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GREAT SPEAR HEAD CONTEST,
SAVE THE TAGS.
One Hundred and Seventy-Three Thousand Two Hundred and Fifty Dollars,
$173,250.00
In valuable Presents to be Civen Away in Return iTor
SPEAR HEAD TAGS,
.1 ,1 55 STEM WINDING ELGIN GOLD WATCHES.834,650 00
*5,775 FINE IMPORTED FRENCH OPERA GLASSES, MOROCCO BODY,
BLACK ENAMEL TRIMMINGS, GUARANTEEb ACHROMATIC... 2S.875 00
23,100 IMPORTED GERMAN BUCKHORN HANDLE, FOUR BLADED
POCKET KNIVES... 23,100 00
11 5,500 ROLLED GOLD WATCH CHARM ROTARY TELESCOPE TOOTH
FlLKbt......... 57,7-30 00
115,500 LARGE PICTURES (14x28 Inches) IN ELEVEN COLORS, for framing,
no advertising on them. 28.875 ,".0
261^030 PRIZES, AMOUNTING TO.$173,250 00
__ , TBie above articles will be distributed, by counties, among parties who chew SPEAR
HEAL Plug Tobacco, and return to us the TIN TAGS taken therefrom.
We will distribute 226 of these prizes in this connty as follows:
To THE PARTY sending us the greatest number of SPEAR HEAD
TAGS from this county we will give.1 GOLD WATCH.
To the FIVE PARTIES sending us the next greatest number of
SPEAR HEAD TAGS, we will give to each, 1 OPERA GLASS....5 OPERA GLASSES.
To the TWENTY PARTIES sending us the next greatest number
of SPEAR HEAD TAGS, we will give to each 1 POCKET
KNIFE...,.20 POCKET KNIVES.
To the ONE HUNDRED PARTIES sending us the next greatest
number of SPEAR HEAD TAGS, we will give to each 1
ROLLED GOLD WATCH CHARM TOOTH PICK.100 TOOTH PICKS.
To the ONE HUNDRED PARTIES sending us the next greatest
number of SPEAR HEAD TAGS, we will give to each 1
LARGE PICTURE IN ELEVEN COLORS.100 PICTURES.
(Total Number of Prize# for tbis Connty, 226.
CAUTION.—No Tags will be received before January 1st, 1831, nor after February 1st,
1804. Each package containing tags must be marked plainly with Name of Sender, Town,
County, State, and Number of Tags in each package. All charges on packages must be
prepaid.
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absolutely, positively nod distinctively different in flavor from any other plug tobaer-i.
A trial will convince the most skeptical of this fact It is the largest seller or any simile.r
shape and style on earth, which proves that It has caught the popular taate and pleases II,o
people. Try it, and participate in the contest for prizes. See that a TIN TAG is on ev-r;,:
10 cent piece of SPEAR HEAD you buy. Sena in the tags, no matter how small t'"
quantity. Very sincerely,
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A list of the people obtaining these prizes in this county Till bo published in this
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DON'T SEND ANT TAGS BEFORE JANUARY I. 1894.
VIOLETS.
Near ths shady solitude
Of a flower remembered wood.
Where in springtime nature weaves
Canopies of vines and leaves.
And alone the whippoorwill
Doth the nightly silence All
With his sad, insistent call.
We have laid the little all
Love can give, save vain regrets;
Underneath the violets.
Sleep for aye, bud that was lost
By an all too bitter frost;
Sleep for aye in that lone spot.
By our fond hearts unforgot.
Oft a-near the thrushes sing.
And the brown bee stills her wing
Many a time, that she may sip
From the honeysuckle's lip
Sweets, as we from our regret
1 Tars, O lost Violet.
—Atmos • Barnes in Kate Field's Washington.
A WARWHOOP.
In one of the quiet, pleasant, pictur
esque valleys of eastern Connecticut
nestles the pretty, old fashioned village
of Windham. A century ago this was
one of the most important towns in the
state east of the Connecticut river. Here
were located the county jail, the county
courthouse and other public institutions,
which, with its prominent public men,
raised the town to a position of influence
and wide reputation.
During the last half century, or a lit
tle over, these institutions one by one
have been removed to more thriving cen
ters, bright and ambitious young men
have sought other and more promising
fields of activity, and the town, once so
important, has been shorn of its old
fame and power, until it has become
simply a relic of the “good old times”—
a typical New England village, the ev
eryday existence of which has become
dreamy and monotonous, and which
lives chiefly in its traditionary history.
A century and a half ago Squire El
derkin and Colonel Dyer were the two
most prominent men of Windham and
were well known throughout the state.
Both were lawyers, both were promi
nent in public affairs, both were wealthy
for the times in which they lived, both
had large social followings, and both
were intensely jealous of each other.
Squire Elderkin was a tall, lean, bil
ious looking man, with heavy, raven
black hair and piercing dark eyes. He
was of aristocratic lineage, and in man
ner cold, selfish and ambitions. He was
a learned lawyer, an able advocate and
a merciless wit. Few could give a more
rapierlike thrust than he—a thrust that
never failed to reach its mark and al
ways left a rankling woimd and an ugly
scar.
Colonel Dyer was a different kind of a
man in every respect. In person he was
short and stout. Ho had a merry blue
eye, a beaming countenance and a good
word for every one. Few could tell a
better story or more surely make one
laugh without knowing the reason why.
Genial, happy, sociable, always bubbling
over with fun and good humor, he never
was happier than when surrounded with
company, and his wide circle of friends
always found him a royal entertainer.
As a result he became one of the most
popular men in the state. His magnetic,
winning qualities were more than a
match for the squire’s learning and
brilliancy.
Colonel Dyer was prominent, too, in
military as well as political matters.
Windham in those days was a frontier
town, and the red men caused a great
deal of anxiety at times. Whenever the
situation became threatening Colonel
Dyer was called to lead, and he always
proved a willing soldier and a skillful
commander.
Squire Elderkin was very envious of
the colonel’s popularity and made him
the butt of many a keen, piercing shaft
of wit. The colonel in time became very
sensitive to these wounds, and although
hatred was foreign to his nature he con
ceived a thorough dislike for the squire
and frequently in defense made a sharp,
stinging retort. The situation went on
from bad to worse until finally there
was many a sharp encounter between
the friends of the contending parties.
The little town, which had hitherto been
blessed with happiness and contentment,
became a factious, quarrelsome commu
nity.
Where these divisions would have end
ed, if an event destined to make “old
Windham” famous had not intervened,
no one can tell.
The spring and early summer of 1758
was a season of intense anxiety for the
settlers of New England. The memo
rable French and Indian war, with its
unparalleled atrocities, was at its height.
Massacres, in which whole villages were
destroyed, were of frequent occurrence.
Windham had been especially stirred
up by the bloodcurdling reports that
were frequently borne from the north.
Several times rumors of threatened in
vasion by the warlike savages and their
more savage allies aroused the town to
a wild pitch of excitement. On these
occasions the villagers put implicit faith
in the colonel’s military sagacity and
leadership. He was always placed in
command, and his word was law—in
short, he was the Miles Standish of this
interior Connecticut town.
In early summer of this year the Con
necticut settlers were called upon to ren
der additional assistance in the struggle
against the French. The French forts
of the north were now the objective
point, and Colonel Dyer immediately be
gan raising a regiment to help in the re
duction of Crown Point. The men were
sent forward as fast as they enlisted,!
while Colonel Dyer remained to continue
raising recruits.
One dark, sultry night of this memora
ble year the long looked for and dreaded
crisis seemed at hand. Late in the even
ing an excited alarm was given by the
village parson’s slave. The negro was
badly scared and rushed from house to
house, wildly shouting: “The French are
coming. The French are coming.”
The excited villagers ran to their win
dows and doors and were met with a
din and roar that filled them with amaze
ment and terror. Such shrieks! Such
yells! The very heavens seemed filled
with unearthly sounds. The earth seemed
to quake beneath the tread of the coming
enemy.
“We will have Ker-nel Dy-er. And
El-der-kin too. We will have Ker-nel
Dyer. And El-der-kin too. Ker-nel Dy
er Elderkin, too,” shrieked the hideous
voices in unison. Colonel Dyer and
Squire Elderkin had been particularly
active against the French. Tho whole
village jumped to the conclusion that the
French and Indians were anxious to cap
ture these two leaders. As the outland
ish shrieks seemed to increase in volume,
and to grow nearer and nearer, the last
doubt that the savages were upon them
passed from every mind.
Colonel Dyer hurried to the village
green when the alarm was given, and
the clanging church bell soon called the
villagers together. Squire Elderkin,
badly frightened, promptly responded,
well armed with a trusty flintlock. Very
soon the ablebodied men of the town
were in line, and Colonel Dyer was unan
imously chosen commander.
The old feud that a few hours before
divided neighbor from neighbor was for
gotten. All united like brothers to de
fend their common homes.
Orders were immediately given to ad
vance, and the Windham villagers
marched up the hill to the east to check
the enemy. The shout for “Colo-nel
Dy-er and El-der-kin, too,” steadily grew
stronger and stronger, and the gallant
colonel was reported to have shown un
usual caution on this occasion, while
Squire Elderkin, who had never had
military experience, implored the colonel
to halt his command on the hill and
wait until daybreak before he proceeded,
as everything seemed to indicate over
whelming odds in favor of the enemy.
The last half of the night was one of
terror. The villagers who had been left
behind waited to hear the roar of battle,
but as the hours dragged their tedious
length along without the discharge of a
single piece all gave way to the fear that
some great horror was impending. The
night, however, finally wore away; the
east began to grow gray, and the light
was slowly creeping over the hills when
the clamor for “Colonel Dyer and Elder
kin, too,” began to subside. Daylight
quelled the hideous sounds.
The morning brought a strange story
to the little army and the panic stricken
villagers.
iv mue iiuu a nan to me west or rne
village was a large millpond, which fur
nished water for power to grind the
grain for the surrounding country. The
. miller reported that he had been awak
ened by the outlandish noises in early
evening and on going to the pond found
the frogs in a great state of commotion,
but owing to the intense darkness noth
ing could be seen. In the morning many
dead frogs were found upon the shore.
No wounds were visible; no marks of
violence could be seen; no cause for the
strange commotion could be found.
Some argued that there had been a bat
tle, but there was never any evidence to
support this theory. Others advanced
the idea that some mysterious, malarial
contagion, some deadly epidemic, had
broken out and caused the cries of dis
tress which had driven terror to the
hearts of the the Windham villagers.
This theory, too, has been laughed at,
and the truth is that the cause of the
great disturbance has always been a
dark, impenetrable mystery.
The state of mind of the townspeople
the next morning can better be imagined
than described. All seemed sick with
humiliation at the ludicrous ending of
their frantic fright of the evening before.
Squire Elderkin was particularly morti
fied and is reported to have suffered a
two weeks’ sickness and confinement to
his chamber, during which he was said
to have frequently stated that he had
much rather have lost his scalp than to
have been the victim of such a huge joke.
It was wonderful how the story of the
Windham frogs sought out and found
every little nook and comer of the coun
try. There were no railroads, no tele
graphs or newspapers in those days.
The stagecoach was the only means of
intercommunication. Yet the story,
greatly exaggerated and elaborately
dressed up by the imagination, was told
in almost every tavern in the land.
The Windham wits had been famous
for years. Those who had suffered at
their hands now eagerly seized the op
portunity to pay back old scores with
usurious interest. Ballads were written,
songs were composed and sung, and ev
ery chance for a practical joke was util
ized. Colonel Dyer was a delegate to the
first congress held in New York. Dur
ing his journey to that city some wag
tied an immense frog to the rear of his
carriage. His arrival is said to have
been greeted with shouts and laughter,
and the joke became the talk of the city.
On one occasion Squire Elderkin was
said to haije been making a very learned
and eloquent plea, when some buffoon
raised the shout of “Colonel Dyer and
Elderkin, too,” in the long drawn tones
which the frogs had made famous. The
judge lost his gravity, the jury laughed,
and the audience shouted in the most
boisterous manner. The squire, famous
for his self possession, lost his temper,
which greatly added to the amusement
of the onlookers.
The humiliation of the Windliamites,
however, soon passed away, and they
regained their native shrewdness. Colo
nel Dyer was the first to turn the tide.
He adopted the bullfrog as a coat of
arms. He had a metal frog made for a
door knocker and in various other ways
showed his disposition to accept the sit
uation good naturedly. The squire soon
saw this was the better way and felt
very kindly toward the colonel for his
tact in stemming the current of popular
persecution. He ever after accepted any
mention of the frog story with a smile
and apparent good nature, although it
was generally believed that the smile
was forced and the good nature was en
tirely assumed.
The memorable fright had one good
effect. Colonel Dyer and Squire Elder
kin became fast friends. Peace and good
will reigned throughout the community,
and the little village has since become
noted for the spirit of neighborly kind
ness and brotherly love which Beems to
hover over it and pervade the very air.—
Fred M. Hopkins in Romance.
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