Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1861-06-14


baldinsville, jest as soon as
/ can sciapo money enutf together so | can
ford to be piuss in good stile, like my welthy |
nabers. But if I'm contisticated agin, I'm
fraid shall continner on in my present be-
nlted state for sum time.
fingered conspcyo usly in many thrillin |
scenes in my tower from Montgomry to my |
nulnsted, and on sevrii occasions thought |
The CRATE komic paper" woul int never be
lnricbed no more with my lubrications. Ar
ter bfldin adoo to. Jefferson D., started for
the dtpo. saw q Niger sittin on fence
playln on banjo. My Afrikin Brother"
sed |, cOtin from Track | onct red, ''yOu
belong to very interestin race, Your mas
ter isgoin to war exclusively ON your &C
count"
Eyes, boss" he replied, IAN 1 wish 'e,n
Honorable graves y and he went on playin
the banjo, larliu all over and openin his mouth
wide enutf to drive in an ole fashioned 2
wheeled chaise.
The train of cars in which | was % trust
my wallerble life was the scaliest rickytiest
lot Of conceros that | ever saw on wheels
| afore "W hat time does tn string OF sec
ond hand collins leave ?" inquired of the
depo; master. lie sed direckly, and went in
| Il sos down. hadn't molen fairly squatted
aforea dark lookin man with swinister ex
preston into his countenance entered the
cars, and lookin very sharp at me, he asked
what was my principles.
"Secesh p anserd, "I'm a Dis.olutcr-
I'm IN favor of jeff Davis, Bouregard, Pick
CT S, Capt. KID, Boobeard, Munro Edwards,
the devil, Mrs. Cunningham and all the rest
of en-"
| you're in favor of the war 90
"Certainly. BY all means. Pm in favor
Of this war and also of the next war. I've
| been in favor of the next war for over sixteen
yearsl'
"War to the knife ~ sed the man.
"Blud, Ergo, blud," sed |, tho them
words ISL t original with me, Them words
was rit by Shakespeare, who is ded. His
Mantle fell onto the author of "Th2 Seven
Sisters" who's goin to hav spring over
coat made out Of it,
We got under way at larst an proceeded
on our jerney at about the rate of speed which
is ginrally observed by properly conducted
funeral PROFESSIONS. A hansum yung gal
with red ,nusketer bar on the back part o
her he'd, and sassy little black hat tipt over
her forrerd sot in the seat with me. Sht
wore little sesesh flag pin'd onto her hat
and she was goin to her true love, who hat
jned the Southern army, and so bold and s.
gay. So She told me She was chilly, ant
| offered her my blanket.
"Father Twin ?" axed.
Yes, sill"
"Got any uncles? ?"
"a heap. Uncle Thomas is ded, tho"
"Peace to Uncle Thomas's ashes, and sue
J cess to him; will be your Uncle Thomas
Lean on me, my pretty Seceshnr, and hinge
in Bhssful Tepose.' She slept as socoorly a
in her own housen, and didn't disturb tn,
sollum stiffness of the night with AIRY snore
At the first station troop OF Soers en-
tered the cars and enquIred if "Old Wa:
Works" was on bored. That was the d.sre
specify stie in which they referred to me-
"B, cawz if Old Wax Works Is on bored,
SEE a man witt. face like a double breste
lobster, I'VE are going to hang Old Wa
Works !"
my illustrious and patriotic Bummers
SEE |, a gittin mp and taken OFF my shappoo
''if YOU allude to a. Ward, it's my D easi
dooty to inftrm you that he's ded. He SAY
the error of his ways at Is minutes past
yesterday, ard stabbed hlsself with stute,
sledstake, dyin in five beautiful tablcos t.
= slow music ! His last words was: "My per
feshna career is over! jerk no more! '
; "And who are you?'
ppm stoodent in Senator Benjann's Law
) ofliss. Pm going up North to steal sun
spoons and things fer the Southern army"
This was satisfactory and the intossate
troopers went orr. At the next station tn
pretty little Secesitr aw oke and sed sh
must git out thert. | bid her kind ado
ard Civ her sum pcIvisions. "Accept IN,
biessin and this hunk of gingerbread sec
, She thankt Inc murLly and tript galy away
Tiers considerable humaa mater in man
: and Pm irad shall alters Civ aid and com
fort to the enemy If he comes to me in tn
shape of a nice Dung gal,
1t the next station | didn't get orr 8
easy. | was dragged out of the cars and role
in the mud for several minlts for the lurpus
Of "takin the conseet ont ofme," rs secesf
cr kindly stated | was let up finally. W e
! powerful large sec sher came up and en-,
braced me, and TO show that he bad no har
feelins agin me, and put bis nose into IN
mouth. returned the compliment by pla
eng my stummicl1 suddenly agin his RICH
foot, when h kindly made spittoon OF hi
> abebodied face ) ctooated by desire t
STE whether the seceshcr had been yaxinatec
| then fastened ny teeth onto bis left coat
; sleeve and tore it to the shoulder We the
vlcntly hunted our heads together, fer fe,
mnits, danced round i;le, and sot dow
j, = in Il mud puddle. We riZ 10 our feet agin .
by u sudden Il adrcit movement place,
my eft eye aein the secash2r's fist. We the
rushed into each others arms and fell unde
a too boss wagon. was very much exhaus
ted and didn' care about gtttu up agin bu
the man said he reckoned Id better and
conc!ooded woud lie pulled me up and
hadn' been on my feet more n two second
afore the ground few up and hit me in tn
he'd. The crowd scd it WAS high oil sport
but couldn't exactly see where the lbftur,
come in. ri3 and we embraced agin. w
, careened mady to steep batk, when 90
the upper hand Of my antagernist, and .h.e .
him into the raven. He fell ab ut fort,
feet, striking gsindstona pretty hard
understood he was injured. : hap emit heart
from the grindstone
= man IN cOcht hat cum up and sed h,
felt as tho apology was doc me Their,
was mistake. The crowd hid taken m,
fer another man I told him not to mentor
it. aXed him il his wife and little ones va,
sos to be ab ut, and got on bored the train
which had stopped at that station go mint,
for refreshments" got all wantid. 1
; was the hartiest meal ever ct
| was rid or raj, the next day, bunch
of blazid fire crackers bein tied to my coat
tales. 1t was fine snectycal in dramatic
pint of view, but iidn't enjoy it. had
other adventures Of a Startln kind, but why
continner? Why lasserst e the public bocsum
with these here things? Suffysit to say
oot across Mason aud Oiy;e'S line safe al
last made tracks for my humsted, butts e
with whom E'm harnist for life failed to re-
cognize, in the emashiated helm who stood
before her, the gushin youth of forty-six
summers, who had left her only few
months afore. Bnt went into the pantry,
and brought out certain black bottle. Raisin
it to my lips, sed ''Here's to you old gal ~
I did it so natral that she knowed me at once.
These form! Them voice ! That natral
stie of doin things IT'S he!" she cried,