Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1863-01-23


scouting party of Federas were discover
"f q party to Cut them off, aud # posi- BILE TAX
then, prisoners. Wecame up with the euem.,
under the rnost advantageous clrcnmstarces.-
They were skinni9g some oeeves which the. .
had stolen, hut could not drive away, their
guns were standing against tne trees near, ann
SD safe did they think themselves, they hat
either neg elected to set watch, or he had lea
MS post, and were a'n,s upon them .acG
could easily have captured them w!th,u, firing
6 gun, had | not at that instant given them The
alarm by two IF the !nrdest and most stentu
| rian snrezes. We captured them to be sure
but not without the loss of one man and thrr.
others severely wounded j; for az my sncez'ns
hey sazrl their guns and fired voilay AS we
rushsd nprn them. [ angr. with my :
self, that did not know for some tune that II
bullet had passed through my left arm, nfliet>
ing " hat proved tn be painful flesh wound
4 few weeks afterwards, while pickle,
duty, some FIVE OF :he enemy appenref: in sight
and thinking it quite too cowardiy hree t."
retreat before FIVE, picke.s determined to
give tb-m IA brush. kill each man at the
frs. fire, and then take the two remaining men
pr isn!.ers. Putting ourselves r good posi-
ti"n, diew up our guns and FREQ; bat only
two nen fell, FIR poor un!uck, me, JUS: as
drew trigger CHE OF my sre.zrs made my gun
swerve aud my bali fly wide of the mark.
The 'hres. ,nen still uhharmed. for baf
instant s-eued about 70 turn their horses and
take tu isht DOT only for half an instant, for
bptore az could load and .ile again they were
upon a., aud though we let fl at them the sec
tDd t,ne, we unfortunately missed in cur aim
wh. they wounded Louvre and mo. and took
u prisoners Janney escaped b, taking {" the
bushes. ] was kept prisoner about three months
before was exchanged and have n"thing tn
complain of in my Treatment, for although |
Jared pretty badly ate, got able To be about,
| was finely cared fl > ui:a WAS under treat
meht for my wound. L,wTi- Was hurt worse
than !, but just he could sfa"l about little,
he ad capital plan for our escape, WHICH
would probably have succeeded bad not again
bee, under the influence of my unncky star
and given the alarm tn he sent,nels BY one of
my unfortunate SnfeZa>. Innngh net swear.
ing man at nrdnar. times must confess did
not blame Lowris for the had wos S he heaps
ed upon me, when thus uInlentioualiy caus-
ed his re-eartnfe.
Il would give thousand dollars il could
break u, vseit OF she. zng said dnzr., at tifues
but it did nn good, till one day guard
hearing me- So, it, came to soon as he
was off duty, and SAID. :
"Hallo. stranger, d,dn't you say you'd give
dollars il you knew how TO cur. your
self Of >neezing?'
Wet, what If d'd?''
"Why nofh'ng, only I'll teach You sure cure
tcr five dollars"
" oud,.'t lrarn Of q Yankee if you'd teach
M f,r nuthlis.'
W. ell, stranger if you take me for Yam
kee, you are Ju.l about much mis- aiken as
yon ever " ere in yonr life"
.'What are you, II you not confouudsd
Yanke-?''
ln' u Western man; hail from w '>consir
and there's more Yankee blood IN me than
in y"n, and are you wiling pow TO learn how
to cure yourself Of that everlasting sneezine !?
shond think yon wnnli be. for of the
men say ,nu are at ii 81. the time"
III give y"u three dollars, You'll warra,:
vonr remedy t., be gf.,,1 oc-, .a.d j, anx;on>
t" knew of some hing which would overcome II
habit which had brought me III 10 ST. many na,s
al Ventures
'sHand over the meney ard l'll give you the
prescription and ten dollars To b ,ot if it fails.
Alter q l,ttle more parle, ing i paid the mon
ey. and my Western man wrote for my beneh
the fol,,wing simple rule. winch am happy t.
say has Away proved effrctaa!.
hen about to sneeze, press your fingers
tightly upon your upper lip just under you.
nase.''
On reading these words became very angry
aud accused the man of hum bugsing. me, but
he assured M most positivei. that ks was not
and even offered to leave my three dollars With
me till | tried his recipe. and receive them agaip
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