PAGE SIX
THE CITIZEN, FRIDAY, MAY, 30, 1913,
Ueowels
1 iu
Demonstrates
Sacrednessy
Memorial Da
j HIS," pa said -when wo
War wero at breckfust, "Is
a day that ought to
bring grand thots to us
all. It ought to be one
of tho sacrcdost days of
the year, and It makes
mo proud of my country
when I see my follow
Bltazuns closing up tho
BhopB and stores and
getting reddy to not do
anything but have patrie
ottlo thots and make
I A k m BPeoches 1111(1 strew flow
Jm erB ovcr tncm that were
Htfff3J9 the nation's bull works
In times of need. To
day we gather to consecrate tho hal
lowed dead. Today wo put away all
sectional feelln's, no north, no south,
no east, no west, but all Americans
with one great purpose and mournln'
at a common shrine."
Ma looked at pa as tho sho felt
awful proud of him, and there was
nearly tears In her eyes when sho
said:
"Pa, you don't know how grand it Is
to hear you when you talk that way.
If you could only speak such grand
things when you get up In front of a
crowd it would make folks think you
were a great orator. Your sentamunts
are perfectly splendid, end it would
be a great thing for the coming gen
eration If everybody could hear you."
"Thanks," pa said. "It makes mo
glad to think that once in a while I
can say something you are willin to
listen to,"
"It's a shame," ma answered, "that
you can't have a holiday like tho rest
of tho people, so you could go out
where they strow tho flowers and
show that you are not a barbarian."
"I am goln' to havo a holiday," pa
told her. "I thot I wouldn't let you
know about it before, becoz I wanted
It to be a surprise for you."
"Oh, I'm so glad," says ma. "Now
wo can take the boys and go somo-
"I'm Going to Have a Holiday."
where and see tho parade and cheer
for tho veterans when they pass by
and have tho whole day together."
"It's a beautiful thing," pa went on,
not notlcln' what ma had said, "for
men to let their better natures have a
chanco. After thoy get filled with
sublime sentamunts thoy can go back
to work feelln' so much hotter that it
pays in tho long run."
Ma laid ono of her hands on pa's
arm, and her volco was all trembly
when sho said:
"I know it I'll got dressed early
and wash tho boys and then you can
take us all out whero tho celebration
Is and explain it all to us, so the chil
dren will get an Idea of the sacred
ncss of the occasion."
"I wish I could," pa answered, "only
I got to take part In somo patrlo ottlo
exercizes with tho other men from the
office. But you and tho boys can go
and soo tho parado anyhow, and you
can explain what it means to them."
Anybody could seo that ma was dls
polntod, but sho told pa sho supposed
he couldn't help It, only It was a
shamo wo couldn't havo the day to
ourselves. After pa lit his cigar and
started away ma told mo and little
Albert to always remember the words
our father had spoken and try to grow
up to bo good and patrlo ottlo Uko
him.
In tho afternoon she took us out to seo
the parado, but before It camo along
a horse ran away, and ma got scared
and said a crowd was no placo for
women and children that didn't have
a father thero to protect them, so she
brought us homo again boforo tho pro
cession arrived, and It was a sad day
for us. Little Albert mado a sail boat
that ho tried to sail In the bath tub,
but ho fell in with bis best suit on,
and ma said sho wished there never
was such a thing as Memorial day.
By tho time pa got homo tho house
was all upset and ma said her nerves
wero all frazzled out, but pa looked so
Bad when bo camo In that we felt bop
ry for him, and otter he bung up his
hat and eat down and wiped his fever
ed brow a fow times ma went over and
sat.b.er cheek against bis and said:
""Try td' BtTcETTerftfl. ."suppose you
can't help thlnkln of your Undo Wil
liam at a time llko this; but remember
how gloriouB it was for him to give
his life for his country. It's a sad
occasion, but always remember that
some must lose whllo others win in tho
battlo of life. What happonod must
havo been for tho best or God woukinlt
of lot It happen that way, you know."
"Yes," pa answered, almost groanln',
"I'know what you say Is true."
Then he sat there and seemed to bo
thlnkln' of something that couldn't be
helped.
"Is thero anything I can do for you?"
ma asked.
"No, there's no help for It now," pa
answered.
"Don't look that way," ma said.
"How can I help It?" pa aBked, but it
was easy to see that he didn't know
whajt ma was talkin' about. "It makes
me mad to think of a crowd of farm
ers llko those fellows from tho retail
department goln' in and winnin' by tho
score of 28 to 7, and then have our
mon blame It on mo becoz my pltchln'
arm went back on mo In the, fourth
Inning. If they wouldn't of taken me
out of the box Just when I was gettln'
my nerve hack "
Then he happened to look up at ma,
and stopped as though he had thot of
something ho hadn't remembered be
fore, and the rest of tho evening was
so dismal that it didn't seem as tho
pa over had a patrie ottlc thot In his
life.
GRATEFUL
A!
EV WILL HONOR
IIS DEFENDERS
VERY Memorial day Beems
to tho survivors of the
Union armies and fleets to
carry tho country farther
from its old deference to
the heroes of tho great war,
farther into tho Indiffer
ence and neglect of a new"
Keneratlon. Tho veterans
feel the chango keenly, unless thoy
happen to be philosophers who tako
an Impersonal view of tho nation's
attitude, apparent and real.
If they aro able, however, to put
aside tho senso of personal injury
which many feel, tho men who save!
tho country from dismemberment
And that they aro not being pushel
aside as much ao thoy are exalted
Tho nation does not cater to them ai
It onco did In public affairs. The.
aro not so sought and feared In poll-i
tics. But they aro lifted up out of tho
realm of controversy. The old, angry
discussion of tho pension system has
largely died out Thero is almost no
tearing open of tho old wounds
caused by charges and counter
charges against officers, men and or
ganizations. Every year tho position of tho vet
erans of tho great war Is more fully
accepted as beyond dlsputo and out of
the field of contention. Every Memo
rial day finds them noarcr tho exalted
placo whero tho heroes of tho revolu
tion havo long been enshrined.
Fifty years after tho war for tho
Union began and forty-seven years
after it ended, tho nation cannot bo
expected to turn aside from tho many
concerns of its complex llfo to cele
brate Decoration day fri qulto the old
manner, with tho old singleness of
purpose and interest It is partly a
question of tlmo, partly of propor
tions. Tho ratio between tho total
population and the veterans of tho
war changes constantly and rapidly.
Many millions of Americans havo
como to this country long after tho
war, and their children born hero
number many millions, also.
But these comparative new comers,
llko tho older stock and tho survivors
of tho period Just after tho war, aro
all loyal in thought and feeling to tho
heroes of tho tremendous strugglo
which mado tho American republic of
today possible. They simply accept
tho fruits of tho sacrifices of civil
war veterans as they do tho light of
tho sun, tho fertile fields older gener
ations cleared, tho cities built beforo
their tlmo, and other good gifts of a
beneficent Provldenco. Tho men who
kept tho nation from splitting apart
stand with these-, later millions side
by sido with the heroes of earlier wars.
Bo tho growing space between tho
great mass of tho American people
and tho veterans of tho Civil war is
distance upward rathor than in any
other direction. Tho soldlors and
sailors of tho Union aro being lifted
farther and farther above the rush of
tho llfo of times. If thero Is a seem
ing forgetfulnoss in the nation's atti
tude thero Is a more perfect harmony
in its veneration.
Not 80 Very Much.
"You've got nothing on me," said the
cook.
Tho mistress looked her over care
fully. "Only one hat, ono skirt and two
bunches of puffs," sho retorted, "and
you'll tako 'em all oft before you leave
too." Pittsburgh Post.
A Tale of Two Cities.
"I thought your minister was to
havo a call to Minneapolis."
"He did expect it, but ho went ui
there to preach a trial sermon and took
his text from St Paul, so It's all off."
Chicago Becord-nerald.
Tako care of your thoughts and your
words and deeds will take care of
themselves.
Thomas Crossley's War Story
(Continued from Pago Three.)
murder when that crlmo became
nocessary lo further their plans of
robbery and thievery.
Tho pilsoners organized a police
force for self-protection, and finally
laid their grievances beforo Captain
Wirz, the Confederate officer in
charge. That official suggested a
means for breaking up the gang of
Raiders. He said that if prisoners
who were known to rob or kill were
pointed out they would bo arrested,
tried and a report of the findings
of trial sent to the nearest Union
post. If the findings of the trial
Jury were approved ho would seo
that sentence was properly executed.
Prom GO to 75 of tho Raiders
were pointed out, arrested and tried.
The Jury was composed of the very
latest prisoners brought into the
camp, thus insuring fairness. The
result of the trials was that six
Raiders were convicted of murder
and were sentenced to be hanged,
which sentence was confirmed by tho
nearest Union post and tho convicted
Raiders were hanged. The hanging
was done inside the stockade as a
warning to all who might be inclined
to robbery and murder.
A large number of Raiders convict
ed of a crimo less than murder wero
turned into the camp one at a time
and were made to run the gauntlet.
This punishment was very severe, so
much so that one was actually killed
while in this way paying the penalty
for cruelty and selfishness. The
punishment of these wretches put an
effectual end to tho business of raid
ing. Mr. Crossley Makes Somo
Observations Kcgnriling tho Prison.
Speaking of Captain Wlrz, Mr.
Crossley expressed himself as having
some compassion for that individual,
satanlc as evidently was his official
conduct, because he was a subordi
nate officer executing commands giv
en by superiors.
Speaking of the subject of ex
change of prisoners he said he has
always been of the opinion that the
Confederates njight havo taken bet
ter care of the Union prisoners; but
he thinks they were working on the
theory that they might force an ex
change by such treatment as would
lead tho Union commander to con
sent to almost any sort of exchange
In the Interest of humanity. The re
sult would havo been that our pris
oners would havo been out of the
struggle on account of sickness and
general disability, while tho Rebel
prisoners, having been well fed and
generously taken caro of would have
swelled the Rebel ranks by nearly
100,000 men, which would have
greatly prolonged the war. Such is
his belief 50 years this side of that
period of the great struggle.
Mr. Crossley Is also of the opinion
that certain features of the suffering
might easily have been mitigated or
entirely eliminated. For Instance,
Andersonville was surrounded with
considerable timber which might
havo been cut and either sawn into
boards for house construction, or
log houses might have been built,
He also believes that more and bet
ter food might have been provided.
Tho Rebels at Andersonville were
not a happy lot, by any means.
Sherman's march to the sea caused
them much worriment. They also
knew of Kilpatrick's raid, and when
such nows reached them they were
worried. Tho prisoners were corres
pondingly Joyous and hopeful ovcr
every crumb of nows that promised
relief and pointed to freedom. Truly
those prisoners wero enforced mar
tyrs for tho cause of American liber
ty.
Brief Sketch of tho
Release of Sergeant Crossley.
Before passing on to another
most Interesting part of tho war
prison record the writer will briefly
chronicle tho subsequent career of
Mr. Crossley. In October, 1864,
Sergeant Crossloy was removed from
Andersonville, Georgia, to Florence,
S. C. There he had a severe attack
of swamp fever. For a long time he
was delirious, and ho has no recol
lection of leaving Florence. He be
came conscious as he was entering
Wilmington, N. C; but he again lost
consciousness, and remained In that
condition until he reached Golds
borough, N. C. From Goldsborough
ho was taken back to Wilmington, N.
C, where he was paroled and was
soon homeward bound, eventually
reaching the North, a happy man
back In old Connecticut. Three years
later he married Mary A. McRoy, of
his native town of Slmsbury. Two
years later he left Connecticut and
took up his residence at Glen Eyre,
Pa. Four years later ho came to
Honesdale whero ho has continued to
reside. He has been honored by po
sitions of honor and trust in the
borough, also in tho Methodist Epis
copal church, of which ho Is a con
sistent member.
Somo Statistics of n
Very SuggcstJvo Nature.
Thomas Crossley has gathered
from various sources certain statis
tics of the Civil War covering losses
on tho field and through tho effects
of military prisoners, and they aro
well worth pondering over and pre
serving. Between the lines the
stories of sorrow and suffering are
plainly to bo seen.
HEllEIi LOSSES.
Rebels captured and Im
prisoned 227,500
Total, (includes Leo and
Johnson) 500,000
Rebels died in prison, 30,152
UNION LOSSES.
Union soldiers captured and
imprisoned 94,072
Total soldiers, paroled or ox
changed 180,000
Union prisoners died in prison 4G.401
Union prisoners died before
returning homo 11,595
Union prisoners died after re
turning homo 12,000
Union prisoners survived. . . . 24,000
Union prisoners died, 69,996
In 2,061 engagements In the Civil
War from 1862 to 1865 thero were
killed 61,262, or 8,734 less than
died In all the Southern prisons, on
the way home and shortly after
reaching home.
AN ANDERSONVILLE NINE
MONTHS' RECORD.
No. or Daily
Prisoners Deaths Average
March, '64, 4,763 283 9
April 9,577 593 19
May 18,454 711 23
Juno 26,367 1,202 40
July 31,678 1,742 66
August 31,693 3,076 98
Sept. 8,218 2,790 90
October 4,208 1,596 51
Nov. 1,359 485 10
MONTHLY RATIO OF DEATHS.
In April deaths amounted to 1 In
every 16.
In May deaths amounted to 1 In
every 26.
In Juno deaths amounted to 1 In
every 22.
In July deaths amounted to ,1 In
every 18.
In August deaths amounted to 1
in every 11.
In September deaths amounted to
1 in every 3.
In October deaths amounted to 1
In every 2.
In November deaths amounted to
1 in every 3.
The largest number of deaths in
any one day was August 23, 1864,
when the number of prisoners who
crossed over Into the Land of Silence
was 127.
Tho total number of prisoners who
died and were buried in Anderson
villo Is 13,705.
Tho Awful Story Told by
Comparing the Monthly Record.
It will bo noted that beginning
with the month of March, 1864,
when the prison camp had only been
open one month and tho Union pris
oners had only been in captivity a
short tlmo, the dally average of
deaths was not excessively large
Tho next month it will be noted that
the daily average more than doubled.
In May tho mortality was not so
great, but in June the daily average
nearly doubled again. It will be
noted that as tho number of prison
ers increased tho daily average num
ber of deaths Increased away beyond
the ratio of tho early months. This
was because the prisoners were
growing weaker and weaker from
starvation, exposure and neglect.
Tho Ending of the War Story
In Mr. Crossley's Own AVords.
"An old saying Is," said Mr.
Crossley, "that every man has his
price." I havo seen men so cheap
that they were waiting to sell them
selves, and others whose price was
no less than their eternal salvation.
"By their deeds ye shall know
them." The latter were always
hopeful, encouraging the sorrowful
and oppressed, ministering to tho
sick, closing the eyes of the dying
and interceding at the Throne of
Mercy for the safety and rest of their
departing comrades. In their con
ception of duty and patriotism they
were as fixed as the everlasting hills.
I thank God for such men In tho
days of Andersonville. My Judg
ment is that the world is no worse
today. Let tho emergency arise, and
this latter type of men will be
found among us. It was Anderson
ville that developed these men, and
had thero been no Andersonville the
world would never have known of
them. More than 50 years have pas
sed since the close of the Civil War.
We know its cost. I ask the ques
tion, Did it pay?"
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A Postal AVill Bring Trial Treatment
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address Booth's MI-O-NA, Buffalo,
N. Y. Peil, tho druggist, soils a
whole lot of 50 cent boxes on money
back if dissatisfied plan.
Wayno Common Pleas: Trial List
June Term, 1913.
McDonnell vs. McDonnell.
Clark vs. Thompson.
Van Osdalo vs. Blaine et al.
Kordman vs. Denlo et al.
Town vs. Cortright & Son.
Wilcox vs. Mumford.
Carey vs. Township of Buckingham.
Honesdale Milling Company vs. Kuh
bach. Gerety vs. Columbian Protective As
sociation. Congdon vs. Columbian Protectlvo
Association.
Cromwell vs. Weed.
Bregsteln Bros vs. RIdgeway.
De Groat vs. Brutscho.
North Tonawanda Musical Instru
ment Works vs. Horbeck-Demer
Company.
Derrick vs. Cortright & Son.
Hunkelo vs. Brown.
Miner vs. Miner.
Shannon vs. Havens et al.
W. J. BARNES. Clerk.
APPRAISEMENTS Notice is giv
en that appraisement of $300
to the widows of the following nam
ed decedents have been filed In the
Orphans' Court of Waynd county, and
will be presented for approval on
Monday, Juno 16, JL913 viz:
Chris. Lowe, Honesdale: Personal.
F. W. Bunnell, Texas: Personal.
John Grlswold, Clinton: Personal.
Loren Enslln, Lake: Personal.
Geo. BUlard, Cherry Rldgo: Per
sonal. Charles MoVey, Preston: Real and
Personal.
David McLaughlin: Real and Per
sonal. Appraisement of real estate of
Mary Farrell, widow of Matthew
Farrell, Honesdale, under Act of As
sembly of April 1, 1909.
W, J. BARNES, Clerk.
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In Regard to Paint.
When you go Into a store and ask
for paint don't bo misled if the pro
prietor or the clerk begins to sell you
paint by weight. Don't be fooled be
causo the greatest weight does not
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instance, green and dark colored
paint do not carry as much white
lead, as white and light colored
paints, therefore, if your dealer
weighs up a gallon of his competi
tor's paint, say green or some dark
colored paint, surely It will not weigh
as much as a gallon of his whito
paint. Then again there is a way of
making a gallon of paint weigh
heavy without much cost, but we
hope no dealer in Honesdale sells
this kind; a paint that is adulterated
with Barytes, which costs about $20
per ton while pure white lead is
worth about ?160 per ton, but tho
Barytes has very little If any cover
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very white. These are only a few
facts that everybody should know. If
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