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Hu Zhengyan (c. 1584-1674) was a Chinese traditional painter, calligrapher, seal carver and publisher during the transition of the Ming and Qing dynasties. He produced China’s first printed publication in color, and was famous for his incredible techniques achieving gradation and modulation of shades in woodblock prints.
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On Friday 2nd December 2016 I was down in London-town for the service to mark the memorial stone to Philip Larkin in Westminster Abbey's Poet's Corner. Quite a day out, revived lots of memories of my days in the Smoke.
DAYS
What are days for?
Days are where we live.
They come, they wake us
Time and time over.
They are to be happy in:
Where can we live but days?
Ah solving that question
Brings the priest and the doctor
In their long coats
Running over the fields.
A favourite Larkin poem and one of several read at the dedication service held in Poets Corner in the architectural and theistic splendour of Westminster Abbey. It was read quite superbly by Sir Tom Courtenay whose vocal modulations and control brings a deeper clearer meaning to everything he does.
The memorialising followed Evensong in the North Lantern of the Abbey. On the way-in I exchanged a few words with Alan Bennett, as he rested on a bench close to Abbey entrance, though as I was saying to Prince Philip only the other day I have an abiding aversion to name-droppers. Anyway,
I enquired of our greatest living diarist whether he was here for Mr. Larkin? No he replied, I'm just waiting, just waiting'. I passed on, a little surprised remembering that in the introduction to his most recently published bible-sized volume (Keeping On Keeping On) he recounts his fishing expedition through Larkins Whitson Weddings in search of a title for this latest iteration of his diaries. Larkin has failed the test it would seem. And in retrospect his remark seems strange as in due course he sat with Melvyn Bragg in one of the best seats in the house. Still it was good to see them turning out to add some northern heft to the proceedings, Baroness Bottomley was good value too, and I noticed Anthony Thwaite who read from Larkins great poem 'Church Going' (A serious house on serious earth it is) was accompanied by his lovely wife the biographer Anne. Anthony Thwaite is one of Larkin's literary executors, a duty shared with the best of our recent Poet Laureate's - Andrew Motion, who was as far as I could see not in attendance, nor was (with the same caveat), James Booth the most recent of Larkin's biographers.
Grayson Perry read from Letters to Monica and was much enjoyed, this being the first time I have seen him out of girly weeds while just opposite me sat Lord Saatchi, I must admit it took me a while to match his name and face and he had about him that slightly foxed expression suggesting he was grappling with a similar problem regarding me!
Other readers performed over Philip's stone as we all crowded around Chaucer's tomb and all the markers to the great poets of our ages: the recent seem to catch the eye most - Auden, D H Lawrence and Ted Hughes are prominent though its possible Larkin might not be overjoyed at being next to Ted 'the incredible hulk', he called him. Yet death equals us all out and has some claim to a democracy and I reckon Philip Larkin would be pleased to know he made it in the end, on this the 31st anniversary of his death. It took Shakespeare a lot longer than that.
Philip Larkin 1927 - 1985.
Cycles is a unique step sequencer for crafting complex and experimental percussion patterns on the iPad. This is a proof of concept in the early stages of development.
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Hu Zhengyan (c. 1584-1674) was a Chinese traditional painter, calligrapher, seal carver and publisher during the transition of the Ming and Qing dynasties. He produced China’s first printed publication in color, and was famous for his incredible techniques achieving gradation and modulation of shades in woodblock prints.
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The works of Peruvian-French artist Bryan Ley (1988) sow confusion. Are we looking at photographs, or something else entirely? With his choice of black-and-white or monochrome acrylic paintings and day-night modulations, Ley creates dusky mysteries. Drawing inspiration from online photographs and images from magazines, he lends his subjects an iconic charge, transforming them into new incarnations and imagined portraits. Museum MORE presents more than 30 works in Bryan Ley’s first solo museum exhibition: from 9 November 2025 to 3 May 2026.
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Hu Zhengyan (c. 1584-1674) was a Chinese traditional painter, calligrapher, seal carver and publisher during the transition of the Ming and Qing dynasties. He produced China’s first printed publication in color, and was famous for his incredible techniques achieving gradation and modulation of shades in woodblock prints.
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Sample image taken with a Fujinon XF 56mm f1.2 R mounted on a Fujifilm XT1 body; each of these images is an out-of-camera JPEG with Lens Modulation Optimisation enabled. These samples and comparisons are part of my Fujinon XF 56mm f1.2 R review at:
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I suppose I could have saved this for October, but as it presented itself today, I figured I'd get to it now.
My son and I were watching Don't Look Back today, when I decided to go through my collection of cassette recordings of Bob Dylan I amassed many years ago. This one is an audience tape from the very first Dylan show I attended. Upon seeing the ticket, I couldn't believe that even as long ago as 1978, a Dylan ticket went for only $10.00.
I was in school at Bowling Green State University at the time, and a bunch of us made the thirty-mile drive to Toledo to see the show. I smuggled my tape recorder in beneath my coat and we snuggled in to our Centennial Hall (which is called something else now, I believe) seats, almost even with Dylan's stage position, in the mezzanine section to stage left.
I had recorded concerts before but I was very much looking forward to this one as I was a pretty serious player in the Dylan "underground" tape scene at the time. The tour was in promotion of his Street Legal LP, but much of the media reports had been focused on Dylan's "Vegas" presentation. He dressed in a white, spangly jumpsuit (à la Elvis) and was rather caked in eye makeup. I don't recall if he wore his leather jacket for the shows I saw (I saw him the next night in Dayton as well), but he is wearing it in many of the photos I've seen from the tour over the years. Another of the knocks that the media was laying on Dylan at the time regarded his (sometimes major) overhauling of the arrangements of many of his better-known songs.
My tape recorder wasn't the best, nor was the microphone I had with me, and as I didn't think to bring a flashlight to look at my recorder's VU meter (I guess it wasn't that bad of a recorder if it had one of those, huh?), I had to record the show on Auto-Level, which tended to not be able to make quick recoveries when the music made transitions from loud to quiet and vice versa. Still, I would find when I listened to the show upon getting home that my recording wasn't horrible.
Also upon returning home, however, I discovered that my tape of the first half of the show was missing. I about had a heart attack. I had taken two 90-minute tapes with me with the plan of flipping the first one over at about the 40-minute mark, hoping to avoid running out of tape mid-song. I also brought a second set of batteries with me to avoid running out of juice mid-show. The only thing I apparently hadn't planned on was tucking the first tape safely away so that it wouldn't get dropped and lost, which is what seems to have happened.
That week, I placed a classified ad in the University of Toledo student paper looking for the lost cassette, and lo and behold, I got a call from someone who had only the first half of the show. I was suspicious at first that he had found my tape, but when I met him to get the recording, he showed me his recorder and told me how he'd run out of battery power. As I recall, the brand of tape was of a lower grade than I'd used, so it was just dumb luck that we each had each other's missing halves. In return for his half of the show, I gave him a copy of my tape so that he would also have a full show.
A couple of days later, I got another call from someone else who had recorded the show – in stereo – from the arena's floor with what was probably the top-of-the-line Nakamichi tape deck, with what seems to have been high-quality microphones. (A trader friend of mine in Nürnberg still tells me that this is one of his favourite recordings from that tour.) I went to his house and he dubbed a copy of the show for me and I was ecstatic, particularly because his audio levels were perfectly set, which meant that his recording of "Tangled Up In Blue" was flawless.
"Tangled Up In Blue" was one of the songs which Dylan reworked in a major way. It sounded nothing like the original Blood On The Tracks version and for my money, the new arrangement was better. It featured Dylan on electric guitar, Steve Douglas on Saxophone and Alan Pasqua on the swirling, swelling Hammond B3 organ. It was genius. I loved it!
Several times a week, I would receive recordings from other concerts from the tour and the first thing I did was to fast forward to "Tangled Up In Blue" to see how it compared with the Toledo offering. The rendition from the concert the night before in Cleveland was respectable, but Toledo was better. Dayton (a show I also attended and recorded) was pretty good, but didn't quite meet the Toledo standard. (Actually, nothing before Cleveland even came close.) A week later, a friend recorded the show in Carbondale, Illinois, however, that – despite one moment of over-modulation in the recording – remains my favourite performance of the song from the tour.
As Dylan got deeper into the tour (Toledo was 26th of 65 cities/dates) , the shows became more automatic and less "different," except that Dylan began talking a bit more between songs, and began making frequent changes to lines in "Tangled Up In Blue," substituting "Then she opened up a book of poems / And handed it to me / Written by an Italian poet / From the thirteenth century..." to (variations of) "Then she opened up the Bible / And she started quoting it to me / Jeremiah, Chapter 13 / Verses 21 and 33..." (This, of course, was just prior to his infamous conversion to Christianity.)
Thanks to YouTube, there is a recording online of "Tangled Up In Blue" from later in the tour, in Charlotte, North Carolina. Dylan's voice was raspier and less singer-ly than his Toledo appearance, but the arrangement is the same. [Update: recording removed]
I saw this MOC of a Lego Moog first on the Music Radar website and was so impressed by it, that I planned to build my own. But after studying all the photos I found in the internet I soon recognised that I wouldn’t manage to build it with the full functionality (working keyboard, pitch- and modulation wheels and controller knobs) like the one built by the Arvo brothers. So, my mod is simply a display piece.
You can find the original of the Arvo brothers here:
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Hu Zhengyan (c. 1584-1674) was a Chinese traditional painter, calligrapher, seal carver and publisher during the transition of the Ming and Qing dynasties. He produced China’s first printed publication in color, and was famous for his incredible techniques achieving gradation and modulation of shades in woodblock prints.
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Grey bar represents the theoretical maximum capacity at the time.
2008 saw the total wind power generation capacity in Ontario double (again -- it also doubled in 2007.) On the best day, we can now exceed 800 MW. On the worst day, the entire province's wind turbines put out, basically, 0 MW.
Can the rest of the system adapt to this variability?
So far, of course it can. Note that the power generators already need to deal with demand variability that can go from 13 GW to 25 GW daily. You can see some of this output modulation occurring at a coal plant:
www.flickr.com/photos/eastpole/3064004004/
And it turns out natural gas power plants can and do modulate up and down much faster than coal plants, so the replacement of coal with natural gas means more stability for the grid, as well as cleaner emissions and somewhat less CO2 per kilowatt*hour. In Ontario, this replacement is almost complete.
Note that Ontario gained additional ability to handle load and wind variability on 11 Sep 2013 when OPA introduced curtailment, a policy that lets the system operator turn off production at wind farms when demand is low and total production is higher than needed.
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Scripty goodness, based on data from:
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#!/bin/sh
# Datasource:
# www.theimo.com/imoweb/pubs/marketreports/download/HourlyW...
logfile="/home/tai/bin/HourlyWindGen_20090106.csv"
lineswanted=`cat $logfile | wc -l | tr -d " "`
output="/home/tai/bin/ontario-wind.png"
spline="1E-21"
/usr/bin/gnuplot << EOF
# A Gnuplot script, ontario-wind.plt
set terminal png giant size 1024,768 nocrop
# set terminal dumb
set output "$output"
# set output
set title "IESO data from all Ontario wind farms \n generated by $0 at `date +"%F %T"` \n from $lineswanted lines of $logfile"
set xdata time
# set timefmt is for INPUT
# 1205349849
# set timefmt "%s"
# 2008-03-12 15:06:56
# set timefmt "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"
# 2008-03-12
# set timefmt "%Y-%m-%d"
set timefmt "%d-%b-%y,%H"
# 16/12/08 24 222 # is that right!??
# 31-Dec-08,24,78 # that looks more like it.
#
# set format x is for OUTPUT
set format x "%b%y"
set datafile separator ","
set ylabel "Megawatts"
# set yrange [15:70]
# set xrange ["15/02/06":"15/01/09"]
set xlabel "Date"
# Linestyle!
set style line 1 lt 2 lw 4 lc rgb "#1111FF"
# Why is it 1:3? Note space within date. $2 is the time column
# \ because we must escape the shell var name. Wheee!
plot "$logfile" using 1:(\$3) \
with points \
pointsize 0.3 \
title "Total wind farm output", \
"" using 1:3:($spline) \
smooth acspline \
with line ls 1 \
title "spline fit"
EOF
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Hu Zhengyan (c. 1584-1674) was a Chinese traditional painter, calligrapher, seal carver and publisher during the transition of the Ming and Qing dynasties. He produced China’s first printed publication in color, and was famous for his incredible techniques achieving gradation and modulation of shades in woodblock prints.
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Hu Zhengyan (c. 1584-1674) was a Chinese traditional painter, calligrapher, seal carver and publisher during the transition of the Ming and Qing dynasties. He produced China’s first printed publication in color, and was famous for his incredible techniques achieving gradation and modulation of shades in woodblock prints.
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Hu Zhengyan (c. 1584-1674) was a Chinese traditional painter, calligrapher, seal carver and publisher during the transition of the Ming and Qing dynasties. He produced China’s first printed publication in color, and was famous for his incredible techniques achieving gradation and modulation of shades in woodblock prints.
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The history of Yamaha Motorcycles
"I want to carry out trial manufacture of motorcycle engines." It was from these words spoken by Genichi Kawakami (Yamaha Motor's first president) in 1953, that today's Yamaha Motor Company was born.
"If you're going to do something, be the best."
Genichi Kawakami
Genichi Kawakami was the first son of Kaichi Kawakami, the third-generation president of Nippon Gakki (musical instruments and electronics; presently Yamaha Corporation). Genichi studied and graduated from Takachiho Higher Commercial School in March of 1934. In July of 1937, he was the second Kawakami to join the Nippon Gakki Company.
He quickly rose to positions of manager of the company's Tenryu Factory Company (musical instruments) and then Senior General Manager, before assuming the position of fourth-generation President in 1950 at the young age of 38.
In 1953, Genichi was looking for a way to make use of idle machining equipment that had previously been used to make aircraft propellers. Looking back on the founding of Yamaha Motor Company, Genichi had this to say. "While the company was performing well and had some financial leeway, I felt the need to look for our next area of business. So, I did some research." He explored producing many products, including sewing machines, auto parts, scooters, three-wheeled utility vehicles, and…motorcycles. Market and competitive factors led him to focus on the motorcycle market. Genichi actually visited the United States many times during this period.
When asked about this decision, he said, "I had my research division chief and other managers visit leading motorcycle factories around the country. They came back and told me there was still plenty of opportunity, even if we were entering the market late. I didn't want to be completely unprepared in this unfamiliar business so we toured to German factories before setting out to build our first 125cc bike. I joined in this tour around Europe during which my chief engineers learned how to build motorbikes. We did as much research as possible to insure that we could build a bike as good as any out there. Once we had that confidence, we started going."
The first Yamaha motorcycle... the YA-1.
"If you are going to make it, make it the very best there is." With these words as their motto, the development team poured all their energies into building the first prototype, and ten months later in August of 1954 the first model was complete. It was the Yamaha YA-1. The bike was powered by an air-cooled, 2-stroke, single cylinder 125cc engine. Once finished, it was put through an unprecedented 10,000 km endurance test to ensure that its quality was top-class. This was destined to be the first crystallization of what has now become a long tradition of Yamaha creativity and an inexhaustible spirit of challenge.
Then, in January of 1955 the Hamakita Factory of Nippon Gakki was built and production began on the YA-1. With confidence in the new direction that Genichi was taking, Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. was founded on July 1, 1955. Staffed by 274 enthusiastic employees, the new motorcycle manufacturer built about 200 units per month.
That same year, Yamaha entered its new YA-1 in the two biggest race events in Japan. They were the 3rd Mt. Fuji Ascent Race and the 1st Asama Highlands Race. In these debut races Yamaha won the 125cc class. And, the following year the YA-1 won again in both the Light and Ultra-light classes of the Asama Highlands Race.
By 1956, a second model was ready for production. This was the YC1, a 175cc single cylinder two-stroke. In 1957 Yamaha began production of its first 250cc, two-stroke twin, the YD1.
The first Yamaha to compete in America (1957).
Based on Genichi's firm belief that a product isn't a product until it can hold it's own around the world, in 1958 Yamaha became the first Japanese maker to venture into the international race arena. The result was an impressive 6th place in the Catalina Grand Prix race in the USA. News of this achievement won immediate recognition for the high level of Yamaha technology not only in Japan but among American race fans, as well. This was only the start, however.
Yamaha took quick action using the momentum gained in the USA and began marketing their motorcycles through an independent distributor in California. In 1958, Cooper Motors began selling the YD-1 250 and the MF-1 (50cc, two-stroke, single cylinder, step through street bike). Then in 1960, Yamaha International Corporation began selling motorcycles in the USA through dealers.
With the overseas experiences under his belt, in 1960, Genichi then turned his attention to the Marine industry and the production of the first Yamaha boats and outboard motors. This was the beginning of an aggressive expansion into new fields utilizing the new engines and FRP (fiberglass reinforced plastic) technologies. The first watercraft model was the CAT-21, followed by the RUN-13 and the P-7 123cc outboard motor.
In 1963, Yamaha demonstrated its focus on cutting-edge, technological innovations by developing the Autolube System. This landmark solution was a separate oil injection system for two-stroke models, eliminating the inconvenience of pre-mixing fuel and oil.
Yamaha was building a strong reputation as a superior manufacturer which was reflected in its first project carried out in the new Iwata, Japan Plant, built in 1966. (The YMC headquarters was moved to Iwata in 1972.) Toyota and Yamaha teamed up to produce the highly regarded Toyota 2000 GT sports car. This very limited edition vehicle, still admired for its performance and craftsmanship, created a sensation among enthusiast in Japan and abroad.
Genichi said, "I believe that the most important thing when building a product is to always keep in mind the standpoint of the people who will use it." An example of the commitment to "walking in the customers' shoes" was the move in 1966 by Yamaha to continue its expansion. Overseas motorcycle manufacturing was established in Thailand and Mexico. In 1968, the globalization continued with Brazil and the Netherlands. With manufacturing bases, distributors and R&D operations in a market, Yamaha could be involved in grassroots efforts to build products that truly met the needs of each market by respecting and valuing the distinct national sensibilities and customs of each country. Yamaha continues that tradition, today.
By the late 1960s, Yamaha had quality products that had proven themselves in the global marketplace based on superior performance and innovation. Distribution and product diversity were on the right track. But Genichi knew that beyond quality, success would demand more. He had this view on the power of original ideas. "In the future, a company's future will hinge on ideas over and above quality. Products that have no character, nothing unique about them, will not sell no matter how well made or affordable…and that would spell doom for any company."
He also knew that forward vision, walking hand in hand with original ideas, would create an opportunity for the company and its customers that could mean years of happiness and memorable experiences. Genichi said, "In the business world today, so many people are obsessed with figures. They become fixated on the numbers of the minute and without them are too afraid to do any real work. But in fact, every situation is in flux from moment to moment, developing with a natural flow. Unless one reads that flow, it is impossible to start out in a new field of business."
A real-world illustration of this belief is the Yamaha DT-1. The world's first true off-road motorcycle debuted in 1968 to create an entirely new genre we know today as trail bikes. The DT-1 made a huge impact on motorcycling in the USA because it was truly dirt worthy. Yamaha definitely "read the flow" when it produced
"Make every challenge an opportunity."
Genichi Kawakami
the 250cc, single cylinder, 2-stroke, Enduro that put Yamaha On/Off-Road motorcycles on the map in the USA. The DT-1 exemplified the power of original ideas, forward vision, and quick action coupled with keeping in mind the customers' desires.
In years to come Yamaha continued to grow (and continues to this day). Diversity increased with the addition of products including snowmobiles, race kart engines, generators, scooters, ATVs, personal watercraft and more.
Genichi Kawakami set the stage for Yamaha Motor Company's success with his vision and philosophies. Total honesty towards the customer and making products that hold their own enables the company that serves people in thirty-three countries, to provide an improved lifestyle through exceptional quality, high performance products.
Yamaha Motor Corporation, USA Cypress, California
Genichi Kawakami's history with Yamaha was long and rich. He saw the new corporate headquarters in Cypress, California and the 25th Anniversary of Yamaha become a reality in 1980. He also watched bike #20 million roll off the assembly line in 1982. Genichi passed away on May 25, 2002 yet his vision lives on through the people and products of Yamaha, throughout the world.
History Timeline of Yamaha (USA)
Year Yamaha Motor Origin
1955
The first Yamaha motorized product was the YA-1 Motorcycle (125cc, 2-stroke, single cylinder, streetbike). It was produced and sold in Japan.
Year USA History
1958 The first Yamaha Motorcycles sold in the USA were by Cooper Motors, an independent distributor. The models were the YD1 (250cc, 2-stroke, twin cylinder, streetbike) and MF-1 (50cc, 2-stroke, single cylinder, streetbike, step-through).
1960 Yamaha International Corporation began selling motorcycles in the USA.
1968
The DT-1 Enduro was introduced. The world's first dual purpose motorcycle which had on & off-road capability. Its impact on Motorcycling in the USA was enormous.
Yamaha's first Snowmobile, the SL350 (2-stroke, twin cylinder) was introduced. This was the first Snowmobile with slide valve carburetors.
1970
Yamaha’s first 4-stroke motorcycle model, the XS-1 (650cc vertical twin) was introduced.
1971
The SR433 high performance Snowmobile was introduced.
1973 Yamaha continued expansion into new markets by introducing Generators (ET1200).
1975
Yamaha pioneered the very first single-shock, production motocross bikes. This was the beginning of the YZ Monocross machines that changed motocross forever.
1976 The legendary SRX440 snowmobile hits the market and quickly catapults Yamaha to the forefront of the snowmobile racing scene.
1977
Yamaha Motor Corporation, USA, was founded in order to better appeal to the American market and establish a separate identity (from music & electronics) for Yamaha motorized products.
1978
The XS1100 motorcycle (four cylinder, shaft drive) was introduced.
XS650 Special was introduced. This was the first production Cruiser built by a Japanese manufacturer.
Golf Cars were introduced in the USA with the G1 gas model.
1979
YICS (Yamaha Induction Control System), a fuel-saving engine system, was developed for 4-stroke engines.
1980
The new Yamaha Motor Corporation, USA, corporate office was opened in Cypress, California.
The first 3-wheel ATV was sold in USA… the Tri-Moto (YT125).
The G1-E electric powered Golf Car model was introduced.
1981
The first air-cooled, V-twin cruiser, the Virago 750, was introduced.
1984
The first production 5-valve per cylinder engine was introduced on the FZ750 motorcycle.
Yamaha’s first 4-wheel ATV, the YFM200, was introduced in the USA.
The Phazer snowmobile was introduced. Known for its light weight and agile handling.
Yamaha begins marketing Outboard Motors in the USA.
1985
The V-Max 1200 musclebike hits the streets.
1986
Yamaha Motor Manufacturing Corporation of America was founded in Newnan, Georgia.
1987
A new exhaust system for 4-stroke engines, “EXUP,” was developed to provide higher horsepower output throughout an engine's powerband.
Yamaha introduces personal watercraft...the sit-down WaveRunner and the stand-up WaveJammer.
Yamaha Motor Manufacturing Company begins Golf Car and Water Vehicle production for USA and overseas markets.
1992
The Vmax-4 Snowmobile (2-stroke, four cylinder) was introduced.
1994
Yamaha expands its product offerings by acquiring the Cobia boat company.
1995
The Century and Skeeter boat companies are acquired by Yamaha.
1996
Yamaha introduces its first Star model with the 1300cc, V4 Royal Star.
Tennessee Watercraft produces Sport Boats and later, the SUV WaveRunner.
1997
Yamaha acquires the G3 boat company.
At the Newnan, Georgia, manufacturing facility, the first ATV (the BearTracker) rolls off the assembly line.
Yamaha opens southeastern offices in Kennesaw, Georgia.
1998
The YZ400F four-stroke motocross bike was introduced. This was the first mass produced 4-stroke motocrosser.
The YZF-R1 sport bike was introduced. It set the standard for open class sport bikes for several years.
The Grizzly 600 4x4 ATV with Ultramatic transmission was introduced.
The EF2800i generator with Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) was introduced. PMW allows use with equipment that requires stable frequency and voltage.
2000
The Buckmaster® Edition Big Bear 400 4x4 was introduced. This was the first ATV with camouflage bodywork.
2002
The F225 Outboard was introduced. It was the largest 4-stroke Outboard at the time.
The FX140 WaveRunner (1000cc, 4-stroke, four cylinder) was introduced. The world's first high performance 4-stroke personal watercraft.
2003
The RX-1 Snowmbile (1000cc, 4-stroke, four cylinder) was introduced. The world's first high performance 4-stroke Snowmobile.
2004 Rhino Side x Side model introduced. Combined performance, terrainability, utility capabilities, and take-along-a-friend convenience to lead the way in a new category of off-road recreation.
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Blacktron Gold - Listening and Assault Unit
Spacecraft equipped with:
- stereo cockpit
- optoechoic head
- white noise generator
- modulation metronome
- dual megabass cannon
- large aperture antenna with phrase scanning
- dual IR (iridium) jam-session-er
- powerful pro-tone torpedo
- dual frequency Hi-Fi-per sonic missiles
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Hu Zhengyan (c. 1584-1674) was a Chinese traditional painter, calligrapher, seal carver and publisher during the transition of the Ming and Qing dynasties. He produced China’s first printed publication in color, and was famous for his incredible techniques achieving gradation and modulation of shades in woodblock prints.
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One half of the final modulator stage of a Marconi BD272 HF transmitter. Two BY1144L triodes operating in class 'B' deliver up to 125kW to the modulation transformer and hence the modulated RF amplifier. Final valves are driven by four 3Z222EW cathode-followers (seen RHS of pic).
The valves are 'vapour-phase' cooled, with de-ionised water being delivered to the valve boiler via a PTFE pipe underneath, and discharged as steam and water through a Dow-Corning 'Pyrex' tube to be condensed and re-used. Air is blown from above onto the seals.
The 11kV anode supply can be seen at the LHS of the pic, and grid-bias comes from a 1kV potentiometer-tapped supply.
Filaments are double-centre-point connected and fed 90 degrees out of phase to each other (from 'Scott' transformers). The piece of 'string', in case you're wondering, is attached to the valve via a 'heat-fuse', a fusible soldered link that will break if the valve overheats. When it does so, the arm at the other end is pulled, under spring-tension, onto a micro-switch that breaks the HT circuit.
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Hu Zhengyan (c. 1584-1674) was a Chinese traditional painter, calligrapher, seal carver and publisher during the transition of the Ming and Qing dynasties. He produced China’s first printed publication in color, and was famous for his incredible techniques achieving gradation and modulation of shades in woodblock prints.
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A Place to Bury Strangers graces us with their presence once again. I'm still surprised this avant garde experimental band comes to St. Louis. The crowd, though not large, understands and appreciates this unique band. You have to see them to understand their artistry and power.
The subtitle of this series is the "madness of photographing in stobe lights". I asked Oliver Ackermann before they played if they were going to have strobes likes the first time I saw them. I just wanted to be ready for them. He laughed and, "Maybe." Oh yes there were strobes and they were even more intense than last time. It was a smaller more independent venue this time and maybe that made it easier to put on the show they REALLY wanted to. Though 60% of my shots were black, I managed to get a few.
#amy buxton
#Fall
#St. Louis
#A Place to Bury Strangers
#band
#music
#noise manipulation
#Off Broadway
#wave modulation
#Death By Audio
#Dion Lunadon
#Oliver Ackermann
#experimental rock
#space rock
#strobe light
#strobe
#concert
nighttime photography is changing… sodium lights going away, and the led lighting on vehicles sure don't necessarily leave clean trails…
Phase III : Fully Active 4 x way crossover
- Bass JBL 2205a - PR15, 220l enclosure . Active crossover 20-160hz /18db.
- Mid Bass Fish Horns - TAD TM 1201h 12" drivers - Active crossover 160hz/6db - 1200hz/12db.
Sicomin epoxy & mica pearlescent coating.
Central antiresonant phase plug DIY made from a Perrier Plastic bottle armed plaster coupound filled, Sicomin epoxy with anti-slip surf board powder & mica pearlescent coating.
- Mid High JBL 2450 j - Truextent beryllium diaphragms - Aart Biradial horns - Active crossover 1200hz/12db - 5000hz/12db.
- High BMS 4540nd & Arai A-10K horn massive billet oak - Active crossover 5000Hz/18db - 30 000Hz/Flat.
- Electronic crossover Pioneer D23 fully restored (all new caps : Silmic II, Muse, Black Gate & Mundorf).
- Mc Intosh MC 2255 caps & lamps fully restored for Bass.
- Mc Intosh MC 2255 caps & lamps fully restored for MidBass.
- Hiraga 15w le monstre regulated power supply for MidHigh & High left chanel.
- Hiraga 15w le monstre regulated power supply for MidHigh & High right chanel.
Modulation cables : AudioQuest Sky
Speaker cables :
Bass : 16AWG solid core silver teflon insulated.
MidBass : AQ WildWood.
MidHigh & High : DIY solid OCC solid core pure silver 18,20,22,24AWG cotton insulated, AQ configuration with 72v Dbs.
Many thanks to :
- Mr Dominique Petoin for his Audio Website & his help :
- Mr Ruichi Arai designer of High Frequencies Horns :
I saw this MOC of a Lego Moog first on the Music Radar website and was so impressed by it, that I planned to build my own. But after studying all the photos I found in the internet I soon recognised that I wouldn’t manage to build it with the full functionality (working keyboard, pitch- and modulation wheels and controller knobs) like the one built by the Arvo brothers. So, my mod is simply a display piece.
You can find the original of the Arvo brothers here:
Basic weathering on. It's quite heavy like the
paint modulation as it'll be covered up by
a winter white wash finish.
The markings aren't accurate, just scraps from the
spares box but they'll mostly be covered up and just
leave a hint of something under the white wash.
François-Auguste-René Rodin (1840 – 1917) To my mind this, the artists first full scale work, is his masterwork. Inspired my Michelangelo's bound slaves the naturalism of the figure is startling and inspiring. The perfect balance of form and subtle modeling without equal. This cast has an attractive patina that emphasizes the discrete modulations of the surface.
'Modifiers', 'Frequency cutoff, 'emphasis' 'envelope', - a whole new vocabulary for musicians in 1970.
Designed by Robert Moog in 1970, the Minimoog Model D synthesizer is still regarded as the Rolls Royce equivalent of analog keyboard-based synthesizers. Specifically designed for touring musicians, the minimoog exported electronic music experiments from university labs out to the masses - and her deep farting bass-sounds (think of Kraftwerk's Autobahn), lead and space bleeps and sweeps have become HUGELY popular over the last 38 years.
There were originally 13,000 minimoogs produced between 1970 and 1981. After a brief hiatus during the digital-synth craze in the 1980s, the minimoog enjoyed a resurgence of interest among musicians since the 1990s...and yes, it's becoming harder to get a hold on one.
I obtained this Mini from a studio garage sale back in 1989 for US$ 150 (in prime condition - save the crackling external input knob). After lying dormant for 7 years now, it's time to bring life back into this 1973 model D mini. Tropical humidity heavily damaged the furnishing. It needs re-tuning of the oscillators, cleaning of the electronic board, new switches for filter modulation, and thinking about a new base panel.
There was nothing wrong with the Shimano BL-R600 levers I was first using (well, nothing apart from the huge SHIMANO script on the lever blades). I have had this new set of these levers just sitting in their box unused for several years.*
For me, there was one great (unintended) feature of these levers: the TEKTRO lettering painted on the blades instantly wiped away with a few drops of acetone, still leaving the protective anodized finish over the polished levers uncompromised.
The body of these levers is wide and made of some type of rigid plastic resin [please don't utter the word Delrin - that bane of Simplex derailleurs]. These give a comfortable feel similar to Campagnolo Ergo integrated levers. These also have a push button cable release feature which may be very useful for opening the cantilevers on this bike to remove a punctured tire. The lever blades are asymmetrical and are Right / Left specific. And, they have a couple finger tip "wave" indentations formed along the outer edges. Those edges also curve around to further increase finger comfort. The R-100 differs from the virtually identical R-200 in the "size". The R-100 is intended for smaller hands or shorter fingers unable to comfortably reach the blades of longer reach levers from inside the drops. The body is said to be slightly smaller, too... but, being accustomed to much older and truly thin levers I can't really appreciate this minor difference unless I grab an example of each for an immediate comparison. I wear a size 8 glove (fairly small for a man's hand) and these have by far the shortest lever reach I have ever used. Even with a gloved hand I can easily wrap the lever with my finger on the lowest indentation. And due to both the cantilevers and the mechanical advantage of these levers, only a light touch of the lever and a short pull is needed. So, good modulation of braking is still easily achieved despite the short pull. Vintage Mafac and Universal levers must have been made for giants with exceptionally long fingers... or maybe for E.T.
The (yes, dirty) white FIZIK handlebar wrap was re-used. I can clean away the grime left by my filthy hands and gloves with isopropyl alcohol dripped onto a clean cloth... otherwise, I would never use any white bar tape.
* Note:
Around 2011, the Tektro R100/R200 models were discontinued. The R200 was replaced with the RL340 and the R100 with the RL341. Both have a different shape for the lever blade and the newer body style is even wider at the front edge and longer overall. Cane Creek's SCR-5 lever is essentially the same as the Tektro R200 shape..
Having owned the 2008 Kona Sutra for ten months, and just completed the first chain/cassette replacement, I thought it was about time for a long term review, to give other people an idea of what living with the Sutra has been like. My previous post explains why I chose the Sutra - I came up with what I thought was an impossibly eclectic list of requirements from a bicycle, and the Sutra ticked every single box.
Here's some specs, for the statophiles out there: Frame size C54cm Frame tubing Dedacciai COM 12.5 Butted Cromoly Fork Kona P2 700c TB Disc w/Lowrider Headset TH Crankarms FSA Gossamer MegaExo Chainrings 30/39/50 B/B FSA MegaExo Pedals Shimano PD-M520 SPD - Silver Chain Shimano HG53 --> Shimano HG93 XT Freewheel Shimano Deore (11-32, 9 Spd) --> Shimano XT M760 (11-32, 9spd) F/D Shimano Tiagra Triple R/D Shimano XT Shadow Shifters Shimano Bar-Con Handlebar FSA RD30 0S Stem FSA OS-190LX Grips Velo Wrap with Gel Brakes Avid BB7 Road Disc Brake Levers Shimano BLR-600 Front Hub Shimano M525 Disc Rear Hub Shimano M525 Disc Spokes DT Stainless 14g Tires Continental Contact 700 x 32C --> Schwalbe Marathon Plus 700x38c Rims Mavic A 317 Disc Saddle Selle Italia XO SE --> Brooks B17 Seatpost FSA SL-280 Seat Clamp Kona Clamp Rear Rack Tubus Logo Panniers Bikebins Computer Sigma DTS 1606 L Fenders SKS Chromoplastic
My primary (i.e. 99% of the time) use of the Sutra has been for commuting. I have covered over 2700 miles (4500km) in the time I have owned it. My commuting route through London is pretty tough on bikes - the roads south of the Thames are awful and full of potholes, through the City there is broken glass all over the place, and further north of the river there are speedbumps everywhere. When I first got the Sutra she was wearing Continental Contact tyres, and they were pretty poor for commuting. They punctured easily and transmitted the bumpiness of the road right up into my forearms. Not much fun. After one puncture too many I replaced the tyres with Schwalbe Marathon Pluses, in their largest diameter, and the difference was marked. The increased volume of air provides a lot more cushioning for the arms, and I have not had a single puncture yet, despite having pulled 6mm long pieces of glass out of the tyre surfaces. The tyres are relatively heavy, but then so is the rest of the bike, and extra weight makes you stronger!
The original rear rack was pretty flimsy, and it did not allow the attachment of the Bikebin panniers I bought to try and add some rigidity. I ended up having to angle grind chunks out of the rack to fit the panniers, which can't have improved their structural integrity. After a month of experiencing the odd sensation of the bike wagging its tail whenever I stood up to pedal hard, I bit the bullet and upgraded the rack to a Tubus Logo. It was a tight fit with the rear disc brake, but the difference was immense. Gone was the sensation of a jelly-like bike, to be replaced by a sensation of rigid stability. Whilst the rack was expensive, it made all the difference, and I would highly recommend it.
Speaking of the brakes, they have saved my life on more than one occasion, usually when a Taxi decides to perform an emergency stop to pick up a fare. The brakes stop consistently in all conditions, and so far I have not had to replace the pads, althoguh I think it will be time to do it soon. Not bad considering I have travelled almost five thousand kilometres in all weathers in the stop-start conditions of London. I was concerned that the brakes might be too powerful, but the modulation provided by the levers and the flex in the arm of the brake means that whilst the power is there if necessary, you have a lot of control over it. There is some disc drag, but this is owing more to my laziness than the brakes themselves, and seems to have little impact on cruising speeds.
Using the bike in all conditions has been excellent. The all-over fenders (something I have never fitted to a bike previously) really keep the rain off and eliminate spray from the road. I had to saw a bit of the front fender off to fit it over the larger tyres, and a little bit off the rear for the same reason, but after the modification they have been flawless.
I had heard reports of spokes snapping, and nothing happened to me until recently, when I noticed a detached spoke whilst replacing the rear cassette. I had no idea how long the spoke had been damaged for, and replaced it myself. The rear wheel is slightly askew, but it does not foul on anything, which is good considering the small tolerance between it and the fender. To be fair, I have been jumping off kerbs and sometimes it is impossible to miss a massive hole in the road when you are in busy traffic. An upgrade I am considering is a stronger rear wheel, although it is not pressingly urgent.
The ride of the bike is super smooth, and certainly not anything like the road bikes I am used to. I use my other road bike for triathlons, and whilst it is a lot more nimble, it is much less comfortable. The Sutra is comfortable all day long, owing in no small part to the Brooks B17 saddle, which took about two thousand miles to properly break in! It was worth it though - sitting on the bike is like sitting in an armchair (albeit a very odd armchair, but an armchair nonetheless). I tend to cruise at about 20mph on her, and my 10.5 mile commute to work takes about 37 minutes. I have started seeking out hills in preparation for some touring of Wales, and the sutra certainly loves to climb. The aggressive, mountain-bike-like frame geometry no doubt assists in this, and is confidence inspiring when climbing and descending. The bar-con shifters were a novelty for me, but they make a lot of sense, especially if replacement shifters were needed on a tour. There are even bosses on the downtube to fit truly old-school shifters in an emergency.
The weight of the bike was a shock initially - weighing in at 15kgs without the accessories, she weighs significantly more than my Specialized Hardrock mountain bike, which is saying something! Over time I have become accustomed to the weight, and now it feels normal. The main advantage of this is that when I ride anything else, it feels super light and goes very rapidly. This makes this bike an ideal training steed.
In conclusion, I have found a lot to love about the Kona Sutra - she's tough, strong and surprisingly fast. There were some niggles about fitting add-ons, but they were all easy to overcome, and the result has been a reliable bike that I think will keep delivering for years.
Sample image taken with a Fujinon XF 56mm f1.2 R mounted on a Fujifilm XT1 body; each of these images is an out-of-camera JPEG with Lens Modulation Optimisation enabled. These samples and comparisons are part of my Fujinon XF 56mm f1.2 R review at:
cameralabs.com/reviews/Fujifilm_Fujinon_XF_56mm_f1-2_R/
Feel free to download the original image for evaluation on your own computer or printer, but please don't use it on another website or publication without permission from www.cameralabs.com/
Electronics are contained in box at back waist contains arduino uno, 2 nine volt batteries, and small amp. Speakers are in ends of tube around neck and mic is on an earpiece. Arduino board powers eye stalk and dome lights as well as handles dalek voice modulation. I found the arduino sketch (source and circuit diagrams) can be found here github.com/andygrove/arduino_dalek_ringmodulator kudos to Andy Grove for the sketch. Originally created for the Time Traveler's Ball held at the Redmoor in Cincinnati 11/17/12
12th IA. Cavalry
The following information was provided by Ben F. Woods, Jf. (Joseph J. Woods was his Great Grandfathers brother):
Life of Colonel Joseph Jackson Woods
By: Major D. W. Reed, Twelfth Iowa
Colonel Joseph Jackson Woods was born January 11, 1823, on a farm in Brown County, Ohio. His ancestors came from Ireland but were not of the Irish race. Some of them were in Londonberry during the famous siege of that place in 1689. His grandfather, James Woods, came to America in 1773 and settled in Pennsylvania, where the father of the subject of this sketch, Samuel Woods, was born in the same year 1773. James Woods engaged during a part of the Revolution in furnishing supplies to the army.
The mother of Joseph J. Woods was born in Ireland in 1785, and came to America at the age of six or seven years; her maiden name was Richey. Joseph was the youngest son that arrived at mature age of a numerous family; his father being at the time of his birth fifty years old, and having been in his prime of more than average ability among the farming class to which he belonged, but while Joseph was yet young his father became a physical, financial, and mental wreck, so that at the age of ten years, Joseph was thrown on the world to succeed by his own resources.
He went with his older brother, John, just then married, to Rush County, Indiana, where they settled in a dense forest. He remained in Indiana two years and then returned to Ohio and lived with relatives until he was fourteen years old when he was apprenticed to Joseph Parish (late secretary to President Grant, to sign land patents) in Felicity, Clermont County, Ohio, to learn the saddlers trade.
In his early boyhood, while at school, which was but a small part of the time, he learned rapidly being advance of other children his age. He never attended the public school after his thirteenth year.
He served five years' apprenticeship with Mr. Parish, working for his board and clothing, and became very proficient in the trade. Working in the winter season until 9 o'clock p. m. five nights a week, he had but little time for mental culture, but fortunately his cousin, Dr. Allen Woods, about this time married a Miss Whipple of Vermont, a lady of culture, who, becoming interested in young Woods, proposed to become his private tutor.
Under this arrangement, by improving every spare moment, he completed a course in arithmetic, English grammar, geography, and obtained a fair knowledge of history from books kindly loaned from the library of Dr. J. M. Woods. At the expiration of his apprenticeship, the Rev. Irvine, Presbyterian minister and graduate of Ohio State University, informed young Woods that as he was about to review his Latin and Greek studies, he would willingly take a pupil and give instructions in those branches free of charge, as a more thorough method of making his review. Under this arrangement young Woods pursued his studies seven months, working mornings and evenings in the saddler's shop to pay his board.
The first Methodist College established in America was located at Augusta, Kentucky, seven miles from Felicity, Ohio. It was under the joint patronage of the Ohio and Kentucky conference of the Methodist Episcopal church, each conference being entitled to keep at college a certain number of students free of tuition, these to be selected by the presiding elders of the various districts from worthy young men of limited means.
The Rev. W. N. Roper, presiding elder over the district, gave young Woods the appointment and he entered the freshman class in that institution the same year. Although free tuition was provided , he found it difficult to provide for board and clothing and books, therefore by advise of Dr. Woods, he applied for an appointment to the United States Military Academy at West Point to take the place of U. S. Grant who would graduate the following June. His principle recommendations were from Hon. Alonzo Knowles, the leading Democratic politician at Felicity, Ohio, and Jesse R. Grant, Whig, then of Bethel, Ohio. There were several competitors for the appointment and Dr. Doan, member of Congress, declined to make a selection but sent the papers to the war department where the appointment was given to Woods and he entered the academy in June 1843.
Seventy-five were appointed to this class; thirty-eight graduated in it in 1847, Woods standing No. 3 in his class. During the last year at West Point he was assistant professor as well as student. July 1, 1847 he received his appointment as second lieutenant, in First Regiment United States Artillery.
The war with Mexico was in its height and he was ordered to New York Harbor to drill and organize recruits for the war, where he remained until October 10th, when out of these recruits companies L and M, First Artillery, were organized and Lieutenant Woods was ordered to proceed with these companies to Vera Cruz, Mexico, and join his company, C, to which he had been assigned, in Northern Mexico.
The command sailed from New York, October 10th, on the ship "Empire." The weather was boisterous and after four days of invisible sun the ship ran upon a coral reef--entirely covered by water--breaking a large hole in the vessel, when she settled down and broke in two. They were by captains reckoning, fifty miles from shore, but upon partially clearing off, they perceived a small uninhabited island called Fowl Key about one half mile distant and daylight brought to view Abaco, the largest of the Bahama group, at a distance of about five miles. Wreckers came to the assistance of the ship and about 10 o'clock a. m., they landed the soldiers on Fowl Key where they remained one week.
Vessels were then procured to take part of the command to Charleston, South Carolina. The balance with Lieutenant Woods was taken to Nassau, new Providence, since famous as the rendezvous for rebel cruisers. Remaining here eight days, he then in company with Lieutenant Morris, sailed for Charleston where they remained at Fort Moultrie until December 25, 1847, when they again sailed for Vera Cruz in the ship "Republic" sent out from New York for that purpose.
On January 1, 1848, as they were entering the port of Vera Cruz, a terrible "Norther" struck the vessel carrying them out to sea. They finally landed January 5th and found that a majority of the regiment to which the command was assigned was on garrison duty in the city, but Company C, to which Lieutenant Woods had been assigned was in northern Mexico. Woods was therefore transfered to Company M, and assigned to duty with the regiment at Vera Cruz. In May he had yellow fever and was very sick. About August 1, 1848, peace having been declared, Vera Cruz was evacuated and our troops immediately embarked for New York, companies L and M taking passage on the screw propeller "Massachusetts."
In October, 1848, Woods was promoted to first lieutenant, and November 10, 1848, embarked on board the "Massachusetts" with companies L and M for Oregon to quell disturbance recently arisen there, in which Dr. Whitman and a number of missionaries had been murdered.
The expedition was under the command of Brevet Major Hathaway, and Lieutenant Woods was a quartermaster and commissary. These were the first United States troops ever in Oregon. On the passage, about January 1st, the ship was put into port at Rio Janeiro, Brazil, and remained several days, giving the officers the opportunity of inspecting the city. Imperial Gardens, where all tropical fruits were growing, the foundries, and other places of interest. Lieutenant Woods was taken through the convent of the monks of St. Bernardine and was present at the Imperial Chapel when the Emperor and Empress partook of midnight mass, the going out of the year 1848.
Sailing out of Rio Janeiro they passed the Falkland Islands and entered the Straits of Magellan, with Patagonia on the right and Terra Del Fuego on the left, and were one week in the straights sailing only by daylight and such distances as would insure good harbors by night. There were two convict settlements on the straights and some Indians. The officers enjoyed frequent rambles on shore. At Valparaiso, Chili, they were shown specimens of gold recently taken from newly discovered gold mines in California.
The next point made was the Sandwich Islands, where they arrived in fifty-two days and remained eight days. They were constantly feted by the king as theirs was the first steamer ever seen by him. The officers gave the king and queen an excursion on board the steamer accompied by the royal retinue. The expedition reached the mouth of the Columbia River May 9, 1849--six months out of New York and having sailed twenty-two thousand miles--they proceeded up the river ninety miles to Fort Vancouver, the headquarters of the Hudson Bay Company, situated on the north bank of the Columbia River--what is now Washington. Here Company L, to which Woods now belonged landed, and Company M was ordered to Puget Sound.
In the spring of 1850 Lieutenant Woods with Company L was removed to Astoria near the mouth of the river and from this point Lieutenant Woods with two white men and two Indians attempted to find a practicable wagon road from Astoria to the plains across the coast range of mountains. They found the task more difficult than they anticipated and the party came near starving to death, living for some time on such provisions as they could find in the woods upon the mountains.
At another time Lieutenant Woods went in a row boat with the collector of the post of Astoria and a detail of men in the evening to seize a ship for violating the revenue laws. They ran along side the ship as she lay at anchor near the mouth of the river. The collector tried to climb the ladder hanging over the side but failed, when Lieutenant Woods and one man mounted the ladders and reached the deck when the ropes were cut by the ship's crew, the ladder fell into the collectors boat and he pulled for shore leaving the lieutenant on board but calling back to him that he would come for him in the morning.
The ship hoisted anchor and immediately put to sea. The collector secured a pilot boat armed with a cannon and gave chase, but after a few hours' pursuit and firing a few shots, the pilot boat gave up chase. After a tedious run the ship put into a recently discovered bay in the northern part of California, called Humboldt Bay, where several vessels were loading with timber for San Francisco. On one of these the lieutenant secured passage to San Francisco, and from there he secured passage to Astoria where he arrived after an involuntary absence of six weeks.
In April 1851, Lieutenant Woods was ordered with a detachment of men to the Dalles of the Columbia, east of the Cascade Range, where in the heart of Indian country he commanded a small post for eighteen months, the only military post at the time and he the only commissioned officer between the Cascade Mountains and Fort Laramie.
In September 1852, he returned to Fort Vancouver, which had now become a large post and headquarters for the Fourth United States Infantry, and at which place was then stationed several men since famous in history, among them Ulysses S. Grant. In February 1853, Lieutenant Woods received orders to report to the superintendent of the recruiting service at New York City. He sailed February 10th, and reached his destination via San Francisco and Panama.
In Jun 1853, he received leave of absence and visited Iowa and bought land in Clinton and Jackson counties. October 15, 1853, he resigned his commission and removed to his lands in Iowa and in September, 1856, married Miss Kezia Hight in Jones county, Iowa. He engaged in farming in Jackson County, Iowa, until the rebellion broke out, when he tendered his services to the Governor of Iowa and was commissioned Colonel of the 12th Iowa Infantry, Volunteers, October 23, 1861, and ordered to take immediate charge of the regiment then organizing at Camp Union, Dubuque, Iowa.
The regiment was mustered into the United States service by Captain Washington, Thirteenth United States Infantry, November 25, 1861, and on the 28th day of the same month broke camp at Dubuque and proceeded by rail to St. Louis, Missouri, where they arrived on the 30th and went immediately into camp of instruction at Benton Barracks. In January, 1862, the regiment was armed with Enfield rifles and fully equipped for the field.
January 27, 1862, Colonel Woods received orders to report his regiment to General Grant at Cairo, Illinois, where they arrived January 29, and were immediately embarked on board a steamer for Smithland, Kentucky, at the mouth of the Cumberland River, where the regiment established their first camp in the field, January 31, 1862. On the morning of February 5th, orders were received to embark on a steamer and join expedition fitting out for Tennessee River.
Arriving at Paducah, the regiment was assigned to Cook's Brigade and to C. F. Smith's division, and on the morning of February 6, landed four miles below Fort Henry, and took up a line of march to gain a position in the rear of the fort, but while floundering through the muddy swamps and almost impassable streams, the gunboats made the attack, drove the enemy from the works and captured the fort, most of the garrison escaping before the infantry reached their position in the rear.
February 12th, the command marched to Fort Donelson and were formed in line of battle, February 13th, on the extreme left, when they participated in the battle of the 13th, 14th and 15th, and followed the Second Iowa Infantry in their charge upon the works.
Colonel Woods in his official report says: About 2 o'clock p. m. of the 15th, the Twelfth Iowa, Fiftieth Illinois, and Birge's sharpshooters were ordered to make a faint attack to draw the enemy's fire. The men went cheerfully to the work and kept up a warm fire on the enemy while Colonel Lauman's brigade on our left advanced on the enemy and got possession of his outer works and hoisted thereon the American flag, when we were ordered to his support and moved rapidly by the left flank, charged over the fallen timber, while a galling fire of grape from the enemy was pouring in on us. On reaching the breastworks some confusion was caused by the retreat of a portion of Colonel Lauman's brigade, who having exhausted their ammunition, were compelled to fall back. By some exertion our men were rallied and opened a warm fire on the enemy which they returned from a battery on our right and musketry in front. In this cross fire we fought the enemy for two hours, advancing upon them to a deep ravine inside the works. Colonel Cook, who was commanding the brigade, in his report makes mention of Colonel Woods as deserving commendation for his gallant and efficient service.
At nightfall the regiment was withdrawn to the outer works of the enemy, where they remained through the night. Early in the morning of the 16th we were formed in a line to renew the battle, when a white flag appearing, the surrender was announced, and the regiment marched into the fort. With the exception of the Second Iowa Infantry, no troops were entitled to more credit for the capture of this stronghold than the Twelfth Iowa Infantry, and it being their first engagement, their steadiness and coolness was largely due to these qualities so prominent and marked in their commanding officer. The regiment was given quarters in log barracks occupied by rebels before the surrender, and remained in camp until March 12, 1862.
While at Fort Donelson, the regiment was visited by Samuel J. Kirkwood, governor of Iowa, and upon his return to Iowa he wrote to Colonel Woods as follows:
"Des Moines, Iowa, March 22, 1862.
"Dear Colonel Woods: Please apologize to your officers and men for not calling upon them again before I left Donelson. When at General Hurlbert's headquarters the steamboat "Conestoga" came down and the officer in command politely offered passage in his boat which he said would leave in forty minutes, so we had only time to get our troops on board. Please explain this and express my regret that I could not have spent some time with you.
"The Iowa troops made themselves and our state a glorious name. The Second Iowa had the best chance for the honors at Donelson, but the Seventh, Twelfth and Fourteenth did nobly. Dr. Hughs, surgeon general of Iowa, has a brother in the brigade with your regiment. He says he has just received a letter from his brother, who writes that the Twelfth Iowa is a splendid regiment and fought gallantly at Donelson. Please write me when convenient. Let me advise you to care for your health. I was much pleased to see on my visit to your camp, that you were having it cleaned up nicely. Yours was the only regiment that was doing this. With many wishes for your health and success, I am yours truly,
"Samuel J. Kirkwood"
Resolutions as follows were adopted by the legislature of Iowa:
Joint Resolution.
Resolved by the senate and house of representatives of the State of Iowa. First. That in the name of the whole people of the state, we thank the Iowa troops for their undaunted bravery and gallant conduct in the recent fight at Fort Donelson in which the post of honor they nobly sustained their own brilliant fame and won fresh and unfading laurels for the state. Second. That a copy of this resolution be forwarded of each of the Iowa regiments engaged in the battle of Fort Donelson.
Rush Clark,
Speaker House of Representatives
John R. Needham,
President of the Senate
Approved February 19, 1862,
Samuel J. Kirkwood.
State of Iowa, ss
I, Elijah Sells, Secretary of State, hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy from the original enrolled resolution on file in my office. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the great seal of the State of Iowa. Done at Des Moines this 20th day of February, 1862.
Elijah Sells.
To Colonel Woods.
March 12, 1862, the command was reorganized and the Second, Seventh, Twelfth and Fourteenth Iowa infantries designated as the First Brigade, commanded by Colonel Tuttle of the Second Iowa, and assigned to Second division, commanded by General C. F. Smith.
Leaving Fort Donelson the division marched to Metal Landing on the Tennessee River and embarked on steamer for Pittsburgh Landing, where they established camp March 21, 1862, on the extreme right of Union line, near the river below the landing.
Early on the morning of April 6th, Colonel Woods formed his regiment on the parade ground and soon after, under the direction of brigade commander, moved to a position assigned to him in line of battle, occupying the left center of Tuttle's Brigade, forming the extreme left of W. H. L. Wallace's division, Fourteenth Iowa, next the left of Twelfth Iowa, formed the extreme left of its division and rested on the main road from the landing to Corinth.
The Twelfth Iowa was formed just behind the brow of a slight ridge, an open field in front of its right, a thick undergrowth in front of its left; in this position the troops were reviewed by General Grant, about 10 o'clock a. m., and were directed by him to hold the position at all hazards, and in this exposed position, across the Corinth road, the left brigade of W. H. L. Wallace's division, and right of Prentiss' division did sustain itself, not once being removed from its position, although repeatedly charged by the enemy until about 5:30 o'clock p. m. The persistent, desperate fighting done by these troops at this key of the position, delayed the whole Rebel army and saved the Federal army from being driven into the Tennessee River.
All the prominent confederate officers mention the fighting at this place. General Ruggles, commanding a division of Bragg's army, says, "I ordered my staff officers to bring forward all of the field guns that could be collected from the left, which resulted in the concentration of ten batteries and one section as follows: (enumerates them), concentrating their fire enfilading Prentiss' division on right flank, at this moment Second brigade and the Cresent Regiment pressed forward and cut off a considerable number of the enemy consisting of Prentiss'' division, who were surrendered to the Cresent Regiment.
General Polk, commanding army corps, says: "About 5 o'clock p. m., my line attacked the enemy's troops--the last that were left on the field. The attack was made in front and flank. The resistance was sharp and proved to be the commands of Generals Prentiss and W. H. L. Wallace. The latter was killed by troops of General Bragg, who was pressing him at the same time on his right."
Colonel Head, Seventeenth Louisiana Volunteers, says: "Between 1 and 2 o'clock on Sunday, we had carried all the enemy's camps except Prentiss'. At this point the enemy made a determined stand and fro two hours success at that point seemed doubtful. I was ordered by General Ruggles to immediately bring up all the artillery and concentrate it upon this point. Assisted by the artillery fire the infantry succeeded in carrying the position and capturing General Prentiss and about two thousand men."
General Gibbons, commanding brigade, admits that his brigade was repulsed four different times and because he felt sensitive over the matter of official reports, asked a court of inquiry. Several other officers admit their repulse and the complete demoralization of their forces at this point and so great was the slaughter of the enemy that they gave to that point of the line immediately in front of the Twelfth, Fourteenth and Eighth Iowa the title or name of "Hornets' Nest."
About 5:30 O'clock, General Wallace having been mortally wounded , General Tuttle succeeded to the command of the division, McClerand's division on our right and Hurlbert's on the left having fallen back to a new position near the river, Tuttle gave orders for his division to fall back, and the order was communicated to all regiments except the Twelfth and Fourteenth Iowa and they were safely conducted to the rear, but the aide sent to these regiments was killed before reaching them, General Tuttle claims, and they were left fighting the enemy in front until the enemy rushed around their flank exposed by withdrawal balance of division formed in the rear. Having just repulsed a desperate charge in front, the regiment was startled by the order given by Colonel Woods with no more excitement than when on parade. "Twelfth Iowa; about face; commence firing," when they beheld a full and perfect line of Grey formed in their rear. Delivering a few vollies into the face of this new enemy which broke their ranks, a charge was ordered.
Colonel Woods at the head of the regiment succeeded in cutting his way through the first line of enemy and arrived in the camp of the 3rd Iowa, near General Hurlbert's headquarters where they encountered another line of the enemy drawn up in order across the line of retreat. Here, hemmed in by a perfect wall of fire, Colonel Woods was twice wounded in quick succession and dismounted.
Command of regiment then devolved to Captain Edgerton, who finding it impossible to cut his way out, surrendered the remnant of the regiment prisoners of war. At the same time there was surrendered the Fourteenth Iowa of Wallace's division, and the Eighth Iowa and Fifty-eighth Illinois of Prentiss's division; in all about two thousand men. General Prentiss, was present at the time, and taken prisoner with the rest, speaks in the highest terms in the conduct of Colonel Woods and his regiment in the field and says that to the persistent fighting of these four regiments, holding their grounds against such fearful odds, is due to the failure of Beauregard to drive our forces into the Tennessee River.
General Tuttle in his official report says: "On the morning of the 6th I proceeded my brigade, consisting of the Second, Seventh, Twelfth and Fourteenth Iowa Infantry, under direction of W. H. L. Wallace, and formed line on extreme left of his division. We had been in line but a few moments when the enemy made his appearance and attacked my left wing, Twelfth and Fourteenth Iowa, who gallantly stood their ground and compelled the assailants to retire in confusion. They again formed under cover of a battery and renewed the attack upon my whole line but were repulsed as before. A third and fourth time they dashed upon us but were each time baffled and completely routed.
We held our position about six hours, when it became evident that the forces on each side of us had given away, so as to give the enemy an opportunity of turning both of our flanks. At this critical moment General Wallace gave orders for my brigade to retire which was done in good order. The Second and Seventh retired through a severe fire from both flanks, while the Twelfth and Fourteenth, who were delayed by their endeavor to save a battery, were completely surrounded and compelled to surrender. Colonel Woods of the Twelfth Iowa particularly distinguished himself, was twice wounded and when the enemy was driven back on Monday he was captured."
Colonel Woods lay on the field wounded and was assaulted by some Texas troops with evident design of taking his life, but just at that moment he was recognized by General Hardee, with whom he had been acquainted at West Point, who gave him a special guard, and permit to Woods' orderly to remain with him.
Soon after the surrender our gunboats commenced throwing shells into that vicinity, driving all the rebel troops from the field. None of the wounded were removed or cared for, but lay upon the field exposed to our shells and a severe rain storm all night. When our forces advanced Monday mourning, Colonel Woods was recaptured, wounds dressed, and a few days after he was sent north where he was detailed on recruiting service and remained on duty in the State of Iowa until about January 1, 1863. The men of his regiment who were captured at Shiloh, having been exchanged, he was ordered to Benton Barracks, St. Louis, Missouri, to reorganize his regiment, and soon after he was sent to Rolla, Missouri, where he remained a short time and then returned to St. Louis.
April 9, 1863, he embarked his regiment on board steamer under orders to join forces operating near Vicksburg, Mississippi.
He reported to General Grant at Duckport, Louisiana, April 14th at once was assigned to the command of the Third Brigade composed of the Eighth, Twelfth, and Thirty-Fifth Iowa infantries, Third Division, Fifteenth Army Corps. Heavy details were made from the brigade daily for guard and also work on the canal.
May 1st, Colonel Mathias of the Fifth Iowa was assigned to command, and Colonel Woods returned to command his regiment and May 2, 1863, left Duckport, Louisiana, with his regiment and marched via Richmond, Louisiana, to Grand Gulf, thence to Jackson, Mississippi, where the Twelfth Iowa was engaged on the 14th in the battle of Jackson, Mississippi, on extreme right of the line. Companies B and C on the skirmish line were among the first troops inside the rebel works, and took possession of the rebel camp with all of its equipage complete and diner ready to be eaten.
The regiment remained in Jackson one and a half days, employed first day in destroying railroad running north, and forenoon of the 16th in destroying rebel camps and other property. At 12 o'clock orders were received to reinforce the other corps of the army near Champion Hill as speedily as possible.
Leaving Jackson, the regiment marched with scarcely a halt to near Champion Hill where they arrived about 2 o'clock in the morning of the 17th, and after a rest of two or three hours marched north to a position on extreme right of Grants line and at night crossed Black River at Bridgeport. On the 18th the Fifteenth Corps with First Division in advance, took the road at Walnut Hills, pressing the corps between the rebels in Vicksburg and those at Yazoo River until the head of the column reached the Mississippi above Vicksburg, and the left rested on Jackson road. On the 19th the Third Brigade was sent to Yazoo River and took possession of the forts there, and opened communication with our fleet and after dismantling the fort, the brigade returned to position in line investing Vicksburg, and participated as reserve in the assaults made upon the works on the 19th and 2nd of May.
About June 1st, Colonel Woods was again assigned to command the brigade, which had gained an advance position in the line of approaches, and furnished daily heavy details for guard and for work in the trenches. Nearly every night the whole brigade was called into line by some alarm on the picket post.
June 22d, the brigade was relieved from its place in front line and with the remainder of the Fifteenth Corps sent back to Black River to guard the rear from an attack by Johnson; very heavy guard and patrol duty was kept up then until July 4th. Vicksburg surrendered and Sherman moved immediately upon Johnson, forcing a crossing of Black River the same day, and pushing Johnson back until he reached Jackson, Mississippi, which had been again strongly fortified. Sherman invested the place July 10th, and commenced a regular siege.
On July 15th, General Tuttle reported sick and Colonel Woods was assigned to command of the division, and next day moved his division to the right and relieved General Osterhan's division from its place on the advance line.
On the 17th the rebels evacuated Jackson and burned the bridge over Pearl River, planting torpedo's in the approaches to the bridge and ferry. On the 19th, the Third Brigade, Third Division, Fifteenth Corps with some other troops, including cavalry and artillery, pursued the enemy to Brandon, Mississippi, driving them through the town and capturing considerable rebel property stored in the railroad depot and warehouses which were all destroyed, and the next day the troops returned to Jackson, and a few days thereafter evacuated Jackson and fell behind Black River and went into camp July 25, 1863. Colonel Woods commanded the division until sometime in October, when General Asboth was assigned to the command and Colonel Woods returned to the command of the brigade.
November 7th the division embarked for Memphis, Tennessee, and the Third Brigade was assigned to duty guarding the railroad from Lagrange to Corinth, each regiment at a different post. Frequent skirmishes were had with the enemy and one severe engagement lasting nearly all day, brought on by the enemy in force attempting to destroy the railroad.
The Twelfth Iowa, stationed at Chewalla, reenlisted December 25, 1863. January 29, 1864, the brigade was ordered to Vicksburg and were on duty at Black River one month, while Sherman's expedition was out of Meridian, Mississippi. Upon the return of said expedition, the non-veterans of the brigade were sent on an expedition up the Red River, the veterans ordered home on furlough. Reaching Davenport March 22nd, they were furloughed thirty days, at expiration of which time they returned to Davenport March 22d, and were assigned to the Third Brigade, Colonel Woods commanding; First Division, General J. A. Mower commanding; Sixteenth Army Corps, General A. J. Smith commanding. During the summer this command made two expeditions into the interior and July 13th, 14th and 15th, fought the battle of Tupelo, Mississippi, the Third Brigade doing most of the fighting and with their commander received great credit for their efficient service.
September 1st, the division embarked on steamer from Memphis and proceeded to Duvall's Bluffs, Arkansas, and marched thence north in pursuit of Price, who had crossed the Arkansas River and started on a trip through Missouri.
The command marched to Cape Girardeau, Missouri, three hundred and thirty six mile in seventeen days; from Cape Girardeau to St. Louis in a steamboat where they arrived October 8, 1864. General Mower was transfered to General Sherman's command at Atlanta, and Colonel Woods assigned to command of division and proceeded on steamer to Jefferson City, Missouri, arriving October 17th, and marched in pursuit of Price to Kansas City, thence south to Harrisonville, Missouri, keeping within sound of his guns but not succeeding in bringing him to battle. His command having been completely broken up, the infantry was ordered back to St. Louis, October 30th, marching via Sedalia and Jefferson City.
At Sedalia, Missouri, the troops were met by General McArthur, who had been assigned to command of division, and Colonel Woods returned to command of brigade, and through storms of snow and rain and fording streams filled with floating ice, marched his command back to St. Louis where they arrived November 15th, his brigade having marched within the last thirty days five hundred and forty three miles--within the last sixty days eight hundred and seventy-nine miles, and since June 16th, one thousand four hundred and nine miles.
At St. Louis, having served more than his full term of enlistment, Colonel Woods was mustered out of service, acceptably and with honor to himself and to the service.
Colonel Woods had a slender, stooping form, brown hair, light complexion, and mild blue eyes. He spoke slowly and kindly, and was accustomed to give his commands with great coolness and deliberation, never under the hottest fire varying in the least the modulation or deliberation of his orders.
His "Fall in, Twelfth Iowa!" on the 6th of April, 1862, or at time of a night alarm during the siege of Vicksburg, was heard by his men above every other sound, and always in the same tone as when on parade or review.
He had none of the style or austere manners of the regular army officers, and while very familiar and easy of approach by his subordinates, was a good disciplinarian and the men soon learned that he possessed great worth as a commanding officer, and while personally of the bravest and willing to lead his regiment to the severest contest, yet devoid of all rashness that would sacrifice his men without good reason.
His service richly merited recognition at Washington that he never received, but with him modestly blocked the wheels of promotion, and I doubt not it would be impossible to find any of his superior officers who would say that Colonel Woods ever sought promotion at their hands in any way but a faithful and earnest discharge of his duties in whatever command he was placed. His muster out was deeply regretted by all his old comrades, and especially by the men whom he had so often led and who had learned to appreciate the quiet but brave and generous Colonel Woods.
Upon his return home he removed from the farm in Maquoketa, where in company with C. F. McCarron, he purchased the "Maquoketa Excelsior," of which he became editor.
In the fall of 1867 he sold his interest in said paper and moved upon his farm in South Fork township, but in the next year returned to Maquoketa, and McCarron having failed to make payments on the paper and being involved in other losses where Woods was his security, he had to pay the loss. Woods again took control of the paper and published it until May, 1869, when he removed to Kansas.
In 1871 he was on the board of visitors at West Point, appointed by General Grant, and the same fall was one of three commissioners appointed by the Secretary of the Interior to appraise the Cherokee mutual lands in Indian Territory, west of the 96th meridian, and was also appointed the same fall, receiver of Humboldt land district, but declined the appointment. The same fall he was elected to the Kansas legislature, which convened in January, 1872. In March he was appointed one of the regents of the State University, He was a member of the Kansas legislature in 1875, and chairman of the committee on ways and means.
William Cutler wrote the following about this gentleman:
COL. J. J. WOODS, farmer and stock raiser, Section 8, Township 32, Range 21, P. O. Montana, came to Labette County, Kansas, June 11, 1869, and purchased his present farm which now consists of 760 acres of very fine improved land. He was born in Brown County, Ohio, January 11, 1823, is a son of Samuel and Allia Richey Woods, the father a native of Washington County, Pa., and the mother of Ireland, and when quite small came to America. They were married in Clermont County, Ohio, and settled on a farm, having a family of twelve children. J. J., eleven years of age, with a brother, went to Rush County, Ind., and remained two years, and then returned to Brown County, Ohio, and learned the saddler's and harness trade. When twenty years of age, he entered the Augusta College of Kentucky and after five months, received an appointment to West Point. He graduated there in the class of 1847, and was appointed Second Lieutenant in First Regiment Artillery, U. S. A., and did service in the Mexican war, August, 1848. He returned to the states and was promoted to First Lieutenant November 10, 1848, and assigned to the Pacific coast, remaining there until 1853, then returned to New York and resigned his commission. In the fall of 1853 he went to Jackson County, Iowa and engaged in farming. September 18, 1856, he married Miss K. C. Hight, a native of Defiance County, Ohio, born April 5, 1840. They have five children - Oscar E., born October 2, 1857; Lillia A., born December 23, 1859. Clara E., born October 8, 1868; Nellie E., born February 10, 1877; and Jennie L., born June 28, 1880. Lost two children. October, 1861, he received a Colonel's commission of the Twelfth Regiment Iowa Volunteer Company, and did active service for three years. He was many times in command of a brigade, participating in the engagements of Fort Henry, Donelson, Vicksburg and Shiloh, where he received two wounds. During 1864, he participated in the long and tedious marches through Missouri after General Sterling Price. After the command he returned to St. Louis, and was mustered out November 26, 1864 and returned to Iowa. In 1865, Mr. Woods became editor of the Maquoketa, Iowa, Excelsior, and continued to edit it with a short intermission, until he removed to Kansas. In 1871 he was appointed by the Secretary of the Interior, one of a commission of three to appraise the Cherokee lands west of the 96? degree in the Indian Territory, and in the same year was also one of the committee of seven, sent to West Point by General U. S. Grant. In 1872, was elected State Representative from Labette County, Kansas, and again in 1875, being Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, and before the close of the legislative session of 1872, was appointed a Regent of the Kansas State University. He has filled many public offices in Kansas having been Notary Public some twelve years and is one of Labette's most representative men.
The Parsons Sun, Friday, Thursday, October 3, 1889, Pg. 1:
Death of Col. J. J. Woods
Col. J. J. Woods died at his residence in Montana township, of hemorage of the kidneys at the age of 66 years Friday morning, after an illness of ten days. Col. Woods was an old settler of this county, a substantial and highly respected citizen, and his death will be deplored throughout the entire county, his acquaintance extending into every township. He was a graduate of West Point, graduating in 1846, and was from the same congressional district from which Ulysses S. Grant went to West Point, the colonel being the next cadet chosen after Grant. After he graduated he was commissioned to a regiment in the Mexican war as a lieutenant and was placed in charge of the citadel near the city of Veracruz. After peace was declared he turned over the citadel to the Mexican authorities. At the breaking out of the rebellion he recruited the 12th Iowa infantry, of which he was made colonel. He was wounded twice at the battle of Shiloh and was taken prisoner alone with his regiment and held over night, but was recaptured the next morning by the Union forces and sent home, and as soon as his wounds would permit he recruited men for the war until his regiment was exchanged, when he again took command of it and fought, many a hard battle until the close of the war. He was twice appointed by President Grant to the office of inspector at West Point. He removed from Iowa to Kansas in May, 1869 and settled on the farm in Montana township, this county, where he died, and which is now occupied by his family, consisting of a wife and grown children. He was a staunch Republican, twice represented his district in the legislature, and was always prominent in politics. The remains were interred in the G. A. R. lot at Oakwood cemetery at 3 o’clock Saturday afternoon, the G. A. R. of this city forming in procession at their hall on Forest avenue and marching to the junction of the Johnson avenue road and the road leading to the cemetery, where they met and escorted the remains to the cemetery.
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