Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1862-02-06
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s}his shrieksa and yells were heart
9 lrenaing as the huge Serpent wag
2sgIed off jwithihim into the swamps
olbut it was no Use: We allran dewr
+ in our shirts to help him, but JUS
t}as iweoihad formed atsquare dant
E !coeAed our guns, the Crocodile
!. .tcocked his taiig and -doS1fhe went
Y into the mud, with the poor fel
How's legs a wiggling out of his
d mouth | expect You will be sor
!, iryDodB oztQZ9 lliE en.tf 1l9li1
Il He was a good soldier and clever
q 5mess-mate, only he aeould drink
( two cups Of coffee However,
!, t here s Zone rconsolatienAhis
clothes land things are to be
yEdivided tomorrow and he Z had
promised me his pipe and gallows-
I '1es,aif he got killed! s!of" ea5 %
Bob, you ioughtto be here to see
lEnll the Regiments drill. The Off
Icers IN particular, with their cock
.Fed-hats and swords, who But
ithemlAtl,ey a do aeavort5 around
beautiful. And there's SO many
{.of theln,-and every officer has
ito have six assistants and seven
3clerks. How the Conte,leracy val
lever manage to pay them, and
.isuch' awful big salaries too, beats
gImyi GRAMMAR It'li'take sights Of
money b'aa d ! -. -a1oo1j ii.o =
II oh Bob,dBobl how | would ike
ito see my duck about now Bless
ither beautiful soltl-she cried when
when we left. hlBut since we got
.shere I've found out she had sweet
hearts in three acknowledgements.
There's no more dependence to be
! placed IN one of these things called
4girls, than theretis in a daiIypaper.
THEY'LL 9 fool YOU certain; there
mo such thing as loye in them
tBut they're glorious to look at
iThemdass aregone, Bob, when we
used, of an evening, to- brush our
hair, takela couple or two of tod
dies, and stroll out to the 1nstiti
tute. Them glorious times are
over and gone, and here | am in
this cussedvswamp, where there's
no rtoddies, gno girls, no nothing;
andinstead of promenades, nothing
but drill, drill, day after day, I'M
til I'VE get SO tired of it, ,swe- get
permission. to dig up astnmps, by
way Of variety. rnIy used to- love.
| to hear the drum and fife, but now
I'd rather hear Gabriels trumpet,
any time. ia.9.j9Gzq q Isi!an s.o4l
War's8a fine thingtotalk about,
but its not the thing its cracked
up to be, sure as you're a foot higif-i
Il havn't got used to- beingordered
about, yet; the old man himself 1
never used to do that; at least
not lately. .ti.dtteogaor a1Bei
/ believe it'll kill Pete yet-he's
fell off ten pounds. You know
what aladies' man he always was;
he'd go to the---to Halifax for. a
woman. Every, evening after
dress-parade he combs bis head,
brushes his coat, and takes long
! walks in the dusk by himself;
looking up,at the great mournful
pines, aud the trembling stars
fpeeping~ through them with his
hands stuck, down in his pockets,
III a most melancholy manher--
He writes, poetry too; which is a
mighty bad sign. He gave me a
letter, the other day, to, put in the
toffice, but / forgot if, and toted it
in my pocket SO long ! thought
t'twould, be old any hoW;so1 just
broke It open ana read H. 1t nau
some verses in it to his sweetheart
in Huntsville; | I1enclose. them to,
you-please hand them to her
But.aboYe, all things don't let the
j Major know anything about, it,
he'd have Pete a double-quicking
fdf a week. ,a-
l., THE MAJORS DAUGHTER. ~.
Our Msjcr has charming lassi etaW =
I Ye-..races! how 4 wish he'd breughther!
] How swift the, flying hours would pass,
X Were she but bere-the Majors daushtef-
tIler eyes her Isoul's bright depths disclose;
4 ,Heryoice is like the .ripplipg water;
Her checks, the lily and the rose: II Il.
A sweet moss-rose the Majors daushief.
Fair Venus gave her Beauiy's zone, IS, u
!, And al! her winning graces tanght her;
I like-I love--whyyes, | own fs,r ~
: - dedi15 DUs the Majors daughter: -
- SslEffr .-tgfr,ry 91t- - - l5sts -
Oh mighs she but with US be.seqt. ysef ,{,,
She ought 10 Be, I vow she ought to;
1.-The lDsnshter of the Regiment