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WW ISTORIC associations cling
| J about many places along
fij S" ' ower part of the Wal
lil Si) l°omsac valley In the re
■L'Jnh Bion of Walftomsac and
ffISLrHR North Hoosick (the St.
fIOON-T TMAO „ *
I Croix of Revolutionary
• /jshjT & days), and despite the
i lapse of time many evl
dences still remain to re
call the battle fought there
133 years ago—a battle which has
ibeen described as fought by New
illanipshiro militia t. on New York
soil and named for Ve nont —the bat
tle of Bennington.
True, the site of the old St. Croix
toridge, destroyed by the retreating
militiamen to check the advance of
wrvwsv
Col. Frederick I3aum and his detach
iment of British, Hessians and Indian
tallies, is now occupied by a modern
(iron structure, but just below it still
stand tho substantial foundation walla
'of the old mill, which housed part of
[the flour and stores the invaders came
jto seize, together with the old wooden
jflume and the wreckage of the mill
jdam; while on the highway just above
them is the old story-and-a-half frame
ihouse occupied temporarily as head
quarters by the enemy's officers. It is
mearly opposite the confluence of
(White Creek and the Walloomsac
river, while a little farther up the val
jley, near the point now designated
las "Battlefield Park," is the hill upon
jwhich the invaders set the cannon
Tvhich were subsequently captured by
Gen. John Stark and his men. Scat
tered about elsewhere are the remains
of redoubts and many other places
which history or legend associates
with the brief but decisive contest
of August 16, 1777, which gave the
.first check to the invasion that ended
In the battle of Saratoga.
The well-preserved old Revolution
ary house and the lands about it, lo
cated about a half-mile from the vil
lage of North Hoosick, on the road
to Cambridge, are within the convey
ance of 12,000 acres known as the
Walloomsac Patent, dated June 15,
1739. in the thirteenth year of George
!ll.'B rHgn. In this patent "all trees
of the diameter of 24 inches and up
wards at 12 inches from the ground
were excepted" for masts for our
Royal Navy, and also all such other
trees as "may be fit to make planks,
"knees and other things necessary for
the UFe of our said navy only." The
yearly rent of two shillings and six
pence for each hundred acres of the
granted lands was to be paid at the
What a Queer Mummy Lid j
Ar.OOn d< al baa been written
lately about the malignant
mummy at the British museum
—or. ruther. the lid of th« co'Bn
that contained the mummy; for.of
.course. there Is no mummy In this !
particular case. It Is merely a Hd I
that iH re port td to have brought so i
many p. rsunal disasters in Its train.
A well-known physician, who is in
tended in I-yptolojty, *u asked
hi* opinion concerning the strange
case of the mummy of the priwteii
ithat has aroused so murli curious in- !
tereit
"I think." he said, "that the mummy
•having been torn to pi c.-s, tin- spirit ,
«if the prbst. ss strives to nuialn In
contact with the only material thing
that is left In touch with her, namely,
the lid of th- coffin This is the
opinion of most occultists. The spirit
of tin priestess has attached Itself to
the ca»e. which la a sort of physical I
basin '
"Hut why so malignant," this au
■th" -rlty «N4 l» ked, "as to bring about,
according to reports, all sorts of dla
ast> r» ui.it accident* to persons at tha
proseiii dny?"
"If," he i vpluiiii'd. "It la true that j
the nuiani) ».i. turn to pl»<»* it was '
a fearful d> ecratloti, and quite I
••«Ht«h t«> n..tk<* the prit ,t> »* furious. j
Hutih p' tmnis who try to g«t lata
communication with her by occult 1
mean* •«>, ul ■ , .It.««* v«rjr badly '
trosM tt'-'l put to il> .4th tr«*«Hy til
this, how» \ I hav ■■ no pro*»f
"It baa he. a *al«| that the «wm al j
i>.g» pi ii»v«r l< *k . n utaa after he ha* j
t alts a part la tl>* violation of sha |
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upon km. ia th« occult world
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which was in ought to ia
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custom house in the city of New York
on Day, the Annunciation of the
Blessed Virgin Mary.
While the residence has been some
what modernized by the building of
a veranda and other minor changes,
the structure retains many reminders
of the perilous times. The hand-hewn
timbers are visible, and there is pre
served the strong door which opened
into the south end of the house,
against the casing of which a British
officer stood when a Yankee from the
hill on the south bank of White Creek
picked him off with his gun. The
door is in a good start of preservation,
and on it is the massive old lock
which in early days would have prov
en an obstruction to a person seeking
to unlawfully enter the building, but
to the modern house breaker It would
be as a toy. The lock Is ten inches
long by fivo and a half Inches wide
and one and a half inches thick. The
original brass key, six inches in
length, is still in position to shoot the
bolt.
In the days "which tried men's
souls" tho building was used as a
postofflce, and an inn, before it be
came the headquarters for the Brit
ish officers under Colonel Baum. In
those days each inn and tavern keep
er was required to enter into recogni
zance to the people of the state of
New York in the sum of £SO, not to
keep a disorderly house or suffer any
cock fighting, gaming or playing with
cards or dice, or keep any billiard
table or other gaming table or shuffle
board within it. In regard to the sell
ing of strong liquors, exceptions were
made for the sale of metheglin, cur
rant wine, cherry wine and cider made
by the inn-keepers. At each tavern
at least two spare beds, with good and
sufficient sheeting and covering, were
ono of the persons connected with It I
went to Africa to shoot elephants. '
lie wounded a gigantic animal, that !
charged at him and literally tore him j
to pi ci s with Its trunk and feet. The >
attendants f1« ■ I In terror, and when:
they n turned, only fragments of his j
body remained."
"And what would yo do," be was !
ask'-d. "with the coffin lid at the Hrit- j
ish mu urn that is supposed to have
caused .so much mischief?"
"I would leave It."he replied,
■»her«j It I; iteyond a recent case ,
of a young lady who made great fun
of tt. and thereafter met with a seri
ous accident, the disasters that were
reported to be so numerous on its i
first arrival at th* museum have ap- I
parently ceased If It Is true that the
spirit is earth bound, and is attached
to the ruse, It would only cause fur-
Priwato Ea«cutlon«.
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CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 191«.
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to be kept for guests, in accordance
with the demands of the law. "Good
and sufficient" stabling and provender
bad to be provided for four horses or
cattle, and hay and pasturage in sum
mer. No liquors were allowed to be
sold to apprentices, servants and
slaves. No innkeeper could collect a
debt larger than ten shillings for
liquors sold to travelers.
In October, 1896, the old St. Croix
(San Coik) grist mill, then owned by
John G. Burke, was burned. .On one
of the timbers of the structure was to
be seen the inscription: "A. D. 1776,"
the suposed date of the erection of the
building. It was in this mill, on the
head of a barrel of flour, where this
letter was written to General Bur
goyne:
"Sancolk, 14th August, 1777, 9
o'clock. Sir: I have the honor to in
form your excellency that I arrived
here at 8 o'clock In the morning, hav
ing had intelligence of a party of the
enemy being in possession of a mill,
which they abandoned at our ap
proach, but, in their imual way, fired
from the bushes and took their road
to Bennington. A savage was slight
ly wounded; they broke down the
bridge, which has retarded our march
over an hour; they left in the mill
about 78 barrels of very fine flour,
1,000 bushels of wheat, 20 barrels of
salt, and about £I,OOO worth of pearl
ash and potash. I have ordered 30
provincials and an officer to guard the
provisions and the pass of the bridge.
By five prisoners taken here, they
agree that from 1,500 to 1,800 are at
Bennington, but are supposed to leave
it on our approach. I will proceed so
far today as to fall on the enemy early
tomorrow, and make such dispositions
as 1 may think necessary from the in
telligence I may receive. People are
flocking In hourly, but want to be
armed. The savages cannot be con
trolled, and they ruin and take every
thing they please. I am your excel
lency's most humble servant,
"F. IIAUM.
"P. S. —Beg Your Kxcellency to par
don the hurry of this letter, as It Is
written upon the head of a barrel."
The new steel bridge, known as the
Dublin bridge, which spans White
Creek near the old dam, was erected
In October, 1903, to replace an old,
covered, wooden structure.
ther trouble if the lid were now de
stroyed. It would be different, of
course. If the mummy could be re
stored; but. as It Is, 1 don't think any
thing can be done.
"I rather wonder, however, that the
authorities at the museum have not
removed It, for they do not like a
number of persons who are Inquiring
Into the occult KOIHK and starliig at
It. There wa ; a very fine and rather
curiotM acarabaeua which they tre
nim • (lon the ground that they were
not certain that it was genuine It
aas lu a glass case, and whenever
I placed my fingers upon It I per
eelved a beating and tingling of the
hands Others found the same curi
ous effect 1 tried It several tlmea
with the same result, but I did not
Ind the -value i ffwet with the other
scarabacl Why It was I do not know."
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lISjgAMNET
JRa. else dally In the open air, eat
an abundance of fruit and drink
pure water freely between meals.
Plain, simple foods, as direct as possible
from fields, orchards and woods, should
always be our aim.
Planning for a Small Family.
When catering for a small family,
care, judgment and economy must be
used or one kind of food must be
served several times in order to avoid
waste.
When purchasing utensils and dishe3
for cooking, choose the size most suit
able to the size of the family, as such
an investment has a great advantage
even In serving leftovers.
In buying a roast, too small a one
dries out in cooking and is not an
economical purchase. The beef left
over may be served In slices heated in
a Mexican sauce curry, tomato, or
horseradish sauce. The little bits too
small to serve may be chopped and
seasoned, then used as sandwich fill
ing, or one can always have hash.
Bits of leftover vegetable like car
rot, beans or corn, may be added to a
salad greatly to its advantage.
Eggs contain no waste and add to
the nutriment of a dish. When ma
king an omelet if a few peas are at
hand fold them In at the last or
serve in a sauce poured around an
omelet.
Very tempting desserts may be
made from stale cake cut in rounds or
fancy shapes, a preserved pear of
peach, with a little of the syrup and
whipped cream served on each piece.
For a small family one can make so
many attractive little diahes that
would be entirely out of the question
with a larger family.
When using gas a small portable
oven to be used over a burner is a
great saving.
A delicious dessert which is both
pleasing to the eye and the palate Is
prepared by beating together a half
cup of any favorite jelly and the white
of one egg. It will take a little time
to beat until it stands alone, but the
result will repay the effort. Serve in
sherbet cups with sweetened whipped
cream on top. A change from the
usual French toast may bo made by
cutting the bread in rounds or in some
fancy shape, dip in egg and milk and
fry in butter as usual. Often a dish
refused many times will be welcomed
if the appearance is changed. It Is
necessary In all successful cooking to
appeal first to the eye.
112) . .?!.
-
MFW ESOLVED to live with all my
might while 1 do live. Re
solved, never to lose one mo
ment of time, but Improve It In the most
! profitable way I possibly can. Resolved,
I never to do any thins which I should de
spise or think meanly of In another. Re
solved, never to do any thing out of re
venge Resolved, never to do any thing
which I should bo afraid to do If it were
' the last hour of my life.
—Jonathan Edwards.
Leaks That Sink the Household Ship.
Meat is the most costly and extrava
gant of all articles of food. Conse
quently every bit should be saved and
1 worked over.
The cheaper cuts of meat make tho
best soups and stews. Where u sauce
Is used to bide tho appearance there
Is no occasion to spend money on
1 choice cutß.
Soup meat. tasteless as It la, may be
nicely seasoned and made Into
pressed meat, hash or other dishes
quite as good.
Meat left from beef tea should be
saved for highly seasonal dishes. Th«
water has drawn out the flavoring and
the stimulating principles of the beef,
but the liber, which contains the
greater part of the nourishment, la
! left undissolved.
After using all the hain that will
slice nicely from tho bona, chip the
remainder for frlizlcd ham and put
the bone in the soup pot.
An orittnar nee grinder will save
money .did hours of time, as It chops
all kinds >f food easily.
Fat from meats and soup stock
should l«» carefully saved and clarified,
1 and If carefully done uo fat need be
! I ought for general frying
' T' V haves should be pressed '4gl)t|y
after they have be« n used und
%*ay to use In sweeping the carpet.
j They both brighten tlm carpet and
keep !h. dust froui fl> lllg over the
malls and furniture.
\ little water In the wooden tubs
| will pre rent them from falling tu
pieces.
Twine aken Iroiu bundles. If tied to
(«iber and wound Ir. a ball will away*
be r«ad alien a string la wanted
►'old pn •o* of tnanllla paper and
I put In the wall pot kit on the pantry
lour i »« lima for silting dour aud
j »*¥«» lint* and dishes A 1,4« to of pg,
pi r makes 4 gtk'd moulding board
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We Have Over Half of the New World'
WASHINGTON— The indications be
ing that the census will show the
population of the United States to be
Dver 90,000,000, it seems assured that
Ihe republic contains more than half
pf the inhabitants of the New World,
(t is quite probable that all of the re
maining countries of this hemisphere
tiave fewer than 80,000,000 inhabi
tants.
That point can never be settled defi
nitely until conditions change radi
cally in many extensive regions of
Latin America. Now most of the
Btates south of Mexico and north of
the Argentino either make a farce of
their census taking or else do not at
tempt It at any time.
Recent estimates, partly based upon
census records, which have been
mad© in South America and Central
America, indicate that there are about
70,000,000 people living between the
Rio Grande and Cape Horn, Including
the West Indies. Canada has per
haps 7,000,000, allowing for rapid
growth since the census of 1901, and
Newfoundland adds less than 250,000.
Unless the estimates, which seem
most intelligently made, are very wide
of the mark In several countries
where there are no authentic and ex
act statistics of population, the total
for the New World, outside of the
Gives No Money for Road Building
AS regularly as the sessions roll
around, congress sidesteps, smoth
ers or overrides all propositions which
would embark the government in the
business of road building. The logic
and importance in the outcry for
"goodroads" Is universally admitted;
but everybody's business comes peril
ously near having nobody's attention.
Some commnulties, townships, coun
ties and a few states have made more
or less real progress towards improv
ing the highways locally. Where the
states take a hand a beginning Is made
towards obtaining "through routes."
But, despite all that has been said for
a revival of road building, notwith
standing editorial support from publi
cations of all partisan shades, the
movement as yet has no central or
ganization which presses tho work
along broad lines.
The federal government thus far co
operates only by giving advice. It
maintains a small bureau In the de
partment of agriculture devoted first
to the propaganda of the good roads
idea and secondly to the maintenance
of a limited corps of experts, who,
when their assistance is solicited, will
make suggestions as to the best meth
ods for road building under given cir
cumstances, and to a certain extent,
Capital Boys Are to Be Suppressed
j j !
REGULATIONS to protect children
from danger of Injury and to have |
them looked after for violations of tho
regulations are to be enforced by the
Washington police.
"The dauger to children who uiake
playgrounds of the streets." says MaJ.
Sylvester, "has been long since estab
lished Now that there are public |
playgrounds In different sections of
the city the children should use them
rather than risk their lives."
Complaints against children playing
on the streets sometimes cause a peck
of trouble to the police
Children Jump upon moving street- 1
Government Has No Hall of Records
AJ4 the • until ry ha* been told about
o«. u a day for the last SMI years,
tlie lulled rilatc* Goveruutcul lias no
United States, cannot exceed 80,000,-
000.
Brazil, much the largest country of
South America, is the most populous
in the Western Hemisphere, except
the United States. It is ptobable that
a full and careful enumeration of the
Brazilians would show about 20,000,-
000 of them.
Mexico, only about 25 per cent of
the size of Brazil In square miles, Is
safely established in third place
among all the nations of the • New
World, as far as numbers go. In other
respects the Argentine surpasses Mex
ico, and so does Canada. Their indus
trial output Is greater and their for
eign commerce is largef in every way.
Argentina and Canada are alke also.
In growing so fast and with such as
surance of continued swift expansion
that they may overtake and pass Mex
ico. Their chief cities already surpass
the largest civic centers In the coun
try which Diaz makes his footstool.
But now neither 1B within 6,000,000 of
the Mexican total.
As a rule, with comparatively few
exceptions, Latin America is rich in
unsettled country. A very large part
of the vast expanse of land south of
the Mexican frontier, all the way to
the southern end of South America
lies open to settlement.
Some clay such wealth in unused na
tural resources must cause great
growth, but that is a matter of the In
definite future. For the present it Is
certain that the United States will
hold its lead over the other countries
of the New World, counting all of
them together.
experiments in the use of materials
are conducted by the specialists of
this bureau. Here the government
stops, for the reason that dominant
view in congress has been that this
properly delimits the government's
function.
Representative Anthony of Kansas
introduced a bill in the house last win
ter for the construction of a military
highway between Fort Leavenworth
and Fort Riley, 100 miles, by convicts
in the two federal penitentiaries at
Fort Leavenworth. The bill was lost
after a debate that developed Into a
general discussion of the good roads
movement.
The measure had the Indorsement of
President Taft, the chief of staff of
the army and the quartermaster gen
eral. General J. Franklin Dell, then
chief of staff, stated in a letter to Rep
resentative Anthony that the proposed
road would unquestionably be of
great military value and convenience."
Farmers of many townships through
which the proposed road would run
offered to supply all the rock andi
other material to be used In its con
struction.
Like others of its kind, this meas*
ure was wrecked upon constitutional
rocks. The opponents of the bill con
tended that General Bell did not claim;
the road to bo a military necessity,
and that, if not done for this purpose.,
the government could not build it, be
cause the constitution authorizes thei
construction of only such roads as aro.
required to meet military necessities
and post roads.
cars. Others stand upon the streets.,
Others are loud and boisterous.
"Death and accident have been
caused by street cars and other vehi
cles," tho superintendent of police
says."On the other hand, children
plavlng on the streets have caused
destruction to property.
"Ball pluylng on the streets," he
continued, "has resulted in complaints
on account of noises and broken win
dows. The samo hue aud cry la
raised when vacant lots are used for
baseball and other garie At times,
in certain localities, l.pge and noisy
gatherings are attracted."
Street corner gatherings are to bo
broken up. the superintendent says,
indulgence in profanity aud other bad
language is to wean punishment. All
offenders who are caught will be proa
edited The police think that keep
ing boys off the streets at night would
accomplish much good.
Ito house Its different departments In
rented buildings all over Washington,
I aud the constant danger threatens thu
destruction of valuable archives when
i ever a fire breaks out. aud there la
! uot any reason why a tiro should not
break out lu a nou fireproof building.
Tb« loaa of government property lu
ibis flro la thought to be less than
It.itoo, but In tb« library over the Mr
aaa a HtlMiw toilet tlou of geologlu
i literature containing more than tfb.uOO
voluii.es. I • UIMJ pamphlet* aud 3ti,ootl
maps, the awat compu te collection of
geological works aud maps In thia
What the lulled MutesGov.ru
iii l at hti Is la a inaguiAt l ut hail of
jreioida, when all the valuable uich
ua> afn. a I * handled million
a » i.io, ten t|«.uo>. 4 «Mkgr«M|