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The Huron Signal, 1888-6-8, Page 66 • TIIE HURON 81GNAL, FRIDAY. JUNE 18& AS TO WEST POINT. SOMETHING HISTORICAL REGARDING THE MILITARY ACADEMY. Coysarwr+mnrt Thio feat... the Riad* of Ametteena to Tures Toward ¶Id. tre•.rl- fol %pa au tea Nor ata -Moor !memo'. I.. Ube BPO.. IItarrated. N0TIIER tear has Tolled 'mond. and West Polut U about to Rend out a new crop of embryo Le•nwt. There aro• t!it` 11•ual e:.amitta- tkats, the art il- !cry , infantry and cavalry drills. bridge l.uiidiry[, eigu•ttng. • x e r - c i n e s theoretic. with a slight sprinkling of the practical thruwr,.ta, by hb h soldiers are made. (Fume a year wines halt a hundred of these young ern a' turned loose. somk to Co at once into civil fife. some to upend • few years is .loopy forts and garrisons, and the make a break for activity, while others, atter passing a lifetime La the military setvhee. at 14 are retired with the rank ..f atajor or lieutenant colonel. If they air vela fortunate they may reach to the cow - awed of a regiment. a position attained in war time by utnny a youngster of 23 or 24 years of age. Much interest.ttac:r.e to West Point beyond that felt in the Military academy kvery s hoolb.,yy lingers over the story of Arno:d and Andre, 'lirrttarus" and -Sohn Ander on." and the three Ct:ntiaeutals who raptured Andre, and their noble self siaerifice in not wailing their enuntry for the yellow metal. !'.•rhapt not oue iu twenty who have Head the story of Ar- nold's treason, of the rapture and exa•nt- tion of an accomplished young British talker, really uri.0 i -stand* the atrateEie iniportan••e of \% •et Point to both the British and t: Americans du.-ing tu: revolutionary war. ' ••• At the time rf thta strziegle the Gott. sag's Atria, as it was the eWM, Rte fair main fiery of enmmnnicatioa Making the southern, the middle and New England the r Wart Pout wet dine NIP ligOn w the sort 0 sad the ls- Ira seTimm war iJwsys a, rc,,,alderabItio• he kept there -at Istat fee That time• -7r Washington was fee • At tie, time of IM of Prance. an order the day In h•aue new auppatlng the Ria against the ung. wee elected err "Lite Elam uudverytpn who're Grant. rib.•tr...ors. a. IfaaiaaatduIbr'• have inure par"AIM. AMA wilt alaan.ket. Waeit- Ineton o•d se 1 dance with Mrs Orn - Rivet. sterility t. eve birth of t!tA wadi Peeped tet the all states in t Au ee er„r • • • The a. eyol :ed tiller' u' the er gluons, quarters w.•r• sit tion lu urn' and was sot born. it was tis revolution the sr into a regtnwet as:I lie a eurps. and Thr bee.: atW.•t Point. t *dots te each Ne}r for iu4nte tkste were three• profeeeors bet thea, wero fmach . ; ,. tome whheu' Ce•-• to u is pal. to the Crr.tt.- ud Th''' 371111110Ms doubted whothee the gee-` ' tatialiedIos.atituLionel au:boric•' to a-' '611S alt asadeay, aid the embryo cartel • of lashes rams eery Year bring molted tett stere thou1-e. cruor boot a rx•.dn„. �Mtg tie Heat stow year., u• its h. *t.l7 tyw were bus 1,•cv iota!! protiter to lee rocked" After that the '' "dM" took a start, and wider the Mali ,-erased a its first supetint. t al nt, (bl1' r. berms at once an ea,'tjlent lust; • n Little le lett of the buildings in wli emisb, who were there be- lww•tla Mid 18 O. slept and att. and rest' .1. Hearth arrarka and Korth a'' -'rhe and miss hall have pot w d away, and 1 that stead have risen blti!.tin ee of a r" roe Illidlathreser ar: l more dur ahi blab hicel i:l.•trn:nents. re!, ' of West Point's grist. Kr't•'"tayaSew collected in these build Ito .without more than nue menet to"1 bm bees erected to stint to her feet• A snifter's life is matin tip of t.nr reorient bloke,; by Intervals of intense His peace is more pester ful, Ids la mere active thin that .d otbsr RM. It is thous brief p,•riude of -'iied WW1 the eyes of all have been t :H the saes of West Point. that have 1stLy lifted them to tower over by Ober metF.riols- and Tor whet. Meet of the regular ,_Winters who fa the Mexican war wereom } '•iawl held low rank. It wr,.s only e heftthe civil war cams on that Hames. trio o had berm entered on thi MP or wear Lyres au old drs colonies. forminlr. with and Champlain and the St. *Taoist entitinunua waterway lakes. Froja the first both .•fat ated the' pHtaoee of till; lin munleation. The British wet-t- otems ere•hones of getting possession of i:: Laving it they could Pee only p vent communication along its metre h:• t ships. patrolling the ricer. coif! i even eh off communication between New Lagia:, and the west and south. In short. they rnnld cut the colonies in t wo in the ridd:r, and their suhjertion .otild Toe iuoyits9'••. It became at one, an object with the Ame teens to binrkwie the riser to the enemy's ships_ F treinrer ale tiers rr vert d that for this pill -wee the hieldstu • sbcit Nest Point fr:rni,be { adru.i I .- gr She hills on either -i•1.• err very :::,;i. the river much narrrewor than at any ether point, and taking a sudden bored heroes Constitution Island and We*, P•.int This bend would st a ship.andwas thus ezt,- rem' tarot, .nt- abh• to the eolnnists" plan for eletreti„n, which was by means of & boats and a charm etreteh,d acne.; the river f•'r in t online ranch of the headway eta ship brnugbt to bear oa the obstruct would le• lust. The first place. however. feel/a4'7 the Americans wags at Fort Montgrst••rc. sev- . rill miles below; but one tune•• -g the British walked up to the fort tam tad' Putpe lying in the river below •.;•pow- cred the garrison and deetmr-i works that had coat the Americium I `x1,000. After this disaster Waahine ttraed f,rward the work at West 1 r• ]pet Constitution had been built n:. • omens - tion island opposite, and For" .t-ndd- afterward Fort Clinton -was h:Ut Ma West Point. Higher up bry..rd 'lie plata other works were constructed. the pl c{pal of which was Fort Pntr.m. A oll0n two laid and • boom placed Pie below it. Northers of the boom have been preserved seri a portion of the (-hain, a -•t ,f width 1s here given, is now plr•ercei as. s roue at West Point. The links ar.rsse 114 pounds each in weight. and the else of the worden shlpe,.fthat would donbtless have iorned an owe" • tee.. HMT. I PVhc' tiw.l-zoo Ar. Tone.. as • the beer: s apFT. of cow - ,z e t a deny books as ixoys suddenly shone t with dazzling brilliancy tool pats ' . -ectly tato history. It in this that baa _ . yea Wet Point. though but a youth in to many American univeni- :nn. a is history an mull larger, or i' least filled with figures rag meal more ri1Mn/t, than ler rival institutions of :eetltatni. • • Om Mew years during the month of Ju*. iMbrm has been a gathering of tmgen; at Rest Point. It b'gan by a Zirse the relatives of the cadets passing through their graduat- ing,esMeas. Then K'eat Point barame a eaelelerresort. rand foor thirty years her kaee.been filled with young girls r aalnmas who attend them to altWadies for women under 20. Those who sesattractnd by the Military academy West Point hotel. built very where stood Fort Cliatea. t piazza the young girl dreams away the slimmer afternoons with some youngster who, with a alt;ngied bead and a wasp waist• has been given ashort leave of absents for the purpose. There they listen to audh sounds a, finnt over the plain -the handling of muskets. the roll- ing over the ground of artillery. or the trampp of horses in drill. the 'online of merit! mush. They may 4mnnni of the old chain and boom of Fort t'ouatitntioa. the sited wb$eb is in view directly semens Pm. river. and fancy they eau see the tegligne !oohing 4)ontinentad sentinel gaglieg bark and forth; of Fort Putnam tip the hill. with its magazines once full perk and powder, now a riles. pone PCTS/Jt. AU these t.hinge they may dream of; bat they don't. Mot trial in a hundred is tblebtag about Fret (i0satitutlou or Port Matas, or Washington or Koecineko. wbo hmgineernd it all. er •'1 the chain or the boom. or Benedict Armed. What they do dreams of no one knows. belt a shrewd guns would be very likely td\strike a pic- ture of army lite in wdMis ei'd s In snore fort; not a ort about which thane are hall breeds and Indians. oowboys end rut - throats. but a fort weene all this guns shine and martial music always nneds as deMghtfully as the strains namlag fro* the West Point band across the "plain.' a fort around which there are beautiful walks like .'eirtatloa." where they wet stroll and pink wild dowers. Aare they fanny a life with all the pleasure* of pians and as the fascinating aresesortes of war. But at Isat the aee.00 is ever; the rade* goes back to barracks or alone to his poet on the frontier And the ighp.I1 Alas. It la a practical age. Moat Mem site gore bask to her home. marries s briber er pork packer. and settles In a ''sten. front," ihetlgtt .omrtltnos els realises en ougb of to ge with tb.cache to his fort Ms N Weise Omega Mast •uda d•Colds, moieties Cor elm ..d an rweeee of ilea Ureal. Eeep Has- jard'• Protocol DPP* It trail for 11 eh prwvaleilt ,t„wbl.. et W joie, •1:d at F;•nn; It al the beaship ,d. A tt)Astirtr of the Ka.ehtie• Co/e- mitter td the Irish Kneen!n! Lomita is eta e* weertboa besalted for .lees 12 at (tlrerh.nd, Uhw. The ubyeet 1. ea- doul•tedly is reward w the wiser aeeree ail) 1,• So 'a. •e ee the 1'••; • e rest Pty'. as en te•eraetu.id- IFnn't .lbw a cob, in + he hr to aloe - ty •11141•11141surely run lute Collet *Igen too can be cured for 1'3r. by esinz 1)r. Chas s Catarrh Cure. A few applica- tions eon iaeirteet catarrh ; 1 to Y buses cures .grtEtuary catarrh ; S to i twat*.twat*.is guaranteed to CCTV chronic cetera. Try it. Only 2:ec and sere care. Sell by all artixgute. 1y A Mtwara -Of ono dose •'1's arta Int'" to ar:y ••rte s.ndiug the beat four lirl- rhj•I's on YVASSItZ1.' the retry vbibk t:!e tr•'w • for the Teeth id Pet:,Pet:,Ask y sur ,Iruytest or address re *are ewnrkaale "Yeti. or .ii at :est, what the true 1o•:blic ham been IncitingIncitingfor these meet. years year old Ilist is a medicine which aithoavh d but lately int..uce& has made for itself a et -puristic..... rescued to none, the .aadieiue to .1 Meson's Touir Reiter ',hie!' 10 roejnuctton with Johnin,,'.. 1.1.1111 -1.1.1111 -Lover Pills has perferneed armor ncurve moat wonderful cu. impure n r 110 too tem , risked 1,1..4 toincomes pmribe.. and enriched. Hilinnune.s, 111111(tMtina. sic i. I.eadache, liver comp:amt. Unmoor. weakness, rte , non disappear whetk trestreatedil by these etce.itt tonic meth. closet For Sal. by tis .�, 4111e -tie'. A:- btA.- bikerblerc r. Ooderich, s Ile agent. Id Donee (who catches his pastor not I fishing; : '-Coxed moraine. I) Knot r.Ai • , inn rtsayiult theuluby Slimmer : '' Yraichthyobgy." To Cao s[edteol erelsemaiNi. use W whew 111 mayallM11101. Pbnpphattne. or Nerve jfoo*,`a Phos- phate F.emoot based upon 6uietttific Fate, 'formulated by Ptofese;r. „Lu•tiu, M. I). of Beton, M.as., euros Pe.+lm•'n- ary -Cuu.,wapttotl, Nick tl. etti =. Don't Wait saw year bade Loomis dry. this. •a+ gray before giving the arssatlua aeett.tt lu• moseys Me beauty so! tttabty. Keep ell your I sbta►H a bottle of Ayer'b HMI, Vs.- ib. only dressing you reviles ler she h dr --end see a Ilttb, dally, tis inseams the miming color sad priimat bald * Thema latnday, Sharma Grove, Ky , writes :"Ipr,.s,ty�Yl mouths agu ay hair contaminatecontaminacontaminate.e� out, aid in • new weeds my MIA was shoes bald. I tried atm" remedies, but tb.y did no good. 1 easily bought a bottle of Ayer's Hair Vigor, sad, after u.lag ody • part of the coaterie. my head was covered witb a heavy growth of hair. 1 recom- mend year prsparwtfoa as the best hair- newer airrestorer to the world.'• '• My hair war faded and dry," writes Mabel C. Hardy. of Delavn, III ' but after ring • bottle of Ayer'. Ilan Vigor it became black sad glossy." Ayer's Hair Vigor, Sell by Druggists and Perfumers. Pimples and Blotches, do diaigaeteg to the fele. forehead. and seek, any be entirely removed by the am of Amts Meoosseulie. the best and .alai Alsssativs and=hod-Purifier ever discovers& Dr. J. C. alp. i ea.. Loweg. Maar, Sold by D•tegps: lit : els Moho for ea• tine reef of well entities* ...low dry will keep $ eg•w five ..r .ts eo ,iih• `A. •4.15'; •hr w1i1 ►eeleiee. ren •tri awe. •Moet lbeee. Wars • 1 ieI torr for hri •ow• turf aulrtr.to.' Orth -thorn ..11 the l•,tllaY •y.teeti writ-alppart bee all the )rot► ?ous Attacks, V ertig•. and Net.•taltia and all wasting diseases of the turner system. Phosphatine is not a Medicine. but a Nutriment, because it ce ntaiaa no Vegetable or Mineral Poisons, Opiates Nascetics, and no 8timnlants, but aintp! ly the Phosphatic and (artric Elements found in our daily footl. A single 'tettie u sttlflciont to conelnt-r. All Dru egiats sell rt. $1.09 par bottle. Lowe', & Co., sole agents for the Duatiton, 55 Front Street East Toronto DUNN'S BAKINC POWDER THE COOK'S BEST FRIEtYI Mti e•esalno4 Rail \Ito ries to Isiying snr 1k 11: • Mos I The Old Fr. st: -t >1.,t and `41e'• Ilam rr Aert.xkl3.11i11 to th,• frees w�.Met the loam The HARRIS STEEL BINDER. fifteen voere'' tapet:enee la r► H Int Muw'ere M/ rrep•n. t aro sir a Hey*, hal ale••! Matrd ,u Ina I1tu-ts Sari 11.4,-,. k 10 My Mw 1•vpartant ttrmM IMat 1,,.tr Wei :�' .ufa1 eRena e..,nwhe•t io.IMad , n .(feat• ir •Mort ' W kW than tor any other txaw,ray. Orden. lop sem 1, u:e at r• a!m•.. tail be 11:se-. oe t p m. from liar at -tante nt,ry. This is the rum' ttaM,nnnl ,e.1 ' '0 1r a •.i.. • • , ate fila the law\ ..rept use. that b the•' .- ....Cot. •l, i..11lr wlw.*t ex •lussvuly of sterl.and'stbere- • stir mw•htu.•. *:e ,.i -._.s.! ,.r 1.•weµ•V. tun .MiN1. `r ., .estersa..• I•, . •v.,- tenet .., e.• bthP.M.,. a• tsesseflls_5* este. I. 1,i,,, sole • ' r• r. U.aot sees. L a •�.e r l all ehgtyrt �MmtM� h ar..e,. was :'.: iter tr.s: war•.415. the 'WOO esei.r .tnd11(6e IM kr'remt • Wel .: r 'stained. r. r r, \' rel to Ir.% r I I•.?ir order• at my oboe. ,o,e. r.ortarluu• two, 1. tsc•of 6,11) .•r at la Stab 'tiV.a. try merest dulelty and Liter r •rulw- tjads by L'r. Meer, *whet •4 Cbsai a Try CLeer s LT• r Cure br'.11 rd tine 1: t'e►. urve, v�•tnoebri.d L3nw.lh. :ford by ami dnrry[Lta I'!;•• dierr.sat.g palettes. oto viten oh- liOr red nr ygatiryhtsi nf' 'roe'^.. w •:••••1• .t Yrear u.ew.urr tet a :•,ex of the rear Corpuscles ii the M•..r: Te teme•lw this require* a reedicine which pe educes these ueceee.ry fifth, '.i..w• n.•.tltutl'ta, mud the ors.: yet discover -1 is Johnsen a Tonic Litters Price :•:' sets. sn.l $1 per hcttlellr*[euJ. s .1r .s .toner, Aibie.a bb rk. Griderelt. &de a 2••nt. ! bi 7 I'ra,ek.t }Isrl.^ •r Fre re •' •e' ler and fleeciest f:eparer of all theft ee Machdus Pry .tte14 sea �*•• uoitl :wn•.t. • r A.' *lee.. I•r. rtr1nl.tt s .11 kV beat bindinN•ir made are kegs a,w La,..l, ai:d :.tr Woo,+ n';'I•• • my .,eaatlil .aur ar s.rppl'wt. IMre Y•er ord•!n- 1110- N nuts-% Sao. It -at . Yetietsh• - Ep=QVJ►ItTIVItw 7'071 BOTS AND SHOES E. D•WNING, • ret.r:s is tats Deasiebs u•tu rii g EVERY STYLE, QUALITY; & PRICE. .t' 11.1IIBN'E STOCK fly Ladies' Fine Goods 1• Dema NaeM. Balr...�tl. t'.tns•.sa. Orford Ties, therm d.ttr-rot styles of Kid :'::1per- *yen . up h_,to. ant nr..eion Mke. Yds, flush. ►t,.:'t Pninella. Carpet. t{,�eon ni e timens..o tillpt.:ra is ;,corse. . OVERSHOES AND RUBBERS 1(Ifaver, deaer:P"'n ,Tewin ••f t•:.nad,an and Americanut.k••s. i %wild alto call the ane,,:.,,,, Sr YAR Wla1y to oat part ra my se -ark r.I..•r:5:13 ."it elle cur then', such as THE KEY TO KALLong Bo0t3 in Calf, Sip and Cowhide, Weeks all the clo c+zt.t,lacesof the Bowan. n. /Malaya anel'Ltvhq oarrye ingoff gradually w:thou w.+aheneig the system. all the imply :dna rend foul humors of the secrottoaa, st tbo same titan Lc lreoting Aeidit.7 of the M3boamaodl; coring BiLo=enree, Dys- jp1eQpp/si., reedseheri Diarisaa. n Heart izni, C3natipc' Dryness of the !Morns Drop. -u, Visdoa. has -dice. fit &beam. Erysipelbm. Scroful't .Fi tering of the Hurt. I errouatea , Lott Oto. era De:![lity; ail therm auel many otahee+ry nailer Complains vie ii to the SLOODI1,R'T"RS. • T. IIiJlis: a Ce.. Iher-$taa. ?sten► G- O. it 4:e. 3 r sells cheap for cash : er will not be und;rse.:•1. EVERY one slt.ttid mitt on him before percha,ut, FS'ItN;Ti-Ea: ,I.eshere. ONE and a:: can wore mr.ey by buyioe from GIl;1;: I:Altl:i. BARRYmakes a leaecislty of i.-NDi.RTA NTNG and ?'icture Framing. ALL kinds of FtItSITCP.E kept on hat. d. Cal: and see his Mots tet ROCKING Clears, Tables, Parlor Setts, Jlettreeaa, Bedsteads, Easy Chairs. elle: lEMEMBILR that CEO. BARRY keeps the best Stock of FCRNI K'RBin toms � c 11 iiLouid csli and get his PRICKS-befote buying elsewhere. FELT BOOTS AND MOCCASINS. I have a bar of P. -1t Itn,•t.. my own make. a.•ke,wimiged to be the Beet rat Boot eaade .n t'..,ada. I'rurnpt and .:useful attention levee to ORDERED WORK AND REPAIRING irPlww h ••tr'hr•.• 14•t• la wttn.t - 1 1.1. r trs far the is irswt stock of 11...,e and e:in►s .a 1tow* 'flap-are•dthe very t s. taa►tty leo orate. being mode by the beet massladurera .0 C... ; And 1 will cell at praise se Is. re bower . oats ....Jong. else. lm ller • l reina n. mph ',,V"Vver 41,081' Yew d custom. er Idbera0y ac..erded game during the pd f.hea GEC_ �dcR'Y� Hamilton -St . Godetfeh. I+3. DOWYING Cribb's 1LY.*k. Cur. Haase. and +t•:are. ABRAHAM SMITH It OFFKRINO PPKCIAi. BARGAINS IN CLOTHING. i wan• eel all to road sod profit ther.lq Nae the holidays ..d Sections aro Mee. we came down to bttaia.aa. 1 am sabring re the palette tie lespeat stalk ilia TEM BEST STOCS OP CLOTHING J1 ti tIWeb Tie [flow al ti. 11111al.ur1. Tbo Hlnttnnm are not without taste in their dwellingit. They build the Matt very light and airy. ewith some orns- msatstkon, and thin part le for the hue band: the wife has her apartment^ In the rear of the bosun. and the windows slew may Ades placed high op near the cueing. just like many of the little veatllators we ere 1a this 0oeatry. Thor* tits wife hos to nmeala la i sssatl-dsrkaess. Rums may speak d the soder/ Inintents made Is the hohsMa. the inUn of gee and water. but these improvements are only a same of more trouble for tbl.a/otaen pe1ew Jlorsstly the wife amid go 5o 51..Aweil is Law water end haves, for a balf hear. a little goe•ip with:lase Mende. bat she le deprived of all this now: also whsa wash/ • light she maid go to for • rat tib. Pa Imo IOW floilimple Pak ;pow of kintornis le not allowed • hook tor paper or hat bee baa - well what .,bet �� tiM1 to IS WKSTRII' CANADA. AT Tito: LOWEST P$IOB7PS- Tbe stork inane' s.d will he weld out tri retake room for swift tttoed.. 1 take this opn•rtonity of thanking the public in both Sewn and wareee.41•5 sirtm- iry for paw aero, and solicit • cosll•nattos SMITH. Oodertch. Jae. t. ISM SPRIN MRS. MILLINERY ALK ELD'S. The llama Worelrss w I ke stems ma Aunt en two North lila er the Somata MOUNTS, SHAPES, RIBBONS, GAUZES , sod .,tents.» be Tort is a ewt•dams reph'asre estabeehaoat. A waw 11...1 ORAPE IAD Nt7 N'S V32IT.I1NTd• ho. Ouse 041.4. ('alt .el ea•mis the Meet ad stet Masa Agfa ism i..*.. Stam De.w«h..Tersaew >i e isware-r- ltllasJre PURE PARISGREEN, HELLEBORE, INSECT POWDER dei RHYNAS' T � 3=R'7-70r0-2ST_ Ht'-I'_C 0 R E- rultsl3Hgu lay atop ha the late* »tyle. pat In Tibeee sew al.raerfhairs. two of thea the Delo. bested Roche.:er T$lila1 (' h a i t s. and hired a :samovars Barber. we are in • prltlon 1. do BeeVr 1. e r b thea hereto- fore. Lady's t Children Harmonies made a oporialty o• all dart Paorpt urda1 Razors and &lasers greeted. 77cr1vr_ KN'2C+�2'T 1011 West serest. two doors salt of P.O.. e•d.dcb NEW ANNOUNCEMENT 1 npN.•e Aire mase cesamsdeg eesama.�I geeb M far ieto teat Masa I/ut laws b prio e• to These obatt!Beri.•.41teti do.19i:0O ,iefot .c - • •ttao a •gRROW 1,41 Man in Dusinams Should gat Mica Stationary Pitted. 1Ai13!2 TA 3111AM021.3n i. • 1 eat Worry Prows, ea wlahes particularly to can attention to his SPLENDID LINES OF TEAS from 10 cts to 76 cts per Ib, Maple Syrup, finest case Prunes, pure Spices, Lawry celebrated Bacon, cooked Corn Beef, Cut Myrtle, Cavendish and Club Tobaccos, best American Ane cut chewing Tobacco, fresh salt and canned Fish, best quality. 12 Bars of Soap for 25c. 3 Scrubbing Brushes for 25c. 1•1•Nos. Or'ssSK Mimed Candy. A dna 1 Cbee 5.te Diem me. . rte.. Oeteerai :rias, Crocory ,1assuro. Floor, Foet JOHN ROBERTSON AVOO>111111111071 TO O. t.. WIllf•xOt7[. Bbalre'. Bloolt, the equal., Ood•rieh. its eriwisbe lflemb 1.d. Neta