Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1861-07-31
THE HERALD.
The War Fever in Baldwins
Vile.
BY ARrEMUs WARD.

gigantic iptcleok aiming 'em onct more
That's what he called me. like the skool- |
master, end alters send him tobacker when |
I'm off on trayelin campafe. Besides,
he's very sensible man. Such men must
be encouraged.
They don't get news very fast in Bald
winsville, as nothin but aplank road runs
in thar twice week, and that's very much
out ofrepair. So my nabors want much
posted up in regard to the wars. Squire
Baxter sod he'd voted thedimercratic tick I
for goin' on forty years, and the war was
dam black republican lie. Joe Stack
pole, whc kills hogs for the Squire, an he's
got a powerful muscle into his arms, sed
he'd bet 81 he could lick the Crisis in a
fair standup fight, if he wouldn't draw
knife on him. So it went-suln was for
war, and sum was for peace. The skool-
master, however, sed the Slave Oligarky
must cowerat the feet Of the North ear a
year had flowed by, or passed over his dead
koFps. eEso perpetuun he added, "And
side qua non, also" sed /, sternly, Wishing
TO make lastir impleshpn onto the VII
Layers. "Reoaiescat in pace" sed the
skooImaster. TOO troo, too troo," | IN
sered, "it's a scanderlous fact"
The newspapers got along at last chock
full of war, and the paytriotic fever fairly
bust out in BaIdwinsyille. Squire Baxter
sed he didn't believe in Coercion, not ore
OF 'em,and could proyeby file Of Eagles Of
Liberty in his garnet, that it was all a
Wing lie, got up to raise the price Of whis-
key and destroy our ether liberties. But
the old Squire got purity rily when be herd
how the rebels was cuttn' up, and he
sed he should skour up his old muskit an
do a leetle square fitin' for the Old Flag
which had alters bin on the ticket he'd
voted, and was too old to Bolt now. The
Squire is all right at heart, but it takes
longer for him to fill his venerable Bldr
with steam than it used to when he was
young and friskey.
As preyisly informed you, I am Cap
tain Of the Baldwinsville Company. riz
gradooaIly but majestically from drunmer's
Secretary to my. present position. But
found the ranks wasn't full by no means,
so commenced for a recroot Hayinl no
tisl a general desire on the part Ct young
men who are intothe Crisis to wear eppy-
Its, so | determined to have my company
composed exclusively Of oflisers, everybody
to Fanll as Brigadeer- Gineral. The foler-
in was among the questions which put
10 recroots:
Do you know masked battery from
hunk ofginger bread
DO you know an eppylt from piece
of chalk
fl tast you with real gun, how
many men Of your own company do you
speck You can manage to kill durin' the
war?
Have you ever heard Of Gineral Price of
Missouri, an can you avoid similar axidents
in case of battle9
Hav You ever had the measles, and If SO
how many?
How are you nov {
Show me your tongue, DC. &c Sum
Of the questions was sarcusstical.
The eampany filed up rapid, and last
Sunday we went to the meetin' nous in full
uniforms. j had seria lime gettin' into
my military harness, as it was bilt for me
many years ago; but fnly got inside Of
it, tho It fitted me putty clost. Howso-
ever, onct into it, | lookt fne-in fact aw-
inspirin
EDO you know me, Mrs. Warol7 sod 7,
yalkin' mo the lsitehen
"KnoW you-you old fool9 OfcourseI
dom
saw at .onet that she did.
! started for the meetin' nous, and Tn
afrade ] tgide to walk to stratc for / cum
very neer fallin' over backward, and in at
temptin' to recover myself, my sword cot
mixed up with my legs, an l fell in among
choice collection Of young ladies, who
standin' near the church door a SEEM the
soier boys come up all so bold and SO cay.
My cockt hat fell off, and somehow my
coat-tales get twisted round my neck. The
young ladies put their handerehers to their
mouths and remarked, "Te hem while nv
ancient felnail singul friend, Sara Peasley.
bust out into loud larf. She exercised
her mouth so violently that her new false
teeth fol- out onto the ground.
@Miss Peasley," sci /. gittn' up and
dustin yself, @you must be more careful
With them store teeth Of yourn or you'll
hav to gum it agiur
Nlethinks / had her.
I'd been to work hard all the week, and
I felt rather sucozy. I'm 'fiaid | did qet
half asleep, Tor OH hearin' the minister ask.
"Why was man made 10 mourn. n Ised.
II give it up. hasin vague idea that it
was conunarum. Il was onfortint re-
mark, for the whole eongregashun house
Iookt at me with mingled sErprize and IN
dignashun. / was about risin to a pint of
order, when it suddenly occagd to t. me
Whar | Yuz, and 50 ! KEEP my sete, blushin'
Ike the red rod Fose--so to speak.
The mex rnomiu' | rose with the lark
fN. B.-I doan't sleep With the lark, tho.
A goak.)
My little dawtor WIS execooting ballids,
aoeompanyn herself With tho hand origin,
and she visit me to lingur and hear her
sing: sHafk, hear an angel sinain. a an