Laidlaw chronicle. (Laidlaw, Crook County, Or.) 1905-19??, May 28, 1903, Image 7

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1 1 i U M IH the i ii I miii I I»• I\v«-i*11 lh<- linea In il zone uf
OtnaraJ bhvrijan'y ^oka. an an
and Gbitm ata Cenftdtrafa.
ucnil Phil Sht-rlvlun luifl a at rang
■ etyae o f hvinor, wUleli helped ua out
i, iKideruhly ill lim e»,'' »a y » M ajor YY'
II Spi-ra, ante »u rvlvor o f Nhvrldno'a
escort mi Hi«- fuiiioii« rule to Y\'lu(.'h«a-
ler " I leiiietnlier ««in* when we were
iry l'ig to reach « eri-ek «'llllisj ftkieb
vn'ei lie hulled iiii o i l mini In passing
mid a«! ed him «yilealloua. The oJ J u.-an
refiiM-il lo «Hr«« I him (o I he creek,
plainly liilium llng that Ills »yiupathle«
Were with l.ce
" llovv fur ure we to lilackw uterV
n ke,I Hheriduli. atudylbg u uiap In
front o f huu.
" 'I du trot know, Mir,' replied the e!<l
man uliatluuiely.
•''H a v e you never lieeu to iiluckwa-
ler, 11 rid luijulrwl Hherlduu.
" I lui i e never l»e*u to I Hack water,
air.* «Hupped the old mini
" '.Never lieeu to black water?' In-
«lated Sheridan.
“ ‘No. »Ir,' Huld the old man.
"•Sheridan m l led un orderly and tn-
«triH led him b> urreHt the old inau and
lend him ut the head of the troope. F or
four lull«-» I tie old fellow walked ;that
du«ty road getting madder every min­
ute and lic k in g In the cloud« o f rtuat
rulM-d hy llu* troop«
“ U lieu we readied lllaekw ater, Bhnr-
id in rude forw ard und »«-lit for the okl
mail, w ho clime allently enough, but
with de.'ia.'iee ami hatred allowing
plululy l.i every action
" 1 nought It a pity, air.’ »aid Hb*rt
duo ijuletly. 'tliat a tunn born ond rala-
i«l here, na you tell me you were, hud
never had an opportunity to »«•« a cr*»-k
only four m ile« from hi» home. 1 have
brought you hole. ». 1 r. to show you
Itlip k w ater i ri»-k
When you « .« v t
looked at It well. *!r. you n a f r*turu
to your h'uiie In »afety. sir.'
"Tin- « re»tf:illen man ipitetly retired
to I»e met all nleng the line with cheers
h ii .I y e ll» and c«.urteona Inqnlriea ns to
liow I»- liked the looks o f Iilack»ra-
ter " - (irn lu n a tl fo m m errla l Trltiune.
Grand Arm y
C V I, F T O R
J.
M A K S lu Y
ItllfN 'f* o f N ew Yu S t«
working on n inonutuellt to
tom me morale th» fuun«!“ - v,f the
tirsad Arm y •>! the pep itil 1 ■'. I*r.
Itenlaiidn Franklin Stephenson
Of tipi lllgi'a-td. Id. *1 he teeumrllii.
s three aided obtll'-k. Is to lei
erevttd In Washington at the
Junction of lAlllleMIla eve 1 len il'l
Seventh and
street». In U.e
middle o f a circular gins* plot,
and It !« to lie ready for d«»tleu-
tlou aleert Aug 1, Ilf»**, when
there will lie an encampment of
the tirn cl Army to unveil It.
Congre»« has appropriated ? !0 -
00b. ami fi A li men haverai-ed
aliont
< if a) addition.il, so that
the monument w ill bo a fcpleiulld
creation
I>r. Ktephenson was regimeutnl
aurgeoti of the Fourteenlh Iiii-
nols volunteer lafan try dm lug
Its tlin-e years of acrvlce In the
weaL HI* rank was tiiat o f ma­
jor.
lie w hs born la YVuyne
couaty, 111., In 1STJ in d 'le d In
1*71. Hr. KlcphenMiu grew up
III SangHinou couuly and lived
S
Memoriskl
V
A
jf’i
‘
, X
f!.«'
j y.
1
*
-e- •
many ye-irs In Bprlugfleld.
It
was while rr«hllng In that city
r.hortiy a fte r the close o f the war
that he conceived the Idea o f sn
org m iration o f veterana and
worked out the ritual. The ttr»t
'• A It inottlng wna held April
fj, I*- *i. In Oecalur. III.
The founder o f the ord»r met
many reverses In life and died a
disappointed mau
It was not
until a fter hia death that tbo
Grand Arm y gre-.v to »ueh tnag-
ntfliTnt proportions
Hr Hte-
phenson devoted much time and
thought to the order, to the neg­
lect o f his own medical practica
and the consequent liuporerlah-
meut o f his fam ily.
He was a
g'-neroiiH. cheerful man. with an
abiding confidence In the ultl-
Miiafe realisation of his dreams,
though be did not *lve to witness
the nation wide growth o f the
O. A. It
A warm col or «-d granite will he
used fo r th» shaft, the pane’» on
each side containing the figures,
badges and Inscriptions to be o f
statuary bronze.
t 'Y
y o u il K** " I i ure frutti Udii armi«-.«
«.in
v hai Inlppnicd t>
( uloii « i l ! "Jenni«-'
t
«Iter In the civil hi» friend II«- rm*!i«-«l io ih«- wuiin«l«*d
■ \ Ÿ -
muli unii uuiiiagc<l lo pilo! lilui to n
w-ir? F ie ry III
t-
'
Ile while llilw lu 1 più, «• of leiiKouablc aafi'ly lilv lu g Itur-
lliolom ew u drink o f water frolli hi»
t<-r«-»tliig
«jure
\ ;y
\
X
lion
lu M»k«-d I • Htlti i-ll. thè little drutlllljer dasin d
I ni in •• il I h t ely awny lo !iu«l Ilo- regi meli tal »urgeou
'■/ \
1
springs il 11 u crop The dm tur prola-d thè «o lim i w llli hi»
llllg-'l« «utj tuli) II m * l»»y Ih al lllll IllljU
ol «luliai««il In. ci
tant waa dulie far unii II would do no
Hier for llii'iu
g «od to move hlm Itili after thedoetor
nel \ en or f or ni il
cm
Very proli ; liad gol»«- to oltu-r d u lie» thè boy liuut-
cd up thè tdg driliii major, fb a rle a \V 1-
u lily llie young
uni ko idler I h not ley. who lieiped hlm ■ nrry Itartholo-
üuw ulive, nuil If mew lo a hou»e. YY'lieii thè l'ulot)
ulive tic I h n fo rre» were «Irlven back. " J r ti ti le " r«r
grlM led veteran, fueisl lo len ve hi» friend to f ili luto thè
«'
N-
n \
for II I h forly- eii«-my'» hand». Ile anee«-e !ed Iti ret
lli ree year» »Ine* llng thè ofllccr Into un army wagon
an i reninlin-d tu utteuilunee iiutil liur-
llie war ended.
M er» hoy» u ere th<douievv w a » »«f«- i u tire Federai boa-
plentiful on ledit pimi «ni Itonuoke lahiml The ud ut a ut
l-PA.H&AK MV .
4',/«
nlden o f lile terri- reeovi-ri-d uni tolvl wtiat thè t»>y had
o r n u w v Q L ic
"lin riiltnti » VIT. I w A» |,:ei onlllel Sonie dotte for hIrii More Ihun thlrty yeara
■'
g > v ' ;H-'
a » •
la m e » a v ."
,,f u„. »trip lin g« laler .lodge l.augU-ln re«-elv«-d fha
A"
who |,ore iniiakel* were surprisingly nudai o f h uor for thal »e rrile .
- - ri
'A ''- .,'- ' *
T w o ut'ier Joung druinuu-ra front
youliifill. while there were drummer
■'»'A.- ■
* *
New York v.ere l'red \V llltarhy a p i
Iniy» «if amusingly lender yearn
Ter
Philip f o r ili, both n ltli thè Nlnety-
*?• ; • ••
¿ ' "1
h i|>» the yoiiiige»! druiiinier «vu» John
Theoe boya were
nie llrookn. luler John F llri-oks. Iô»«| . iz 1 ri t li vnluuteer»
'y-i
In»,n rniiipitnh.ua throughout thelraerv-
who prnelleetl law at ICIInworth. Kau
u
Johnnie vvent Into llie »erv lee « « n drum I | i t o f tlin-e «vara A fter they refurnrd
I
flier ln>y nt llie ng<- o f nine year»
lie limile and rrevv up they r-iarrled alr-era
was more (ban two: ty n-.l>< from hi»
and
for
maoy
yeara
llv«-d
wltblti
n
f,-w
nerved from July. 18*0. lo August.
li-i-s and r.<- felt dead »ure of g ttlug
l.llie "Jennle"
1SH5
Hut he whh n«d «•iill»l«sl.
I ll» blo- k » o f ••», ti other
By MITCHEL FAY.
him.
fa llier waa a lifer In the muñirían»' lattiglielo. the»e boy» «a w mueh uervleo
The -log» kept the si-pnt for nl-.ot n
In
thè
regi
n
tu-tir
Norfolk.
Va.
Mr.
« or pa, und file I» V weld iilnng to lirai
rCopyrigfit, 1508, by C. N. Lurte J
mho. when they loKt It e r a <-n-i k The
A Memorial Day Perm by
n drum
One o f Jolinny’a »ad dulie» ItJtarhy Iti laler llfe told ai ime IntereHt-
Y'unk had w nlk'«l lu the water some
he cotest
f t « non
Cou thouy
S m ith
Ing farla nliout t!»«• llfe o f thè drmu-ner
wan lu lient the dead march III ludlun
distance. ur«l itiru. Ir.«t«‘.ul o f getting
Y ankee sol­
REUNITED AFTErt MANY YEARS
u I m 11 « wr hen Ito- 1« «1v of I'renUleuI boya
haik oti to 'try land on the opposite
dier 1 ever
lOvpyrlght.
\W
hy
Marlon
C
Smtth.J
"YVe llved thè «a tre n» *!ie aoldlera,”
l.lucoln wn» fiorile through llie atrectn
si le. he crrrensl farther up.
111!»
knew, suld tb*
Orothars Rcpartad Killad In W ar tataal
» L O N G t he
there lo Ile In »la te for n lirlef tin i» he aald. "Ivepig aervrd wlth *he «am e
tl-n w the dogs off the »vent for quite
Confederate vet­
on l i » i Farm.
v i l l a s of
during the Journey from \Vn«lilngton n»rt o f uniforma. geni-rally too big,
a white
eran. was a fel­
Jeremiah M -Farland a 'd Ids brother.
the
past
to Kprlugfleld
Ttd rly year» « f i e r and thè aau.e «ort o f rottomi.''
low who cam e
The first w e h »s n l o f o-:r man he’d
James McFarland who Urea at Han-
W
o
v
i
e
w
t
h
e
the war tld« drummer l»i> » n-iigu-«-»
down to spy os*
taken a horse out o f a w idow 's barn.
*icc, I h -I u ware comity, la., recently
marching
■mill lilt rodured a re-rolli: Ion to hove
tia. Talk about
YV# followed trim through a clump of
mol for I he llrsl time In ntsirty a half
H o t:
the »ii-retarv o f wnr iuu»ter In and
eels. This n:an
I h > i !« c » where there w a» n «tore a:; 1
, «'iitury. Facb hellev«*! the other lo be
W
e
thrill
lo
drum
it!», hnrirr John IV llr,,< L«. mi lin t he
was slippler than
learned that he'd gone Into the store,
dead.
c
r.
d
b
u
g
l
e
might g •! llie regulur pay for ht» two
any eel that ever
told the storekee|>er that be was a
lu the year 1VSI thi-sa brothers were
blast.
yeura o f »erv lea
wriggled through
Confederate courier in h burry with
th in g I i New Y’ ork slate and •nllaU-d
T
o
parting
tears
Only n few month» ago an nppllra
five lingers. And
Important <U«pn'ches. helped himself fo
lu the t'ui ui army. On going to the
end
smiles.
tin i w a« ree, tw it hy the New Jemey
the gall he had! A
•vh«t he could find to eat m il a s k »!
front they iv r l* engaged In tlve battle
The
tighe
of
ad Jutant general for a civil war vet­
uocse nt the end
the
storekie)»er
If
be
had
any
re
i
pep­
o f Shiloh
Jeremiah wns carried off
many a long
o f a rope didn't
i-runa medal, a » provided hy the alale |
per. as he was mighty food of It on
the bauletleld with a ll bullets In hia
farewell
seem to have r.ny
legh tature, fo r llautel W illiam », who
meat.
The storekeeper (Tire him a
body, and the report wns carried ta
Scuad in our dreaming tar*.
terr-T» for him.
wn« believed to have liera the Jo.lug
box. and the Y'ank Juiup«*d on b:» horse
Jaun-H that his brother was d«-ud Jgr
And, hark, the battle thunders swell
YVe'd take b!m.
net dm in ni< r leiy regularly aallated
( and g.illo|»ed aws v
etalu'l also wus given the same rt-p'-rt
Across the gulf of yearei
he'd escape, and
W lillom a went Into the volunteer fe r v ­
Funny, wasn't It—n man (lying from
that tils brother was dead. Iloth. a>'-
Instead o f ge’ -
ile when lie n a » «leven yearn, liv e ,
ccptlt-g ttie sinteiuent« as true, made How strange, how awift, the after days! the rope »0 particular about the son-
KE OOT VAUT THE
ting back Into
tinnitila ami » l i t en data old. ’th a t !
soiling o f Ills food ’ Hr tb's time we'd
Spring after spring goes byt
no further lue«-stlguti«»n
At the ei-wte
hj.s own
lines
trar-krd
Mm
some
fen
m
l>s
and
he
a n t lit I « t 3
l i e rervvd with both
Vcicee
c
f
terrow
and
of
praise
o f the war both men went west. James
li e wouldn't go
a a s going straight In tho direction o f he'd go on spying.
New Jersey an t l*enn»ylv antri volili!-
In lessening murmurs die;
locating In Imtsware county, la., and
he Federal linos, but Ills horse didn't back to the commander i\ bo »»--it him
teen«
Mr \\ l'Ila in» now r-v-l-l--» In
Jeri-miah going out to Washington The ranks are thinned, their work long
seam tn be nsarli o f n Iteast fo r eautir- uutll he'd fiulshed his Job end gut nil
\\ lIKtllllglOll
done.
state. In ull tbeoe yi-nrs uo effort vvaa
nuiv. for v. e kept bearing uf the man the Information lie wanted.
lue o f tin- moet remarkable rv-eonla
The ttetely heads grown white.
made to cn-ar ui> the mystery that
Cur trouble was that w e were in tho
nearer and nearer
YY'iien siiout two
for a drummer hoy Is that made hy
seemed to surrouu I the death o f both And brave old comrades ere by ore
miles nheiid o f us ha left the rond and field, where we hadn't any Jail to put
John I. i lem. now n eolonel In t h -»
Peas out beyonu our eight.
men until lust full.
made far 1 M g fek l. letting down a him la. The first tim e we caught hint
irg -ilsr nriuy
fie n i «va» the fanion»
On the occasion o f the mooting o f
rail fa..ce to g ;t Into It. He soon struck red handed, with mc-noranda o f our
“ drummer l»*y o f Khllo’i " A fter f««-:i
the (Nand Army o f the Republic lit
the mail again, and it xv.i« evident that forces on him. the guunl was deed
eral («rant hi-ea. e pie-,nient lu IFt-'l fi
Saratoga. N. Y , Jeremiah went there
he’d 1 t T .d e o cutoff. Tlien w e followed tired after a twenty-four hour march
youth Hcap-cty rlgb'is-ft y ,a t » of Hg •
•is a delegate from Washington and
him
up u « reck that was pretty ueur end went to Fleet». T o get ntray that
gained »dm ittiii.iT to the W hite liou -e
Alaska
lie had a ismversatlon with
YY'e caught him and
dry n-.d at I -«t o « ‘ e to hi.i horse, ly­ , time was easy
“ Mr 1‘n-aideut.“ h«* »nid. " I calne to
one o f the old soldiers, who. noticing
i-hut him up In a box car on the rail­
ing st >r.e dead lu a cotton field.
rio|Ui-lt you to a liuti Un* to Itie Mi:t- ,
(he badge nnd the name o f Mr McFar-
H e sawed a hole In the
“ H ooray!" w e ell shouted. "X\'e’re road track
tury ars-lriil.v ut Went I'ollit "
gouM Ktg uttooga
I. 11 d. asked lilm if h<- h id any relatives
grg him! Another ml!e or tw o 'll do th* bottom o f the car. let him self down
“ Why iloii t you take the regular r i
Th«
J’ lill Con-ll t o lj liow he and Fred living In Ilelnware county, la.
r.nd got past the guard in th? dark­
la's!.!***»."
n in I tut t Ion ?” naked tin- ptvsldent
Hliseh.v wer«- put to tw-vl one night hy ipiestloo set him to ihluking thal there
I*'.:t he'd been riding nil the while ness.
“ I have dont* ao. hut I failed to n motherly southern woman In her #ul tlit l i n e I hs - ii n mistake In the death
. id ur.i- t have lieeu as f tv - li as a daisy
Ti'eil, we caught him again, though
P » hm ," admitted th<* Imv
When be returned for
guest ehanilcr. tucked In "Just like o f tits brother
for runaing
Anrx-ay. he gave us n this tir e he tried hard enough to make
“ That I» very uufortuuate." aald the mother used to do nt home," and then his trip h siie he decided to atop at
l i v e l y ch ase.
I ' i Pac«, an 1 1 wantisl to siring hlin
prcaiiliint. "hut y o i »tumid II I ve Htudiml given u good night kls» hy the tender tiiat place and make some Inquiries.
FI. at w e ca uu* right up. The colonel came pretty near
harder “
heart «Ml Y'lrglnl.i «lady, who had n boy A rriving ut Mam lu-ster, la., he was In­
upou his bat, that giving ir.e tin order to d j so. but cott-
"M r President.” aald the iippllcuiit, o f her own lu the Held lighting against formed that there was a .lames M cFar­
bud d o u b t l e s s clt>-'t-I tiiat he'd better g;d the gen­
“ while the other hoy» who took the them.
land
living
on
a
farm
n«-ar
Dundee,
la.
Next morning Ihetr host«*»»
L».'«'U klKs ked off eral's or«!er, and this necessitated o r r
c m min.i Hon with me were la achool I g iv e them a Hue breakfast und then Thither J«*rom!nh went, nml to his em­ a * d , n in e , t h u DAnxcTH t.'N Peas s w e l l !
by a brunch, and keeping him overnight. Th is time we
vvnn In the w c r "
prise
and
Joy
he
found
his
brother
New
hopes,
new
triumphs,
project*
loaded them down with yauia.
he hudu : lo s t decided to put him lu a farmhouse.
J.
i
i
.
ii
-
m
alive
and
well.
“ W h at!" cX«-lJlnn«t the preaideDt
wide.
Nome years ngo the YY'iseonsIn legls-
(Inn- in picking YVe put a guard in the r<»>m with him
“ IVhut w ar?"
H ave f i l ed the ,iet!cn's hrart.
lature voted a gold medal to II. IS.
it up
Borne o f and a double guard on tin? outside o f
8 trong men. once children st our side.
G *«»ra l Grant's Joke.
"T h e i tv II w ar I m«rvcd four yearn." Frauelseo. living nt that Mine In M m -
o u r uicti had the house
Now fill tre ir destined p rt.
Ftlot M Miller. •■ civil engineer o f
Tin- MoldliT prcvldellt looUeil the tarn t'lly . In . In the belief that he was
for.-ed him to e.x
Tiie Y'a'ik. beside« being site!;, w r »
youth In the cy e John fle tti productsl the youngest I'lilou soldier who served New Orleans, tells iiow General U. S. But otill thoy stand— those broken
chum e a pair o f the lest looking chap you ever sa e
rank*—
Id« paper», i.(low ing that lie tolti tin* In the civil war
Fritnelsco had en­ Grant made tils father. Chaplain M il­
woi n ut a ti o «* s In yo-ir fife, and he hud such n plea«-
T o share with spirits dr.ir
truth
l'n-aîdeiil tirant i-oiuuil«»lotiod listed ut fourteeu years of age
Y'cry ler. swear:
fur his b. ots. and ant.emllo that I hate-1 the Idea o f put­
It was one o f the ehnplMlu's duties to Tho incense e f a people’s thaiVx
him ua KCi-oml lleutcnniit In th<* regular s<s)ii stories begun to nppeiir In liehalf
p.«-tty *«»'ii we ting an eti-J to It
There was a h a!f
Uprising yer. by year.
army.
o f other “ youngest soldlen»." t\ II. receive and distribute the mail to G en­
found blood In his grown girl In the house, nu awkward,
eral
Grant's
stuff
YY'heuerer
tl«e
mail
Another drummer boy whose rri ord YY'ynn o f Nlmix c ity . Is., had enlisted
trucks.
W e cal- frcekltsl. re-1 headed thing that uotie o f
abili«*» brightly wna J f Jullua l.mig- nt the age o f thirteen years nnd eleven uns late he wns greatly annoyed by Alas, how soon those passing hest»
« ulated we jsere us notice 1 ->r considered any elem ent
V/ill
vanish
frem
cur
view.
belli. Who ill Intel life Ijccamc a well months.
J 1». Kepllnger o f ivetrolt questions ns to the euuso o f tho delay,
in t hal f 11 tulle o f danger
H ow the spy found a way
known i Ity Judge lu .New Vori
When gave Ids enlistment age ns thlrt«-en time o f probable arrival, etc. Ou one Their very memories be as ghosts
behind him. and o f getttug her Interested In hint or
O
f
m»n
cur
fa-
j—
«»«
—---
7—
—
—
occasion,
w
lien
the
post
waa
unusually
n mera l«>y lie euliat«*«l an a drummer years nml four months. Andrew F.
it was still live whether she d'd It nil without th i
thers knew!
' k '• f\£j V ,
In the Ninth New York volunteer», ■ .Inks o f < 'h lea go r«-duce«l this record late, the chaplain for f«»ar o f loslug his
nilb-s to t he near­ asking w e never for---! out. She rati
^
temper attached the follow in g notice O , Yet from ths past
known a« llu- line, kina sunn ve«, a regi- by one month
est F« «!e ril pi-k- Ir.'o the room where he was an t ex-
w
i
t
h
g
l
o
r
y
the
door
o
f
Ills
tout:
ment whh h ilhl «urne of llu- fiercest
Then came Hllts-rt Y'nn Zandt. also
ol
Tin* b l o o d ei tel l y told the sentry t:mi th-- Ya tk«
3
-9
fraught.
"T h e chaplain does not know « l y g
mid iuu«l p;ettirc.-«|Ue lighting of tin* o f Chicago, to lake aw ay the Inun-la o f
tr.'
ks
grew
r.i.
re
ar.d
more
marked
w et* --onii-'g full tttt
Tin- cirtrd re 1
Their
praise«
w ar
II«- was the yiiuugcat drummer l.tnks. Y'nn Zandt'» enlistment w u» on the mall will arrive.”
rml It was plain that h.- couldn't run out. ¡t::d when he fonud It was only .1
s
t
i
l
l
s
he
l
l
Shortly
nfterward
General
Grant,
I hi . v from New York stute und was aald Aug. 31. INtl'J. at the age o f ten years,
very fast with bl«'e«!iug f«*et.
reare and went back the pris-uer
ring
lo I»- (he Hurd youngest hi it 11 the eleven months niul eleven days.
He passing the chaplain's quarters, noticed
All o f it sudden the foremost dog. wasn't then*. H e got away through a
And
tribeto
to
I,'Ulon nriuli-a l.ungl-rln aerved ehlelly showed that he hail Joined Company th«* sign II«- paused before It a mo­
skipping along with his Iiose to the »ocret tunnel the farm er had dug.
tiixlr graver
In the Virginia cam paign»
l.ike the l>, tk’ vent.v-ninth Ohio volunteers, on ment and then wnlkevl slow ly on Ilia
ground, strtpix-d and sneered
'ih e
l ie was a beautiful runner—tie had
be brought
way.
Oitnlug
out
o
f
his
tent
a
few
big ««lid ie:» lu hi» leglnicnt, he waa ¡
that date nt Tort
lic it und the next did the sa:n«* till had experience lu that—and an artful
In
lavish
bloom
«Ire» « » I lu the zouave uniform, with i
YV111 la in, Clinton momenta later. Chaplain M iller waa
*»\ ery dog was sneering so hard we dodger besides,
c f spring.
baggy kn«-e trn ia cr» and abtirt. llu ring
county. O., hy horrlili-d to rend:
were af ml 1 they'd sneeze their heads but he had llttl-»
"T
h
e
rh.iplntn
doe*
not
know
when
Jaeket, Id » head ruven-il with « to»
*t>eclnl
permis­
off
The Y'nnk had poured red pe|i|>er start, nnd
we
Fired First and Last 8 Hot.
i eled eap. No aligli! nini childish l.nng-
sion from
tho the mall will arrive nnd he do.v.a't
In h's shoes. In wh'ch there were felt no fear o f
give
a
d
-
n
."—Harper's
YYeekly.
It
la
n
fact
not
generally
known
that
l»-ln looked that he rn-mitil out of place
war department
plenty o f holes, tlirouch whh h it could not c a t c h i n g
the man who tivr.! the lira? gun In ttx* run out Into his tracks.
among the alrong. rough men nround
ami that he was
The dogs him. Just as w<-
rivll w ar killed himself with anotlier «ae<’ 7.«s! find sncex«*;l Mild then turned
Not All Gena.
him. but every iuau In the regiment
mustered out at
w«-''e starting In
A Confederate soldier whose e«m- shot not long after the close o f the con­ tail on tin* trail
loved the little drummer l> yv. One big
Cauip
Heulson
No w ill piling would different
dlrec-
soldier who had a sweetheart up liuino
on Juno U, 1803. uiand had run two darn from Nash­ flict Kdtmind It 11 if. 11. who o|iened tho I'rlve them on
Bonn- of us followed ll«»;ts a man fold
iinini«! Jennie «leelared timi the boy
lit- drew a a«d- ville had thrown away his gun and «e- iKimlHirdtuent o f Fort Blunter hy Bring
in- Yank, but w e didn't get him. The us o f some blood­
dler's pay and coutortuents and. alone In the woods, the fr s t cannon shot, owned a largo l.i«t we saw o f him he wus scooting hounds near by
looked like "tin- girl lie left behind
plantation
on
tho
James
river,
with
him.’' ao the drummer waa known hy
did a soliller'a sat down and commenced thinking, th#
into the Federal lines.
j o wo got ’em.
Id» grownup enmradea a » "Jennie”
duties fo r nearly first chance lie had had to do such a many slaves, l i e was an old man. but
YY'lint did we do with the girl who
mil th--y picked
three years. He thing. Rolling up Ills sleeves und look­ Intensely loyal to the south. Ity the helped hint gvt nwiiy? Nothing
l.angbeln
And up the scent. YVo
fori
tines
o
f
war
Ills
estate
was
ruined.
ing
nt
Id»
nrma
nml
general
physique,
was In the luittlo
Adjutant Dartlioloniew- o f "Jenltle'a"
I'v e been glad ever sill««- we didn't
d i d n ’ t hurry
o f Itesiica. but he thus gave vent lo his feelings: " I So disappointed and humiliated was riu- Y’ nnk cam«* buck after the war and much as soon .« «
regiment look u parllettlnr Inter»-«! In
later wns assign­ am whipped, badly whipped nnd some- I Ruffin by th«« failure o f the southern married her
the tmy. I le hail pronil«ed ImnglH-ltl’a
T h ey're livin g in the we
found
wo
J K 8 N IK
I AM in K IN .
ed to duty at what demoralized, but no «m# can say cause that on the 17th o f June, 18tk3, house from which she tn-iped Uiiu to could
mother Hint lie would look after the
get
tho
at
Am
elia
Court
House.
V«..
the
old
little fello w n » well a » he could. At the lieadipmrtors to carry dispatches. Y’ nn I «in scattered."
escape
T h e y 'v e got 0 dozen or nioro dogs, or. rr.tln-r,
mail loaded a musket uud killed bhu-
battle o f ('aniden, or S a w y er'« laine, Z.Hiult rode a pony during this service.
grandchildren.
; the man 1 sent
near the aoutlierti end o f the Itlatnnl When liti went lo YY'nshington lo he H# Waa a Mark For tha Sharpshooters. ecif.
¡ for 'eui was a
Isnac Hnrrlng. who aerved through­
awairip ninni, the llaw kln a sona ve.» uiusterisl out Ills pony was taken aw ay
la Memcry of the Brava.
long while get­ t o l d T u r s e s r n r
Fired From Fort Sumter.
made n desperate elmrge A fragm ent from him. H e wanted to lake the ani­ out the civil war and who wns a con­
A t G ettysburg 3rtd t'nlon regiments ting ’em. and I
T A N K S WKHJC COV­
Dr. V. Ilutsou Ford o f YY'nshington and batteries were engaged, and today
INO.
o f exploding rdie'l plowed a frightfu l mal home, and ho went to President spicuous mark for the bullets o f sharp­
reckon the Y'ank
recently
gave
the
National
ninseutu
A
these organizations ure represented by lad got about fo rty minutes' start; but,
furrow In (lie nerk o f Adjutant Itnr- Andrew Johnson and stilted hia case. shooters because o f his great height,
tbolnmew. w ho. en act! by the ahoek The president personally w rote on or­ died nt Gladstone. Mich.. Dec. 27 t u t forty pound cannon hall flred from tltnost ns many monument.«, wtilcY cost I (.ord, that wasn't anything since he
and pali», staggered outside the Fed­ der that tho boy be |s Knitted to keep Ho was eight fr»-t high, the tallest man Fort Bumter during the op«Dln< *n- from $200 to $40.000 each.
| lu (he upper peninsula o f Michigan.
i rsgem ent o f the civil war.
eral formation und wandered aimlessly ; the pony.
H.
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The Cutest Yankee Soldier
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