The weekly examiner, 21 mai 1886, Supplément

[" SOLITUDE.Oh I that thi* riestfrt was my dwelling plar*, With erne fair spirit for my minister, That I might all forget the human race.And, hating no one, love but only her! Ye elements!\u2014in whose ennobling stir I feel myself «xalted\u2014can ye not Accord me such a being! Do I err In deeming such inhabit many a spot?Though with them to converse can rarely our lot.\t\u2014Byron.AFTER THE WILDERNESS.\u2018\u2018EXAMINER EXTRA.\u201d it SHERBROOKE, FRIDAY, MAY 21, 1886.be Maj.tien.Fitzhugh I^ee'g Cavalry\u2014A llrave Artillery Officer.When Gen.Grant came over with his hammer to batter the tough earthen anvil in May, 1884, it was Maj.Gen.Fitz Lee, as much or more than anybody else, who prevented a disastrous result after the battles of the Wilderness.Stuart assigned to his division the duty of obstructing the Federal advance to Spottsylvania Court Honse, and during all the long hours of the night the young officer obstinately resisted the Federal progress with barricades and the crack sharpshooters, falling back only to make another stand, until time was given Gen, Lee\u2019s infantry to occupy the line of tb« Po.Had it not had time to do so, Grant would have interposed he Lee and Richmond, the Confederate tal must have fallen, since there wj* force to protect it, and that this res*® did not follow the rapid movement of Gen.Grant southward was due to the soldiership of Gen.Fitz Lee and his cavalry.It is impossible in a brief article to give an adequate idea of this obstinate fighting of Lee\u2019s division between the Wilderness and Spottsylvania Court House.Plie cavalry and horse artillery seemed to die rather than yield a foot, and when under orders they sullenly fell back, it seemed, under bitter protest.A single incident will give some idea of the animus of Gen.Fitz Lee\u2019s men, winch he related to me.The cavalry had fought step by step and iftd been ordered to fall back on Spottsylvania Court Honse.Two pieces of horse artillery were posted to cover the retreat, and near them were seated on their horses Gen.Fitz Lee and Maj.Breathed, one of the bravest of all Stuart\u2019s brave artillerists.A line of Federal sharpshooters was advancing on the guns, and Gen.Lee said: \u201cGive them a round of canister, Breathed.\u201d The guns thundered, sweeping the slope, but the skirmishers bravely continued to advance; and what was worse, a line of infantry advanced to support them.To remain longer was to lose the guns and Gen.Fitz Lee exclaimed: \u201cTake off the guns.Breathed!\u201d \u201cA few more rounds, general,\u201d Breathed pleaded, and turning to the gunners, \u201cGive them canister!\u201d he shouted.\t, \u201cLook out for your guns, Breathed! Bring them off!\u201d Gen.Lee ordered, turning his horse.\u201cLimber to the rear!\u201d was the order, ; and one of the guns went off at a gallop.! The Federal infantry were now only a few yards off and the second gun seemed lost.\u201cSurrender the gun!\u201d they shouted, to which Breathed replied with a last round of canister, and limbering up attempted to take the gun off.As he did so the drivers were shot one after another and fell from their horses, some of , which were also shot and fell in their f traces.Breathed cut the animals from the traces, mounted one of the wheel-horses, and, striking them with his sabre, brought off the gun in the midst of a shower of bullets, from which, as Gen, Lee said, \u201che miraculously escaped un-harmc\u2019 \u2019 It was by means of this reckless ti.:.ng that Gen.Grant\u2019s Qfilumn was delayed in its advance and Gen.Lee was enabled to reach the court house and i occupy the line of the Po before the arrival of Ids adversary.\u2014John Esten Cooke in Philadelphia Times.New York Winter* Getting Milder.It was nothing strange years ago for enow to fall about Christmas and remain on the ground for weeks and months, often several feet in depth.The mercury dropped below zero and did not cause any wonder.Everything that usually ran on wheels was placed on \u201crunners.\u201d j It is very seldom that the mercury now reaches below zero, and snow rarely packs, even when it is not cleared away by the street cleaning department.\u201cOne principal cause for this change,\" «aid a New York officer of the signal service corps, \u201ccan be seen from the windows of this station.Look around you in every direction, east, west, north, or south, in this city, Brooklyn and Jersey City, and what do you see ?Clouds of steam rising from almost every housetop.Elevators in offices and apartment houses, factories using steam as a motor, buildings heated by the same hot vapor; all sending forth clouds from the tops of the houses.Do you not suppose this has an effect on the atmosphere, warms the air and half melts the snow l>efore it reaches the ground ?Then there are the boilers under the sidewalks and in the cellars; steam-heating pipes along the roadways and thousands of contrivances to generate heat no?known a quarter of a century ago.\u201d\u2014New York Letter.The IfitirleHH l>ocr of Mexico.No Mexican kennel is complete without two or three pelon or hairless dogs.They are of a dirty blue color, ha ve sharp, pointed ears, and do nothing but lull in the sun or crouch before a fire shivering with cold.Pelon is a Mexicanism meaning gift, and they probably called these hairless creatures pelon dogs because you have to give a man something to take one as a present.They are ill-natured, mean, arrant thieves, ami with not a single good trait in their character.\u2014Mexican Letter.At Eventide.Crittbun, and gold, ami ruusot Anaiupt the b aziiiK ?ky, Tlu upch fltood up in thi sunset Ae the wind went wandering by.CriniBon, and gold, and russet, And a drifting haze of rain Caught up the western glory, Ad gave it back again.Just so, when life is sinking, To the twilight time of tears, Worn with fie fret and fever, The turmoil of the years Light from the lard we\u2019re neating Kalis on the path we tread, Like, the smile we see through weeping, On the faces of our dead.r \u2014All the Year Round.Turpentine applied to a cut is a preventive of lockjaw.Bread and cake should be kept in a tin box or stone jar.Phosphorized oil (one in 300) is said by Tavignot to be a radical cure for corns.Oranges and lemons keep best when wrapped close in soft paper and laid in a drawer of linen.Chilblain lotion.\u2014Vigier gives the following formula :\u2014Tannin, eight grains ; glycerine (30 per cent.), five drachrns ; rose-water, three ounces.A well-known New York lawyer while addressing a country jury got down on his knees to illustrate the manner in which his client prayed.The awkwardness of the effort provoked some laughter among the spectators, which the judges strongly rebuked, saying, \u201cThis emotion is disrespectful to the court and unfair to the counsel, It is probably his first experience.Dublin, May 10.\u2014In Lurgan, county' Armagh, 8,000 Orangemen formed in procession to-day to attend the funeral of one of their order.The police prohibited them from wearing badges on the ground that their route to the cemetery lay through the Catholic district.The Orangemen complied with the order of the police and the opposing mob derided them and taunted them with cowardice and it was with the greatest difficulty that the police prevented a conflict.THE MARKETS.Mierhrooke .Markets.Sherbrooke, May 8th, 1886.Patent Haxall per bbl.fi 25 (rt6 60 Knpi riorXXX.4 50 M * 75 City MtlKChoice Bakers\u2019).4 60\t5\t00 Sprina Extra .4\t60\t(cr 4\t75 Superior Extra.4\t75\t@6\t00 No 1 Extra Elour.4\t25\t4\t50 Oatmeal, medium ^ bbl.\t4\t40 0 4\t60 \u201c Fine \u201c\t 4\t75 \u2014 5\t00 \u201c Oranuiated \u201c\t 4\t86 \u2014 5\t00 Coarse Middlings # 100 ft).1\tis ® i\t30 Buckwheat Flour 100 ft).1\t75 0 2\t00 \" Black, «\t._ 2 00 Graham Flour.2 50 a 3 oo Cracked Wheat.2 50 a 3\t00 Shorts # 100 ft.1\t10\t0\t1\t25 Wheat Bran p 100 ft).1 00 0 1\t00 Provender.1\t26\t0\t1\t30 Yellow Meal (coarse).1 40 a 1\t60 Yellow Meal (fine) .1\t60\ta\t1\t60 GRAIN\u2014 Hay # ton .10 00 a 14 00 Oats, ^ bush (34 ft-).0 4000 50 Barley \u201c\t 0\t70\t0\t0\t76 Peas \u201c (good).0 90 0 1\t00 Beans \u201c\t 1\t60\t0\t1\t75 Corn '\u2022\t 0\t70\t\u2014\t0\t76 Buckwheat.0 45\u2014 0 50 VEGETABLES\u2014 Potatoes ^ bush.(good).0 45 0 0\t00 Turnips per Bush.0\tt5\t0\t0\t30 Onions.Peck.0\t50\t0\t0\t60 DA1KY PRODUCE\u2014 Butter, irosh prints (P ft) choice.0 18 0 0\t20 \u2018 tub.0\t15\t0\t0\t17 .Lard, ft).0\tlu\t0\t0\t13 Cheese, (P ft) dairy.0\t08\t0\t0\t10 Cheese \u201c factory.0 10 0 0\t12 Maple Sugar, (new).0\t07\t0\t0\t9 Bees Honey (p ft) in boxes.0 17 0 0\t20 Eggs tp doaen, fresh.0 1500 00 44 packed.0 00 0 0 00 FRUIT\u2014 Apples, per peek.0 25 0 0 35 POULTRY\u2014 Turkeys (p ft>.0 15 0 0 17 Geese lb.0 00 0 0 00 Chickens jp ft) good.0 1200 13 \u201c\tCommon.0 08 0 0 10 \u201c\tPer couple.1 oo 0 1 26 MEAT\u2014 Veal.0 6 0 0 8 Bei f, by the qr good.4\t00 0\t6\t00 \u201c\t4P It), according to quality.\t4 0\t0\t12 \u201c\t\u201c\tcorned.0\t06 0\t0\t08 M utton, 4P ft).0 5 0 0 07 Lamb \u201c (Spring).0 07 0 0 10 Pork,ia bog.\t.7 000 7 50 \u201c 4P lb.(fresh).0 08 0 0 10 44\tsalt ft) .\t 0\t09 0\t0\t10 Hams, smoked,4P ft) .0 lü 0 0 13 HIDES\u20144P tb.0 510 0 06 WOOL\u2014 Wool, washed.0 22 \u2014 0 25 44 un w ashen.0 20 n 22 WOOD\u2014 Dry Hard Wood.0 00 3 50 Green Hard Wood.2 56 0 3 00 \u201c Soft \u201c.2 06\u20140 00 Great Frederick\u2019* Drinking Cup.A silver drinking cup which formerly belonged to Frederick the Great has just been soli! at Berlin for 2.000 roubles.The cup was presented to Frederick by his troops, anil he drank out of it on his last battlefield.There are inscriptions on it of the names and dates of his great victories, and it is in all respects a rare curiosity.The German ambassador offered the owner 5,000 roubles for it some years ago, but he then refused to sell it.\u2014New Orleans Time Democrat.MARVELOUS PRICES! 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