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a. ,' ' , certain destiny together with tho vexations HE FIGHT IN THE BEECHWD 0D mm mm med m the militia, left the country ina great meas- 'A STUDY OF CANADIAN HISTORY. BY ERNEST CRUIKSHANK. . _ . “humming m their support. The appear. prising traders had already followed in the 3:51; :brhtp‘lefgeld‘utlheisrq discomfiture, The Selves in business. The fertility of the soil retreat became “ flight. They abandoned and evidences of acomparzitively high-state their beats, a“. furniture, “,1 much of of cultivation before the war excited emo- their baggage. four eompan‘ . Provincial dragsons, followed swiftly on their traces: and killed 01‘ “Pmer many intimately acquainted with the country, to stragglers. The loyal inhabitantsi and In- diana were roused and joined with alacrity in the pursuit, which was continued until almost within cannon-shot of Fort George. General Dearborn at once dismantled and abandoned Fort Erie and drew in nis out« posts from Chippewa and Queenston, con- centrating his entire force at Niagara, where he began to form a large entrenched camp. 0n the same day that this was done a small party of Lincoln militia. captured a depot of arms near Queenston, and during the night took possession of the village itself. Many circumstances connected with the engagement commonly known as the Battle of the Beechwoods, or Beaver Dams, com- bine to make it one of the most interesting episodes of recent Canadian military history. It is indissolubly linked with the memory of one of the most patriotic and courageous women of any age and country. As a rule, too, it has been merely regarded as arather notable instance of a successful ambush accomplished by a very inferior force, and its important influence upon the subsequent conduct of the war has been overlooked. The campaign of 1812 had resulted in the signal discomfiture of all attempts at the invasion of Canada. During the succeeding winter the Government of the United States devoted itself with great energy to the task of organizin three fresh and power- ful armies, with t is intention of renewing the effort in as many different quarters as soon as military operations became practic- able in the spring. A force of several thou- sand men was already established on the shores of Lake Champlain, within fifty miles, of Montreal. The principal object to be at- tained for the time being, by this corps, usually termed the Army of the N'ortli, was simply to deter the Governor-General from reinforcing his posts in Upper Canada by threatening an invasion of the Lower Prov~ ince, and in this, it was to a very great extent successful. Another division, de- signed to number ten thousand men, under M ajor-Gencral \Vm. Henry Harrison grand- father to the present President of the United States, was being concentrated in an entrenched camp near the mouth of the river Maumee on Lake Erie, with instructions to recover Detroit and enter Canada from that direction. The force was then held in check by Colonel Henry Proctor with less than 500 men of the 41st regiment, afcwcompanies of militia from the counties of Essex and Kent, and Army of the Centre, was composed of troops assembled partly at Sackctt’s Harbor and Oswego on Lake Ontario, and partly at various posts upon the Niagara River under the general command of Major-General Henry Dearborn,aveteran of theRevolution. As far as possible it was designed to act in conjunction with their squadron which had obtained temporary control of Lake Ontario. As soon as navigation opened, a strong bri- gade from Sackett’s Harbor made a descent upon York (Toronto), then almost unfortio lied and ungarrisoned, in the hope of para- lyzing the British naval power on the lake by the destruction of two vessels that had wintered there and another in course of construction. By weight of over- whelming numbers they soon obtained pos- session of the place, but only partially ac- complished their purpose as the largest of the two vesacls already afloat had sailed a few days before. I Another month was occupied in concen- trating the entire division on the Niagara and making elaborate preparations for trans- porting it into Canada. The force thus assembled between Buffalo and Fort Niagara numbered almost eight thousand men, all regulars or long service volunteers, while that opposed to them. under Colonel John Vincent, was considerably less than Canada, and had become thoroughly familiar one quarter of that number, including ized with the habits of thepeople and life in militia and Indians. an uncertain and variable numberof Indians. The third division, officially styled the troops were then assembled at Fort George, Vincent did not consider it prudent at- tempt the investment of their camp With a force still not exceeding a third of that number, and contented . himself With sending detachments of light troops to watch their movements, established. his headquarters at the Forty Mile Creek (Grimsby). Yet he continued to feel so con- fident of the superiority of his soldiers in fighting qualities, that he assured the Gov- ernor-General that, if he would reinforce his division with one thousand men, he would undertake to drive the enemy out of the country. Lieu,“ James Fitzgibbon’ the “(h-“mm, of Deorhorn, soon after his 1anding,'summoned the 49th, solicited and obtained permission to organize an independent company of fifty men to act as rangers, or scouts, in advance of the army. So many eligible volunteers from different battalions immediately de- sired permission to serve under his com- mand, that he was embarrassed by their numbers in making a choice for Fitzgibbon was already one of the best- known and most popular officers in a di- vision that included many adventurous and daring leaders. Disoinguishcd alike for ex- traordinary physical strength and endur- ance, and an enterprising and resourceful mind, his poverty alone prevented him from obtaining high rank in his profession at a. time when promotion was rarelyattainable except by purchase. The son of a poor cottager on the Irish estate of the Knight of Glynn, he had enlisted at the age of fit- teen in a troop of yeomanry raised by that nobleman during Having served for two years in this corps, he volunteered into the ranks of the 49th. He was rapidly promoted to the rank of ser- geant, and participated in almost every en- gagement during the Duke of York’s mi- The artillery fire from Fort Niagara and 1 the adjacent batteries beat. down the de- fences on the British side of the river, and on the 27th May, about five thousand men were disembarked froma, lar 8 fl t-u fland occu ied the heights overlooking the boats a couple of miles west ogftheo‘filfioe l plain of ingara.’ Stations established in of Niagara, while a British brigade of less than 600 men, that attempted to resistl their landing, was almost exter- minath by the broadsidea of eleven near Fort George, while his position at the ships of war, anchored within three hiin- 1 dred yards of the shore. Nearly at the same time another brigade of troops began to cross the river above Fort George, with the evident purpose ofcutting off the retreat of the garrison. Perceiving that further resist- ance was useless, Vincent retired adroitly to Queenston, and thence, after destroying the batteries there, to the Beaver Dams on the Twelve Mile Creek, by the mountain-among the more recent immigrants from road. . At that place he was joined during the United States who were luke- the night by detachments from Cilippuwa, : warm or even traitorously inclined. l‘urt lane, and Pomt Abino, and continued I Immediately upon taking possession of his retreat next morning towards Burliug~ ton Bay, where be determined to make an- obhcr stand, abandoning the entire Niagara Peninsula to the enemy. The greater part of the militia was disbanded, and the Indians of the Six Nations withdrew to their vil- lages on the Grand River, where many of them remained quiet through fear of losing their lands. On the ?nd of June, Vincent ) dozen Years 05 the eighteenth century the“? encnmpcd at llazeley’s on the high ground ' had been a steady stream of immigration I l “‘9 Skho “ml his Whole division then mainly composed of Quakers, Mennonites, overlooking Burlington Bay. He had been joined by two companies of mustered 807 of all ranks and arms, of whom only one-hundred were militia. His men were in good health and spirits and so far from being discouraged by their recent re- verses, they eagerly demanded to be led piltpose, it is said, even from the against the enemy. Three days later, two - banks of the Grand River, came into the brigades of infantry andaregiment ofcaval. lAmerican lines and signed paroles. The ry made their appearance in pursuit, and : number of inhabitants thus enrolled is stat- encompcd for the night at Stoney Creek, seven miles distant. . In the course of the afternoon their posi- tion was carefully recounoitered by Colonel John Harvey, Vincent's chief of staff, and militiamen in plain clothes, acting under and aggressively di'éloyal. and professed rt their eagerness to assist the invaders in his instructions, ed through every of their lines, on er the pretence of scl ing supplies. It was ascertained that their en- campment was scattered and badly ar. ranged for defence, while °their pickets and‘ sentries were negligent in the performance of their duties. The strength of the pursuers was roughly estimated at 8..” infantry and 250 cavalry, with at least eight field-guns. Shortly after midnight Vincent with 700 picked men of the 8th and 49th regiments, rushed the camp, slaughtered the unwary sepiiuels at their posts, dispersed the be- wxldered battalions as they attempted to form by repeated bayonet charges, and at day-break retired to his former position, carrying With him two captured field-guns, both the American Generals and upwards of a hundred other prisoners. _ The Americans wereso much demoralized by the blow, that they abandoned their camp primediately, leaving iln-irdrad un- buriet..and continued their retreat for twelve miles over wretched roads when tho y encountered two regiments of infantry i l v i l I I . l I ! ron, and was engaged in the thickest of the fight at Copenhagen. While commissioned officer his military knowledge gained him the appointment of acting-adj ut- u l are uncultivated.” F or the moment it was confidently assumed that British rule was forever at an end, and that the s edy conquest of all Canada must follow. lanter. undmn upon the“- track of the army, and established them- aim- Thomu Evans with tions of unconcealed surprise and delight ies of infantry and a troop of mong the invaders. ~ F indiug himself in want of abody of men act as guides and scouts, a number of the disaffected were enrolled by command of General Dearborn in a separate co 3 for this purpose, termed the Cauadian olun~ teers. VVillcocksand Mallory were rewarded for their treason by commissions as Lieuten- ant Colonel and Mayor, and at their urgent solicitation it was decided to bring over a body of Indians from New York to act in conjunction with them. About the same time Cyrenius Chapin, Sheriff of the County of Niagara in the State of New York, en- listed a troop of fifty mounted volunteers “for the purpose of clearing the frontier of Ascertaining that about six thousand joined the American army at Fort George. Hitherto the inhabitants of the district in possession of the invading forces had been treated with a certain degree of lenity and consideration. They were assured protection to their families and property by both Generals Dearborn and Boyd. Some or the wounded militia who had been taken prisoners were even allowed to return to their homes upon signing paroles pledging themselves not to bear arms against the United States until regularly exchang- ed. But a rigid search for the arms was in- stituted and paroles exacted from all per- Whfle encamped there on the 12th June. sons liable to military service. General the magistrates to appear at his headquart- ers, and tWelve having obeyed, he authoriz- ed them to continue the exercise of their functions, and several minor offences were subsequently punished by them. A few days later, however, he received a despatcli from the Secretary of War instructing him, in consequence of a disagreement with Sir George Provost and Admiral Warren re- specting an exchange of prisoners, not only to remove all genuine prisoners of war, whether regulars or militia, to some secure place of confinement in the United States, but also directing that all male inhabitants of Canada, subject to the militia laws, should be regarded as prisoners of war and treated in the same manner. In pursuance of this barbarous edict, parties of soldiers were sent out to scour the country between Niagara and Fort Erie in every direction. On the 19th of June and the two following days nearly one hundred persons were arrested, chiefly at their homes, on the roads, or working in the fields, and removed to the United States where they were? closely confined. About a dozen of the prisoners held commissions in the militia but at least fifty were non-com- batants, many of them over sixty years of age and some mere children. Among the number were the Rev. Robert Addison, rector of Niagara, William Dickson. a bar- rister, and Messrs. Baldwin, Edwards, Grier, Heron, Muirhead and Lymington, the principal merchants of the place. Captains George Lawe and John McEwen, and the brothers Kerr, were still helpless from wounds received in the battle at Niagara. Captain Jacob Ball was seized at his house within a half a mile of Fitzgibbon’s advanc- ed picket at dead of night. The men em- ployed in this service chiefly belonged to Chopin’s and Willcock’s volunteers, with whom discipline was lax and many outrages were committed. The inhabitants were in- sulted, maltreated, and pillaged merciless- 1y. This line of conduct naturally exasper- ated and alarmed the remaining inhabitants beyond measure, and they Welcomed Fitz- gibbon’s advance with the liveliest mani- festations of joy. The British troops had remained almost inactive for several days owing chiefly to their distressed condition for want of proper clothing and provisions. the rebellion of 1798. fortunate expedition int-o Holland. In the first year of the present century he was drafted as a marine on board Nelson’s squad- yet a non- aut to his battalion, and his commissions were subsequently won by merit and good conduct alone. For the last ten years he had been quartered in different parts of the woods. " “In three days his company of rangers was fully organized, and accompanied by a few troopers of Merritt’s Provincial Dragoons, he moved forward to the Ten Mile Creek, the tops of some of the tallest‘trees enabled him to keep a close watch upon the move- ments of the main body of the Americans 'unctiou of three roads leading respectively to the mouth of the creek, to Queenston, and to Niagara Falls would permit him to move rapidly forward for the purpose of cut- ting off their foraging parties. Although the majority, particularly of the older inhabitants of the country, were unfaltering in their loyalty, it is certain that there were many persons, especially Prevost, who visited their camp upon a confidential mission at this time, described the 49th as “literally naked,” while the 415i; were in rags and without shoes. Both officers and men were glad to appropriate articles of clothing captured from the enemy or stripped from the bodies of the dead. Meanwhile Colonel Proctor, at Detroit, who had been promis- ed that the remaining companies of the lat- ter regiment would be sent to his assistance, was complaining bitterly in almost daily letters of their detention, and at the same time begging that supplies should be sent him to preserve his men from actual starva- tion in the face of the enemy. The mili- tary chest \vas absolutely empty. Vircent had even been compelled to borrow five hundred guineas from Colonel Thomas Clark to enable a party of militia to pur- chase cattle and drive them overland to Am- licrstburg, for the temporary relief of the British garrisons there. The opportune arrival of Major De Huron with the two flank companies of the. 104th, or New Brunswick regiment, and a body of 340 Indians from Lower Canada, and the evident good disposition of the inhabi- tants. encouraged Vincent to push forward a small brigade of light troops under Lieut.- Colonel Cecil Bisshop, “to feel the pulse of the enemy.” He described his chief objects in thus advancing, as being to spare the re- sources of the country in his rear, and to draw as much of the supplies as possible from the district in vicinity of his adver- sary‘s lines, besides encouraging the inhab- itants to rise and make prisoners of the enemy’s foraging parties. Dcserters from the American camp estimated General Dear- born’s force at 6,000, at whom many were sick, and their fears of an attack were stat- ed to be as strong as evbr. Their foraging and recounoitcring parties although usually numerous and well mounted, were constant- ly attacked by the militia and as one of their officers writing home remarked, “ sel- dom gained much in this sort of warfare, as the enemy is best acquainted with the paths, bye-roads, swamps, and the country in general.” Vincent's effective force at this time does not seem to have much ex- ceeded two thousand of all ranks, including militia and Indians. On the 90th J une, Bisshop established his headquarters at the Twenty Mile Creek, on the heights above the present village of Jordan, and Major DeHaren with his two companies of New Brunswick men, the light company of the 8th. and the Caugh- nawav "id‘s-- hunk up a position in ad- Fort Erie, Colonel Preston, the American commandant, issued a proclamation to the inhabitants of the surrounding country, promising protection to those who recogniz- ed the Government of the United States, and enrolled their nanies, and threatening those who still remained hostile with dis- astrous consequences. During the last half- into this part of Canada, especially from the States of New Jersey and Pennsylvania, and adherents of other sects, whose religious tenets forbade them from hearing arms. It is not surprising, then, that a considerable number of persons, some travelling for the ed by American authorities to have exceed- ed five hundred, among whom, doubtless, there were many actuated chiefly by a de- sire to evade service in the militia. But there were some who were actively every way. Chief among these ware Joseph Willcocks, the editor of the only paper pubâ€" lished at Niagara, and representative in the Provincial Assembly of the fourth riding of the County of Lincoln,and Benajah Mallory, the member for Middlesex. \Villcocks was an Irishman, and had been once amem. her for the revolutionary society, known as the United Irishman, and Mallory was a native of the United States, but had lived for many years in Canada. Both were active and unscrupulous agitators, and were men of more than average ability and intelligence. A letter from nu~ American officer stationed at Fort George at this time may be assumed to de- scfibc truthfully the sentiments of this small faction. After narrating the circum; stances connected with the landing of their army. the writer continues :-“ Our friends hereabouts are greatly relieved by our pres~ once. They have been terribly persecuted by the Scotch Myrmidons of England. Their present joy is equal to their past misery. his is a most charming country, but its an- ‘it was reported that Chapin’s troop was persons inimical to the United States,” and S Capt. Fulton, aide de camp to Sir George, vanes of the Ten Mile Creek, having his main-guard ted on the lake road, near the mouth 0 that stream, and a chain of outposts extending across the country, covering a front of about seven miles, with his right resting on Turney's cross-roads, near the German meetingdiouse, within a mile of the site of the present town of Thorold. Fitzgibbon’s scouts on the uplanl above, were kept constantly in motion, never sleeping twice in the same place. On the 20th they had a sharp skirmish with some cavalry near Niagara Falls. , The next day plundering the inhabitants between Chip- pawa and Fort Erie, and a farmer living near Point Abino, was accused of furnishing them With information. Accom . panied by Captain Merritt and four picked men, Fitzgibbon immediately rode in search of the‘marauders. They surrrounded the house of the suspected man three hours be fore dawn, and captured him with one of Chopin’s scouts, who was sleeping there. While Merritt conveyed the prisoners to a place of safety, Fitz ibbon rejomed his company and advanced7 swiftly in the direc- tion of Niagara Falls, in the hope of inter- cepting Chopin during his return to Niaâ€" ara. As he entered Lundy’s Lane he was informed that the latter had already been joined by 150 riflemen from Fort George. Riding forward alone to recounoitre, he was presently recognized by Mrs. J ames Kerby, the wife of a loyal captain of militia, who ran out of her house in a state of great agitation, and begged him to retire at once, as a large party of the enemy had just pass- ed up the road. But seeing a single cav- alry horse standing saddled in front of a small tavern a little distance further on, and thinking it probable that only the rider was within, he yielded to the tempta- tion to attempt his capture,anddismounting, approached the house quietly on foot. Sud- denly an American infantry soldier came out and levelling his musket, demanded his surrender. Before he could fire, however, Fitzgibbon had closed with him, and not wishing to raise an alarm, attempted to rest his weapon from him and throw him to the ground by main strength. Then a rifiemau made his appearance from behind the house and hurried to the assistance of his companion. Fitzgibbon’s great physical strength alone preserved him from death and capture at this critical moment. Thrust- ing his first assailant violently back upon the other, he succeeded in grasping his rifle with his disengaged hand, and held the weapons of both in such a position that neither of them could fire with effect, A little knot of inhabitants had gathered near, and the struggling and overmatched officer called upon two young men he observed among them to come to his assistance, but although Mrs. Kerby implored them with tears to comply, their fears prevailed and they slunk away. An instant later the rifleman snatched Fitzgibbon’s sword from his side and had raised it to strike him, when Mrs. Defields, the innkeeper’s wife, sprang forward and struck his uplifted arm with such force that the sword fell from his grasp. Then an old man named Johnson and a boy only thir- teen years of age, the son of Dr. Fleming, came to the rescue, and With the assistance of the women finally enabled Filzgibbon to disarm and tie both his antagonists secure- ly on the back of the captured horse and party of their comrades had already made their appearance within a couple of hundred yards of the scene of this desperate strug- 1e. g That night Fitzgibbon retired to DeCew’s house near the upper crossing of the Twelve Mile Creek, a substantial two-story stone building, which had been selected as a place of deposit for stores by Vincent prior to the capture of Fort George, and was cap- able of a prolonged defence against any force not provided with artillery. The owner, Captain John Dcch, was among the prisoners recently deported to the United States to beheld as hostages, as their captors announced, for the good behaviour of the remaining inhabitants. There, a few hours later, he was joined by a party of Caughiiavraga. or Indians under the command of Captain Dominique Ducharme. This force had been organized at Montreal by Sir John Johnson and originally consisted of 160 warriors from the Sault St. Louis, 120 from the Lake of Two Mountains, and 60 from St. Regis village under the general command of Ducharme, assisted by Lieu- tenants J. B. de Lorimicr, Gideon Gaucher, Louis Langladc, Evangelistc Saint Germain and Isaac LcClair. All of these ofliccrs were experienced woodsmcn, possessing the entire confidence of these people with whose language and habits of life most of them had been familiar from childhood. In some instances their families had been associated for several generations with the Indian tribes, both in peace and in war. As a rule they had adopted the Indian costume even the extent of plumes and war-paint, and as their faces Were deeply bronzcd by years of exposure to the weather they could scarcely be distinguished by an ordinary observer as belonging to a different race from their followers. (T0 or. coxrixusn). Making Dainty Sandwiches. Apropos of sandwicheswcwill give theold conundrum or story. “ \Vhy do not people starve in the desert of Sahara? Because of the sand which is there (Sandwiches there). How did the sandwiches get there? The sons of Ham were bred and mustered there (ham, bread and mustard.) Be that as it may sandwiches made in the manner here described are simply delight. ful. There are three essentials in making Sand- wiches. Very nice light bread, home-cured ham, and a very sharp knife. The bread should be cut into pa 1' slices and the ham into the the thinnes shavings. After the crust is cut from the end of the leaf spread the slices with nice fresh butter upon cut- ting. Have the ham already shaved and as you out each slice of bread divide it in half, sprinkle one-half well with ham on the but- tered side, and place on it evenly the other half of the slice, buttered side down ; press lightly to other and lay on a plate. Con- tinue anti you have made all thatyou want. If the ham, bread, butter and knife are what they should be, you had better make a great many. ' The slices of bread may be squared after cutting off the crusts and then divided from corner to corner, making triangles, or the whole slice sprinkled with ham may be rol- led up and tied with little ribbons. This makes a pretty variety in serving sand- wiches at an afternoon tea. ride away with them in triumph, although a . ‘w-t. THEY DISTlillS'l‘ Tllli Tll‘llll‘Si 'l'lie Strikers Awakening to the meaning of Their Presence. I‘ll-st They Were Cordial to the Bitter-outed “stars to Homestead. New The: are Not Even Friendly. The execution of'further lens for the re- establishment of vested rig its, and for the operation of processes of law at Homestead has been delayed by the committee of in- vestigation from Congness, which has de- man ed the presence of men who otherwise uld have directed important events at omestcad. No man could read the patriotic words which come by every mail to the Carnegie headquarters without being solemnly im- presssed by the stupendous importance of the present crisis. And let no one think that the man in charge of the Carnegie in- terests is blind to the significance of the struggle. H. C. Frick isa just man and a determin- ed one. He realizes completely the nature of the vast responsibility that is upon him. There will be no vacillntion, no weakening in the policy he is following. He will keep right on in a straight open course. He has, and will continue to have, the entire sup- port of his principiils. He will meet appall- ing obstacles in the great task he has under. taken. He expects them, but his policy will be unchanved to the end, come what may. It will 0, it already is a mighty struggle. No panorama of war itself pre- sents more thrilling and dramatic situations than are already in view. As it continues to unroll, pictures worthy the attention of the nation will be disclosed. Peace now reigns at Homestead, but it is peace at the cannon’s month. There is mur- der yet in the hearts of the people. “ I .would like to put a. bullet through you,” hissed a striker into the ear of a newspaper man who had advised a stranger to refuse to answer an unauthorized demand for his name and business this afternoon. There was more of this arrogant interfer- ence with personal rights all over the town to-day, and few dared resent it. The Com- mander of the National Guard said he would arrest any one who attempted to as- sume the power of the mob again in this way, but nobody cared to act as complain- ant in such a case. The plans for reopening the Homstoad mills, and fer reducing the strikers to a more complete subjection to the' law for ob- vious reasons will not be made public in advance. It can only be said in general terms that decisive action will be taken very soon. No violence is apprehended in connection with the threatened strike in the Pittsburgh mills to-niorrow. The men are intelligent and naturally lawbiding. Their sympathies are strongly enlisted in behalf of their Homestead breth- ren, and they realize that they are making of sympathy. They know that there are very few sympathy strikes on record that ever succeeded. They number about 3,500. At the Braddock mills, opposite Home- stead, there are more than a thousand, and they are said to be ready to take s‘milar action. There are in all the Carncgi mills about 23,000 men, but'a considerable pro- portion of this number the company believes cannot possibly be induced to strike. President Weihe of the Amalgamated As- sociation refused to say to-day what would be the attitude of his organization in the matter of a general sympathetic strike. The Homestead strikers arc basing some hopes on the possibility of, the railroad men refusing to handle the product of the mills theré‘df turned out by non-union men under military protection. Gen. Snowdcn said today that he thought the troops would be kept at Homestead about two weeks. No one at all acquainted with the temper of the strikers believes that it would be possible to peacefull operate the mills at the end of that pcrio without a very strong armed force for the protection of the men. There is no chance of the men weakening at present because of lack of menus. Their own and kindred organizations will gladly supply them with all the money they need for a long fight. If an appeal for phy- sical assistance should be sent out, the in~ dications are that there would be an equally prompt and effective response if the tenor of the offers which for a week have been pouring in means anything at all. The feelings of the strikers toward the troops are rapidly changing. They are no longer cordial. They are not even friendly. -â€"~__â€"â€"_â€"- 016. Fowle- "S. E. C." wishes “to kill ofi’tt lot of old roustcrs," and asks how to cook them into cut- ablcnci-ss. A clergyman who had a trick of raising his voice into a whine as he grew animated in prayer or speech. and o hurrying one word upon the other, was cured by his wife’s steadfast injunction, “ Low and Slow, John 1 Low and Slow l” “ S. 19. C.” may bear the rule in patient rcincmberanoo when her roosters are to be cooked. To begin with, each should be killed, drawn and hung up in a cool place three days before he is brought to the pot. Except in hot weather, four or five days are better that three. Wash him over daily with vinegar as he bangs, and do not wipe it off, If you wish a fricasssee, cut him up when you are ready to begin cooking, severing every joint. Put into the bottom of a pot a layer of minced fat salt pork, upon it pieces of fowl; scatter minced onion upon these, and more pork, more chicken, more onion, until all the fowl is in. Cover three inches deep with cold water, and set at the side of the range where he wiil not begin to sim- mer for under two hours. Let him just simmer for two hours longer, increase the heat to a “low and slow ” bubble, and kce this up for an hour, or until tender. f these rules are followed exactly he would be catable were he made of ii num vitae. Season to tart?I at £36 last; t icldren the v , put inc oppe rsley, an serve. g“Ilfyyou wish to servephim whole, cook even moro slowly, and until the testing- fork shows that he is tender MARION Hartman. 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