The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1851-06-06
H u NG A r. Y.
A THRILLING SKETCH.

The soldier is dying of home sickness.
On a sudden an epidemic broke out
amongst the Hungariaa troops stationed
in foreign lands. .
A mysterious man wandered from
place 10 place, visiting the wine houses
frequeDted by the hussars, and Joined in
Their conversation. The words he spoke,
repeated from mouth, 10 mouth, spread
far and wide amongst the light-hearted
soldiers, whose ligbt-heartedness then
suddenly left them. The stranger told
them Of things which had happened in
their native land; and, when he departed,
lie left behind him printed verses and
procamaiions. These the pr;vates took
to their serjeanis to have read TO Them
When they heard them read they wepl
and cursed, and learned by heart both
verse and prose, from the first word TO
the last, and repeared them from morning
till night. Il ~ vi m,
They then look 10 their beds, and
neither ate nor drank; and when the
doctors asked what allied them, they
pointed 10 their hearts, and said-"Home {!
home! let us go home! ,r7 5liaat .
Many died, and no one could say what
had killed them. The rough uneduca-
ted soldiers were pning away in home
sickness, like flowers iransplaned to
foreign and ungenial soil. Z [
An experiment was tried. Some Of
The sick men received leave TO 90 home.
The next day they were we'll and hearty,
II became known that some ono was
at work secretely inoculating the soldiers
with this strange malady; but it was i'm
possible TO detect the person. ob
The soldiers! oh, not one Of THEM
would betray him; and all snares were
laid in vain. With the officers he never
meddled. The private soldiers were his
men. With them he fel, himself secure
from treacbery. And the seed he scat
tered abroad produced an abundant har-
vest. aEs1 G6 Ct - 80
The detection Of the troops became
daily more striking. The soldiers grew
wild and intractable. No longer, when
riding their horses 10 water, did they
sing, as had been their wont, joyous dit
ties inprnise of wine and women. Their
songs were now sad and strange-sound.
ing; mournful words TO yet more dismal
tunes. They sang ol theh country, of
their dear native land, and of strife and
bloodshed, in dirge-like strains; and The
burden of every couplet was "EJen'
Magyarr' Like the last accents of a
dying man were the tones they uttered,
sinking deeper and deeper, and ending
in piteous long protra cted eadences. I
Still are such sounds 10 be heard 10
Hungary's forests, and around her villa
ges, In the silent nighttime. Now,
more than ever do they sound like funer-
al dirges. and their long sad notes like
wailings from The grave. 4 o.
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In a small Gallician town was quartered
a division of hussars; splendid fellows for
whom the heart of manya Polish maid
en- beat quicker that its wont. The most
beautiful woman in the neighborhood'
loved the best blade amongst the hussars
the Captain. G y %
Countess Anna .K-nsky, the lovely
Polish widow, had been for six months
betrothed to the bold hussar officer, and
the wedding day was near at hand. A
single night interviewed. On the eve Of
the happy day, the bridegroom went to
visit his bride. He was atall slender
man, with sthe bloom Of youth still upon
his face; but his high forehead was al