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THE C1TIZHN, WHUXUSDAY, MAUdl fl, 1H12.
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I The Escape I
OUT OF THE JAWS OF DEATH
uui ur inc jwo ur uchiii
Ity THANK A. HUllUKMi, I.nto Plvnto 1st IVim. Vol. mid CnpU
Co. 1) CITtli 1'cTin, Portage, Wash. "
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r-f-t -f -f -t--f-t--r-r -t--f-t- t -t-
6C T was right to demolish the
iuuiiiu nun il 111 is 111. uu
bulldcd right."
It was a superb catnstropho which
was to form tho conclusion of tlio
past.
Wo did not go into the conflict of
tho Civil war with hatred in our
hearts. Wo felt little hostility. We
liollcvcd our nationality would grow
greater nnd stand better by unity.
Dissolution would bo n calamity.
Those of tho South wero antagonistic
to this belief. Their principle was a
right to them which wo in human
ity's sake thought was wrong to cn
lavo a human being. The war was
inevitable. There was but one way
to settle tho dispute. It was done.
Might and the majority and right
prevailed.
Tho war ended, as It had begun.
with malice towards none, and the
united States.
In narrating this, my great war
story, I do not claim to have done
more, or suffered more than other
comrades of tho Civil war, whoso
lines wore drawn as mine. Nor
should I have published It only to
comply with the request of many
friends and comrades to whom
uketches of it wero known. More
especially from several, who heard
my talk seven years ago, under the
auspices of Olympia Post, No. 5, G.
A. K , at Olympia.
I write this true story of pure pa
triotism from actual scenes of devo
tion and loyalty at a time when a
mere denunciation of our tlag meant
life and liberty to men who were dy-
1np hv srnrps.
It is not often of late years that
a soldier of the Civil war is called
upon for reminlsences perhaps be
cause they have already talked too
raucil. lu qu ihu, luuu aiuiica nmt;
become old and second-handed. Peo-i
pie have lost interest In their deeds
of valor, and occasionally you will
hear the remark, "Too much old sol
,i( t,
1 can remember a time when thero
was not too much old soldier sol-
r(l(ir vnn n p nr nlil In fart. wn
cnougn soldiers.
I myself was reminded of too much
war iaiK on an occasion wuuru i iiuu
delivered my story at the city of St.
Josept, Missouri, under tho auspices
of Custer Post, No. 7, and the W.
H. C Several comrades next day
were gathered around tho festive
1 1 f-lr.t.,1
uuai u Ul u. uiiciuua uicuui ua.u-
bles and drinkables wero numerous
for the otcaslon. Comments on my
great war story, given tne evening
before, were freely indulged in. One
old gray-haired eteran, more espe
cially direUed his talk to mo in tho
following lines:
"I have sang their praise in prose
and verso
And shouted them near and far,
Of the blood they spiled,
And the Hebs they killed.
These boys of the 0. A. K.
But 1 am free to say at this late day, i
And while I have Hie and breath,
Th.nt tha niiTTihfr thnv slnu
ere but one to two,
Of those thev have talked to death."
I am aware of public criticism. I
do not expect all to fall in with my
(TKiot rtdrll nnri OOV ltOVT Hilt If
hnc rnmo tr hr roirri r1 ful flint tVm
loftiest expression of loyalty given
m t ita i it ii ii'nr tv n 11 v nincQ nr
sin in nr. v:is i fii i ni nriKfiiit?r in
war.
Nearly 71,000 lalil down their
lives with the Battle Hymn on their
Iins. Christ died to make men holv:
uck uiu iitunu in 11 live, .uui
tyrs, as well as heroes, they dragged
out the joyless, almost hopeless days
in hunger and torture of heart and
cold and storm, with only rags as a
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bodies, death stalking hourly in their
tnii of ifit t ln-niurh if nil r n I in n I
If they would forswear their coun
try's Hag, under whoso folds they
iiuu lUUKUl lu iiiu u.u, uit7 nuu ua
mnivtitnln tnti r Vir ntfnmi linllioa nf
It was a bravo soldier, that charg
ed into tho forlorn hope, under tho
excitement of martial music and
booming guns. But what credit
wno lor days, weeKs, montns, anu
somo nearly years, stood upon tho
brink of his own grave? Who, with
shriveled frame, and hollow eyo, gaz
ed Into its yawning abyss, from the
rising of tho morning sun, till tho
stars faded Into twilight. No strains
of music Inspired his soul to tho
charge No buglo call nerved him
for tho fray. But tho low-hummed
dlrgo of death cropt over him each
day as ho looked across to the prison
graveyard and watched that moun
tain of bleaching bones rise as com
rade after comrade contributed his
body to Its ghastly contribution.
A cold, white marblo shaft stands
sentinel over that spot to-day that
time and ago will never efface.
Friends and families will come to
the parting of the ways; generations
slumber, mold and decay; tho light
nings flash and thunders rattle
around its spherical form; but the
Inscription written in lottors of blood
will remain. Perhaps somo lady will
read this whoso husband approached
her with the startling news that
Sumpter had fallen, "our nation is In
peril. Shall I go to war and fight
for preservation of tho union?" She
looked down at tho little ones en-
and tear-dlmmed eyes. "Your duty
calls you, I can hold the plow, John,
Kate can wield tho boo."
Tho young, tho middle-aged, tho
old wero gone. Years passed by.
Tho moss-bearded llvo oaks of tho
Southern lagoon, tho towering plnca
of the mountain side, tho cypress of
the swamps, and tho Savnnas wero
stripped of their leaves and foliage
by grape and canister, their hugo
trunks rent In twain by solid shot,
tho vast plains of tho South land,
with its valleys of flowers and grass,
were stained with smoko nnd crim
son.
The plumed bird of paradise, tho
waruio or the mocking bird, tho cur
lew's restless cries, wero hushed In
the death knell of thousands, for they
slept by each river and tree.
Tho wlfo waited lu vain for him
who never came, for the father's
glory was a soldier's grave. Oh,
what a time was that! What a trib
ute was that wife's that husband's!
You, who lived not In those dark
days, learn the lesson well. Read
the written and hear the unwritten
story of that great sniggle. Impress
it upon your minds as it Is written
In the faces and forms of the living
comrades of to-day. Honor them as
you reverence the dead, that the fires
of patriotism shall burn your very
soul till God and country shall own
you as one.
Every lover of liberty, every be
liever of self-government, no matter
where they lived during that war,
knew that the success of the North
ern armies meant much to them. If
you doubt It, search tho passenger
lists of our great ocean liners that
havo plied between this .and other
countries for tho past fifty years.
We see them as they step upon the
gang plank on the ship that is to
bear them away from tho land of
their nativity, with sentiments in
their chart, and words upon their lips
similar to those of the Irish lad when
he sang, "O! Erin, must I lave you.
Must I ask a mother's blessing In
a strange but happier land."
But they could bear their parting
well, for with their fresh ideas and
new hopes they watched tho little
white hand, stretched above tho
heads of the throng on the wharf,
bidding them God speed across the
waters of the rolling deep to free
America.
It Is because the mighty hosts
went down to the front and gained
the victory that every American, no
matter from what country ho came,
holds high his head, proud in the
knowledge that he belongs to a coun
try, whose glorious past is being suc
ceeded by a mightier future.
Had we failed, had tho blood of the
patriot been shed for naught, other
nations would have treated us with
contempt and overbearing Insolence.
If the union had been dissolved, if
tho great edifice built with the blood
our forefathers had gone down In
wreck and ruin, the result would
havo been an awful calamity. Tho
great American republic would havo
becomo a memory of derision. Our
country, now so great and so won
derful, would have been split into
little jangling, rival nationalities,
each with a history both bloody and
contemptable.
There have been other wars for
individual freedom and national
greatness, but there never has been
a war In which the lssuo at stake,
stood for so much to all people of all
climes.
Wo take just pride In tho great
deeds of 177C, but we must remem
ber that the revolutionary war
would have been shorn of Its re
sults, had the tldo of war for Union
and Liberty been defeated In tho
Civil War.
(To be Continued.)
(In the next Issue of The Citizen
Captain Hubbell will toll in his
charming way of how tho " boys '
started for tho front and give an im
pressive word picture of tho attend
ant excitement. Ho is taken captive
and marched to Mbby prison. Don't
miss this chapter. Ed.)
SKXATOIt IOMSK
FOKSAKKS COIiOXEIi.
Washington, D. C, March 2.
Probably tho worst blow that Col.
Roosevelt's candidacy has received
was In the form of a regretful state
ment issued by Senator Lodge, of
Massachusetts, to the closest friend
that tho Colonel has In public life.
Colonel Roosevelt campaigned for
Senator Lodge at tho last election.
They havo always been closo friends,
politically and personally. Tho
Massachusetts senator Intended to
announce his support of Itoosovolt
but was prevented from doing so by
tho character of tho Colonel's
speech at Columbus. To-night ho is
sued the following statement:
I am opposed to tho con
stitutional changes advocated by
Colonel Roosevelt In his recent
speech at Columbus. I havo
very strong convictions on
these questions which, during
tho past three or four years, I
havo expressed In public with
such force of argument as I can
command. But Colonol Roose
velt and I for thirty years, and
wholly apart from politics, havo
been closo and most Intimate
friends. I must continue to op
pose tho policies which no urg
ed at Columbus, but I cannot
personally oppose him who has
been my lifelong friend, and for
this reason I shall take no part
whatever In tho campaign for
tho preisdential nomination.
CENTERVILLE.
(Special to The Citizen )
Centorvlllo, Pa., March 2.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Sooby, of
Scranton, spent Saturday and Sun
day with tho latter's parents, Mr.
and Mrs, Samuol Kimble.
Margaret Marshall, who has been
working In Scranton for the past
winter, returned to bor homo here on
Tuesday,
Beatrice Kimble Is spending a few
weeks with relatives In Scranton.
NMX.Y COliMXS IX THH MlimOIl-S
LIVKV" LYRIC TIIKATHU OXK
OXG IX "ALMA, WlltiltK DO YOU
XlfJHT, MONDAY, MARCH 11.
HAWLEY.
(Special to The Citizen )
H.iwley, March 2.
M. H. Wall came here from Phil
adelphia on Friday for the purpose
of visiting his brother, T. F. Wall.
Mr. Wall left Wayno county several
years ago and located in the cjl Sec
tion of Pennsylvania where ho be
came an expert in chemical analysis
of coal oil, being chief inspector for
a company of largo producers. He
was at one time sent to Japan in the
Interest of the firm for whom he
worked and remained there for some
time. Ho still owns the homestead
which Is a largo farm near Boyds
Mills in Damascus township. Ho
said that before he returns home he
would probably sell the farm.
James Ryder, Milford, Pike coun
ty, is in town this week doing somo
dentist work to the horses by fixing
their teeth.
Among others who spent tho brief
Washington Birthday vacation at
home were George Murphy, of
Kingston Business College and Jas.
Flynn of the Scranton Business Col
lege.
Fred Rutan and Hugo warren
wero initiated in Wangum Lodge on
Wednesday night last week.
Henry Brled has sold his property
situated at tho Eddy, to a Mr. Shaf
fer of Blooming Grove. Mr. Shaffer
recently sold his farm at that place
to tho Blooming Grove Association.
Anna Goldsmith, administratrix,
sold last week tho property situated
In Palmyra township, to Nancy
Stinnard, tho consideration being
?200.
Miss Maud Kimble had tho mis
fortune to fall In tho skntlng rink
last week and fracture her arm.
A. F. Dixon, Scranton, was doing
business In town last week.
Mark Tuttle, while driving tho
auto delivery truck owned by F. L.
Tuttlo & Son, met with a grave ac
cident on Bellemonto Hill, it hap
pened on Thursday during that icy
timo when Mr. Tuttle was climbing
the 1ml leading to what used to bo
called Snufftown, when one of tho
tiro chains dropped off, letting tho
machine slide down an embankment.
He was assisted to his homo having
an injured leg and a badly wrecked
machine.
W. II. Curtis, Wilkes-Barro, regis
tered at Park Viow Hotel, on Satur
day. Mrs. Clarence Pennoll was calling
on friends In town on Friday last.
On Saturday morning sho went to
Washingtonvlllo for a couplo of
weeks with her husband.
Mrs. S. C. Bortreo, Ariel, visited
at Hawloy on Wednesday and Thurs
day of last week.
Anothor wedding In town in tho
very naar futuro. Guess who!
A device for romovlng shavings
and dust has been Installed In con
nection with tho other apparatus of
conveniences In tho Atkinson Box
shop.
Miss Minnie Rose and sister, Ber
tha, who wero visiting in the Elec
tric City, wero called homo on ac
count of the terlotis Illness of their
brother, Charles Rose. Ho Is now
considered out of danger.
Miss Julia Compton was a week
end visitor of her friends, Mr. and
Mrs. W. J. Keesler, at Glen Eyre.
Mr. Keesler Is again In very poor
health. His attending physician, Dr.
Cook, of Canaan, advises a change.
of climate as tho only remedy for an
Improvement of his health.
Miles Rowland attended tho funer
al of tho lato Dr. R, H. Ely hold hero
on Thursday and accompanied tho
funeral party on tho following day
to Laceyvllle whore the burial took
place.
Mrs. Kate Rlddlo Is now In the
State Hospital, Scranton, and at last
report it seems that she will be com
pelled to undergo an operation.
Barbara "Wetzel Is tho obliging
telephone operator who recently se
cured a position in the exchange of
fice. Frank R. Stevenson and Mrs.
Flora Curtis were married at Wal
ton last week. They have returned
and are now living at their homo at
the Eddy.
HOLLISTERVILLE.
(Special to Tho Citizen.)
Holllstcrvllle, Mnrch 3.
Tho Washington's Birthday entor
talninont held In tho M. P. church on
tho 2l8t of February, was a success
financially.
Charles Brown Is helping to load
cars at Wlnunors.
Squlro 10. I). Holllstor hna Im
proved so that ho Is nblo to sit up.
His wlfo Is still bedfast.
Carl Mehnc, of Now York city,
and Jacob Mehnc, of Scranton, aro
visiting tho former's brother, Gcorgo
Mehne.
Tho second quarterly conference of
tho M. P. church will bo hold on
Snturdny, March 9, at 2 p. m. at tho
Union church.
Patron's day was observed In tho
public schools hero on tho 22d with a
largo attendance of the parents pres
ent. A good program was presented
nnd enjoyed.
PAUPACK.
(Special to The Citizen.)
Paupnck, Pa., March 2.
There ought to bo plenty of fruit
this year If Ice storms tell anything
about it, as we havo had several
heavy ones recently.
Peto Gumble, who Is working at
Glen Eyre, spent Sunday home.
Charles Afford recently moved
from Hawloy to this place where he
has secured employment.
Anna K. Gumblo went to Hawley
Snturday to take her music lesson.
Mrs. Arter and son, Harold, have
returned homo after an extended
visit with friends at Equinunk.
Edna K. Singer spent Tuesday
night with H. A. V.
Edwin Killam Is improving quite
slowly.
ftOUUT l'UOULA.MATION.-Whcrcafl.
J the Judge of the several Courts of
tho County of Wnyne lias Issued Ms precept
for lioldliiL' a Court of Quarter Sessions. Oyer
and Terminer, nnd (Jcnernl .Inll Delivery In
and for said County, nl the Court House, to
begin on
MONDAY. MUICH 11.1012.
nnu to continue two weeks:
And directing that n Oram! Jury for tho
Courts of Quarter Sessions and Oyer and
Terminer be summoned to meet on Monday,
March I. IUI2.nl 2 i. III.
Notice Is therefore hereby clven to tho
Coroner and Justices of the rcnee, nnd Con
stables nf tlic County ( Wnyne, that they bo
then and there In their proper persons, at
said Court House, at 2 o'clock In the after
noon of said till day of Mnrrli, 1012. with their
records, liuiulsltious.cxiiuilnatlons and other
reiiienihranccs, to do those thlncs which to
their olllccs appertain to lie done, and those
who are hound by recounlznnce or otherwise
to prosecute the prisoners who are or shall
belli the .lull of Wayne County, be then nnd
there to prosecute against them as shall bs
lust.
. (liven under my hnnd, nt Honesdule, this
14th day of Koli.. IDI2. nnd In the 133th year
of the. Independence of the United States
Fit AN K 0. KIMHI.U. Sheriff.
Sheriff's Olllce 1
Honesdule Keb. 111912. J 12wt
UfiDOtO
nUnoto
In Memory of Mr. Kipp.
Tho National House of Representa
tives on Sunday, February 25, paid
loving and a high tribute to tho
memory of the lato Congressman
George W. Kipp. Mr. Rothermell,
speaker pro tern, presided over the
session, after which Chaplain H. N.
Couden, D. D., offered prayer.
Eulogies on tho lato congressman
wore offered by Congressmen Wil
son, Lamb, Underbill, Gregg, Ans
berry, Ainey, Palmer and Rother
mell. Leave to print tho eulogies In
the Congressional Record was granted.
Tho finest consignment of!
reliable liorsos over to arrive in
Honesdalo are at tlie livery
stable of
M. Lee Braman
Church Street.
Every horse is Kimniritml to
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kind and gentle. Our matched
teams are winners. Come and.
see them.
- -"Our Minister" at the Lyric on
Friday evening.
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