The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1862-02-20


chap loafng around the camps with a
big block and sheet of paper under
his arm, and brought him before the
General of the Mackerel Brigade.
"W ell, Samyule," says the general
to one of the pickets, what is the
charge against the prisoner?"
j" He's young man which is a spy"
replied Samyule, holding up the sheet
Of paper and take this here pic
ture of his to be the Great Seal of the
Southern Confederacy."
why thinkest thou so, my cherub:
and what does the work Of art repre-
sent 2" inquired the General.
The drawing is not one of the best, "
responded Samyule, closing one eye,
and viewing the picture critically "but
| should say that it represents ham,
with fiddle laid across it, and beaf>
steaks in the corners?
miserable vandal! shouted the long
haired chap, excitedly, you know not
what you say. | am Federal artist ;
and that map is picture of the coast
of North Carolina, for New York
daily paper"
"Thunder," said the general, " II
that's map, a patent grldiron must
be whole atlas"
| believe him, my boy
As person of erudition, it pleases
me greatly, my boy, to observe that
our more moral New York regiments
cultivate a taste for reading, and are
even SO literary that they can'tso much
as light thsg pipes without leaf out
of hymn book. | was talking to an
angular shaped CHAP from Montgome-
ry county, the"other day, about this,
and he mks:
"TalSssbout reading! Why, there's
fifty newspapers sent in a wrapper to
our officers alone, every day. There
ten each Of Che Tribune and Times,
lze5A, ten oD6eaa NJ bEgolnery Demo-
cs&e, agaPneeeW ork Herq1d.'
"IQ6k here9 kmysEecond Washing,
ton," sayssI, "xsaE tory don't hang
together.r Y GU say you have fifty pa
pers daily ~ but according to my ac>
count that copy of the Herald makes
fifty~one."
did l notteYnyou they came in a
wrapper ?" Says De chap with great
dignity. -~"....o
"Well," says hey" the HsfaRzSis the
wrapper"
This morning, myB0SssI went with
the colonel, Wobert Wobfhson, to look
at some new horses he had Just impor-
ted from tlfeSErie Cana1AstaM les, for
the Western cavalry, and Nsas much
pleasedAwith the display Of Benework
One animal i'll particular, Interested
ma greatly; he was born in 1916 ,had
both his hind legs broken on the front.
Ter, in one of the battles Of 1912, and
lost both his eyes and his tail at the
taking of Mexico. The colonel stated
that he had selected this splendid ami
NAL for his own use in the field.
Another fine calico animal of the
stud was attached to the suite of Wash
ington, at the crossing Of the Delaware,
and is said to have surprised the Hes
slams at Trenton as much as the army
did. Previous to losing his teeth he
was sold to an enthusiastic dealer in
hides for three dollars and the dealer.
being an enthusiastic Union man, has
let the Government have the animal
for one hundred and ten dollars.
a mousseline delaine mare also at.
tracted my notice. She was sired by
the favorte racer of the Marquis de
Lafayette, and has been damned by ev.
erybody attempting to drive her. The
pretty beast came from the celebrate d
Bone Mill belonging to the Erie Cam
al, and only cost the Goyernmest two
hundred dollars.
Believing that the public funds are
being judiciously expended, my boy:
l remain,
Fondly thine own,
ORPHEus G. KERR.