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SEND THE Home Paper! as a weekly letter to an c| absent friend. The Ftirmer 1 goes anywhere in the United ^ States or Canada for $1.00 <$ per year. • gr t&s^Q) *& *&> *&>—W «y i y 4 When in need ol ^ Job Printing GiTe us a cbaaoe to d«m- 1 onstrate oar ability to please r you m qoajity and pric«. yv«rythin« from & oard to , Jutt sheet posters. "Here Shall the Press the People's Bights Maintain, Unawed by Influence and TJnbribed by Gain," VOL. XXIII. BUSINESS CARDS. H. H. SEYHOL.DS, PHYSICIAN AMD SURGEON. MALONE, N. Y. Office and residence No. 17 Morton St. Office hours 1:00 to 3*0 and 7:00 to 8:00 P. M. New telephone. MALONE, N. Y., WEDNESDAY^ SEPTEMBER 23. 1903. [If «•!. Interesting Review of the Stirring Times by Senator Chauncey M. Depew at the Unveiling «f the Monument Presented to the State of New York by the Society of A. B. PAKMELEE & SON, Colonial Wars at Lake ADIRONDACK TIMBER LANDS AND VTL-&1 !age Property. Also General Real Estate f| w George, Sept. 8, 1903. Agents. GEO. W. DUSTIN. Manager. H. M. CHAMBERLAIN, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW. Office, entrance next to Caprons Drug Store, East Main St., Malone, N. Y. Real Estate and Investments, Loans and Collections. FRANK £. TAYLOR, Two Stores in One EVERYTHING FOR MEN FOB WOMEN. i | SUITS, 1 RAINCOATS M. LEVY, j and 1 LEADING CLOTHIER. Pages 9 and 10. — „ ...v..,^^v „*„ ^n**tne 28th"of**M3y, 1754, ended with the fall of Quebec the 13tb of September, 1759. ttconttaiwdr on the ocean for three years longer, and then, In 17t>3, its issues were settled by the treaty of peace of Paris. In that treaty France surrendered to England all her possessions in North America except Louisiana, and that territory she was forced to give to Spain. The vast and fertile area now comprised in twenty-four of the most populous and prosperous states of the American republic and the whole of -Canada were lost forever to France and v er people. The benefits of this war to the American people cannot be overestimated. It was the school of the Revolution. It accustomed the colonies to act in concert where they had common interests. It brought their public men into familiar intercourse and established that strongest of ties among the people of the country, tbe comradeship of soldiers in the camp, the mar<A and battle. Washington and most of the commanders in the Continental army were trained during these five years by the ablest generals of Great Britain, i n recurring recruitment by the termination of tertn» of enlistment a large proportion of the ablebodied youths »f the various colonies had large and valuable experience in th(» art of war. They served with veterans of European campaigns and under famous generals of the old world, and they fought soldiers of France who had se«n service Mi many a continental battlefield. This horizontal Yiew dissipated their dreav. of regulars, gave them confidence in themselves and a feeling of superiority 'fatIfighting in a new and undeveloped Ladies and Gentlemen — We have been celebrating for many years tlic centennials as they came along of tht B. W. BEBBY, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW. battles of the Revolution, of the DecOffice over F. W. Lawrence & Co."s store, cor laration of Independence, of the adop ner Main and Pearl St*., Malone, N. Y. tion of the constitution and the inau gur&tioli of our first president. These PHANK BIGELOW, ceremonials have been of incalculable educational value for the present and O&ee over Berry & PeLkey"s tin shop, East Main coming generations. Material prosperDURING THE FAIR the Finest Line ot Ladies* Furs that Can be Had will be Displayed street, Malooe. N. Y. ity, commercial ambition, the rewards 8. C. COLEMAN, D. D. S.f of promotion and discovery in a new at OUR STORE. New Block. Corner Main and Pearl Sts,, country and the mad rush for wealtt ° n r H n e ° f M I C H A E L S > STERNS & CO/S Clothing received, inchidi&r^well Paits, Crown and Bridge Work. had caused the memory or knowledge Overcoats and Rain Coats. SPECIAL PRICES During the"Fafr in All Departments. Painless Extraction. of the deeds and men of the heroic days which made us a nation to pass I +%fiZg%&) n O f l ^ f f t t i O n f The 4->inch Loose Cape Coat, the Latest; and Pronounced the SeaDR. J. P. WALSH, almost into oblivion. We accepted tht V^TBRINAFY BURGEON. (GRADUATE Mo L.CftIlv$ U v p C i r L l T l v I l L * son's Leader, here in Large Quantities. Also Rain Coats, made Gill. Montreal.Residence. Mrs. Williams' blessings of liberty as a matter of course with Capes and Belts. Light and Dark Colors. WE CERTAINLY EXPECT A CALL. Place. Main St. Telephone. without studying or thinking of or oe ing inspired by the achievements and SAM WAH SING'S CHINESE LAUNDRY IS NOW LOCATED IN sacrifices of the fathers of the republicrooms under H. H. Hickok"s harness store next Today we go back to the earlj time to bridge. Malone. N. Y. 6yl of preparation and discipline. From 144 to 150 years ago the wilderness? WILBUB P. SMITH, about Lakes George and Champlaia Civil Engineer and Surveyor, was the field of struggle between the two strongest nations of the world foi the control, ownership and government 1763 by the loss to" the French of all there in a causeless panic proposed to consolidated under one government ^ WILLIAM I*. ALLEN, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW of the North American continent. A their American possessions. The farm- fortify Long Island so as to be secure his genius, in having the gateway of Over Greeno & Austin's, Malone. N. Y. few thousand hardy pioneers and fron'_*hot at Lexingrton which echoed from the terrible French,after they had the west and the center ,of the productiersmen were fighting both for an em- nround the world has long been the won the city. In the meantime the tive wealth and manufacturing enterH. D. HICKOK. D. D. S., pire and for the civilization and instiinspiration of patriotism and the theme French became masters of the whole prise of the country bear his name MAIN STREET. MALONE. N. Y. DENTAI Office over the People's Bank. Residence, No. tutions which should govern it. of eloquence, but it is an interesting Champlain and Lake George country, Sir William Johnson reduced Fort Ni15 Washington St. question whether without tbe gun of destroyed Oswego. made Tironderoga agara and cut off communication beWashington in tbe Virginia wilderness and Crown Point well night impYegiia- tween Canada and the Mississippi and JOHN I. GILBERT, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW The English planted a fringe of set- the battle of Lexington would ever bie. compelled tbe surrender of Fort Ohio. These victories were won with Office over Postoffioe. in Howard Block tlements along The Atlantic coast, but bare been fought. The French, who William Henry and drove the English little effort. It was the crushing procentrance west of Mrs. C. H. Berry's store Main St., Malone, N. Y. claimed the whole country to the Pa fastly outnumbered the colonials, sur- out of the whole valley of the Ohio. ess of superior numbers admirably led. cific ocean by virtue of the discoveries rounded them and compelled their ca- France closed the campaign in posses- But around Lake George aud over these BENJ. L. WELLS, of Sebastian Cabot. The French colo- pitulation. On the 4th of July, 1754, sion of the most magnificent colonial [wooded hills and valleys the fighting domain ever held by any nation, It nists built their cabins and laid out Washington and tbe remnant of his was desperate and the struggle tierce. little band, retaining their arms and was many times greater on the North The fortunes of France were in the DRAWING WILLS A SPECIALTY. ALSO their farms along the St. La wren* Loans and Collections. Office. 2nd entrance river and by adventurous explorations Bccouterments, marched out of their American continent than those of Eng- bands of Montcalm, one of the most east of Peoples Bank. Malone, N. Y. land and Spain combined. brilliant soldiers of the age. but with found and occupied the vast regions Intrenctotneats and returned to their DHTBTNTIPORTEE, The situation was dramatic. Both only 4,000 men to do battle agains about the great lakes and the valleys tomes. The 4th of July marks the DENTIST, 21 EAST MAIN ST., MALONE. of the Ohio and Mississippi. oniy day on which in thirty years of | empire and the destinies of mankind the encircling hosts of the enemy. Hi Best materials used and first-class work gxxax iuiteed New Phone No. 47. No more courageous or capable trav- warfare the Father of His Country j were at stake. France ax that period hurled ir>.000 from the ramparts ol elers ever braved the dangers of the ever surrendered, and also the anniver- j represented all that was despotic and llconderoga, inflicting upon the as S. A. BEMAN, wilderness and its savage denizens and sary of the independence of his coun- reactionary, while the English people eaulting party a loss of 1.916 and com ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR. OFFId the perils of navigation on unknown try, which was mainly achieved by his on both sides of the Atlantic bad Mag- pelled their retreat after a few hours at Court House, Malone, N. Y. Admitted U na Charta. tbe bill of rights and repre- battle. But he saw the hopelessness practice in t i e United States Circuit and Bis waters than did the Jesuit fathers La wisdom and valor. trict Courts. Th« mother country bad now become sentative government. Arbitrary kings of the contest when in all Canada h Salle. Hennepin. Joliet aud Marquette. and cabinets might check but couid not could count on only 7,000 against 50 wlx> in birch bark canoes and tiny and fully aroused to the crisis and sent over BADGEB & GAKTWELL, frail sloops sailed aiong the shores of General Braddock with two regiments \ stop the onflowing and rising tide of 0OO. flushed with victory, gathering • civil and religious liberty. There were from the smoking ruins of Forts Du Lakes Erie. Michigan. Huron and Su-©f regnlars. veterans of European wars. :?Ialone, N . Y . perior, up and down the Fox. Wiscon- The colonial governors met him and in the English colonies nearly 2.<XKUHJO quesne. Niagara and Frontenac for th Office over J. T. McFarland's Store. sin, Illinois, Wabash, St. Croix and planned the famous campaign of 1755. ! of people, who claimed the continent, finish from Lake Champlain and Lak J. P. BAIK.ER. THO6. Governor Lawrence of Nova Scotia '• but could not venture over a few hun- George to the St. Lawrence and QueKankukee rivers, and the Mississippi J. M. CASTTWEIX. from the falls, of St. Anthony to the was to complete the conquest of that ' dred miles from the Atlantic coast, bec. He sent a despairing cry to the I while the French, with a population French ministry. "Peace, peace, nc WALTEB J. MEABS, province. gulf of Mexico. They established misGeneral Braddock' was to capture • of about 100.00U by a most skillful and matter what the boundaries:" But th< sions and raised the flag of France DENTIST, HAYES BLOCK. EAST MAIN ST., MaJone. N. Y. Porcelain Inlay Work. IMMENSE SHOWING OF Clothing, Shoes anfhMes' Ready-Made Garments! UVIB, New Goods. New Styles. New Values. M. LEVY; Leading Clothier, Near Court House. Sign of Horseshoe. The strength as well as the rights ot the people of the colonies was demon •trated. The struggle stimulated n keen and widespread discussion of the relations of the colonies to the mother country, of their equal right with Eng lishmen at home in every guarantee of freedom and representation and a large and illuminating discussion of the fundamental principles of liberty, which were philosophical toys among men of genius in France, but produced a tremendous impression upon the colonists. If England and France had come to an agreement over their home disputes and then in a rough and ready way partitioned these faraway and poorly appreciated provinces, the fate of oui forefathers might have been sealed. They could not have contended against Great Britain on the Atlantic and this vigilant, aggressive and grasping enemy_north of the headwaters of the Hudson and west of the Alleghanies. The clock marking the progress of American development in institutions and resources would never Lave struck the jubilant hours of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. UTey nan* i?j animosity against the colonials. It was all for England. They impatiently waited for the time tt* LAWYER, strike. French monarchy. Bourbon ami from New Orleans to Natchez, at the Offices, 110 Main Street. despotichad no sympathy with the junction of the Ohio and Monongahela, lofty aspirations of tbe American peo Governor Shirley of Massachusetts : c "° lintr yj t . amt)a jcrn had at Pittsburg. at Chicago, at Detroit, at MABTIN E. McCLABY, A s i n aJ3 raTe erises i n pie for liberty u{>mi the |oundation ot ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW Niagara, at the outlet of Lake Ontario was to wia Fort Niagara and ,-ut off ' ? "^tory. the j £^ .^t Montealra aban ca]1 1 1 Office over Hazen's store. Malone, N. Y. Loan? the charter framed in the cabin of ttu; ^ ^ for a leader. There j * j o n ^ find on Lake Champlain and Lake communications with the Ohio and o^"***™ iconderuga and--ercrwn Poin= Mayflower stud voiced in the bummjf and Collections. r ! ' were several amon; the colonials who George. Soldiers followed and French Mississippi. concentrated all his forces for t b phrases of the Declaration of IndeSir William Johnson of New York afterward became distinguished in the , A. B. PABMELEE & SON, fortresses commanded the country and of t h e pendence. But when we had demon Revolution. But the home * T W g c o k m i u l the French monopolized the fur trad* was to seize Crown Point and expel : ™ length of th- trated that with some assistance sucwith the Indians all over the north- the French from the region of L a k e s governiiient feared to give m^dom to , tst Main Street, Malone, N. Y. j ™* activities. Lvery movement and ) - Revolution and who* cess would be assured, the French govwest, the middle west and the terri- George and Champlain. GEO. W. DUSTIN, Manager. -Fort Duquesne can detain me only • P ^ T w a * controlled irom London and , i s < u e < s . w t , r e < o n v i eudous. occupies ernment saw that the hour of rvtrlbu tories tributary to the Mississippi. tion anfl rfyo^igc bud come. In "makuuj i througl three or four days." sujd^riuWock \ through the royal governor, of tbe , ^ „ f p w f.hfWUyrti Brs. W. L- & C. W. COLLINS, The Freinji JiinJ_£reater_facu]tv Jjcvr ! 111 '^- The.i TPfrrsPtr to* Washmg- scarcely a page in European hi>tor> an alliance with tbe satrujTsrling. aln;o>i friendship with the Indians tl^m" the' ~pav7v~tb (lov'ernoi"' SlirrTev ^s^tlie^o^v^ TP^^ o n a n dThfl ( t l 0 I l i : i i ending ernors separated, "and then I will join . ' officers any recogIt is remembered in school books an< despairinp:. youni; republii* and MAIN STREET, NEXT TO BRIDGE English and made alliances with th< n i T k i n i n r a n k i!l t h e arm v - - (kJUPral powerful and warlike tribes who roam- yoti at Niagara." But this gallant and : popular recollection mainly by the here fleets» and armie's to o u r aid the khii.' ( ftlalone, I*. Y . was an example of the possi- ism and deatU of Wolfe and .Montcalm and his cabinet entered upon the mu> ed and hunted over this vast area. The headstrong soldier was never to see ! bLondon ilities o f defeat t0 The most popular w a r in The history of his house righteous GORDON H. MAIN, danger to the colonies was so imminent the wonders of the great waterfall. I c a u s e It was marked by savage conflicts, In ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW —to wrest from England tJtuwe lost mn\ Contemptuous of the advice of Wash-1 supported by an enthusiastic diau nia^sncivs. numberless deed; DISTRICT ATTORNEY, Franklin Co., Office and border conflicts so common that bitterly lamented provinces a n d t< ington and recklesslv brave he fell in I People and with overwhelming suover Short & Wilding's hardware store Ma- they wore brought to bury their differvalor and countless episodes of marvelrit i u lone, N. Y. 2yl build u p a new power ;ipaiust lier upon the ambush which nearly annihilated ' P*«© y uvuubens and equipment un> ences and jealousies and act together. ous adventure, but in all great wars t h e soil taken from France under siirit The wise and far^ighted Franklin his army. So complete and terrible der an incompetent commander. and civic contests time obliterates am PBEDEBICK G. PADDOCK, A handful of masterful men have diprofoundly morti-'yin^ ct>nditions- tti-^dt?COUNSELOR AT LAW. OFFICE OVER WIL- called a convention at Albany in 1754 was the disaster that Governor Shirley. r e c t e d t h e eliminates until one name typifies tin LIAMSON'S STORE, Malone, N. Y. destinies of mankind and era and its outcome. All the actors an the contest a lutiy war. Tlie motive ot: and framed a plan for colonial union. who had advanced as far as Oswego, I t h e government (it tracts in no u)t*asnrj o h n g o u | »haped the eour»* of history. The movement was premature and was hastily retreated to Boston forgotten save to the student or tn< from tlie gallantry of I.afayeTte aiifi JOHN S. BIZEL, But its discussion aroused b « d 3 ^ * - ^ ™ « ^ ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR - AT LAW rejected. e ^ . W , , , t a n , », t aoa our grntiTude to him. H e and otbei> Office over Georjce Williamson's Store, East public sentiment and prepared the way with General Phineas Lyman's army , opened the eyes of tl-Hr ctmntry. !.u; Main St.. Malone. N. Y.» for the confederation in 1770. twenty- ©f New England men, and camped be- moner, became prime minister and laid : General James Wolfe and the incidei this youth of tw.-my «-nuhi have accomthe foundation of mode England. tween the upper Hudson and Lake two years afterward. In 1754, as in of Washington's heroism aiid hair- plished little at Vi'!>-aillcs h ,i i » .,t A. W. SHEARS, T h e tirst f ; K l l l t v o f a :t Jt n statesman is the ; breadth csrapes OH Braddoek's blood? ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW.1776, Franklin's convention made Phil- George. General Dieskau the French I been able by his rank and position t« Brushton, N. Y. All kinds of legal basinest adelphia the capital, because it could commander, sailed up Lake Champlain I Q u i c k appreciation of character and ; field. Pitt and Wolfe havefittingmeseenrf* a li'-aririj; atnl so ar:>'sr tb' promptly attended to at reasonable rates. morial * union*: England's mighty dead be reached from all parts of the coun- with 1.400 men, attacked and routed a \ equipment which unerringly selects ' li n Westminster ubbey, while Washing- frivolities ot' tlic c<iurt and v.-.i.-c ih# HENRY PUBNESS, try in twenty days. Franklin's con- thousand of Johnson's tropps who were he men best fitted for the task asPHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, MALONS. N. Y. federacy was sell" preservative against marching to the relief of Fort Edward, tigned them. Fitt. undismayed by dis- ton liv^s in the hearts ot' bis country- feelines of 1;:^ conntryn;''n l\v sbowin_t h a t the hour had .-.>inr. Office at residence. No. 4 Webster St.. when the French and Indians, and he lived and then, with desperate courage and isters and defeats, grasped the situauight calls should be made. The scaling of the heights iu the rea tion> H e s a w t h a t t h e f o r c e s f o rv i c Tbe fruits ol" rb.c exasperation ov,-? " to see his idea of liberty and independ- inferlor force, attempted to stampede I EMILE LAROCQTJE, M. D., ence adopted by the continental con- Johnson's main army in their e a r a p i tory were available, dismissed the fail- of Quebec by Wolfe and bis army and t h e treaty vf Pari* were iraihcrod by u r e s a n d f o o l s > s e c l i r e d a the light on xlw plains of Abi-almm 8RADUATE OF THfc VICTORIA UNIVERSITY. us again nearly half a century lat^r Johnson retreated, but the colonials ' grant from Montreal. Office and residence on Main St.. gress, he being one of its most constood their ground under their own ! Parliament of $60,000,000 for the cam- was one of the decisive battles of his Napoleon had regained Louisiana frou: Malone, N. Y. First door west of Antena) spicuous members. tor Green, where calls should be made. paign, proclaimed that he would not be I >'Romauce, eloquence and poetry Spain by The gift to a Bonrbon prin.. England and France had been at war commanders and drove off the French. satisfied unless every foot of soil held j have given it memory and luster be of t h e bauble of a toy kingdom. H for more than 2<w> years. Religious Dieskau refused to retire and died as F r a n c e ln he had lived, a soldier and a bero. America had been cap- j y°nd many of the greatest and bloodi- saw t h a t with Great Britain's oou; hero. Ii ^ animosities had imbittered racial difm a n d of tbe sea it might be c a p t u r e ! ferences. Thf American colonists had by h e r navy. To defeat her securing an inherited distrust and enmity for this _vast t e r r i t o r r , t h e control of :•,_.• the French. The wonder at French m o u t h of t h e Mississippi a n d a dcu.; •hievement is enhanced when we ren a t i n g influence in t h e western hen.-member that she is not a colonizing namankind. sphere became a part of hi? plan. H63 Mill St.. MALONE, N. Y. tion and that she occupied and held The campaigns of 1756 and 1757 o tbe part f of the English were fatal and ! * t t a c k w f t h overwhelming force the I Wolfe fell mortally wounded. -They had inherited the national sham* au-.l Canada and two-thirds of what is b wlde resentment of 1703. To our com ml* farcical. The British and colonial I f r •*?»«» ted stronghtfds of the run, they r u n . ' shouted his companthe Fnitod States for nearly a M. BLISS DRAKE forces outnumbered- the French f o u f t * ^ ^ ^ —<*neral Amberft captured \ Ions. "Who r u n r "The French are Sfoners who were endeavor-nK to mak' INSTRUCTOR IN PUN.0 AND! PIPE AND century against an enemy at least to one. but wereinlderthe command of | L°™> b u ^ and Prince Edward Island | ^ n g everywhere," was the reply. terms for the free navigation of thtwenty times more numerous. REBD ORGAN PLAYING. run already?" "Tes,*' was Missiswippi his answer w«^ .iuick -.mil wIth a * a s t am0111** <>f military stores. iT The situation of tin? colonies was in- General London, one of those phenoru- i P . O. B o x 1 0 5 3 . M a l o n e . N. Y. peremptory. "You can have the whose Then," said Wolfe, 1 enal, incompetent and Plundering Forbes with U.OCK) mar«bed against their answer. Requests by mail wiH rwrwire prompt atten- tolerable. The mother country was indie happy/' and fell back into tiae territory." This spU-mlid domain, wiiui Port Dnqueane. The advance was deblockheads whom favor and seniority different, and action must be taken at tion. New'Pb.Mi*. made possible our WHSHTH (krelop arms of his friends. At tbe same mofeated, but on the approach of the coloonce. Governor Dinwiddie dispatched advance occasionally to the highest po- nials, commanded by Washington, the ment Montcalm, who bad been wher- ment, consolidatetl our I'nion and gave sitions. He was before Louistrarnr with Colonel George "Washington, already ns so much of the wealth, powvr anil ever tbe fight was thickest ana peril Little Giant's School Shoe is the strong12,000 regulars and sixteen war vessels, garrison dred the fort and fled dawn est and best shoe made for any kind of distinguished for courage and discre- while the Frenrh had only 4,000 avail- tfce O£lo. The victorious army raised greatest, was stricken dovfjh. ''Shall I happiness which we enjoy as a l«ga<\i tion, though only twenty-two years of wear. Every pair guaranteed. able. _lnst*?&d_ jof flssanlting and cap- th« Britishfla^over ttie raim of Fort. surrive?" he asked the surgeon. "But of tb.e war to whose colonial heTo^* w', HOIT & HA8KELL. age, a t the head-«£ a Hsma& 4er<&h etturing the fortress, a s be easily could Duqoesne and named the site Firts- a few Ifcoars at most," was tbe sorrow- bere today dedicate this monument. Virginians to capture Fort Duquesne. have done, he planted vastfieldsofburg 1B honor of the great minister. ful reply. "So mucfa tfce better/* said Pomps t Funpi! Pompi! Tbey came in contact with a French the French hero. "I shall not live to The new rose Ideal" is a bright, clear At Fell's. I have several kinds. Wher outpost, and Washington, carrying a onions to k&ep off the scurvy and then Thus aid EnglandV most enHghtened tok, a sp&rt &oin La France. haatt&r retreated to Net? Yor&, ana and farsighted statesman receive _si£v witness the surrender §ti Qoebec." in need of a pnmp call and see me, [musket, fired thefirstshot. He thus Hie war"wl»k-h began wi,th Washiu*nifieaijt immortally in the ne.w w^rld, H. N. FELL, Maloixe, N. Y. In 1754 began tjie war. which ended in LAWYER, Attorneys and Counselors at Law, LAND and LUMBER DENTISTS, MILLAR 6: HOYT, CIBBIAGE PAINTERS, Paper Hangers asd Decorators,