Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1851-07-03
BY r. T. VAN HORN.
x CHAPTER ON MILITIA CAPTAINS,
eq WlTH ANECDOTES TO MATCH. !
ny WIN. MATHEWS.

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son Of Mars. xho. wbila % nrac,i.;,a a, m;,i,.rv rU
eyoImions a, home. ,he dav aI,er his aIec.
lion, pitched headlong down the cellar
stairs. and, TO his afIfigh,ed wife, who ian
10 his rescue, and inquired if he was much
hur,, replied conlemp,uously, 60 away,
woman!--whai do you know about wARp-
We have read somewhere Of another militia
captain whose sense Of personal dignity was
so great .ha, he marched three miles under
hol July sun, with his sword held perpen
dicularly BY his right side, without once re.
laxng lhe stiffness Of his face, or crooking
his head TO ook after his company; and
when he did interrupt the sweet flow Of his
compacent musings, and turn TO his follow
ers, ne found they had 'mizzled, and LETT
him alone IN MS glory They had deser-
led in couples. and were making Declines
Tor home as last as their 'grass'langlers'
would lei them, while ne Tor the last TWO
miles had been slrulling on alone! There
is story Of another, who, receiving bill.
lot from a lady, IN which she requested the
honor oi MS company at supper, very limo.
cenly acceyled me invitation oil It's literal
sense. ihe go6I !!say was Ihundersruck,
as he came marching into the house, with
skcepskins beating ana MES ,oo,,,,y, a. a. ~, ,nc
head of forty rag.mulfins, each Of whom
had an appetite sufficien, 10 create (amine
ir wes,ern settlement, We recJlec, n
con,oin in The Town of W. Maine. wbo
in training raw CORPS. formed them in a
line fronIino n barn. and ordered ,hsm 10
schanpe baenets?' They Instantly rushed
towards him; wher.upon, full of frigh, les,
he nigh, be pierced through by the glitter.
ing instruments of death, and forgetting in
his terror the military word, he bawed ou,
" Whoorish!' .Siop darn vou?' The row
of bayone,s still advancing, he made tre-
mcnjous Jump 10 The right, like lree.,oad
before q harow-but finding escape hope.
less, and tha, he must inevitably be stuck
through, he shrunk close TO the barn, and
falling on his knees, stretched ou, his arms,
and begged mos, piteouslv, 'Don'u oh donti
that's good sogers.' We knew another,
Down East captain, who claimed promo.
lion for The signal GOODNESS and courage dis.
PLAYED by him in saving his men from
drove of cattle. |, was a parade day, aud
The company had ius, wheeled round a cor.
ner, when ihey encountered The Ierocious
'cri,,ers' coming rich, towards them. With.
astonishing presencs Of mind, our hero or.
dered his company to form straight paral
lei lines toiih a hole Jeiween betsceen 'em.'
and so, letting The cattle pass through, saved
tho soldiers from destruction. \
Hardly less characteristic is the anecdo,e
n, another Disciple Of Scott, who, having
Jon, siohed for acantdin's clamshell hat and
nod5;ne oIumc. wns nj iart elevated 10 Inn,
honor snJ nnd,r,ooL nm ,ha d;y or his q.
ioo,;nn - ,s,on;sh he .,boy,l;na,as bv his