Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1862-06-20
Bethel Items.

NKw MINERAL SrRiSd. We visited min
era, Spring situated about mile and half
from Bethel Hill. last week. on invitation Of
Capt. s. Chapman, who discovered It last
summer. IL 10 . ehalybca,e spring OF eI.
eellsnt water and will form fine addition
to the bill Of fare 10 the Captains table for
hi. summer boarders. This will be one moro
attraction to the numerous objects OF atien.
ton in this vicinity.
We notice IN unusual number OF sports
men at tho Bethel House. Trout fishing 10
an institution in Oxford County. From. j.
q. Rich. Esq. we learn ,ha, numerous par.
ties from Boston. N. York and elsewhere.
have engaged his service. during the sum.
mer. among the lakes and woods Of north.
ern Maine.
Snir ISLAND. May II. 1867.
DnR roLrs At uosE: Have jus. read
your kind letter, but no papers. 10 rs aw.
ful lonesome here now. There are only three
regiments on the Island, the rcsi having
gone TO Mobile and n. Orleans. There are
about 20 OF Me-. 10Th LEI, here on the sick
list. myself aud sergeant W. ii. Brown.
among the number. am better and act as
nurse in the Hospital. You would laugh
TO see me cooking doughnu,.. ! can almost
beat mother I can make hapjaeks, bis
cults. apple pudding. in fac. everything.
but 10 !, hard work ! would rather take
my mu.kct and drill at double quick.
There are several cases Of typhoid fever.
II 10 hard TO hear them call for mothers and
sisters, ye, ono gets accustomed to il after
o while. Two died this week. One Of them
seemed TO have been Maynard youth. His
las, words we're. =. wish father and mother
were here TO forgive me-"
A soldier 10 hustled into the grave with.
out much ceremony. . rude coffin and =
hear,lc-s prayer from the chaplain. three
salutes over his grave and he 10 thought no
more Of in the army.
INV ORLEANS, May 9th, 10Th Ne. Reg.
I arrived here tho ?2i BY way Of Lake POn.-
char,rain. and wo arc now quartcrei In the
Mint. Hard times seem to have reisned
hers. The people are glad to buy our hard
bread that We threw away before No came
here. They will give Is cts. for spoonful
Of pepper. The Southern Commissioners
say the blockade does not amour, TO any.
thing. but eco what they have to pay for Q
few OF the necc.saries Of life Coffee 81 so
per ID, Tea no, to be had Shoes $500 Q
pair aud poor q, that. The way they got
recruits here for the Confederate army. was
to turn tho men Of and no, give them work
nor sell them food and thus compel them to
enter the army. Many OF them have come
back and enlisted 10 our army. was out
on police duty the first night I arrived. Tho
Provost Marshal has dismissed the old po-
lice because they refused to take the oath Of
allegiance. had charge Of sixteen men.
and We would now and then meet soocsh
who would speak loud enough TO DO heard
id yankees. We would stop them and
make them take back everything they had
said. We have captured good many can.
non. They find two or three every day. A
little boy came into the quarters OF our
Company the other day and told our Cap
tain that no heard where there was lot OF
guns, sabres. &c. Capt Hastings took q
squad OF men. and went down to house
that had teen searched before, and secured n
lot Of cannon. revolyers and other articles.
I cav to-day one Of tho qucere.t sigh. in
tho shape Of garden, kept by . French.
man. In the center he has pond fenced
in where he raises his frogs. Rowe's frog.
pond in Bethel is nothing to this in making
n noise. lie has q pack Of five dogs to
guard it. Many Of the hoys arc sick from
eating green fruit. IL is funny seeing re.
spectacle looking men begging hard bread
tina, We de.pi.ed yankees throw away. Every
one you NEE, j. good Union man. but II
you turn your lack and listen you can hear
something else. CORPORAL.