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r iv. K>U WANT Jour Dollars to do Double Duty? ead carefully the prices d below: ■r - B Kill’.! 4sc Bpivy Drilling 7c Bttul Fillingß oz. Jeans 12£c Pw Best Jeans made 28c. to 80c Best White Shirt mUfle *soc A 1 Laundried Shirt with color ed front 50c A Few Little Things : 2 Packs Hair Pins lc Thrice over the largest and best assortment of Hose and Ilalf-llose ever brought to this town. Get my prices before buying and I guarantee to give you more ,and better goods for a dollarthan you ever bought before. [ JAMES D. SPENCE. To Our Old and New Subscribers E. We have made arrange- A ment* to get for our sub- I _ , . scribers a valuable set of r Special premiums, and are able _ to offer them almost free J Offer, iof cost 0 FARM HEW 9. Kognlar subscription pric*,f>ocwnta. Farm JTawß now reaches morn than 80,000 families, t hold* this iarg« and loyal family or snb- MrlWra. booaua* they ragard it a: on* of iho ohlof eaoantlala of tholr auccoaa In farming. It kooM tn toooh witk fh* most pi-oarowNre agriculture of Ike 4ay.it la aclentific In iti ■Writ, t* l "* tlm ® *• novor obscure in Its moaning, nor stilted in Its stylo. Iu thokind of a p«poc tho farmer rained ho* eaaoe ia It ho adds wkat other •uopowwal formors aro dcing, and how they do 11. It la 14 iliM, eontaina ao “dead weight,” no “11- lora. ,r ICrery lino eonnto. If you know any% thing about tho farm and farm life, examine Form Wows and you will understand how much its aubsertbora appreciate it. And it growa better erory number. Compare It with any tpher farm paper and It stands OXTIR BOOKS. ‘•BolUr Making." A scries »f priie e»,ars in wbich farmers’ wires and daughters, who are in ,fne habit of uettia* the top prices In the markets, tell how they feed their cows, how they rare for their milk, how they make their butter. It Is a most valua ble book. PKICB SB CENTS. OUR IWe will send The News one year, price si.oo GREAT Farm News and Womankind, i year, “ i.oo OFFER. | and the three Premium Books, “ .75 Value $2,7E For $1.25. Remember, you get these three valuable Premium Books, and three valuable Papers for only $1.25. Don’t you want them? They are worth actual dollars to you. Address, THE NEWS, Lawrenceville, Ga. I Sgpeff L Piano. WL MAMFAITIKKH BY HEverett Piano Company, ■fe BOSTON, MASS. by THE JOHN CHURCH CO., CINOINNATI. NEW YOKK. ATLANTA. CHICAGO. i ATLANTA ADDRESS-99 PEACHTREE ST. f = kEiseman Bros. We begin the Fall and Winter Seasons of 1897-98 with a stock larger and richer than ever before We made pur -4 chases long before the tariff question was settled, and are in position to sell Clothing, Hats and Furnishings even less than the prices that ruled last year. The following quota tions are proof: , Smfsfrom $5.00 up. \ OvScoats from $5.00 up. Li lifrVen’s Knee-Trousers Suits from $1.50 up. ■ V and Boy’s Overcoats from $1.50 up. ■ Trousers Suits from $4.00 up. Itth You’ve known us as the originators of Clothing economics and fair, open, plain-tigure. nne-pnc 11 deuh^j' i _JjXiia.^^* IHE LAWRENCEVILLE NEWS. Black Silk Bow 10c 1 Doz. Celluloid Collar Buttons 10c Best Cuff Holder made 10c 1 Doz. in Kid Curlers. . . 10c A Good 4-Ply Linen Collar 10c Celluloid Collars, Folding and Standing 5c Side Combs 5c., 10c., and 15c Curling Tongs ....... 10c All Silk Moire Ribbons, all col ors from 2c. to 80c Waist Setts: Pearl, Sterling, Silver and Gilt 25 and 50e Aluminum Thimbles 5c Steel Thimbles 2 for 5c | WOMANKIND. Regular subscription prioe 60c. A hnnd ron« illustrated magazine containing stories, poems, bits of travel, and such gen wnl literary matter as appeals fiost strongly to the average reader, who wants purs add wholesome literature of the en tertaining kind. Its practical departments devoted to the kitchen, the dower garden, the care of children, dressmaking, home deooration, etc., are greatly valued by ev ery worn a i who has ever read them. Ex tensive improvement* have been made in vvomanki»d during the past year, and as a result its circulation has been imcreaned from 40,000 to 40.000 a growth that could only possibly ho obtained by giving the people what they want. We invite eem parisou of Womankind with other papers •f it* kind—satisfied that the comparison Will be very favorable to Womankind. Farm New* Poultry Book* Writlen to meet the needs and demands of the farm poultry yard, rather than that of the fancier. It tells about different breeds, about feeding and hatching, about diseases and their cures, and Is. in short, a complete guide to making poultry on the farm pay. PRICK 26 CENTS. . Womankind Co*k Book. This Cook Book oarers the entire range of the eultna r 7 art. The recipes in it were aelected fr*>m the favorite recipes of Woman kind readers so that in this tou hare the best things from several hundred prac tical housekeepers—and they are good,too. PRICK HA CENTS. For Printing of all Kinds ooivee a?o THE NEWS JOB OFFICE. , XT'* f| T Legal Blanks, Minutes, Pamphlets, Catalogues, Posters, Dodgers. JUST LOOK AT THESE PRICES: Note Heads, per 1,000 $1.75. “ “ “ 500 1.00. Envelopes, per 1,000/ 1 .75. “ “ 500 „ 1.00. Good Stock; Note Heads gummed and Tab leted. All work guaranteed to be strictly first class. Give us your orders and patronize home. Mail orders receive prompt attention. Free Hitching Room in my Stable to all Customers. ALWAYS LEADING. TOM AMBROSE THE ONLY GENUINE CUT PRICE MAN IN LAWRENCEVILLE. BELOW I GIVE YOU A FEW OF MY PRICES: A few more New Home Sewing Machines which I will sell AT COST. Granulated Sugar 20 pounds for sl. Arhuokle’s Coffee 10c. per pound. Good Green Coffee 10 to 15 pounds for sl. A good line of Shoes cheap. A full line of fine Divbs Goods. A big lot of Jeans at from 10c to 80c per yard. “A. C. A.” Bed Ticking at lie. per yard. Best Calico going at sc. per yard. 1 yard wide-sheeting at 4£c. by the bolt. Nails at 2c. per pound or 50 pounds for $1 . I also carry a first-class line of Millinery goods at Low Prices. Call and see me and be convinced. Call on him for sure enough bargains. He is the only and original Cut Price Merchant in Lawrenceville. Others may follow but he leads the van! And the other boys Can’t Catch Him! Free Hitching Room in my Stable to all Customers. LEGAL BLANKB „ . , Every Justice of the Peace should have constantly on hand a supply of Blanks, and as an inducement, we will supply the different forms named below and the number of each se 1 - opposite, (in unbroken lots) for the sum of $2.00, with order. 1. Affidavit and Rond for Garnishment 10 2. Affidavit. B"iid and Attachment 10 8. Justice Court Summons 26 4. Witness Subpcenas 50 5. Jury Subpoenas 60 6. P. uce Warrant and Affidavit 10 7. Possessory Warrant 10 8. Claim Affidavit, Claim Bond and Forthcoming Bond 10 9. Dispossessory Warrant 10 10. Trover and Bail 10 11. DistressWairant 10 12. Justice Court Fi Fa 25 18. Summons of Garnishment 10 14. Attachment on Summons of Garnishment 10 15. Warranty Deeds 10 *1 otal 260 All for S2IOO. These blanks are well printed on good, heavy paper, put up iu tablets. None better. Orders by mail receive prompt attention. When sent by mail add 25c. to pay postage. We do all kinds of printing at lowest prices. THE NEWS, Lawrenceville, Ga. •loflN 11. sil\( KLBFORO7> The Old Reliable Jeweler on The Hill, (CI S. ) LAWRENCEVILLE, GA Fine Gold, Gold-Filled and Sil ver Watches at Prices that will make your head swim—they are so cheap. If you want a Piano or Organ at Prices see me. Big Stock of Jewelery and Useful Household Articles, Clocks, Etc., arriving fnr the fall trade. Repairing Neatly and Promptly v V. Executed at Cut Prices “’P Only First-Class Repairer this side of the Large Cities LAWRENCEVILLE, GEORGIA, FRIDAY. OCTOBER 8, 1897. HE MOCKED FATE BUT DEATH CLAIMED HIM. Believed That He Would Never Die, Yet He is Dead. HIS CREED WAS ETERNAL LIFE. Was a Follower or I lie Strange Religion of Shernianism. Sleeping in death beneath the sod of the <dd family burying ground in Henry county is Mack Dodson, who in life believed that he would never die. His faith was that he would never see death, yet he is dead. , In a pretty house at No. 1 Glenn street came the end to this man’s remarkable career. Lying almost unconscious in the throes of death, •he argued that he would not die. To the religion of a lifetime he was true to the last. Mack Dodson was a believer in that strange creed called Sher manism. The sum and substance of this weired dogma is that a man who has faith will never die; that if he will live right he will some day be caught, up in a chariot of fire, just as was Elijah of old. Shermanism is without doubt the strangest religion in existence. It has thousands of followers, but none (if them with a faith like Dodson’s. He was the most prom inent of the hundreds of Sherman ites who inhabit north Georgia. For years he has been an aggress ive believer in the religion of Shdr man and there has been no more powerful factor in spreading the religion in Georgia than he. He was prosperous and could have dressed well, but his religion was that a man must have but one coat, so he never had but one. He thought that a man should wear his hair long like Jesus and the apostles, and from the time he adopted the eccentric belief he wore his hair in long flowing lock* that fell below his shoulders. Last week while Dodson was vis iting his brother-in-law at No. 1 Glenn street, the death which he had scorned grew tired of the mockery and took from him that life he had sworn should al ways be his. Just before he died he was told by a brother of the creed to get up and walk and he would be well. The sick man’s faith was stronger than ail else and he rose up and dressed . In a short while he was dead. WAS A FAITHFUL FOLLOWER. It was over ten years ago when Dodson first embraced the faith which he held to his death. In Henry county he was one of the most progressive citizens. About 1886 a preacher named Sherman came to Henry county preaching a strange, new religion. Dodson went to hear the man tell of his system of religion. He was struck with the force of the stranger’s utterances. After the|sermon was finished he offered the preacher some money. “I never accept money or pay for ministering,” said Sherman. The preacher told Dodson that he must go through forty days of I fasting and prayer. For forty days tho searcher for the truth prayed and ate only what was necessary to keep body and soul together. Sherman, with the influence of Mr. Dodson, soon secu ed other followers. In a few years he es tablished in Henry county and Clayton a large church of his fol lowers. MANY SHERMANITES NEAR HERE. Yory few people in At lanta know Sherman or know that his religiop exists, yet iu a few miles of the city there are hundreds of men who believe they- will never die. In north Alabama Sherman has a following estimated at 10,000 men. They may not be known as Sher manites, for frequently the only evidence of their belief is their I quaint ways and long hair. ! The main basis for their belief lis found in the eighth chapter of John. This is the passage of scripture which Dodson said was his promise: John, viii, 51. “Ver ily, verily I say unto you, if a man keep My saying he shall never see death.” j Others were: “Verity, verily, I say unto you, he that believeth on Me hath evorlasting life.” “Your fathers did eat of that manna in the wilderness and are dead,” “This is that bread which som eth down that a man may eat thereof and not die.” “I am the living bread which came down from heaven; if any man eat this bread he shall live forever, and the bread that 1 will give is my flesh, which I will give lanta to visit relatives. He was unwell when he came to the city and every day of his stay he be came worse. Last Monday he was quite ill. His brethren of the faith visited him and encour aged him to cling to the creed of 1 eternal life. Sherman, the man who had changed the current of Dodson’s life, came and sat by his bedside. Rugged, bearded and with hair streaming down his back, he looked like some priest of a dark craft. He lost one arm in battle and the empty sleeve adds to the gro tesqueness of his appearance. “Have faith; take up thy bed and walk,” he said to the sick man. Dodson rose up and dressed at the bidding ot his chief. He w r as hardly able to stand, yet his faith upheld him. Dodson was so weak alter dressing that he had to go back to his bed, despite the ur gent request of his priest to con quer sickness by faith. The sick man refused a doctor. Finally he became so ill that he could not forcibly object and Dr. Odell was summoned. The physician diag nosed the case and said that the patient was suffering with ty phoid fever. Dodson grew con stantly worse. In a few days his relatives saw that death was in evitable. He contended that he would not die. He still laughed at death and said that he believed too strongly in Jesus to think he would die. Just before Dodson’s death a number of the Shermanites were with him. After he died they fled like frightened people flee from one who has been stricken by the plague. “He sinned,” they cried. THE BURIAL OF DODSON. It was their religion that a man would never die unless he sinned aud they claimed that Dodson had sinned. They would not go near him after death, for they sail they were afraid they would catca the dread contagion of his transgressions. When he was carried to the family burying ground in Henry county not a single Shermainft? followed the bier. “Let the dead bury its dead,” was the quotation of the Sherman ites. They said that Dodson had sinned and was in hell and they did not want to go near him. Now he is sleeping with his fa thers. The faith of a life-time was devoted and loyal, but it didn’t save him from the inevi table.—Atlanta Constitution. HELD FOR RANSOM. I'rof. I>. J. Holmes and Marry Tollerton Believed to Have Been Captured by Swiss Bandits. Toledo, 0., Oct. 4 . —lt is be lieved that Harry Tollerton, of this city, aged twenty years, son of Attorney B. W. Tollerton, and Prof. Daniel J. Holmes, of Alle gheny college at Meadville, Pa., who have been traveling in south ern Europe since June, are held by Swiss banditti for ransom. They were lust heard from on Sept. 8 at Martigny, Switzerland. A few' days previous to that time they received sufficient funds through Geneva for the rest of their trip to Berlin, where both were to enter the university on Sept. 22. Mr. Tollerton received a cable gram from Prof. Holmes dated ! Lucerne, requesting an immediate j remittance ot SI,OOO by cable tp I Cologne. He cabled to the United States consul at Lucerne for in formation and to Holmes for par ticulars. The reply from the consul was indefinite and unsatisfactory and that purporting to be from Prof. Holmes was even more so. A second request for SI,OOO, to be cabled this time to Lucerne, was received Sept. 23. To-day a message was received from Assistant Secretary Day at Washington saying that the min ister at Berne and the consul at Horge had been cabled to make a searching investigation. PROF. HOLMES INTENDED TO SPEND THE WINTER NEAR ROME. Meadville, Pa., Oct. 5. —Prof. Daniel J. Holmes entered Alle gheny college as teacher of Latin in September, 1896. He expected to spend the winter in the vicinity of Rome. He is twenty-five years old and a son of the Rev. Dr. Daniel J. Holmes, of Evanston, in. A* A Big Hotel. In a few days tjie biggeO^ I . jM H V Henry Sage and Commodore Vanderbilt. The determination and will pow er which brought success to Henry W . Sage, who died rtcently at Ith aca, and which marked his rise from the canal tow-path to the status of a millionaire, had prob ably no better illustration than in Mr. Sage’s first meeting with Commodore Vanderbilt, says the New York Sun. Mr. Sage was than in the wholesale and retail lumber business in this city. He had matte enormous purchases of lum ber at thi beginning of the civil war, and in the rise of prices had become rich. He was a man of high influence in Brooklyn church affairs and in New York business circles The wagons of his lumber firm were seen all over town. His shipments of lumber by river and sea were large. He worked early and late at his business, and at the beginning of middle age had the right to be known as a representa tive citizen. When the contract was given out to put up the grand stand and other buildings and fences at Fleet wood Park, above the Harlem, Mr. Sage’s bid for supplying the need ed lumber was lowest. He put the lumber on several schooners and had them towed up the Harlem river. For some reason Commo dore Vanderbilt refused to allow the draw of the New York Cen tral’s bridge to be opened to allow the lumber to pass. Mr. Sago stormed about the matter and then sent his son William, who was just out of college, up to Mr. Vander bilt’s office, on the site of the present Madison Square Garden, to learn when the draw would be opened. There was a penalty for delay in the delivery of the lum ber. The younger Sage came back and reported that Commodore Vanderbilt wouldn’t see him. “Wouldn’t see you, eh?” said Mr. Sage. “We’ll see about that.” Then he ordered his son and a clerk to jump into his .'dagon with him, and away they dashed to the New York Central railroad office. They went up stairs to the com modore’s office in a rush. A ne gro attendant stood at the gate. Vanderbilt in?” thun dered Mr. by this time fair ly iu a rage. “Yes, sir Vhat is your nanje and what do j’Vt want to see iiiny about?” ii “Never mind who I am aitfl what I want to see him about,” aaidMr. Sage. He then said “come ou” to his young men with him, pushed the negro aeid- and strode into Commodore Vanderbilt’s presence. “Is this Commodore Vander bilt?” said Mr. Sage. “That’s what they call me," said the commodore, looking up sharply in response to the angry tones of his caller. “Well, my name’s Sage, Henry W. Sage, and I want to know when you’re going to open that Harlem river draw and let my lumber for Fleetwood Park go through?” “So you’re Mr. Sage, are you?” “Yes, I am.” “Well, Mr. Sage, we’re going to open that draw w’hen we get damn ed good and ready.” “You are, are you? Well, you are going to open that draw' be fore you get damned good and ready, and in three hours, or I’ll open it for you. “Come on,” he added, to his young men, and all swept out of the place. Mr. Sage jumped into his buggy and did all the talking that was done on the way to his office. It is said that he kept muttering something about “if it costs me SIOO,OOO. Commodore Vanderbilt, eh? damned good and ready ? I’ll show him.” Straightway Mr. Sage went to the owner of the stoutest tug he could find that could go up the Harlem river, “I’ll pay all the you do as I say,” he said to the cap tain. Mr. Sago was on the tug with his young men. They went up the Harlem past the schooners with the Fleetwood Park cargo and approached the draw. They looked the draw over, and Mr. Sage picked out its weakest spot. “Now back off,” he said, “and hit that draw at full speed right in that place.” The tug went back some dis tance and came up the river with a rush. It hit the draw in the spot indicated and half wrecked it. “Back off and give it another,” cried Mr. Sage. On came the tug at the draw again like a snorting bull. At the second crash the draw was torn completely from the bridge and tossed to one side^c^^^gjiggj m Jm J -JM CONFEDERATE VETERANS! General C. A. Evans Sends Out a Communi cation to the CampM. General C. A. Rvans, commander of the forces of Georgia, has issued his first order in reference to the confederate veterans’ reunion, which will go to Atlanta next year. Attention is called to the fact that it will be necessary for the camps to organize and that the survivors must get their organiza tions in shape. The order was sent out Friday last and will be important informa tion for all confederates in the state. Following is the full order: Headquarters Georgia Division Uni ted Confederate Veterans, Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 1, 1897.—T0 Confederate Vet erans of Georgia: The annual con vention of ex-confederate soldiers and sailors to be held in Georgia, at At lanta, 1898, will be made the most in teresting and enthusiastic re-union that has yet been held. Assurance is given that every effort will be put forth in Atlanta to make the occasion worthy of the brave men who served in the southern army and navy. The in formation from all parts of the state shows a general gratification that Georgia will have this opportunity of honoring tlie heroic veterans who re sponded to the call of their states and illustrated the valor of southern men on numerous hard fought battlefields. The first preparations for the event having been energetically made since the close of the re-union at Nashville, it is the desire of the commanding general of the Georgia division that all camps within the state should at once begin to make arrangements to attend in full force. 1. Commanders will therefore call their camps together not later than the first Tuesday in next November to adopt such measures as will secure the attendance of the whole body. Any information that may be desired will be furnished on application by mail to these headquarters. 2. Confederate soldiers in every town and county where no camp has been formed arertfcrged to meet at once and organized The necessary- papers will be furnished from these headquar ters on application. There are now nearly ninety camps in the state, but it is desired that the number be in creased to 160 camps, or at least one in every county. In the great parade there should be 5,000 Georgia veterans in line. 3. Sons of confederate soldiers are notified that they will be telied on as the strong arm of the reunion. Their reverent regard for the memorable vir tues of their fathers and mothers, amidst the trials of war, is observed with pride, and it is due to them that they now share fully in an occasion, which win. ,-J - patriotic memories. Arrangements will be made for their assembling for business, and a place will be assigned them in line. 4. Daughters of the Confederacy, whose mothers were first to pay the honors of war annually at the graves of the dead, as they were foremost in cheering the soldier in the times of battle, are respectfully solicited to form chapters, and to grant their en thusiastic aid in making the reunion pre-eminently representative of the south as it was and as it is. 3. The newspapers of the state have so generously assisted at all times in giving publioity to all confederate no tices, as to encourage us to request -that this circular be published by every paper in the state. Clement A. Evans, Major General Commanding. J. Colton Lynes, Colonel and Secretary-in-Chief, Atlan ta, Ga. STONE MT. vs. DECATUR. DeKalb County Seat Stirs Up Strife.—Serious Charges Are Alleged. The fight for the county seat of DeKalb is getting hotter each day. Both sides are looking upon the other with suspicion and watch ing closely. Both sides claim to be far in the lead of the other and greater endeavors than before will be put forth until the legislature meets. The citation saying that the peo ple of Stone Mountain ask that the court house be moved to their town has been posted and the bill will be introduced into the house of representatives almost as soon as it is called to order. The petitions of the people of Decatur are circulating very rap idly, and it is claimed that they now have over half of the regis tered voters of the county on them. Much strife and some hard feeling has grown out of this feature of the fight and charges and counter charges have been made on either side. The most serious charge is be ing made by the people of Stone Mountain, which is to the effect that the Decatur people are pay ing for signatures to the petitions. denied by those W.-.-Hlur t- r lie- ii'Uiil v Hjfat ML -' , Bk GEORGIA. News of tlie Empire State of the South Epitomized. There are cherry and pear blos som* in Perry. Senator Bacon has dona- j ted a tract of land in North Ma- / con for a city park. / » Statesboro is now a third-class post office with a salary attach ment of SI,OOO. Fulton’s county commissioners will enforce the corporation tax against local corporations. Elbert county/‘has decided to organize a and work her convicts on her county roads. Macon’s city council refused to pass an ordinance requiring the street car companies to charge 3 cents frre. Dr. E. F. Degraffenreid, of uinbus, has gone to " Edwards, Miss., where he goes to attend (lie yellow fever patients. The Rome cotton factory has so many orders ahead that they are compelled to run several hours overtime every d'tj*. Lexington Echo: Apple wag c ,\l ons will soon begin to arrive.’ They will be numerous this win— • v , ter, as the crop in north Georgia - - is said to be immense. R. H. Northcutt has bought half interest in the Marietta knit ting factory . Mrs. J . H. Barnes owns the other half. The factory is doing well and has orders ahead. One of the white girls who as sorts rags at the Marietta mill, fouud a ten dollar bill the other day. Since then there has beentf| an increased activity among ' girls in assorting rags. Mrs. S. A.. Green-, a. man, has been twice convicted ort running a blind -tiger in Gaines- I ville. On the second offense the | mayor fined her S2O, but agreed to j remit it if she would leave the county, and she left. A young man burglarized an At- , lanta barroom recently and fell a i victim to the seductive roents of the wares exposed. fact he got so drunk on stolen !£■ I---;-.. £ The way he got in, aud wus tured next morning by the pl^B The Cobb county fair will opH Tuesday, Oct. 12, and last flays. Everything is m good dkM a ni arrangements perfected successful fair. The farmer|Sre'M gettiug up exhibits to oompetafo* 1 prizes offered by the association, and every line of industry of tfce field, garden orchard and house hold, will be represented. Mrs. Olie Hamby, of ty, is a remarkable woman . Shr is the twenty sixth child boride her parents, and although J Cook’s junior by two years, is hm great aunt. Mrs. Hamby had sever brothers who were Baptist preachers aud 6ix nephews en gaged in the same calling. Her descendants now numbor seventy seven. She has accumulated a considerable fortune. Judge Cook paid her a visit not long since, it being the first time they had met in three-score years. The Chattahoochee is lower than ever before and business at Columbus iB paralyzed. An old river man, in discussing the mat ter, attributed much of the lack of water in the river to the fact that Atlanta was using such im mense quantities of water out of the Chattahoochee and none of it comes back into the river, as the waste water aud sewage of that river goes in the Flint river. Fears are entertained of the river going permanently dry from the accumulation of sand beds in the channel. Canal From the Lakes to the Sea. Albany, N. Y., -T— I'lio"* 1 Deep Waterways Cbmmission ap pointed by President McKinley to report on a canal route connecting the upper lakes with the seaboard has practically selected a route, according to a statement made by Chief Engineer Harrison, of the commission, starting from North Touawanda and extending to Lake Ontario, the outlet to be near Wilson, beginning again at Oswe go, thence to Lake Oneida, and from there to the Mohawk River, which is a direct connection by way of the Hudson with the At lantic ocean. This route is almost identical with what, has been known as the “Oswego Route,” which was se lected inGB9S by Engineer A}ber^_ NO. 51