TUESDAY, MAY 27th,
TWO
POLK COUNTY OBSERVER
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Youthful I
Musicians j
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Heroic Lads of
Civil War
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By Cipt&ia GEORGE U KILMER, j
Uite U. S. V f
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When battle roucd each wariike tacd
And carnage loud ter trumpet t
Tour.g Edwin left his r.at;-e lacd
A drummer boy for Waterioj.
NOTWITHSTANDING tte crcde
ness of tbe writer's art, ibe
verses from wlicb the above
lines were taken Imued'.ste'.t
became a fireside classic They were
glvea to the public wliiie Waterloo was
fresh In mind as the greatest battle
of modern times. All the civilized
world was then interested in Waterloo
Just as tbe tactics and military prac
tice of the French and English, were
copied by tbe regular soldiers of the
United States, so tbe ideas and trail
tions clustering around some famous
name, as of a Napoleon or Wellington,
or a battle like Auster'iti or Waterloo,
warmed tbe imagination of the Ameri
can masses.
A dreaming boy of 1S1 dreamed of
Waterloo If bis age permitted he be
came a soldier to Imitate the OiJ
Guard of Napoleon or the Koyal Scots
of Wellington His tender years could
not bold him back from the recruiting
camps, for. If cot old enough to take
op arms as a soldier, be could be a
drummer r"kaps. Tl:ere had been
drummer boys at Waterloo: why
should not the drummers In the Amer
ican camps also be boys?
If the recruiting sergeant did not
think so and refused to enroll the lad
Uic UitUe ul iioauoke while only thir
teen; of Gardner, the drummer of the
Eighth Michigan, brought home to his
anxious, waiting mother, dead from a
wound received in battle when he was
but lirtie over liurteen.
Biue or gray, it made no difference.
There were A. K. Clark, a drummer of
the Fifth Georgia regiment, who went
through the campaign weighing Dut
ninety-Sve pounds, and little GiSen of
Ter.ces.see. the hero of a classic war
lyric, who was nursed back to fife
from an awfu! wound only to go forth
again to battle and cever be beard
fxom more.
The fife and drum corps of an in
fantry regiaent forced a unit in it
se.f The members were detached
from the companies in which they had
enlisted and attached to regimental
head;uaners. the san:e as tie color
guard. Coder a chief they occupied
A Noble
Sacrifice
A Story For Memo
rial Day
By r. A. MITCHEL
Copyright, ISli. by Americas PreM
Association
NE evening before Memorial
day a remnant of a Grand
Army p-nst. a few old fellows
whose hair and beanis were
as snow, tad got together to
confer cpoa the morrow's decoration
0
wUite
separate quarters sr.d were ssb;ect to 0f the graves of their comrades who
UADPCO THX CHARGE.
of ten or twelve, the boy could still
follow the army to tLe frvnt as a vol
octeer and trut to lu-.-k. The S(r;eact
mhtt rv.ent when tie boy showed the
stuff that as in t!:n ty facing the bat
tle as bravely as Lis seniors
This h the way it Lapp -cod that !a
the ronus s: d piitry ..f the war may
b found the s. ! ri " "The drummer
boy of Sh'ioh" ard "Tie drucitwr ty
ef ChioksniMja - Thej viere the same
boy. little Ji-hrcy Clerj. whj cuulda't
be a ?li er tcaus he was only eieven
years of age R'lt he could drua. and
the kind hearted s-ildiers humored tis
ambition anl tvi t'.m to the troiit.
where fc "made r Hl." ff.-t at Shiloh
and then at Ch vkai-.iacga.
When the war b-ke out in 1! the
role ovccrr.i-c m :-', iii i in th I'r.it
d States army n .a atvut the J2ie as
In th lir'tisb arcy. after hk'h it ws
BKKlele-1
After the Crimean war Erg'aod
the directions of the colonel's staff of
coers. In battle the fifers and drjm
I esiaiiy dartcg the early days
: of the war. assisted the surgeons In
the care of the wounded Often they
; "ere with strangers, administering to
the fallen, and errands of mercy ca.-ed
t theta to dUtattit parts of the heid.
. In lvJ3 the Federal ambulance corps
w.is organized, and the work of giving
i rst ai,J ssd removtas the wounded
. was d'.-ne thereafter by ambulance at
tendants This arrangement relieved
1 tte uiusieiaas of the duty of removing
: wounded in stretchers and left them
i free to roam the held in search of
suffering victims
I'nliie the regimental band, the reg
icieLtaJ hfe and drum corps, which
includes the regimental bugler, bas a
practical duty to perform in tie rou
tine of camp and march. The band
is a luxury and an ornament. Con
gress discovered that ear.y in Isl
and legislated hundreds cf hands out
of existence
The '.) then in service em ploy eo
lT.'.M.i men and had already cost fa.
A'j.i.Vv in addition to the pay of the
men. their food and the expense of
transporting them It was plaio at
th.ii date mat the war was to be a
loiig and cost: one.
The musicians were reguiariy exist
ed soldiers, who could not t-e forced
to tnke up amis and tight unless they
chtse. The only way to aooiisa'the
buiid was to muster them out ot
sen ice But music was not totally
b;iiiished from the army camps. Bri-g.-nie
t-ands were forn.e-J. and some
ri--iiieii:s or their oScers or patrons
at home paid the expenses and retain
ed the music
The bu;:e and the fife and drum are
essential m an army to sound the va
rious calls, ntii- b swiftly, as well as
musically, signal the orders of the
commander to the troops These in
clude the familiar ones of getting
" 'fin up m the morcin' " and "go to
slwp. go to sleep, go to sleep." reveille
it, d taps In camp certain calls are
sounded perimlically day in and day
out. but on a campaign many of them
re signals to sudden change of ac
tion
With the army strung out for miles,
the tiucle or drum at headquarters
xtnrts the signal rolling The nearest
drums or tug revat it. the notes
-fren mingling In emergencies the
irt signal may te overtaken before It
-;ic!.(-s the et;d of the line by another
i-nt out to supersede It. The "long
roil" Ui!en on the drum or the bug'e
c.t.'s "To am:"' and "To horse." an-n-"iin-e
the sudden appearance of the
y.
The armies of fifty years sri tad no
te ', !:: e or n.esa: hone ard only an
i::.r-r rfe. t'y developed telraph and
ii.g ::al yte:i! Pricticaiiy then
ti e I- :: nr dr.itn. even in the hand
jf a . t- -.tn..y. was an o. lai mouth
; e e h ch might order n;en "lata
i.e jias f deiith.'" a s-j rvval! tbem
u. 1. 1 k o ti:;e "t-i.k froru the mouth
..f !.rl. "
tad gone before them to the eternal
camping grounds. Having perfected
their arrangements, they fell to swap
ping yarns about episodes that bad oc
curred half a century before They
hid told their stories many a time, but
each listened to the other with much
f the orgina! interest and a respect
that had grown with years. This Is
one of the s'orles that were told:
Along about 2 or was it '031 ir.sy
be it was '04 imy memc-ry about those
days U getting mixed'. 1 commanded
General B 's head ;uarters esocrt. we
teing eacazpeJ jest tack of the tent
f
After coins over alf this that I've
oeen telling yon the general told me
to so over witn part of the escort and
exercise my ingenuity to discover the
man who had tried to steal through
the picket line. "A spy.'" he said, "has
undoiihtMdiy been moving about our
ramps coliectiag information and Is
tryin to get south witn It I rely on
you to find out which one of these peo
ple U the man we want They are all
probably devoted to the Confederate
cause and will use every e7"irt to con
ceal his Identity I would suggest that
vo:i threaten to shont every CDe of
them unless tQey cive up the spy."
Tasit:! a couple of men. l rode over
to the place where the supposed spy
had been corralled and found the picket
line stretched around the group. I ex
amined ail the men critically, but
could (earn nothing from any of them
Considering thr.t i: would be no use
to question the woiueti. I concluded to
adopt the general's suggestiou. I stood
the men in line, ordered the sergeant
to draw ta his comma:; 1 and assemble
them for a firing s ;uid When the
two lines faced eaeh other I told the
citizens that if they diln't give up the
tea a who tad r-eri! ctase.J in among
them 1 would s-.f.t every o:.e of them.
Of ccurse 1 only d.d it to effect my
for I cad no oners tj carry
hreat rnl woui in't have been
ia as to d j s-: if 1 had
They ai. tu.-xe-j white, but cot a man
sroiie I gave the wcrd to the s-juad
to im. and yet n one mncne-d. I was
about to give --p my t-Ml gtime when
' a window s-?sa in one of the houses
wen: cp and a man put tis head out
of the wind . vv.
"Lk:n t sh.x-c csp'm"" he said. "I'm
yen.- mam "
T-e ighted
:i:ent. I t
It-
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Wish to announce that
they have purchased
1
oct the
o 1 m
tr
resu.t cf
:c te s
I h;i tr-:
mm who
to t-e ver
..'2n-nei
cover if
driven t
nme-i my rri.-.g s-iaad over
-n: cl-2 sent the two men
gnt wi-i me to arrest the
.sd c;nfes-ei. He proved
rv v.-ng si-irr-e.v eighteen i
fic-e witi a riew to dis
were the fellow who hid
ciw tut saw no re-sem
From the Federal Trust Company, of
Oregon, and that they will immediately
start to improve the tract in accordance
i - 1 1 J 1 X J A.
with thp mans aireaav iormuiaieu ic
i r
I make it the
Most Exclusive
csidcncc
District in Dallas
I The first portion of "Millerst" will be
re)
hi
and prices and terms will be announced at
J time. Mr. P. A. Taylor will represent both
that
the
Turn!
adopted th m e f er.-;tirg the ma
U-Ur.s as :.!:. rs -I then forming
them It To musical vrp- or t-anis
This be--anie the ; rsotice vf the rpgu
Ur army of the C":..!ed Stite. sn! the
olar?eer army, of toursc. f..; oweJ
the same custom The regu .nons
were that thre fright t to ffiuiJ
flana enlited for ea b cu;.i:y of la
fantry. Cuai y oi.e was a cfer acd
one a drummer
If boy cvuld show tlm;f very
skillful at tbe ruba-dubdjb or toot.e-te-toot
be would be Uken. even if ne
lacked a coupe of jears. a evepe ot
1 Dc be and a score cf fvur.ds to bring
him up to the regu stlca ie. age art
eight. Th- acvoutta Wi:.:
Johusoo. aged thine a. mbo wis
warded dedal of ht-cor for some
fallant act performed the aecocJ year
f the war wtli be tu a drvm&er la
the Third Vermont; Kr the t. y Mea
oa f the Twenty-third Missact
fett who m taorUi j wouaded at
A Prtty Bjet St.-.
er d ! of c'urv la.se can be
i:.t a very prety 5 '.Trf scarf
: g the d -i i.es f t- r i-r. P.ate
ill- fh-c-'-gh the e:.vr t the
f the liitn. ft it f the buffet
i n b rt r.h the v-micircle of
i up ii.to the Ma
N rder ta-s t-tei
y u
:.e !
!ge
r.J t
:e d . y th t extend
a Af'er the d -ilv
hu'f
ur.de
a b'-edg-
r.h led cut tire tr.aferial out fr a
rt;eat!) the U ar.d yu will tv
ffrt ixiver wi:h a t-iut.f;! !ae
"f course tbe d-ll - c -;t 1
p'.i sd s -Je by ! nr.-I !-'k l.ke coa
ti'.u e!gir. of la.-e S i.ai cr- h-et-e.1
d 'i -f n.-y t c-! ir.Ted c-f th e
;.f oluny '.S'-r. A m-s-.-n w .rleI la
the .e'.'er fror. a Vet one lech from
the luce Vslfr w;i ail to the at
bra. tive:.ej of the . arf.
ffi wu s5 5TT" m rr ls rrj-itasn rz
err T7i3-j c n ; rust
of the gtnenl i:i :j fcii C'it nun
xg aa oi-vr :'. l ;.:: ;i-.tFt wc; ti-t-.ea
i ;uar:ers a c-i nnnry :i.m;-imi win
had drives ti :: rgu: i; v. trg'
..ne The gntnl isi'e-l :. m wiy
t uciied cp igi ns tn i-m. w.nt v.
t e'ter su; y.-rz i"liz k -: i iii tit m it
he had hid :n iz. ;tsr.f h: wi
t-elow ani d.in t mrt-a e-
there He wis t tor: ti
Cor.fe-ie.-ite f : -es in tn-t "w-c.-i f:ir.
whence he hi J r;i ::: i u :
stupid th;t it wu ;m;:-'b :t $r.
anyth;r,g out :f hi- aj :: z z zz .ei.
:t alwiys -es; o i-i- :". '
or "right smit o ci::::i' i i;i
tvg mer.t o i 'V.n " Tz-t r-"1-'-:i
gave over - .-est:-: vlni hm t-e
ed !--!-- th;t te t nti t.
I rive his c on r. : i
Two or tK-ee i'.ys later, whi'e U I
rg with ore cf tl-e slis. t-e :: I -
that a r-": .r o-jer til t-n -:t
f-,,ra cerera! b-a J juarrers f:r lii f:m
T.inder to Vt o::t fr a s;y hj tsj
frst arrw"a"ed drivini a cow. p-e:en-;
:r.g to Sive c-t conf-;e-i without the
ket line A few bonrs later a rmii t;
f!e-ai cr f-m t.al t-een pike-J c;
y the rv-t r-:ard f;r ti;y atent
"--"n h c-.-.Tjn 1 without a -ss
"''! I:;i: ej we-e telz: csie ihout
rim te ha 1 g-ven the fia-i the ':;
r! tsJ d --t At o-r tea J
:--te-s we if the cyzz:zy
n we tai paei ir. J this rrngg'er
e-e t t ore and the are rii
"ti;e we e-e ta kir? abort R a
e 'gram came in fro a the left of orr
omrr.and -itin? that a mi 3 w no wis
rryita to s'eal thrcngh err ph:k 2:e
to go soara hsl ta rd cn. t-rt til
f jrpea-d la a wooJ thick w-.ta taa
: ei cr derg-vwta The c i c-r cf the
p"t sent a sergeant w-.: tweve c
infj the wool woo deployed to cover
the c-v-u-sj aid sert or: every Sve
thing thre A ess was aeea rra
cinj u a small Tt:??e. or. rather, a
c'rmp of V u?w. t f i tc "e d sTsnt
nd be'e-e be cos-d be ci -: u r-S cal
What Do You
Drink?
Federal Trust Company and the Dallas Develop-
) ment Company in Dallas.
0 - ".:r.T cf Ccfr-r i
Rvjil C-t -t: Crt, 1-1: . Zizz
45C
51.25
Antirihu: CIl: Scttirr. Z-ll. Tin?
r-uhs: ? i. 1't . Zri C-ruit. -2:.'j.
51
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35c
Ltiiitr A ?tit 1-i-tr
HoIman&Boydston
521 SL Ptoce 1271
Da 1 1 a ? De vel onm en t Com na rs m
General
Repair Work
I: vou have a Bicycle, a Motorcycle,
Gas Engine. Lock. Gun or other Me
cismca! Device or Firearm that re-qu.-es
Vae work of aa expert Repair
Maa. leave it to
L. B. HIXSON, Jr.,
(Successor to Lee Smith )
315 Xim Street. Dallas. Oregon
Phone 1072
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AUCTION SATURDAY, MAY 3
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Lommencin? ai iu:.u a. m at rpsiftonr.P stu ann fiiip ?trppts. i
LITV. Ufppnn Hniicp Hirnichinoc Vohirloc Farm Imnlompntc MI
3-piece Walnut Suite, Iron Bed and Springs, Wash Stand
Oak Sideboard, Oak Table, Chairs, Kitchen Safe, Kitchen Treas
ure, Washing Machine, Eange, Churn, Tinware, Carpets, Screen
Doors. Hatrack. Child's Iron Bed, Wash Tub, Wringer, Board,
etc.. Glassware, Crockery, Pictures and numerous other articloi
Spring Wagon, Farm Wagon, Single and Double Harness, Sad
die and Bridle, Plows, Harrows, Mowing Machine, Grindstone
Small Tools, Cultivator, 2 yearling Heifers, 3 Cows, 1 Horse, !
Mares, 3 year old Colt.
TEEMS Amounts to S10 cash. To $25 half cash, balance 15
days.. 826 to $40 one-third cash, balance 30 days. $41 to S60.
cne-third cash, balance 60 days. Over $60, one-third cash, bal
ance 90 days. Bankable endorsement required on all notes.
JOHN GRIMMELS,
J. B. CLARKE
Auctioneer.
Did You Ever Notice?
""ilNKY AT LAW
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A -'T.SZY AT LAW
WALTER L. TOOZE, JR.
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. . c r.MTJ AND i3?TP.ACTOF.S
BROWN Sc SIBLEY
;r ur.;::y rr.ade.
Co'.le.-ti-.r.a
r'la.o. Or
When a duck lays an egg she just wal
dies off as if nothing had happened
When a hen lays an egg there's a hi
of a noise.
The hen advertises. Hence the dr
mand for hen's eggs instead of duck I
t Tl. ri i i rt S.ti i
I liieiiorai is uuviuu-j
A
N.
iry r-j:
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iTiv tzizz SIBLEY ic EAKIN
Iivj.-pea-e-d ax-rg a f-oup
a few
S.5 9 M.ee For Harvard.
Cant.!rdi.-e. li. rg c.l '
are the tso re-ert ad S:ti-3 ta the col-!e--i.
a cf reject ender the o'rva
ti -n of Charl i,i -;n cf the Harvard
r hv-b ;-scVal J.'partxest.
The f te nl.t vocallsf. a"! fecale.
rnp focr.d t t a New Yorker tn wa
a"raitJ k ti tool cts-t ty m-cDJi of ttia hx-u 4 get away The cn
t h (battering that resn:t J bkti fvrted the i;na3?a to tie geceral. asJ
the tKH'es tf caaarv ttta cJo. the e&enl wxt fur k.
oi-ea. ck'-tc oc aa-J a Jet cf ctll
-a Wbea cr o-ea tier tu.
coeUa't tell wtK-a vt the oea the?
tsi ttixsl Th -ait tent a rn
ite to r7ct t"se carter t the czz
rrr tr tse f-ift rt. it e tie other
crrv20sjed the V o that
OUR ICE CREAM PARLOR
5ot a S;:ir, r:: i Fly.
They Uit Li zzzn. c: c:ii izi
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Tiit is why rszll ta siiy!
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Polk County
Observer
Tit E;re cf Good Pnitir
When you think of Flour or say Flour, say
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lt VrTyy-, ,ManT noted for their fine rep
ot, ion for L.ght and W holesome Bread, owe it to OREGON'S
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DALLAS, OREGON
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