Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1862-10-29
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nNu' ma leaving t.r di r.l want
y.u 0 weep Nut nUpu Iand your letter
uo lDl# rIm" iu ms eyes. So lho putt
ing is something Of importance alter bll
When looked over the wide world 90 the
millions uuOu millions that are parting
,ycry day, J Thought II % mighty little
tbfnei but there Is two sides to eyery-
thing and lilo is made mp Of little things,
] have came TO the conclusion that it is as
we'll to she'd tears sometimes AS not; IL
wlll case HE hcait. But don't think it
is much uso in You crying for me, am
hero among vast number Of men, all Ia,
mcntiug wife, q mother, n child,or even
a friend. sometimes read the letters
that come TO this company, there is only
one company here, and it gets to he a
song for us to talk about our friends at
home. We all have iikenesses Of our
friends, but we have q rOor way Of keep
ing them. 1t all goes in witA tho little
things that make up n Soldiers life.
a likeness Of a friend.
4 Well mother, when you was telling nae
absut my home and my dinner table, it
made me think OF the variety that we get
to eat here. The bread is made up with
some sinking soap suds for rising, guess,
lFather knows what it is like) 1t tastes
pretty good at first, but cat il ON, and on
for months then it will taste nasty, and
you all know that / never liked bread
anyhow-Cukes OF some kiad was my diet.
lrI had some Of LIS pan cakes ! would
not care a darn for the abolition war, but
would stay a: home till ! find that the
id money suckers are ready to 20 at
putting down the rebellion, Uc sure
am opposed to slavery, hut by being OPP
posed 10 slavery I've enlisted in among a
lot Of greater slaves :han ever the black
man was. !! our officers don't relax their
claims on their men, and 90 to putting
down this rebellion, tho men will begin to
think that they want to deprive them OF
their rights. ! will tell you about an old
man that is in our Company-Le has four
sons in the army-the old man is an Irish
man, and is found OF a little Whiskey
sometimes; he got little DRUM; one
night and they made him carry tho big
knapsacli all the noXt day in the hot sun
without his diuner. When the men see
these thing, it makes them feel very little
for the black man. Tho black man is at
liberty to 90 where he plcases and get
whisScy when he wants it, and he brings
cider, beer and oysters to camp and
makes a dollar in twenty minutes. SO
you may know how we feel. We only
make 10 cents if we can stand the bread
and meat. But all Of the men buy ci.loS
and cider till their money is all gone; then
they are dying the rest Of the time for
something they can eat. The meat is iat>
ter than any over saw. 1t is like lard
itself and it seems like meut that has
been tattened on sinking soapfat. As
we walk along tie East Branch of the Po-
tomaC We can see large fat hogs roofing
into the mud for something like toad5
md scrpcnts to eat. The meet is without
jokes, too darn bad, and to have it for
weeks at time is enough to kill hog
But if | was doing something 10 put down
this rebellion | would not caro- for the
hard fare. There is ono company guard.
ing dozen little ono story houses, and
about three thousand feet Of lumber lay
llT ABOUT. Now, look NJ tHo economy oi
this: Here is q hundred men on expense
to keep lot Of negroes and few old
men aud children from taking Off a piece
Of board or a lath, when the expense OF
the company for one day, or at most one
week, will pay for lhc whole thing. Why,
Mother, you could keep the niggers off
with your Old broom stick, and here is a
whole company of men with n Captain at
the expense OF a hundred dollars month,
and two Licutenants at fifty or sixty dol,
lars q month, seventy nine men at Il dol,
lars a month, to do what why, TO do
what you could do yourself for nothing
with Uroomstck. by the holy prophet,
there is a screw loose some place, or some>
thirg rotten, and think it Is at the core
at least | lCnr il is.