Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1862-02-14

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In this extract from DoestieksI no lit
tie philosophy is sisiblssunder o aippant
tstyle. sSa tsrw MD 2zf5t7fsl Isaoia0
OF The esirrepressib beseuriosity 4 ohavei Il Q
/ ,knoW WV hetheE / am a heroyorIa coward,
! will, 4 am qniteieertain, some day stake
me where n,ysPreeieus peekowllsbe, in
danger--In.4 these estimes~ofwar and ex-
peeted ,baftle, Of eourse,eyery man ought,
to be able and willing. to slay score
Of the traitors WHO are making such .
fcanseless and ,,senseless row. There's
not man With the soul of man, but tie
4hcartzfeels the thrilland GLOW, sahd ca.
tger ambition of acgenuine soldier sesery
time he reads or hearsof gallant deeds.
Not a man in the world who, doesn't
wish he could have been with Napo-
leon attthe bridge5iof Arcola, or have
iisid daeRlsvitlr Scamp Gardiga M an sthe
Isplendid scharge of the sixs hundred :
But. after, all, / have p feeling of
strange curiosity about myself that, !
ffancy, comes to every thoughtful man
tnot unfrequently in theseoiirse Of every
lmonth:s j wonderlw neither Isania brave
man, or whether L AM axeontempible
coward, I am in; a. quandary whether
to ldespise Doesticks as. a poltro on, or to
Hove him. and respect him. and pull Of
tmy hat 50 himR as q yheros often
been in tight places, 9sand hageaalways
got out, and I hayel meyer, had sreas on TO.
kick, myself as. q coward; though; the.
Fthought often connes to Il me lea when hen ali IS
over,s.ifI hadsfoi aosit "a ain how differ
kently wouldaI3 do itfhs Stilht1is;yIthihk
lis, a. points of universal human mature,
and moi, :. special attributeao of Dosstieks.
IalwaYs hays q huge respect for a
Hdu WHO Knows uE is u nero, SQr NW DC,
Fat Feast, is 50 sure Of il, that he sdoesn't
hesitate to proclaim lis brasercy TO, the
! world: T. always feel that. any untried
man WHO brags Of his personal courage
has some element in his Character. rth at
! was omitted when mine was made up,
Saand that very likely; that elsment, is the
! courage that it is possible lack. Now
7 wouldn't dare to volunteer to lead a
forIorn hope because, I, don 'tsknow, but
my heart might IA M, and lead
them the wrong, way but still [ have
curiosity enough to make me go' With a
)! forIorn hope, just ~ hatsit isb bike.
i Isdonita think Lswoud ) bes thes man to
lead cavalry charge char Itamoa very
> bad horseman, and my horse might run
away with me, and possibly run rIH1ii in the
wrong direction; but have a great tcu--
riosity to see a cavalry charge, and
think, perhaps,ithat thisy feeiinga mig hi
keep me in the II ranks, nks, Neither do
think | am the man to command an adT
vance battery Of flying artillery; for !
don't understand athe coarse powder
; they use cannon firing, and / mi ght
be of mo use; 'butI hayes ana unappeas:
able, curiosity TO, see the working of q
: flying artillery corps, and | might ven
tures near enough for this.
inIn fact, whatever the thrill that runs
through a man at the recital of noble
Deeds quickens his, pulse; MAX es his
heart beat faster and harder, makes the
,, muscles of his arm harden and, tighten
like new cords, and his hands, clench,
ana fingers grip; that makes him all
, iiipaxieneefto to- LIE doing Something, 81
!! pitching into sy niebody5 in spite of sll
this /, { imagine there is, no man bwhe
does not mistrust his. own seouragse-zzoI rage zaoI
: who does not, at least, wonder what he
shall do, and how he shall aet. 8 ''''''
) .itIfHI find II hat the world ataisassrees
. with m anth that no. one else feels ass1
dos thepsI ,mustg rerforees setz myself
down, as, q coward. but if 4 find that
; other folks Sometimes: feel on this sub;
). ject, then shalt take %courge, and IT,
to- believe cthat,dif 1alla d1a 4airs trial utfs
> der proper cireumstances,sI mi shteomt
9 out all right after al, Q Please, some
: body, inform me if he,- in. the, very. in;
! most Of him, doesn t at times. haye, the
feeling that I'haye tried to describe sSa
I III o8 ever I if qIo haven'tqgot courage
y EEe got great deal 4of curiosity, ,Bno
only about myself but everything else
I and l think that perhaps, under certaiI
! Icircum stances, curiosity might answer
!, for GO ara ge Eand nobody ever discovei
:, THE scheatsd eki sadt sqoa syian!sb 50
- ri neda BIZ u n :. ->r-7r 7i--y nss yfTR
70 hyolunteersi rsisport..rPlirsuit Of q Greases
i sd aTsiiso 5ea Pig. - 'a0sSS'' 'tSA
: sThe larmy1correspondeut ofthe9Pros
e Eidence OR. - yJeaaa1, oin describin!
Y the: samusements indulged in by, sths
t First Rhode Island Regiment at CAM
sHSprdguel near Washington, When j 81
5Eduty,' gives the sfollowinsiaccount of !;
4 Race fer,Iandsicapt.lre Of, ,sa3 CREASED pig
: hby the yolunteeFs;I .sgbGzs Of bs1ss4a
81 The poor porker,, closely, sllaYed ], ans ms
tIthoroughly fabricated from snout to tail
was conveyed TO the arena in ina 4 covered
.liboxy7 jPiteoass indeed was thes express
e lion of hiss inEocent face when, suncage
IIhefwas. turned, .adrift. xILnknowins bi,
al dtdestipyy he slewly stepped from hi:
ii prison, grunting Satisfaction ats release
v / But with "a whoop Ten incarnate' 'fenei
q rushed madly forward andendeavored' q
!, clutch his prehcnsil tail
4 Piggy, of a'sudden, iaEw2oke to a'reafiz
i ing sense of position, and darfed off
Fl uncertain where go, and emitting tht
D most .doleful ssqdeals.! a2He. rushed here
and secuted there having no respect TO
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