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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 1, 1888)
THE WEST SHORE, .nd their parchas- Ycf'"d'Tfct? tit' otc. down in Tennessee, being ,.t iV, Vf.ro uked to Uke a smile, and II it . 1'Li - t iUv inrf t!.n r; nt It. a'", in 1 Ma snigu ui iu jufc lh r"'i L rn If l'-l it - tu wki the damage, he . .i I I 1 ... J : 1 U Ttrn rvULUJ Cp rjnr.tl on Li EEg'TB, auu oaiu, v i ill! m fi . l . - i-tsl f r Am . , .a l I i t i1 . 1 - an oM KU.'-r rarj-t Ug, whicn lay on me iioor do r-1 Mr UVUlz-r ! f:r.r f.rnr'fr m "nne who for- kg." Now that ii plain, and my understood; and )t i,tjtyn t Mk an j old veteran what a forager i i . i ii.ii .lit m, m i.f nvvrtvi iu ne would leu you inai ne m iif r, ho LjwI U-f-n on quarter rations for a tnih ird Lad dtf rmitfd to draw ujon the country for the uj jh the cornmiM&ry had failed topro iii i i .... . Mic. no Mm, m i,o itATti out in the morning, j.iflitijj Lit wy through the mud, now and then t!.rtjtir.g Lii Urnl itt Lit greaiy haversack for the rfz&air.ir c rrumU Mt from lU rati nf W.ltnMr Lirh L Lad drawn Mine dayi More, picking out t!. lit of ctkcUt frorn among the scorpions and .t!.T f.-ith which have found their way into .iiiii. . il mmi ii r.mJ fdticg them; lis face wearing an ri.rrin likr. that of I'ilgrin, when he struck the NK-Uf Lii clothe ling around his ij,io.rurs nrjr Moclniiifljr Hut there is very lit!!- ir.ii.lo ,,( tl,o,a. t tic j.iu,,.,, he it loud to EtW laMlm.g !.,ut tk, l,lr.k.ty l,l,k commis- .tlcr..Hi.l , , ' ' m the r. 1 I . I """U'". of t,win chicl -i.,uit.!:':j1,ii?,wk It tj ... a , l;;.s, Ctl " , . U o,t, ,': ; lb,aI'"til Li.to. '.illi,u.f',,rll,"ta,'fcr- I did not engage in any foraging expeditions worth mentioning that is, beyond a chicken or two and a few bushels of sweet potatoes but that don't count. The fact that the West Virginia mountains were not the best region in the world to forage in, may account for this. Although twenty-seven years of stirring events in our country's history have passed away, I have a vivid recollection of my first real experience in the art of foraging. It was down in the good old corn cracker state, when the forager laid himself out and reveled, as it were, in all kinds of " truck," from a spring chicken in January to a copper still full of apple jack you all know what apple jack is. It was while marching through the commonwealth of Kentucky, that my first depredation was committed against the good people living south of what was once known as Mason and Dixon's line. I wish I could stop right here, and say to you that this was my first and last grub expedition; but, like the Fa ther of our Country, I can not prevaricate or lie about a little thing like that. It was not the last, but only the beginning of a long and vigorously conducted campaign, both offensive and defensive, against every thing eatable and drinkable in the Confederacy. As I previously remarked, it. XUQ a TTT Villa ll-uvfin- il through Kentucky, that I was first led from a life of ITITirflnoa and nn1J!,J l?i 1 . uu oumieny recuiuae, into wnat 1 after- ward became; and all thrnnrrli tv,0 m.r.i,;n.n. o uiuuuiuauuuu ui another, and that other, a mule whacker. It was he who first called my attention to r fWt f giving turkeys, strutting majestically through a corn field close by the road. 1 was not very well that morning, when the col umn resumed march, and was a1 u .m, : .vmvu MJ 11UO 1U UUI company wagon. For . uo UUUCI lilt) lllilU- enceof an army teamster fm. j j i .m. murder or stoat something, entitled him to a .. i . i 01 u uu 4esnons asked. 1 will I I W f anjone 6et Plough under Zrt ( ' 1 8(6 By dowaW1 tothatnnforiun- awcircumstanep iri, i, 1 . .. for d am ,rrr? ? Cmmand f cun in l. i , . ' 1 JBmPed trom the wagon, Uie turkeji' t the field io P' ot one of tliA io. l 7 " ine nock 1 8mgled out th. one Had d2 f bb'erI frgot 10 Bay gender-Ui , n Catchin8 was ot the ... u 1118 cmpanion8 RTid otortni "iiUOt'ir With oil M wxumv uu w ion. of iX . 6M'9 80t' and 1 Wa wake with vis- au easy prev t . uuuer wnen ne would fall Prt to my voracious appetite. But just as I If