Little Johnny Clem

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The Youngest Soldier in the Army of the Cumberland.

Last evening, at the Caledonia supper, Gen. Rosecrans exhibited the photograph of a boy, who, he said, was the youngest soldier in the army of the Cumberland. — His name is Johnny Clem, twelve years of age, a member of company C, 22d, Michigan infantry. His home is at Newark, Ohio. He first attracted Rosecrans’ attention during a review at Nashville, where he was acting as marker for his regiment. His extreme youth (he is quite small for his age) and intelligent appearance interested the general, and calling him out, he questioned him as to his name, age, regiment, &c. Gen. Rosecrans spoke encouragingly to the young soldier and told him to come and see him whenever he came where he was.

He saw no more of Clem until Saturday last, when he went to his place of residence — the Burnett House — and found Johnny Clem sitting on his sofa, waiting to see him. Johnny had experienced some of the vicissitudes of war since they last met. He had been captured by Wheeler’s cavalry, near Bridgeport. His captors took him to Wheeler, who saluted him with –

“What are you doing here, you d—-d little Yankee acoundrel?”

Said Johnny Clem, stoutly — “General Wheeler, I am no more a d—–d scoundrel than you are, sir.”

Johnny said that the rebels stole about all that he had, including his pocket book, which contained only twenty-five cents.

“But I would not have cared for the rest,” he added, “if they hadn’t stole my hat, which had three bullet holes in it, received at Chickamauga.”

He was finally paroled and sent north. On Saturday he was on his way to camp Chase to join his regiment, having been exchanged. Gen. Rosecrans observed that the young soldier had chevrons on his arm, and asked the meaning of it. He said he was promoted to a corporal for shooting a rebel colonel at Chickamauga.

The colonel was mounted, and stopped Johnny on the fied, crying “stop you little Yankee devil.” Johnny halted bringing his Austrian rifle to an “order,” thus throwing the colonel off his guard, cocked his piece, (which he could easily do, being so short) and suddenly bringing it to his shoulder, fired, the colonel falling dead, with a bullet through his breast.

The little fellow told his story simply and modestly, and the general determined to honor his bravery. He gave him the badge of “roll of honor,” which Mrs. Saunders, the wife of the host of the Burnett House, sewed upon Johnny’s coat. His eyes glistened with pride as he looked upon his badge, and little Johnny seemed to have grown an inch or two taller, he stood so erect. He left his photograph with General Rosecrans, who exhibits it with pride. We may again hear from Johnny Clem, the youngest soldier in the Army of the Cumberland.

– Cincinnati Times.

The Daily Gazette (Janesville, Wisconsin) Dec 18, 1863

LITTLE JOHNNY CLEM.

Of course you remember the story of little Johnny Clem, the motherless atom of a drummer-boy, aged ten, who strayed away from Newark, Ohio; and the first we knew of him, though small enough to live in a drum, was beating the long roll for the 22d Michigan. At Chickamauga he filled the office of “marker,” carrying the guidon whereby they form the lines; a duty having its counterpart in the surveyor’s more peaceful calling, in the flagman who flutters the red signal along the metes and bounds. On the Sunday of the battle, the little fellow’s occupation gone, he picked up a gun that had fallen from some dying hand, provided himself with amunition, and began putting in the periods quite on his own account, blazing away close to the ground, like a fire-fly in the grass. Late in the waning day, the waif left almost alone in the whirl of battle, a rebel colonel dashed up, and looking down at him, ordered him to surrender.

“Surrender!” he shouted, “You little d—-d son of a —–!”

The words were hardly out of his mouth when Johnny brought his piece to “order arms,” and as his hand slipped down to the hammer, he pressed it back, swung up the gun to the position of “charge bayonet,” and as the officer raising his sabre to strike the gun aside, the glancing barrel lifted into range, and the proud colonel tumbled from his horse, his lips fresh-stained with the syllable of vile reproach that he had flung on a mother’s grave in the hearing of her child! A few swift moment’s ticked on by musket shots, and the tiny gunner was swept up at a rebel swoop and borne away a prisoner. Soldiers, bigger but not better, were taken with him only to be washed back again by a surge of federal troopers, and the prisoner of thirty minutes was again John Clem “of ours;” and Gen. Rosecrans made him segeant, and the stripes of rank covered him all over, like a mouse in a harness; and the daughter of Mr. Secretary Chase presented him a silver medal appropriately inscribed, which he worthily wears, a royal order of honor, upon his left breast; and all men conspired to spoil him; but, since few ladies can get at him here, perhaps he may be saved.

Well, like Flora McFlimsy, the sergeant ‘had nothing to wear,’ the clothing in the wardrobe of loyal livary was not at all like Desdemonia’s handkerchief, “too little,” but like the garments of the man who roomed a month over a baker’s over, a “world too wide;” and so Miss Babcock of the sanitary commission, suggested that a uniform for the little orderly would be acceptable. Mr. Waite and other gentlemen of the “Sherman House” ordered it, Messrs. A.D. Titsworth & Co., made it, Chaplain Raymond brought it, Miss Babcock presented it, and Johnny put it on. Chaplain Raymond, of the 51st Illinois — by the by, a most earnest and efficient officer — accompanied the gift with exceedingly appropriate suggestions and advice. I happened at headquarters just as the belted and armed sergeant was booted and spurred, and ready to ride. Resplendent in his elegant uniform, rigged cap-a-pie, modest, frank, with a clear and a manly face, he looked more like a fancy picture than a living thing. Said he to the chaplain; “you captured me by surprise yesterday.” Now, he is “going on” thirteen, as our grandmothers used to say; but he would be no monster if we called him only nine. Think of a sixty-three pound sergeant — fancy a handful of a hero, and then read the Arabian Nights, and believe them. Long live the little Orderly!

Rebellion Record.

CENTRALIA SENTINEL (Centralia, Marion Co., Illinois) Nov 16, 1865

THE BOY OF CHICKAMAUGA.

Little Johnny Clem’s Brave Work
(From the Cincinnati Gazette.)

There are but few persons who read the current events of the war for the Union as they were transpiring, who do not remembers, among the enduring record of brilliant achievements made by distinguished officers and the gallant rank and file of the army, the invincible spirit and soldierly qualities displayed by that remarkable child soldier known as “Little Johnny Clem, the drummer boy of Chickamauga.”

Various references from time to time respecting this infantile prodigy of the war have appeared in books and newspapers, yet all have failed to embody some of the most prominent incidents herein narrated connected with his army life. The “Rebellion Record,” by Frank Moore, and Lossing’s “History of the Civil War in America,” have each consigned to the pages of history the undaunted deed that has enrolled his name forever among the most gallant and devoted spirits that participated in the hard fought battle of Chickamauga, as well as other battles to the close of the war. Lossing speaks of little Clem as “probably the youngest person who ever bore arms in battle;” hence every incident connected with his entering the army, and while therein, possesses peculiar interest to those who watched the trembling balances of their country’s fate, and the valor of those to whose keeping they were confided.

John L. Clem, a motherless atom of a drummer boy, who might have been placed, in April, 1861, within a “regulation” drum, was born in Newark, Ohio, August 13, 1851, and in May, 1861, shortly after the war broke out, offered his infantile services as a drummer to Captain McDougal, of the 3d Ohio regiment, which was then passing through his native town, but on account of his size and tender age, not being yet ten years old, he was rejected, the regiment was on his way to the front, and having taken passage on the cars for Cincinnati, our little hero went down on the same train, where he offered himself to the 22d Michigan, who also declined to muster him in on account of his size and years, but owing to the persevering spirit with which he maintained his determination to follow the fortunes of his country upon the field, he was allowed to accompany the regiment in all its subsequent movements, until at length he was beating the “long roll” in front of Shiloh April, 1862, where his soldierly spirit so _on the confidence and admiration of the regiment that in June or July, 1862, he was enlisted at Covington, Ky., as a drummer, but serving afterward also as a marker.”

At Shiloh (known as Pittsburg Landing), his drum was smashed by a shell, which occurrence earned for him the appellation of “Johnny Shiloh,” as a title of distinction for the fearless manner in which he discharged his duty at that bloody battle; and at Chickamauga, of which we shall speak presently, that field of Thomas’ glory and renown, he received the title of “The Drummer Boy of Chickamauga,” under which he has already passed into story, where his name and title will live forever in connection with an act there performed by him, which for coolness and undaunted valor, is not equaled on the pages of ancient or modern warfare, in one so young, and which won for him the highest meed? of praise from Rosecrans and Thomas, and every other officer and man of the Army of the Cumberland.

Here little Johnny Clem, having just passed his twelfth year, exchanged the “long roll” of the drum for the “brisk fire” ___ the deadly musket; and on the 23d day of September, 1863, when the line of battle was about being formed, our little drummer boy, now acting as a “marker,” might have been seen with his trusty little musket, as it afterward proved — which had been shortened for his use — seated upon a __aisson side by side with artillerymen, going sto the front to form the line and face the coming storm of death in common with others. The line being formed, he now took his position in the ranks, and with his little musket began putting in the periods? quite on his own account, blazing away close to the ground like a firefly in the grass. At the close of hte day, when the army was retiring toward Chattanooga, the brigade to which little Johnny was attached was ordered to hold its position, but  ___ing afterward surrounded bythe rebels, demand for its surrender was made directly after its charge had been repulsed. When a rebel colonel rode up toward our little hero, who could not fall back as rapidly as the rest of the line, and made a special demand for him, exclaiming, “Halt! Surrender! you d–n little Yankee s-n of a b—h!” still coming with his sword drawn upon little Johnny, who had now brought his musket to an “order arms,” and in doing which he slipped his hand down the barrel and cocked it while at an “order,” when our little hero suddenly swung up his musket to the position of “charge bayonet” and fired! when lo! our little David brought down the proud Goliah! who fell from his saddle, his lips fresh stained with the reproachful epithet he had just flung upon a mother grave in the hearing of her child! Simultaneous with the performance of this brilliant deed the regiment to which little Johnny belonged was fired into by the surrounding rebels, when he fell as though he had been shot, and laid there until darkness closed in, when he arose and made his way to Chattanooga, after the rest of the army. Now, all history may be searched in vain for an instance of such forethought, courage and self-reliance as this. A reference to this most daring act in the papers of the day was the first intimation his family had received of his whereabouts during his two years’ absence and upward.

Lossing’s History speaks of him as having received three balls through his cap during the fortunes of the day at Chickamauga, which statement has since been full confirmed, only that they were received directly after he had shot the rebel colonel. For his undaunted valor and heroic conduct he was made a sergeant by Rosecrans, who placed him on the roll of honor and attached him to the headquarters of the Army of the Cumberland; and a daughter of Secretary Chase presented him with a silver medal inscribed, “Sergeant Johnny Clem, 22d Michigan Vol. Inf., from N.M.C.,” which he worthily wears as a priceless badge of honor upon his left breast, in connection with his grand army medal.

In a few days after little Johnny’s arrival at Chattanooga, our tiny gunner was captured with others, while detailed to aid in bringing up the supply train from Bridgeport, Alabama, and held in captivity for sixty-three days, during which time he was kept on the move until he was at length paroled down near Tallahassee, Florida, and sent to Camp Chase for exchange, which was not complied with.

Having captured this gallant little prize, the rebels despoiled him of the companionship of his little bullet torn cap, which he endeavored in vain to retain as a reminscence in the future of the perils through which he had passed, taking also from him his jacket and shoes. Upon reaching our lines, he found General Thomas in command of the Army of the Cumberland, who received him with the warmest enthusiasm and made him an orderly sergeant and attached him on his staff.

In addition to the battles of Shiloh and Chickamauga, he was at Perryville, Stone River (sometimes called Murfresboro), Resaca, Kenesaw, Peach Tree Creek, Atlanta, Nashville and others, where the Army of the Cumberland covered itself with so much glory.

Besides the three balls that passed thro’ his little cap at Chickamauga, he was struck once with a fragment of shell upon his hip and twice by balls. Upon one of the latter occasions, he was in the act of delivering a dispatch from General Thomas to General Logan at Atlanta, when a ball struck his little pony obliquely near the top of his head, killing him, and wounding his fearless little rider in the shoulder. He is held in the highest estimation by all the officers and men of the Army of the Cumberland, and General Thomas was his fast friend and correspondent up to the time of his death. He served until the end of the war, when he was honorably mustered out, and at once directed his attention to qualifying himself for a cadetship at West Point, to which he has been appointed a cadet at large by President Grant, upon the recommendation of Generals Thomas and Logan, and other officers of the Army of the Cumberland, in recognition of his gallant services. Owing, however, to the limited opportunities previously afforded him, he was rather unsuccessful in passing his examination last fall in one branch only, having had as fair a general average in the other branches as the majority of those who did pass; but he is now diligently prosecuting his studies during the spare time he is not employed at his desk in the Census office at Washington, with confidence in his ultimate success when again before the board. He is still small in size, very youthful in appearance, and a consistent member of one of our prominent religious denominations; and his pleasant address and modest deportment win the confidence of all with whom he is brought into intercourse.

Decatur Review (Decatur, Illinois) May 4, 1871

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JOHNNY CLEM

Some Interesting Facts of the “Drummer Boy of the Chicamauga” — His Parentage — Career Curing and Since the Late War.

(Special Correspondence to the Dispatch)
NEWARK, July 20, 1880.

A person passing through the markets any Wednesday or Saturday, can see a medium-sized man, with straggling gray hairs and a face that plainly indicates the possessor’s German extraction, standing behind a rudely constructed bench loaded down with vegetables and garden truck. Through rains and storms this silent and seemingly contented German market tender has stood at his allotted market space. He lives and has lived, for the last twenty years, in a small and comfortable house, about a mile from this city, on the Granville road. This is the father of Johnny Clem, whom everybody in the Army of the Cumberland knew as “the drummer boy of Chickamauga.”

At the breaking out of the war, Johnny was struck with the martial music of the troops recruiting in this city, and ran away from home, going into the army as a drummer boy. Everybody is familiar with the history of this daring lad, who was petted by the officers and soldiers on all sides. During the war he became a favorite Orderly of General George H. Thomas, who, at the close of the war, assumed a sort of guardianship over him, and took a special interest in his welfare.

Johnny was sent to school at West Point, where he graduated, and soon afterwards entered the regular army and was stationed at Texas. Here he met General Brown’s daughter, and soon after married her. It was not long after his marriage that he was promoted and stationed at Fort Brown, Texas, where he still remains on duty.

Every summer he visits his aged parents and renews old acquaintances with his school-mates and companions. Johnny’s brother Louis, entered the regular army some few years ago, and, during an engagement on the Western frontier with the Indians, was massacred. The death of the brave boy weighed heavily on his aged father, and he frequently relates his sorrows to attentive listeners.

‘Pap’ Thomas frequently wrote to his protege, and a paragraph from one dated at Nashville, June 27, 1866, has special interest at the present time. The following is an exact:

“DEAR JOHNNIE — Do you remember the story of General Garfield’s life? He worked on a canal, and educated himself by buying his text book, which he studied at every leisure moment, while the canal was not frozen up. Now he is one of the most distinguished of our Representatives in Congress. He was also greatly distinguished as a soldier during the late war.”

Johnny Clem acquired a national reputation, as the youngest and smallest soldier in the Union army, as well as for gallant conduct.

The Marion Daily Star (Marion, Ohio) Jul 30, 1880

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CAPTAIN JOHN CLEM

Incidents of His Early Life Recalled by a Meeting with Mrs. Grant.

The many friends in Newark of Captain John Clem of the United States Army will be interested in the following taken from the Columbus Dispatch:

Columbus people will undoubtedly read with interest the details of a meeting between Mrs. U.S. Grant and Captain John Clem which occurred at Atlanta yesterday. Captain Clem, now Assistant Quartermaster General of the army, was for a long time stationed at the Garrison in this city and, departing, left a legion of friends. His meeting with the widow of General Grant occurred at a reception she was holding for Confederate veterans at Atlanta. This favor had been asked by the veterans and readily granted. Among other who called to pay their respects to Mrs. Grant was Captain Clem.

“Of course I know Captain Clem if it is Johnny Clem, the drummer boy,” said Mrs. Grant when introduced to him, “I remember so well hearing my husband tell of how he found you at Shiloh that day beating the long roll and telling you you were a brave boy, but ought to be home.”

Captain Clem received his appointment as a lieutenant at the hands of President Grant. Of the reception in general Mrs. Grant said, “I regard it as one of the most handsome compliments that has ever been paid to me.”

Newark Daily Advocate (Newark, Ohio) Jan 31, 1895

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“JOHNNY” CLEM

To Be a Major — Honor Paid to a Newark Boy.

A dispatch from Atlanta conveys the intelligence that Captain John L. Clem, Assistant United States Quartermaster, stationed at Atlanta, has received work from Washington that he will be promoted to the next grade to which he is eligible, (Quartermaster with rank of Major) as soon as a vacancy occurs.

“Johnny Clem will be remembered as “The Drummer Boy of Shiloh.”
His many friends congratulate him on his prospective appointment.

Newark Daily Advocate (Newark, Ohio) Feb 14, 1895

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A Soldier at 11.

There are only 77 officers on the active list of the army below the grade of general who served in the Civil War. All of these with one exception will soon be retired. The exception is that of Col. John L Clem, of the quartermaster’s department, whose age limit will not be reached until 1915. This extended time is due to the fact that “Little Johnny Clem, the drummer boy of Chickamauga,” as he was familiarly known, was probably the youngest person who ever bore arms in battle.

Col. Clem was also known as “Johnny Shiloh,” from the fact that in the battle of Shiloh he rode to the firing line on a caisson by the side of a veteran artilleryman, and then performed an act of daring in such a brave and cool manner that it gave him a name in history. He drummed the charge at Shiloh when he was only 11 years old, and with his short musket he killed the Confederate colonel who demanded his surrender at Chickamuaga. He is a popular officer, not only with his fellows of the army, but in social circles as well, being as genial a man as he is chivalrous a soldier.

Col. Clem was born in Ohio on Aug. 13, 1851, and in May, 1861, before he was 10 years old, he offered his services to the Third Ohio Regiment as drummer, but the mustering officer declined to enlist him because of his size and his youth. Later he offered his services to the Twenty-second Michigan, and though enlistment was refused, he was permitted to accompany the regiment to the field and to beat the “long roll” in front of Shiloh in April 1862. His soldierly manner and conduct in that engagement so won the confidence and admiration of the officers of the regiment that in May, 1863, he was permitted to enlist as a drummer and was then known as “Johnny Shiloh.” But it was on Sept. 23, 1863, at the battle of Chickamauga, that he displayed especial bravery. He had just passed his 12th birthday anniversary and had laid aside his drum for a musket, the barrel of which had been cut down for his use; and after acting as a “marker” for a time he took his place in the ranks. As the day closed, and the army retired to Chattanooga, his brigade was ordered by the enemy to surrender, and “Little Johnny” was himself covered by the sword of a Confederate colonel. His regiment was then fired into, and, falling as if shot, the juvenile soldier lay close until dar, when he went to Chattanooga and joined his command. But as he fell to the ground he fired at the Confederate officer and killed him, and so demoralized the Confederate com???? in such a way that his own associates escaped capture.

For his bravery young Clem was made a sergeant by Gen. Rosecrans and detailed to the headquarters of the Department of the Cumberland. He also received a silver medal from the hands of Miss Kate Chase, daughter of Chief Justice Chase. He was afterward captured by the Confederates and held prisoner for 68 days, and after his release he was promoted to orderly sergeant by Gen. Thomas. He was discharged from the service in September, 1864, when he returned to his old home and attended school, being graduated from the Newark High School in 1870. President Grant, who had kept watch of “Little Johnny” after the war ended, appointed him a second lieutenant in the regular army in 1871. Three years later he went to the artillery school at Fortress Monroe for a course of instruction in military science, and a year later passed a most sucessful examination.

The Daily Herald (Delphos, Ohio) Nov 13, 1903

SOLDIER AT TEN, IS TO QUIT ARMY

Colonel Clem Last Civil War Veteran In Active Service.

FIRST WOND FAME AT SHILOH

Fought With Little Musket Which Men of His Regiment Fashioned For Him — His Memorable Encounter With a Confederate Colonel After Chickamauga — Youngest Sergeant.
[Excerpt]

Youngest Sergeant Army Has Had.

After the battle General Rosecrans made Clem a sergeant — the youngest of that rank who ever served in the United States army.

Following the battle of Chickamauga, when the Union army was retiring toward Chattanooga, the brigade to which Clem was attached had been ordered to hold its position. The position became untenable, and the brigade fell back and, in doing so, lost “Little Johnny” Clem.

Suddenly out of the woods he came like a scared rabbit and ran full tilt into a Confederate colonel.

“My but you are a little shaver to be in this business!” the Confederate officer said, “But war is war, so you had better drop that gun.”

Instead, the boy fired point blank. The colonel fell from his horse badly wounded, and Johnny darted into the bushes. Late that night he turned up at Chattanooga.

The Confederate colonel, who recovered, afterward said he would never get over the suprise “that kid gave him.”

Adams County News (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania) Jul 4, 1914

“LITTLEST HERO OF CIVIL WAR” TO RETIRE FRIDAY THIRTEENTH

Brigadier General John L. Clem, “The Drummer Boy of Chickamauga,” and the Last Civil War Veteran in the U.S. Army, Will Go Out of Service On His “Lucky Day” — Gets a Job With His Son in San Antonio.

When Colonel John Lincoln Clem, officer in the Quartermaster Department at Washington and personal friend of hundreds of San Antonians, is retired from active service with the rank of brigadier general Friday, the thirteenth of August, this year, the last living link between the present United States army and the armies that participated in the civil war will be severed. Colonel Clem is the only veteran of that tremendous conflick still in active service with the United States Army.

After active service in the army for more than 45 years — he could have retired 15 years ago had he wanted to — “[the littlest hero] of the civil war,” and one of the most interesting figures in the army of the United States at the present time will quit active service and come to San Antonio to make his home as Brigadier General John L. Clem, U.S.A., retired.

He was born on Friday, the thirteenth of August, 1851; while he is not the least bit superstitious, the combination of Friday and the thirteenth day of the month, has marked the luckiest events of his life, and he will retire when that combination occurs in August on his sixty-fourth birthday. More than once in his lifetime has he remarked upon incidents which have turned out to his advantage occurring on the thirteenth of hte month and usually when that date fell on Friday. It is a strange coincidence that almost every time he was advised of promotion in the army, the notice came to him on the thirteenth day of the month.

Asks Son for a Job.

And when this combination occurs on the calendar next month he will retire from active service in the army, but not from active participation in affairs of the world. Brigadier General John Lincoln Clem, U.S.A., retired, hero of the civil war and late important figure in quartermasters affairs at Washington, will come to San Antonio to become automobile salesman in the regular employ of the Collins-Clem Automobile Company, one of the proprietors of which is his son, John L. Clem Jr.

Recently Colonel Clem wrote to his son: “I hereby make formal application for a position as automobile salesman with the Collins-Clem Automobile Company, distributers of Studebaker cars in the San Antonio district. Please advise me of your decision in the matter.” Then he wrote down at the bottom: “I am yet just as good a man as you are, son, and I can do just as much hard work in one day as you can, if I am a little old. I am going to buy a car from you, hire me a chauffeur to drive me on demonstrations, and I will sell as many cars as you will.”

This letter, as much as many other incidents in his life, brings out the quality in his character which have made him one of the most beloved of men among his associates.

“Invaded” Mexico.

One of these incidents, which forms the theme of a story many of his friends take great delight in relating about him, occurred on the Rio Grande frontier shortly after he entered the United States army as a second lieutenant. Lieutenant Clem was placed in charged of a squad of soldiers sent out to apprehend cattle thieves. The soldiers trailed the outlaws five days, but were unable to get closer than within a few miles of the rapidly fleeing band. The cattle thieves escaped across the Rio Grande and stood on the other side making motions at the soldiers, which Lieutenant Clem understood as essentially insulting. He resented their actions intensely, and at the head of his squad, crossed over the river into Mexico, gave chase to the desperadoes, and in an engagement the cattle thieves were killed to the last man.

Shortly after the incident, Lieutenant Clem received a letter from the commander of the department, General E.O.C. Ord. Lieutenant Clem was officially reprimanded. He was told that his conduct was unbecoming an officer of the United States army, he had been guilty of tremendous lack of judgement, he had violated the neutrality laws and his action might result in complications between two nations at peace. Such an escapade must never be repeated, on pain of serious consequences to the perpetrator.

The Heart of a Soldier.

The communication was officially signed in ink. A penciled inscription, in the department commander’s handwriting at the bottom of the page, read: “Good boy, Johnny, do it again.”

A newspaper correspondent in Washington asked Colonel Clem, on the occasion of the last memorial day, what memory was uppermost in his mind that day. And the famous old soldier, who, at the age of 12 years, was the twice-wounded veteran of one of the greatest campaigns of history, did not reply with a tale of sanguinary adventure.

“My memory pictures today what my kid eyes saw fifty-one years ago today,” he said gently, “a soldier in blue an a soldier in gray, shaking hands like two loving comrades between the trneches, swapping tobacco and coffee. In the morning they were to stab each other brutally with bayonets in a fierce hand-to-hand fight for those very trenches. Yet what I like to think of first on memorial day is not the bloody fight, but that tender scene preceding it, which showed me that after all, man to man, we soldiers of the north and of the south were friends and brothers always. We of the north hated that which they fought for, but we did not hate them personally, nor they us.

Was Impersonal War.

“And that is the most hallowed of my memories on this memorial day, for it brings back the thought that we who fought to kill each other were really never enemies. It was a war of cannon against fortress, of rifle against trench, but never of man against his brother man!

“It is the great tragedy of those bloody deaths we brought each other, but not because of hatred for each other, but for the sake of a principle, that we must think of on this sacred memorial day.”

Johnny Clem ran away from his home in Newark, O., when he was ten years old and attached himself to the Twenty-second Michigan regiment. The officers tried to chase him away, but the soldiers made him a pet and mascot and, finally, in May, 1862, the colonel enlisted him.

He was the hero of a brilliant scene at Chickamauga performed right under the eyes of his Union comrades, who were falling back rapidly. Johnny’s poor little legs were weary, and, so he lagged behind, a Confederate colonel galloped up to him, “Surrender, you damned little Yankee devil,” he cried.

Loved Life by Feigning Death.

Weak and tired though he was, his nerves never quivered. He pulled up his heavy musket — he had abandoned his drum — and fired. The colonel fell headlong from his horse, and a volley of bullets from the men behind him rained over Johnny Clem. Johnny’s comrades on the hill saw their heroic little soldier boy fall face downward. The battle raged four hours after that, and at dark the Union forces rested. Suddenly, into their bivouac crept Johnny Clem, unhurt, and displaying with tremendous pride his cap pierced by three bullet holes. He had saved his own life by shamming death.

General Thomas made the hero drummer boy a sergeant for that deed of bravery. And when the general advised him of promotion, the youngster answered: “General, is that all you’re going to make me?”

Later in his civil war careet, the 12-year-old soldier was hit on the hip by part of a shell, wounded in the ear while dispatch riding and once taken prisoner.
He is probably the only living man who voted legally at an age under 15. At the time Lincoln was elected the second time, all soldiers of the army were allowed to vote. Johnny Clem was a soldier in the army and he voted.

Johnny Clem went to high school when the war was over and then entered the army as second lieutenant. In his early service, he was the central figure in many exciting adventures on the Texas frontier. He is one of the very few infantry officers to graduate from the army artillary school and holds other distinctions for service in the army.

To Know Him Is To Love Him.

He was stationed at Fort Sam Houston for the first time in 1900 in the quartermaster department. He remained here four years, after which time he became chief of the quartermaster department of the Philippines, with headquarters in Manila. Two years later he was transferred to San Francisco and later returned to Fort Sam Houston as chief of hte quartermaster department of the Department of Texas. While stationed here, he probably made more friends among San Antonians than any other army officer who has ever been quartered at the army post.

Colonel Clem left Fort Sam Houston four years ago when he was transferred to the quartermaster department in Washington. He has been connected with the quartermaster department in Washington for the last two years.

After retiring from the army August 13, Colonel Clem will spend several months in the north and east,. At Dayton, O., a city-wide celebration, to be known as Clem day, has been arranged in his honor by Colonel Clem Garrison, Army and Navy Union, and the Grand Army of the Republic organization in that city.

He will come to San Antonio about December 1 to make his home.

THE SAN ANTONIO LIGHT (San Antonio, Texas) Jul 11, 1915

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In November.

The ruddy sunset lies
Banked along the west,
In flocks with sweep and rise
The birds are going to rest.

The air clings and cools,
And the reeds look cold
Standing above the pools
Like rods of beaten gold.

The flaunting golden-rod
Has lost her wordly mood,
She’s given herself to God
And taken a nun’s hood.

The wild and wanton horde
That kept the summer revel
Have taken the serge and cord
And given the slip to the Devil.

The winter’s loose somewhere,
Gathering snow for a fight;
From the feel of the air
I think it will freeze tonight.

– DUNCAN CAMPBELL SCOTT.

The News (Frederick, Maryland) Oct 24, 1891

Image from www.illusionsgallery.com

AUTUMN.

No sound but the beechnuts falling
Through the green and the yellow leaves,
And the rainy west wind calling
The swallows from the eves,
No fading trees are shedding
Their golden splendor yet;
But a sunset gleam is spreading,
That seems like a regret.

And the crimson-breasted birdie
Sings his sweet funeral hymn
On the oak-tree grim and sturdy,
In the twilight gathering dim,
Death comes to pomp and glory;
They fade the sunny hours;
And races old in story
Pass like the summer flowers.

The Portsmouth Times (Portsmouth, Ohio) Oct 19, 1872

Image from www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net

Fall Time in Georgia.

Through summer, we’ve been toastin’,
But now we’re on the way
Where the sweet potato’s roastin’
An’ the cabin fiddles play.

The cane will soon be gindin’,
An’ the boys’ll have their fun;
The hunter’s horn is windin’
An’ the rabbit’s on the run!

The Atlanta Constitution (Atlanta, Georgia) Aug 12, 1895

Obviously, the fiddler in the picture is not from Georgia, but I thought it was a great picture anyway. While searching for it, I came across a picture of a fiddler from Georgia by the name of Robert Allen Sisson. You can read about him in The Old Time Fiddlers Hall of Fame. To the left of his biographical sketch is an audio link of him playing Rocky Road to Dublin.

Image from www.redbubble.com

THE DESERTED BARN.

AGAINST the gray November sky
Beside the weedy lane it stands,
To newer fields they all pass by
The farmers and their harvest hands.

There is no lack within the mow;
The racks and mangers fall to dust;
The roof is crumbling in, but thou,
My soul, inspect it and be just.

Once from the green and winding vale
The sheaves were born to deck its floor;
The blue-eyed milkmaid filled her pail,
Then gently closed the stable door.

Once on the frosty wintry air
The sound of flail afar was borne,
And from his natural pulpit there
The preacher cock called up the morn.

But all are gone; the harvest men
Work elsewhere now for higher pay;
The blue-eyed milkmaid married Ben,
The hand, and went to Ioway.

The flails are banished by machines,
Which thresh the grain with equine power,
The senile cock no longer weans
The folks from sleep at dawning hour.

They slumber late beyond the hill,
In that new house which spurns the old;
In gorgeous stalls the kine are still,
The horse is blanketed from the cold.

But I from ostentatious pride
And hollow pomp of riches turn,
To must that ancient barn beside;
Pause, pilgrim, and its lessons learn,

So live that thou shalt never  make
A millpond of the mountain farm,
Nor for a gaudy stable take
The timbers of the ruined barn!

The Portsmouth Times (Portsmouth, Ohio) Aug 10, 1872

1895 Eighth Grade Final Exam  (I received this in an email and thought it was good too look at and remember back to the old days).

Remember when our grandparents, great-grandparents, and such stated that they only had an 8th grade education?

Well, check this out. – - -

This is the eighth-grade final exam from 1895 in Salina, KS, USA. It was taken from the original document on file at the Smokey Valley Genealogical Society and Library in Salina, KS, and reprinted by the Salina Journal.

8th GRADE FINAL EXAM

Grammar (Time, one hour)  1. Give nine rules for the use of Capital Letters. 2. Name the Parts of Speech and define those that have no Modifications. 3. Define Verse, Stanza and Paragraph. 4. What are the Principal Parts of a verb? Give Principal Parts of lie, lay and run 5. Define Case, Illustrate each Case. 6. What is Punctuation? Give rules for principal marks of Punctuation. 7. Write a composition of about 150 words and show therein that you understand the practical use of the rules of grammar.

Arithmetic (Time, 1.25 hours)  1. Name and define the Fundamental Rules of Arithmetic. 2. A wagon box is 2 ft deep, 10 feet long, and 3 ft. wide. How many bushels of wheat will it hold? 3. If a load of wheat weighs 3942 lbs., what is it worth at 50cts/bushel, deducting 1050lbs. for tare? 4. District No. 33 has a valuation of $35,000. What is the necessary levy to carry on a school seven months at $50 per month, and have $104 for incidentals? 5. Find cost of 6720 lbs. coal at $6.00 per ton. 6. Find the interest of $512.60 for 8 months and 18 days at 7 percent. 7. What is the cost of 40 boards 12 inches wide and 16 ft. long at $20 per meter? 8. Find bank discount on $300 for! 90 days (no grace) at 10 percent. 9. What is the cost of a square farm at $15 per acre, the distance around which is 640 rods? 10. Write a Bank Check, a Promissory Note, and a Receipt.

U. S. History (Time, 45 minutes)  1. Give the epochs into which U. S. History is divided. 2. Give an account of the discovery of America by Columbus. 3. Relate the causes and results of the Revolutionary War. 4. Show the territorial growth of the United States. 5. Tell what you can of the history of Kansas. 6. Describe three of the most prominent battles of the Rebellion. 7. Who were the following: Morse, Whitney, Fulton, Bell, Lincoln, Penn, and Howe? 8. Name events connected with the following dates: 1607, 1620, 1800, 1849, 1865.

Orthography (Time, one hour)  1. What is meant by the following: Alphabet, phonetic, orthography, etymology, syllabication? 2. What are elementary sounds? How classified? 3. What are the following, and give examples of each: Trigraph, sub vocals, diphthong, cognate letters, linguals? 4. Give four substitutes for caret ‘u’. 5. Give two rules for spelling words with final ‘e.’ Name two exceptions under each rule. 6. Give two uses of silent letters in spelling. Illustrate each. 7. Define the following prefixes and use in connection with a word: bi, dis, mis, pre, semi, post, non, inter, mono, sup 8. Mark diacritically and divide into syllables the following, and name the sign that indicates the sound: card, ball, mercy, sir, odd, cell, rise, blood, fare, last. 9. Use the following correctly in sentences: cite, site, sight, fane, fain, feign, vane, vain, vein, raze, raise, rays. 10. Write 10 words frequently mispronounced and indicate pronunciation by use of diacritical marks and by syllabication.

Geography (Time, one hour)  1. What is climate? Upon what does climate depend? 2. How do you account for the extremes of climate in Kansas? 3. Of what use are rivers? Of what use is the ocean? 4. Describe the mountains of North America. 5. Name and describe the following: Monrovia, Odessa, Denver, Manitoba, Hecla, Yukon, St. Helena, Juan Fernandez, Aspinwall &Orinoco. 6. Name and locate the principal trade centers of the U.S. 7. Name all the republics of Europe and give the capital of each. 8. Why is the Atlantic Coast colder than the Pacific in the same latitude? 9. Describe the process by which the water of the ocean returns to the sources of rivers.  10. Describe the movements of the earth. Give the inclination of the earth.

Also notice that the exam took five hours to complete.

Gives the saying “she/he only had an 8th grade education” a whole new meaning, doesn’t it?

What happened to us? It is kind of humbling, isn’t it ?

While I was adding the birthdays for today, October 2nd, I noticed that Bud Abbott was born on this day in 1895. Now, it does not seem that long ago that I was watching Abbott and Costello on TV. But for Bud Abbott to be born in 1895, my goodness. It must have been ages since I watched Abbott and Costello or I am older than I remember, probably a little of both.

What better way to honor Bud’s 114th birthday than to watch the famous routine, Who’s On First. Abbott and Costello performed “Who’s on First?” numerous times in their careers, rarely performing it the same way twice. Once, they did the routine at President Roosevelt’s request. The routine was featured in the team’s 1940 film debut, One Night in the Tropics. The duo reprised the bit in their 1945 film The Naughty Nineties, and it is that version which is considered their finest recorded rendition. They also performed the routine numerous times on radio and television (notably in The Abbott and Costello Show episode “The Actor’s Home”).

If it has been a while since you have listened to or have seen, “Who’s On First?”, here it is for your enjoyment.

As I was updating birthdays for October 2nd, I noticed that Bud Abbott was born on this day in 1895. It was only a natural to post the famous Who’s On First? routine. You will find it under a separate post.

However, while doing research for Who’s On First, I found this incredible final exam that was given to 8th graders in Salina, Kansas during 1895. Take a look at these questions and let me know how you did. By the way, Orthography (See the 4th section of the test) is a method of representing the sounds of a language by written or printed symbols.

What percentage of this year’s seniors and last year’s high school graduates could pass the following 8th grade test required in 1895, even if the few outdated questions were modernized? How many college students could pass it? For that matter, what percentage of high school teachers could pass it? And – - what percentage of today’s schools have standards for promotion from 8th grade equal to or tougher than those required in 1895?

This is the eighth-grade final exam from 1895 from Salina, Kansas. It was taken from the original document on file at the Smoky Valley Genealogical Society and Library in Salina, Kansas and reprinted by the Salina Journal.

Grammar (Time, one hour)
1. Give nine rules for the use of Capital Letters.
2. Name the Parts of Speech and define those that have no modifications.
3. Define Verse, Stanza and Paragraph.
4. What are the Principal Parts of a verb? Give Principal Parts of do, lie, lay and run.
5. Define Case, Illustrate each Case.
6. What is Punctuation? Give rules for principal marks of Punctuation.
7-10. Write a composition of about 150 words and show therein that you understand the practical use of the rules of grammar.

Arithmetic (Time, 1.25 hours)
1. Name and define the Fundamental Rules of Arithmetic.
2. A wagon box is 2 ft. deep, 10 feet long, and 3 ft. wide. How many bushels of wheat will it hold?
3. If a load of wheat weighs 3942 lbs., what is it worth at 50cts. per bu, deducting 1050 lbs. for tare?
4. District No. 33 has a valuation of $35,000. What is the necessary levy to carry on a school seven months at $50 per month, and have $104 for incidentals?
5. Find cost of 6720 lbs. coal at $6.00 per ton.
6. Find the interest of $512.60 for 8 months and 18 days at 7 percent.
7. What is the cost of 40 boards 12 inches wide and 16 ft. long at $.20 per inch?
8. Find bank discount on $300 for 90 days (no grace) at 10 percent.
9. What is the cost of a square farm at $15 per acre, the distance around which is 640 rods?
10.Write a Bank Check, a Promissory Note, and a Receipt.

U.S. History (Time, 45 minutes)
1. Give the epochs into which U.S. History is divided.
2. Give an account of the discovery of America by Columbus.
3. Relate the causes and results of the Revolutionary War.
4. Show the territorial growth of the United States.
5. Tell what you can of the history of Kansas.
6. Describe three of the most prominent battles of the Rebellion.
7. Who were the following: Morse, Whitney, Fulton, Bell, Lincoln, Penn, and Howe?
8. Name events connected with the following dates: 1607, 1620, 1800, 1849, and 1865?

Orthography (Time, one hour)
1. What is meant by the following: Alphabet, phonetic orthography, etymology, syllabication?
2. What are elementary sounds? How classified?
3. What are the following, and give examples of each: Trigraph, subvocals, diphthong, cognate letters, linguals?
4. Give four substitutes for caret ‘u’.
5. Give two rules for spelling words with final ‘e’. Name two exceptions under each rule.
6. Give two uses of silent letters in spelling. Illustrate each.
7. Define the following prefixes and use in connection with a word: Bi, dis, mis, pre, semi, post, non, inter, mono, super.
8. Mark diacritically and divide into syllables the following, and name the sign that indicates the sound: Card, ball, mercy, sir, odd, cell, rise, blood, fare, last.
9. Use the following correctly in sentences, Cite, site, sight, fane, fain, feign, vane, vain, vein, raze, raise, rays.
10.Write 10 words frequently mispronounced and indicate pronunciation by use of diacritical marks and by syllabication.

Geography (Time, one hour)
1. What is climate? Upon what does climate depend?
2. How do you account for the extremes of climate in Kansas?
3. Of what use are rivers? Of what use is the ocean?
4. Describe the mountains of N.A.
5. Name and describe the following: Monrovia, Odessa, Denver, Manitoba, Hecla, Yukon, St. Helena, Juan Fermandez, Aspinwall and Orinoco.
6. Name and locate the principal trade centers of the U.S.
7. Name all the republics of Europe and give capital of each.
8. Why is the Atlantic Coast colder than the Pacific in the same latitude?
9. Describe the process by which the water of the ocean returns to the sources of rivers.
10.Describe the movements of the earth. Give inclination of the earth.

George Hemming vs Nig Cuppy  10/8/1895, @ League Park I

My thanks to Russ Haslage for pointing me toward The League Park Society web page. The focus of the League Park Society is on R.P.R. or Restore, Preserve and Revitalize both the ballpark and it’s surrounding neighborhood. This is an image of League Park that I got from the website. I urge you to check out the site.

SPIDERS DEFENSE HANDS ORIOLES THE VICTORY

Six Spider errors led to 4 unearned runs and a 6-5 Oriole victory.  Jimmy McAleer misplayed a single in centerfield allowing Kid Gleason and John McGraw to move into scoring position with one out in the 7th. A Joe Kelly single drove in the game winner.

George Hemming struggled with his control, walking 7 in 6 innings. 2 bases loaded walks in the 5th had given the Spiders a temporary 5-4 lead. Sadie McMahon came on to pitch in the 7th and pitched 3 scoreless inning, striking out 4, and picking up a rare 19th century World Series save.

The Orioles now lead the best of 7 series 3-2.

10/8/1895, Bal95-CLE95, League Park I
                       1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9     R  H  E   LOB DP
1895 Orioles           0  1  0  3  0  0  2  0  0     6 11  3     9  0
1895 Spiders           0  0  0  2  3  0  0  0  0     5  6  6    13  1
Orioles              AB  R  H BI   AVG    Spiders              AB  R  H BI   AVG
Keeler,W          rf  5  0  0  1  .304    Burkett,J         lf  3  0  0  0  .565
McGraw,J          3b  4  1  2  0  .364    Tebeau,Pa         1b  5  1  2  0  .261
Jennings,H        ss  5  0  1  1  .227    Childs,C          2b  3  1  1  0  .263
Kelley,J          lf  5  0  2  1  .278    McKean,E          ss  5  1  0  0  .190
Brodie,S          cf  5  2  1  0  .250    Zimmer,C          c   3  2  0  0  .250
Reitz,H           2b  4  1  1  0  .300    Tebeau,G          rf  4  0  1  1  .316
Clarke,B          c   4  1  1  2  .250    McGarr,C          3b  4  0  1  2  .250
Carey,S           1b  4  0  1  0  .200    McAleer,J         cf  4  0  1  1  .333
Hemming,G         p   2  0  1  1  .250    Cuppy,N           p   2  0  0  1  .000
Gleason,K        ph  1  1  1  0  .333     O’Connor,J       ph  1  0  0  0  .000
McMahon,S        p   1  0  0  0  .500                         34  5  6  5
                     40  6 11  6

INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
Hemming,G        W 1-2           6.0  5  5  3  7  1 129  70  8.74
McMahon,S        S 1             3.0  1  0  0  1  4  46  32  0.00
                                 9.0  6  5  3  8  5 175 102
Spiders                          INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
Cuppy,N          L 1-1           9.0 11  6  2  2  2 137  87  3.00
                                 9.0 11  6  2  2  2 137  87
Bal: Gleason,K batted for Hemming,G in the 7th
CLE: O’Connor,J batted for Cuppy,N in the 9th

E-McGraw,J, Jennings,H, Clarke,B, Childs,C 3, Zimmer,C, McGarr,C, McAleer,J.
2B-Brodie,S, Hemming,G. SB-McGraw,J 2(5), Kelley,J(1), Brodie,S(1).
CS-Tebeau,Pa. K-Jennings,H, Carey,S, Tebeau,G 2, McAleer,J 2, O’Connor,J.
BB-McGraw,J, Reitz,H, Burkett,J 2, Childs,C 2, Tebeau,G, McAleer,J,
Cuppy,N 2. SF-McGarr,C. HBP-Zimmer,C 2. HB-Hemming,G 2.
GWRBI: Kelley,J
Temperature: 46, Field: wet, Sky: partly cloudy, Wind:
right to left at 9 MPH.

This lithograph appeared in the June 1895 Police Gazette. It featured the Captains of the 12 National League teams.

Who were these baseball heroes, as the lithograph proudly asserts?  Some of them are household names, with 5 eventual Hall of Famers, some…… not so much.

1. Cap Anson- Hall of Fame 1st baseman and Player/Manager of the 1895 Chicago Colts. At 43 years old Cap still had game. He appeared in 122 games and batted .335. Anson played 27 years in Major League baseball. As a manager he won 1295 games, finishing 1st 5 times.

(Moving clockwise…)

2. George Davis- This Hall of Fame shortstop was just 25 years old when he was named Player/Manager of the NY Giants. He was replaced as manager after a 16-17 start, but remained as team captain. He hit .340 with a 101 rbis. A lifetime .295 hitter over 20 seasons. He managed the Giants again in 1900 and 1901, compiling a 91-122 record.

3. Mike Griffin- Centerfielder and captain of the Brooklyn Bridegrooms. His .332 average and 38 doubles led the Bridegrooms. He played in 3 Major Leagues, the American Association, Players League and the National League, and finished with a .296 average. He is credited with managing 4 games for Brooklyn in 1898 winning just 1 game.

4. Buck Ewing- Also a member of the Hall of Fame. Considered one of the great 19th century catchers. He played 105 games, all at 1st base as the Player/Manager of the 1895 Reds.  He hit .318 and finished his 18 year career with a .308 lifetime average. As a manager he would never finish higher than 3rd place, but he compiled a .553 winning %, suffering only 1 losing season over his 7 years of managing.

5. Jack Boyle- The Philadelphia Phillies led the NL with an astounding .330 average. No thanks to their 1st baseman/Captain. Boyle hit just .253 with no home runs. He had the lowest average of any player with over 115 at bats. He also led all 1st baseman with 36 errors.  He would retire in 1898 with a lifetime .253 average.

6. Patsy Tebeau- Hit .318 as the player/manager while playing 63 games at 1st. He would manage the Spiders and St. Louis Perfectos over 11 seasons. Never finishing 1st, but would beat the Orioles in the not so prestigious Temple Cup Series in 1895.

7.  Jack Glasscock- A fine 19th Century shortstop, batting .290 over 17 seasons. But despite hitting .338 in 18 games for the last place Louisville Colonels he was released in June and finished the season and his career with the Washington Nationals. The Colonels would finish in last place 52.5 games out. Glasscock would manage briefly in the majors, winning exactly half of his 70 games.

8. Ed Cartwright- Cartwright led the Washington Nationals with a .331 average and also had a team high 34 doubles, all leading up to a dismal 43-85 record. Good for 10th in the league. 1895 was his best season in a short 5 year career. He would retire in 1897 with a lifetime .295 average.

9.  Connie Mack- A manager of some note. As player/manager of the Pirates he appeared in 14 games and hit .306, leading the Pirates to a respectable 71-61 record, good for 7th place. Lifetime he would compile a 3731-3948 record as a manager over an incredible 53 seasons. He would manage some of the greatest and worst teams of all time.  He would win 5 out of 8 of his World Series appearances, while finishing last 17 times.

10 Doggie Miller- Miller hit .291 for the St Louis Browns as they finished 48.5 games out of 1st, good for 11th place. Miller was actually the Manager of the 1894 Browns team that finished 56-76, good for 9th place. It would be the only season he would manage in the major leagues.

11. Billy Nash- Playing 3rd base for the Boston Beaneaters Nash would hit .290 with a team leading 10 home runs. This would be Nash’s last season with Boston. He would be traded to the Phillies for Billy Hamilton. In Philadelphia he would become their player/manager and lead them to an 8th place finish in 1896. It would be his only season as a major league manager.

12. Wilbert Robinson- Uncle Robbie suffered a finger amputation in 1895 which would limit him to 77 games. His Hall of Fame career included 17 years as a player ending in 1902 as player/manager with the American League Baltimore Orioles. . He wouldn’t manage again until 1914 when he signed on with the Brooklyn Robins. He would manage them for 18 seasons while making 2 World Series appearances, losing to the Red Sox in 1916, and the Indians in 1920.

Bill Hoffer vs Cy Young 10/7/1895, @ League Park I

ORIOLES LATE RALLY SINKS SPIDERS

The dapper Sadie McMahon

Trailing 4-3 heading into the 9th the Orioles rallied for 2 runs off Cy Young to take game 4 and tie this series at 2. With one out Heinie Reitz singled and moved to 3rd on a double by Boileryard Clarke. A groundball scored the tying run, then relief pitcher Sadie McMahon laced a single to right to score the game winner. The Spiders got the 1st 2 runners on in the 9th but Harry Blake smoked a line drive at Scoops Carey who made a leaping grab for the out, doubling off Jack O’Connor at 2nd. The throw to 1st just missed completing a triple play. Jesse Burkett popped out to end the game.

Cy Young suffered his 2nd tough loss in the series, both by a single run.

10/3/1895, CLE95-Bal95, Oriole Park III
                       1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9     R  H  E   LOB DP
1895 Spiders           1  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0     2  5  2     7  0
1895 Orioles           1  0  0  0  1  0  0  0  1     3  9  2    10  1

Spiders              AB  R  H BI   AVG    Orioles              AB  R  H BI   AVG
Burkett,J         lf  4  1  3  1  .750    Keeler,W          rf  4  3  2  0  .500
Tebeau,Pa         1b  4  0  1  0  .250    McGraw,J          3b  5  0  3  1  .600
Childs,C          2b  3  0  0  0  .000    Jennings,H        ss  4  0  1  0  .250
McKean,E          ss  3  0  0  1  .000    Kelley,J          lf  4  0  0  0  .000
Zimmer,C          c   3  0  0  0  .000    Brodie,S          cf  4  0  2  0  .500
Tebeau,G          rf  4  0  0  0  .000    Reitz,H           2b  4  0  1  0  .250
McGarr,C          3b  4  0  0  0  .000    Clarke,B          c   3  0  0  0  .000
McAleer,J         cf  4  1  1  0  .250    Carey,S           1b  4  0  0  0  .000
Young,C           p   4  0  0  0  .000    Hoffer,B          p   4  0  0  0  .000
                     33  2  5  2                               36  3  9  1
Spiders                          INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
Young,C          L 0-1           8.2  9  3  1  0  1 100  72  1.04
                                 8.2  9  3  1  0  1 100  72
Orioles                          INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
Hoffer,B         W 1-0           9.0  5  2  0  2  1 123  79  0.00
                                 9.0  5  2  0  2  1 123  79

E-Childs,C, McGarr,C, Jennings,H 2. 2B-Keeler,W, Brodie,S. SB-Burkett,J 2(2),
Tebeau,Pa(1), McAleer,J(1). K-Young,C, Clarke,B. BB-Childs,C, McKean,E.
HBP-Zimmer,C, Keeler,W, Jennings,H, Clarke,B. HB-Young,C 3, Hoffer,B.
WP-Young,C.
Temperature: 57, Field: wet, Sky: threatening, Wind: out to center at 12 MPH.

Duke Esper vs Bobby Wallace 10/6/1895, @ League Park I

CUPID CHILDS GOES FROM GOAT TO HERO WITH GAME WINNING HIT

(There are several ways to replay games using the DMB software. You can manage the game for each batter, or you can hit the autoplay button and the computer will play the game in 2 seconds. I will always set the starting pitchers, line-ups and make in game substitutions as I see fit. Unfortunately I accidentally hit autoplay for this game, and as far as I can tell there is no way to delete this game and start over. Thus the unusual starting pitchers of Duke Esper and Bobby Wallace.)

Cupid Childs is another Scranton alumni. He finished his professional playing career in 1904, playing for the Scranton team in the New York state League.

The Cleveland Spiders led the Orioles 4-1 heading into the 8th inning. After 2 outs Willie Keeler singled and John McGraw tripled him in. The inning looked to be over when Hughie Jennings hit an easy inning ending groundball to Cupid Childs at 2nd. Always one for the dramatic, Childs booted the grounder to extend the inning and allow McGraw to score from 3rd. McGraw promptly stole 2nd and scored the tying run on a Joe Kelley single.

In the bottom of the 9th Jimmy McAleer reached on a McGraw error to start the inning. After stealing 2nd, Jack O’Connor walked to put runners on 1st and 2nd. The hot hitting Jesse Burkett lined a single to left sending McAleer towrd home with the game winner.  Oriole leftfielder Joe Kelly had other ideas when he charge the ball and nailed McAleer at the plate. After Patsy Tebeau walked, Cupid Childs grounded the game winning single into right field giving the Spiders a 2 games to 1 lead in the Series.

10/6/1895, Bal95-CLE95, League Park I
                       1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9     R  H  E   LOB DP
1895 Orioles           1  0  0  0  0  0  0  3  0     4 11  1     5  0
1895 Spiders           0  2  0  1  1  0  0  0  1     5 13  2     9  1

Orioles              AB  R  H BI   AVG    Spiders              AB  R  H BI   AVG
Keeler,W          rf  4  1  1  0  .462    Burkett,J         lf  5  0  3  0  .800
McGraw,J          3b  4  2  2  1  .429    Tebeau,Pa         1b  4  1  1  0  .231
Jennings,H        ss  4  1  2  0  .231    Childs,C          2b  5  0  2  2  .167
Kelley,J          lf  3  0  2  2  .333    McKean,E          ss  4  1  1  0  .250
Brodie,S          cf  3  0  1  0  .364    Zimmer,C          c   4  2  3  1  .385
Reitz,H           2b  4  0  1  0  .333    Tebeau,G          rf  3  0  1  0  .273
Clarke,B          c   4  0  0  0  .125    McGarr,C          3b  4  0  1  1  .308
Carey,S           1b  4  0  1  0  .167    McAleer,J         cf  4  0  1  1  .308
Esper,D           p   2  0  1  0  .500    Wallace,B         p   3  0  0  0  .000
Gleason,K        ph  1  0  0  0  .000     Knell,P          p   0  0  0  0  .000
Clarkson,D       p   0  0  0  0  .000     O’Connor,J       ph  0  1  0  0  .000
Robinson,W       ph  1  0  0  0  .000                         36  5 13  5
Hemming,G        p   0  0  0  0  .000
                     34  4 11  3
Orioles                          INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
Esper,D                          7.0 10  4  4  0  1  89  66  5.00
Clarkson,D                       1.0  1  0  0  1  0  26  13 12.00
Hemming,G        L 0-2           0.1  2  1  0  2  0  18   6 13.50
                                 8.1 13  5  4  3  1 133  85
Spiders                          INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
Wallace,B                        7.2  9  4  2  1  0 103  66  2.35
Knell,P          W 1-0           1.1  2  0  0  0  0  13   9  0.00
                                 9.0 11  4  2  1  0 116  75

Bal: Gleason,K batted for Esper,D in the 8th
     Robinson,W batted for Clarkson,D in the 9th
CLE: O’Connor,J batted for Knell,P in the 9th
E-McGraw,J, Childs,C 2. 2B-Burkett,J, Zimmer,C 2, Tebeau,G. 3B-McGraw,J,
Tebeau,Pa. SB-McGraw,J 2(3), Jennings,H 2(2), McAleer,J(2). CS-Brodie,S,
Reitz,H, Esper,D, Burkett,J. K-Burkett,J. BB-Kelley,J, Tebeau,Pa, Tebeau,G,
O’Connor,J. SH-Brodie,S.
GWRBI: Childs,C
Temperature: 51, Sky: cloudy, Wind: out to center at 1 MPH.

Nig Cuppy vs George Hemming 10/4/1895, @ Oriole Park III

BURKETTS RECORD BREAKING PERFORMANCE LEADS SPIDERS TO VICTORY

Jesse Burkett Won 27 games pitching for Scranton in the minors at the tender age of 19.

The Cleveland Spiders evened up the series at 1 game apiece by banging out 18 hits and scoring 16 against 3 Oriole pitchers. Jesse Burkett lead the way with a DMB World Series record 6 hits. Burkett’s hits included 2 doubles and a triple. He blooped a single into center field in the 7th for his record breaking hit.

Nig Cuppy gave up 10 hits, but got the clutch out and 2 double plays from his defense to contain the high flying Orioles.

10/4/1895, CLE95-Bal95, Oriole Park III
                       1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9     R  H  E   LOB DP
1895 Spiders           1  0  1  0  2  5  3  1  3    16 18  2     7  2
1895 Orioles           0  0  0  0  1  0  0  3  0     4 10  3     8  1

Spiders              AB  R  H BI   AVG    Orioles              AB  R  H BI   AVG
Burkett,J         lf  6  4  6  2  .900    Keeler,W          rf  5  1  3  0  .556
Tebeau,Pa         1b  5  1  1  3  .222    McGraw,J          3b  5  0  1  1  .400
Childs,C          2b  4  0  0  3  .000    Jennings,H        ss  5  0  0  0  .111
McKean,E          ss  5  1  2  2  .250    Kelley,J          lf  2  1  1  0  .167
Zimmer,C          c   6  1  2  1  .222    Brodie,S          cf  4  1  1  0  .375
Tebeau,G          rf  4  2  2  1  .250    Reitz,H           2b  4  1  2  2  .375
McGarr,C          3b  5  2  3  1  .333    Robinson,W        c   3  0  0  1  .000
McAleer,J         cf  5  3  2  2  .333    Carey,S           1b  4  0  1  0  .125
Cuppy,N           p   2  2  0  1  .000    Hemming,G         p   2  0  0  0  .000
                     42 16 18 16           Clarkson,D       p   0  0  0  0  .000
                                           Gleason,K        ph  1  0  0  0  .000
                                           Esper,D          p   0  0  0  0  .000
                                           Clarke,B         ph  1  0  1  0  .250
                                                               36  4 10  4
Spiders                          INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
Cuppy,N          W 1-0           9.0 10  4  4  2  2 143  93  4.00
                                 9.0 10  4  4  2  2 143  93
Orioles                          INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
Hemming,G        L 0-1           5.0  9  8  8  1  1  81  47 14.40
Clarkson,D                       2.0  4  4  4  3  0  57  29 18.00
Esper,D                          2.0  5  4  1  0  1  38  26  4.50
                                 9.0 18 16 13  4  2 176 102
Bal: Gleason,K batted for Clarkson,D in the 7th
     Clarke,B batted for Esper,D in the 9th

E-Childs,C, McGarr,C, McGraw,J 2, Jennings,H. 2B-Burkett,J 2, McKean,E,
Zimmer,C, McAleer,J, McGraw,J. 3B-Burkett,J, McKean,E, Tebeau,G, McAleer,J,
Reitz,H. SB-Burkett,J(3), McGraw,J(1). K-McGarr,C, Cuppy,N, Robinson,W 2.
BB-Childs,C, Tebeau,G, Cuppy,N 2, Kelley,J 2. SH-Cuppy,N. SF-Tebeau,Pa,
Childs,C, McKean,E, Robinson,W. WP-Cuppy,N.
GWRBI: Childs,C
Temperature: 55, Sky: clear, Wind: out to right at 23 MPH.

Cy Young vs. Bill Hoffer 10/3/1895, @ Oriole Park III

YOUNG THROWS AWAY BALL GAME IN 9TH INNING.

Cy Young uncorked a wild pitch with 2 outs and the bases loaded in the bottom of the 9th allowing Willie Keeler to scamper home with the game winner.

Rookie Bill Hoffer matched Cy Young pitch for pitch taking a 2-2 tie into the 9th inning. The Spiders scored unearned runs in the the 1st 2 innings when shortstop Hughie Jennings made throwing errors in each inning. In the 9th inning Scoop Carey started the inning with a ground ball single.  One out later Willie Keeler singled to center, but Carey was thrown out trying to advance to 3rd. With the Oriole threat all but erased, John McGraw just beat out an infield single, and Hughie Jennings was hit by a pitch to load the bases. Cy Young then threw the 1st pitch to Joe Kelly over the head of Chief Zimmer to allow Keeler to score.

10/3/1895, CLE95-Bal95, Oriole Park III
                       1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9     R  H  E   LOB DP
1895 Spiders           1  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0     2  5  2     7  0
1895 Orioles           1  0  0  0  1  0  0  0  1     3  9  2    10  1

Spiders              AB  R  H BI   AVG    Orioles              AB  R  H BI   AVG
Burkett,J         lf  4  1  3  1  .750    Keeler,W          rf  4  3  2  0  .500
Tebeau,Pa         1b  4  0  1  0  .250    McGraw,J          3b  5  0  3  1  .600
Childs,C          2b  3  0  0  0  .000    Jennings,H        ss  4  0  1  0  .250
McKean,E          ss  3  0  0  1  .000    Kelley,J          lf  4  0  0  0  .000
Zimmer,C          c   3  0  0  0  .000    Brodie,S          cf  4  0  2  0  .500
Tebeau,G          rf  4  0  0  0  .000    Reitz,H           2b  4  0  1  0  .250
McGarr,C          3b  4  0  0  0  .000    Clarke,B          c   3  0  0  0  .000
McAleer,J         cf  4  1  1  0  .250    Carey,S           1b  4  0  0  0  .000
Young,C           p   4  0  0  0  .000    Hoffer,B          p   4  0  0  0  .000
                     33  2  5  2                               36  3  9  1
Spiders                          INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
Young,C          L 0-1           8.2  9  3  1  0  1 100  72  1.04
                                 8.2  9  3  1  0  1 100  72
Orioles                          INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
Hoffer,B         W 1-0           9.0  5  2  0  2  1 123  79  0.00
                                 9.0  5  2  0  2  1 123  79

E-Childs,C, McGarr,C, Jennings,H 2. 2B-Keeler,W, Brodie,S. SB-Burkett,J 2(2),
Tebeau,Pa(1), McAleer,J(1). K-Young,C, Clarke,B. BB-Childs,C, McKean,E.
HBP-Zimmer,C, Keeler,W, Jennings,H, Clarke,B. HB-Young,C 3, Hoffer,B.
WP-Young,C.
Temperature: 57, Field: wet, Sky: threatening, Wind: out to center at 12 MPH.

Oliver Wendell (Patsy) Tebeau   

Born: 12/5/1864 St. Louis, Mo.

Died: 5/15/1918 St. Louis, Mo.

Patsy Tebeau and his 1895 Cleveland Spiders took 2nd place in the NL and met the Baltimore Orioles in the Temple Cup Series. The Spiders easily handled a lackluster Orioles team in 5 games.  The 1896 team faced the Orioles once again, but lost to a more focused Baltimore team. Those Spider teams actually had 3 Tebeaus on the team. Patsy’s brother George “White Wings” Tebeau, and an unrelated Pussy Tebeau. George got his nickname based on his blazing speed on the field. Charles Alston Tebeau got his nickname from his initials C.A.T.

Patsy Tebeau joined the Cleveland Spiders in 1887 but did not perform so well. He returned in 1899 and batted .282 When the Players League was formed Patsy went to play for the Cleveland Infants and eventually became their player manager. When he returned to the Spiders in 1891 after the Players League folded he assumed the role of player-manager.

As a player he was so-so, hitting a career high .329 and driving in 102 runs in 1893. He finished with a .279 average. As a manager he compiled a .555 winning percentage, utilizing team play, umpire baiting, brawling, and aggressive play to win by any means. As the use of spikes started to become more popular, he would tell his players to file their spikes before each game. He would cajole his players “To give em steal” while applauding spike high slides.

Patsy was part of the mass exodus to the St Louis Perfectos before the 1899 season that left the Spiders bereft of talent. He would retire as a player after playing just 1 game in 1900. He would continue to manage St Louis, but would retire from managing as well, after suffering a losing season.

After retirement he ran a saloon. In 1915 he committed suicide by shooting himself in the head, another of a long line of 19th century and early 20th century baseball players that took their own lives.

Rk   Year                  Tm                  Lg    G   W   L W-L%                                       Finish
1    1890   Cleveland Infants         PL 2nd of 2   52  21  30 .412      7                        Player/Manager

2    1891   Cleveland Spiders         NL 2nd of 2   73  31  40 .437      5                        Player/Manager
3    1892   Cleveland Spiders                  NL   74  40  33 .548      5  Player/Manager  First half of season
4    1892   Cleveland Spiders                  NL   79  53  23 .697      1 Player/Manager  Second half of season
5    1893   Cleveland Spiders                  NL  129  73  55 .570      3                        Player/Manager
6    1894   Cleveland Spiders                  NL  130  68  61 .527      6                        Player/Manager
7    1895   Cleveland Spiders                  NL  132  84  46 .646      2                        Player/Manager
8    1896   Cleveland Spiders                  NL  135  80  48 .625      2                        Player/Manager
9    1897   Cleveland Spiders                  NL  132  69  62 .527      5                        Player/Manager
10   1898   Cleveland Spiders                  NL  156  81  68 .544      5                        Player/Manager

11   1899 St. Louis Perfectos                  NL  155  84  67 .556      5                        Player/Manager
12   1900 St. Louis Cardinals         NL 1st of 2   92  42  50 .457      5                        Player/Manager
                       Cleveland Infants   1 year   52  21  30 .412                                          7.0
                       Cleveland Spiders  8 years 1040 579 436 .570                                          3.8
                     St. Louis Cardinals  2 years  247 126 117 .519                                          5.0
                                   Total 11 years 1339 726 583 .555                                          4.3

This photo is consistently given as the 1895 Spiders. I was going to research each player to match up a name with a face but I couldn’t even decide on which player was Cy Young. It is either the player in the middle, or he was not present for the photo, because it doesn’t really look like Cy. The player in the back row on the extreme right is definitely Cupid Childs, but all others, to me, could be brothers. So instead I put together the world famous DMB team montage.

Ed McKean-SS, Jesse Burkett-LF,  Jimmy McAleer-CF, Cupid Childs-2B

Chippy McGarr-3B, Jack O’Connor-C, White Wings Tebeau-UT, Chief Zimmer-C, Harry Blake-RF

Pat Tebeau-1B, Nig Cuppy-P, Cy Young-P, Bobby Wallace-P, Phil Knell-P

(Phil Knell looks like he’s running from the police)

The Cleveland Spiders are synonymous with terrible baseball teams, thanks to the 1899 edition, inarguably the worst team ever. But this version of the Spiders, as well as the 1896 team were pretty good. Led by Manager Pat Tebeau, this group of players  kept pace with the Orioles in wins and rowdyism. They also had a pretty good pitcher in Cy Young.

Jesse Burkett won the batting crown with a .405 average, Ed McKean hit .341, and Chief Zimmer hit .340 to contribute to their overall .305 team average. A pretty good average in any season, but only good for 3rd this season, behind the Phillies(.330) and the Orioles(.324) No player hit double digits in home runs, with Ed McKean leading the team with 8, as well as 119 rbis. The only player to drive in over 90 runs.

Cy Young went 35-10, leading the league in wins, as well as shutouts(4). Nig Cuppy won 26, while Bobby Wallace won 12 whiling losing 14.

PREDICTION: The Orioles are once again the better team, they have better hitters, better defense, but they don’t have Cy Young. In the 1895 Temple Cup series the Orioles didn’t try too hard, and lost in 5 games. Cy Young won 3 games for the victorious Spiders. He will pitch in 4 games if this goes 7 games. In the DMB World Series this rendition of the Orioles will play to win and should do so in 6 games. I’ll be rooting for the Spiders, but Cy Young will have to dominate.

1. John McGraw-3B, 2. Wee Willie Keeler-RF, 3. Kid Gleason-P, 4. Joe Kelley-LF, 5. Ned Hanlon-Mgr, 6. Wilbert Robinson-C,

7. Bill Hoffer 8. Hughie Jennings-SS, 9. Steve Brodie-CF, 10. Heinie Reitz-2B, 11. Sadie McMahon-P, 12. Frank Bonner,

13. Mike Bowerman14. Arlie Pond 15. Dad Clarkson(95) 16. Duke Esper-P, 17. Scoops Carey 18. Boileryard Clarke-SUB

The Baltimore Orioles make there 2nd straight sojourn into the DMB World Series, with virtually the same cast of characters from the 94 team. The 94 team played the entire season without any substantial injuries. The 95 team was not so fortunate. Heinie Reitz suffered a broken collarbone limiting him to 70 games. Wilbert Robinson had a finger partially amputated, and John McGraw suffered through a bout of malaria. Both players missed a total of 96 games.

Despite the injuries the offense of the Orioles hardly missed a beat. A .324 team average was once again 2nd to the high flying, but 3rd place Phillies.

Scoops Carey took over 1st base for the traded Dan Brouthers, and underperformed with just 1 HR and a .261 average. He was the only Oriole with over 250 ABs, and all 10 fingers to hit under .300.  Willie Keeler(.377, 162 runs), Hughie Jennings(.386, 125 rbis), Steve Brodie(.348, 134 rbis) and Joe Kelly(.365-10-134) provided plenty of offensive punch. Kid Gleason was moved from the pitching mound to 2nd base and contributed a .309 average.

On the mound, rookie Bill Hoffer won 30 games, the only rookie to win 30 games at the 60ft pitching distance, while George Hemming contributed 20 wins. Dad Clarkson was a late season acquisition from the St. Louis Browns and contributed 12 wins, while Sadie McMahon recovered from an early season elbow injury to win 10 games down the stretch. They lead the league with a 3.80 ERA with 10 shutouts, while their .946 fielding percentage was also tops in the league.

The Orioles struggled early, but finished strong, ending the season with a 43-11 run.

The Orioles did not put forth their best effort in the Temple Cup series. They felt that they had nothing to prove and went down without a fight in 5 games, losing 3 games to Cy Young.

1895

The 1895 season saw all 12 teams from the previous season return. The owners still inexplicably kept the one division format, rather than a 2 division 6 team format that would have provided a better level of competition, and kept the fans interested longer due to the possibility of 2 pennant races. The Temple Cup series would still be played at season’s end, with the 1st place Orioles once again having nothing to prove against the 2nd place Cleveland Spiders.

A rule change of some significance had the pitching slab(soon to become the pitching rubber) modified to it’s current size of 24×6. Giving the pitchers a slightly larger slab to pitch from, and providing a little more control with their delivery. The league batting average dropped 13 points to a still robust .296. A rather drastic downward shift, without the addition of any rule change that might have favored the pitcher. It’s possible that the pitchers were just adjusting better to the longer pitching distance.

The Phillies moved into a new stadium, The Huntington Street Grounds after the original Huntington Street Grounds burned to the ground in 1894. In 1914 it would be renamed after the new Phillies owner, William F. Baker. The Baker Bowl would remain in use until 1938. The right field wall was 40 feet high and the foul pole was only 280 down the line. The last years of the stadium had a huge…….really huge advertisement for Lifebouy soap spelled out with 30 foot letters. The popular saying at the time was, “The Phillies use Lifebouy, but they still stink.”

The Orioles would win their 2nd straight N.L. crown by 3 games over the Spiders. They struggled early in the season, and suffered some key injuries, but finished the season strong winning 43 of their last 54 games.

Sam Thompson hit .392 with a league leading 18 home runs and 165 rbis. All in just 119 games, an amazing 1.38 rbis per game.

On 5/23 the Louisville Colonels would forfeit a game against the Brooklyn Bridegrooms because the ran out of baseballs. They started the game with just 3 balls that lasted for only 3 innings. Not too surprising for a last place team with a 35-96 record.

On 8/12 Jim Corbett had 2 singles and 2 rbis playing for Scranton in the Eastern League. Significant because Scranton is my hometown, and Jim Corbett was Heavyweight Champion of the World at the time.

1895 Final Standings

NL

Team Name                        G    W    L    T   PCT    GB    RS   RA
Baltimore Orioles              132   87   43    2  .669     -  1003  648
Cleveland Spiders              132   84   46    2  .646   3.0   920  723
Philadelphia Phillies          133   78   53    2  .595   9.5  1067  957
Chicago Colts                  133   72   58    3  .554  15.0   867  853
Boston Beaneaters              133   71   60    2  .542  16.5   911  829
Brooklyn Bridegrooms           134   71   60    3  .542  16.5   878  838
Pittsburgh Pirates             135   71   61    3  .538  17.0   815  799
Cincinnati Reds                132   66   64    2  .508  21.0   903  855
New York Giants                132   66   65    1  .504  21.5   855  832
Washington Nationals           133   43   85    5  .336  43.0   840 1047
St. Louis Browns               136   39   92    5  .298  48.5   752 1036
Louisville Colonels            133   35   96    2  .267  52.5   697 1091

LEAGUE LEADERS

AVG: JESSE BURKETT(CLE)- .405

HRS: SAM THOMPSON(PHIL)- 18

RBI: SAM THOMPSON(PHIL)- 165

WINS: CY YOUNG(CLE)- 35

K’S: AMOS RUSIE(NY)-201

ERA: AL MAUL(WASH)- 2.45

WORLD EVENTS

     BUSTER KEATON                     NO HELMETS, NO PASSING, NO OCHO CINCO

BORN:

2/6- BABE RUTH – (A DECENT BALLPLAYER)

3/4- SHEMP HOWARD (AN UNDERRATED STOOGE)

5/6- RUDOLPH VALENTINO ( THE SHIEK)

9/10- GEORGE HIGHPOCKETS KELLY

10/4- BUSTER KEATON (THE GREAT STONE FACE)

1/1- J EDGAR HOOVER (I FEEL PRETTY….OH SO PRETTY !!)

2/1- JOHN FORD (4 ACADEMY AWARDS FOR BEST DIRECTOR)

2/2- GEORGE HALAS

DIED:

1/29- TONY SUCK – (AN UNFORTUNATE NAME FOR A LIFETIME .151 HITTER)

2/20- FREDERICK DOUGLASS-(THE LION OF ANACOSTIA)

5/29- GEORGE TEBEAU

9/29- LOUIS PASTEUR

10/3- HARRY WRIGHT

EVENTS:

2/9- VOLLEYBALL(MINTONETTE) IS CREATED BY WILLIAM G. MORGAN IN HOLYOKE, MASS

9/3- 1ST PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL GAME IS PLAYED IN LATROBE, PA. THE LATROBE YMCA DEFEAT THE JEANNETTE ATHLETIC CLUB 12-0

11/8- WILHELM RONTGEN DISCOVERS X-RAYS

Warren Tribune, PA 1927

National Labor Day.

In 1883 Mr. P.J. McGuire of New York, originated the idea of an annual celebration in all the Union by members of the various trades and labor organizations. Further, the time to be fixed for this should be the first Monday in September. Mrssrs. P.J. McGuire, Samuel Gompers and Robert Blissert were the principal framers of the plan adopted, and these gentlemen, prominent workers in the labor cause, first gave it publicity.

The day was to be a grand holiday, like the Fourth of July or Christmas. It was to be celebrated by music, festivals, speaking and great processions of the labor organizations. The parades were to be a leading feature. Members of all the industrial trades, formed in battalions and divisions, were to march through the streets, with music playing and banners flying. Upon the banners were to be inscribed terse words, showing the mottoes and aims of the great labor unions. Among such were the following:

“Compulsory Education,” “No Child Labor,” “Sanitary Inspection of Factories,” “Eight Hours a Day.”

The idea caught the public favor at once. That first year and every year since Labor day has been celebrated. It grows in favor, and its observance becomes annually more imposing. No more instructive or interesting sight is witnessed than these long battalions of faithful workers. Some of the bands are white faced and stooped from long hours of bending over indoor tasks. Others are ruddy and strong and erect. Far too many, as they march, show the cramping, stiffening effect of years of toil on their muscles.

Labor day is now a legal holiday in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Wisconsin, Illinois, Ohio, Michigan, Colorado, California and sever other states. It should be set apart in all the states as the day belonging to those who make the nation’s wealth.

The News (Frederick, Maryland) Aug 27, 1889

Image from www.ashp.cuny.edu

One of the mottos borne in the Labor Day parade in Chicago read:

“eight hours’ work, eight hours’ pay, eight hours’ sleep and eight dollars a day.”

When these conditions come to pass the millenium will not be far off.

Edwardsville Intelligencer (Edwardsville, Illinois) Sep 14, 1892

LABOR DAY ANNIVERSARY.

The first of September is a very fitting time for the “Labor Day” observance. It is the beginning of the harvest season when the fruits of the earth are gathered into barns, and the reward of the year’s husbandry is paid to agricultural toil, from of old and ever to be the only essential provider for human want.

And it is well to observe “Labor Day” with gratitude and jubilation, as it was well for this nation to observe Fourth of July. But, as Fourth of July was devoted to a consideration of the causes and the obligations of American independence, so it were well for “Labor Day” to consider how it was and by what means its present advantageous estate has come to be.

It has taken much time to bring round this festivity of labor. Reckoning from the birth of Christ at Bethlehem in Judea, nearly nineteen hundred years have labored to bring it forth. And but for the transforming power of those years of ministry, but for that birth in the manger and that death on the cross, not nineteen centuries, but much more extended and weary travail would have awaited human labor, before, in this land and in this time, it could have had any such anniversary as it now observes. Outside of all theology and creeds, as the most certain fact in history, the beginning of the amelioration of labor starts from the person and the message of the Son of Man. Of all mankind, those who have been bowed down and heavy laden should most revere and cherish that benignant goodness and wisdom.

But it has not been wholly the institutions directly connected with christianity, from which the amelioration of labor had come. That liberation and development of the human mind which christianity has caused has contributed in these later centuries more visibly than the church. For, left to its own resources, there is nothing in the mere numbers of human labor that would have brought it to what of advantage it now enjoys. It is because the constantly increasing intelligence of mankind in the end benefits labor, that its past has been progressive and its future is bright with hope.

Despite christianity, it was not until the use of gunpowder in warfare that the toiling masses of Europe had any fair chance of freedom. The warrior aristocracies in their suits of ma??, and trained to arms as a jealously exclusive profession, could never have been thrust from their place of power by the multitudes whose labor they exacted and whose gains they lavished. Gunpowder was the first great equalizer of persons, and modern democracy begins with its use in war.

*emphasis mine

But gunpowder could not undo all the past. It had been in use several hundred years before the Reign of Terror in France, and labor had its heaviest burdens still to bear. For that outburst of tumult and revenge was but the recoil of outraged and overburned human toil, forced upon one-third of the soil of France, and under most oppressive restrictions, to support in idleness and waste the Nobles and the Clergy, who monopolized all privileges and occupied two-thirds of the land.

Clearly invention and intelligence alone could not deliver labor from the pit into which it had fallen, or rather had been forced. Besides aid, it needed opportunity, and this it could not find in Europe where aristocracy and privilege were organized and intrenched. This opportunity the United States has furnished to a greater degree than the world has thus far known.

But here also the conflict of rival principles had to be fought out. In the Mayflower came republican institutions based upon free and respected labor, and at Jamestown, in Virginia, was begun the toil of slaves. Our civil war grew out of these two facts, and was fought for the cause of labor. In that war the Mayflower and the Pilgrims triumphed, and labor has the benefit of the blood and the treasure that were spent.

If anywhere in this world among human institutions and the places connected with their birth, the reverence and gratitude of laboring men should go out toward Plymouth Rock, and the principles of government and social order which the founders of Massachusetts first planted on this soil. If any state should have the loyalty of its laboring men, Massachusetts should. If any citizenship should feed constantly from the fount of early purpose and aspiration, her citizenship should. And, of all her citizens, those who celebrate “Labor Day” should most reverently do this, for under her leadership and influence has come to them most of what that anniversary stands for.

North Adams Transcript (North Adams, Massachusetts) Sep 2, 1895

P.J. McGuire - 1896

TOILERS HONORED BY AMERICA FIRST

SAMUEL GOMPERS GIVES OUT INTERESTING HISTORY OF LABOR DAY.

FIRST OBSERVED IN 1882 IN NEW YORK CITY — NOW NATIONAL HOLIDAY

WASHINGTON, D.C., Sept. 4. — Samuel Gompers, founder and president of the American Federation of Labor, gave out for publication today some interesting historical matter on the observation of Labor Day.

“Undoubtedly the first suggestion of setting apart a day in each year to be observed as Labor Day,” said Mr. Gompers, “was conceived by the late P.J. McGuire, who was at that time secretary of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters. The suggestion occurred during the period when the Knights of Labor was in existence, P.J. McGuire being a member of that organization.

“Writing for the American Federationist in 1902 P.J. McGuire had this to say:

“‘Pagan feast and Christian observance have come down to us through the long ages. But it was reserved for this country, and for the American people, to give birth to Labor Day. In this they honor the toilers of the earth, and pay homage to those who from rude nature have delved and carved all the comfort and grandeur we behold.

“‘More than all, the thought, the conception, yes, the very inspiration of this holiday came from men in the ranks of the working people, men active in uplifting their fellows and leading them to better conditions. It came from a little group in New York City, the Central Labor Union, which had just been formed, and which in later years attained widespread influence.

“‘On May 8, 1882, the writer made the proposition. He urged the propriety of setting aside one day in the year to be designated as ‘Labor Day,’ and to be established as a general holiday for the laboring classes. He advised the day should first be celebrated by a street parade, which would publicly show the strength and esprit du corps of the trade and labor organizations. Next the parade should be followed by a picnic of a festival in some grove the proceeds of the same to be divided on this semi-co-operative plan.”

“It was further argued Labor Day should be observed as one festal day in the year for public tribute to the genius of the American industry. There were other worthy holidays representative of the religions, civil and military spirit. But non representative of the industrial spirit, the great vital force of every nation.

He suggested the first Monday in September of every year for such a holiday, as it would come at the most pleasant season of the year nearly midway between the fourth of July and Thanksgiving and would fill a wide gap in the chronology of legal holidays. Many were the cogent reasons he advanced and at once the idea was enthusiastically embraced.

The first Labor Day parade and festival of the Central Labor Union of New York City on September 5, 1882, was simply an imposing success. From that day on, it became a fixed institution in the United States observed today in every city of the land. The plan was next endorsed by the annual convention of the American Federation of Labor and the general assembly of the Knights of Labor. IT spread rapidly from city to city and from town to town. City councils and state legislatures took it up and made it a legal holiday, until finally, June 28, 1894, it became a national holiday by act of congress.

“The initial action taken setting apart one day in the year on which to review the activities and beneficial influence of Organized Labor occurred at the afternoon meeting of the third day of the fourth annual session of the Federation, October 9, 1884, the convention being held in Schloesser’s Hall, Chicago, Ill. The resolution creating Labor Day was introduced in the convention by A.C. Cameron, a delegate from the Chicago Trades and Labor Assembly, and was as follows:

“‘Resolved, that the first Monday in September of each year be set apart as a laborers’ national holiday, and that we recommend its observance by all wage-workers, irrespective of sex, calling, or nationality.’***”

Eau Claire Leader (Eau Claire, Wisconsin) Sep 5, 1915

Decatur Weekly Republican 29 Oct 1896

LABOR DAY’S ANNIVERSARY.

The first Labor Day was instituted in 1887, when the New York legislature passed an act recognizing that occasion as a holiday. But the movement for this occasion may fairly celebrate its semi-centennial this year, since it was in 1882 that Matthew Maguire, secretary of the Central Labor union of New York, began correspondence with various labor unions, in the effort to secure such a public occasion.

The original idea of the movement was to establish a public occasion which should dignify labor, call attention to the needs and rights of wage-earners, strengthen their organizations, and encourage them in their struggle for better conditions.

Since that time enormous progress has been made by the workers. Hours of labor, which were inordinately long, have been greatly reduced. Working conditions have been made healthier and pleasanter. Women and children are protected from the more severe demands of toil. Wages average three to four times as much as was ordinarily paid 50 years ago. The wage-earners of the country enjoy many benefits that the workers of 50 years ago never dreamed of.

The Frederick Post (Frederick, Maryland) Sep 3, 1932

A PRINTER THE LEADER

First Labor Day Parade Was Held Sept. 5, 1882

The first celebration of Labor day in America was on Sept 5, 1882, when a parade was held in New York under the auspices of the newly organized Central Labor union of the metropolis. P.J. McGuire first made the suggestion of a parade of organized labor. William McCabe, who was chosen to lead the procession as grand marshal, had only a small company of men behind him when the parade started from City Hall; and they came in for much jeering from the crowd. At Astor Place a number of organizations joined the marchers, and when the parade passed in review at Union Square there were 2,500 men in line. William McCabe, the leader of this pioneer parade of organized toilers, was a printer by trade, and a native of New Zealand. Coming to America in 1840, when two years old, his parents settled in California. At the age of fifteen he enlisted in a cavalry troop which served in the civil war. Later he fought the Indians in the northwest, and then received a commission in the patriot army of Mexico, which was engaged in driving out the European invaders. He then became a printer, first in San Francisco and later in New York. P.J. McGuire, the father of Labor day, was for some time secretary of the American federation of labor, and worked unremittingly to secure the general adoption of the labor holiday.

During recent years also, the labor movement has become less disposed to seek its ends by fighting employers, more disposed to get results by co-operating with them. With that plan, it will go on to still greater successes, as little is usually gained when the industries are tied up by strikes.

It is a delightful thing to see our people enjoying the Labor holiday, though this year, unfortunately, many idle ones have had more holidays than they desire. However, that is probably only a temporary misfortune. Labor day, 1933, with the prospects for improvement now in sight, should see the annual September holiday welcome as a pleasant relief from toil.

Tyrone Daily Herald (Tyrone, Pennsylvania) Sep 4, 1916

1895 – Wilhem Roentgen discovered X-rays, exposing a whole new universe of realities beyond the naked eye. 1896 – Antonie Becquered discovered radioactivity.

The Atlanta Constitution (Atlanta, Georgia) Jul 7, 1895

This cartoon caught my eye because I used to sing a version of the song being referred to above, albeit a more modern version. I hadn’t realized the song was so old, so I did a Google search and found the following:

From Google Answers:

The original song was entitled “I don’t want to play in your yard”, and was written by Philip Wingate and H.W. Petrie in 1894.

Posted by expertlaw-ga.
**This person also posted links to several other versions. (only the first two links work)

Here is the refrain from the original, and a link to the complete lyrics:

Refrain:
I don’t want to play in your yard,
I don’t like you anymore,
You’ll be sorry when you see me,
Sliding down our cellar door,
You can’t holler down our rainbarrel,
You can’t climb our apple tree,
I don’t want to play in your yard,
If you won’t be good to me.

NOTE: If you click the right most “melody” link (there are three melody links in the upper left corner) on the lyric page linked above, you can listen to the melody.

MUST SHE WEAR THEM?

We do not speak in disparaging tones when we say that a woman who wears bloomers has loose habits.

– Syracuse Post.

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The queen of Spain now knows what pain
And woe and ruth are like.
No legs has she; and so, you see,
She cannot ride a bike.

– New York Recorder.

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“Woman is still far from her ideals.”

“Oh, I don’t know. We don’t wear them as loose as we did.”

– Detroit Tribune.

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There’s a bicycle girl in Weehawken
That has set all the neighbors to tawken;
This feminine biped
Wears bloomers bright striped,
And red is the shade of her stawken.

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“I hear,” said the cheerful idiot, “that they are talking of revising the costume of the Goddess of Liberty.”

“And what will it be pray?” asked the typewriter boarder, who has a wheel.

“Red, white and bloomers,” said the cheerful idiot. –Indianapolis Journal.

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Bobbie — Say, fellers, let us holler “Rats!” as that woman passes.

Freddie — What’s the use? Don’t you see she has bloomers on? — Judge.

The Atlanta Constitution (Atlanta, Georgia) Jun 16, 1895

Image from http://empressofdirt.blogspot.com

MORE ABOUT BLOOMERS.

There were more bloomers out on bicycles in this city yesterday than ever before and fewer accidents. The new woman is rapidly ceasing to be a public danger.

– New York Evening Sun.

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It is only a reversal of condition. The society girl wears bloomers on her bodice and the bicycle girl wears sleeves on her pantaloons.

– Nashville American.

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“I don’t for the life of me see how you can uphold bloomers,” said the conservative man.

“I supposed not,” said the fluffy girl. “The suspenders fad has been out of date more than two years.”

– Indianapolis Journal.

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Bicycle bloomers should be proud of the sensation they have created. They appear as topics of earnest discussion on the lecture platform, in the club, and even in the pulpit. And the agitation is still growing. Not the silver question itself has more hopelessly divided families, separated friends and made sworn enemies than the now end-of-the-century theme — the bicycle bloomers.

– Baltimore American.

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“Do you keep bloomers to rent?” she asked, as she sailed into the fashionable dressmaker’s on Fulton street, yesterday.

“No,” said the polite saleswoman, “but we keep materials for repairing rents in bloomers. Have you –”

But she was gone.

– Brooklyn Eagle.

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“Mother, may I go out to bike?”

“Yes, my darling daughter.
But when you reach the Schuylkill pike
Don’t tumble in the water;
For if you do you’ll get a fall,
With a melancholy thud.
And then yourself, your bike, and all,
Will be a was of mud.”

– Philadelphia Inquirer.

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The bloomers or the knickerbockers of the lady bicyclist of the period present a neat and tasteful appearance. To say that the wearers look like men is unadulterated nonsense. The men who say so themselves disprove the assertion by the very fact that they denounce them and stand on the street corners, as too many of them do, leering and sneering at them as they pass. If they looked like men, these cheap and nasty fellows would not waste a minute looking at them.

– New York Recorder.

The Atlanta Constitution (Atlanta, Georgia) Jun 19, 1895

Image from http://costume.altervista.org

BIKE AND BLOOMERS.

Pity the blind. hey have never seen the bloomer-clad woman on a bicycle.

–Sonerville Journal.

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To a Bicycle Girl:

Whenne on two rims of stele this maid doth go,
Within my hedde I fele
A whele
Alsoe.

– Washington Star.

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When money for a modish gown
The modern maid desires,
She has a scheme that’s sure to down
The most unkind or sires.
Should he refuse, she does not pout,
Nor into weeping go,
But knocks him quite completely out
With: “I’ll wear bloomers. So!”

– Detroit News.

The Atlanta Constitution (Atlanta, Georgia) Jun 30, 1895

The Daily Review (Decatur, Illinois) May 30, 1897

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Previous posts about bloomers:

Amelia Bloomer, Dress Reform and Bloomers

No Fillings for the Whangdoodle in Bloomers

Mrs. Boardman — And what does it come to?
Mr. Clevers — Eight pounds, ma’am, at 8 cents a pound. Eight eights are eighty-eight — take it for 80 cents.

The Atlanta Constitution (Atlanta, Georgia) Jul 7, 1895

Now, that is some liberal math!

The Atlanta Constitution (Atlanta, Georgia) Jun 30, 1895

Sé que la introducción decía que este blog era para desahogarme, pero como le dije a Sam… mmm …  bueno no recuerdo exactamente que fue lo que dije, pero el punto es que este también tiene que ser un blog que vea al futuro (o al menos al presente) y no solo para pensar en el pasado o para quejarme (que molesto)  , pero también quiero poner esas experiencias agradables o raras que pasan, así que el enfoque del blog irá cambiando… además me gusta sentir que alguien me escucha lee y  le puedo contar un poco sobre mi ^^

al grano:

Nunca he tenido mucha “suerte” para los sorteos, rifas y ese tipo de cosas, pero afortunadamente mis padres si.

Sucede que hoy en mi melancolía escuché sonar el teléfono –mal momento para molestarme ¬.¬ – pensé.

Yo: Aló

El tipo que llamó: buenas tardes le habló de ***** (censurado porque sinceramente no oi de donde llamó XD), se encuentra *insert my mom’s name here*.

Yo: no! (si aun enojada) le habla su hija

El tipo que llamó: ah, bueno le informó que gracias a su participación en la rifa del carro de  *aquí dijo de nuevo el lugar =s*  ha ganado un premio.

Yo: Se ganó el carró? =D

El tipo que llamó: no, no fue el carro.

Yo: ala… entonces qué?

El tipo que llamó: con quién habló? (aparentemente no era yo el problema sino el teléfono XD)

Yo: Su hija ¬¬ *insert my name here*

El tipo que llamó: disculpe pero esta es información que solo le puedo decir a *momy again*

(a la cagué pensé… y procedí a persuadir XD)

Yo: no se vale digame

El tipo que llamó (entre risas): sé que no se vale pero no puedo decírselo.

Yo: …. =(

En fin, no me dijo que se ganó mi mamá, dijo que llamaría en la noche, pero nunca llamó T_T hasta ahora sigue siendo premio sorpresa… y espero que sea una sorpresa agradable, me caería bien un viajecito ^^

Image from McNamara’s Blog.

The American Protective Agency’s Oath.

Brother Jonathan Opens Fire On The A.P.A.
BY JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY.

With his plain-patched curderi breeches, an’ his red an’ yeller coat,
He has just come up and registered and casted his fust vote,
Talkin’, tellin’ abeout the Bible, an’ our institutooshuns grand,
An’ that the Stars an’ Stripes must float from each schoolhouse in the land!

Tearin’ up an’ deown on platforms, lettin’ steam off agin’ priest,
An’ bishops, popes, and cardinals that eat heretics at feasts.
Sayin neow’s the time or never to defend the flag we’ve saved! –
Our homes, our wives an’ children, er by Rome we’ll be enslaved!

Well, I’ve stood an’ I’ve listened till he got his rantin’ through,
An’ last night I stood in meetin,’ an’ I sez: “Why, who by you?
Never heard on ye till yesterday! — since that time I riz the axe
On my ole man at Concord an’ ye run to Halilfax!

Ye were mighty still when Sumter’s guns went shakin’ up the land,
An’ I had my Irish regiments march in an’ take a hand!
Great strappin’ fellers, shot right deown, with a shamrock on their breasts,
The Stars and Stripes above um, and a cross inside their vests!

‘The last guard of McClellan, an’ Burnside’s furthest dead! –
No, I guess not stranger — jest yit, I ain’t goin to lose my head!
Like ’nuff in goin’ to heaven, our roads may be apart,
But in pintin’ to the general end, we’re all the same at heart.

Some of my folks were Catholics as fur back’s ‘76!
An’ thirty six years later helped me out ev a nasty fix!
An’ as fer Irish — in Mexico — of all Zach’s bloodiest fields,
He found at Cerro Gordo his biggest hoss was Shields!

But the way you’ve been talkin,’ St. Peter raves an’ swears
When comes along an Irishman that kneels and says his prayers.
But now I come to think on’t an’ look ye in the face,
I’ll be hanged if you ain’t Irish — no credit to the race!

But if you come to the United States to jest kick up a stew,
‘Tween Abner Jones an’ his man Mike, and neighbor Donahoe.
Tell ye here, right sqeea an’ how, ye’d better shack fer home!
I don’t want imported patriots to help me to keep out Rome!”

The News (Frederick, Maryland) Jun 3, 1895

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Oh, the irony!

A.P.A. WEDS A CATHOLIC.
Member of the Ohio “Inner Circle” Astonishes His Brethren.

Monday evening a wedding took place at Toledo, Ohio, that caused a genuine sensation in A.P.A. circles. The contracting parties were Joseph D. Batch, charter member of Council No.2, A.P.A., and of the order of Zodiacs, commonly called the “Inner Circle.” present state secretary of the A.P.A. order, and Miss Tessa Cracknel, a pronounced and devout Roman Catholic. Rev. Father Barry of the Church of the Good Shepard performed the ceremony. The groom says he will resign his position as state secretary of the A.P.A. and will withdraw from the local council.

Carroll Sentinel (Carroll, Iowa) Jul 08, 1897

Benedict XVI and Roger Cardinal Mahony, leading the flock across the Rio Grande.

Image from Dyspeptic Mutterings

AN AGGRESSIVE ORDER.
The A.P.A. Busy Propagating Their Ideas in This Country.

BUFFALO, N.Y., Sept. 21 — The American Protective Association is putting forth every effort to increase its membership in this city. Two sets of circulars have been distributed here that clearly explain the purposes and workings of the order. One set of circulars was distributed quietly among the avowed opponents of the Roman Catholics and another secretly among those who have taken the obligations of the order. The first circular recites that the order is about two years old; that in that time it has grown to a million membership; that in certain Western cities every official from the mayor down is a member; that it is aggressive without financial benefits and political, yet non-partisan; that it is a secret order, fighting a secret foe — the Jesuits. The circular concludes:

“The charm of the order seems to be in the fact that it means fight. The members are sick of apathy and supineness so prevalent in Protestantism. Of Americans generally who allow Rome to trample in the dust their most cherished institutions without a word of protest; and allow the many tentacled monster to seize and control city after city without a murmur. This is the grand reaction; a revolution, if you will, and if properly guided and controlled it means the annihilation of the dominancy of the old parties in 1896 and a new political heaven and earth.”

The Daily Northwestern (Oshkosh, Wisconsin) Sep 21, 1893

1897 Model (Image from /www.winchestercollector.org)

The Mayor Got a Winchester

TOLEDO, O., Feb 24. — The suit heard in a local justice’s court of A.J. Rummel, dealer in firearms, against G.W. Ostrander and others, members of council No.2, of the A.P.A., has revealed the fact that among those who purchased Winchester rifles wherewith to repel an anticipated invasion by Catholics last Labor Day, was Mayor Major. Among others who obtained guns were Police Commissioner Doville, James W. Caldwell chairman of the Republican city committee, Workhouse Superintendent Brown, Joseph D. Batch, Joseph Doville, W.C. Harris, G. Ostrander, and George H. Jay Republican candidate for street commissioner.

Daily Advocate (Newark, Ohio) Feb 24, 1894