The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1863-04-24
Letter from Iajer Jack Downing.
DoHHir gsyiile, March 90, 1868.

| went 10 Washington abeut a year ago,
OF: of pura patriotism. | diden't wan, z
contract, nor = commission, nor caything.
| weat 20 give tie Kernel good advice, jest
as di,! Gonnoral Jackson; ba; It warts 40
q. Sumner ala Creo'oy, al Ncudil FL,
lips, an soch stsy-at-hu,A ftil ginnerals
get tho advantage CT me, an LiDkia does
;ces vat they want hin 70. Tia conse~
qEe@ca IS; tho country is ro.n3 down hill;
81 besides shat tha b-.,c,l;a 3 broke, an
the9o amt muaa to - sd or 10 DO. bu. %
look on until tho sr:ash cc,1es, tLsn Il
can pic,. up tbs piccss, an see 4 the vagln
cau be pa. .oesattcr aG;c. 70 an old man
lie me. these ere trim :i..le.. had .l~
rnos. e.;l cryia tines | CEN. bsar 20
think cf'ola. l dream o'aights Of my
country, wen is was RlI p5aco al hnppi-
nel.--1gen th>.s varA's any =ojeTj nor
sisadiH amy to pay, nor 70 debt, acr 40
hospitals fell cf sick soj6rs. nor no sorrow
or misery in the land s2l wen | wake mp
At thic.1 how different it ia no., wish |
could sl,ep ELL the lime. The other day
cid Deacon Jenkons.oa oveE ID ese rae
The Deacon, YOU know, Tzs with ma IN
Washington sho.t .ino, 1cn iVss went
there aR lis dartog Jc,aaha Matilda vent
down to Port Royal TO tsach tha coatry-
bands theic pri.aGers. Wal, tho Daacon
aia't much wiser now than he "as yea7
ago. I{s Still thinks taat by prayin 50
fg'l.in tas rebels vill web 10 whip1al-
Ha usc1 to ii!s9 tho Tyjjwns, bua lately hs
sla lie prefers the Herald. Is il is mere
truthful. Tha old raa0, however hae hasn
very blue for scme time past, and now ses
that prayin AMI Eshtin HASN'T accomplished
nuoh. "Wa.T ses I, Deacon, their haleu't
orter been eny war at all; bat, sea- [ while
the South have had single end ga pur>
pose, ws'va besn all at odds an cnds-
TEs war las been carried on by us Jest
ike old Sol. Pendercrat's boy ploughed
Oh Sol took hi. Odds: boy Adam, a
thich NEEDED fsllsr, OFT ono apfing. sn set
hin, to rleughiH. He told him 10 go 10
gorE an strike = farrow across field to
JiacE heiter, an then keep on. After Civ
ing this direcsLln, old Sol went off to the
house an left Adam alone. 1hs boz .tart
ed his oxen in a bee liDs for the black hsif-
er, bu, wen b. got pretty clu, to her, she
threw up her tail an rsn off in another ci-
reeshin Adam thought he must foIler the
heifaF. no matter whore she went; so he
struck another bee line fer her, an with
les. the same result Wen he 60, clus to
her. the heifsr give another frisk to her tsil
az off she went. Adam geed Tia oxen
around, an struck for her aein: and 40 lis
kept on all dsv. Al mite the old man cnrn
out to zee how Adam had go. along. lie
found the field all cut up with furrors, ZIG
gag, criss cross, an in every direcshin, an
asked Adam wa: on a!th it ment. Wal
ses the ,hick-he,!ei num-kuIl. you tod
me to steer for the black heifsr, an I've
done it al day, but the darnsi crttor
wouldn't stand STILL an 30 ,he fa7fova are
kinder cris, cross, you seq
"Now,' ses !, that is Jest wat Linkin
has been ioin. GreeIev told him to steer
for the nigger, AT the result is jes: Ike
Adam Psndcrgrast's pioug hing. There's
considerable tightin ten dore, BIZ! i ia all
criss cross, zig gag, an don't amour, to
nothin, an so it will be to the end of tie
chapter" Wen / sd this, tie Deacon
knocked the ashas out Of his pipe, sn aes
he
oval, Maior, wa. DO you think the var
sill amount to, eDyhow 2" Wal" ses
T. q guess i vii end a good deal Ike
thc foie7 who though: he could make =
horse shoe jest s. well as = blacksmith"
Sas ths Deacon sec -, " nov waa that
Majer!" "WaI.' rea I, "ono dar f,Iler
in 3 nlackarnith'. chop made bet thss
he coUid make I torse-shoa jest as well
as tie blacksmith himself, though he
hadn'. nsvo, heated an irod OF struck
blow .n All anvil. Tho fella- sid il didn't
require amy gceat gum"t!on to make
horseshoe. 60 hs took pi>cs Of iron
ard at il be wcls Hs put it in tha FIRE,
heated it and commenced poundin il, bul
tho rore he pounded, the rloco II didn't
lock Ike IA horse-shoa liz finally gave
I'd the lob, and said # he conldn': make
horse shos he could make Wagon holt.
go a, j, he went, but tho more lie pound
ei an the moro he heated his iIoh, tha less
i. cre- an finally ho found the. hs
couldn't make even a wagon colt. Then
he dec'sred that he bad iron enough lef'
for h,,ae shoe nail, an :hat hs nor!d
rraks bat upon trying, he found lnss .he
mos: difficult lob Of a!l. Finally, giving
up in dj-pair, ses be, Wei, one thng
can do ony how, cen make s'ss ~ cad
plund~iny the tong. end what was !efs Of
the iron in the water. ho did get up a
yerv resp.ctable siss' "Sa-.' scs |,
when be started cut, "Linkin eed he,
was going 20 restore the old Unioa. Tha.
as. been given up lsng ago, and now they
say they are goin to conquer the southern
States, that is make despotisrn, but the
war will turn out jist Ike tha horse shos
business. Linkin will, after ell, neether
make Union, or dsspotism, or aa En-
pire By it, bu. it will end with great big
.iss.' That's all he will accomplish by it
an dear sas il will bs for NANNY a
moor fellow. A dear sss it will be for
The fa.herls.. and the widows, and a
wonderful dear siss it will bs 70, the
people who will have to pay the taxes and
foot the Till of the vsr." Whom | faid
this, the Deacon drew long hreih and
lookiu down en- the floor dida't say ess-
thing FOR some minutes. Finally. ssS he
! 3" VA, hajer, will We have to gins up the