The Syracuse Journal, Volume 20, Number 3, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 17 May 1928 — Page 9

The Red Road A Romance of Braddock’s Def eat

CHAPTER I —l—- — the Red Road The home town looked the same as when 1 last made for Shooter’s Hillfleeing from the ignominy of being little better than a pauper. It was two years since I had been in Virginia, and there were certain outstanding debts which made it embarrassing for me to return. While the fairs were being neld in May and October, all persons coming to Alexandria would be exempt from - arrests and executions. And it was not yet .Maytime, and I was back with out road-belts, as my red friend. the Onondaga, would style immunity from annoyance. 1 risked great humiliation, but there are certain things a man 'must do despite his pride; and I had returned because something larger ♦han my personal welfare was concerned. '. However, 1 consoled myself with remembering that much mountain water had flowed down the Potomac since my hasty departure, and that all the colonies were in the midst of stirring times; that the extravagances of Webster Brond would’be forgotten now we were at the throat of France once more. The coming in of many strangers permitted me to remain unnoticed. So it was that my long leggings, my fringed hunting-shirt with its broad cape, my moccasins and long rifle, my ax beside the hunting-knife in my embroidered belt, gave me assurance against recognition until 1 should reveal my Identity when I delivered my news to Governor Dinwiddle. It was not from choice that 1 had left my Onondaga comrade over the mountains and come to town, although ♦he old false pride which had prompted my flight had been washed out by much rough faring and many 8 desperate plight. It was love for the colony that nad drawn me back. I came fresh from Fort Duquesne and Sh&noppin. from the distant Ohio country where the English were but little known, and where the names of I>-:u‘!!on. Laforce, de Villiers, Jumon ville. and others of the French, al ready were so many war cries among the Indians along the Monongahela and the Allegheny. Throughout the hurried Journey back to Alexandria, I had told myaelt the past was dead, that “Black”. Brond. the forest-runner, was entirely apart from young Webster Brond who had taken such pride in scrawling in his Cheever’s Latin Accidence his same with “Gent.” affixed. And now that 1 was crossing the market-square and was in time to see the Northern Mail. Just arrived from Richmond, draw up before the Royal George before continuing its lumbering journey over the kings post-road to the north, I felt the call •of my ancestry and turned my steps to the house which my father’s love for hospitality and good cheer had lost to me. along with many rich acres. Some families are unfortunate ’n -coats-of-arms and aiotoes. My people had been inflicted with the family device of an outstretched open hand. My father by nature was congenial and ■convivial, prodigal with good cheer. He had only needed the appellation ■“Brond ,of the open hand” to complete his impoverishment. So many times had 1 seen him set forth to dispose •of* his crops; so many times had I greeted him on his return with only a trifle left of the season’s planting! And so many times did I puff up with pride when he explained ,hls light pockets by saying: “It’s a duty we owe the name, lad. We will plant more, but we will never ;be niggardly.” I thank God be passed out before ♦he crash came, that he never tasted ♦he bitterness, and that it could be 1 who was forced to escape petty pros•portions by flight into the wilderness. It would have broken his kind heart <ould he have known my estrangement from my fellows. It helped me muqh to And the place ■deserted To have seen others there where my father kept open house, would have grieved me sorely. I sent •my love through the paneled door and •passed around to the high gate and looked into the garden. Like the house, it showed the lack of human occupancy. The place was a riot of untrained growth where once orderliness and beauty had graced the winding paths. All that was left to remind me of the golden yesterdays was the aroma of ♦he snowy cherry blossoms. Voices close by aroused me and l turned from the gate. Despite my rough schooling from Lake Erie down to the Falls of the Ohio, my bean Went pit-a-patting. Just as it had when® 1 wrote her name in my school books. The fellow with her had been my boon companion. His powdered wig and beru filed shirt, his knee-breeches, gold buckles and silken hose put my travel-stained garb to shame, and I was for turning back to the gate. But 1 saw a hint of amusement in their •curious glances; and, conquering my weakness, I swept off my ragged fur hat with an almost forgotten grace and called myself more vividly to ♦heir attention. Busby stared haughtily, as if I were some freakish creature -from the unknown wilds. The girl frowned in perplexity: then she recognized me despite my forest dress end exclaimeti: “Webster Brond!” Busby stared blankly for a moment, ♦hen smiled broadly and cried: “Curse me if it isn’t! Brond of the open hand!. Where did you come from? And when did you get back? And why do you wear that Indian -toggery? “Hush!” murmured the girt I affected not to hear her, nor to •wince under the old .title, and ex»plrti«ed: *1 .>ring news for bls excellency, the governor. 1 am waiting for aim

By Hugh Pendexter Illustration* by Irwin Myers Copyright by Hugh Pendexter, *s.WNV Service 0 to return from the Maryland shore. I am from Duquesne, and the country I have covered is ill-fitted for finery. The shadow of the wai was upon us all. Her .fair face flushed, and she softly cried: “You’ve been to Fort Duquesne. Webster? How romantic! Our Gen era! Braddock will, soon be there. Os course you will inarch with him.” “I shall be glad to serve as a scout.” For I was in no way inclined to sbnflt myself to stiff-necked dis cipline. “Then 1 may see you along the road. Web. I ride with him.” said Busby; and with that touch of superiority he ever wore even as a little chap. Often had 1 laughed at his patron izing ways, and often had 1 forgiven him. Mayhap he caught a reminiscent tom jgw twSr “Joe and I Are to Be Married, Web ster, After General Braddock Has Finished His Little Business at Fort Duquesne." twinkle in my eye; perhaps he thought 1 was staring too long and intently at his dainty companion, for he abruptly informed me: “Joe and 1 are to be married. Web ster, after General Braddock nas fin ished his little business at For! Duquesne.” I smiled and went through the form of congratulating them, but there was a stab in my heart. Not that I had expected to carry a girl’s love in my breast during two years of roughing it—and yet 1 had hoped. She was crimson and angry. “Ton should not talk that way,” she coldly admonished Busby. “J am natural. You’re artificial. •Josephine.” he lightly bantered I said: “Surely you feel no foolish delicacy in letting an old friend know of your happiness. Forsooth, I’d have to know now, or not at all. This is my good-by to Alexandria." At once she was Josephine, the girl 1 had known. And with wistful ness she deplored: “I don’t like that word ’good-by. it’s the saddest of all words, I think. Everything was so peaceful and happy. And now it’s war and soldiers, and ail our men eager to march against the French. God give them safe return!” Could we have but known I Could we have but foreseen the outcome of the next few weeks! Mistress Josephine made me a little curtsy as a .ignal for her companion to be moving. Busby was inclined to shade hands and instinctively obeyed his English blood by starting to do so, then contented himself with a ceremonious bow. The little lady saw everything and with impulsive frank

Writer’s Fine Tribute to Forest Patriarch

1 watched some time ago the cut ing down of an oak. It was a huge tree, an old patriarch among the trees in the neighborhood, the kind and size of a tree that is regarded with a sort of attachment by friends and the road it v as a landmark. It wore Its rusty robe? with an air of majesty, it possessed a distinguished appearance on account of age. and to look at it was to be aware of something ancient. The Indian stepped with moccasin feet the paths when it was in infancy, and Its last years saw the automobile, airplane, the magic things of a modern world. It went through much in the lease of life; it weathered everything, as an oak should do; but it had to surrender before the assault of a very small but numerous enemy—the leopard moth. It fought as a giant fights —bravely. It lost courageously and Harvesting Almonds But few people realize the trouble taken in the cultivation of almonds. They are the most important crop of the island of Majorca, where many varieties are cultivated, and the industry is so prosperous that as old olive trees die they are -replaced by almonds. * When the almonds are almost ripe they are knocked off the branches by long bamboo poles and then picked up by women and children. The nuts are separated from the busks after drying, and the shells are then broken by band or machinery and the kernels extracted.

ness, which ever characterized her kind heart, she advanced as Busby fell .back. Seizing my hand for a brief moment she softly murmured: “We were very young. I did not know. Look out for him on the march.” And with another hurried little curtsy she was walking out of my life, with Busby mumbling and muttering in her small ear—possibly asking to be told what confidences she had imparted to me. 1 silently said farewell to the house of the open hand and turned back to the market-square. I have said the town was the same; and so it was so far as the yellow, white and red chimneys were concerned. for here was the same proportion of slim and fat ones. But it was in physical aspect alone that the town remained unchanged, for the life of the streets was vastly different. There were cannon along the wharf, and there were cannon hauled up to the post-road. There was a frantic passing back and forth of a new population. As I loitered before the Royal George, I was crowded and jostled -udely by a great bustling of people. At Gadsby’s across the ■ way—built three years before by Lord Fairfax from English bricks—was the same lively animation. Squads of soldiers if> scarlet coats—scarle. for an Indian campaign when the forest was all a lush green—were being maneuvered about the square under the hoarse guidance of veteran sergeants. The long rifle I was leaning upon—made by William Henry of Lancaster, soon to be Braddock’s armorer—was in decided contrast to the Brown Bess carried by the overseas soldiery Surely this was the finest army England had ever sent across the Atlantic, and most surely there was nothing at Duquesne to prevent the capture of the French fort. And yet experience was teachine us of the colonies that the English musket was not an effective weapon in the deep woods. These soldiers of Braddock’s, so confident of overrunning the of the Ohio, were not taught to aim their weapons, but to point them in the general direction of the enemy and to discharge the& in volleys. We of the woods considered every human target we tired at to be a distinct problem; and God knows the target was small enough when consisting of Huron, or any of the Far Indians, or even the French who bad campaigned with the red savages. There was a rattle of wheels, it was General Braddock, riding in the coach he had bought of Governor Sharpe of Maryland. I barely glimpsed him, a heavy stolid man, whose strong visage seemed to lower on the gaping onlokers. Then he was gone, commander in chief of all his majesty’s forces in North America. He impressed me as being self-willed and self-depen-dent. and one who would be intolerant of any advice. It was commonly known that he was displeased at the manner in which the campaign was progressing—rather, failing to progress. The capture of Fort Duquesne was not bothering him, but to get his army under way was proving to be a most irritating problem. Nor could one blame him for the needless delays, the lack of funds, the wrangling between the colonies. But we all knew how General Braddock bad failed to comprehend local conditions. He seemed unable to grasp the fact, which we of America all knew—namely, that the great mass of Pennsylvania citizens was opposed to any system of taxation that did not include the proprietaries; and that the Quakers were averse to voting any money for military purposes. He only knew that promised supplies were lacking, that recruits were coming in very slowly, and that the Indians thus far had not Mned his army. More than once he had complained to the assembled governors that he was “unable to express his indignation.” (TO BE CONTINUED.)

gamely, as a man loses when overwhelmed with superior numbers. •It battled to the end. It seems a ruthless act to cut down a tree. It is the taking of life Itself. Such a tree enters the very lives of those who dwell in its shadows, and it is a part of their histories. And the more we know of such trees the more are we convinced they have a soul, a personality.—Edwin C. Hobson, in the Boston Globe. Ring Fingers For many centuries wedding rings were worn on the thumb, and even as late as the reign of George 1 it was the rule for brides, although the wedding ring was placed on the finger now customary, to remove it, after the ceremony to the thumb. Ecclesiastical admonitions, however, had the effect of bringing that somewhat queer custom to an end. It is a pretty belief, but incorrect, that the fourth finger of the left hand was chosen for the ring finger because from that a vein ran directly to the heart. The choice was for practical reasons—to save the ring from unnecessary usage. That also Is the reason for the ring being worn on the left band. Not Much Attraction “We shall be changed In form perhaps," our favorite radio preacher recently declared, “but otherwise Immortality will find us as we are.” Comforting to many, no doubt; but don’t tell that to a man with hay fever and expect him to cheer.—Farm and Fireside.

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MUST OWN LACE-TRIMMED DRESS; BRIMS ASSURE BECOMINGNESS

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A LACE-TRIMMED ** chiffon or georgette frock. Be sure to jot it down on your list of frocks to be, for spring and summertime Since it has become fashionable to look preuily feminine. one simply must wear lace th»*se days. If not a frock all of lace, then part of lace. When it comes to having real summer appeal there’s nothing which surpasses these frocks of chiffon and lace. And how vastly interesting are the many interpretations given to this theme of lace with sheer fabric. Some tyi>es being carried out in monotone beige or gray color schemes, styled either in a three-piece ensemble manner or a smart • blouse and shirt-sports effect, are really very practical. Others of rhe dainty fluttery sort, with frills and furbelows in pretty confusion, with

myriads of floating panels, drapes, flounces and tiers, here, there and ev ;erywhere. are utterly feminine and in trlguing. The happy medium between the two aforesaid lace and chiffon tyi>es is the georgette frock, conservatively styled in combination with facet. -somewhat after the manner of the model shown in the picture. This handsome frock would grace any afternoon occasion In a dress of this genre one will always find answer to the ever-pres ent problem “what to wear.” It hap pens that the original for this photograph was made of rose-beige geor gette with ochre colored lace. ’ How ever, the mode would be equally as effective if carried out in a soft gr»-en or dull rose, marine blue or violet shade, the lace dyed a perfect match. Two favorite colors this season for the lace gown are flesh pink and dusty green. One sees lace frocks in either of these shades repeated time and time again. Wide all-over lace of a closely pat terned type is especially employed for the making of the ensemble. The edges are usually picoted. Sometimes the matching wrap is a jacket, some times a three-quarter coat and >he. newest idea is the cape all of lace- o» of lace and chiffon. Insertions of sheer black chantilly lace add to the charm of many a colorful flowery transparent print frock. Then, too. cream, tea-tint Ince and pure white, finds it way on many a black pr navy dress, either satin or silk or chiffon. Brims? Yes indeed! And they are being welcomed into the realm of millinery with utmost enthusiasm r At last after so many seasons of watch-

Some of the New Hats.

ful waiting, long-suffering women may again enjoy the privilege of wwirinsr hats which are very becomingly brimmed. As if to celebrate the fact of theb return to favor, brims are making a most spectacular re-entry. That Is they are Introducing all sorts of novel silhouettes. Seems as if designers have determined to give us becoming chapeaux at all hazards this season

Tailored Lines Feature of Paris’ Lace Frocks A new type of lace dress appears in the Paris spring style collections. It is made along lines as tailored as of a serge business dress although the material may be filmy chantilly and chiffon. Black lace is the favorite, but some beige, much dark blue and some gold lace still are worn. An all-over braid design on tulle is a form of lace much used for aft-

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Beautiful Lace-Trimmed Dress. Wherefore brims are slashed, folded, kinked, and to all sorts of ingenious maneuvers on the part ot the modiste. So if you are seeking a becoming hat. there’s one for vou somewhere. Just suited to your Indi viduality. That is why millinery is so amazingly interesting this season, there’s every cl»ss and clan from which to choose Some of the hats in the picture are brimmed and some are not. which is exactly in accordance with the trend of millinery affairs at this moment Those that are brimmed as here shown, present a most interesting study of the whimsical ways of new brims. Note the top hat. its brim is slashed and scalloped, which makes it very becoming. The pasted feathers banding the crown are very Parisian, the newest French hats stressing many straw shapes trimmed with gay novelty pasted feathers That charming hat to the right he low ‘is one of the new. exceedingly smart smooth linenjike straw weaves The brim folds back over the crown in front, drooping at the hack >»no over the ears. The amusing ornament is decidedly chic. The body find head of the crane are thickly set with rhinestones. The large, bakou straw hat is nav* —one of the season’s leading colors A crease in the crown with a series of horizontal plaits across the front brim gives to this shape smart style In contour and in quality the model to the center right is al) that pleases most discriminating taste. The brim is manipulated to reveal the bandeau effect across the eyebrows. It too is

one of the new linen straws In the much talked-of oatmeal shade. The last little hat really had m? ueed of a brim, seeing that it bait such a clever quill effect so arranget as to partly frame the face. It is » biack. shiny linen weave. The all black chapeau is considered tres chi< as an early spring number. JULIA BOTTOMLEY (©. U2B. Western Newspaper Union, i

ernoon dresses. Cire lace lends it self well to simple tailored lines. H is usually bound with cire satin. Patent Leather Vogue The boot makers are pinning their faith for the spring season on the patent leathers. These are kid or light calf in small all-over patterns in geometrical designs—triangles and squares, in light colors. Fawn is an outstanding shade in spring footwear. Blue shoes, it is said, are coming in later.

Old Prejudices Upset by Tests Argument Is Found in Value of Oversized Potatoes for Seed. <Prepared by tpe United States Department of Agriculture.» Phases of the moon and position of the horns still govern planting operations, particularly of potatoes, in many sections of the country. The light or the dark of the moon, or whether the iiorns point upward or down are of no concern to horticulturalists of the United States Department of Agriculture, but they are interested in providing information looking toward settlement of some of rhe other disputed questions dealing with potato planting. < William Stuart and several assistants report on experiments in potato planting carried on in leading potatogrowing districts, Norfolk. Va.; Presque Isle, Maine; Greeley, Colo., and Jerome, Idaho. ; Merits of Potato Sets. Growers have long disputed -♦he comparative -merits' of potato sets cut from the stem and and from the seed end of tiie tubers. Some previous experiments seem to nave indicated considerable superiority for one end or the other. The seed values of the two ends probably differ somewhat in different varieties. Results varied with the weight of tne set, according to numerous tests, and the data as a whole seem to indicate that as the weight of the set increases there is a greater response from the apical (seed) set than from the basal (stem) set. Another fruitful source of argument is found in the value of oversized tubers for seed. Most growers of seed potatoes have a strong prejudice against using large-sized tubers. After three years of experiment the investigators conclude that "sets from oversized tubers are evidently as productive as those from normal-size tubers, and in seasons wtien a considerable proportion of the seed stock grows too large to satisfy commercial demands it may l»e recommended for seed purposes. The chief objections that have always been raised tn regard to oversized tubers are that there is more wastage in cutting, involving a larger quantity by weight to plant an acre, and in addition that they are slightly more difficult to cut. ’ Use of Immature Seed. Several experimenters have claimed great advantages from the use of seed dug when it was somewliat immature. Departmental experiments at three stations were inconclusive. At the Idaho station the increased yield from immature seed ranged .rom 77 bushels an acre for one -variety to 180 bushels an acre for the best of three varieties. Italian Red Clover and Alfalfa Seed Worthless Results of tests conducted at several experiment stations show conclusively that red clover and alfalfa seed from ■ Italy are unfit for use anywhere in the j United States. Alfalfa seed from South America also has been declared untit tor use in certain parts of this country. It now begins to appear that a similar study of adaptation must be conducted with red clover and alfalfa seed from different sections of the United States and adaptability areas located and defined. It has been discovered now that red clover seed produced in the Williamette valley, of Oregon, produces less hardy plants than seed produced in Wisconsin. Michigan or Minnesota and may prove to be as undesirable as Italian seed. Grasshoppers Have Well Balanced Mineral Bodies You have, no doubt, observed, and often heard people remark about chickens and turkeys doing so well where they had range and had access to a lot of grasshoppers. Do you know that a grasshopper’s body, when chemically analyzed, shows that its body is made up of a perfectly balanced mineral mixture? The grasshopper’s body contains ,a large per cent of vital minerals, and that’s the secret as to why chickens and turkeys do well on them, and are always seen chasing grasshoppers. The same is true of other bugs and worms, and is one of the main reasons why poultry do so well on free range. Profit in Pasture About 40 per cent of the total production of cows in North Dakota testI ing associations is secured from grass alone. Tiiis emphasizes the importance of good pasture. Because of heavy grazing or too early grazing, many pastures get short especially daring .July and August. A cow producing 35 pounds of milk exerts hersell too much collecting (giough grass. Consequently some grain is needed. About five pounds on normal pasture is enough tor such a cow. the amount to increase as the pasture dries up. I Agricultural Notes | Make repeated plantings of beans and corn so as to have a continuous supply of these vegetables. • • • For carrots, no fresh manure should be applied. It makes ’em knotty and rough, and they often crack. Carrots liße a sandy soil, not tod rich. • • • Oo rainy days repair that piece oi machinery you need later on. It will save time when the machine is in ths field. A stitch in time may save th< wheat. • • • Grain growers annually loqe million: of dollars from plant diseases. Thest diseases can be controlled. Stinking smut of wheat is one the most serf ous of these diseases. • • • Some of ns don’t have much sue cess with lettuce after the hot weathei comes. The secret of making it d< well then Is to provide some shad< end give it plenty of water.

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SOY BEANS POOR FOR FATTENING While the soy bean is one of the nn>st valuable summer legtime crops for North Carolina, it is a poor feed for fattening hogs. t “Experiments conducted by our workers have shown conclusively that soy bean seeds are unsatisfactory for pork production because they are lacking in palatibility. produce a soft carcass and give a low amount of pork [>er acre when compared with other standard feeds used for fat-, tening swine.” says Earl H. Hostetler, in charge ot swine investigations at the North Carolina Sttrte college. “On tiie other hand, soy bean meal has l>een found very palatable and when used as a supplement to corn, rapid aq,d uniform gains are secured.” Professor Hostetler conducted one test in three different trials, using 188 pigs? comparing soy bean meal with fish meal. He found that tiie pigs made about tiie same daily gain in weight, but that the cost of the gain was? greater where tiie animals were fed the soy bean meal and that botli lots paid about the same price for each bushel of corn consumed. Tiie pigs used were high grade Poland China animals and were sold on the Richmond market and there was no dockage because of soft or oily carcasses. In another test where he used 235 pigs in four trials, lie compared fish meal with one-half soy bean meal amt tiie other half fish meal. In these trials, tiie total feed required to pro duce UK) pounds of gain was about the same. However, the pigs consumed about twice as much of tiie ” soy bean meal and fish meal mixed and therefore brought down Hie value , of tiie soy bean meal to about S3O a ton instead of SSO. which was the price actually paid. Slow Movers Preferred* by a Minnesota Farmer It is ciieaper to raise the good draft horse that weighs 1.500 pounds at four years than it is to buy them, but the inferior type can be bought ciieaper than raised, as there are lots of them throughout Hie country. I prefer the hejlvy horses for the farm as they do theif work easier and do not reduce in fast as tiie light horse, writes M. P. Delxer of Dodge county. Minnesota, in tiie Farmer. 1 also prefer the slow movers for they are easier to handle and -■ do not heat up as the fast horses will and most of the farm work is done at a slow gait. This means that all tiie work is done with horses and none of the heavy work is done witli a tractor. If tiie mjjre is in good condition she is worked rigti: up to the day she has tiie colt, but not worked too hard. If in ttiir condition she is only , worker! when an extra horse is need ed. In either case she is not worked for ten days or tw<> weeks jifter she has tiie colt or not at all as long as it is possible .to get along without her. Skim Milk Is Valuable for the Growing Pigs Every breeder of pigs knows how valuable skim milk is for growing pigs. In tiie standard book “Feeds and Feeding” Professors Henry and Morrison state: “For swine of all ages, and especially for young pigs, skim milk is unsurpassed as a supplement to the carbonaceous grains" ■ In districts where there is no fresh skim milk dry skim I milk will supply the same healthy growth as fresh skim milk will. One pound of dry skim milk (dry tn grain mix. or in water to drink) equals three pounds of corn for gain in weight. tt a A 0 Y Live Stock Notes £ ■ »—■»■—a Live stock as well as people need sunlight. • • • Corn, oats and oil meal will push lambs along for the early summer ma rket. • • • Careful experimenting long age proved that it doesn’t pay to cook corn for hogs even in the winter time. When docking with a knife. If you see <*ne lamb bleeding too much, you can tie a twine around his tail for a day. For baby beef,- heifer calves finish quicker than steers and ,are worth more on the market than steer calves fed for the same length of time and under the same conditions. • • • You may have your ewes in evei so tine condition and still the lambs won’t do exactly right unless you feed the ewes a milk-making ration. • • Colts given kind treatment when young give little or no trouble later when first harnessed and driven, as they have confidence in the driver. • • • After the .calves are two weeks old they will generally start eating small amounts of grain If it Is offered to ♦hem in their pails after they have finished drinking. • • • pigs don’t need palaces out there in the pasture, but the shelter must be good enough to protect them well in damp, cold weather. A mixture of oats and rape for early spring hog pasture is excellent. H not pastured too closely, this mixture will furnish pasture until midsummer. • • • Horses will profit by the use of minerals just as will the other farm animals. In this respect they will likely simulate beef cattle more closer than any other class of live stock