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.
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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.
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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—
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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
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