anniversary of the battle of minisink
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anniversary of the battle of minisink
w:.m UPTOWN NAILY SATURDAF, JULT 20, mz. ANNIVERSARY OF THE BATTLE OF MINISINK at tbe fording place, for which purpose Instant disposition was nude. but owing to Intervening woods and 'hille, the opposing bodies lost sight of each other, and an adroit movement on the part of Urandt gav« him nn advantage which It was Impossible for the Americans to regain. Anticipating the design of Hathorn, the moment the Americans were out of sight, Brandt wheeled to the right, and threading a ravine across which Hathorn had passed, threw himself into hlfi rear, by which means he was enabled deliberately to select his ground for a battle and form an ambuscade. Disappointed In not finding the enemy, the Americans were ;' Tk* Warwick Historical Society, promptly obeyed, and a body of 149 brought to a stand, when the enemy HffOljt its president, Mayor K. V. men met their colonel at the desig- disclosed himself partially, In a quarBanford, iind C. E. Cuddeback, presi- nated rendezvous at the time appointdent of tbe Minisink Valley Histori- ed, Including many of the principal cal Society of Port Jervis, have- is- gentlemen of the county. A council •Md invitations to memberi and of war was held to determine upon their friends to participate in tbe ex- the expediency of a pursuit. Colonel cursion to the Minlslnk battle ground Tusten was himself opposed to the oa July 22. 1912. That day will be proposition, with so feeble a comtbe one hundred an£ thirty-third an- mand and with the certainty, If they niversary of the battle. overtook the enemy, of being obliged Those attending are requested to to encounter an officer combining, bring their lunch. Short apeeche? with his acknowledged prowess, so will be made by representative peo much of subtlety ae characterized the movements of the Mohawk chief. The train schedule is: Leave War His force, moreover, was believed to •wick 8:2 Oa. m., arrive at Greycourt be greatly superior in numbers, an I 8:41; leave Greyconrt for Lacka to include mnny Tories as well acwaxen about 10:30 a. m., stopping at quainted with the country as themChester, Goshen, Mlddletown, Otis selves. Tlie colonel, therefore, pre•ville and Port Jervis. Returning ferred waiting for the reinforcements train leaves Lackawaxen at 3:30 p which would bo sure soo-i to arrive, »., arrives at .Greycourt at G:30. the more especially as the voltintcer.-i Warwick 6:50, stopping at. interme- already with him were but ill-provyled •with arms and ammunition. Others, diate points. Round trip fares as follows: however, were for immediate purJTrom Warwick $3.00 suit. They affected to hold ti'C In" Oreycourt and Chester 2.SO diana In contempt. Insisted that they , * Goshen 2.60 would not fight, and maintained that ! " Mlddletown 2.20 R recapture of the plunder they had " " Port Jervis 1.20 taken would bo an easy achievement. The stage will carry passengers to "Let the Bravs Follow." battle ground, which is a mile and a "Town counsels, in the 'bait from depot, for ?1 per head conduct ofmeeting war, aro not usually thu round trip. wisest, as will appear in the sequel. c It is expected that there will be a The. majority of Tusten's command large gathering on the battle ground were evidently determined to pursue en this occasion. So great is the in- the enemy, but their deliberations terest in this anniversary the Times- were cut short by Major Meeker, who Press presents, to-day, a. history of mounted his horse, flourishing his the battle, as follows: sword, and vauntlngly called out: History of the Battle. 'Let the brave men follow me; the One hundred and thirty-one years cowards may stay behind.' It may ago next Tuesday occurred the bat- readily be supposed that such an aptle of Mi'ninsink, when forty-four of peal to an excited multitude would Orange county's, brave citizens were decide the question, as it did. Tlie killed in defending their homes ino of march was Immediately takuii against the ravages of Brandt and his up, and after proceeding seventeen Indians and their Tory allies. While niles the snme evening, t.lioy en many stories of this sanguinary con- camped for the night. On the rnornflict havo been written, none la more ng of the 22nd, they were joined by interesting tbnn that contained In i small reinforcement under Colonel Stone's Life of Brandt. Quite natur- •latborn, of the Warwick regiment, ally it presents this famous Indian who, as the senior of Colonel Tusten. warrior and leader In thw best possi- ook command. When they advanced ble light, but it was written at a i few miles, to Halfway Brook, they timte when many who participated in a mo upon the Indian encampment the battle were still living, and of the preceding night, and another doubtless tho writer obtained from council was heh! there. Colonels In!horn, Tusten, nr.d others whose thnir lips the story of tho conflict. The story, as told by Mr. Stone, IB vnlor was governed by prudence, .vere opposed to advancing further, is follows: "On the 20th of July, or rather t h e as tho number of Indian fires, and timber, where they couM hate a more At lie drew near h* found one wai •d a committee of tbe Board to *o.equal chanee with the foe. As they Myers. They had had nothing to eat parintend the enaction of til* monuhastily fell back the Indians pursued, since morning and wen almost starv- ment and one redskin came In sight of ed. My grandfather nad a piece of It waa also decided to change 1U Daniel Myers. Myers leveled bis salt pork la hit knapsack about three. location to the northweet corner of rifle on him and sent a ball through Inches square, and the three men ate the park, nearest the court house. his body, and out with b|s knife and it raw with the greatest of relish. . The sum of |2SO was also appropri-J They laid down and slept until it ated toward* placing an Iron fencel swore he would have his scalp. But his comrades told him not to attempt was light, and the n.ext day reached around the monument provided an it, as the Indians were close upon their home* to tell the tad tale and equal sum was raised by th« citizens them, and advised him not to risk what had befaJlen their friends and of Goshen. bis life unnecessarily. Our men soon neighbors at the battle of Mlnlalnk. Description of the Monument. During my early life this battle wu reached open timber on thu top of Both in design and execution, (fee the hill, and the order was to make talked of more than any other battles Cash monument Is a fine work of a stand and each man to take his tbat were fought during the Revolu- art. It is thirty-three feet high, and own position. They formed some- tlon, and it made a lasting Impression Is constructed of pure Italian marble. thing of a battle line—some behind on my mind. My grandfather lived Tbe lower base U of granite, seven trees, some behind rocks, gome turn- until 1814, and my father was then and one-half feet square, upon which ed up flat stones ana some piled up thirty years of ag*, and he treasured is a marble base five and one-half feet stones between trees. There was a up the accounts he had received from j square. Sculptured In bold, gothlc large split rock with an opening his father in regard to the battle with I letters on the base is the word "Mlnsomething like a letter "A." In this great care. la December, 1867, I vis Islnk." On the marble base rests a opening Daniel Myers took his stand. ited the battle ground and saw much die, four feet in width and four and The rock was as hlgn as his should- that, to me, was deeply Interesting. one-halt feet in height. On the west ers. Behind this rock stood Abra- Some of the means- of defense by side of the die are the names of the ham Shenard, and about nine feet way of breastworks are still to be slain, as follows; from the rock stood a tree, behind seen. The ehelvlng rock under which In Memory of the Patriots which Jonathan Bailey (my grand- the heroic Tusten and his brave Who Fell *t the Battle of Minlslnk father) stood. The fight soon be- .wounded comrades met their melanon the 22nd Day of July, 1779. ^. came general. Early in the engage- choly fate;- also the split rock behind Colonel Benjamin Tusten, Captain** which Myern, Bailey and Shepard ment a ball passed through Shepard'js Bazaleel Tyler, Captain Samuel stood and fought the savages until arm. My grandfather took off his Jones, Captain John Little, Captain neck ha/dkerchitef and tied it tight the close of the battle—the two John Duncan, Captain Benjamin Vail, around Shepard's arm to stop the former escaping and reaching home Lieutenant John Wood, Adjutant Nablood. Shepard then continued to in safety, the latter having fallen thaniel Finch, Ens. Qphriam Martin, load his gun and hand it to-Myers to early In the battle, pierced with the Ens. Bphrlam Middaugh, Gabriel shoot. But soon another ball came enemies bullets. Surely, the descend- Wisner, Stephen Mead, Matthias Terand passed through Shepard's body ants of those who fought, as well of wllllger, Joshua Lockwood, Bphrlain arid killed him. When their ammu- those tUat fell, should join with pa- Forgereon, Roger Townsend. Samuel nition was nearly gone and the day triotic citizens in the commemoration Knapp, James Knapp, Benjamin Benfar spent, General Hathorn pro- of that thrilling event. • nett, William Barker, Jonathan' claimed these words: "Every man for B. F. BAILEY. Pierce, James Little, Joseph Norrls, himself and God for us all." The po- Wawayanda, May lOt'u, IS79. Gilbert T. Vail, Abraham Shepherd, sition of Myers and my grandfather Joel Decker, Nathan Wade, Simon was such they had to run across the Anniversary at Goshen. Wait, Daniel Talmage, Jacob Dunbattle field to reach the river. Shep- (From the Orange County Press, July ning, John Carpenter, David Blrney, ard's gun was a long . Nova Scotia Jonathan Haskell, Abraham Wil25, 1879). firearm. Myers laid this gun across liams, James Mosner, Isaac Ward a rock, pointing In the direction he The centennial or 100th anniversary Balthus Niedpoe, Gamaliel Bailey, knew the Indians would come, and of the battle of Minisink, fought at Moses Thomas, Eleazer Owens, Adam then took his own gun and swore tbat Lackawaxen, on the Delaware River, Embler, Samuel Little, Benjamin there were no Indians In those woods on the 22nd day of July, 1779, when Dunning, Daniel Reed. tbat could catch him. In running to forty-two of the sons of Orange counOn the north side Is a representathe river (most of our men crossed ty were massacred in cold blood by tion of the battle ground, beautifully over to the Pennsylvania side) the Indians and. Tories, led by the sculptured, and on the east side is Myers and my grandfather got sep- notorious half breed, Joseph Brandt, the inscription to the donor, as folarated. The New York side of the celebrated with becoming cere- low*: river was lined with thick underbrush monies, Tuesday, both at Goshen, monument was erected by and. laurel to the river's edge. As where their bones are buried, and on the"This noble munificence of Merritt H. my grandfather worked his way the battlefield where the fight took Cash, M. D., a citizen of the county through the laurel, and just as 4ie place. stepped on the river bank, two guns The principal celebration was held of Orange, now deceased. Dr. Cash went oft, one to his right and the fit Goshen, -where the event was com- waa distinguished for his eminent other to his left. He saw one of our memorated -with, a procession of mil- public services, and greatly esteemed men fall into the river, and he knew itary, social and civic societies and Tor the virtues which adorned his life. Let his name be honorhim. It w^s Benjamin Dunning. Four •citizens, including descendants of the private ed and his memory cherished while or five rods to his right and. left idinislnk heroes, and by appropriate this stands to attest his p*astood two stalwart Indians. He came exercises, which were held in the. •trioticcolumn liberality." to the conclusion at once that if he Presbyterian Park near the monument The cap on the die is six and oneturned back lie would meet other In- which-was erected by Dr. Merritt H. half feet in 'height and five and one-1 dians in pursuit, and he knew the Cash, of Wawayanda, in, 1862, on the half in -width; on each corner of the ^ guns of the Indians he saw before eighty-third anniversary of the bat- cap Is an and sitting between him were empty, and his only hope tle, to mark the spot -where the sa- •the eagles eagle, and immediately in front was to cross the river. AS he plunged cred bones -were- interred. the shaft is a figure rrpresenting The History of the battle, which of in, the Indians, in English, called to the genius of Liberty, holding in one nlm to stop, but he rushed on. The has been many times told in the hand wreath, while the other rests water was up to bis arm pits. He Press, may be briefly sketched as 'on a anational and over tbe looked back over his shoulders and follows: In July, 1779, the Indians head are the shield, words, "They still and Tories, under Joseph Brandt, ensaw the Indians loading their guns Live." The shaft is and as fast as possible, and as he neared gaged on the side of England in the twelve and one-half feet square the banks, bang, bang, went the guns, War of the Revolution, and had-de- It is solid, consisting of Ina height. single and two balls whistled near his head. vastated the white settlement of the (piece, encircled at equal distances THE ORIGINAL MINISINK MONUMENT. Delaware and Ney«rsink valleys, and : Made His Escape. '.the militia of the'vicinity were called wlth three bands, upon which are On the front of the shaft are As he looked back he saw his pur- out ;to redress the -wrongs. The forces .stars. tor altogether unexpected. Accord- Hstment he removed to Orange coun- suers in the river after him. Our 'under Colonel Tusten vere 130 the national symbols or insignia. A ing to the American account, tho ty and settled in West Division of men, who had crossed, all ran down strong, and they followed the savage pedestal of two feet Is on the top of first shot was tired upon au Indian, the town of Goshen. Soon after, the river. The banfc on the Pennsyl- and Tory plunderers up the Delaware the shaft, and on the pedestal is a who was known, and who way mount- Brandt made his raid on the settle- vania side nwe up and then sloped Valley, where Brandt, lying In am- figure, five feet in height, represented upon a horse stolen at Minisink. ment in Peenpack, on the Nevefsink. off, so that the river was hid from bush near Lackawaxen, Intercepted ing Hope. Under the granite ba«e In The Indian fell aud the firing soon When the news reached Goshen or- view a rod back from the water. As them, cutting off some fifty of the fol- the center of the stone foundation became general, the enemy contriv- ders -were issued for all the able my grandfather reached to the top lowing forces. Brandt surrounded •were placed the bones of the heroes, ing in the early part of the engage- bodied men to rendezvous at the of the bank -he dashed off as though the remainder and a severe fight en- In a tolerably good state of preserIn the northeast corner, next ment to cut off from the main body Stone House over the mountain. he was going down the river, but as sued. A number -were killed in a vation. granite base, wae placed a cedar of Hathoru's troops a detachment Meeker's Bluster. soon as he was out of sight he turned short time, and even the wounded, the box, encased in lead, containing a comprising one-third of his whole All the facts and incidents of their and ran up the river three or four some seventeen in number, who had copy of the Orange County Prew number. The conflict was loiig and pursuit rods, came to a tree that had been withdrawn from the fight, were sur- and other papers, a copy of Dr. Cash's of the Indians, with, the blusobstinate. The number of the enemy blown partly up by the wind, and rounded and slain. Some of ths being several times greater than that ter and cowardice of Major Meeker, lodged against another tree. The roots whites were Wiled In an attempt to will, &c. as related by the histories, corresFollowing were the officers of th« of the Goshen militia, the latter were escape. Only one man, Major Wood, surrounded, aud ultimately hemmed pond with the facts related by my of the tree blown up were raised 'was saved, and that was on account day: President—Joseph Davis. within the circumference of an acre of a signal which Brandt Interpreted Vice Presidents—Horace W. Elliott, of ground. Being abort of ammunias a Masonic sign. . He afterwards T# tion, Hathorn's orders, in imitation turned from Canada, where he had Goshen; James Durland, Chester; of Putnam at Bunker Hill, were strict been kept a prisoner. Of the eighty Robert Denniston, Blooming Grove; •that no man should fire u n t i l very who took part in the fight, forty-four Oliver Thompson, Ilamptonbnrgb.; sure tbat bis powder would not bewere killed. The news soon reached W, F. Wheeler, Warwick; Samuel lest. Goshen, from which place the little Weibb, Monroe; J. O. Adams, CornFought All Day. , army started, and which was the wall; Daniel B. St John, Newburgh; Gideon ^ Pelton, Montgomery; Alex. home of many of those who fell. "The battle commenced about 11 From the Orange County Press of Thompson, Crawford; Daniel C. Wlso'clock in the morning and was maintained until the going down of the | July 30th, 1862, we copy the account ner, Wallklll; W. 8. Lfttle, Mount of the dedication of the Cash monu- Hope; Stephen St. John, Deerpark; sun, both parties fighting after In dian fashion, every man for himself, i ment at Goshen. in which was given Jonathan Wood, Greenville; William the history' of the old monument, to- Evans, Mlnisintt.; Gideon W, Cbek, and the whole keeping up an irregu I James Pattoa, New gether with, a description of the new lar fire from behind rocks and trees j Windsor. one: as best they could. About sunset the | Secretaries—John H. Thompson, E. ammunition of the militia was exThe Old Monument, M. Madden. pended, and the survivors attempted After a lapse of forty-three years, The Dedication. to retreat, but many of them were through the suggestion of Dr. Arnel, The monument was dedicated with cut down. Dr. Tusten was engage.l then president of our County Medical appropriate ceremonies on the 12nd behind a cliff of rocks In dressing Society, a committee of citizens was day of July, 1862, the eighty-third anthe wounded when the retreat comappointed to visit the battle ground niversary of the battle. There was menced. There were seventeen disand gather up the bones of the slain a large gathering of the. sons of Orabled men under his care at the moheroes for suitable interment. This and Sullivan. ment, whose cries for protection and committee performed Us mission ange The Board of Trustees of MflMtomercy were of the most, moving dewith zeal and fidelity. town, its several fire compa.nl**, and scription. The Indians fell upon Removal of the Bones. large numbers of its citizens particithem, however, and they all, together They collected some 300 of the pated in the celebration, AS did civic with the doctor, perished under the bones, wfcich on. the 22nd of July, and military organizations ot various tomahawk. Among the slain were 1822, were placed in two coffins and kinds throughout the county. Genmany of the first citizens of Goshen, deposited in the Presbyterian Park, eral William C. Little was grand and of the whole number that went Goshen, south of the church edifice, marshal, assisted by Captains M. I. forth, only thirty leturned to tell the and a monument ot moderate preten- McCornal, John Jenkins, John Cummelancholy story. Several of the sions erected over them. The gath- mlngs, George W. Millspaugh, Aimfugitives were shot while attempting ering on this occasion is said to have son Gillesple, Lucas F. Hough, Dr. 8. to escape by swimming the Delaware. been the. largest ever convened In the C. Smith, and others. Gave Masonic Sign, An address of welcome to the visitcounty—some 15,000 being present, "There was one (Major Wood) Including the cadets of West Point, ing fire companies was made by B. who, during the battle, saved himself under command of Major Worth. The RL Champion, Esq. The "Sons of Orby means which Brandt said was discorner stone of this monument was ange and Sullivan," an organization 4 honorable. By some process or laid by Colonel Hathorn, who had numbering nearly a hundred former 7 other, though not a -Free Mason, he participated In the battle, and who residents of these counties from New had acquired a knowledge of the was then eighty years of age. An York city, were foraslly welcomed Master Mason's grand hailing signal eloquent and patriotic address was by Hon. D. F. Gedney. Th« orator of of distress, and having been informed delivered by Rev. James B. Wilson. the day was John C. Dimmtek, BiO... that Brandt was a member of the The names of those who fell were of New York city, a former resident brotherhood, he gave th* mystic sign. placed on the monument, which also of Bloomingburg, now dead. Faithful to his. pledge, the chieftain Among those present on that occabore the further Inscription: BHNISINK BATTLE MONUMENT. interposed and saved his life. Dis"Erected by the inhabitants of Or- sion was Mrs. Abigail Mitchell, of covering the imposture afterward, he ange county, July 22, 1822. Sacred Cooheeton, now dead, daughter ot was very indignant. Still, he spared to the memory of forty-four ot their Captain Tyler (one of those killed at his life, and the prisoner ultimately grandfather, and which have come about two feet from the ground. He fellow citizens, win fell at the battle the battle of Minlslnk). She was down to me as a tradition well precrept under the great flako of earth returned to his friends after a long then eighty-eight year* of age. MaJuly 22nd, 1779." served in our family. The Indians out of sight, put his knapsack under of Minisink, captivity." jor Carpenter, the only sunCrlng The Caeh Monument were overtaken at Lackawaxen. They his head, and in a few minutes waa Interesting Letter. Hie old monument gradually fell member of the committee of arranf*The following letter written by the were engaged In driving tho cattle asleep. When he west to sleep the Into decay, and no measures were ments for dedicating the first month and horses they had plundered across Indians were whooping like hounds, late Benjamin F. Bailey, whose the Delaware. Our men In order to taken to repair It Dr. Merrttt H. ment, wa» also present grandfather was In the battle, is re- Intercept them passed over the high in pursuit of the white men as they Cash, of Rutcer* Place, in the town Providence teemed to •mile OB tbs ran down the river. When he awuko printed: of Wawaymnda. whose death oocured patriotic undertaking wm divine ground e>«t of Lackawaxen, and ray (From Orstnge County 'Press of May grandfather always thought the In- he crawled carefully out; the woods In 1861, prompted alike by petrtoUsm favor. Tbe day dawned brl«nt and were as silent as* those of death. He 1C, 187»). honor for the worthy dtad, be- beautiful, and the extensive profran saw then and knew their exact SAW the sun was shining on the and On a bright April day. near lu dians Queatbed by hit will the manlttosnt provided for tbe oooaelon WM ourted number. From tho base of these mountains on the New York sMe of close, in the spring of 1832, the writ hills to Uie river was heavy timber mm of 94,000 for the erection of a oat completely. er, then a boy of eight years, was and thick underbrush. The Indians the river, and thought it was about new monument, oonmlttin* the trott The aflmir waa in obat** et «te folplaying beside a rippling brook that placed themselves in ambush and half an hour high. When twilight to the •vpertMot* of tie oounty to lowing committeee: runs by the wayside on the road lead- waited the approach of our men. In began to gather round, he struck oat execute. Committee oa: ing from Rldgebury to Slate Hill, In working tnetr way through this dense two or three miles from the river and ._. Board __________ vtaoi» held • W. Nanny, president; B. The of traveled down stream until the midthe town of Wawayanda. On that forest, the whites 'were startled at special meeting In Jan*, Ittl. and John Stnrts, H. Albert HWtom, a afternoon I saw the gentlemen who, tho crack, of en Indian gun and the dle of the night, and down in the val- advertised for dealt** and proposals Logan muffin, trustees vfflaf* el ley covered with laurel brush be as a committee, were on their return fall of ono of their men. It was found for the erection of the new monufrom the Minlslnk battle ground with that the Indians were in the immedi- heard two men talking. He bailed aeot, which wm **a\ltte4 In the them, Snylng: the bones they bad gathered, that ate front. following AM»t Tk* one aowpted bad been bleaching on those rocky was by John Vanderppol,' of New "Who Is thfref Held * Council. heights for more \h«n. forty year*. A Tney replied. "Frlendft." part of the committee I .knew, name A hsity council was held and they "Fri finds to wftonr ly; Hear/ W. Denton. Daniel to fall back u> TckMHto to wfctt* M»* Pilgrimage to Scene of Massacre of Settlers STORY OF BRANDT'S ATTACK Rev. James K. Wilson, D. D., Celebrated "Old Covenantor" Preacher, 1817-1840, Coldenham and Newburgh, Who Delivered an Address at the Minisink Battle Monument, Goihen, July 22, 1822...Reproduced from Old Picture Loaned by John Wilkin. night of the 19th, the crafty Mohawk Stole upon the slumbering town of Minisink, at the bead of sixty Indians and twenty-seven Tory warriors disguised as Indians, which was a very common practice with the loyalists when acting with the savages. "Such was the silence of the approach that several houses were already in flames when the Inhabitants •woke to the situation. Thus surprised, and wholly unprepared, all who could escape fled in consternation, leaving the invaders to riot upon the spoils. Ten houses and twelve barns were burned, together with a small stockade fort; and two Bills. Several persons were killed and others taken prisoners. The ferns of the settlement were laid watte, the cattle driven away, and all the booty carried off which the invaders could remove. Having thus meeetded In his Immediate object Bran4t lost no time In leading his party back to the main body of his warriors, whom he had left at Orassv Brook. Cell te Arm*. ' "No sooner had fugitives from Minlslnk arrived at Qoshen with tho Intelligence than Dr. Tusteo, the colof tho local militia, issued orto the officers of his command to Met him at Minlslnk on tbe (61lay, with as many volunteer* «OTM ml**, The order WM the extent of ground they had occupied, removed all doubt at to the superiority of their numbers'. A scene similar to that which had broken up the former council was acted at this place, and with the same result. The voice of prudence was compelled to yield to that of bravado. Followed the Trail. "Captain Tyler, who had some knowledge of the woods, was sent forward at the head of a small party to follow the trail of the Indians and to ascertain, if possible, their movements, since it was evident that they could not be far in advance. Th« captain had proceeded but a anon distance before he fell from the fire of »n unseen enemy. This circumstance occasioned considerable alarm but the volunteers, nevertheless, pressed eagerly forward, and it was not long before they emerged upon the bills of tho Delaware, In full view of the river, upon the eastern bank of which, at the distance of three-fourths of a mile, the Indians were seen deliberately marching In the direction of a fording idace near the mouth of ihe Uckawaxen. This discovery was made about 3 o'clock In the morning. The Intention of Brandt to cross at the fording' place was evident, and it was afterward ascertained that his booty had already been sont thither in advance. "The determination formed by Col. Hathorn wai to Intercept the enemy ning, Benjamin Dunning and Jonathan Bailey (my father). The bones for the night were left at the residence of Benjamin Dunning in Ridgetiury. My father that evening brought bom* the skull of a man, that was found on the battle ground. I saw It; it hid three openings in the top, about three-quarters of an inch apart and about an Inch and a half In length, undoubtedly made by an Indian tomahawk. My grandfather, Captain Jonathan Bailey, was In that battle. He was a native of Southold, Long Island, and at the breaking out of the Revolution raised a company and was under Washington and fought with him in the "battle of Long Island and the battle of White Plains. At the expiration of his en- ,; In.. • BBLT TIMBS-PEESS, SATUBDAT, JULY 20. J. K. iwn The wi OraaA a, r Allison, who cam* to Ooshett 1ft ft body. People oaae tm earrtafles from ail diMOttMaV TMlM Me* I ai from foothold, U U IB 1714. and died la the r»*r 17M. His wiu Is dated 87 BOOB not less taaa 1<XMO people ITU. and at that dm* his son was who married Wlllam H. Thompson, of Ooshen. who b*com* the ancestor of Mrs. Chaanoey B. Knlgtrt, of Monroe. I am glad that I hav* been able to collate In this form for preservation, wm« fact* In regard to one, who In Ooshen and Orange county became a great part of that which was. during the troubled year* which witnessed the birth of a nation, the history of which he was on* of the maker*. HARRISON W. NANNY. not ol am*. The tracts marked by to* Bam* of "Allison" OB two subAt U o'clock the proosseioft was divisions of the Wawayanda patent WHttaa XX ._ dairies H. 1*00, Newbuffn; tamed tad took up the march te ^ balanced to him. H* settled OB the mad afterwards knows as the Capt order: General Thorns* Holt. Captain Bears fans,-now owned by Messrs. Firs* DMelon. Thome* Qntek. Llwteftaat Ddwla Cummins, Assistant Hanba Makuea. McCoy and others, on the Yin Btton, Port Jerri*: Colonel M. Col. 11 11 I. MoCornal. Ciptsin Lewis Wlsnsr, ^Mumft "' ^ Qoeoofi. Cornet Ba&d. road from Ooshen to the Pellet's Island bridge. Her* William -Allison Rescue Host of Qosaen. Captain Wood T. Ofden. Mlddletown; Major McL. Crawford. Montgomery; Speakers, Quests, Veterans of Mil lived, engaged U> farming at the outbreak of *.b- struggle between Bagand Committees la Carriages. Maj. Thomas W. Bradley. Lieutenant Jamea Oowdy. Waldeu; Lieutenant Marine Band U. 8. ft. Minnesota and land and her colonies. He married Mary Jackson, of Qoshen. and at the Marine Battalion Naval ApprenW. B, Van Houten, Captain Daniel beginning of the war had two sons, tices, 200 men, Lieut. ComSayer, Warwick; Lieutenant William Micah. aged sixteen, and Stephen, mander H. C. Walts. U. 8. Wlrt Bailer, Rldgebury; Major J. I* somewhat younger. He and BenjaN., commanding. Whtttaker, Unkmvllle: Lieutenant Norman Sly, Stone Bridge; Major J. Odd Fellow* and Masonic Lodges la min Tustsn. the father of the oolonsl. were delegates to the First Proregalia. Owen Ignore, Blooming Orore; May visional Congress. He also served Newburgh Continental Oa Jot E. A. Hamilton, Captain Samuel Dennis, Deckertown; Major William 17th Battalion Band mad Drum Corps. In th* second and third, having as E. Mftpee. Captain R. B. Hock, Lieu- llth Battalion N. O. S. N. Y.. Colonel associate In these Henry Wisner of Th« foltovliic interesting letter of Goshen. He likewise served on the Hayt commanding. tenant Dudley Murray, Qoshen. Scout life and Latke Aoawaua, writfourth Congress until Msy, 1777, Second Division, Salute*. ten by a Poughk««psl* boy to his Capt Joel Wilson, Assistant Marshal. when his duty called him into the M 4*18 a, m. a national estate of neld to take part in the memorable borne paper, -will plMM local boys: commanding. fifteen funs was flred by the Glenstruggle for the Hudson. BUenrtlle Band. wood, N. J., Battery, and at 11:30 a, 24th Separate Co. of Infantry, N. Q. William Allison was commissioned Lake Anawana Is a beautiful sheet m. a s&Iute of forty-four minute guns 8. N. Y, Opt W a Van etckler In 1775. on the organization of the of water about three-quarters ot a ID honor of the forty-four citizens Goshen regiment, as Its Colonel, commanding. who fell at the battle of Mlnlsink, The Ancient and Honorable Order Of with Dr. Benjamin Tusten, Jr., as lu mile long. It has an elevation of 1,700 feet above sea level and during the firing of which the naLieut. Colonel, and Moses Hat field about Foresters tional colors were displayed at half as its Major. U consisted of seven Is fed from a large number of clear Capt. Bailey's Sussex Battery. mast Walden Band and Fire Department companies. From this regiment a springs. We have a floe beach for bathing Mlnifilnk descendants were out in company under Capt Daniel Denton, purpoees, with ateamer, In command of where the bottom slopes considerable numbers. From Port of Goehen, waa in service in Canada Chief Engineer. Jervis there were: Abram J. Cudde- German Mannerchor of Mlddletown. in 1775-6, while the bulk of the regi- 30 gradually that a person can walk toack, descendant of Captain Cudde- Ellen.vllie Martial Band,, with Scores- ment was held for service at home, ont for nearly 100 feet without findwater above his head. There aro back; Benjamin Van, Fleet; Dr. Sol. a part at times and often being on ing by Hose and Pioneer Engine Co., Van Etten, grandson, of Major John duty at Port Jervis and Huguenot, 110 holes, so that the bathing Is perof Ellenvllle. Decker, who was Major of Colonel Montgomery Band and Wallkill Rose then the Minisink frontier, while the fectly safe even for those who cannot Tusten'e regiment, who was wounded balance, and in fact the whole regi- swim. Those, however, aro very few of Montgomery. through the body on the 20th, when 16th Battalion Band and A Co. 16th ment, was again and again called out in, a scout camp. You know that 0110 the Machackemack settlement In the to guard the Highlands of the Hud- ot the. requirements for advancement Battalion, of PeeksWll. Neverslnk Valley was burned. He Captain Charles Swain, commanding. son, on the road from Fort Montgom- In scout work Is the ability to swim a given distance. survived the wound, oa account of ery to Ramapo and Haverstraw. Third Division, Whenever we are In swimming, which he was unable to participate Major C. B. Wood, commanding, A Slave-Ownsr. which, is three times a day. Dillon In the fight on th* 22nd. He died a Eastman College Band, Poughkeepsle, Col. Allison was engaged in farm- Wallace, Scout Commissioner of the number of years afterwards. Others Ringgold Hose Co. of Newburgh, Ing on an extensive scale for those FifchkJll District, stays close at hand were W. H. Nearpass and W. M. Vail and Dlkeman Hose Co. of Goshen. Horton Vail, of Mlddletown: Dr. M, Susquehanna Band and Port Jervis days. He was a slave owner, too, In a boat ready to lend assistance to and on the ass«aement roll for 1775 any boy In trouble. H. C. Vail, Jam.es L, Vail, Newark, Flre Department, consisting of was the largest on the list for the At the present Um« there are about N. J.; Samuel Vail, George Vail. New Delaware Hose Co., Mahogoprecinct of Goshen. which was vir- fifty of us boy» In camp hero, and we Mltford, Pa.; Charles M. Vail, Elmira; mock Hook and Ladder Co, tually Orange county, excluding the are very much UKe one big family. John M. Vail, Havana, Schuyler counand Everitt Hose. old Ulster towns on the north. W« all agree perfectly and there ia ty, 1C T. All of these are great John Borower, of Mlddletown. Dr. Benjamin Tusten. Jr.. the Lieut no friction between members ot difgrandson* of Gilbert T. Vail, who fell as Mlnlsink Indian. Colonel of th« regiment, was a farmer ferent troops. Of course there Is n In.the battle of MlriBlnk. Mrs. PopWarwick Band, also, and engaged in active practice good amount of horse play and pracpino, widow of the late Enoch Poppino, great-granddaughter of Colonel Chtef Engineer of Fire Department, as a physician besides. He and Col. tical Joking going on at nearly all Benjamin Vail, who fell in the battle Excelsior Hose Co. of Warwick, and Allison alternated in command of the times, but this only helps to make of Minisink. She Is about eighty Cataract Engine Company, ot Gcrshen. regiment when it was in active ser- life here worth living. The line of • march was up Main vice, relieving each other according Our days over here are pretty full years of age and lives in Qoshen. street to Bedell avenue, up BedeJl of their home duties. from the time the bugle sounds in the Thomas T. Reeve, formerly of Go- avenue to Murray avenue, down Mur- to Inthethedemands year 1777, as early as-April, morning and wo all turn out. until it ehen and cashier of the Orange ray avenue to Ohurch street, up there began a constant demand for sounds at night and wo roll in for our County Bank, but now president of Church to South, down South to services of the Qoshen regiment, much-needed sleep. After we go to the Commercial National Bank of Green, down Green to Greenwich, the Oshkosh, Wis., great-grandson of Col- down Greenwich to New, up New to with those of Colonels Woodhull and bed there Is very little fooling, as McClaughry, to resist the opening o£ most of us are too tired to do much onel Tusten, and now has ia his pos- West Main, and up West Main to the the Hudson River by Burgoyne from of anything but slee>. session the commission given to Col- Minisink monument. the north and Clinton from New I will try to give yon an Idea of our onel TustenAmong the officials in line were York. It fell to the lot of Colonel Alfor a day at Camp Nootemlng. "William Egbert Arnoat, or Wawa- President B. B. Moore, of Newburgh lison to be' in command of the Go- routine The bugle sounds revllle at a quarter yanda, grandson of Nathan Arnout, Common Council; Aldermen William shen regiment on October 6, 1777, before seven. At Its first note moat who was in tie battle of Minisink, I. Underhill, Robert Kernahan, Me- •when the British captnred Fort of us are wideawake. Some got up but escaped. KlsBOCk, Chambers and Cliff, Ex- Montgomery. His son, Micah, a pri- earlier and try their luck with the Margaret Arnout, granddaughter of Sheriff John Cowdry, of Warwick, vate in his regiment, was with him, hook and line. Nathan Arnout, lives in Middletown, and many others. and through a long afternoon and At ten minutes before seven we all corner of Academy avenue and Washlate into the night the regiments of assemble in all sorts of toga and go Decorations. ington street. The Minisink monument was beau- Allison, Woodhull, McClaughry, Du- through setting up drill for ten minB. F. Bailey, of Rldgebury, grand- tifully decorated with fiorors, which Bols and Hasbrouck, with Lamb's ar- utes, after which we dash off for the son of Jonathan Bailey /who was in •was the work of J, W. Corwin. tillery, met and repelled the charges lake and spend ten or flfteen minutes the battle of Minisink, but escaped. The court house, surrogate and of the trained regiments under Gen- In the water. We then come back to The wife of J. Harrison, grand- clerk's offices and the fire houses bore eral Vaughn and Colonel Beverly camp and put our tents in order for daughter of Abraham Shepard, who flags. The Occidental and Erie Robinson. Outnumbered and overrun fell in the battle of Mlnlsink. She hotels and the Van Nort Houee and they gave way, and the British en- inspection. Breakfast Is served at 7:30, and we lives at Unionville. many private residences were decor- tered the works. Colonels Allison are always glad to bo called for It James M. Reove, grandson of James ated with bunting and evergreens, and McClaughry and some twenty- In fact we are ready for every»meal, Reeve, who was in the battlo but esRsdfield & Millspaugh's store was 'five officers below that rank were and they are good meals too. caped. He lives in the town of Wall- conspicuously decorated. The daugh- taken prisoners, over one hundred After breakfast IB ovsr wo have kill. Also his brother, Hon. Jobn H. ters of the late General Rawline dis- were killed, among these the heroic chapel services at 8 o'clock. Mr. Reeve, of Wawayanda. played a picture of their father and boy of eighteen, Micah Allison, the Brundage leads In a few good rousing Henry T. Van Duzer, graadnephew of son of the Colonel. About 2SO pri- hymns, and then Mr. Elmer or some General Grant of Colonel Tusten. Lives in the vates were also captured. other one of the men gives us a good Among the decorations ot private town of Goshen. talk and leads in prayer. The chapel The roll of prisoners has been preresidences not before mentioned were Theresa Davis, niece of Colonel service la concluded by the appointserved, but the names of the fallen those Of J. B. Weymer, E. A. Poet, 0. Tusten. Lives In the town of Goshen A. Blauvelt, Colonel A. Neafie, Sur- and the escaped of the dffastrous ment of committees for the day and and is over eighty years of age. conflict only live In tradition. For the assignment or the boys to their Jonathan Shepard, grandson of rogate Wadaworth, John J Cooper, N. days the doom of uncertainty ae to several duties around the oarnp. One J. Kelsey, and others. Abraham Shepard, who fell in the the fate of many of th« members of of the assignments for the day that At Dr. H. H. Roblnaon'e on the the battle of Minisink. Lives in WestGoshen families of Tuthills, Hor- Is not very popular Is that of official same street was seen a tableau of an town. tons and others hung over their dish washers. But we all live through John P. Hathorn, of Wllliamcburgh, Indian girl and the Goddess of Lib- homes, only to be relieved, as an- our turn at thig work, and I guess It N. Y., a lineal descendant of Colonel erty. There were many other private other and another of the escaped, foot does us good. decorations that we cannot recall. Hathorn, of Warwick. The detail which has to provide The procession was. the largest one sore and wounded, came in with the water Two grandsons of Colonel Hathorn for the camp Is much more reports. Among the prisoners were were present. James Burt, of War- of the kind ever seen in Gosben. It the Dunnings, Thompsons, Moores, popular than that of dish washing wick, whose eighty years sit lightly was about a mile and a half long, Sawyers and Jones, of the families You see, in order to get the best on him, sat on the platform and heard and occupied about twenty minutes bearing those names In the Gosben water we have to row along tho Judge Taylor tell the story of his in passing. There were not less uf to-day. shore of the lake for about 500 yards grandmother, who sent off with than 2,500 people in line. to a fine, clear and cold spring. Most Ended Military Career. The armed militia attracted much Hathorn her eighth son, the last and of us enjoy this row very much. This engagement terminated the youngest. Moses Thomas, of 8ho- attention. The marching of the Another detail which is popular ia nilltaiT career of Col. Allison. He, little tars" from the School Ship hola, whose grandfather's name is the one in charge of the council flre on the roll of slain on the monument, Minnesota was especially admired. with Col. McOlaughry and the other that is lighted on the beach each prisoners, were taken to New York. and whose great-grandfather was also The Ellenville Company, the Peeksevening at dusk. tomahawked by savages, was present, kill Company and the Newburgh Bat- The privates were confined in the old After chapel Mr. Wallace Rives us and secured from the Goshen author- talion displayed excellent discipline Sugar House, Col. McCla.ughry, dan- some mighty good instruction in gerously -wounded, was put in hosities the old monument set up there and drill. scout practice, in which he is a pastAll the visiting companies and pital care, while Col. Allison was held master. When this Instruction is finfifty-seven years ago, and this he Ina prisoner until December 17th, 1780, tends to place upon the battlefield, guest« were given a dinner under we go on hikes or amuse ourhe w*» exchanged and returned ished which is as much of a wilderness to- three large tents spread on the race when selves In whatever way suits us best. courfie, whither the procession waa to hl« farm in Orange county. The day as it was 100 years ago. At 11 o'clock we are all allowed to war wae then virtually ovt" marched, and they did ample Justice In a carriage In the procession go In for another swim. At no time Col. Allleon was recomnudsionert are were six aged veterans of 1812. It to the collation. we allowed to remain in the water In 1778 as Colonel of tols old regiment The speaking took place at 3 o'clock •was driven by James J. Board, of for any very long time. That commission is before me as I Chester. The others were Miller on a platform erected in the Church We have dinner about. 12 o'clock, together with a letter from him Van Keuren and Samuel Sears, of Park, near the monument. Follow- •write, and I can tell you we are all hungry while a prisoner, dated Gravesend, ing was the program, of the exerMontgomery; Ezra Sanford, of WarMay 17th, 1780, addressed to hi« son- .enough to enjoy it fully by that time. wick; James Burt, of Warwick, and cises: The afternoon Is spent In tracking in-law, William W. Thompson, of GoGeorge W. Houston, of Mlddletown. 1. Prayer by Rev. W. D. Snodgrass, ehen, and trailing through the woods. This afterwarde sheriff of the county. D. D. The last two named are descendants Is somewhat like hare and hounds, 2. Address ol welcome on behalf of These paper* were furnished me by except that the trail is made by footof Minisink men. H. B. Knight, of Ooshen, who, with the citizens and trustees, by HarErie train No. 4, arriving at 10:20, prints In the soft places and by rison W Nanny, president of the Charles T. Knight, of Monroe, Is a breaking twigs and small branches brought four carloads from Port Jerdescendant in the fifth degree from village of Goshen, and introducing Tls, including Delaware Hose Comin the woods. Some of the boys are Col. AlUeon. the president of the day. pany, No. 2, with the Suequohanna becoming quite expert in this line of There 1« eomewbat of pathos con- scout practice. It certainly is a fine Band; Bverltt Hose Company No. 4, 3. Address by Hon. James W. Taylor, of Newburgh, President of nected with the old commission. AB training for a quick eye. And Maohackemock Hook and Ladder [ have written, Col. Allison and Lieut. the Day. Company No. 1. With the Port JerAt 5:30 we all go in for another vis firemen were Chief Engineer 4 Music by the Goshen Cornet Colonel Tusten alternated in the com- swim. By the way. while speaking mand of the regiment When this of swimming, I want to tell you that Band. James McDouga.il, and Assistant Englneere Thomas Moran and Thomas 5. Oration by Rev. J. Halstead Car- commission was issued, bearing the we have some fine swimmers In the signature of George Clinton, the Gov- camp. Perhaps Herbert Underwood roll, D. D., of Newburgh. Beaiated. ernor, Col. Allison wm* etill a prisoner of the Hawks, Third Poughkeepsie A special train from Newburgh ar- 6. Music. Tfrtag at 10:15 brought seven car- 7. Address by Hon. C. H. WlnfleM, in the hands of the British ,and it was Troop, is the best. The other day he as the senior officer of the regiment swam the length of the lake and reof New York city. loads, including the 17th Battalion, Colonel Hoyt commanding, Ringgold 8. Address by General J. A. Brtgga, Col. Allison never saw it, for before turn, a distance of a mile and a halt. hie release from Imprisonment, Lieut He had a boat following him, so that of Brooklyn. How Company No. 1, Eastman's Colonel Tusten with thirty of- the Pooghkeepsle Band, and a squad of 9. Music. no time was he in any danger. members of Col. Allison's Goshen at We tiie old Continental Company, under 10. Benediction. have supper at G o'clock, and regiment, bad fallen at Minisink, and There was an Immense throng command of Captain Isaac Jenkins; then as the dusk begins to deepen we also Company A of the 16th Battalion, around tJie platform where., the years after that event and Col. Alli- light the council flre on the bead) N. O. S. N. T., of Peeksklll, In com- speeches were made. Mr. Nanny's lon'e death this old commimlom with and gather around It to listen to some mand of Captain Thomas Swain, ac- address of welcome was brief and ap- that of Lieut, Col. Tusten were found of the finest and most interesting propriate to the occasion. Judge among the papers of the latter. Col. stories a scout ever heard. These are companied by the Peeksklll Band. Allison was first placed on the prison told by Mr. Wallace, as only he can The Wallklll Valley train from Taylor presided. ship Archer. Coionel William Allison. Kingston brought a detachment of tell them. He tells of his experiences The following is reprinted from the • After his discharge from the parole on his exploring expeditions In Lababout 200 rifles from the TJ. S. School Sfclp Minnesota, lying at Rondout, to- Gosben Republican, of March 1, 1895, prison Col. Allison resumed his occu- rador. Mr. Wallace had some Tery gether with the Minnesota Marine and relates to a conspicuous figure pation of a farmer. His estate was interesting experiences among the Band. The boys were In command in the troublesome times la the early probably little diminished, for he was natives of that northern land. Some a wealthy proprietor at his death In of Lieutenant Commander H. L, history of Orange county: In response to an inquiry Concern- 1804. He was a leader and popular of his experiences are very funny. White. The Warwick train of three cars Ing Col. William Allison, who com- among Ut* people at the close of the brought Excelsior Hose Company No. manded the Ooshen regiment of mili- war. He wm* elected to the State 1, the Walden Comet Bund, Warwick tia during the Revolution, I gladly Senate for th* term* of 1783-'86, sucLodge of Odd fellows and a delega- furnish some facts concerning him. ceeding Henry Wisner In that body, My Mead, the historian. B. U. Rut- and was htm**tf succeeded by Colotion Ot Warwick Masons. The I4th Separate Company, of tenber, has devoted himself to New- nel John Hathorn, of Warwick. He Heat RubM Ellenvllle, Pioneer Engine Company burgh, and the northern part of the was commtMloned Brigadier General Pimples and Scoresljy Hoe* Company, with a county In the details of bis Investiga- In 17S3, having command of the regiOily Skin large number of citizens, arrived by tion and believes that the people of ment formerly his own, with those of Itchy Skin three special can oa the Ulster Goshen should preserve the memoir Colonels Woodhull and Hathorn. He of their representative men of the lies besides his wife In the old graveCounty icxarses. Eczema Nst leaethft* t.000 people wen Revolutionary period without ealllag yard on the farm near where he Hives on him. And h« is right, bat I otter lived. Colonel William Allison left iron iglQwetQ^ra. fil.ckh«*d» fee forenoon a large delefla- BO apologies tor him; he Is able to surviving him two daughters, Mary, Ivy Poi*oolnf from Chester In o*r- take oar* of himself aad cut tell who married Dr. William Elmer, of I, tf he win. Ooshen, the anosator of the late boMted %y <|rnm out'pe. A JelsfitKiB -earne atoo from WlUtan Allison was bora In Qoshen Richard A. Clm*T, Assistant PostHM trustees of about the year 17*8, postlbly a year matter General, and the family of w*rs or two later, lie WM the son of J* that name at WarerU. sad •arah, SOME WORKING SUFFRAGISTS ARE GIRLS LOSE TOO SHOWN NO MERCY MUCH TIME Asqoith Sympathizers Try Two Girb Tell How To to Drown Militant Women. SCOUT WRITES ATOM! It Is nothing that teaches mon POLICE BARELY SAVE THEN OF LIFE AT LAKE thanThereexperience. W« therefore qUoU from the letters of two girls who suffered and were restored to health. The ANAWANA same remedy is within reach of all. For English Pramiar and His Wifa Ar« Oivan Splandid Walcom* In Dublin and Crowd LOM* Temper WH*n 8uffrag*lt*a Attempt to Break Up Demonstration. Brooklyn, N. Y. - " Prior to taking the first bottle of Lydia E. Plnkham'i Vegetable Compound I suffered agony every month, but after your wonderful medicine had been taken a while I felt a little better, and after taking seven bot- Dublin, July m—Thousands In and tles of it I feel that I can truly say J about the Theater Ho.vnl Kiive 1'rruiU'r Anqulth a splendid reception. HoKldca have no more pain or inconvenience. " As I am out in the busineM world ss tlio *,000 a-owdeil l n t n tho Iht'.itor a stenographer, I come in contact with thoro wore twit mnswn ot people ourmany girls, and when the opportune mo- side tumble to k'.'iln mliulttiinco. ment arrives I toll them about the Veg- ' The police precaution* WPIX- Hi null etable Compound and I know that quite I fiRHlnut the MUfl'niKOiIt's nftiT tho expea few are taking It"—HELEN CANET, riences of the nlKliI before. The lliou566 Dean St tcr vfn» surrounded, ami the police rtrow 11 cordon nliotit tlie nelKhlwrlng Another Girl's Experience. Tishomingo, Okla. — " I am a Btenog- utreotn. Tho HufTniKi'ttes. Imwuver, atrapher and book-keeper, and Lydia E. tempted to pitrnde ilnrliiK the meeting, Pinknam'n Vegeta- but the crowd iittiickeil thoni and forcble Compound has ed the militant ones to take refuse In saved my life. I am the trnm oars mid the postolllce. Atenjoying the best of tempts wvro' made to throw Home of health now.but I WBB them Into the river LlfTiiy, but nn Insuffering f r o m fe- spector of {»!!<je tiaved them hy npmale troubles and pcullug lo the crowd to "be Irishmen." p a i n f u l period*, Enthu«i«im Unbounded. a n d w o u l d h a v e At th« meeting In tho Thentor Royal backache, headache tho enthusiamn wan unbounded. The and fainting npclliL nppwirance of Mrs. Asqiilth on the If any woman would plntform currying a banquet was the like to write to me AlKtial for a prvJoufted demonstration, I will gladly answer her letter and tell tb» audtaico rtnmllnft up nnd chwrliiR. her what Lydia E. Ptakham's Vegetable Mr. AjiQulth, who followed, trnH reCompound has done for me." —Mm. ceived with a hurrlcnn« of npPIllu««. MATTIE COFENHAVEK, Tiahomingo, Okla. which lantcd five mlnutea ft nil wound up with tlio people. Dinging "For he's a Jolly Rood fWlow." Tho prluw ' luhiMer'H np«och wna three tlmos lntcrrm)ted by RuffrairotteB, who wcra quickly and »ery forcibly ejected. Summltvllle, July IS, (Special)— Misses Anna Brown and Vcra Walk- TROOPS TO LEAVE EL PASO. er spent part of last week visiting friends ia Mldrtlctown. D«fa«t of M*xioan Rtvolwtlon Ends Mr. and Mrs. GIIB. 8L John vliilted Danger on tna Border. relatives In this place Sunday. WashliiRtou, July 20.—Due to the deMathow Galloway, of New York, Is visiting his parcuta, Mr. and Mrs. feat of tho Mexican revolutionary movement by I'renldent Mndvro and David Galloway. The Summitville Social Club will acute rtnnRer at the border now being hold an Ice cream" festival at tho regarded HH pniit, tho wnr depnrtmont homo of Mrs. Alice Walker Friday, decided to withdraw mnny of the July 2G. All are cordially invited to troopa vrhlch Imve (bclr headquarter* attend. la El Pntw. Master Stewart Qroo entertained a Olty of Mejdco, July 20. — federal number of his friends at his homo troopM routed a Zlapatlut force at from 2 to 6 o'clock Thursday after- Tlacoyftsnn WednotHldy, killing 100, acnoon. •Mr. and Mrs. J. Pierre, of Middle- cording to newn received here. The town, are visiting their daughter, rebels bud surrounded a baud of rurales and were exterminating tbem Mr«. Fred Schindler. yf Mrs.(John Eckort, ot Woodbourno, when the government troops cnmo up. vIsHert '"relatlVcs In this place last Three hundred of the advance gunrd week. of General ttojns' rebel force were Isaac Qerman, of Goshen, epent inaMAcrcd by Tug til Indians recently Tuesday with relatives. la Dolorw* maintain [MM. according to Mrs. Harvey Brown, of 'Mlddletown Information from Mndern. The rcb«l(i spent Wednesday with friends. •Mrs. Stephen Walker visited ner were caught in n canyon. Fifteen con, Chdrlea, at Middletown, Monday hundred Tnpntlstas hnvs captured Huananczcltla. In enateni Guerrero. and Tuesday. Miss Ida Ruttan la upending thu They ar« marching now on Cbllpannummer with Dr. Mary Krom at Wln- clngo, onco the state capital. terton. Miss Helen Yonkers, of Centervillo visited Mrs. Eliza Denman, ThursKeUart Ship Kill* Three. day. Kiel, July 20.—The German battlnMr«. Arthur Ral«ton and daughter, of Mlddletovn, are visiting relatives ship HcHBen accidentally rammed torpedo bont O 112 (lurlnR the maneuvers in this place. In the Baltic nor. nnd killed three mon SUMMITVILLE STATE COMMITTEE MEETS. * _——^—~ Republican Convention Likely Will Ba Held at Saratoga. New York, July 20.—The Republican state committee met at noon today nt the headquarters of the committoy ia select the date and place of the state convention. It Is understood that the meeting will decide to hold the convention at Saratoga on Sept 24. Chairman Barnee of the state committee said that while many name* had been mentioned for the temporary chairmanship of the convention there seemed to be no particular leaning at this time to any of the individuals who had been talked of And that be thought that the temporary chairman would not be decided upon until the delegates gathered at Saratoga. CARMEN'S COST OF LIVING. Chicago Street Railway Employees Put In Figures For Raiie. SPECIAL TRAIN FOE Mnnsnnc REUNION The time tab.** of th* *p*clal Irate for the excursion of Mlnlsink battle> ground, on July I t , follows: Leaves Warwick, 8:10 a. m.. Ones* tor, 8:52. Goshen, ». Mlddletown. 9:10, OtlsviHe, 8:22, Port Jenrls, 1:41, He-turning, train leaves Laekawsisa. lit <4::iO p. m., stopping at abov* to discharge passengers. PIMPLES CAME JIPTCHES On Hand. Scratched So They Bled. Spread to Other Hand and Face, Ashamed to Go Out, Cured By Cuticura Soap and Ointment, 31fl «7tb St., Brooklyn. N. V.—"Aboo» • year »K" I nollrnl ft i>lmpl« on tbo back of'my Imml. 1 plckixl It. and the n«t d»7 my hand bec«no full o* plmplo*. Thry cam« la blntctim, about a half dozed When they Ortt llw-y wtiro red and Inllnmod &rul Itched very much. T •crutches' them w they I>I<*1 *od then tb«T developed Into norm. Th» uprrad to my otbw hand, and faon. At Ona llmf my fare got no full of plmplw and they lu-iuxl "O much I WM MhtiMd to so out so the utrcrt.. "Whon T batbMl they twcttM I treated for them but ItMUSd of Iwtter I becarao worm, and by this MUM my dtaeMO becanw *o bad tbM 'i. oould not «leep or eat Finally when I began to d»p*lr of grttlns betuc a frtaod toid me to try Cutteum 6o»p and OtntoMnt. I .rit for aamplM and uwd tbem.' I took a tiot t»th. u*ln« Outlaw 6o»p. sod then applied thft CuUcura, Ointment So UM alTccbxt parta before gulag to bed. * When I woko up tno next morning tM Itchlnc had itoppod. Within three wmln I had no idgn of * pimple. I wa« entirely curstl.^ (8lpm«l) K. Mark*. Dec. Ifl. 1011. '~ Cuticura Soap and Cutlcuro Ointment an •old throughout the world. Liberal a»mple of each mailed free, with 33-p. BUn Book. Addn*« poit-card "Cutlcur*. Dept.T, Bottoo." WTender-fMed mm abould u*e Outlcura Boap Bharta* Stick. 25c. Ssmplo at*. GET ACQUAINTED WITH BEAKES' COAL Not cold and distant like some of your acquaintances, but want) nnd cheery. Try it this year—you will like it and the service that goes with it. All sizes now in stock. John G* Beakes 12 Railroad Ar0. - Telephone 168. INVISIBLE JBf'SVCAL THE BEST PROOF Mlddletown Cltliene Cannot Doubt U Doan's Kidney Pills were used— they cured. The,,8tory was told to Mlddletown residents. Time haa strengthened the evidence. Has proven the cure permanent. The testimony is l;omo testimony— The proof convincing. It can bo investigated by Middletown residents. Mrs. E. Porter, 10 Courtland street, Mlddletown, N. Y-, lays: "I recomnfend Doan's Kidney Pills as highly to-day as I did In 1906, when I gave a public statement In their praise. I suffered from kidney and bladder trouble for flve years. Tho kidney secretions were unnatural and caused annoyance. Headaches were common and I f«'t miserable in every way. I consulted doctors and tried a number of remedies, hut was not helped until I began using Doan's Kidney Pills, procured at Mills' Drug Store. They stopped the pain in my back and restored ray kidneys to a normal condition. I think a great deal of Doan's Kidney Pilln." For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Foster-Mil burn Co., Buffalo, New York, sole agents for the United States. Remember the name—Doan's—and take no other. lenses give him the two visions, he requires in a one-piece lens. They are truly wonderful bifocals with no lines of separation and no cemented pieces. Come in and see them. The recollection of QUALITY re-< malna long after the price Is for, gotten. I —LENS GRINDING— '\ R. D.PARKER, O. D. 48 North Street Mlddletown, N. Y. Insect Killers Chicago, July 20.—A plea for an adPure Paris Green, vance in wages was made to officials Arsenate Lead, of the Chicago Street railways bf W. D. McMahon, international president Tobacco Dust, of the Street Railway Employees' Bordeaux Mixture, union. King Fly Killers, McMnbon submitted statistics which be asserted would prove thnt It rePoison Fly Paper, quired $1,001.68 a yenr to support a Tanglefoot Fly Paper, family of flve, the average number. With one day off a week the overage Magic Insect Exterminator, yearly salary of a street car employee Prices and quality right. 18 $875.02, according to McMnhon. In A Few Facts About tho list of absolute necessities McMahon estimated but ft AS disbursed LIVER TROUBLE yearly for "amusement." A dull, sluggish liver always brings a dull, sluggish feeling to the entire CLEANING UP FLOOD RUIN. body. When the liver works properly the blood courses through tho Dsnvar't Lett In Cloudburst May body in a bright red stream. When Rtach (5,000,000. the liver is inactive the blood beDenver. Colo., July 20.~Tbe work of comes dull and muddy, and it I* full cleaning up the ruin wrought by the of poisonous matter. A great many, cloudburst and flood In Cherry creek Is people try to get a fine, clear, pink I white complexion by rubbing still going on. City authorities esti- and (Established Since 1886) things on their' faces. They might mate that 1,000 neopl* wers made rub a lifetime and the same yellow homeless by the rush of wnter and pot complexion would remain—for th« the property damage at from $4,000,000 liver CKIISCS it. Only bright, red Old Reti^U C>i! »nd to $8,000,000. blood brings flue complexions. Blood Lumber Yari Tbe splendid golf course of the Den- loaded with impurities from the liver ver Golf club, where the western golf sends the impurities out through the Your busin«M for Coal and championship was to have been played 'pores of the skin and turns the skin Lumber always appreciated a brownish yellow. -the day after the flood, va* Almost To get rid of tne dull, heavy feelruined, hnlf of ttn eighteen boles btlog OUR SPECIALTY— Ing and muddy, yellow complexion pat out of commission. *et the liver working again. Two SOc O. «3te XV. GOAL. bottle* of BLOODINE will do It nine limes out of len. If rou w» troubled 307-311 North St The Jspsnese Yen. coin called yen In Japno te 50 with constipation and straining use MiddUtown, N. Y. cent* In our money, 100 yen being BLOOniXF LIVER PIL.L8 with Uit BLOODINE. Chambers Bros. •qulTsleot to W. D. Olney Druggist, 4 Franklin Sqnre KETCHUM'S *