The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1862-02-07
Abraham and Sarah.

And will fetch "a morscl of bread, ana comfort "
your hearts after that ye shall pass on.
Upon one of the cold, dreary, rainy na'"'
DAVIS of last month, the 10Th Regiment oi NC"
York Volunteers, arrived IN New YORK a'U'i
cherries night ride down the Tucson N'ei
Railroad from Albany. BY some slisht acci-
dent one of the trains was detained, with all the
nrjDcipal officers while the other train, full oi
hungry men, arrived at Thirry-irst street, IN
! time for /. late breakfast, but with little pros
pccu of breaking it. for they had no one to movo
| them forward, and the orders of their officers
which soldier s first duty Is to obey, were TO
await orders at that point and there, TIL after
! 10 . clock, III cold cars Or upon colder pave
/ monts. they did wait, tuNtAlizeu with the thought
OF being anon ,he very thrcshhoId OF plenty,
bus unable 10 cross, though they should perish
,,th hanger The air was chilly and ietlo IN
! the cars 1t was filed Will rain, and col1 Win
out. i VAS not Il cheerful beginning OF t@ef
- marching onHaTl " to he war.
In vain they looked about tor some inYltins
! place fer hungry men to app2ase Their raging
| erpetitls None was in sisht. BY aud by. one
sailed out, as he said, TO cross the Potomac on
a loraging expedition. Although he crossed Il
rood deal OF water we don't thlnk 1t belonged
to that river When he returned, he had
loaf Of bread, which he divided with his mess,
and they ate Us though it was u:comon'y
good
=" say, Bill" said one soldier to arother,
s. lend Inc aixpence, and III 90 and get Il loaf,
and divide it with you. am hungry enough
to eat borsc.'
Bill, however, refused to lend, because jim
had failed to pay former loan
Several other soldiers. tanraliz9d with the
sight of food, felt hunger all the keener and
Us though they could not sis there starving,
stirred out in pursuit OIL 1ood. It's not so easy
for stranger 10 find i. in that ncighborhood as
! in some parts OF tho city.
They would find grog anywhere, everywhere.
| IT we mistake not, there are three OF these pau
per-lnaking soldic,- killing holes, on the corners
Of Thirty second street aud Tenth avenue, while
on the other there is IL very humble looking
butcher shop kept by an lrisbman with Il heart
bigger than that Of any OK he yer hung upon
his meat-hooks. The only name that We can
give him is the only ONE that he gave US when
we inquired it. 1t WAS " Abraham" And
your wlte's?' Sarah
If the doctrine of transnigraton is true, then
had these good people the souls of the old patri-
arch and his wife. Their characters correspond
to theirs of old, that we read of in the Book
where we found the lines that head this item
along the opposite side of the street peerng about
Abraham saw that they were in pursuit of some
thing chat Was not to be found in IL har-room,
and he lifted up his eyes y and beckoned with
his hand, and when they came ever, he said
Are you hungry? Then pass not away. .ome
in here [ will fetch " morsei of bread and com
fort ye, God bless ye.'
And ~ he led them in through his little inca.
shop, into IL little back room, and there was Sa.
| rah and Saran said "Oci, sure, gentlemen,
We re welcome us sunshine in harvest, to the
little that we can give ye, and IT tits none the
richest, ! am sure ye have got what be after
giving it the sweet taste y
So, while Sarah hustled about her kitchen,
parlor, and dining-room, all in one that did
not contain Il sing lie whole char, but several
benches and stools, upon which she seated her
guests around the little pine table, Abraham
Went out and brought in some lUaves of bread
and Sarah sliced off generous quantities OF head
cheese, and poured out cup after cup of good
strong hot coffee, and probably never te, happier
than she did to see these men cas her humble
fare with such Il relish.
In the meantime Abraham had gone out in
front of his shop again to " ltup his eyes, -
and whenever he saw more hungry soldiers, he
hcckoned them over, introducing them to Sarah
something III ln1S way
IL say, old "oman. could We be alter giving
these Il sup Of yer coffee and IL bite ot bread ;
they as hungry as the others, and ,;od will
BE- giving yc his blessing for it :; and maybe
somebody Will be feeding our Mike, when he is
hungry
''lndade will to the last sup in the shauty.
Now, good men, will ye that are full, be after
rctrearlng bit, 50 that the empty ones can get
in, God bless ye.'
Again tho cups and plates were rcplenished 4;
again Abraham sailed out to some place thai
he knew OF for u basket of loayes and 80 squad
after squad II men were ted, and we hone all
felt as much thankfuness in their hearts, az
these good souls did pleasure at the opportunity
OF giving the best they had to feed the soldiers
OF their adopted country.
gentleman who happened to be present a,
this Interesting least, was anxious that abraham
and his wife should accept something in the wuy
Of compensation.
"NIver Il ha penny. An havn't u son and
a ncvy III the army, an wont God be good t.,
them, To pay me for all this? An mayhap on,
O them may want to share II crust that some OF
these poor fellows may have to give some day
And wont 1t taste all the swater to know their
poor old mother has paid for the crust in ad
, vance, with bite and sup to these poor tel
lows? No, no, It's never cent that'li cross III +,
palms, for all have given. 1t would be th,
curse to me, and burn u hole in me pocket. L
let the siller out. I'm sure ye re as welcome a.
, those that Abraham and Sarah Of old fed will
the young calf, nice and tender and all ash
is that ye will read that story when ys want t,
remember us ~ 20 "pass on" God bless ane
always feed ye as long as ye fight the ini,nies o