The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1864-05-04

ONIONS ron TuE soI.DIERs.
a Country Girl 60 Country IEOy =
and Girls.

Not long since heard soldier say that
eollicrs like oaions that ho ltSla Oue tins,
paid twenty-five cents for aa onion. Onions
are good Cor soldiessaal many OF them crave
thcm. lon and ! don't maybe, we like
them only long way ON; but the soldiers
do. DOwif nv cOrnor OF orr garden be-
hind the currani.husncs, IN what | recog-
nizc from urlonnlings as long.ncglcctod
sorner--a spot unoccupied save by our
dogs, who have considered Il their own
peculiar playground, and from which our
boy has taken many u load OF bones Of
thoir strewing i SOC, in vision, tho morn.
ing sun cleaning brightly on rows Of tiny
green blades and MS look. tho rows scom
TO form themselves into great characters,
which presently see are, for tho soldier
Hanceforlh for this season at least, that
bono-strewed plot has nobler destiny.
Tho vision shall bo realized. The dogs
must seek anoticr backgrounds this plot
is To- boar onions for iic soldiers. Where
now is stiff sod. shall bc mellow soil, whore
onions may take 10 themselves size and
/ sap.and olOr. In due limo, Tho green tops
may navor soup for the Homo Guard but
every bulb lying concealed IN tho dark
muld'slmll be sacred t0.gtch Us have seen
actual service. Never, siice oxiled Israel
tics Ian lei AMI sighed lor the locks and
onions OF Egypt has there been 80 great u
gloriication Of tho odorous, tcar-prOvOking
bulbas thcro shall be in this garden corner.
This sounds well, say youib talking
breaks no bones, and that frozen sod is
not broken yet for those onion beds You're
right. When tho barrels (or shall II only
be barelg) containing them shall have been
directed 10 the I, ). Sanitary Commission,
will be bettor time for talking Ol those
e ,.,tA tnf un IN vf4u
girls and boys. Have you neglected cor
ner in your garden, in your yard, or 4
place hitherto given to the cultivation o
flowers onyl That patch is not yours,
beg leave to inform yolL The soldier ha'
a. mortgage on it. Waste soil is not to b,
tolerated about our homes in these timer
i aud the tulip, though a milstrant, mus
give place to root which may bo put :,
p nober usss. Doir friends. cant you, won
voN work these spots for the soldiers
'nhink for auy slight weariness we slal
40 suffer, they have known the hard endu
rance, tho wear OF long marches; for ever,
drop of oozing sweet while bending at on
toll the crimson life current streams from
thom for country, for home, that we may
have them. Lot us give freely what VI
can to those who arc giving life, some o
them, for ns.
blanclng over newspaper, my eye iall
upon statement that in tho Army of til,
Cumberland thcre is much suffering fol
want OF vegetables. In several rcgimont
seurvy has broken out aud an urgent ap
peal is made to tho Sanitary Commission
for vegetables Should each Of us country
girls aud boys furnish brishcl, even oi
Vegetablcs--we wont insist upon the onions
from all, il some of you prefer potatoes foi
your peculiar patch-aHd put them alto
gether,. those from each village sending
tho;r barrels how the barrels would roll
in! This seems humble work for some q
MS, does itH No work for country is mean
no work for its defenders is mean. Let II
pledge ourselves, girls and boys, that W
will do what we can, and that with The on
thusiasm with which wo placed together
aud flung out to the breeze, our first min
iaturos of tho "Dear Old Flag" in the bt
ginning of these strange times, whom II
defended from those whom it has so Ion
sheltered.