The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1862-05-03

q na0 Just Doou tssAtu8 ~ SI1slU8 sus
boiled corn into meal, ggsiheriDg some
green's, and getting : sshibs.n We vsr.
hungry (elinbing these Mills q : great %.
pstiser.) VIZ found on careful inquiry tina
they had dried pesches, heeoD, milk and
butter /; here were the crude materials FOL
: 'stip top'' dinner. We sold them tia
would do frst-rass, and promising 70 pa.
half . dollar each for qar dinner, We 500,
had the machine in motion. A rude Crate
made Of = piece Of pusched tin, nailed 4
. board. and . wooden tray, formed th,
mill and meal box, and Nichols and l wer,
the millers. The widow put on the peach.
20 to stew, sifted tie meal, and 0 had
nice corn.catsA baking and the bacon fry.
ing. u halt IN hour dinner Vas ready,
and though you who board ct the Pacific
andyou who livcas home, nay laugh, | as.
sure you va Jared s~umptuously. | mus
not omit to mention that while dinner Va,
getting ready, two officers Of the Iowa 4st
came riding along en- route from Forsyth to
camp. Drawing rein at the gate they looked
IN inquisitively, as though they, too, wan
ted dinner. That was out Of the question,
We feared the cake wouldn't be big enough
the peaches wouldn't hold out-the fitch
Of bacon would fail-the bright tin buckle,
on the shelf might not be quite full Of
milk-or, perchance, the Widows patience
might become exhausted, and then there
would be So pretty kettle of FISH," So we
went out to the fence and told our gay cav
alters that they might as we'll pass along to
camp. With becoming resignation they
consented, but had a snake story to tell US.
A mile back they had found . huge black.
snake up a tree, his tail twisted around the
trunk, and playfully stretching his serpen-
tine folds out among the branches. They
at once ''iuvested' his strong hold, and
opened two six barreled batteries on him.
His shakeship vas in as bad a fix as the
rebels at No. Ten. He squirmed, and hiss
ed and threatened, but the besiegers, emu
lating the example of Gen. Pope, battered
him into q surrender, and after a dozen
cutting him nearly in two in several
and spelling his ebony skin, he
inaily uncoiled himself and dropped dead at
the foot of the tree, a 6t emblem of the
Of treason. For further particulars
snake shooting | refer you to Lieuten.
Williamson and Wheeler, Adiutant and
Quartermaster Of the 18th, Who commanded
the batteries.
The people in this region raise their own
WOOL and cotton, and make them into
'loth ; and while our old lady was picking
cool, our widow had q spinning. wheel on
he floor, with spindle half full of cotton
1srn. We left for camp, moralizing on
The ignorance and contentedness of these
They had lived there for many
years, and didn't know what counties Join
his. We produced Lloyd's map Of Mis-
souri,, and told them, aud l presume they
had more knowledge of geography when
left than they ever had before.
Forsyth is a small village, and so is Ga
lena, the county seat of Stone county,
which We passed on our way here.
In Stone county our boys found a cit
zen lO2 years old. A sturdy boy when
Hancock and his compeers stepped out the
of free government, he grew to
manhood under the battle. clouds that can
opied the young republic, and stronger
han the fear of death the love of country
vas planted in his breast, and when the
OF Sumpter Doomed out their deem
and walked the nation, the old man
wondered at the folly and madness of his
fellow Southrons. When the blast Of wal
swept Westward, and his neighbors and
took up arms against their country,
he flung out the old flag, and, defying the
bullet and the halter, refused to take it
down. Not a traitor 10 all this region
had the hardihood to tear down the' old
mans ensign, and so it waves in triumph
yet. Babbling youths, and men Of middle
age, and gray headed men too, who are
of Southern wrongs, and justify
ing treason ought to come and sit at the
feet Of this old hero, and learn wisdom of
him.
l wonder what has become of L. L. D..
Russell, the lying bigot Of the Times"
He Is we'll known to be a near relative of
Doesticks' friend Damphool, but l suppose
he has eaten toads so long for the English
aristocracy. that now, out Of gratitude to
the poor wretch they will give him at least
their sympathy to sweeten the bitter dose
he will have in eating his own words
Poor fool; he took a great deal of pains
to write down himself and his editorial
commentators of the Times' asses. His
Crimean and Indian reputation would have
made q very respectable gentleman of him
for the rest of his life, % ~none 20 poor
to do him reverence"
B Company all well and aourishing. We
have battalion drill twice = day, and the
is good for another fight any time i.
is called on. W. H. K.
GEN. PRENTIss.
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