The Ashburton Guardian.

V"ol xxi. no. 4752

Ashbubton : Saturdays March I % 1899.

price : One P nay

HUGH McNEILL 'S HEN.

delicate, ana it was necessary to act quickly. The men were distributed to examine the river below the bend and above the town, with orders to meet for the return at noon m the same place. Lin Moore accompanied me to a point which he promised would give me a good chance to note the extent of the western and river defenses of the little city. To my great discomfort Hugh McNeil's Hen kept close to our heels, whittling the splintered gunstock with the Barlow knife. "Thar aint no dainjah from Hen," Baid Lin Moore m response to my ques tion. "If so be he was to see blood hit*d drive him plum wild with fear. Come up bar, Hen." The guide halted till Hen, still intent on testing his knife, stood before him. "Just look thar, cap'n, now wat do you uns think that is?" He pushed up the matted hair from the idiot's forehead and discover ed the purple crescent I had noticed be fore. "That was a terrible wound when first made,"-1 said, "and I presume it is the cause of the poor fellow's present condition." "Waal, yaas," drawled the guide, as he let the hair fall and we resumed our tramp up the hill, the summit of which was not five hundred yards from the liver, and within rifle reach of the near est Confederate camp. "But that wound wasn't made on Hen's head, but on his father's. If you uns ever see Hugh Mc- Neil —and hit's mos' likely yo' will, if so be we uns git into Marion county, fo' he lives m the hills nigh to Jasper—notice his forehead, and yo'll see the skull kind er caved m m a circle like that scar on Hen's. Hit ail happened 'bout foah months afo' Hen was bawn. Hugh—he was a powahful drinkin man m thini days—got into a fight with a blacksmith down to Jasper, and the blacksmith fotched him a clip on the head with a twenty pound sledge hammer and hit laid* him out. Sue McNeil Heard her husband was dead and she come down to the town, where she found a doctor perpahrin to fix the wound, and When she seed hit she fell right ovah m a faint. That's why Hen's got the mark and is as he is, and can't abide the sight of blood." This was said m the guide's low, care ful tones, and he might have kept on, for Hugh McNeil's Hen was evidently a congenial subject with him, had we not reached the rocky crown of the hill, from which we could see the sunlight flashing on the arms of the Confederates and distinguished the uniforms of the men from those of the officers, who at that time had a barbaric fondness for tinsel and gold lace. Lin Moore. prevailed on Hen to sit down m the shadow of a rock while 1 examined the splendid panorama of river, mountain, town and camp spread out to the east, though the aesthetic as pect of the view had no attractions for me at that time. Before starting out on this expedition I was furnished with a number of out line maps of the region to be traversed line all the elevations, .valleys, streams, roads, farms, bridges, fords, everything indeed that might be of use to an ad vancing army. After making my ex amination by means of the field glass, I laid it down, and without paying any heed to Hugh McNeil's Hen I unfolded my map and began penciling m the points of importance before me* I became so intent m my work that I forgot all about my companions, and 1 might have kept on for another half hour had not the guide, who had kept along the hill and closer to the river, come hurrying back. With more nerv ousness m his voice and manner than 1 had yet seen, he said: "I reck'n, cap'n, we uns had bettah be lightin out." "What's up?" I asked. "Thar's a lot of Confeds come ovah to this side of the rivah," he replied. I folded up the map, put it carefully away with my pencils, then turned to j pick up my field glasses, but to my amazement they were gone and so was Hugh MclTeil's Hen. I found no comfort m the guide's state ment that the idiot "did not do this for bad." But more important matters than the loss of my valuable glasses now at tracted our attention. I could distinctly see with the unaided eye, for they were now not a quarter of a mile away, a body of cavalry, at least a troop m strength, coming on a smart trot, like men who had an important objective point ahead, "I hope the rest of the boys'll be a-waitin fe' us," said the guide, as at a run we dashed down to where our horses were grazing and we had made camp the night before. To my great relief 1 found the men waiting and all the horses saddled. They, too, had seen the danger and were nervously awaiting our return.

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I think I can say without vanity that I saw some trying service m the west on scouting expeditions, and had a good opportunity to study the men selected for this very essential and very hazard ous work. They were, and I cannot re call an exception to this, the pick of our cavalry force. When not detailed for the work, because of their familiar ity with the country to be traversed, the scouts were men of marked intelli and self control.

We were well mounted, except that our horses were rather thick about the girth, owing to their having to subsist entirely on grass, which at that time was rich and abundant m all the val leys m this part of Tennessee, I was very sure, from the strength of the ene my's cavalry and the manner of their ad vance, that my own little party had not attracted their notice, but the chances were they were sent out by General Ledbetter, then m command at Chat tanooga, to surprise the main body of our detail Bcouting through the country between "the coal mines" and the vil lage of Jasper at the junction of the Sequatchie and the Tennessee. Acting on the advice of Lin Moore, our guide, we rode for the north instead of making for the west m advance ot the Confederates. After we had placed a ridge between us and the enemy, we brought our horses down to a trot and again turned westward, so that we were traveling m the same general direc tion as the Confederates and not more than two miles apart. About twohoufce after our start from the camp of the night before we halted our panting ani mals on the crest of a ridge that com manded a magnificent view of the un dulating, heavily timbered country sweeping down to the Tennessee. Bxit what most attracted our attention was the flashing of the sunlight on the arms of men and the trappings of horses. More than once I cursed mmy heart Hugh McNeil's Hen, who had stolen my field glasses, but the veriest recruit could tell that there was more than one troop of the enemy marching for the west, and the sight of a number of canvas covered wagons coming over the slopes from Chattanooga convinced me that the Con federates were not out on a mountain raid. I had no reason to believe that the main force, under Lieutenants Ar- j thurand Brown, was not quite so vigi lant as we had been. They certainly, with fifty-four men, were better able to care for themselves if it came to a fight, yet I felt nervous, thinking they might be surprised, and well knowing that by this time their whereabouts and purpose were known to the enemy, fqr at that time every southern sympathizer within our lilies felt it to be his;religious as well as patriotic duty to play the spy for his own side. On hearing my fears Lin Moore said, with the quiet drawl that distinguishes the southern mountaineer even more than it does the New Eng land Yankee; "I reckon, cap'n, ez how yo' mout be right, Now,ik> you uns think yo' knowa the road to the coal mines, leastwise that you uns ken get thar, fo' thar ain't no road?" I assured him that I had no doubt about my ability to reach the point named, or to get back with my men to Sill's brigade, which had been advanced before our departure m the direction of Bridgeport. Then I asked him why he put this question. I recall his response as if it were uttered a minute ago: "If you uns ken get through, hit'U be better fo' me to light out and go hit silone. I ken travel afoot ovah these liar hills better'n any critter that ever SSffSebpoiSti^B^ef^so be them Uonfeds give 'em leave to hang me and be d^^" to 'em." I felt that my six men and myself could get through, though we might, have to kill our horses, a loss which, un der the circumstances,- was not worth a consideration, but 1 knew that the main force could neither move so fast nor hide so readily. It did not take me long to decide. I told Lin Moore what 1 wished him to say to the officers, and made him repeat it over twice. He wanted me to write a letter and to in trust the maps to Ms care, promising to give them to General Sill or General Mitchell, but though I had implicit faith m him, I knew that if he was taken with such papers m his possession he would be hanged as a spy, and therefore I declined. Five minutes after his proposition was first made, Lin Moore, with his rifle on his shoulder, was running down the western slope of Walden's ridge with the long, tireless spring that no horse could have kept up with for half a day. i Before the guide was out of sight we, had resumed our march and kept stead ily on till the middle of the afternoon. We passed a number of cabins and saw 'an occasional mountaineer hoeing m his corn patch, but refusing the signals to stop for a chat we made no halt till it became necessary to feed our dripping horses. While the animals were grazing, our vigilance was not abated, but each man took a position from which he could look out for the enemy, the orders being to report any unusual sight or sound, even if it did not indicate danger. With my oarbine thrown across my lap I sat down on an elevation to write up my itinerary, but 1 had not been at it for many minutes when 1 was startled by hearing quick breathing and the rapid beating of unshod feet behind me. Starting up with an alarm that I would have been slow to acknowledge at the time, I found myself face to face with Hugh McNeil's Hen. "Hello, you thief 1" 1 called out, and I raised my oarbine threateningly, "Where are my glasses 1" He muttered something 1 could not understand and covered his eyes with his big freckled hands, and I could see that he was trembling. Ashamed of myself, I lowered the piece and slung it at my back. Looking through his fin gers, the idiot saw this, and with a cry of joy that suggested the pleased bark ing of a dog, he reached out his hand m greeting and I took it. On the instant Hugh McNeil's Hen laid on the ground his harmless old musket and his battered knapsack. When he began to open the latter I bent over him, for I felt sure that the glasses would be discovered there, but no, there was nothing m it but the scraps of cloth and the pieces of quartz crystal I had noticed therein the morning, but from the depths he fished out two newspapers and held them up while he laughed and skipped about m great glee. The papers proved to be old copies of the Memphis Appeal and the Cincinnati

"By Jove, Mm, you are a brick, and I like you."





[To be continued.] "As electricity ia to a tallow candle " bo i diamond jobii.ee tea to its competitors.- Agentsr-Shearman Bros., Ashburton W Doak, Mount Somers and Mayaeld; Jame Cuds-;!!, Tinwald. BedadTThe colleen kcova what's beat and that is piamond jubilee unblended tea —Shearman Broe., Agent?



S,±^U.i <&l s»< H9» Euca* l,yj>ti JExtra.ct. Under the distinguished yatrona:* of His Majesty the King of Italy, as per communica tion made by the Minister for Foreign Affaire through the Consul-General for Italy, at Melbourne, March 14, 1878, Awwvdsd diploma at the Amsterdam Exhibition, 18&3. Acknowledged by Medical OUaict and Universities all bvw tha Giobe. .  s . There are imitations of Eucalypti Extracb ' m the market, products of simple distillation forming crude resinous oils. In . order that these crude oils may not be taken, OUR PURK VOLATILE EUCALYPTI EXTRACT, which is recognised by the medical division of the Prussian Government * to be of perfectly pare origin, as per information forwarded to us 'throogh the Consul at Melbourne, Maroh 2,1878, we state :— It is proved by by the Medloal Clinics of the Universities at Bonn and Greifswald, Prussia, and reported by Dr. Sohulz,Profeesor of Parmacology, at Bon, and Profeesor Dm Mossier, Director of the Medical Clinics at Greifewald, that only products that are saturated with oxygen and freed of aoldi, resinous and other substances, adherent^ to primary distillation, will develop* iWte sanative qualities proper $o to© plant All crude oils, or bo called Eucalypti Extracts are to be classed according to the named authorities, among the turpenoinec, whioh ire abandoned long since as an internal medicament. These crude oils, or so oalled Eucalypti Extracts, are discernible :— 1 By their deficiency m pungent odour— which our product, the only genuine Eucalypti^ Extract develops moßfc freely through its surpluß oxygen. 2 By their alcoholic thin and mobile appear ance 1 being reduced m specific density through the presence of acidß. . 3 By their taste, tbo result of the contracting tendency of resins and tennates. If these crude oils, so-called eucalypti extracts, are applied by mistake m cases of oroup, bronchitis, diphtheria, internal nflamatione, dysentery, etc., the con. sequences are most appalling. For safety sake ask always for BANDER ft SON'S EUCALYPTI EXTRACT, — Sandhurst, Viotoria, Australia. SAKDEB & SONS., Established 1880. Xeiefhonk No 69 KAKER BROS., Cll-TiNTSFING TTNBERTAKEHB E URNISRIKG *J KDERTAKIKB DIRECT Importers of BeFt and Lates Designs In FUiSEEAL FURMSH^tiH FTOERALS conducted wih the greatest care and satisfaction, at nioafc reasonable charges. Corner of Wskatmi Bend and Ohm Streets, and .Baker «&d Browu'o ( oaoh Factojy. Heary McEke^, WOOL, f-K>N, & IRODt OS - — JMERQHA&r. TJTTANTED KNOWN —rJ hat I am a CASH BUYER, at fall market rates, o FEED OATS, OATSHBAF CHAFF & STBAW CHAFF, AND SEtONPS Ob' WUFAT. Must be first quality. Also, WOOL, SKINS, HIDES, FAT, Etc. Top price and prompt oath. TEA, SUGAR, FOAP, CANLLES, FLOUR, SHARPS, BRAN, Etc , At Wholesale Prices. Note the Address— HL«,ISU-Y McELHEA, BARING SQUARE, ASHBUKTON. HEW CYCLE WORKS. W. McKnight] [B.'McKNiGHT McKNIUHT BROS., (LATE OF TIMAKU AND CHRISTCHtfBCH) "ARIEL" CYCLE WORKS, SAUNDERS'' BUILDINGS, BEG toannoiuce that they have Com. menced Business aa Cycle Kxpeite, etc , ami all work entrusted to their charge will receive their most t areful and Prompt Atteutior. Repairs Guabakteed. > Ail kinds oi Cycle' Accessories m Stock. Agents for ail the heading Machines. #W Machines KNAMELLEDand LINED any Color. MoKNIGET BROS., AKIISJL. CYCLUWOBKS 179 SausdeKs' Buildings, Asbbdbton . ASHBURTOtv No. ■ 2 IN I) US TRI A L BUILDING SOCIETY To be incorporated under the Provisions of the Huildicg Societies Act, 1880. PROVi SI OK A L DIRECTORS: Charles Reid. W. TV V. Fkkstox Fdwabd Gatks, Fbakcis ecRiNT, .! 8. I'AULIKG, G. R. ANDIBSON, H. Stephenson. SECRETARY : SOLICITOR: Fkedk. E. G. Crisf BACKERS; The Bank oi Australasia, Aahburton. OFFiOE OF THE SOCIETY: Po.st Office Buildings, Cameron Street, Ashburtot. Office now open to take Entries. OFFICE HOURS: 9.30 a.m. to 1 p.m., 2 30 to 5 p-m., and from 7 to 8 p.m. on Tuesdays and Saturday "waening.— Notice ie hereby given that I intend making it warm for all persons taking Woods' Great Peppermint Cure this winter —so warm that it will not; allow any cold to i come m, and if a cold U there it will soon . drive it out. Coughs and colds will soon be a thins of the past, if people keep a bottle of i Woods' Great Peppermint Cure always 3n the house. jTETilig^s — Paperliaiiger.



" He was a bold man" that first ate the oyster. It requires courage to drink blended teas, diamond jubilee is pure, mountain grown, unblended, undulterated and un tampered with.—Shearman Bros., Agents. J. I* Higgs — Paiater, Tancred Street,



ANDREW ORR TTAS MUOH PLEASURE IN ANNOUNCING TO THE PUBLIC THAT, AT THE REQUEST OF A LARGE NUMBER OF HIS CUSTOMERS, HE HAS COM MENCED A Dressmaking Department On Tlie Premises. HAVING secured the services of a young lady with long experienco iv one '.ot the laree Chriatchuroh Houses, also m Sydney, the Ladiea may rely on getting their Costumes male m the most approved UP TO DATE STYLE. Best Work and Satisfaction Guaranteed. TRIAX* SOLICITED. ANDREW ORR.



= NOTICE. 1= mmmmmmmmm lv\, mmmmm m /"\N and after this date, owing to the wonderful success m tha Sales of the WERTHEIiM SEWING MACHINES, I HAVE MADE LARGE REDUCTIONS IN THE PRICE OF ALL MACHINES, Thus being m a position to give greater advantages and more liberal terms than any other Person or Company m the District. NEW STYLES OF PE-RAMBDLATORS AND GO-CARTS, FROM 20s. MANGLES AND PORTABLE BOILERS ON EASY TERMS. All kinds of Sewing Machines Repaired. E. LOCHHEAD, WERTHEIM MACHINE DEPOT, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. H. H. HEATLEY, BRANCH MANAGER. 3 10



BELFAST FREEZING WORKS MANURE^ ARE THE BEST THOR TU IP, RAPE WHEAT, AND ANY OTHER CROP. SPECIAL MANTTBE can be made for any kind of Soil, or description of crop. SATISFACTION GIVEN EVERYWHERE LAST SEASON. Orders **M***vMJl? "*'"^*^^3t,.,,/*,JMJO.JTiI:it' ■**x&GG-k^ JL..traite<!.« 1 DAVID THOMAS?, THE N.Z. FARMERS CO-i»PIi!KATIVE ASSOCIATION OF CANTERBURY, JLAmite«i., or ALBERT BOBEBTH, AGENT, Aghburton. OANTEBBUBY FKOZEN MEAT AND DAIRY PRODUCE EXPORT COMPANY, LIMITED. g 80 V. WAY MOUTH Secretary.



WHEAT. WHEAT. WE ARE PBOMPI' OASH BUYERS OF PRIME MILLING WHEAT, AT HIGHEST MARKET RATES WE are also Prepared to STORE G&AIN on Farmers' Account ia our New GRAIN SHEDS, West Street, Ashburton, on very favorable Terms. FULL-SIZED CORNSACKS AND TWINE SUPPLIED [AT LOWEST CURRENT RATES. ROLLirr^& Go., CANTERBURY FLOUB MILL?. OFFICES ANB STORES—WEST STREET, ASHBURTON. 1 230



MELLOR'S ZEALANDIA BOOT STORE ALWAYS TO THE FEONT. T7*OR GOOD CHEAP BOOTS AND SHOES WE STAND ALONE We do the Leading Trade, and we mean to kaep it, NOIE OUR PRICES—Men'B Good {Shooters, 9a 6d ; Children's Anklr Straps, Is; Ladies' Pretty Shoes, 4a lid t|nd 5s 6d j Mon'a Gijwd Bluchers, 4a lid. Thousands of other pairs ab the sumo Cv feting Prices. tl ||||U , | , rt* JJ i| U _ w .. l | liJ r,| JLB ', IF You want a GOOD EASY BOOT, one thab will stand the wear:, bo oure you go to MELLOR'S ZEALANDIA BOOT STORE, TANORBD STREET, *SHBUB;C3?»



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G. MEDDINS (Successor to W. Congreve,) THE PEOPLE'S PRACTICAL IRONMONGER, BURNETT STREET, OPPOSITE ARCADE, BEGS to notify that he haa on hand largo stocks of Builders' Furnishing, Household and General Ironmongery, all the very besb makes, ab fully 25 per cent, leas than usual Ashbarton prices. a gpECIALTY The Celebrated " PRIMUS " LAMP STOVES, the beat m the world } also a few of the second class the «• Alexandra," at reduced prices to clear. FARMERS' REQUIREMENTS. Plough Shares, Plough, leading, and back Chains, Forks, Spades, Shovels, Goree :**■.*»•*■ MECHANICS'TOOLS. I have the largest and moßfe varied stock m Ashburton, ab prices that defy com j petition ; all guaranteed and replaced if aot as represented. No rubbish. ! I respectfully solicit a> trial, and guarantee satisfaction, as I intend to uphold tha name gained by Mr Congreve—TO SELL AT ONE PRICE—THE LOWEST.



ASHBURTON FURNITURE WAREHOUSE* Great Cash Sale of T^URNITUKE LINOLEUMS CARPETS BEDSTEADS BEDDING CJHAIRS RU&S , || *Q* ■■ TOli-.iai 1 WARE m GJr©ae Variety. TEA AND DINNER SERVICES AT ALL PRICES. FANCY GOODS AT COST PRICF LARGEST STOCKS. LOWEST frices- AT T. H. TJNDRILL & CO, CABINETMAKERS, UPHOLSTERERS, PICTURE-FRAMERS, & UNDERTAKERS TANCRED STREET, opposite Arcade, and next Building Society's Office



DAVID THOMAS. Auctioneer, Land, Insurance & Estate Aerent, Valuator, Wool and Grain Broker, ASHBUETON, Loans Weekly Sales of Lire Stock-—Tinwald aod Aehbmrfeon. Alternately Fortnightly Sales of Sheep Skins, Fats, Hides, etc, on Mondays Sales of Wool Throughout the Season Grain Bought and Sold on Commission Clear! cie Sales as per arrangements Arcade Horse and Furniture Sales held on Saturday's. Horse Faira held Monthly. AGENT FOR- Matson and 00, Ohristchurch Booth, McDonald and 00, Ouriateharob White's Sheep Dip Walter A. Wood Oo Lightband'g Belting London and Lancashire Insurance Company Graham's Foot Rot Composition Wright, Stevenson and 00, Dunedin ! Planet Junior Garden and Field Tooli Belfast Manure? BAKAIA DISTRICT SALES. JHAVE made arrangements with MESSRS HARDY & CO., Merchants, Rakaia, to act a» my AGENT for all Auctioneering Work m that District, and m conjunction with them It will be my endeavour to make the RAKAIA SALE A SUCCESS. DAVID THOMAS, Ashhurton GREAT REDUCTION IN PRICES OF PLANET JR. TOOLS DAVID THOMAS. ASHBURTON



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