Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1863-12-04
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SELR.RELlANCE OF WESTERN SOL
s.. ~a@z DlERS.

II there arc men in the world gifted with
the most thosSugh selfreliance western sol.
disrs arc tho men. To fight in the grand an
ger of battle seems to me to require less man.
" fortitudc, after all, than to boar without
inurmuring, the swarm Of little troubles that
vex camp and march, No matter where or
when you halt, there they arc at once At
kotnc. They know precisely what to to first,
and they do it. have seen them march in
to strange region at dark, and as soon a.
fires would show well, they were twinkling
all over the field, the Sibley cosns rising like
tho work Of enchantment everywhere, and
the little dog tents lying snug 10 the ground,
as II, like the mushrooms, they had growsd
there, and the aroma OF coffee and tortured
bacon, suggesting creature comforts, and the
whole economy Of life In canvai cities,
moving as steadily on as il ii had never in.
termitted. The movement Of regiments, you
know. are 40 blind as fate Nobody can tell
tonight whore he will be to morrow, and yet
with the first glimmer Of morning the camp
is astir, and the preparation begin for stay
ing there forever; cozy little cabins Of red
cedar, neatly fitted are going up; here boy
is making Gre. place, and quite attistically
plsstering it with the inevitable red earth !;
he has found a crane somewhere and swung
up thereon two-legged dinner pot; there 4
fellow 10 finishing out chimney with brick
ffbin All old kiln Of secession proclviiies /;
yonder bower house, closely. woven OF sv-
srgreens is almost realty for the occupants |;
tables, stools, bedsteads are tumbied together
by tho roughest Of carpenters; the avenues
between the lines Of tents arencl cared and
smoothed-" policed in camp phrase--littls
seats with cedar awnings in front Of tho tents
give cottage look while tho interior, in a
rude way, has genuine home like air. The
bit Of looking glass hangs against the cotton
wall; handkerchief Of carpet Just before
the bunk marks the STEPPING off place to
the land Of dreams violin case Is strung
up to convenient hook, flahksd by gorge
GUS picture Of some hero Of sonew here,
mounted upon horse rampant and saltant,
and with length OF tail behind |"
The business of living has fairly begun
again. ~
But At Eve o'clock some dingy morning,
obedient to sudden orders, the regiments
march away in good cheer; the army wag,
ons go streaming and swearing after them /;
the best Of the drum grows fainter; the last
straggler is out Of sight; the CANVAS city has
vanished like vision. On such morning
and amid such scene have loltetea till Il
seemed as II busy city had passed out of
sight, leaving nothing behind for all that life
and light but empty desolation. Will you
wonder much il tell you that have watch-
ed such vanishing with . pang OF regret i
that the trampled field looked dim 70 me,
worn smooth and beautiful BY tho touch Of
those bravo feet whose owners have tsed up.
on thorns with SONG feet. alas, how many,
that shall never again in oil this coming and
going world make music upon the cid thrssh.
holds! And how many such sites OF perishsd
cities this war has made, how many bonds
of good fellowship have boen rsnt to be uni.
ted no more ..--B. r. Taylor, Var Correi
pondsnt Chicago journal.