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R. Saylor A Sons, West MeHenrv. 111.. CEDAR LAWN STOCK FARM, HEBRON, ILL. Phillips & Richardson, BttEEOEKS OF High Grade Jersey Cattle, ^REGISTERED POLAND CHINA HOOS. AND PURE BRED POULTRY. Silver Laeed Wyandottes, Light Bramas, PlyJ mouth Ilocks, 9. O. White and S, C. Brown LPffhorns, PatrMw(Cochins, and other Varieties. Wmnmoth' Bronze and White Holism! Turkeys. Pekin Ducks and White Guineas. We have a lew h<frh Grade Jersey Cattle for sale, from choice selected stock. "Our Poland China Hoars are of the best and choicest strains. We have some very choicjp sprinir Piprs for sale at very reasonable priced. An inspection of theiu is invited, or write us your wants and we will quote you prices. All pigs eliRible to anv register. Poultry for sile nt reasonable prices. Esrgs during s'eason. We h<ive some very choice Poultry of all kinds at Fall prices. All orders for Pigs, Birds of-Eggs receive prompt attention. Our stock has been carefully seleoted and Is strictly pure, and w* Guarantee it -s such. Our customers may rest issnred that we shall ship only such stock as will reflect credit upon ourselves an 1 them also. Correspond­ ence cheerfully and promptly attended to and respectfully solicited. Visitors welcome anv day but Sunday, and we extend an invl- tation to all to call and s$e our stock. Hoping to receive a share of your patronage, and assuring our friends that we will labor to plea*e yon, we await your favors. Yours Respectfnllv. PH'LLIPS & RICHARDSON. September, 1890. SOLDIXBS' DEFABTMEHT. Cdited by WM. H. COWLIN, WOODSTOCK, OU "7b care for him who ha* borne the battle, and for hit Widow and Orphans." --LIWCOLK, Friendship, [Charily. Lou. t/-- Worthy ton* of Patriot ally Father* Meets •venlcgs of each month C- A. It, Directory. VHBintY POST ICO. 64& Meets the First Thursday evening of each month. L. K. BramBTT, Oon. WOODSTOCK POST. HO 108. Meets first and third Monday evenings oil eaoh month. A. 8. Weight, Com. KUKDA POST. KO 3M. the second and fourth Tuesday F. E. Cox, Com- HARVARD POST, HO 95K. Meets the second and rourtn Monday eien ings of eaeh month. E. N. AV8TIH, Oom. KAIlirao POST, NO. 180, Meets every Second | and «Fourth Friday evenings of eaeh month. E R. Morris, Com. WAUCOHDA rOST. NO. 368. Post meets every second and fourth Satur­ day evening In G. A. R. Hall, Main 8t. A. L. Price, Oom. Good Beoerds. J. L. Taylor, Company L, 1st Arkan­ sas Cavalry, knows that his regiment did not put down the entire rebellion, but did all it was commanded to- do. Since moving to Texas the writer met Gen. Cable, and ia sure the boys will remember him, as he charged them at Fayetteville, Ark., where he gave the Union forces a very hard fight. He met him at Dallas, Texas, some two years ago, where he heard him make a speech which the rebels cheered. After he was through the writer asked him how it came that when he charged Fayetteville, Ark., he left so soon afterwards, to which he could give no answer. The only reason tthe writer can see for his leaving so soon was that they gave him too many minie-balls, and there was too much show of cold steel .to suit him. casion, gave him another half-pint with a like reviving effect. This treatment was repeated regularly thereafter about every three minutes, and the mule was thus enabled'to take them to Gettysburg in time to be of grrat service not only to Mr. Shilletto's sisters, but to others as well. The mule was pressed into service to help haul dead bodies off the field, and by receiving his regular rations of whis ky kept his spirits up and his knee joints Btiff. Mr. Shilletto says that he is not sure- that whisky is a good thing for man but he knows it is excellent for a mule. Shoes new and stylish just in. Also a few lots to close at low prices. See them at once. JOHN EVANSON & Co. More About Fort Gregg. William H. H. Beckwith, Co. H, 89th N. Y,., says tbg.t his regiment, wi\ich be­ longed to the 24th Corps, took part in the capture of Fort Gregg. The writer was not in the charge, being detailed with Gen. Cooley's battalion of sharp­ shooters, but he could see the fort when it was captured. Some time in the fore noon a charge was made, which failed, and he could see soldiers lying on the outside of the fort. A part of the 24th Corps was ordered to reinforce them, and the 89th New York was one of the regi­ ments. The Colonel was shot through the bead and killed, and a number of others were shot. When they reached the fort they broke the door on the out­ side, rushed in and used their bayonets, but before the enemy would yield most of them were killed. Neal C. Spring, Company I, 67th Ohio, says that the 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 24th Corps, composed of the 67th and 62d Ohio, 39th Illinois, 85th and 199th Pennsylvania, captured Fort Gregg. The writer was wounded there and knows what troops were in the charge. After the main line of works was taken, the 62d Ohio was deployed as skirmishers and the remainder of the brigade supported them. The rebel skirmishers were soon driven back to the fort. The 1st Brigade was drawn up in line of battle, and the rebels were shelling them with telling effect, when a cheer went up from the bri­ gade, and the color bearer of the writer's regiment stepped to the front and said that his colors should go into that fort; but he and a great many others lost their lives in the charge. The colors of the 39th Illinois and 67th Ohio were planted on Fort Gregg about the same time, but the color guards were all killed as soon as the flag was planted.--Nat. Trib. A Mole that Drank Whisky. When Gen. Lee invaded Pennsylvania Gen. Jubal Early penetrated York county with a large army. Mr. Shilletto lived there on his father's farm, and when the rebs passed through they took all the horses about the place and everything worth taking, leaving in lieu thereof a broken down and exhausted mule. A day or two subsequent to this the battle of Gettysburg was begun, and as Mr. Shilletto had two sisters living near there, about whose safety he was con­ cerned, he and several friends decided to proceed at once to the scene of conflict. They had no means of conveyance but a one-horse wagon and the mule aforesaid; but they hitched up and started. They had not traveled far before the mule be­ gan to droop his head and look weary, but they plodded along to the next vil­ lage. Here they stopped at a tavern to re­ fresh the inner man, and, while engaged in this duty, it occurred to one of the party that a drink of whisky would help the mule. A beer-glass full ofj the stuff was poured down the mule's neck, and when the procession started again, the mule was thoroughly himself again. He trot ted along as chipper as a spring colt for three or four miles. Then his knees began to shake again, and Abe Thomp­ son, who was the physician on this oc- Was it CowardioeP In the streets of Fredricksburg 1 saw Federal soldiers discharge their muskets into the air, when the enemy was within point-blank range. I saw plenty of them drop on their faces and tremble, groan and cry. This was the case where every man saw the hopelessness of attack. He felt that he was pushed forward to be shot down. There was no way for retreat until the lines should fall back. On the other hand, the troops posted behind the stone wall at the foot of Marye's Hill, joked and smoked agd were in the high­ est spirits, feeling themselves secure from bullets, and knowing that they could beat back any force. One of them told me that after taking a dead aim on thir­ teen different men and dropping every one of them he refrained from firing for the next quarter of an hour out of sheer pity for the human targets being shoved up to meet death. At Malvern Hill my regiment lay in the dry bed of the creek at the foot of the elevation. As the confederates, charged across the fields we poured our volleys, and out of five Confederates who rushed into our lines in their bewilderment three were crying and sobbing. It wasn't cowardice but terror. At Cold Harbor, after beating off every­ thing in our front, and while most of the men were cheering, some one started the report that the confederates had gained our rear. Two thousand men broke back like a lot of boys, some even throw­ ing their guns away and the jeers of other troops had no effect until the frenzy had had time to evaporate. * * * I have seen the best soldiers and the oldest fighters win their medals in one battle and show the white feather in the next. I saw a second lieutenant almosf'cfV for the privilege of le&djng a/charge at Antietam, and yet at Chantjlly he fell, into a ditch uWf)H\?fcended bo^hiM^o as to drop behind in the charge. Cow­ ards never go to war. If they get into Letter from Idaho. RATHDRCM, Idaho, March 16, ld91. When I was introduced to General Currie, he inquired, "Where is your home, Professor?" Said I, "General, J have a thousand homes." He looked at me hard and asked, "Where do you get suf­ ficient coin to keep up the taxes, insur­ ance and repairs on so many? I ex­ plained that being a chronic transient, I •. managed to keep my off eye on the tax collector, insurance agent, and carpenter, and to be conveniently absent during ! their presence. He smiled and said, "Yott are about the twenty-seventh blind njan I have met, who has discov­ ered the silver lining to the cloud," and pointed it out to my dull vision. "That is because most blind men have the good horse sense to be silver men," I answered, "at least during their pilgrimage in the West. They find it is chumpy to look for clouds of gold, and so we come up satis­ fied and smiling at sight of a common, silver lined one." Last week we were happifled with a sixty mile steamboat ride on Couer d'Alene Lake and River. The iron-clad boat broke the ice as we glided along, • which was three or four inches thick. The front of the steamer was shaped like a huge shovel, held at an angle of about thirty degrees, with the edge upward, and as the screw wheel propelled the vessel forward, the weight of the boat crushed the ice and pressed the fragments down and outward. Couer d'Alene T-ftfrn is the most charming sheet of water, about three miles in width, by twenty-five in length, in Western Idaho. The water is very deep and clear, abounding in trout and other finny treasures, surround­ ed by mountains and timber, with valua­ ble copper, lead and silver deposits. The St. Mary's, St. Joseph's and Couer d'Alene Rivers come tumbling down from the mountains, and empty their accumulated waters into this beautiful lake. All three streams are more or less navigable for small steamers, and on their banks is the veritable hunter's paradise. Mule-deer, elk, lynx, cougar and cinnamon bear, are the prizes which reward the sportsman's " skill and courage. Here, for ages, un­ known and unexplored by the white man until 1884, the king of beasts, old Grizzly, and the ignoble ghost dancer, have con­ tended for supremacy. Most of this rich reservation is already : staked out by white squatters, in ad- vauce of the President's proclamation, and not a little contention and litigation among them are anticipated.] let to this lake is the Spokt bold r&p>d jstreasn,, wi+l> falls and water powers, w? Falls and Spokane Falls, are3 ized by capitalists and manufacturers. The latter town was tried, scourged and the ranks through the draft they desert or commit suicide. It is only brave men | refined by fire, one year and a half ago, who ffl/'p thp crrim mnnatar nn a fiai<i r\t I ^ hen of its central business squares were reduced to ashes and smoke in a few who f&ce the grim monster on a field of battle, and next to the foe his worst enemy is a terror which seizes him as a chill or fever might come on, and there is no remedy for it except to get away from the screaming missies of death until one's nerve and sand return.-- Vet., in Pennsylvania Grit. A Ghost Btory. It was one night during the war that a number of the "brave boys in blue' were walking along together, chatting familiarly, writes H. G. Miller, in Toledo Blade. Whether they had been to a citi­ zen's hen-roost or not, I cannot say and it is not of material importance. An old grave yard lay in their way, and grim death has a wonderful influence over man, and sometimes even, over men such as these stern soldiers %ere. How­ ever, o«e of the boldest ones said, with­ out a quaver in his voice : "Well, 1 reckon some condemned rascal will rise up out of a grave to scare us as we pass the graveyard." * They were then nearing the cemetery. As they apwroached the dreary place, to their dismay and unspeakable horror, a scene met their garta that sent a chill over their frames, and a thrill of fear to their hearts. Their hair began to raise, and their hearts almost stood still. They were not dreaming; they saw a "spook." It appeared like a person with a white mantle.on, raising up out of a grave. \JL strange feeling crept over the mighjy men of valor." The silence was 'finally broken by one of them saying: "I will go up there and touch that in­ fernal thing if you will!" Another one said: "All rightist will if the rest will." Another replied: "I'll be hanged if I ain't about as near as I want to be!" and he spoke truly. But they all agreed to join hands and go up and touch the "spook," or what ever it proved to be. Horrors! It seemed to get larger. Now it starts up and now it recedes; but the soldiers were not to be scared out at all hazards. They reached out and touched it! An oath and a laugh of derision went up from the men. A grave having sunk in considerable, an old white horse that, had been grazing hard by had stumbled in it, and was trying to get out! The soldiers got quickly over their fright, and were soon going on their way rejoicing. The lesson learned that night cured them of super­ stition, and ever after, when the camp needed "substance," those men were singled out to go and get it. BUCKLEN'S ARNICA SALVE. The best salve in the world for Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, FeVer Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Eruptions, and posi­ tively cures Piles, or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or money refunded. Price 25 cents per box. For sale by Geo. W. Besley, West McHenry. 19-ly hours by conflagration. It has been re­ built with substantial fire-proof, iron, granite and brick blocks, which would do credit to Chicago, and is now the great distributing point for East Washington and West Idaho. This, Rathdrum, is the county seat of Kootnai county, Idaho, and has a brew­ ery, five saloons, court house, three ho­ tels, five or six stores, and two churches. The past week, it has been Chinooking, which is the word used here for thawing, and the slush and mud are badly mixed. Every human being has had, or is now flat with the grippe. No one escapes, but very few cases prove fatal. As for me and my family, we have lost our grippe. Salt and whisky did it. Of course it is necessary to mix the salt and whisky be­ fore swallowing. Some swallow them separately, and trust to luck for the mix­ ing. Others take the whisky direct and straight, and feed the salt to the cow. But, my dear afflicted McHenry friends, this won't do. It may help the cow, but you will certainly continue to languish, unless you put in all the salt the whisky will take up, and label the bottle "to be well shaken before using." One teaspoon- ful each hour is the dose. I have found this the very best remedy for all throat difficulties. SAND POINT, Idaho, March 18, '9}. Upon the shores of Lake Pen d'Oreilla, another tongue twister, 'pronounced "Pondoray." This lake is forty miles long by five wide, abounding in white fish and mountain trout, with plenty of swan, pheasant, geese and duck. Also surrounded by forests filled with the usual larger game. Three steamers find employment transporting lumber, logs and lime, which last is extensively burned at the head of the lake. This, also, is becoming a popular summer resort, and is seventy miles east of Spokane Falls, on the N. P. It. W. Yesterday we aped Grover and Ben, by assuming the sportsman's role. We went fishing through a hole in the ice. » I sot, and sot, and sot. on the ragged edge of the five-inch ice, until I had melted a place that would about tit Grover, when, warned by a premonitory crack beneath me that 1 had got to the bottom inch of the ice, I joined the mournful "Sweet Home" procession, with the proverbial fisherman's luck to console me, and as a reward for patient suffering two bites and a glorious nibble, while big Injun near me had more speckled beauties than he needed. Somehow, the fish arw intel­ ligent and recoguizo strangers and swim shy of them, while they seem to rush at an ludian's hook, and shake hands with the familiarity of old friends. Old Spear- hook Twitch-it-out (or words to that effect) I am told, can catrn fish out of a thick fog. a heavy dew, a damp towel, or a piece of watered silk. W ell, there are many who cannot catch fish, but wno can tell a pretty fair fish story. Bullv for New Orleans! Let the good work go on. The eleveu dagos who mi- irruitpd so 6«u<ld^iily ffiui are doubtless looking for thief of 1 olice Hennessy, in their underground explora­ tions, plotting to pitch him, or some other victim, into the brimstone vault. I.et the little Mack, treacherous, lying, thieving assassins rant. All that is nee- essarv for l ucle Sam to do, is to give a few New Orleans vigilantes the right of wav and they will cut the few rods of sod bv which Italv hangs, and the dago do­ minion will sink to bottomkw p«ditfc», ; and thus find her level. Roit Scott, TtM Blind Munirisn, ̂ -v'. :