The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1862-01-25

"WeiI," says he, 'thatsH do tolerable well, |
bat amt quite high enough now days"
Says he. ''Haint you been pretty strong at
town meetings and elections ga "oh yes"
says I. s.I've gone my length on politics.
have made speeches at all the schoolhouses
in town, besides reading the Declaration of
Independence when we celebrated the Fourth
of July over to SHUTDOWN Corners" ''Ah,"
says he, s'that's better; but haint you run
for any Office and got defeated. or your time
run out ?'' sob yes" says l. five been
up for Supervisor, but Jones run me so far
out of sight that you couldn't see my boot
HEELS ''WeH," says he, '.that's better
still; but is that all Haint you had any
Office go .'Why no" says I. .'not exactly,
but my daughters father n-law, Smith, has
4 to our Member of Congress" ''Just the
thing" says he; az shall esll you Colonel
'.Golly Molly - says I, ''you'll knock me
alton do 1 know about war 2" Then he
LATED one of them funny little Iaffs, and says
: he, "Taint considered necessary now-a-
DAVIS" ''Well," says I, ''That's queer"
l'Yes," says he, sit may seem so to some
folks, but the world progresses, and there
amt any more need of knowledge on that
isubiect.'' ''Well,'' says I. I've hearn
tell that folks didn't need to know so much
now as they used to: mother says women
needn't learn to spin and weave now, but
didn't know it meant war, too" .'All a
man wants to know is political necessity
and" says he, she can be enamost any
thing he likes.'
Just then we come in sight of the field.
looking black with men, and we spurred up
our horses and went in. When we got near
the house where the flags was. we stoY ped,
and the fellows that rode behind us got out
of the way; and pretty soon Mr.. Lincoln
and MIR. Seward and Mr.. Cameron rode up
to the General, and when he 1.-THE General)
saw me kinder fall back to make room for
them, says he, "Col. Plowhandle, you and
President Lincoln will ride on the off side"
Didn't the fellows round US stare! Mr..
Cameron he kinder looked over his shout
der at me, and Mr.. Seward he kinder stared
at me aud then at the horse, as though
had got his Arabian horses. But Mr.. Lin
coin he come right up to me, and says he,
Colonel, I am glad to see you" Thinks
I, I'll give them Secretaries a dab now. so
/ says, EFF you had more plows and har-
rows around your garden, you wouldn't
have any less honesty" And | kinder
looked around little, and I seed Mr.. Sew
ard give Mr.. Cameron little punch, but as
it wasn't my ribs, didn't care. Gaa g.
Just then somebody says "Ready-for-
, ward!'' and away we started, Mr.. Lincoln on
the right side, and | in the middle, and the
General on the off, next to the soldiers, lick
ATTY switch full chsel. When we came up
to regiment it would have made you feel
Hail Columbia to see 'em twitch their guns
around and holler. Great Sampson, it was
the greatest hollering you ever did see. l
thought we got up some pretty good holler-
ing down at the Corners, when we raised
the meeting and beat Jones, but it wasn't
any more like this than bull frog to thun-
der storm. Well, we rode nigh upon an
hour before we got through, and then we
came down to where we started from, on a
little knoll, and the General and ], and Mr..
Lincoln, stood out in front, and let the reg
iments march past US with their music, and
flags. And after good many regiments
had gone by, and l was pretty dry, says
Mr.. Lincoln. ''What do you think of this,
Colonel?'' Says I, president, it's the big
gest general training ever saw" ''But, -
says he, ''there amt any sweet cider and
molasses gingerbread here" ''Well," says
he, 'swe don't want to see all the soldiers,
so let US slip around and get some" So
we turned our horses heads and rode off to
a wagon that had a barrel of sweet cider in
It. and the fellow had some real slick mo-
Iasses gingerbread. We rode up and got
off our horses just like any common people.
and I called for two of the biggest glasses OF
sweet cider and card of gingerbread, but
before he got it ready Seward and Cameron
came tearing along up, and another man
with them, who they introduced to me as
Lord Lions. So told the cider man to put
on three more glasses and another big card.
We was all pretty dry, SO the sweet cider
went quick, tell you. Seward put down
his glass first and looked up kinder quizical
to Lord Lions, says he, '.Is there any d.
plomacy in this cider, do you think?'' But
before any of us could answer, Mr.. Lincoln
says, Lets have another glass all round,
and we can tell by morning" And we haw-
hawed we'll, tell you. We all got our Sec
ond glass and knocked rims together and
drunk the cider, and Mr.. Cameron got onto
his horse and rode off. Says /, ''This fell
low amt from Pennsylvania, guess" But
the others were going to pay, SO says I.
''This Is my treat, gentlemen" and gave
the man a quarter, and we got onto our
horses and rode off to our places.
For few minutes the columns did not
come along. SO the General turned to and
says he. How do you ike the looks of the
army. Colonel?'' Says I, General, it Is
grand; the soldiers are tip-.op; never saw the
Toemuddy Rangers do better, even when
was first corporal" .'Good officers always
make good soldiers says he. But" says
/ I. s.that rule won't work both ways. for
! good soldiers won t make good officers, even
/ If thew be political necessity officers