Niagara County News, 1885-07-31

              NIAGARA COUNTY NEWS. Vol. V. |Mix YOUNGSTOWN, N.Y., JULY 31. 1885 Pri«' :t Out*. No. 23 LOCAL. What about that villuno holiday! Ttio rink ha* been closed the past weak. Ka*pUirrioa uud Mack ca|>n li ive been plentiful tlio past weak. Growing crops wvre much benollttod by the ruin of Tuesday night. Sturgeon Hulling Is beginning to boom Mr. Wui. Meiidliaiu caught 120 on his line* i Monday. Soma of our thrifty clllr.otn aru cutting down the burdocks atid thistles on their property. I'llii riuk will bo open for skating to mor i row (Saturday) evening, when a dance will be hold until midnight. The weeds have taken advantage of the recent rains and the hot weather and have been putting In some flue work. An excursion party of 7<M> temperance people, from Toronto, picnicked lit Fort Ni aguta Urove yesterday (Thursday ) lias* Ashing in booming. A Niagara man canght (HI in one day this week. Lock port * porta, put that in your pipes and smoke it! A new and much needed sidewalk ha* been built from Mr. lionesteole's residence on Main Street to a point op|iosito the Hotel de Brighton. The ferry steamer "Geo. 11. Haselton," has done a rushing business the past week, carrying passenger* to attend the Believers meeting at Niagara. —Company E- 13th U. H. Infantry, left Fort Niagara Mondsy afternoon to attend the fuueral of General (Irant, which takes place to-morrow (Saturday). A Mission Iland wits organised on Mon day by Mis* M. 11. Spencer at her borne. Miss Mollie Skinner was cbo*en Secretary, and Miss Mnriou llailgley Treasurer. A train moving at the rate of thirty-live mile* an hour will clear fifty feet in one second, or at the same rate of speed that a Blstrville man accepts au invitation to take a drink. —O. I>. Clapsaddle, of Oalesburg. writes: "Send the Niao.vha County Niwuasusu al; we must have It, bread or no bread." Oeorge and family are well, and aeud regards to friends in Forter.  —Two fishermen from Lake Krie, with their boats, nets and all other nocesaary equipments, were at Youngstown Monday, having come through the Wellaud Canal, j «a route to Charlotte, where they will fish during the balance of the season. —The Ladies' Missionary Society met at Mrs A. Emerson's on Saturday last. The meeting was sn unusually interesting one Mrs. J. 8 Uelmer, of Lock port, was present, and added much to the Interest by her time ly suggestion* A letter from Mrs. A. K. McFarland. of Alaska, was read also extract* from a paper printed by tbe Indian students of Carlisle, Pa Never go where you are Dot wanted If a man want* you to go to bla room he will J invito you to do *o, and If a man wants you i to visit bia place of business be will invite you through the columna of your local pa \ I per. It Is wrong to iutruda upon privacy, j don't do it. ■ Head the interesting letter* entitled, •' American I .arid marks," by Byron R New ton, in another column. Mr Newton in tends visiting all point* of iuterest in Can ada and the United State*, and will write a aerie* of article* for the Nkws, uuder the above caption Without very much *tretcb of imagina tion everybody can at least guea* bow the | boy felt who innocently remarked to bla father, as they were boeing com, that it was " a good day for tlsh to bite," wbeti that cruel parent replied, " keep right on hoeing, my son, and tbey won't bite you." When golly the thermometer At ninety holds ita place, And with your hat of straw you fan Your mad perspiring face; When every stitch of clothes you wear Is sticking to your form, How soothing 'tis to have a friend lufortii you " It i* warm." Boat Htolkn.—From the light station at Fort Niagara, on the night of the 28iid Inst., a skltf painted red and greeri on theoutalde, and white inside, with green seat*. A auit able reward will be given for the return of j the Ixiat, or any information that will lead to its recovery. Some miserable weak-thief stole a pair of new oar* belonging to Mr Joaeph Ouen Monday night The oars were loft in <i bout outside the boatliouse, and in the morning | they had disappeared. It i* a pity that j | Huch rniaerable, low lived sneaks could not j ; be caught in the act, and treated to a good , | ducking in the river. A terrillc rainstorm passed over Young* town Tuesday night, and neveral parties | who were then crossing the river iu small boats had a rather rough time of It, a lady, who was alone in a small skifT, being carried I a short distance into the lako, but finally ! reached shore after a hard pull. The rain ' came down in blinding sheet*, and »a* the : heaviest that has visited thia neighborhood J for years. Several young men from Niagara were trying to make Youngstown " bowl" Saturday night last. They followed the example j of the moon and got " full." Constable Rcardan gave them five minute* to get out of town, and at the expiration of that time a sound came floating faintly back from the Canada side of the river, which anunded something like " Woon't go-home 11 mornin."'—You have no doubt seen and Inveated In •ome of the valuable article* on the bargain counter at N. D. Haskell'* (Brick Htore). Next Saturday, August first, and each Wednesday and Sutnrilay following, I will make j , a special display, and give you some moil j | excellent bargains; goods that you cannot | buy at any other time for three times tbe j I price a»ked. Do not fail to examine the extra Inducement* on thli counter. We learn from the Bandwich {III.) Oa- j ivttr of the 17th Inst., of the death of Mr ! Thomas Lett, which occurred Wednesday. I July Nth. Mr. Lett was well known to many Niagara County people and was fath I "r In law to Mrs Samuel Lett, formerly of Youngstown. (n*v Mrs. Phodi© Nichols.) A \ very eloquent and eulogistic funeral sermon I was preaehod by Rev. II H. Robertson at the funeral, which took place on Saturday, | July 11. —We didn't like to say anything about it while the fruit was plentiful, but now that the harvest Is about over wo may mention that there I* danger in eating too many 1 strawberries. An American professor la*t I year discovered the presence of a large i green worm, one quarter of an inch long, In j the very heart of a strawberry Care should ; | be exercised, then, and where there I* any trouble of this kind, divide with your neigh hor. '• Yonr neighbor" is variously defln j ed, but tlio best commentator* now admit it to mean your editor. Rverybodv should pay special attention j to our advertising columns at this season of j the year. Rusiness men who make them j selves known through judicious advertising are the one* determined to do bu*lnes* and j will please their customers. Look *t our ! advertisements and see whose and what ! they are There is no part of a good local paper more valuable to reader* than the ad cortlslng column. A careful perusal of these will often put money Into people's | pocket*. —A perfect town Is that in which you j see the farmers patronising tbo home mer i chants, the laborer* spending the money j they earn with their own tradesmen, and , all animated by a spirit that will not purchase articles abroad if they can be got at ; home. The spirit of reciprocity between I business man and mechanic, tradesman and laborer, farmer and manufacturer reeult* every time In making the town a perfect one to do business in. The Tonawanda -NVics tells tbe following "fishy story:" '' lAst evening a couple of young fellows got a boat of D P Maxtor and rowed up to Nle -sra View. On their j-eturn they were astonished beyond measure by receiving unannounced a pa* Sanger from the depth* of the river lu the , shape of a forty pound sturgeon which j jumped Into the boat A* tbe boy* did not I 'nteml to have *ny deadheads aboard tbe craft, they seiied the body of bi* *torgeon- I ship as security for hi* passage In order to make the reprisal of effect oue of the boy* found it necessary to sil ou the sturgeon while tbe other pulled for the shore. It wo* landed in safety, and a nice slice of the vie- i tim of misplaced oonfldence adorn* ye edi tor's lorderV' The above is a correct representation of { the Niagara County Soldier's and Sailor's Monument to be erected at Lockport. The height of the monument will be 50 feet; base, 12 feet square; material, Hyegatu gran ite from the quarrloa at South Kyegate, Vermont. The oost of the mouumeut will < be (6,000. Tbe amount i* to be raised by voluntary subscriptions, and a oauvas of the county is now being actively made, the subscriptions being under tbe charge of R. W. Oliver, of Lockport, who will visit every part of the county in this cause, and it is to be hoped that be will receive every eucouragemeut and essistauoe from the people of Niagara County. All expenses are to be paid by Sprout Post O. A. R. j of iAickport, so that all inouey subscribed will go directly toward* the monument fund. PERSONAL. --Miss Florence Coates, of Uothwell, Out., is visiting bar aunt, Mrs. M. E. Spencer. — Mr S. 11. llaker will please accept thanks i for a copy of the Thoueaud Island Park [ Journal. —Miss Jennie Doty, of Toronto, Out., is the guest of her aunt, Miss M. Hattle Span oer, in this village. —Mrs. Earl lluttery, from Suspension } Itridge, was the guest of Mr. and Mr* Mlio | 0. Kulcoui several days this week. —Mr Albert Carter,of St. Catharines,Ont j 1 was the guest of John L Haskell of this ; place lost Wednesday and Thursday — Miss Mary Mellenger and Miss Agnes Mills, of Buffalo, are absent on a trip to Brooklyn and New York, where they are sojourning with relatives and frleuds. — Mr. Albert J. Friok, of Pittsburgh, Pa., is In town making a visit with hl» parents, ! Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Friok end family. He eipect* to spend some time lu this vll! lage. — The friends aud aeqtsaiotancea of Miss lule B. Turner, will be gratified to learn that *he ha* recovered from ber late severe ] illness, and Is now able to ride and walk j about. —The friends of Mr Harry Bimson will be pained to learn that he has been laid up several weeks with a painful wound In his foot. We understand the wounded member ' is slowly convalescing. — Miss Bert ha H Thompson, of St. Catha rines, Ont., after staying with friend* in Virgil a short time, is at present tbe guest of ber sister, and other friends in this vll lage. with whom she i« spending a pleasant j visit. Mr. H C. Balcom. First Lieutenant of Company B . 74th Keglment, of Buffalo, was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Balcom In this village several days last week. His | brother, Mr. Fred Balcom wbo is making an extended visit araoog relative* and friends in Ibis village, is at present their guest —Mr Byron R. Newton, a young and talented historical writer, bailing from Friendship, Alleghany Co., N. Y., was in tbe Nxwa ! i offloe Monday, making arrangement* for I furnishing our paper with hi* sketches from time to tiiu*. Tb*y will no doubt prov* vary interesting to our numerous j readers — Mrs C. H. Wbittemor*. of Little Hook, ) Ark., accompanied by her daughters, Mi*ee* Mamie and Nellie, together with Mrs James ! ' Bell, of Cotxleu, 111., in oomi>any with her daughter, Mis* Maggie, arrived in tbi* v:l j lag* last week. They intend to pas* lb* re inaimug summ*r month* with their father, Mi. NTT). Mosier, Esq Dr. A. H. Stephens, from Pa. Mr R*n wick Mitten and Mr. John Nest it, from Nebraska. speut last week with Captain Hunt at the Foil This week. Henor E Makrae. from Cbill, South America, and his sister, Mrs. Lawrence, from Washington, are bis gueata They oil extol vary blgbl}' the beau - I ty of our so*n*ry and climate, and Mem to enjoy thoroughly their vteit among us. At Mt. McGregor. Special to the Niaoama Couhty Nkwk. Mt. McObkuur, July 2*—The 8s men of Co's E. and K. l»th U. S. Infantry, from Kort Niagara, arrived here to-day on the same train that brought Col. Urant up tbe mountain. They are commanded by Major Brown, with Lieutenant* Wood and Burtb. Tbe men formed in line and uuder anus at tbe mouutain depot, and were marched up tbe path Oen. Grant attempted to climb to tbe cottage just six weeks ago to-day. The spot where the bait was made was at the eastern outlook,and here the white tent* have been pitched, and about tbe cottage where the dead commander lies Is now a scene of bivouac and camp life. It Is understood that tbe Company uuder command of Major Brown Is to act as a body-guard and guard of houor to the remains. THE DEATH OF JOHNNIE SCHOON MAKER. Johnnie M'booumuker, the victim of the recent shootiug affair, died at 5.30 o'clock Tuesday morning, after over two weeks of patient sulforiug. A posf inortem cxnmina tion of the remains was niuda by Dr. Arthur, of Kort Niugura. Wednesday, assisted by Doctors Skinner and Kulkner It was ; found that the ball hid passed between the lamina of the tenth and eleventh dorsal ver> tebrue, preforatlug the spinal cord, and lodged in the body of the eleventh dorsal vertebrae. This confirms the opinion given by tbe doctors at the tlrst examination. Puueral took place yesterday  WILSON. | Major Moore, of the peuaion bureau, who is sent out by that department to Invest! gate doubtful claims, has been spending a few da. J in this village, accompanied by bis family. Martin Bradley aud wife, of tbe Kaudall Road, returned from a Western trip last Friday. Mrs. Amanda Dearborn died last Kriday eveuiug of peritouitis, after an illness of > only live or six days, at Hie age of 43 The funeral services were beld at her late home, Mouday afternoon at H o'clock, conducted by Rev. O. L. White. Mrs. A. U. Briggs, of Buffalo, has been spending the past week with her cousin, Uis. L. E. Henry, of tbis village. A committee from tbe Baptist Sabbath School nave invited the Sunday .schools of , .tewfaue, Wilson and Rausoiuville, to Join I I the,n iu a piouic excursion to Niagara Kails, luesday, August 4, having made anangs merits with the R W. & O. R. for reduc ed rates. The tiaiu will leave bere at 0.44! A. M , and returning will leave tbe Palls at J.SU r M. Round trip Uckeu for adults, 75c, | childreu 36c. Milton Robinson, of Lewistou, was in this village last Knday. Lake Hbore Lodge, No 331, I. O. O. P., re organised last Prlday mghi, and officers wele installed by J. I*. Tv iliiarns, of Lock port. Members of the order Iroin ~unpen '• ■ion Bridge, were preseut, among wuom were Uoioad Krtck, and Messrs. L.shmnei . ! aiao some members from tbe Lewistou Lodge. Harvesting iu tbis section is progrsoslng Hue./, aud we shall soon expect to see and hear the uoisy Uiresftlug engine tiavellug urounu the oouutry. Heury Ward wuile playing laat Saturday, jumped ovei a feuce and oiigntssd witu oue tool on a garden rake, wuicn was lyiug win, tne teeth turned up. aua two ot tbe teem ; , went clei.r tbrougn bis toot. U ran I Johnson is home from the Buffalo Business College. Bei t Arnold, w bo is atteuding the Buffalo Business College, speul last bwluiday and ttuuday wan bis parent*. Mia Charles .-Statu, died last Saturday night of Blight's disease. Tbe funeral set vices were neld Tueeslay afternoon at on* o'dncfc 1 be three congregaiiuue of tbis village united in holding a " Urant memorial S« I . vice," lost Sunday evening iu tne Presbyter-1 ion churco. Rev. L J tiroes delivering the ad a i see ins iburcb was handsomely 4a 1 cor*Uxl with flowers, and acroaa the front of the pulpit, ill large letters made oftlowora was the name HI rant." Tbe church was filled with an attentive audieuee Maty Ulllemeu is quite sick with typhoid fever Mrs H B Tower Mrs. K T Rsneotu, Miss Taylor and Mies Rule Tower, were calling on fi lends In this village last Monday, and also gatberiug soine of the beautiful pon l lilliee on the creek Miss Orece Bacheler, of the Lake Road, is quite ill.— H American Landmarks, No 2 •JL'WCNIITOH, Ont . July 35, ICHS Dailug my vigils on tbe old tower at Lun Jy's Lane, my attention was several times attracted by what appeared in tbe dlstauce to be a tall, slender column lifting Iteelf up to tbe sky froui a point of high ground sev era I miles down the river Taking this as my guiding landmark, I left Drumniondville at 4.80 «■ ond after a seveu mile's ride along the beautiful banks of tbe Niagara, 1 am here at the drowsy old hamlet of ljueeu stou, located in the very shadow of the mouutain on which stands tue slender col umn, or as it now reveals itself, a gtfoid monument erected to the memory of the British (ieneral, Sir Isaac Brock, who fell In the battle of Queenstou Heights, fought here ou tbe 18th of October, 1813. Tbis Is what .the Canadians call their " Bunker Hill," and although my "Yankee" views of certain historic eveuts. do not exactly harmoulse with theirs, yet I can not but admire the pride that they take in this picturesque old mountain which they associate with the uaine nf their lamented Brock, and we with that of our gallaut Van Rensselaer Just hack of the monument, half hidden by a dense growth of uudertirush, are the earthworks which the Americans beld against re | peated assaults, until they were routed by ! reinforcement* of British and Indians, who | drove them at the point of the bayonet over a high bluff into the river, where a largo number were drowued. There are few pla i cos lu America which could afford better material for tbo poet and the artist, than | tha vallay of the Niagara, aud the laudscape | which now lays spread out below tne, Ifsupi plied with a few old castles, would pass for a very respectable (lermau picture, and I urn uot sure but the sugglug ruin* of tbo old i stone buildings In the village below, might 111 l this want of musty, legendary antlqui ty. Half a century ago Vueeuston was a busy Canadian town. All of the shipping which came from foreigu countries up tbe St. littwrence was landed here, aud taken by train roads to a point above the Kails, where It was re-oblpped and carried ou to the West. Along the river are still standing a acore of old " tavern*." which forty yeats ago were boisterous with tbo tongues of all j nations. But the railroads and the great i Wellsnd Canal have taken away their cus torn, ond hero tbey stand like a group of old | revelers dreaming of the merry days of old i Everything herb *cem* to speak of a depart ed prosperity, ond even the droves of geese that march Isxlly through tlie quiet old j streets seem to look up nttho bustling Atner j lean with an expression of sullen envy i Seven miles away, where the liver empties ; into I<nk# Ontario, I shall visit Niagara, the oldest, and one of the most historic points | iu tbe old Dominion of Upper Canada. B. R. N. American Landmarks No. 3 Niauaiia, ONT., Jut.Y 89, IKBS. My reader, did you ever one calm sum mer's night, listen to the doleful aud pro ! j plietlc battle cry of two folino warriors, as they awulteil with Impatience and mutual i tail whopping* the "Inevitable hour" of j mortal combat! And in that pensive mood. ! so oomraon on such occaslous have you evei ; been able to distinguish In tl • aforesaid bat i lie cry the outllue of word* which seemed j !to express some paitlcular emotion o an gnlih of yonr soul! 1 think you have; at all eveuts It is a fact, even though it be yet new to the world. Last night I sat amid the ruins of pld Fort ! Misstssaugua. The full noon, which had just began to look over the rim of the east eru boritoo, lit up the dark recesses of the j dismal old castle, pouring bars of weird llghl i ' out through the narrow casemonts, and > shedding her pale gleam away arrow the reitleu lake, who** wave*, like the pul*a lions of soma troubled bosom, beat with a , muffled " bush," "hush," tbe beach b« I low What more was needed to prnduco, even i in the soul of a stole, the pensive mood foer tainly nothing but tbe voice* of tbe feline | knight*, which aoou came lu a aeileauf long drawn howls, coming from a gloomy corner of the old fort As I have said before, a cat fight by moon j light is a wouderful language of human 1 emotions It throws a hslo of solace around tbe lonely watch of a death bed, It is a balm for bomealcknees. and adds ten per ceut to | tbe rowatifl* of any love scene But as I mused among the ruins of tbe old fort, 1 was neither dead, homesick nor lovesick I was only thinking of tbe soil history of this Poor Old Niagara Ho that is what the cat fight Mid to me, "Poor Old Niagaral" And S all day long as I have been wandering among It* desolate old ruin* everything has seemed to eay to tne " Poor Old Niagara"* | In tbe month of l)eoember ISI3 tbe village, which wu then called Newark, wa* burned 4 by the American Army, and it seems never to have unearthed iteelf from tbe ashes. Tbe j old Port M Ississaugua, which Is now golug to decay, was built from the bricks of tbe ! I chimneys and ruin* of the town after tbe conflagration Tbo early h Istory of tbe place is strangely obacure, although It is i known that from tb* time of the first ] KrviM.-b diaooverios, up to Its destruction in j 1813. It was lb* last important town of Ca oada, and should be today, for, having tbe j advantage of a floe harbor and being sur round*! by all of U»a luaourowa nac-ft**ary for the growth of a city, there *»etu* to be no tvuon why at tbl* day ah* abonid bo (-aught napping, but Mich I* lb* ca*c aiul like luuat of the Canadian town* !♦»»•»!• ltaal along tba o!4 (lo«Uar, Niagara aeenaa to have aettlaad down to a quirt mat. car* Imi of tb« future. aud contented with dreaming o»or tbe «»wilful iti}« uf the peat Turn »lur« you way, lu Uiia » U elllage, and you ■tumble ou to luiu* iutenaaling relic. J out a litUc *ay out fi..m the town, ou the bauk of tba river, l« the remain* of did Kurt George It ha* but little of a warlike a*pcct left nothing but a few alefldec bags, who look aa if thoy bnd been beaoged bwr» aince the Revolatlou, ara loft to jarriaiMi tba place hut tbe beaey earthwork* which «r--rouud it will remain for ago* Half a rolle away, aero** the broad parade ground atanda the old barraca,* and quwton which Wi i o occupied IT tb* famous regiment of ilutlura Hanger*, and on the iu*ide of tba old SI Mark'* Church, I* tbo following Uiamortal of their leader: " KKAH Hot). HONUH THK KINO " "Uul John Itutler, hi* Maj«tj'« ootumi* ■ loner of Indian altair*: born lu New l«n dou, Kroviuco of I7W Un Ufa waa *|>eut honorably lu the aervice of tbo Crown in tbo war with France for thu cotivjue*!. he wan dialiugulahed at the battle of l,aku tieorge, Alh Sept lT.'i'i, and at tha • lege of Kort Nianura, aud Hi capitulation, •iitb July. 175W lu the war of IT7H. ha look I aim* 111 the defeuce of the unity of tba hiu l ire, and rained and commanded Itin loyal I American legiuienl of Itutler* Hunger*, .1 iiml here 1 ;iai Ami on another tablet In the •mile church In thin' "lonerd Itlauck, I Deceased & Aug't, ITS 2 " Among the many peculiar old •touaa In tba cemetery near tba church, are soon two ancient looking Kng liah slab" hearing the name* of Clia* Mor riaon and Oaurge Knrayth, which wer* umml, ! by thu American in I*l3 for meat block*, •1111 wear tba mark* of tb* aica, a* If they had been cut I Lure but Yea tenia V In 1 thi* town the flrat provincial I'arllainaii' [ of Upper Canada met on tba lTtb of Hajit, IT9-', in tbo 32ml year of the reigu of King ] ileoigu 111. liut pel hap* the moat intereatiug and iin portaut "i«t In the vicinity of thi* place, I* Kort Niagara, *1 aiding on the Anierluau polntjual aero** the river A part of the l-'th U. 8. Infantry are *t*tlon»d here, and one would hardly *tt»pect flout tbu good Condition of tb* place, that thiw «t< ou* of tbeoldeat fort* ou tha Americau ooallti*nt Within the main eucloaure are ilv* atrotig aUme building*, the foundation* of which were probably built by tba French J emit*, 1 early in the I7tb century American bi*U> | ry tell* u* that a* early an IUHH, po*U bad ! U'lin eatabliahed at Krouteuae, Nil gala, at the Ktruila of Mackinaw, and on tb* lllinoi* river, mid by voiue of the real dent* her* it 1* claimed that the 'mlldlug called tlie Caatle, i* the olde*t Kreiicli (truotaru in A uiortoa [ think it hardly *a(e to conalder tliia a* au i tbeniio history, but We need Dot depend on legendary alatuuieiita for the proof of Kort Niagara* anlli|ulty. In the bulldiug now uied n* a niagailue, ; I* Keen the cell where the Maaotiio traitor, Morgan, wm contliied before being drown'ed lu the river lienvatb all of tba older uulldlnga are found tlivav itrauge glo< iny dungeon*, and aa 1 groped about through their daik and uiuatc \aiilU,all of tbe IhiIII \ lug acnaatioua which I felt, when a boy, in reading tbe old legend* of WeatplnUia, cam* ; back to me. The mort prominent defect which the ana tbelle u.car Wilde found in the ' beautiful" j of America, »aa tbe abaence of iil»torlc i ruioa Hut only give ua tbe daring iiiuiut of a Mcott or Hyrou to turu loo*« among theae I modern hauiiU of Clio, and by an liiatautaneou* proi-e** w* will reveal to tbe World ' new but eudurlug claaalc ground. Among the amoky record* of tbo fort I found letter* and courtmartlal order* *lgn ed by Wiulleld Hcntt during tbe war of 1118, alao lettera from Couiinodor* l'erry. In tli* buiying grwind of the fort are very many ludent *10110*. f In •• 'luaiut In •cription* in Krenrb, Herman, and Kngllah are within tbeiuaelvea v .l iinaa of hi*ta>ry . Th» following, though of no (;reat anllquity, or rbeiorleal alegaure, la very aipreaaive j of toldlerly re*pect. " lirert< <i to the memory of Xlr Ainaaa Hnow.hwo departed thialifeat Kort Nlagaia the 17tli of April 1 HiSU, by bl* brother *ol ; dler* Co. I. 'Jnd Kegt, U H, Infnntry." " Here Ilea brave Hiuiw l ull all feel deep, Wljiiw beat t would melt When cauned to weep I'hoogh winter'* Idaat, May fn em hi! fiarne Yet deatll'a robl giaap Can't <-bill hi* frame " Near tbia grave i> a very nad atone w ilh the almple l»a<»lotion " I'aul Norri* U H Army,'' and another to the memory of a veteran of \\ aterioo At a very early hour y**U-id*y morning my attention aa* at tracted by the cleat atroug Voice of an obi Muotchmun talking lu the rooOM below, j "Heeenty two yaara ago." aald be, waul with tbe flrltali to bum ItulTalo. and to lay | 1 am going up there again " I ruab l down to tbe 10' in, and wa* Is tioduca.l to < «1 lluncan Mai Pa* land, aro buat old auldlar of algbty tig year*, but bav Ing the a, pearancu of a man of fifty. In reaponae to my huty .jue.li .na. be baudotl me a heavy cane, w Mcb ha can led, aaylug, " Itlgbt tbere I* a relic for y Oil I tat raiui waa preaebted to rue by (lena-ial M'daeley when lie ' nine beta in diagaiaa In liMHs tv 'julet the K*nlana He waa only Col then, but I auppoae be a tb* great**! Ulan ill Kng land now ye*, that cane t* a cl.arn ed holly, and wlii kid all the auakaa and toad* in tbe ' province And haw *'• another relic," lie ron tinned, holding up hi* hand, whiub abowaif tbe lieup furr'.w of a muaket boll, " f here e ■' a Yankee ear mark, bat i got three of tbatr bor*e*. and *0 I a »• v* raded It ataout aijoare " Kor *evi i*l I•n* I liMeoed to tbe >dly old «et«>an, aa lie related the wild es ploit* of bla early lay*, and aa be took Ma leave of me with a aoldiarly flouriab of bl* oane. 1 could tinuk of oothißg but Uoklamitb a veteran, who ahouldered bla ! orutch. and abowed leiW Hilda ware won " io night I ahali take thu altaiwr fur To rooto aud in uiy next aiaall "peak of Ibat.tbe moat Kngiub city Id America Braox R. Ngwro WM 8- MoC'OLLL'M. Surjfirftl and MecUdiiica) iJcnli't, JHAI'AKA FALLS, BLOCK, (Uf|H»lte Poslofi  Mr n..'-!. jUt A- J painless extraction of teeth.  iy All operations warranted. 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