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SfSS •mm — -^WaWWJMM. THURSDAY, JULY 22, 1926, L fhe Nation's Pride MEMBCR 1926 REPUBLICANS CAN'T FOOL THE VOTERS. People who are careless in the use of figures are very apt to get heavily involved. This is true whether you are spending your own money or other people's. The way the Republi- cans give away State money, and add up figures staggers all accounting systems. If they would only read the financial statements of their own State Comptroller, they could not make these mistakes unless they wil- fully wanted to do so. It seems too much like deliberate misrepresentation when Congressman Mails permits himself to be quoted as recording a surplus of $30,000,000 in the State Treasury this year. He must get his figures on surplus and tax reduction mixed. Governor Smith succeeded in reducing taxes some $30,000,000 this year but the surplus in the Treasury according to the Comptroller's figures is $10,161,887.15. However, figures are nothing in the •life of a Republican statesman. He has set out to create a series of is- sues in a desperate attempt to carry the State for the Republicans in the Pall. The voters have grown tired of the stories told by Republicans and refuse to be affected by them. They have found out for themselves whether ex- travagance and waste have marked the Democratic administration of the State and they decided at the last election that they wanted to bond the State to carry on a businesslike method of expansion and of necessary construction of public works, it galls the Republican party that it was not their plan and it galls them still worse to think of the defeat they •sustained all along the line from Congressman Mills, Governor Miller and their satellites who opposed the bond issue to the remarkable gentle- men who gather material for the Re- publican Research Bureau on which Congressman Mills apparently relies. Committee Has a Deficit of $10.10 —O After all expenses are paid, the Fourth of July committee finds that dt has a deficit of .1510,10. Consider- ing the fact that no'^contributions were asked, and that the ways of liaising funds were limited, the Eagle thinks that, this is indeed a remark- able showing, and that the committee ought to feel proud of the showing. To bring such a crowd to the .village and put on . the many attractions scheduled for an expenditure of $10.10 (which will be paid by the Board of Trade),, should make those who man- aged the celebration feel a little \chesty\ and spur them on to great- er efforts another year. Following is a detailed report of the receipts and expenditures: Receipts. Tickets at Fair Grounds $615.05 Sale of Tags 196.20 Concessions 12.50 .75 Disbursements. Races, including preparing the track, starter and prizes.. .$206.55 Ball game and incidentals.... 38.80 Street and water sports 15.50 Police 13.00 Tags, badges, etc 10.50 Telegram 90 Prizes for parade, car decora- tions, clowns and Hose Co. No. 3 22.50 Meals for bandmen 57.00 Lumber, frames for fireworks 9.49 Making frames lliOO Rain insurance 47.36 Costums for street parade.... 8.15 Cups for boat races 44.00 Fireworks '... 100.00 Advertising 97.50 Expenses of speech .* 1.60 Band 150.00 Deficit 10.10 BOBBED HAIR—IT'S ORIGIN. Origin of bobbed hair is now defin- itely laid to the war—the Revolution- ary war. Discovery by Captain L. C. Baird, an Army officer, of dusty old Contin- ental Army records stored for years in the Schuylkill Arsenal shows Am- erica's first shingle' was worn by the American doughboy and not by the American flapper. Bobbing the hair was even made a matter of general orders for the soldier of 1776, the ancient document indicates. One such decree, issued at West Point, is oddly at variance with present-day West Point traditions which frown on anything but the trimmest of hair-cuts. \As the head dress of a soldier is one of the first and necessary orna- ments\ it reads, \the Capt. commands the N. C. officers and Privates of the first Regt. to have their hair cued behind not to exceed seven inches long and close to the head. \The N. C. officers and Privates of the second Regt. to have their hair tied behind in a bob cut close to the head, the hair of the whole to be cut on the top of the head short and brushed back. The officers command- ing companies will see this order carried into effect as soon as pos- sible.\ Origin of National Game The modern game of baseball orig- inated with the Knickerbocker club, or- ganized In New York city in 1845. The first person to prepare a diagram of the playing diamond was Abner Doubleday of Cooperstowu, N. Y., In 1887. Solomon's Famous Visitor The famous queen who visited Solo- mon Is not historically mentioned by name. Her home was Sheba, which was the capital of Arabia Felix. Ac- cording to a late Arabian version of the story her name was Balkls. Expedition \in the Dark\ Qn his voyage, starting out In 1922, Raold Amundsen got stuck in the Ice near the North pole for several years. The' only light they had during the long winter .months was furnished by two small electric lamps. Living in the Present That man lives happy and In com- mand of himself, who from day to day can say, \I have lived.\ Whether clouds obscure, or the BUQ Illuminates the following day, that which la past is beyond recall.—Horace, $823.75 DR. W. L. AINSWORTH A GOLF STAR. An Ambridge, Pa., paper of recent date bad the following concerning Dr. Walter L. Ainsworth, son of Mr. and Mrs. S. ICelsey Ainsworth, of this vil- lage: Dr. W. L. Ainsworth got an eagle 2 on the No. 8 hole -at the Ambridge Country club yesterday, the first time this has been done since the course was opened, according to pro. Tom Gray. This is the old No. 1 hole, a difficult 374 yard par 4 hole. Dr. Ainsworth made a 200 yard drive getting just to the top of the hill. He then took a riiashie niblick for the remaining 174 yards the ball dropping into the cup with the flag still in. Dr. Ainsworth was playing with Tom Gray at the time in match against C. A. Bianohd and Bob Al- berts. The hole was the seventeenth in .the match and Ainsworth's shot won them the match 1 up. The shot was all the more remark- able with the flag in the cup as the ball must be going just the right speed, otherwise it would have hit the flag and bounced out. Visiting Pest Bane of Busy Office Man The \just-a-mlnute\ man Is a prod- uct of modern times, and Is in no way related to the Minute Han of Itevolu- tlonary days. He is the worst pest with whom DetroUors high in public office and business Ufe have to deal. He always appears to be in a hurry. He dashes into the outer ofuee of his victim, pulls out his watch, and breathlessly asks the secretary If he can see Mr. So-and-so for \just a min- ute.\ He is often successful in gain- ing admittance, and he usually stays about 30 minutes, or until long' after he has worn out his welcome. The \just-a-minute\ man is legion. His visits sometimes take up several hours a day of one busy man's time. One business man admitted he could dispense with his secretary If It were not for the \just-a-mlnute\ man. The secretary's chief duty is to intercept the pest and learn bis business.—De- troit News. Monk That Made History Peter the Hermit was a monk of Amiens, the famous preacher of the Crusades and primarily responsible for one of the most gigantic religious movements the world ever saw. Lit- tle Is known of his life until 1005 (he was born in 1050), when he preached the necessity of a crusade to wrest the Holy land from the infldel. He rode about France on a mule, exhort- ing the populace to follow htm. In 1096 he set out toward Palestine with some thirty thousand followers, most- ly of the poorer classes. The undis- ciplined army straggled on through Europe, but after crossing the Bos- porus Into Asia Minor it proved so unruly that Peter left It and joined the army of Godfrey de Bouillon. He had a part in the capture of Jeru- salem, and In July, 1009, preached on the Mount of Olives.—Kansas City Star. Crop Rotation The folly of growing the same crop on the same land for several suc- cessive years was noted by the Romans, but the attention was first called to the value of crop rotations In 1777 In a treatise by Dickson of Edinburgh, Scotland. Origin of Weather Vane$ Vanes on the top of, steeples were anciently made In the form of a cock and put up In papal times to remind the clergy of watchfulness. Accord- ing to Swedish belief, the crowing of the cock puts ghosts and spirits to flight. Marrying in England Under tiie law of England a man may marry his son's mother-in-law Or his deceased wife's sister { but he can marry neither his aunt by marriage nor his niece by marriage, let alone his wife's mother. THE ONTAJKIO AND FRONTENAC WERE BOTH LAUNCHED THAT YEAR. Watertown Tomes: . The pioneer steamship days .on the Great Lakes and the early boats that first plied from one end of Lake On- tario to the other is contained in an interesting and colorful article that was written by Frank R. Rosseel, of Buffalo, and was published in the Marine Review some time ago. The magazine is now filed at the Jefferson County Historical society building with a number of other interesting periodicals. Mr. Rosseel,, who is a well known author and artist, spent several sum- mers at Oak Point on the St. Lawren- ce river and was last at the river in the' summer of 1922. It was while summering at the famous resort that he gathered much of the interesting material that he has included in his article. A number of pictures of early river and lake steamers that are well known along the river and lake ports were .drawn by Mr. Rosseel and they are reproduced with the ar- ticle, making it exceptionally inter- esting to persons in this section. Ontario Launched in 1817. According to Mr. Rosseel, the first steamers on the Great Lakes were launched in 1817. The'pioneers were the Frontenac, which sailed under the British flag, and the Ontario, which floated the Stars and Stripes from her mast. The craft flying the Union Jack was built at Fankle's Point and it was launched a short time before liheAmerican lake steamer. The On- tario was constructed at .Saekets Har- bor and she- was launched from that port in April, 1817. On their trial runs the Ontario showed more speed and power than the Canadian craft. Mr-. Rosseel writes that the Ontario was 110 feet long on deck with a 24 foot beam. She had a capacity of 237 tons. The ship had two masts and carried full fore and aft rig. The Canadian sister ship was the longer of the two. She measured 170 feet over all and had a 32 foot beam and a registered tonnage of 700. She had three masts and carried fore and' aft sails throughout. The Ontario had a speed of about seven miles an hour. She made reg- ular trips through the then uncharted and treacherous waters of the Thous- and Islands and ran. from Lewiston on the Niagara river to Ogdensburg. The Frontenac drew ten feet of water. Oil her first trip up she picked up a shoal and thereafter kept out of the river, making Kingston her eastern terminal. She ran from York, now Toronto, to Kingston and across the lake to Niagara. Her schedule called for three round trips per month. Frontenac Burned in 1827. The Frontenac continued to make- her trips for ten years. It was in 1827 that she burned in Niagara river. The Ontario continued to fol- low her course up the lake and river for five more years. She was finally pulled out of the lake at Oswego and broken up in 1832. Mr. Rosseel writes that the advent of the steamships on the lake and river was a great event and the ar- rival of a steamship into port was a great occasion. He said that lake captains told him that groups of peo- ple used to gather at the little lake ports and stand -in awe as the ships steamed into port belching forth a steam of black smoke from the stacks. The steamboat always came into port- with bells ringing and greeted the natives with a salute from cannon. Steamboats had been in operation about New York for several years before the appearance of the first steamers on the lakes, but as early as 1809 a crude sidewheeler, 70 feet in length, called Accommodation, started regular service on the St. Lawrence between Montreal and Quebec. The operation of steamboats on the lake presented some difficult problems that were not encountered on the Hud- son river or the St. Lawrence between Montreal and Quebec. The rough weather made it necessary to build longer and stronger boats and place heavier engines in them. Transporta- tion and travel by lake steamers did not really start until about 1830 as\ the ports were small and the volume of passengers and freight not large. It was impossible to enter many of the harbors in stormy weather and this meant riding out a gale at anchor off some port. No Aids to Navigation. There were no charts, no dredged channels, no breakwaters, no light- houses, no elaborate buoy system and ranges to add navigation as we have at the present time. The sea captains had tobe careful navigators and it was necessary for them to have an ac- curate knowledge of the river and lake and to be able to follow a com- pass with exacting skill. It was shortly after the opening of the Erie canal that the government started making small appropriations for harbors and this greatly helped transportation on the lake and in- creased the business being done by the steamboats. Practically all of the business was westbound and Detroit was the westmost port of call. In the late twenties a few steamers made excursions into Lake Michigan. It was not until 1836 that the first grain shipment came to Buffalo from the west. With the opening of the' Welland canal in 1829, vessel passage between Lake Ontario and Lake Erie actually started. Between the years 1822 and 1828 there were eight steamboats built and launched. The Superior, which was built and launched at Buf- falo in 1822, was the largest of the fleet. She had a tonnage of 400. The Chippewa, which was built and launched at Buffalo the following year, was the smallest. Her tonnage was 60. Saekets Important Place. During the early history of steam- boat travel on the lakes, Saekets Har- bor was one of the principal ports of call and it was also, at the military village that many of the lake and river going boats, were built and launched. The Sophia was the next boat built at Saekets Harbor after the Ontario. She was launched in 1818. Her capacity was 75 tons. The -craft operated between Saekets Har- bor and Kingston, Ontario. The Maltha Ogden, also built at Saekets Harbor, came out in 1825. She was of 150 tons. One of the largest of the early steamboats on the St. Lawrence river was the William The Fourth of 450 tons, which was built at Gananoque, Ont., 18 miles below Kingston. The craft was launched in 1832. She had four smoke stacks, two abreast. Eagle Advertising Always Pays One could feel nothing but pity for the blind man in the picture who wonders why his carriage does not move when he says \Giddap.\ He knows he is .sitting in the wagon with reins in hand and that he. is going through all the usual performances of a driver. But he finds no results because the horse—the pulling power—-is not attached. This man has a reasonable excuse, for he cannot see. But there are many men with the power of physical sight who are in the hopeless predicament of the blind driver be- cause they fail to see important things but look for the re- suits that come from them. As an example, we have the merchant who expects business to move without advertising to pull it along. Every successful business establishment will admit that consistent advertising furnished the power and momentum on their upward journey.and that it is still an indispensable agency for them. If true in their case, the small town merchant cannot afford to sit on his unhitched wagon and wait for some meracle to move him along, for no matter how good the wagon, which corresponds to his stock and store, it cannot travel alone, except down hill. Shields Baby From Sun The dark-skinned mother of the southern Sudan has a unique method of protecting her baby from the direct rays of the sun. Flr,gt, the baby is strapped In a straddling position on her back, the straps going over her shoulders. Next the youngster's head and shoulders are covered with a drumlike contraption made from the half of a huge calabash. HAY FEVER SEASON. The hay fever season approaches, and from now on until the last rag weed and golden rod falls before the relentless scythe of Jack Frost .next Autumn, sneezing and tears will be in order. It is estimated that at least one per cent of the people are thus affected each year. Whatever happens to the other crops, the. indi- cations are that the hay fever crop will be normal this year. It usually is. In time medical science may con- quor this malady,-as it has,most other maladies that afflict mankind. In the meantime it advises the sufferers to. ascertain which variety of pollen causes his malady, and then keep away from it. Hay fever is caused by inhaling the pollen from certain plants, notably rag weed and golden rod. These are both late in blooming, and the types of hay fever now to be found may.be caused from the pollen from roses, dasies or a few grasses. The general attack is made later by rag weed and golden rod. It has al- ways been a mystery why hay fever should play such favorites, as only about one per cent of the population is affected by it. Why the other ninety-nine per cent is immune, for no reason, apparent to them, is not known. There seems little that the person subject to the malady can do except submit to his annual attack with as much fortitude as he' can muster. Rabbits as Swimmers An investigating naturalist reports that rabbits are good swimmers and have a very real fondness for the wa- ter and the sport they find in a good swim. -He says he has been hidden In the woods and watched rabbits run on a high bank and dive far out In the water, swimming about and shak- ing the water from their eyes, in a human fashion, then shaking the wa- ter out of their furry coats after the swim, exactly as a dog does. Prior to that discovery he had known rab- bits to take to the water when pur- sued by a dog, but bad not known they chose the water for sport when they had a day 'off from play and relax- ation.—Ohio State 1 Journal. Equal to the' Occasion Frequently, during the dinner, the old sea captain had strained the credulity of the guests, but by the ex- ercise of his ready wit, had evaded a number of cuts de sac. The supreme test came while he was describing a voyage In the South seas. \Crossing along one morning,\ he began, \we passed an Island that was positively red with lobsters.\ \But said one of the ' guests, with unconcealed amusement, \lobsters are not red un- til boiled.\ \Of course not,\ replied the old salt, undaunted, \but this was a vole- nlc island dotted with hot spring: and geysers.\ Youthful Ambition Little Elizabeth (visiting her uncle on the farm)—And do yqur pigs want to be bacon or sausages when they grow up? As Most Married Men Know \There is two sides lo every ques- tion, but the wife's side is usually decided,\ states the Urlch Herald\ man. Fatal Procrastination A lot of us tail because we put off till tomorrow what the other fellow sioss today. The Bright Iliad There are few books which are fit to be remembered in our wisest hours, but the Iliad Is brightest in the se- renest days, and embodies still all the sunlight that fell on Asia Minor. No modern joy or ecstacy of ours can lower Its height, or dim its lustre, but there it lies in the east- of literature, as It were the earliest and latest production. . . . The rays of Greek poetry struggle down to us, and mingle with the sunbeams of the re- cent day. The statue of Memnon Is cast down, but the shaft of the Iliad still meets the sun In his rising.— Thoreau. Highest Qualities Let not the emphasis of hospitality He In bed and board, but let truth and love and honor and courtesy show in nil thy ducU.«. - Kmerson. WARNING You cannot exchange or return unsatisfactory merchan- dise or goods sold through misrepresentation by peddlers or itinerant merchants. They pay no taxes and contribute nothing to Cape Vincent as do established business houses. Protect yourself by purchasing from the merchant you can trust, and is helping build Cape Vincent. Money Down Danger Thousands of dollars have been lost by people on maga- zines, hosiery, rugs, laces,, underwear and other merchandise, and theft failed to receive the goods ordered. Charity Appeals Salesmen are using charity appeals as a selling argument. These include statements that they divide profits with blind in- stitutions, homes for wayward girls, Institute for Crippled Children and charities of unknown location. INVESTIGATE BEFORE YOU INVEST Capt. John C. Joyner PILOT and CANALER From Port Dalhousie to Montreal First-Class Papers-Tonnage Unlimited Phone No. 513 P. O. Box: 53 GAPE VINCENT, NEW YORK Local Aggregation Trims Redwood r 2-0 On Sunday last at the fair grounds, the Gape Vincent baseball team de- feated the Redwood nine by a score of 2 to 0, bringing their list of games won to 10, with but two defeats for the season. The game was one of the best con- tests that has been seen on the local diamond for some time, it bedng for the most part a pitcher's battle, with DeJourdan having the edge due to better support. Both pitchers ah lowed five hits, but the Cape bunched, theirs and secured two runs. The visitors could not hit DeJourdan in the pinches. For five innings both teams tried in vain to secure a run but neither could advance a man past third base. In the sixth inning the Cape, by means of a single and a two-base hit were able to get a run. Then again they scored in the eighth when the visitors made two errors after the Cape had 1 placed a man on second. The score: Cape Vincent (2) AB. R. H. E Burdick, 2b 4 0' 1 0 Steblen, 3b 4- 1 0 1 F. Bennett, ss 4 0 2 0 Bowler, c 4 0 0 0 DeJourdan, p 3 0 2 0 Allen, cf 2 0 0 0 Gardner, rf 3 0 0 0 Webster, lb 2 0 0 0 J. Bennett, If 3 1 0 0 Gault, lb 1 0 0 0 Total 30 2 5 1 Redwood (0) AB. R. H. E Cheeseman, ss 4 0 2 1 Zimmer, rf 4 0 • 0 0 Clare Hotis, 2b ....- 4 0 0 1 Zoller, c 4 0 2 0 Rexford, cf 4 0 0 0 Ray Hotis, p 4 0 0 1 Clyde Hotis, 3b 3 0 0 0 Evans, lb 3 O 0 3 Curias, If 3 0 1 0 Total 33 0 5 6 Summary: 2-base hats, F. Bennett; wild pitch, DeJourdan 2; passed ball, Bowler 2; struck out, by DeJourdan, 15, by R. Hotis, 4; earned runs, Cape Vincent 1. On Sunday, July 25 the Cape team will again cross bats with the Wolfe Island team, which is coming with the intention of avenging the defeat they received here on July 4, when the Cape took them into camp by a •score of 11 to 2. They will be much stronger than they were before and a good, fast game is assured. aaaaii^iiiB^iimiimsiE^ms^^s^Esmssa iscopal Church. Rev. H. A. Friesen, Pastor, Wednesday, 7:30 p . m.—Mid-week prayer meeting and Bible study. Thursday, 3 p. m.—Meeting of the W. F. M. S. in the church parlor. A good attendance is requested. Mrs. E. K. Holland, president. Friday, 8 p . m.—Choir rehearsal in the churoh. Sunday Services. 10:30—Morning worship. 7:30—Evening service. All are welcome. Seats are free and hymn books are provided. NOTICE OF COMPLETION OF AS- SESSMENT ROLL. Notice is hereby given that the as- sessors of the Town of Cape Vincent, Jefferson County, New York, have finished their assessment-roll for the present year, and a copy of the same is left with Walter F. Blum, Town Clerk, in the village of Cape Vincent, N. Y., where the same may be seen and examined by any person inter- ested until the third Tuesday of Au- gust (August 17, 1926), at any time between the hours of 9 o'clock a. m., and 5 o'clock p. m. The undersigned assessors will meet at the Town Hall, in said vil- lage of Cape Vincent, N. Y., on the 17th day of August, 1926, at nine o'clock in the forenoon, to review their assessment, on the application of any person conceiving himself ag- grieved. Dated, Cape Vincent, N. Y., the 1st day of July, 1926. Ernest J. Cornaire, Joseph L. Mason, Dwight M. Borland. Assessors. VILLAGE OF CHAUMONT, N. Y., BONDS. The Board of Trustees of the Vil- lage of Chaumdht, Jefferson County, New York, will receive sealed pro- posals for the purchase of three Vil- lage Bonds of $1,000.00 each and five Village Bonds of $800.00 each, until 12 o'clock noon, August 2, 1926. Saicl Bonds to be issued for the purpose of paying $7,000.00 for the purchase of fire fighting apparatus and equip- ment. Said Bonds to be dated July 31, 1926, and to bear interest payable semi-annually on the first day of January and the first day of July each year, first payment of interest to become due January 1, 1927. First $1,000.00 bond to be due August 1, 1927 and one due August 1, 1928 and one due August 1,1929. First $800.00 bond to be due August 1, 1927 and one clue each August 1st thereafter until the five are paid. Said Bonds authorized by Village Election. Said Bonds to be issued and sold in con- formity with Section 129 of the Vil- lage Laws and the General Municipal Law and to bear interest at a rate not to exceed six per cent per annum. The said Bonds and the interest thereon shall be paid as they become due, which shall be as above stated, by and from an annual tax levy on the taxable property of the Village of Chaumont, New York, in the same manner and at the same time of the annual tax levy. Bonds will be sold at the office of the Village Clerk immediately after opening of proposals at 12 o'clock noon, August 2, 1926, as above. All bids should be directed to the undersigned. Right reserved to reject any and all bids. By order of Board of Trustees of Village of Chaumont, New York. Sherman Wallace, Tillage Clerk. Dated July 17, 1926. For That \MRS. SCHLORER'S\ Pic-O-Naise and Qlive-Naise \BLUE RIBBON\ Mayonnaise, Olive Relish, Sandwich | Spread. \IVANHOE\ Mayonnaise, Sandwich Spread, and Olive 1 Relish. | • 15 Olive Butter, Potted Chicken, Potted Ham, Potted Meat, '* Potted Veal. Bread-Fresh Every Day LAIRD'S \BEST\ G0FI SOc Pound. ^ cfet<X**£- 1 Meet on Carleton Island S3E 32: Get your job printing at this office. Under date of July 17, the Water- town correspondent to the Syracuse Herald writes as follows: The first annual outing by the mem- bers of the Jefferson County Histori- cal Society will be during the week of July 25 on the site of Port Haldi- mand, Carleton' Island, according to announcement made by the officers of the organization. The date for the outing is to be announced during the coming week. It is expected that about 100 mem- bers of the society will attend the outing. The day's program will in- clude an inspection of several his- torical spots in the vicinity, a picnic luncheon and a sport program. The party will leave the city by auto- mobiles, going to Cape Vincent. From that place they will take boat for the Island, three miles distant. It is intended to have outings an- nually in future and also to conduct a number of trips each year to places in the county that are of historical interest. Fort Haldimand is the only relic connecting Jefferson county with the Revolution. It was constructed dur- ing the middle years of the Revolu- tion and it was an important strong- hold until 1812 when it was destroyed. The fort was designed by Lieuten- ant Twiss of the Royal Engineers, who later rose to a high rank in the British Army. There was at that time on the island, a shipyard and depot, drawn up - for provisioning posts up the lakes. History shows that at times during the life of the fort it housed many notable people Who were prominent during the Revolution. At times the place was visited by Joseph Brandt, war chief of the Mohawks and famous in Colonial lore, and his sister, Mollie Brandt, prominent in Indian life and ward of Sir William Johnson. Col- onel Guy Johnson and his regiment of Royal Greens; Captain Walter But- ler of Butler's Rangers, unfavorably known for his atrocities in the Mo- hawk and Cherry Valleys, and many others, were entertained at the foit at .different times. It was abandoned as a garrisoned post hy the British after the Revo- lution and when war broke out in 1812, it was occupied by a custodian, a former sergeant, and two women. A veteran of 1776, who resided at Gravity Pond, appraised of the dec- laration of war,, descended upon the stronghold, with a very few compan- ions, made the sergeant a captive, burned the barracks, destroyed the guns and did other damage. The fort has never been occupied since that time. Carleton Island was used by the British as a mobilization point before the fort was established. It was on that Island that Barry St. Leger's force assembled before marching up- on Fort Stanwix in 1777, when the Stars and Stripes were unfurled for the first taction. In the French and Indian wars the French observation party posted on Carleton Island, led English gun boats on the chase that resulted in naming the lost -rchanncl. The old fort has fallen into ruins. There are three towering limestone chimneys, two of them rapidly dis- integrating. The ditch which sur- roundes the enclosure, and portions of the breastworks still remind the visitor of the clays when the king's -soldiers occupied the land. A study of the complete history of the old fort is very interesting. 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