The Portland daily press., 1865-06-15
Thursday Morning, June IS, 1866.
Discipline. AZ



Aaron Telley was not called lazy man we.
he was loath to do many little acts that many
who are considered " lazy, good-forgnothing
folks" take pleasure in doing. There is no
& better evidence Of Mr.. Tolley's lazy and indus
trIous habits, than his farm, The farm contains
loO acres OF land, and is as regular in its form
as section Of land in Southern Indiana can be
made. But it is not well known how large his
eleven fields are, for they are of all shapes and
sizes. large part of the farm is not fenced in
ana three Of the fields are darkened with charred
stumps that oyershadow the tallest corn. In
sight. Of these dreary fields stands the log-house,
oO It. long, 10 wide and Q courses high. The
,. S-E- side is near the road, which passes from
\ 70 w. Under the porch or awning on the
.. o-E' lront are saddles, scythes, shot-guns,
blankets, coats, bags of wool a rusty hand
saw, splltbottomed chairs, boxes, and anything
that happens to be carried there. The shovels,
hoes, plows, wagons, axes, mauls, harnesses and
yokes are In the stable, or where last used
Though the arrangements within the house
are better than'thes outdoor arrangement, yet
most ladies would not like Beulah Tolley's soays.
her rooms are all bedrooms. A rac-carpet
makes one of them the parlor, though the beams
ana boards overhead are not plastered. There
isa loom in the middle room In the third room
are pots and spiders, SO 1t is the kitchen.
The beds and bureaus are moved almost every
three weeks,-the chairs and tables remain where
last used, till they are in the way, or till they
are wanted again. sdHI Y8aGIFla0q
Aaron Tolley likes to plow, plant and cradle
IN the right season, but he let's the corn stand
till March. He has no regular time to cut wood,
ne often had to cut a load while hired men
were grading for ~ per day. Beulah Tolley
washed on Saturday oftener than on Monday.
She seldom mended the clothes, but when they
are too ragged to wear any longer, she makes Or
buys new ones There is no difference between
breakfast and dinner, or between dinner and
supper There are many days in the year that
Mr. Iolley snd the boys do not work, but Mrs.
~ and the girls have work every day of the
year. In the Hoosier dialect they would be called
"trihing Yankees call it "shiftless."
As MIR. Tolley was laying the 'worm' Of a
fence in March that should have been built in
the winter, neighbor rode by. ssaf
aof' Are ye been to town, Uncle Nathan.s said
Mr.. Tolley. Mso8 .sa6lQ
'I've been every day for the last two weeks
be blamed if lean git time to go for a
month I've got to fence in this patch and SOW
iti oats, and the women don't want any store
goods-so don't believe can git time to go to
town till court week"
"Ireckon that there is as big a crowd in town
to-day as there'll becourt week .
Have they shot horse thief 2 = inquired
Aaron. ,M.ge-, Ii sass .asa ~
No, Aaron, there's goin' to be a war-meetu
this evening lbe meant afternoon) and whole
chance O men are agoin' to speak" 6s
just then George came near with a single-tree
in his hand, shouting, "Pap, whar's the hammer
and Dails2'' seai
OIL reckon they're whar you had 'em
mending the wagon-bed up yonder. or in the
stable.1 s4s sal alassH asf s. ssH sHrFs I
What's the newsi'' asked George, as he came
nearer. rea S r#r
- Fort Sumter is taken; and old Ahe' has
called $4,000 men to whip the secessionists ?
They were not at that time generally called
.rsbels. 1916 ssanf
There's goin' to be a war, Uncle Nathan"
'Yes, George, there's chance for the boys to
do some fghtin'" 1853 Ef +
'Tdon't like war; said Georges father, sits
like eneighbors falling out; but the South has
acted mean"
"Now see how like dogs they are, Aaron.
YoI know how mad the South got when that
abolitionist said, '1et the Union slide '--and now
they are trying to break up the government, in
row."
''If there's goin to be war, Pm in" said
George; "and know some other boys that'll
60"
"You may go to town after dinner, George,
aud See what they're doin'. l can't 60. p fe
That night George could not sleep. In the
morning he begged his parents to permit him to
enlist. He was only eighteen years old, there
fore he owed allegiance to his father he being a
loyal citizen. Mr.. Tolley replied, George,
hate to have you go to war, but you may 90
after harvest if they want more men. The
town boys can go now as easy as any time-you
needn't think everybody's going now"
"There will be seven years war. The South
likes to fight, but ---''h aF tl4a
"But Capt. Gilbert says u, 900 men can walk
right over them di2s ost
"Capt. Gilbert don't know everything, if he
is Connecticut Yankee ns -naQ.ee
George sobbed his mother; ssyou will see
sights enough that you won't want to see as sure
as youlive-" s aHt8 gf sVs q sd
George could not bear to see his mothers
tears SO he went out to work. George was will
ling to endure any hardships even as great as
his grandfather had endured while fighting the
tories under Marion; yet he could wait short
time for the consent of his parents before going
to battle for his fatherland
The last load of wheat was stacked on the first
Of July. On the third he enlisted. On the
morning of the 4th, a squad of thirty-fve mer
rode in wagons tothe Wabash to take a steam
boat for Cairo, where they were to remain for I
time. George Tolley was the only one Of BIZ
company who had not been drilled. Added t.
this-his irregular habits..at home military drill
was very tiresome to him. George was often q
his place before drill-time; but ottener he ha(
to run to join the platoon One day he was alb
sent from roll-call finishing q letter. Att dress
parade four privates and non-commissoneC
ofheer were spoken to for disregarding the ordel
Eyes forward" George disregarded the orde
because he was anxious about his boots. Abov
all things George dreaded the Sunday mornin;
inspection. He had not, while at home. take,
any care of his clothing. When he wanted cleal
linen to wear to stmeeting''-he asked his motbe
for it as he did for piece of lcourt-plaste
when he cut hishand orr
Atailor's boy in Portland would laugh TO see
the son OF prairie farmer fold up pair Q