The Wingham Times, 1889-10-04, Page 34 -
„TION OF RELICS,
A LITTLE MINE CONOMED IN THE
WADSWORTH ATHENEUM.
hitter relieve Penned in the Time Ot
the Devolution--Denedict Arriold'a Bull'
WS Watch—A Volleotion or Swordand
a Waistcoat %lot Was Pierced by One.
The revolutionary relies preserved in.
the historieal rooms of the Wadsworth:
Athenasum in this city arerich and ye, -
tied in interest. In the fust place, the
building is on the site of the old Wada.
worth residence, in the parlors of which
Oen. Washington, Marquis de Lafayette,
Jonathan Trumbull, Count Rochambeau,
end Admiral de Ternity held the notable
conference with regard to the war which
resulted in the discomfiture of the British
forces at Yorktown and the surrender of
Cornwallis. Tho plane of campaign wae.
decided on at this conference. In out-
of-the-way places in the building is an,
invaluable mass of historical docinuente,
including unpublished. Washington let,
terta the Silas Deane papers, letters from
Lafayette and Rochambeau, with the
origiaal contract with the great mar-
quis, which insured his services to the
struggling patriots. It is doubtful if a
dozen men in this city have seen these
Papers, which are stowed away in old,
boxes and chests. Trumbull's accounts -
of the continental army are also deposit,
ed in large quantities in this bonanza of
revolutionary memoriala.
A bushel basketful of old checks bear -
tag the signature of Aaron Burr could.
be unearthed if Professor Trumbull could
be persuaded to consent to the proceed-
ing. The Burr autographs, apart frepa,
this business lot, arevery rare at present.
The gold and onyx snuff box which Gen,
Washington owned is not allowed to be
Aeon for fear it might prove a resistlees
temptation to thieves and burglars. it
is inclosed in a paper box and securely
looked in one of the side cases of the.
athenteura. The footstool of Martha
Washington is allowed, however, a place.
cm the floor of the historical rooms, and,
now and then a wearied visitor might
drop down upon it for a moment's rest,
believing it to be an old fashioned settee.
The Bibld' and diary of Jonathan Trum:
hull, the original "Brother Jonathan,”
are not far from, Nathan Hale's powder.
horn, which he earried and fitted,for use
when a student in Yale college.
The antique basket which the- uoted'
spy used incamp, containing even. now-
a
couple of .bottles, is in the case'. with
the powder horn, suggesting that the
owner used to get dry like other mortale.
The Hale letters are worth their weight
to gold. Thebull's eye watch, owned by
Benedict Arnold, and the wallet whicb.
wast in the possession of Major Andre
when he was captured., are the principal.
attraetons in still another case in the
rooms.
The Collection of swords which were
worn by distinguished revolutionists is.
unequaled in thia section of the country.
3.110 list comprises Jonathan Trumbull's.
(senior and junior), the latter of whom,
was Washington's private secretory, and.
Israel Putnam's twenty inch blade,
which saw some of the bloodiest carnage
of the war,. The cartridge box worn at
Bunker Hill by Abraham Tuttle, of New
Haven, is unique in its way,. The queer
mail bag in which the firstnews of the
battle of Lexington was carried through
the Connecticut valley is, snugly con-
cealed in a spot where no one would
• think of looking for it, and endures old
age surprisingly well.
The array of dismal memorials is more
interesting than such collections gener-
ally turn out to be in a public tesort.
The 'waistcoat worn by Col. Ledyard
when be was run through with his osvn
sword by a British officer at Port Gris-
wold after tho surrender of the iarrison,
on Sept. 6, 1781, is invariably sought out
by visitors, A few feet from this waist-
coat, which shows where the sword pene-
trated and left the body of the gallant
Ledyard, is a link from the stupendous
iron chain which the Americans stretched
across the Hudson river to intercept the
British shipping from New York. The
link is thresefeet in length and weighs
?seveety-fice pounds at least. A piece of
Washington's original coffin can be seen
if desire& The bullet which was fired
into the heart of Gen. David "Wooster, at
Danbury, on April 27, 1777, is also at
hand, It was removed from the fearless
leader's heart, and has been kept with
great care for 112 years.
One of the most fascinating bks of
plate in the building; is the silver cream-
er which belonged to the senior Trunia
bull. The design is light and airy, and
every lady who sees it is conscious of a
secret longing to gain possession of it,
Mr. Charles J. Madly, the state librea
Han, is the only person in the United
States, so far as known, who own e copies
of the Weekly Journal issued by the con-
titental congress in. 1770. A few copies,
Koine of them duplicating Mr. Hoadly's,
are preserved in the New York state li-
brary. The numbers owned by the Con-
bectieut state librarian extend from
April 24 until July 5. The pages in seta
eral numbers of the Journal have not
been cut. The numbers owned by the
New York, state library, issued during
the period in question, are May 1 and 10,,
lay 22 and 31 and Junc t, T
*York library also possesses three num-
bers, Feb. 1, Idareh irorl PI, not owned
by tatt.lIon,'",„ aaeibers were
printed by IL a aool, They
-
r2teetteLitezo ez t•euutee* welt t9 Oft
teunti le the awed velem% In fact,
the records are very complete and con-
' tato a great deal of valuable historic
formation.—ilartford Post.
Not That
inaRind*
Young Ghlee-1 have an attachment
—why, what'a the matter?
Old Ilarduppe--Oo on; one more won't
count, anyway,
Y. G.—I have a strong attachment for
your beautiful daughter, and beg her to.
confer her hand upon me,
0. 11. (looking immensely relieved)--Ite
that all? But 1 might have known, for.
there'e nothing left worth making an ate
tachment agebest.—DetroitFree
A. "Position Pinder."
Maj. Wathins",position finder," by
which the guns of a. battery or ship of
war are concentrated by a single expert
upon a definite object with the touch of
a button in his remote place of obeerva-
don, is reeking great progress. It will
abolish much, if not all, of the interest
in artillery practice. The gunners wilt_
have only to load, and then to take their,
directions as to eleaation and training.
from a dial. They will generally be ig-
norant as to what they are firing at, and
will probably have no knowledge wheth-
er or not their firing, is effective. An
their business will be to load, to watch
the dial and to fire. If there is much
tattolre, so as'.to °lemur° their view, that
will be so much the better, for it will
conceal them from the enemy, whirs the
position finder directs them from his
place, which may be clear from.sach ob-
scurity.—Exchange.
to
*inn a *a , 'cord of tae„,
Moved to Poetry.
The village of North Waidoboro (Me.)
is so happy at getting rid of an affliction
that the village poet burst into song over
the event, in The Waldohoro News. The
affliction is described as "the most ag-
gravating deg that ever lived," and his
epitaph follows:
"Old Prince" is dead, that bors14.cur.
They shot the rascal through the far,
And all whe•knew this canine bad.
Can neer a feeling have that's sad:,
We can't forget his naughty tricks.
Nor how he killed. tho hens and chicks.
Each cat he'd chase and kine and out),
And bathed in ODShIDA11/8 watering tub.
It Was a Wet Dar.
John Barnes, the baseball manager,
while over in Ireland looking after the
fortune that had beenleft him there,
was, of course, in Dublin part of the
tine. It was a damp, drizzly day when
he arrived there, but he was bound to
take a look over the city, even if it was
necessary to undergo a drenching in the
attempt. So the St. Paul manager
stepped into a jaunting ear, or some
other sort of Irish conveyanoe, for, a
drive about the town. Riming through
Phcenlx park he noticed three great
statues, presumably the counterfeits: in
bronze of national heroes. "What are
those?" John asked of his fine Celt,io dri-
ver, "Thim"—was the confident re-,
ply—' the twelve apostles."
"Twelver exclaimed the great baseball.;
manager; "why, man, there are only
three of them." "True yez are, sor;
true yez are; but yez can't expect the
wholetwelve to come out on, a, wet day
like this—ha (to the horse), go lang, ye
brute." This may be op old joke on, the
other. aide, but as the genial manager
took pain,..to bring it amass the ocean it
is cheerfully awarded space -in this col-
umn—Thl:
e Caimal Listener in St. Pau
Pioaeer Frees.
The Lave Mist De Respected.
They were sitting at the supper table
last night when the husband said: "The
census olerk was in today, dear. He de-
manded the age of each of the family,
and I was obliged to give him yours. It
watt the law, he said."
"You did, you bratel Law? What do
1 care for law? John Henry, did you
presume to tell that num nay age?" she
demanded, indignantly:
"Yes," John Henry replied diplo-
matically, "I told him you were a4."
"Oh," John Henry's wits said beatn-
ingly, as the rustling of the wings of the
dove of peace were heard in the room,
"I suppose the law has to be respected."
—Cincinnati Commercial Gazette.
And Well It Might..
The quaint sayings of children sire
always more or, Iess refreshing. The
young minds, unhampered. by conven-
tionality, take a short and explicit cut in
the expression of a thought. A little
girl who accompanied her mother into
town the other day was very much in-
terested in speed with which elle was
traveling toward the city, and on leav-
ing the train at the Fitchburg depot and
passing by the great pulling locomotive
that had borne the child, so rapidly over
the rails, the little one turned to her
mother, and calling the latter's attention
to the engine, setd: "Seer mamma, it's all
out of brcatit."-13oston, Budget.
The Modeira.Mamuta.
Mamma—Now, reinembee„ Ilortrem.
pm mustn't tun too hard, ottymill per
-
spirts and spoil your FamptIciroy shirt.
13e,rtie—Yes, dearst.
Mtnama--And you mustn't wipe your
nose on your FauntieroY sash, or mamma
will have to whip
Bertie—No, dearest.
Mainnia..Above all things, remember,
under no circumstances take teeir hat
off, because your Fatintleroy curls are
aewed in the brinte—Aeleiry Park &ma"
The other day an egg which was
truly a freak of nature, was discover-
ed at Mr, George Tadford's house is
Clinton. An ordinary looking egg
wriapicked up to UM*
i , and when brok-
en, nstead of a yelk.inside was found
a second egg fully developed. This
was broken, and another found inside
of it, which, upoubeing broken, was
found to contain an ordinary pea,
that had started to sprout. Mr, Ted-
ford vouches for tho truth of this,
being present in the house at the time
the eggs were broken.
Consumption Surely Cured.
TO TUN Baum s --Please inform your readers that X
have a positive remedy ter the above named disease.
By 34 timely use thousands of hopeless eased have
been mired, X shall be glad to send two bottles of
mytfuelinnectliyolsiniriltio anyllof your 1ne 4iltdiers, who have
V.nO. trdr iteeipv TI,"'AllirATIIV
104 IV'est•Adelaide Jaronto, (lint*
The Harriston Tribune is responsible
for the following ; Last winter we had
occasion to refer to a farmer of the
5th con„ Minto who lost a quarter of
beef oft his sleigh and did not miss it
until he arrived in Wein lie has
been to Htirriston again, this time
coming in he lost bis large binder can-
vas which he had taken along in case
of rain, This ho did notmiss until
loading up his grist at the mill. OD
his way home he kept such a close
look -out for his lost property that he
did not notice three bags of bran drop
off behind, and only disooykred tbis
when one oh the wheels came off the
waggon. He bad also lost one of the
nuts that held the wheel to its place.
So much mental worry in taking care
of his sheckles is mid to have made
him absent minded,
CATARRH ototno, health and sweet breath
seoured, by Shiloh's4a
Price 60 cents. Nasal Injector freO.ni, ea'cir;
sale by 0, E. Williams.
Without the aid of advertisements
I could have done nothing in, my
speculation. I have the moat complete
faith in "printers ink." Advertising
is the "royal road to business."—PT.
Barnum.
WILL you surrxn with Dyspepsia and
Liver Complaint? Shiloh's Vitalizer is Come and am
guaranteed to oure you. For sale by 0. E,
Williams.
A CHOICE sTog4K OF GARDEN' SEEDS & HOUSEHOLD I:LAMM
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4••••••••••..
FOR THE BEST VALUE
ORDIJRED CLOTHING
WEBSTER'S.
HATS, CAPS, SHIRTS,
COLLARS, CUFFS, &C'
Cheap for KAKI.
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WEBSITTITt'S
THE CITY GROCERY
CHANGED HANDS.
0. 3. READING
Having purchased H. Hisoock'S gr8cery and made heavy pur..
chasses in
GENERAL GROCERIES and PROVISION'S,
rruftg,, CfnIfectienery,. enekery,
Canware, de.,
He has now.
1\1"E1 P E EJ s ic c- o 01)
ARRIVING DAILY,
and offers
SOLID BARGAINS FOR CASH
Try goods and ascertain prices.
The art of putting the right men
in the right places is first in the
science of governinent ; but, that of
finding places for discontented is thea
most difficult.,
CRODP, 'WHOOPING COME and Bronchitis
vormetearylyaltli.eveilialimysShiloh's Cure.,1 I Tsi r,
Medical authorities insist that r ._ ,.
stimulants weaken the voice, and.
doubtless they, do. It must be ad,.
ia:-.:4) ti—
the breath. —c
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n3itted, ho'weverf that they strengthen
For sale by C. E. Williams.
oured by Shiloh's Cure. We guarantee it.
TJTAT MOM/TO cottou• can be so quickly rill thy lit stkioini wo claim to
„i„,., Tic ;Ham El.
0. J. READING.
This is the most unkindness cut of
all, said Jenkins, as he observed the
very.smali piece of meat that the
landlady placed on his plate at break,
fast.
Sreacee's Coven and Coma:Then Cure is
sold by us on a guarantee. It cures Con-
sumption, )'or sale by C. E. Williams.
The most absent-minded mart was
not the man who hunted for hie pipe
when it was between his teeth, nor
the man who threw his hat out of the
window and tried to hang his cigar on
a peg, or the man that read tho
notice on his office door "Back By
Half Past Two," and sat down to wait
for himself; no 1 but the man who
put his umbrella to bed, and went and
stood behind the door.
STMEDL2SEI Buono, made mieerable by
that terrible cough. Shiloh's Cure is the
Remedy for you. For sae by C. E.
—A, man who accuses himself of
beingthotightless frequently provesat
by his conversation.
"An Old Settler" writes to an ex, -
chance that he has reached the conclu.
sion "we are to have an early fall
and a long, cold, hard winter,» and
figures out its follows: "In the first
place, just try the skin ofany of your
fruit. You, will find your apples,
peaches, at]td, grapes, and all your
fruit, for that matter, whieh i home
grown, with a, thicker and tougher
skin than you have seen for several
years. That is one of the indicatieins,
That is the way. nature takes care of
her products. Last winter apples and
other fruits were so thin-skitined and
tender that it was hard to gather
them without bruising them, if you
would remonbcr, we had an extra-
ordinary mild winter. Coto is en
otheri of natures signboards. The
ears this year are protectedthis year
by thicker and stronger itualts than I
have seen before for years. Wheat
and rye straw are tougher, hay is
wirier and the seed pods aro better
protected thau usual. Thos.; are, old
farmer». signs."
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upostionalh faots: .
let. THAT 1 HAVE THE BEST ASSORTED STOCK OF
WATCHES, CLOCKS AND JEWELLERY IN WINGHANI,
2nd. THAT THE QUALITY OF MY GOODS' IS EQT3AL TO
THE BEST.
3rd. THAT MY PRICES ARE SUCH THAT IT IS SAFE:, AND
FITABLE FOR ALL TO' DEAL WITH1:111E.
tIMSIT THIS POP,. —Z-CYCri=ZSM.T..a"
BY CALLING ON
E. F. GERSTNER.
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