The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, April 4, 1888, Page 2

WE ARE GETTING OLD, ALASI We did not fear them once—the dull gray morn- ings a No cheerless burden on our spirits laid; The long mght watch did not bring us w ‘That we were tenants of a house decaye ‘The earliest snows like dreams to u The frost did fairy work on pane Beauty,and power,and wonder How is it that w ne winter desce! bough; not enéed— Their home fires fall 2s bright on hearth and chamber Their northern starlight shines as coldly clear; The woods still keep their holly for December, ‘The world a welcome yet for the new year; And far away, in old remembered places, The snowdrop rises and the robin sings, The sun and moon look out with loving faces; Why have our days forgot these goodly things? Why is it now the north wind finds us shaken By tempests flercer than its bitter blast, Which fair beliefs and friendships, too, have taken Away like summer foliage as they passed; And made life leafless in {ts pleasant valleys, Waning the light of promise from our day, Till the mists meet even in the inward palace, A dimness not like theirs to pass away? It was not thus when dreams of love and laurels Gave sunshine to the winters of our youth, Before its hopes had fallen into fortune’s quarrels, + Or time had bowed them with his heavy truth; Ere yet the twilight found us strange and lonely, With shadows coming when the fire burns low, To tell of distant graves and losses only: ‘The past that can not change and will not go. Alas! dear friends, the winter is within us, Hard is the ice that grows upon the heart, With petty cares and vain regrets that win us From life’s true heritage and better part Seasons and skies rejoice, yea, worship rather; But nations toil and tremble even as we, Hoping for harvests they will never gather, Fearing the winters which they may not see. —Salem Gazette, to A STRAY SHOT. Pathetic Incident of the Great Civil War. It was early in “64 wh our brigade (Hood’s) was still in Tennessee, that ene morning we received orders to be ready to march ata moment's notice. We had been idle for some time and the prospect of action was not unwelcome. Besides, a ‘brush’? meant a possible supply of blankets, clothes and com- missary stores—of all of which we were in sore need! Those of us who had them rolled up our ragged blan- kets; the bugles sounded “fall in,” and we were onthe mareh We learned presently that the Federals were advaning by Cumberland Gap, where we had about a regiment of cav- alry and a battery of lightartillery. It yas a splendid day; the ground was covered with a fresh fallof snow that glistened in the cold sunshine, and melted away here and there, showing patches of warm-locking brown earth. The sky w: x soft pale blue overhead; and theerisp little wind that blew in our faces had lost the biting edge it had atdawn. Our’ spirits rose at we fell into the familiar regular swinging step, and there was no straggling. We had tramped steadily forward for some time when we heard, all at once, a sharp firing of small arms ahead, and rapid work by the batte Tt seemed to be a shevt, hot fight with- out the usual skirmishing, and we were put at once on a double-quick. But much to our disappointment when we eame to the bit of open country where the firing had seemed so brisk, save for the trampled snow and one or two wounded men and a few dead horses, a broken-down caisson, asaber dropped here and there, or a blue or gray cap caught on a brush or tossed on the ground, there was no evidence that a regiment of cavalry and a battery of artillery had here met an enemy in hand-to-hand conflict. The Federal troop, Which proved to have been a sin- gle regiment out on a scout, had re- tired beyond the Gap, and our own force had followed in the direction of its former position. We were grumbling loudly at having come so far for nothing, when a wom- an, mounted on an old sorrel horse and rearing a blue homespun sunbonnet, ¢ame galloping down the road. She dismounted at a small double-log cabin near by, and walked rapidly over to the spot, where we were making ready to camp. Had we seen any thing of her two little boys, she asked, turning a pale, agonized face upon us. They had been perched upon the fence when the Rebs began forming in line just across from the cabin, and the older one, “a leetle turned o’ six,” had taken his little four-year-old brother by the hand and Fun out into the road to look on. Then, in a moment and before any body could ery out to them even, the Yanks had come thundering along and they had been caught between the lines and swallowed up in the rush and roar of battle. When the short tussle was over they were no where to be seen. She had gone on to where our lines had been re-established, and had there got ready leave to pass over to the Federal camp; but no one had seen or heard any thing of the missing children. Would we help her hunt them? Wouldn't wet Every man yolun- teered with a whoop. We formed a long line—like a skirmish line—and started, searching every foot of ground carefully, and calling out che as we went. We peered over the edges of fallen trees. We turned over brush-heaps. We scattered the dead leaves that had drifted into root- bound hollows. We dragged the pools of water made by the melting snow. We had gone over two or three miles in this way. The short afternoon was Waning, and the wind was growing sharp and keen with the 1 gthening Tays of the sun. A halt was called. | | | Dome OF tne omcers and vider men con- sulted hastily together and were about decided to beat around in the opposite direction, when suddenly a shout came: “Here they are!” The shout was caught up and turned into a glad yell as it rolled along the line. I had heard the *trebel yell” before; and I heard it many a time after, when it m the close of a life-and-dez but I never heard our boys in g sound such a note of triumph as went | up from their throats that day, as they i double-quicked it to the spot where | those two little runaways were lying! It was in an old field, whose long- | neglected furrows were covered with a thick growth of yellow sedge all wet with melted snow and shining in the soft, red rays of the set- ting sun. A bushy squat pine had shot up here and there; the rotting rail fence was overrun with blackberry vines and almost lost in a jungle of brown withered mullein and poke- berry stalks that grew in its sheltering corners. The children were in one of these moist, tangled fence corner Their little blue homespun frocks—for they both wore dresses—were all torn and draggled. Their chubby faces were brier-scratched and dirty. Their bare heads were matted with dry leaves and straw. But I reckon every man of us thought that God’s blue sky nev looked down a prettier picture t | fore, its effects EFFECTS OF PLASTER. & Fertilizer Whieh sould Not Be Applied Indiscriminately. It has been isfactorily : that matter pla fluence unt decomposi benetic om $0) with some purs will accumuls } soil, Pure pl: is composed of thirty-three per « of lime, forty-six per cent. of sulphuric acid, and twenty. one per cent. of water, and is more o less beneficial to crops as the soil is more or less deficient in one or more of these elements. Its influence on plants is seen most plainly in the large increase of foliage and stalk as distinguished from the formation of seed, and there- are more visible on the different varieties of clover. A crop of two tons of clover con about twenty-five pounds of sulphate of lime | whilst a crop of “wenty-five bushels of wheat, straw and all, contains but seven pounds, and fifty bushels of corn contains less than one pound. And while itis universally considered that plaster on proper kinds of soil and in right condition. is benef of the clover family, yet that it in- creases the yicld of wheat, corn, rye, or oats is not so generally conceded. Liebig claimed—and we have great faith in his opinion—that the chief benefit of plaster to land was that it they made lying there, cep and absorbed ammonia from the atmos- clasped closely in each other's arms. | phere and fixed it in the soil. Others We held our breath after that first ; hold that, besides this quality, it shout for fear of frightening them. disintegrates the compound. silicates And when the grizzled old ser in the free the pot- whose very look was wont to make the | ash and) m — two _essential recruits tremble in their boots, st pped | Constituents wth — and toward them with a soft almost bashful | by rend je and act- smile on his lips, and stooped, we all | ive in oil ishes plants took off our caps and leaned | With four eagerly forward. How we en- | : vied big burly tender — hearted ee a great afler- Tom J—— when the serge beck- the quality of the plaster is oned him and laid the olde boy, | to all observant farme Se nd it allrosy and flushed with sleep, into | u found that the kind whieh, in his arms! The little fellow opened his blue eyes and stared vaguely around, then clasped his arms about Tom's neck and gave a long sigh of con- tent. The sergeant stooped low chuckle of satisfaction. tle-un is asleep for sure!” he said, as he lifted him gently and turned. The next moment he staggered under his light burden and almost fell. A hoarse groan burst from his lips. The little head with its tangled mass of yellow eurls rolled heg tin with a “The lit- vily to one side: the ht- | tle arms hung inertly down; the ser- geant’s hands where they supported the tiny white neck were all dabbled | in blood. The stray shot had done its cruel work well! It had plowed across the small white throat and the baby head was almost severed from the litle body. The “little-un’’ was indeed asleep for sure! A kind of frozen swept over the group gathered in that old field. No man dared for awhile to look his neighbor in the face, and when he did he saw there an expression that he has | not forgotten yet if he lives! Ten minutes before we were all ready to toss up for the privilege of carrying those little chaps home. But now every man of us hung back dumb and unnerved. And the sergeant and Tom turned slowly and tramped through the falling shadows to lay the 1 and the dead together in that waiting mother’s arms. We followed. silently, with uncovered heads. When the Federal officer in command heard that the children were lost, he offered to disarm his men, stack their guns with ours and join in the search. And more than once that night our pickets were challenged from the other side and anxious inquiries made for the little ones. When the answerwent back across the hush and the silence of the night we could feel, though we could not see, the look that swept over the faces of our foes. And tl look made us all akin!—Hardwell e, Wide Awake. ——_~ ee —___ horror ing Bucklen’s Arnica Salve. The Best Salve in the world for Cnts Bruises, Cuts, Ulcers Salt Rheum, Fever Sores, Cancers, Piles, Chilblains, Corns, Teter, Chapped Hands, and all skin erup- tions, and postively cures piles, or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give pertect satistaction, or money refnnded. Prive per box, 25 cts For saleby all Drug- gists. —The Cause of His Ascendancy.— Clara—‘‘Have you noticed the com- plete control that cross old uncle of Hattie’s has over her? What a will he must have!"’ Julia—‘*He has in- deed ; and Hattie’s awfully afraid she'll be left out of it.” —Tid-Bits. 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How to Make Cows Profitable at All Sea- sons of the Year, A correspondent writes to know what kind of food will increase the milk of In the first place it noted that milch cows should be abundantly ation in the v cows. must fed, since any depreci- gor of their systems will always react injuriously on both the quantity and quality of their milk. And, if a cow is allowed to run down on poor feed in the winter time, it will take all the spring to repair the waste thus During the entire winter cows should be well fed, com- fortably housed, vbundantly littered, oceasioned. regularly supplied with clean water and occasionally rubved down; in a word, should have their well-being in | all respects 7 ded to. As to feedi he ng plan is given as that used by the most successful dairymen: In the morning feed with cut feed, consisting of hay, oats, millet or cornst: mixed with shorts or bran, and Indian, linseed, or cotton- seed meal, thoroughly moistened with Iks, water. In cold weather, by all means use warm Ww Itis well to give a drink of win as it make milk more readily. give one feeding of reots and long hay, and at the e ng milki or directly after, give another generous meal of mixed feed, well moistened with water, and mixed as in the morning. Some roots or vegetables, as pumpkins, tur- nips, cabbages or the like, may be given after the evening feeding of meal. These vegetables are inclined to flavor the milk if fed on an empty stomach. It should be remembered that the pro- cess of digestion in cattle goes on best when the stomach is distended, and for this purpose bulky food is almost as necessary as that of more concentrated nutritious quality. An excellent feed for cows in the winter is the hay from the second crop of clover, well cured to prevent heating or becoming musty. The flow of milk from the hay, accom- panied by carrots or sugar beets, is grea timulated, and its butter-mak- water at milking time, cows give down their Through the day On the othe stimulates t add ti prodt aoes e flow of m bu its butter- igo 0 Inter Syrup of Figs, actured p Co., S Own T nt California liquid may be had ot leading dru is the most pleasant, prompt, and effect- ive remedy known to cleanse the system it remedy run Se gists. I | to act on the liver, kidnevs and bowels | gently yet thoroughly; to dispel head- aches, colds. and fevers; to cure consti- pation, indigestion, and kindred ills. No. 7.-6m. nl to all kinds | le or no in- | ; Knobber, | jand two or three s | Here Capt. Walker had us to halt kept at the highest point. | t hand, bran, which alsc } not; :is still alive. THRILLING STORIES. Important In the Testimony Bald | Knobber Trials. Ozark, Mo., March 22.—The case } against John Mathews, the Bald! was ¢ 1 promptly at 1 o'clock this afternoon. The inter- est in the Bald Knobber trials does not appear to have abated any and he courthouse is crowded all the time. James Edens testified to-day; | “I was at home,” he said, the night of the killing. I was awaken- ed by hearing some one on the out- side of the house call out: -“G—d— you, get up or we will kill you’! About the same time my son d: ‘Get up, Pap, the Bald Knobbers | are here.’ “on At this time my son was up putting on his pants. I felt for my pistol, and not findi to my wife. She said I went and got it from her. this time the git, called had it. About rke, fired she S were in at the window. instant- | ly both doors were broken down, and the men masked ¢ in at both ren seized We Tj | | | | doors shooting. T me and tried to take my pistol. seutiled back bed. toward the ened out my arm, and pulled « trigger, and as I done this I turned and saw an axe or something com- Do was shot it Ing toward my he: avoid the lick, I 1 pack of the head and hit in the head and I fell and knew nothing more until next day. When T « to myself next day my son and Charles Green were lying in their blood dead.” Charley Graves testified: “We met at the old smelter. There wore twenty-six men at the meeting. I saw the defendant among them. We left there; went up the hollow in a northern direction a shoit dis- tance; turned to the north then to the east: went out past | Judge Day's; then aeross to Judge Hale’s, where we struck the railroad. ast nnd till time he saic the r ar caught up, at which Scatter out; the Slick- ers might fire into you. Nearly all the men broke off into a run toward Wino. Eden up and knocked and I ‘There is no one a house in a field where lived. aj They ran » door open. made a light, heard soine one : at home.’ They then broke in a run toward where Jas. Eden lived They passed me, the defendant with | them. I went on | I heard knocks which I took to be | beating the doors down; heard {1- ing very rapidly when near the house. I saw three shots fired into the house from the west side; heard women screaming. One woman said her child was killed. Heard Dave Walker say, “Run here, everybody, | my boy is shot and has lost his gun.” The men came out to the road. The defendant came with them and I heard him say that he was shot in the back of the head. Pretty soon we all started down the railroad and were halted by orders of Walker, a | mile and a half below there for 1 council. Dave Walker told each party what they must swear if any arrests were made. Heard Dave Walker and the defendant have a conversation. 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