Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1862-02-05

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Bob you ought to be here to sec all {
the regiments drill. The ofhcers in
particular, with cooked hats and swords
who but them they do caycrt
around beautiful And there's so many
ogrhem--and every officer has to have
six assistants and seven clerks. How
he Confrderacy vii! manage to pay
hem, and such awful big salaries too
beats my grammer. It'll take sights Of
money.
Oh Bob, Bob how | would like to
see my duck about now. Bless her
,oul--she cried when we left. But
since we got here I've found out that
she had sweetbearts in three different
regiments. There's no more depend
ence to be placed in one of these things
called girls, than there is in daily pa
per. They'll fool you certain there's
no such thing as love in them. But
they re glorious to look at. Them days
are gone, Bob, when we used Of an eve
ming, to brush our hair, take a couple
or two cocktails, and stroll out to the In
stitute. Them glorious times are over
and zone, and here | am iu this cussed
swamp, where there's no cocktails no
girls, no nothing but drill, drill, day al
ter day, until we get so tired Of it, we
get permission to dig up stumps' by
variety. used to love to hear the
drum and fife, but I'd rather hear Ga
briel's trumpetany time
Wars fine thing to read about but
its not the thing it's cracked up to be-
sure as you're foot long. Haven't
cot used to being ordered about yet The
old man himself never used to do that
at least not lately
/ believe It'll kill Pete yet-be's y
-, .or,ds Won know W
a ladies' 1an he Away a4 IS .-
J the - to Halifax for woman aot
cry evening after dress parade ne CONS
t his head, brushes bis coat, 4 takes loni
} walks in the dusk by himself, looking
E up at the great mournful Piues' an'
4 the trembling stars peeplng do"l
| through them, with bis hands stuck dow
t in his pockets in a most melanchol.
y manner He writes poetry, too whic'
is mighty bad sign. He gave me
: letter the other day to put in the office
r but l for got it, and toted it in my POcE
ct SO long I though 'tWOuld be old any
i. how SO just broke it open and rea
y it. 1t had some verses TO bis swee'
n heart in Huntsville | enclose them
$ you-plcase hand them to her Br
o above all things don't let the Mojt
) know anything about it-he'd ha'
y Pete a double.qnicking for week
f Poor Pete I'm sorry for hint
50 bad to be in love, loraway fr IN hon
o friend, like him. However, we ha
: some turnips yesterday, and he Pitchc
!; in pretty brasb- I'm in hopes he'll &c
n over yet, and act more like a ma
g But here l am a running on abo'
love and all that, and there's the cote
. to parch and the hen pick. What {
a YOU think We had to give for her? Sc
enty.fyo cents, by the holy poker an
o SO poor it took her an hour to lay
! Where's all your fighting cocks, Bob
Il If you had them down here, you cou'
). make more on eggs and chickens tia
a YOU ever did cock-6ghtiDg. There
~ money, though, in that DomiOicke
i You remember that day in cid Joh
70 John Robinsop's s!able-a gay Sauda..
IA wasn't it! Did Ed ever pay you tt
V? There now there's the drum It
Sc dress parade at which my presence
" respectfully solicited
o Bob, | want you to write right away
q. tell me all about the girls, Miss s.
is particularly Write everything II
Mt line is forming, SO no more at Prese
from your old friend
:, ELInU SQulGGs.
20 p. S. We've eat the old hen, boo
4 and bones Now about that box l
d keep sharp look out for it, Pa
"a sowdust around the bottles smuggle
u, a few cigars, ifpossiblo, and a fine com
v. and deck of cards. III pay you ba'
when the ConEederacy pays me- viii
er they re going to do (oh, yes) rig
.r.v, SouIoGs.
ne The 9th Mississippi Regiment, q
re Chalmers, will rendezvous at Corinth
ad once. It has been completely reOrga
H. vod for The var.