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Catskill Mountain News CLARKE A. SANFOH1),

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fisherman

SPRING IS HERE. Saturday we looked a t tlio ca lendar

—then of the window—and lastly a t tlio calendar again. Tliere wns no mistake spring had come. Of course it hud not coiiie like any other spring of which we remember. this is a year of surprise.

Likewise, we remembered a certain item to the effect tha t it is advocated that the trout season In all probability would open tliis year on the sixteenth of April instead of May 1 sought out a well known whom It is our pleasure to know, and intrviewed him on the prospects of the season. l ie was very optimistic, and in response to our tiuestionlngs spoke tlmsly:

i have tiie stream which I shall lienor with my presence the tlrst day all selected, and a good map of the region, and as for the res t of my tackle —a snow shovel was easy of acquisi­t ion—there a re plenty of them this year. 1 next confiscated the ancest ra l axe, which has chopped the wood, performed the last sad ri tes over the family poultry, and stood under the parental roof for genera­t ion; and, in all probability, came over with some forefather or

A BIG FACTORY. Margurotville, N. V.

March 24, 1011

Dear Kdl tor : - -The launching of the Dreadnought

Oklahoma at the works of the New York, Ship Building plant, Camden, N. .1., on the 23d Inst., recal ls to mind n very Interesting visit the wr i te r paid to the above mentioned plant the 8th of October hist.

A friend. .1. .1. Boyle, procured per­mits for two. Early on the morning of the 8th WO star ted on our tour Inspection, arr iving at the gates presenting our permits , shown to the office of

of and

we were Thomas S.

Mason, who by the way we found to bo a (Mason) and a very interest ing, and entertaining host. One enn better judge nf the caliber of Mr. Mason, by the fact tha t every keel tha t Is laid, and every hull that is designed In this mammoth plant is the work of his brain alone. The plant has been in operation about 111 years , nnd has averaged one vessel a month during that time, It is s tated by good au­thority thai this plant turns out more vessels each year than any other plant in America.

Hut let us return again to the sub­ject of what we saw. With Mr. Mason as guide we first visited the Moreno, a batt leship building for the Argent ine Republic, length, 686 ft., beam 90 ft. hTls vessel, our guide informed us was launched several years ago, but owing to the fact tha t Argentena had

'purchased t h e . t u r r e t s and a rmor of another firm, it was found that nei ther

' t u r r e t s or a rmor would fit, causing a

family groat loss of time and money. Next we took an elevator, ascend­

ing up some hundred feet, then across what might be termed a foot bridge to tin- Dreadnought, Oklahoma, and as she is the largest bat t leship afloat, we were axnious to explore every nook.

GOULD'S HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY

CHAPTER VI — CONTINUED. "Tin- reader will remember the three bushels of corn given

ns at the mill; this they fairly and equally divided among us all, Which amounted to two handst'ul a day; and that none should have move or less than another, while it lasted, the corns were counted as we received them; in this respect Brant was .just and kind. This corn we were allowed to boil in their kettles when they had finished theirs: we generally contrived to pound it before we boiled it, as we had found a mortur at a deserted wigwam, left by the Indians the year before, who had been driven away by General Sullivan. While in the neigh­borhood of what is now called Tioga Point, we but narrowly escaped every man of us being butchered on the spot; a miracle, as it were, saved us. The cause was as follows: At this place, when Brant was on his way down the Chemung, on this same expedition, but a few days before, he had detailed eleven Indians from his company, to pass through the woods from Tiogn Point to a place called Minisink. It was known to Brant, that at this place were a few families, where it was supposed several prisoners might be made, or scalps taken, which at Niagara, would bring them eight dollars apiece. This was the great stimulus by which the Indians, in the Revolution, were incited by Butler, the British agent, to per­petrate so many horrid murders upon women, children, and helpless old age, in this region of country.

"Th i s party made good their way to the Minisink, when, 'lying concealed, in the woods, they managed to get into their possession, one after another, five lusty men, and had brought them as far as to the east side of the Susquehanna, opposite Tioga Point. Here they encamped for the night, intending in the morning to construct a craft, in order to float themselves over the river, as they had done on their way toward the Mini-sink, a few days before, and so pursue their way up the Che­mung, which course was the great thoroughfare of the Indians from the Susquehanna country to that of the Genesee.

"Here , while the eleven Indians lay fast asleep, being greatly fatigued and apprehending no danger; as the prisoners were securely bound, and also sleeping soundly, as the Indians sup-

setl before they laid themselves down; but as the soul of the prisoners were ever watching some opportunity

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P-ainfin*T W e would be *,ad to 1 a l i i 111 1{£ make an estimate of your painting needs for the season.

H. D. SHAVER Painter and Decorator

Margaretville, N. Y.

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the Mayflower, I spent all one morn ing sharpening it, and by noon 1 had »1"1 accordingly s tar ted by descending removed all but the nick it received !< 'adder to the water t ight comparts-the day that father killed the rooster which had served as the family a la rm clock for a score of years . (We boil­ed that rooster, I remember , for two days—two more wouldn' t have helped any) . All I lack now is a full set of surveyors accessories, and plenty of lire wood.

About a tt eek before the season should it open April 1G, 1 in-opens

ladder to the ments. and then down another ladder

1 to the magazine rooms and here we round the tubes throiiKh which tor-

: pedoes' a re discharged (at least 30 ft. under water ) and sent on their death dealing errands . Her a rmamen t will consist of three Tur res t s of three lf>

I inch guns each. These guns would reach from your garage nearly to the covered bridge, and would easily ad-

1 mit of a man crawling through them.

made death

A. ALBERS AGENT

MARGARETVILLE, NEW YORK |

1:ir,i»;»i«'.n;:::!i:|l •:,;«i;W!!'il|::!!

tend to set out with snow shoes, pro visions tor a fortnight, and the full se t ' l l ' " » there are the two Torpedo Tubes,

of tackle enumerated above. By the aid of the map and compass, and any very tall landmarks which may happen to protrude from the snow I shall lo­cate the stream. . There I shall build a lean-to and Immediately s t a r t dig-, ging. By the first day I may have dug down to the brook and have cut a hole through which 1 may drop the line on, which dangles the bait 1 have ordered from Florida. 1 don't know jus t what luck 1 will have—hut if it Is in any proportion to what I deserve, 1 expect unite a string, It is all r ight to say that spring has come, and that the trout season opens the sixteenth of April, but sometimes I—well, perhaps you feel the same way about it."—A Fisherman.

Rev. Brown Leaves Arena. Arena, N. Y.,

.March 24, 1914, Editor of the News: — The Rev. B. B. Brown of the M. E.

church hen-, after a most earnes t and successful ministry of three years, has accepted a call from the W. M. Church in the city of Canandaigua, N. Y.

Rev. Brown will leave a host of warm friends and several live con­verts . Respectfully,

A Subscriber.

Boiling Frozen Potatoes. Dear Editor:—1 wonder if all your]

readers have ever heard of this way of papatably preparing frozen potatoes? Peel and wash the potatoes and put them into a dish to cook with water. First set them out of doors to draw out frost and freeze if they will Cook them in the same water, mash them well and salt just before they a re done cooking. Any one who has frozen po­tatoes in plenty should try this recipe.

FARMER.

Take Out The Ad. Wilbur Kittle of Bedell, who last

week advert ised several shoats for sale wri tes the News, "Please bo sure to take out my notice as all the pigs wen- sold In three days."

All our subscribers a re welcome to advertise in this column. The re is no charge for those paid In advance, A few lines the re will turn something you are not using into dollars, proba­bly someone else wan t s it.

and many smaller cannon. Our guide informed us that tliere was several million rivets used in the construction of this mammoth war dog. She is 5S3 ft. long, 90 ft. beam, required speed, 21 Mi knots. The hull and all comparts-ments are composed of three layers of steel, and each layer of a different temper. After spending one hour on this, the pride of our navy, we turned our at tention to the torpedo boat des­troyer, Downs, which by the way was

! launched Nov. 8th, length 350 f t , • speed ,12 knots. Some boat I reckon, | beside the three jus t mentioned, tliere were four more building, as follows, one collier, Tonnage, 8,00, one Ferry boat (double decker) 300 feet long for the New York Dry Dock Co., one steel car float, capacity 20 ears.

Mr. Mason Informed us tha t they al­so have the contracts for three more destroyers and one tender.

After inspecting each vessel we turned our at tention to the machinery and their method of put t ing the heavy armor plates and tu r re t s in position. Among this wonderful as­semblage, our at tention was called to a Crane lifting a freight car loaded with twenty tons of steel, and to a magnet lifting a live ton a rmor plate and putt ing it In position as easily as Fred Myers pockets the basket ball.

In closing would advise all readers of the News when visiting the Quaker City, to cross the ferry to Camden, get a friend to procure you a pass, and visit the N. Y. Ship Building Plant, as

Yon Can't Afford III Health Now Your prof­its depend o n g o o d c o n d i t i o n and s teady g rowth .

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used In tho spring nnd Bummer insures biKRest profits In tho fall market. Spring calves, foals and plRs need careful at­tention. Guard against disease and lay th3 fonnda'ion of Rood health and biy profit*.

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The Snow on Pa lmer Hill. The big snow that fell March 1 has

been rapidly disappearing under the Influence ol warm days, accompanied by a south wind. The roads have been very difficult to travel and much shov­eling has been necessary in places in order to get through, One load of milk on Dingle Hill v>as upset and part of the milk spilled. in some places the snow was so soft that horn-es wont to the hotom. The fears of a Hood from the melting snow have been allayed by the gradual passing away of the piles, of snow, although a large body still remains.—Andes Re­corder.

Farm Hand Suffocates. Char les Stoekley, about SB years of

age, a l loburt farm hand, was nearly suffocated io deatli in a nnal l llro, Which wrecked the kitchen of the tenan t house on the Frank I'. Hillls farm, about lour miles on Roses Brook Friday ruau is developes he Is considered out of danger.

No Lights 'on Baby Carr iages. Baby carr iages and hay riggings a re

the only vehicles which can travel s ta te highways hereafter without car­rying a red light between the hours of sunset and sunrise, under a law ap­proved by Governor Glynn. Under tho t e rms of this law which wns in­troduced by Senator Wilson, every ve­hicle on wheels, whether s ta t ionery or

I In motion, while on a public highway or bridge, must have a t tached to it a red light visible from the rear . The law distinctly says that hand propel­led vehicles need not carry the red l igh t Hay riggings are exempted from the provisions of the law, be­cause of the danger of the light set­ting fire to the load of hay or straw.

better und uuloss p n e u m o n i a ' t h

Where the Snow Never Melts. A Fish 's Eddy correspondent says ;

Ad. Van Loan says he don't know nothin ' about snow. He says he knows a place up on the headwate rs of the Eas t Branch of the Delaware whore the re is three years ' snow on the ground all the time. In the way of proof be says he can HIIOW you where the weeds for three, successive years have grown up through the snow and lopped over in the full and there is a layer of snow betv ecu each year 's weeds and fallen leaves. Ad. says if they ever do got a thaw up there they will be able to cut a lt'-ioot mill log off evory s tump in the woods.

The Modesty of Ye Editor. A lady In Pi t tsburgh, Mass., In writ­

ing for the Independent ano ther year, encloses $1 and wri tes that wo have improved greatly In penmanship since

first took tho puper. This would but tho (act Is

single wrappers a ro addressed, not by the editor, but by the fore­man -New Pel t s Independent.

from l lobur t slit night. Tho be u great compliment

po one man, to escape.

" B u t this was not possible, even if they could have their escape, unless they should first have effected the of the whole party of Indians. This object, therefore, was their constant aim. In the night, by some means unknown, one of the prisoners got loose, doubtless either by gnawing off his cord, or by chafing it in two as he lay on it. or during the day had managed to hitch it as often as he could against the snags of the trees, till it had become fretted and weak in some place, so that at last he got it in two. When this was effected he silently cut the cords of his fellows, the Indians sleeping ex­ceedingly sound; when each man took a hatchet, and in a moment nine of them received their blades to their handles, in their brains; but the sound of the blows, in cutting through the bones of their heads, awaked the other two, who sprung upon their feet as quick as thought, when one of them as they fied, received the blade of a hatchet between his shoulders-which, however, did not kill him, nor prevent his escape, yet he was terribly wounded. These men, who had so heroically made their escape, returned, as was supposed, to their homes, to relate to their families and posterity the perils of that awful night.

"After they had gone, the two Indians returned to the spot where lay their ruthless, but. unfortunate companions, fast locked, not only in the sleep of night, but that of death, never more, to torment the ear of civilized life with the death-yells of their sepulchral throats. They took the moccasins from the feet of their slaughtered friends, nine pair in number, and then constructed a float of logs on which they crossed the river, and hail proceeded a little way up the Chemung, where they had built a hut- and the well Indian was endeavoring to cure his wounded companion.

"When the whooping of the party of Indians to whom we were prisoners struck his ear, he gave the death-yell, which ^ ( g g foy ftfe® H©UH8© rung on the dull air as the scream of a demon, reverberating in1 N7U**X!-KB' u ^ u ^""^ " " ^ ^ w * * dull echoes up and down the stream; at which the whole body made a halt and stood in mute astonishment, not knowing what this could mean, when directly the two Indians made their ap­pearance, exhibiting the nine pair of moccasins, and relating in the Indian tongue—which Harper understood—the death of the companions. In a moment, as if transformed to devils, they threw themselves into a great circle around us, exhibiting the most horrid gestures, gnashing their teeth like a gang of wolves ready to devour, brandishing their tomahawks over us, as so many arrows of death. But here, let it be spoken to the praise of a Divine Providence, at the moment when we had given ourselves up as lost, the very Indian, who was a cheif, and had been the only one of the eleven who had escaped un­hurt, threw himself into the midst of the ring, and with a shake of his hand gave the signal of silence- when he plead our cause, by simply saying, 'These are not the men who killed our friends, and to take the life of the innocent, in cold blood, cannot be right. '

" A s it happened, this Indian knew us all, for he had lived about Schoharie before the war, and was known as an inoffffen-sive and kind-hearted native, but when the war came on, had seen tit to join the British Indians: his words had the desired effect, arrested the mind of Brant, and soothed to composure the terrifiie storm that a moment before had threatened to de­stroy us.

"Again wo resumed our course, bearing the anguish of our suffering with considerably more patience and fortitude than it is like we should have done, had not our lives been pre­served from a greater calamity, just described. We soon came to Newtown, where we were nearly at the point of starvation, Indians and all, as we had nothing to eat except a handful or two of corn a day; and what the end would have been is not hard to foresee, had not an amazing number of wolf-tracks remaining directed us to the carcass of a dead horse. The poor brute had been left to take care of itself the summer be fore- by Sullivan, in his march to the Indian country, being unliit for the service of a pack-horse. Here, on the commons of nature—which, during the summer and fall, it is likely, pro­duced an abundance of pasturage, but when winter came on, ami rendered it impossible for the poor worn-out animal to take care of itself—death came to its relief. That it had lived until the winter had become severe, was evident, from its not being in the least degree putrescent, but was completely frozen, it having been buried in the snow during the winter.

" T h e wolves had torn aiid gnawed the upper side quite away, but not being able to turn the carcass over, it was sound and entire on the under side. This we seized upon, rejoicing as at the finding of hidden treasures; it was instantly cut to pieces, bones, head and hoofs, and equally divided among the whole. Kires were built, at which we roasted and eat, without salt, each his own share- with the highest degree of satisfac­tion.

" N e a r this we found the famous Painted Post, which is now known over all the continent, to those consersant with the early history of our country; the origin of which was as follows:—'Whether in was in the Involution, or in the Dun more battles with the Indians, which commenced in Virginia or in the French war, I do not know: an Indian chief on this' spot had been victorious in battle, killing and taking prisoners to the number of about sixty. This event he celebrated bv causing a tree to be taken from the forest and hewed jfour. square, painted red, and the number he killed, which was twenty-eight, represented across the post in black paint with out any heads; but those he took prisoners, which was thirty were represented in black paint, as the others, but with heads' on. I his post he oreoted, and thus handed down to posteritv an account that here a battle was fought- but by whom anil who the suilerers were, is covered in darkness, except that it was between the whites and Indians.'

CONTINUED NEXT WEKK.

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HARD WOOD WANTED. All kinds of MIXED HARDWOOD,

cut in lengths of 18", 30" or 4'6", from 5" in d iameter and upwards, unpeeled and unspll t , loaded on cars , price $1.20 per t ier and upwards.

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FOR SALE. Lock corner boxes, box shooks,

Kiln dried Heading, Flooring, etc., of our own make.

For further particulars address , Bib Indian Wood Produc t s Co., Ltd

Big Indian, Ulster county, N. Y.

JOHN P. GRANT Attorney

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special attention given to ma t t e r s in Surrogate 's Court.

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George F. Kaufman LAWYER

Hasbrouck Building - 44-46 Main St. KINGSTON. N. Y.

RALPH W. MUNQLE, Margaretville, N. Y.

Represents tho Towns of Middle-town, Shandakon and Hurdenburgh for Fire Insurance. Bet ter than be sorry. Ask for ratoB

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I t is pu t there to p ro t ec t you as well as us from the imitator. Roofu covered with these shingles L7 yea r s ago a re good today, nnd nnvo never needed re ­pairs. I h a t ' s why t h e y ' r e imitated. Therefore, look for this s t amp.

For Sale by

A. J. SCOTT, Margaretville.

Hi OF MARGARETVILLE, N. Y.

No. 6924.

Established 1901.

CAPITAL STOCK $25,000

SURPLUS AND PROFITS. . . 850,000

DEP08IT8 $260,000

E. L. O'CONNOR, Pres ident .

N. D. OLMSTEAD, v . p . and Cashier .

In teres t paid on time deposi ts .

Accounts of firms and individuals solicited,

Every accommodation afforded cou • i s teu t with good banking.

PLASTER BOARD

A mall o rde r h o u s e offers to de­liver P l a s to r Board to De lh i a t 12-07 per squure . A Delhi l u m b e r dealer adver t i ses It at $2.00 p e r square .

Our pr ice Is $1.76 p e r square* the very bust first qual i ty % p laa te r board, which t akes less m o r t a r t o lino up than the th inner p l a s t e r board , which Is sold for a few p e n n i e s less I"" square .

It pays to shop a round when In want of building mator la l .

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