Cairo evening times. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1865-1866, 1865-11-18
Correspondence Of the Cairo Times.


HEADo'Rs Co D, l95rH REG. l. V. l.,
WASHINGTON, D. c. Nov. ID, 1865.
FRIEND GooDALL:-It does ones eyes good to
see old friends, or any thing that reminds US, of
old associates with whom we have long since
parted, and you may imagine with what pecu-
liar gusto always read the clippings from your
pen. The enclosed scrap comes to me from
the Lancaster pa. Daily Eceni,ag Express, and
when saw it could not help exclalming with
Geist, latter the weather again" Here it is ::
AN EDITOR ON THE WEATHER H. L. Good
all, of the Cairo, H., Times, whilom of the
Inland Daily, of this city, Is after the weather
with a sharp stick. Many of our readers will
remember the many witty and pungent para
graphs our old friend indited against the wea-
ther while in this city. He has, of late, de-
voted, we perceive by his paper, portion OF
his attention to the same subject in Cairo, and
from the tone of his articles we judge tina, his
anathemas against wind and weather there are
as they were here-about as effcacious as
blast IRON penny whistle against whlrlwind.
But hear him, in a late number OF his Tunes
Tour old friend, the weather, appeared
| rather gloomly yesterday, and treated us, to
say the least, coolly. At such times we for
| bear having any unnecessary communication
with him. II is uncomfortable for us, and we
never could discover that it harmed him much
for us take out our revenge in that way. He
will have his sulks, and we've made up our
mind to let him have them out in every case.
He always comes round after while. 1t
won't oe long before we shall wake up some
fine morning to be greeted as pleasantly as we
could wish We've made the old .entlemans
character a study, but have never been able to
find the weak point in his nature by tickling
which we could get our way with him, nor did
we ever see any one who had
am happy to learn OF your prosperity, and
every prospect ola long life.
But a change Of subject: since last we met,
how many strange scenes have TRANSFERRED in
the lifetime OF both Of as, and the many habttues
OF the old Inland Daily Times Office. You le-
member the rustic couutrys' boy, Christian B.
Hebble, assistant TO the old Indian skinner,
VIM. Garden? He is now captain of my COM
pany, and many are the sports we have to.
gether, based on incidents happening around
the old printing office. Christ, or Captain
and two children-he married a lady from
Gloucester county, Virginia, in ls6l-he Lav
ing been pressed or conscripted in to the rebel
army, living in Va, at the time. Harry Geiter,
the old standby, served near four years in the
10th Pennsylvania, in the West. Bucky
Strine was member of the Lancaster Fen
| cibles," and served three months in the LIST
Pennsylvania Harry Foltz, enlisted in the
9Th Pa, g months) and at the expiration OF his
term he felt patriotic, and married widow
with seven children, at Alexandria, Va.
George w Fem has been in the army, and
now I believe he is publishing paper some
where above Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Thso.
F. lives il Harrisburg, but l do not know
what has become of his darling son, Jim.
Harvey Spera recruited cavalry company Tor
the the 18th P c., and when discharged he
had been serving as Major of the regiment for
over a year, and last your humble servant, has
been in the army three years; and on March
l6, '65, will have completed my fourth year.
1 went into it as private, but do not expect
to come out Lieutenant General, but have
made one grade toward that point, as am
now a first Observation-Disclosures the General.
But know your aversion to long letters, es-
pecially when of no consequence, therefore l
will stop, or you might vote me a bore.
would be pleased to hear from you, so would
your old fireman and pressman, Hebble-so send
us a line or two and Times from Cairo, Ill.
J. D. NJ.