side, without their horses.
The rest, with Morgan and all the horses,
were yet on tho Kentuck S] c.
The'guubont begun s clung the hills on
both sides of the river. Morgan brought up
his Parrottguns and fired Into the gunboat.
'His men were protected behind tho ridges.
the towns of Glendale, Loveluml, Williams-
bur ,,Sardinia, Winchester, Pikoton and
Jac'sou.
Morn-an had now only 9110 thought, to of:
snfelybnek across the river into Kentuc ry
with his command. His pavulry pursuers
'wcrc only a. few hours behind him, so con-
stant had been the pursuit of Hobson
Shockclford and Judah. Gunbouts patrolled
the Ohio, and the puff .Of armed steamers
kept time up the river With the trot of Mor-
gan’s weary horses.
AT BUFFINGTON ISLAND.
J acksou was 160 miles etst of Cincinnati.
The river at Bufiingtdn Island was fifty miles
from Jackson. If he could reach that and
cross be was safe. One more ride for it, hot
_ond hard, and then freedom. His exhausted
Imen could scarcely hold themselves in their
Isaddles, but on they went to Buffington'
Island, reaching it July 10.
Instead of the safety they hoped for at
Buffington Island they found only a number
of United States gunbouts, with cannon
waiting to open their grim threats against
Morgan and his command. He retreated in
hurried confusion, only torun into the jaws
.of the cavalry force upon his flank and rear.
Hobson, Shackclford and Judah had closed
in upon him at last. And still he managed
to slip past: them
with a. large por-
tion of his com-
mand. The rest,
under Gen. Basil
Duke, 700 men, sur-
rendered to Shock-
,elford's command
after an hour’s
fighting, near Buf-
fington Island. ,
Duke’ sent a flag‘
of truce to C01.
.Israel Garrard, of
the Seventh Ohio
cavalry, announcing his readiness to surren-
der. C01. Garrard sent Adjt. T. F. Allen and
Licut. McColgin. to receive the surrender.
They found the Confederates sitting grouped
together in a ravine. They were guarded
by one United States soldier, Sergt. Drake,
of the El hth Michigan cavalry.
T. . Allen, who received Duke's sur-
render, is now engaged in business in The
Tribune building, New York city. Gen.
Basil W. Duke is duly engaged in lucrative
and pleasant pursuits of peace in Louis-
ville, Ky.
Morgan and thcrcst of his command urged
their weary horses desperately up the river.
At Belleville July 10, fourteen miles above
Bulliugton Island, Morgan again attempted
to cross. But still it was horsemen to rear of
him, gunboats before. At Belleville 1,000
more of his men surrendered. And still
the indomitable lender himself was not yet
caught.
Morgan fled inland again, to the town of
McAi-thur, July 21. Then curving around,
he sought the river once more andtried to
cross at Marietta. In vain. There was no
way out.
THE END OF THE RACE,
Back from the river and northward the
hunted raider rode to Enstport, to start
anew for the river and make one more at-
tempt for life. But there were those behind
«him who had vowed not to quit the saddle
till John Morgan was captured. These were
500 of Shuckelford’s men, with their leader
at their head.
At New Lisbon, in Columbiunu. county,
eastern Ohio, the “swamp fox" was driven
to his last hold. On a. bluff near New Lis-
bon, July 27, 1863, just one month from the
day he left Sparta, Tenn, J ohu Morgan sur-
rendered to Gen. Shnekelf’ord. .. 7 _;
Part; of the last of the race had been made
by Morgan’s men riding at a gallo . Among
those who were in the fight at llitiifliiigton
Island was Judge and Maj. Daniel McCobk.
He was one of the Union home uni‘ds, and
was mortally wounded. Maj. ‘ cCook was
the father of the famous fl hting McCook
family. He had eight sons, a] of whom were?
in the Union army but one. That one was
prominent in civil service in Ohio.
Morgan’s raid had failed in many respects.
It had, however, distracted attention from
Bragg’s movements, as had been nnticiputed,‘
and enabled him to cross the Tennessee river.
It prevented timely re-cnforcemcnts to Rose-
crnns.
When Morgan was at last captured he was
near the eastern boundary of Ohio and near
Pennsylvania. If Lee’s invasion of Peimsyl-
vanin, resulting in the disastrous battle of
Gettysburg, had been successful he and Mon-
gan could easily have made a. junction. Both
expeditions were midertaken about the same-
time. It is possible this idea. was in Mor-
an’s mind when, failing to recross the Ohio,
to continued the forlorn journey eastward.
Morgan and his men were pursued steadily
by the Union cavalry for three weeks. They
averaged on their journey thirty-five miles a.
(lay. Their raid cost Indiana and Ohio 510,-
000,000, that being tho estimated worth of
the property they destroyed. But Basil Duke
says mournfully of the expedition: “It de-
stroyed Morgan's division and left but a. rem-
nant of Morgan’s cavalry."
.
COL. ISRAEL GARBABD.
IN PRISON.
Morgan and his chief officers were taken to
Columbus, 0., and confined in tho peniten-
tiary. Their heads were shaved, and they
were treated in some respects as common
prisoners. They remained in the state prison
from August till Nov. 26, 1863. Basil Duke
and the officers capt‘urcd with him were at
first sent to J obuson‘s Island, in Lake Eric, a
few minutes‘ sail from Sundusky, 0. But,
Duke and his comrades were afterwards sent;
with the rest of Morgan’s officers to the state
prison. The captured private soldiers were
forwarded to Camps Douglas and Morton.
To men who had spent months, years even,
in the open air, much of the time on horse—
back, the confinement in the prison was soon
something frightful. Basil Duke says in his
book: “The dead weight of the lingo stone
prison seemed resting on our breasts.” They
were told that they were thus subjected to
prison discipline on account of the treatment
.of Col. Straight by the Confederates. The'
shaving off of their luxurious beards was not
the least of the indignities to some of the
captives. ‘Dukc says: “Some young men lost
beards and mustaches on this occasion which
they had cultivated assiduously with scanty
returns for yours.” ‘
There were sixty-eight of the Morgan
men made prisoners. They occupied the
east hall of tho penitentiary. After some
Weeks of confinement Morgan became almost
frantic. He and some of tho rest began to
‘form plans for escape.
At length Morgan and Cant. Thomas H.
Hines hit upon a. scheme which seemed prac-
ticable. They had been allowed to receive
food and other articles from friends and
relatives outside. Correspondence by lctter
with their families was allowed. It has
never been fully
ascertained how it
happened to this
day, but in some
way Morgan and
six of his officers
obtained each a'
full suit of citizens'
clothes. They stole
knives from the
dining' table, and
dug a tunnel under-
neath the floor of all
, //// cell. The floor was
C‘- I if made of brick and:
in. cement. The tun-
. DANIEL m’coox. ml was made from’
the cell down into an air chamber under-
‘ueath, thence to the yard of the prison.
Gen. Basil Duke says they tore their befi-
covering into strips and made a rope of it.
An iron poker from the stove was bean
into a hook, and with this extemporized rope
and book they prepared to scale the great
Wall of the penitentiary yard. The signal to
go was given just after the great rison bell
struck the hour of midnight. “ ummies”
had, been prepared by stuffing their old gar-
ments with newspapers. These they efti
covered in their beds to deceive the guard,
who at ways looked into their cells with u
lantern on his hourly rounds, holding it u
to see through the grating, - ,
Claug! went the rent iron hell on the
stroke of midnight, I\ov. 26, 1863. \Vhile it
struck a. rap bcncuth on the floor of each cell
told the seven men that their hour had come.
\Vith beating hem-ts and hurried bands they
placed the “dummies"iu the beds and slipped
down into the air chamber. A thin crust of
cement had been left over the floors of all the
cells except that of Capt. Hines. The cutting
of all except his had been made from under-
nenth.
THE "ESCAPE.
The night was dark and rainy, and favored
their escape. The hook and rope did their
work well, and in a. few minutes after leaving
their tunnel the seven men were in free airy
They Separated into three parties, Morgan
my! 9:2,“, Hines taking a railway “ninja
Clucrnnuti. _
A Union oiliccr of high rank was on board
the car in which Morgan and Capt. Hines
sat. Morgan at once approached him and
engaged him in conversation. As they passed
the state prison the officer remarked: .
“That is the hotel where John Morgan
stops, I believe." “Yes; and it; is to be hoped
he will stop there,” answered Morgan. “Let
us drink to him." \Vi'tli this remark Gen.
Morgan offered the
Union officer a
drink of fine Ken-
tucky whisky. It;
was courteously
accepted, and so
the night wore
away.
In the down the
train approached
Cincinnati. Mor-
gan pulled the bell
rope, so Duke says,
and went out upon
the platform.
Hines moved to the l ,.
platform at the CAPT. Tiios. ll. MINES.
other end of the car, mid they applied all
their strength to the breaks.
The train slowed, and the two bold adven-
turers sprung off, almost into the arms of a
guard of Union soldiers. One of them asked,
with an oath, what the men were jumping
off there for. “What’s the use of a man’s
going into town when he lives out here?”
replied Morgan. “And what‘s it your busi-
ness, anyhow?”
“Oh, nothing,” answered the soldier.
Such is the story as told by Gen. Duke and
others. It does not appear what the con-
doctor of the train was doing. all this time,
however.
A boy ferried Morgan and Capt. Hines
over the river for $2. . Once more they were
on Kentucky soil, in Newport. When, afew
minutes later, the telegraph brought word to
Cincinnati that Morgan had escaped from“
Columbus, the boy who conveyed him over
the river in his skiff gave the first informa.
tion as to the roider’s probable method of ne-
complishing his freedom.
But by that time Morgan was across the
Licking river, from Newport. and already
well on his way to safety in Boone county.
He went south toward Tennessee, means of
travel being furnished him by devoted
friends. At no time during their imprison-
ment were Morgan and his officers without
ample supplies of money and other articles.
Their escape could not have been effected
otherwise. In the prison they swept their
own cells, and thus were able to conceal the
hole in the flooring.
Morgan‘s journey to the Confederate lines
in Tennessee was no less romantic and excit-
ing than his escape from the prison. He
made his way to Richmond. The next heard
of him in the north after his escape from
Columbus, 0., was that. he was receiving an
overwhelming ovation in the Confederate
cu ital.
arly in 1864 the indomitable cavalryman
returned to command in the Confederate
army. He was placed, not, as he wished,
over his old division, a remnant of which
was still left, but over the department of
southwestern Virginia and east Tennessee.
To him were given two brigades of 'cuvalry,.
in all 2,500 men.
May 10, 1864, Morgan fought; a severe en-
gagement with the cavalry force of. Gen.
Averill at: \Vythevillc, Vu., in which each
claimed the victory.
MORGAN’S LAST RAID.
The lst of June, 1861, a movement of
Union troops against Lynchburg, VIL, and
the Virginia and Tennessee railroad was or-
ganized by Geus. Crook and Averill. Gen.
Burbridge in Kentucky was prepared to co-
operate with them. There were at this time
very few Confederate troops west of the
Blue Ridge mountains, all that could be
spared having been drawn oil‘ to Gen. Lee’s
assistance at Richmond.
It; was important to prevent, if possible,
the junction of Burbridge with Crook and
Averill. To do this- it was resolved to send
Mor an on another expedition into the heart
of cntucky, and thus to occupy Burbridge
in that state.
Sunday was always an eventful day in the
life of Morgan. It was Sunday, May 20,
1864, when he passed through Pound Gap, on
the way to his third mid into Kentucky. 116
swept throu h Cynthiima, Lexington, Flem-
ingsburg, arysvillo and Mount Sterling,
'and even threatened Frankfort. llis force
ravaged the interior of the state, capturing
horses and provisions and destroying rail-
roads, bridges and other property. They
turned the tables on Gen. Hobson, who had
pursued them in 1863, by taking him pris-
oner, with 1,600 men.
Gen. Burbridge was already on his way to
. Xir into. when Morgan enter ,LKeutuckyfi
e urned’ubout and t'etl‘nécd is 'stc 5 wt
'all s iced. J not) 12, a. battle between organ
and urbridge occurred at Cynthiana, Ky.
{Morgan was defeated, and fled with the rem-
nant of his command back into Virginia.
He had, however, successfull prevented the
junction of Burbridge with rock and Aver-
ill in Virginia.
_ MORGAN’S DEATH.
Morgan reached Abiugdon, Vu., June 80;
moved southwest into East Tennessee, and
took command of 1,600 Confederates at
Jonesboro, Aug. 31, 1864. His plan was to
march from J onesboro against the Union
force at Bull’s Gap, Tenn, and attack them.
Saturday afternoon, Sept. 3, 1864, Morgan
reached Greenville, and with his staff stopped
at the house of Mrs. Williams for the night.
He intended to resume the march on Bull’s
Gap Sunday morning, Sept. 4. The story of
his capture, as commonly told, is given be-
low. It has, however, been denied.
As Morgan’s advance came into Green-
villo a young woman, daughter-iu-law of
Mrs. lVilliams, mounted a fleet horse and
rode away to give information to the United
States troops at Bull’s .Gap. She was an ar-
dent Uuiou woman. In consequence of her
information, at daybreak Sunday morning
a body of Union cavalry gallo d into Green-
.villc and surrounded the II illiams house.
,Morgnn made a dash for liberty through the
rear of the house, into the vegetable garden.
While thus attempting to 'escupe he was shot
dead. On his death his troops retreated of)
'ouce. Gen. Basil Duke became their com-
lnuuder in place of their old lender.
Morgan’s remains lie buried in the ceme-
tery at Richmond, Va. “When he died, the
glory and chivalry seemed gone from the
struggle,” says Basil Duke:
Railway System of Germany.
The importance of the railway aystem
to the army in the war of, 1870—71 has led
the government to treat it; more and more
as a branch of the war department. The
officials are preferred who can be turned
to good account in war time; military dis-
cipline is maintained between the em-
ploycs of different ranks; the workmen
salute their employers always in rigid
military form. An Englishman or Amer-
ican who steps out for the first time upon
a. German railway platform cannot but
feel that he is an intruder in some miii
tary rehearsal. He hears stern commands,
sharp smiting of warlike heels; sees the
dress of soldiers and other signs of mili-
tary control. The passengers are treated
as though all are under the authority of
the officials and sworn to prompt obedi-
once; if they ask a question it is with
much difiidenec, and if they get a. rough,
sharp answer it would not occur to them
to resent it. The officials, however, do
not mean to be unciviI—tliey find it diffi-
cult‘to be soldiers and railway porters at
the same time—that is all—.Poultncy
Bigclow in New York Commercial Adver-
tiser.
,__. Cistcrn Filters.
A cheap filter and one oasil y constructed
may be made by walling off one-third of
the cistern with a wall the thickness of a.
brick. The brick should be soft and
porous, so that the water will soak
through into the larger compartment,
from which the water will be drawn for
use. Room enough should be left; at the
top for a person to get down into the
filter to clean it out occasionally. Rain-
water as it falls from the clouds contains
the least foreign matter of all others ex-
cept distilled water. and ranks first in
wholesome qualities, along with‘ spring
water and water from deep wells.
Or a small and shallower 'cisterii may
be made near the main one for a receiver,
and the two connected by a. piece of drain
tile with a bit. of fine wire strainer fitted
over the receiving end of the tile. Astill
cheaper one can be made out of a tight
cask, with a false perforated bottom,
leaving a. few inches of space below it. On
this false bottom lay a. little clean straw
or a. now gunny sack, and cover with clean
gravel and sand for straining material,
and connect the bottomwitli the cistern
27—:— a. pipe. -
2-. Efih .7. - :m'oéi’i.
lit-Commissioner Rollin M. Squire is a
noted story teller, and whenever he appears .
in a. public place is surrounded by a group of
thuniutauces intent or. listening to him.
One of his stories told recently was that of
In Irish drill sergeant who had been put in
:lmrge of an awkward squad. At the word
)f command “Right facet" one of the recruits
turned completely about, bringing himself in
exactly the same position from which he,
itarted. “Holy Mosesl” shricked the drill'
sergeant; “phat does yez mane by tornin'
completely about when I so: right face?”
The recruit was as awkward in his answer as
he had been in his maneuvering, and the old
tergeant, withthe intention of sending him
no the guard house. demanded his name.
"Turner," said the man, whereupon Irish wit
isserted itself, and the old sergeant said:
"Begorra, and ye: couldn’t help it then. "—-
New York Tribune.
"\
rename rooa SUPPLY.
PRINCE KRAPOTKIN DICUSSES THE
QUESTION AT LENGTH.
Extracts from Hie; E. my in The Nineteenth
Century—Must Great Britain Starve?
Agrimiltnro in Iclgium—Besults of
High Cultivation—Tho “Orchard.”
Great Britain now buys from foreign coun-
tries one-half of the. food she cats, and pays
for it in i:i:iiiiiI':ictiii'cs. “'liut will she do
when other nations decline to buy the pro-
duce. of her looms and mills? Must half be
people starve? This is the question Prince
Klapotkiu discusses:
“Is it: possible that the soil of the United
Kingdom, which at present yields food for
one—half of its inhabitants, could provide all
the necessary amount and variety of food for
35,000,000 human beings, when it covers only
78,000,000 acres all told—forests and rocks,
marshes and pcatbogs, cities, railways and
fields? The current opinion is that it by no
means can; and that opinion is so inveterate
that we even see a scientist, like Mr. Huxley,
who is always so cautious when dealing with
current opinions in science,‘ iiidorse that
opinion without even taking the trouble of
verifying it. It' is accepted as an axiom.
And yet, as soon as we try to find out any
argument in its favor, we discover that it has
not the slightest foundation, either in facts
or in judgment upon well known facts.”
The prince thus compares the agriculture
~ of Great Britain with that of Belgium:
“Belgium also grows an average of 27 8-10
bushels of wheat; per acre, but her wheat"
area is relatively twice as large as that of the
United Kingdom; it covers onecleventh part
of the cultivated urea, one-twelfth of the
aggregate territory. .Besidcs, Belgium culti-
vntcs on a larger scale industrial plants, and
although she keeps the samcaniount of cattle
on the acre as the United Kingdom, her ag-
gregate crops of cereals are five times larger
with regard to the cultivated area, and seven
times larger with regard to the aggregate
territory. As to those who will not fail to
say that the soil of Belgium is certainly more
’ fertile than that of this country, let me
answer, in the words of Lavcleye, that; ‘only
one-half, or less, of the territory offers natu-
ral conditions which are favorable for agri-
culture;’ the other half consists of a. gravclly
soil, or sands, ‘tiicnaturul sterility of which
could be overpowered only by heavy manur-
ing.’ “'ith this soil and labor, Belgium
succeeds in supplying nearly all the food
of a population which is denser than that of
England and “kites, and numbers 514 in-
habitants to the square mile. If the exports
of agricultural produce from Belgium be
taken into account, we can say that Lavcl-
eye’s figures are still good, and that only one
inhabitant out Of" each twenty requires im-
ported food. But cvcuifwc double his fig-
ures, we still find that the soil of Belgium
supplies with home grown food no less than
460 inhabitants per square mile.
“Imight quote like examples from else-
where, especially l'rom Lombardy, without
even going as far as China. But the above
will be enough to caution the reader against
liasty'COiiclus-imis'as to the impossibility of
feeding 35,000,0J3 people from 78,000,000
acres. They also will enable me to draw the
following conclusions: (I) If the soil of the
United Kingdom were cultivated only as it
was thirty years ago, 24,000,000 people, in-
stead of 17,000,600, could live on homegrown
food; and that culture, while giving occupa-
tion to at least 750,000 men, would give
nearly 3,000,030 wealthy li:ine customers to
the British manufacturers. (‘3) If the 1,590,-
000 acres on which wheat was grown thirty
years ago—onlytheso, and not more—were
cultivated as the fields are cultivated now in
England under the allotment: system, which
gives on the average forty bushels per acre,
the United Kingdom would grow food for
27,000,000 inhabitants out of 35,000,000. (3)
If the now cultivated area of the United
Kingdom (80,000 square miles) were culti—
voted as the soil is cultivated on the average
in Belgium, the United Kingdom would
have food for 537,000,000 inhabitants; and it:
might export; agricultural produce, without
ceasing to manufacture, so as freely to sup-
ply all the needs of a wealthypopulation.
And finally (-1), if the population of this coun-
try came to be doubled, all that would'bc re-
quired for producing the food for $0,000,000
inhabitants would be to cultivate the soil as
it is cultivated in the best farms of this coun-
try, in Lombardy and in Flanders, and to
*’cuitivatcorna‘mnzruovswu‘iclr‘at present lie
almost unproductive around big cities in the
some way as the neighborhood of Paris is
cultivated by the Paris innraiclicrs."
But Prince Krapotkin goes further, and
shows how, as population increases in den-
sity, the command of man over the produc-
tive power of the soil becomes proportion-
ately greater, until it really seems impossible
tofiet a limit to it. Here is his description of
a. single iiiarais, or. “orchard,” near Paris:
“His orchard covers only 2 7-10 acres. The
outlay for the establishment, including a
steam engine for watering purposes, reached
£1,136. Eight persons, M. Ponce included,
cultivate the orchard and carry the vegeta-
bles to the market, for which purpose one
horse is kept; when returning from Paris
they bring in manure, for which £100 is
spent every year. Another £100'is spent in
rentiund taxes. But: how to enumerate all
that; is gathered every year on this plot of
less than three acres, without filling two
pages or more with the most wonderful
figures? One must read them in M. l’once’s
work, but here are the chief items: More
than 20,000 pounds of carrots, more than
$30,000 pounds of onions, radishes and other
vegetables sold by weight, 6,000 beads of
cabbage, 3,000 of cauliflower, 5,000 baskets of
tomatoes, 5,000 dozen of choice fruit, and
154,000 heads of salad—in short, a. total of
150,000 pounds of vegetables. This soil is
made to such an amount that every year 250
cubic yards of loam have to be sold. The
gross income is estimated at £800, which
pays the £100 of rent and taxes and £570 of
working expenses.”—Tiic Standard.
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Tho Story of “Annie Laurie.”
The famous song but is sung by all. singers
of the present day, I am informed, is a. mys-
tcry as to the author. I was raised on the
next farm to James Laurie. Annie Laurie’s
father. I was personally acquainted with
both her and her father, and also with the
author of the song. Knowing these facts, I
have been requested by my friends to give
the public the benefit of my knowledge,
which I have consented to (10. Annie Laurie
was born in 183, and was about 17 years old
when the incident occurred which gave rise
to the song hearing her name. J nines Laurie,
Annie’s father, was .'t farmer, who lived on
and owned a very large farm called Thruglcs-
ton-ti, in Duntfi'icsshirc, Scotland. Ho hircdu
grout deal of'liclp, and among those he em-
ployed was a. man by the name of \anluce to
notes foreman, and while in his employ Mr.
IValluco fell in love with Annie Laurie,
which fact her father soon learned, and
forthwith discharged him. He went to his
home, which was iii~Maxweltoii, and was
taken sick the very night he reached there,
and theuext morning, when Annie Laurie
heard of it, she came to his bedside and
waited on him until llC‘ilICtl, and on his death-
bed he composed the song entitled “3.2:ch
Laurie.”—Chieugo lIerald.
No fact of iiat‘ure is more pregnant
with awful meaning than the fact of the
inheritance of disease.
Modern science, which has illuminated
so many dark corners of naturedms shed
anew light on the ominous words of the
Scriptures, “‘l‘lie sins of the fathers,
shall be visited upon the children
unto the third and fourth generation.”
Fifty percent. of cases of consumption,
cancer and scrolulu, run in families
through inheritance. Insanity is tiered-
itnry in a. marked decree, but, l'ortu-
uatcly, like many Lt‘ner Ilc'l't‘tlllall'y
diseases, tends to wear itself out, the
Stock becoming cxtq ct. A distin-
guished scientist. truly says: “No organ
or texttiroof the body is exempt from
the chance of being the subject of
hereditary discus-c.” Probably more
chronic diseases, which permanently
modify the structure and functions of
the body, are more or loss liable to be iii-
licritcd. The important and fur-reaching
practical deductions from such facts—
are obvious to reflecting minds, and the
best means for preventing or curing
these diseases is a subject of intense in<
forest to all. Fortunately nature has
provideda remedy, which experience
has attested as. infallible, and the route-
dy is the world- famous Swift’s Specilie,
a. pure vegetable compoumt—naturc’s
antidote for all blood poisons. To the
afllictcditis :i blessing of iucstiiuablc
value; - An interesting treatise on
“Blood and Skin Diseases" will be
mailed free by add rcnsmg
- ‘ ._ -~'l‘iin Swrrr Srixiric CO.,
llrawcril, Atlanta, (in.
Hay fever, Asthma. Relief guaranteed.
Fontaine’s Cure. For sale bydruggisis ,
C. Lapham, llMain Street. Norwalk.
“I’m struck on your shape,” as the shin-
gle said to tlieboy.
Glad tidings. Relief and ("ll:‘(' of tliioat
and lungr (liseiisos. Foiitxiiiu-‘s Cure is
guaranteed to cure a cold in 12 Izours.‘
For sale by C. Lapliam, ll Main Street,
Norwalk. " . ' ‘
Then: is one consistent thing about a.
blchelor: l'lerips whit he Sf\\'S.—Blll‘-
lington Free Press.
TWO DOLLARS A YnAn H
“use”. , .
ROYAL “will!
“Fill-v I“
I Absolutely Pure.
This Powder never varies. A marvel of pure
strength and wholesomeness. More economic
tliaiitlie ordinary kinds, and cannot be sold incom-
petilion with the multitude of low test, short
weight, allum or phosphate powders.
ROYAL BAKING Pownnu CO.,106 Wall St, N. Y.
“6001) ENOUGH”
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FAMILY 032. Elite.
"er Lamps are
filled direct by
' r: n r: P u a! r
without Lift:-
ing the Can.—
tho filling :22; 3
adjusting to
suit h o i gin t I:
of any Lamp.
This is the
most practical
FAMILY CAI:
over omen-ed to
the public.
it FAMILY serum new 05:2.
IANUFAOTURED D‘.’
WINFIELD MANUFACTURING 3:57.111,
WARREN -
v 021-»;
No mopmfiou on the lt‘lcoranble- Ho
Faucet to or get. knocked Open to v: :‘.o
Contents orcause Explosions. -.No(,'or; 0
Lose. Closes PerfectlyAir Tight. No Lent;-
age—No Evaporation—A bsoiutely Sale.
A Universal Household Necessity.
CAI-i=- A373 3.53— Tm
For Sale in Norwalk by Gregory .0 Worden
E. K. Lockwood .6 Co.
and
are,
TRUE PUBLIC INTERESTS
Treated in a clean manly way.
A healthy people make a prosperous nation.
People made and kept healthy by
Baker’s Great American Sneeitie.
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 Neurnlgin torments all patience out of a
mini. llellef 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,
Ill this climate, you cannot afford making the mis-
take ol being without a. bottle of this wonderful
remedy. Damp, chill winter winds, sleet, snow,
slop and ice are as certain to bring on the tor-
ments of RHEI‘IIA’I‘ISM and tortures of NEURALGIA
as is liixru’ ' (tut-:AT AMERICAN SPECIFIC to cure
them. Price 50 cents abottle. Prepared only by
Maurice, linker .6 CO.,Portland, Me. Doolittle Jr
Silllill,2-l and 2t; 'l‘remont Street, Boston, Mass,
Selling Agents.
EEIIIESS
LADIES? was
Do Your Own Dyeing, at Home.
They will dye everything. They are sold every-
where. Priee 101:. a package. Theyhave no equal
for Strength, Brightness, Amount in Packages
or for Fastness of Color. 01' non-fading Qualifies.
They do not crock or smut; 40colors. Forsale by
.mgory .(v Co. ; (‘. Lapiiam, 11 Main Street:
(ten. 13. l‘laisied. Druggists. iy‘zi
Number 30.
JESSE HOPSON,
eineiiei: MAKER,
llas removed to the building
NBXI l0 GI‘BEIII‘Y’S Stables. Knight SII‘BBI
Where he does first-class
Carriage Repairing and Painting
m At Reasonable Prices.
FURNITURE
A Full Stock of Furnitureof all kinds'
PARLUR‘AND BEDROOM SETS
:1 specialty.
DAVID STOW.
Main Street, opp. Depot
SOUTH NORWALK, CONN
P. H. DWYER.
The largest Stock of Harness
EVER DISPLAYED Ill TOWN.
All First-Clues, Ilnnd Stitched, Oak rI'nnncd
Pennsylvania Leather
THIRD CLASS PRICES.
(.‘all early as I intend to sell at SMALL PROFIT,
SEYEN1 Y-FIVE
Sit Steele amt Diiltle Harness.
HABDENBBODK "All,
Over Mitchell's Market, next door to P. H. Dwy-
er’s old stand. 14"
EQUI’I‘ABLE MORTGAGE CO.,
or KANSAS CITY. CAPITAL $2,000,000
6 and 1 percent. chenture Bonds and Mort s 8
Loans at Pat and Accrued Interest. - g g
If. B. CRAIIFURD, Agent,
Room 2 Masonic Bullcii y
HENRY TILLY
CARRIAGE MAKER,
SOUTH NOII WALK, -
CONN .
Manufacturer of
Family Carriages, Victories, Buggies, tie.
All Kinds of Repairing.
.miiv;nonlinear, “
Wholesale and Refill Dealer in
Harness, Blankets.
’l'mm ks. Bugs,
Sole Leather and Shoe Findings. and Boot
and Shoe Uppers.
corner of Pairfield Ave. and Middle Street
Bridgeport, Conn. ly-iS
For Sate.—
A DOUBLE BARRELLED ltIFLr: madeby Joli:
f Blissett, London. Will be sold cheap to
cash Enquire at. thsomce.
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eradicate-s the disease from the system.
' Scrolulu Sores,
IZrysipelas, Boils, Scnlds, Burns, Cuts, Bruises, Fistula, Piles, Corns,
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
disease to the Internal Organs. Its properties go to the diseased part, and separate
all the poisonous and corrupt humors, through the perspiring vessels to the surface, an.
'n anaemia 6e. PIWIS tum r on
“76 warrant: it to cure Old Sores, I'Iccrs,
Salt Rheum. Sore Breasts or Nipples, Iiiflained L'ycs, Swollen Clantls,
Bunions, Chil-
blaius, Frosted Feet, and all cutaneous diseases on man and beast. ‘
PAGE'S CLIMAX SALVE acts like magic on horse flesh incurin: Scratches. Mame. (ill
Sores, Frcsli’Cuts, Snake Bites, limiscs, Burns, Saddle and Harness Calls, (Ihnfcs. etc.
I: I; 1i::t no in
boxes three times larger than any other Salve, and sold at the low pure oi‘twcnty-tive (‘cnl31rr ox.
It is warranted to cur: in every case or money refunded. For Sale by Druggists and Dealers in ii:e..ic.iic
everywhere.
MOFFAT’S LIFE PILLS.
THE GREAT STOMACH AND LIVER REMEDY.
Established by one of our most eminent physici ins and recommended by the medical
profession and druggists who know their real merit, and are used With more pleasing
results than any other medicine.
Moffat's Life Pills are purely vegetable.
The? act. on the stomach, b11'.‘.'Cl‘<, IIvrr
.
and kidneys, purity and regulate the whole system, and are warranted a. certain em.)
for all Malarious Diseases,
Torpid Liver, Iinpure Blood, Jauntlice, Bilious Complaints,
Dyspepsia, Loss of Appetite, Indigestion. Costivencss, Nervous and Sick Ileatlaclie.
Neuralgia and Nervous Diseases, Female obstructions and General weakness, Scurvy.
Inflammatory Rheumatism, Piles of every kind, Gravel and Diseases of the Bladder and
Kidneys, Colds and Fever and Agile.
MOFFAT'S LIFE PILLS are elegantly
S
dinner Pill, one taken after dinner each dnv \Vill aid
ilcndachc and Sick Headache cannot exist if these Pills are used.
ugar coated and easy to take nr-l are. :i pcrfert :-t’t‘ r
digestion and cure all disorders of the Slow fh'll.
For costivcncss 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. The}! correct the secretions of the stomach and are asurceurelpr
Dyspepsia, Sleeplessness, Nervousuc s. Debility, Weakness, Loss of Appeti e, Fenial -
Complaints, etc.
Thousands of certificates are in possession of the proprietor, giving
perfect cures effected by these invaluable medicines and we warrant that they will d.»
just \vlint‘we have said or money will be refunded. It is simply asked that the atllicted
will try them once, their use will convince the most skeptical.
PAGE'S CLIMAX SALVE, :5c. :1 ”0X. MOFFAT'S LIFE PILLS, 25c. :\ Box. mOFFAT‘S
PHOENIX BITTERS, $1.50 a Bottle. Fri; Sale by Uruggists and Dealers in iiicdicuic ovary“ lien-l
or sent by mail or Express, prcpzud, on receipt of price.
J". P. MIT—IDS, Sole Proprietor.
85 LIBERTY STREET. NEW YORK-
Mrs.
\
dlrt’s O‘Trip
Z"
ets.
President Cleveland’s Prize for the three best babies at the AuroruKCOunty Fair, in 1887, was
given to these triplets, Mollie, Ida, and Ray,
sh. mun: “Last Au at the little ones became vs
0 l q gu I commenced the use diyLactuted Food. It he
that would agree with them,
dintelv. and they were soon as well as ever,
that they are now so well."
children of Mrs. A.
a
antated Food is the best Food . 0
them well, and is better than medicine when they are sck. Three sizes: .50
Dart. Ham urgh, N. Y.
sick, and as I could get no other food
d I 'der it ve luv 1
n consr for broyttle-igeedybubies. It lgie
At druggists. Cabinet photo. of these triplets sent free to the mother of any baby bill!!! this year.
Address WELLS, RICHARDSON 85 CO., Burlington, Vt.
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Horse FURNISHING GOODS.
NORWALK AGENTS
FOR THE CELEBRA’I‘ED
RIIIIIIIISI‘IIIISIIWIIRI’IPII
The only kind allowed by the Health Authorities of New York City:
Estimates Clittiillllli Given lei Connecting with the Sewer. ~
PLUMBING. in all: its Branches.
It}. If. IAICIIWMIB In ()0. '
Norwalk Chronicler