The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1863-11-18
CAPT. SWlPES ON TIE DRAFT.

\
ler. The government wheels worse than
I roulette, for in that you can see The ball
spin round, and you STAN a chance of doub-
| linz Youts but in Capt Stanton's wheel
you siam two chances of losin' TO none at
| winnin.' In fact for poor specyulashun,
it beets anything sens the dase of Joshua,
and I'm down onto it. Pve no particular
obleckshun to square game, where you
git site for your money, but to back again
government whether you want or not, with
nary chance at all except of lusin hun
dred, aiRt exactly what I've been btot up
TO consider the bite of morality. To my
mind government might be in better busi
ness.
Besides its immoral pints, this govern
ment gamboilerins is onhealthy business.
II sort o. pisons the aimusfere, and brings
on all sor;s Of diseases. The folks around
here yused to be toIerably saloobrious
Now they amt Three years ago you
conldn't find a man in the town that WASH I
a magnus Apollo. Now they ain'i none of
that sort left, unless he's some poor Gus
which hain't got no frens and no hun
dre for holhin.' Sum has tubercnls,
(Which is things like potaters,, growiu'
onto their lungs sum has very coarse
vanes and the rest amt very well genefal-
ly An all in consekwins of governments
goin' into the lottery perfe sshun. You see
tain't good for body or soul, an il shouldn't
ought to be conhnered.
What makes me speeshully down into
| the insti,ushin, is that I'm won of its VIC
Tins The wheel has gone and done it,
and |, which hsip'l even plaid even up for
the drinks, "a part from principle and part
from INTEREST," morn year, am beat out
| of three 100 by gamein which they
wouldn't even let me hold hand.
Yes, sir, they have grated me into the
army, believe that's what they cali il,
when they call on feIIer for the soap, but
which is only a peace of sarkasum, for the
army sin'l nolhin' particer 10 do with il as
can see.
When / was drafted felt different about
it. though, then that they wanted more
soldiers The Administrator papers sed
so; they sed il was men The government
wanted, not money: and when anybody
proposed TO rase hundred for every graft
ed man so't he coplc go or stay jest as he'd
mind TO, they said he was a copPerhead
and a rebuel sympathiser. When | got
the paper with the names of the grated
men in our town, found my own aud Jest
Iteen others that trained with among the
Wide Awakes 8 years ago. For moment
fell bad, and kind er lhoi I'd go an make
Uncle Bill over in Canada short visit, an
if liked the country take off my close an
stay few years. Then | thot TO myself
/ won't Here's fifteen OF Us valyunt felIers
of that regiment which Burt Van Horn sed
il could march right thtou the whole South.
We're the men for the crisis, an now that the
backbone of the rebe lyun is broken, wen
make them big rebuels fly TO the cat hole.
So spoke to my wife, aud sez
s'Whe, Pm goin.' Govmenl's sent fur
me and respond I'm wanled 10 crush
the rebeIyun and I'm goin' iE 10 do it. I've
got three weeks 10 get ready in, and then
Pm of fur the fust families and iLtelligen,
contrabands."
"Now Ethan" seq she, "You don't say
SO Why, whatll me and the children
do ?''
go" sez !, ''you'II get on well enuf, PlI
'lot you 10 dollars month of my pay, and
the town board'll see you don't suffer-"
"Town granny !" seq she, edo you s'pose
I'm goin' TO take help from the town me
which come from good famerly I'd as
soon go 10 the County House TO wons."
"Well," seq |, "ten dollars III keep you
and the babies in eaiabIes, and you won't
need many close, for thinkin' that your
husband is a servin' OF his country, and q
winnin' OF disiincshan will warm your 30.
som and no mistake. Besides Pll be pro
NOTED rite along, an before the war is over
I'll be bold briga6iet, and have two rows
of brass buttons on TO my cote, and draw'd
sword in my hand, and gi, 200 aud fifty a
month for picking my teeth in front OF big
hotel TO illustrate The strength of the coun.
try"
"Ethan," seZ she, solemnly, Hef you
must go I'll try an bear it, but one thing
want you 10 premise, and :hst is that you
won't 90 to beiu' bfigadier on no account
know the pays good, bat what's that COM
pared TO the associashun. You've children
grown up think how they'd feel"
"Well,' sez |, 81 promise, for | think a
good deal OF my name, an ii shan't be sul.
lied by ben' reported in the list of briga-
diers" tho'i would quiet her, an il
did for minute, but purty soon herd a
sound, an ! new somihin' was comm
"Boo hoo-hoo % she remarked an
noticed several teers about the size OF pig
cons eggs acoursini down her lovely cheek,
kept still, but she continued repeatin' her
last nbservashun. AT last seq she:
80, Ethan, them rebuels are so careless
how they shoot. What would you do ef q
Parrot proiectile was to hit you ?"