The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1862-11-07
6anfoth 9stItrsaniau
Local and Miscellaneous
Ma. Nls,r Drs..rs--B,s E1r.sI,rcs ]

Ma. NsssY Dnsssrs--fIis Esp.uIsscs u
CLoruIs.--
Karr Nv rHs Loosrsssn Psnxtxs,l
October the ~, SO.
l hev deserted. and am now under the
protectin arms Nv the suthsia Konfedrssy.
Jest es soon % our regiment stuck Suthrin
sile J made up ny misd tbst ny bonsIass
wus drawn 10 Q ciose.--tbst I wsod seeke
the fust oppertooni,y Nv escspin TO my nst-
ersl trends, the soien Nv the sunmy South.
Mite before last run the gard. wuz shot st
twict. preserving 2 bucksbot Jest below the
hind buttons Nv m, kote. but by esgstrorji.
nary luck escaped. Had infantry been
sent after me should bev bin taken, for
am not fast runne:, but the Comma nd mt
nv the Post wuz new at the biznis and in
.nersently sen. ksverly. Between the hos
ses they rid end the storpin to pick mp then,
ez couldn't stick onto their hyin stsejs, /
he'd no difficulty III ou,runnin EN-.
At last | enkounterd the pikkits Nv the
Loozeaner Pelikins, snd givin myself no
es deserier frum the boards NV the ti,ani.
kel Linkun, wus TO onct taken sfore the
Kernel. [ must say in this konneekshen
thst wuz sufprizd at the style Nv uniform
worn by the Pelikins. II consists NV hole
in the sect nv the PANTS, with the tale nv
the shirt a wsvin gracefully therefrum. The
following colloQwy ensood
'ro what regiment did you belongr
'27Gth Oh,o.'
Volunteer er draflidr
'Drsftid.'
'Yure nsme,'
Nasty, Petroleum W
! notist all this time the Kernel wuz eve
in my klose wistfuiIy. I he'd Test drswd
EN-. and they wuz bran new. Sez the Ker
mel:
Mister Nasty I reserve you gladly ez q
recroot in the grand army Nv Freedum. Es
You throw of the cloze Nv the tirsnt, divest
yureself nv watever lingrin oGeckshuns yu
may hev fer the land Nv yure nativity, and
'ez yn array yureself in the gsrb Nv a Suth
rim soier. try to hli vnreself with that Suth.
rim feelin that snyns's NJ all. Jones' seq
he speekin to Orderly, is Thompson ded
yiti
Not quits.' ser the Orderly.
Never mind sez the Kernel. he cant
slt we'll nv that fever, strip oG his uniform
and give u To Nsshy ard berry him.
juhGh frum the stile Nv the uniforms |
saw on the men around me, that I wood
rather keep nv ow", but I sell nnthin. Wen
the Orderly returnd with the deceest Tornp
sons uniform, | groned innardly. There
wuza pare NV pants with the seat entirely
torn away. and wun leg gone below the
Anee. shoe with the sosl Of, and the straw
be he'd rappt around the other foot, and a
gray woolin shirt. ses the Kernel,
% Mt be afeard Nv me Nasty. Put on
yer uniform right here
Reluctantly / pulled Off my new d n bbIe
soled boots, and wuz pe,rihie to see the
Kernel fling OF the slippers he woie, and
pull EN- on. pulld of my psnts--he pu,
EN- on. and so on with every article nv dress
l Possest. even 10 my wsim overkote and
blsnkit. sez the Kernel.
These artikles, Nssby, belongs to the
Guvment, to which I shel skount fer them.
Report yureself to onct to Capt. Smith"
E1 past out nv the tent the Loo,enan,
Kernel. Msjer and Aj'ient, pulld me to wun
side and sskt me "ef I conldn't git three
moar TO desert" Wun eisnse at their ha-
bylimen's, esposd why they wuz so anxshus
fer deserters.
candidly confess that Linkun takes bet
ter care Nv his soj-rs ner Davis does. The
clotlin nev described. Instid Nv reeIe,
'ssshens we are alIowd to etc Jest wstever
we kin stele nv the planters. and ez the
PeIikins hev bin campi here three months
the llv'n is gittin thin. Yet man kin en-
dufe most enythng for prinsiple.
Respectively,
PErRoLEuM v. N,ssY