The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1864-06-17

and then went for the Govcrnmcn,
with all his might, soul and strength
Thousands stuck to him. Some o
his relations fairly shine with copper
He has a younger brother, good
deal like him, who is true He rails
cd one of the first regiments aud be.
came its Colonel 1t is the 3lst Hi.
nois Volunteers. Then he resigned
his seat IN Congress, and our beauti-
ful friend, J. G. Allen. took his place.
In those early DAYS OF the war,
John was at Springfield. when n Mr..
Grant came to him to tell his troub.
les This Grant was tanner, and,
having an idea he could Gght a little,
had raised n regiment and brought ii
to Springfield, where it was in camp.
But the men had not been sworn in,
and finding IL n harder business than
they expected, principally on account
OF poor beds, they were going to bacl;
out and 90 home. This was Mr..
Grants trouble. He couldn't see
how he was to get along. 1t looked
rs though he would have to 90 back
TO his lanyard. Perhaps Logan could
help him. Cant you tall, to them
said John. "No," says Grant. IL
can. Call them together"
They had all heard of him. He
made a speech two hours long He
told them all about our Government
and bow the war commenced. The
sweat rollel. He jerked off lis coat
and handkerchief. You never saw
man work harder in your life. He
relate stories WHICH made them laugh
and then he desc 'ibel n soldiers life
in such beautiful language that one
would think no other life had 80 ma.
ny charms. When he got through
the men were impatient to be sworn
in for fear they might lose the chance.
This was the way Mr.. Grant got Il
start, and he has done middling well
since, for now he commands all t!ie
Armies of the Great Republic
A short time since John Logan 3
old regiment--the 3ls.-came home
on furlough to see the folks and re-
cruit. One of the companies was
raised on Rose Prairie. Here lives
Esq. Clifford; he is an old settler,
has been Justice many years, for
he can read he has large farm we'll
managed he IL rich. and his ouly son,
Andy, il an officer In the 3lst
The old man sat in the porch smo-
king his home made tobacco, waiting
for the wagon. Andy married few
months before he went into the army,
"~i HE wife also sat I'm the porch,
while her baby, nearll LwU years olu,
ran from her to his grandfather. Su.
sans father keeps store In the village
OF Prairie Rose hn is Postlna'.e' and
one Of the head men. She can read
and write. Being brought up quite
lady, she never works out doors ex-
cept to pick cotton an to bind after
the cradles, and she holds up her
head, rs she might, for she is real
handsome, and if anv woman ever
loved her husband, it is she
Il don't know how Andy would
like that kind Of talk" said she, "for
he writes in his letters altogether diff
| fercnt."
"Don-t Won he troubled, GAL said
Squire Clifford "he writes so jest
TO please the officers, for they open
all the letters
"I hope they don't open any Of
mine, though there's nothing bad in
EN-"
"You Test wait and see how I'll
talk to him; I'll bring him around,
sure
The Squire was n Peace Democrat.
TO tell the truth he belonged TO the
Knights of the Golden Circle, a lodge
Of which was organized by the law
vcrs Mt the county sect and being am
influential man, he and few others
had made Rose Prairie hard place
for Union mm. 1t astonishes one TO
see how plain men. honest in their
dealings. and good ncighbors, but ig-
porant, are made intolerant by the
designing When Slavery made the
people ignorant, a Foundation was
laid for every species Of intolerance
even of infamv AMI crime.
All NJ once the wagon "a etNrough
the yard with the horses trotting,
which they had seldom done before,
and it was filed with soldiers, with
the Rose Prairie boys, and Andy
among them. Almost in q moment
Andy had jumped over the bars. and
was near the porch, when Susan gave
spring around his neck, and would
have thrown him over ir he had not
been tall and strong, and If he had
not braced himself; and there she
hung, lifted from the ground.
Now I want to ste nv baby said An
dy, and he gently held him up, and,
for the first time gazed upon him
gazed upon him with eyes as clear
and as full Of satisfaction as they were
on the blessed Fourth Of July last,
when, with his companions, he stood
on the ramparts of Vicksburg,
His mother and his sisters also
came around him, and there was q
great time. They all kept looking al
him. He was older and tanned
There is scarcely a person old or
young in the whole North who does
not know the exact color OF the Vicks,
burg tan. 1t Is sail the rebels were
worse tanned, which is likely, since
Gen. Grant Is tanner. Andy's
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