Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1865-11-10
Little Johnny Glenn.

Ofcourse you recollect the story ofJohn-
ny Glen, the motherless atom Of drum
mer boy, aged ten, who strayed away
from Newark, Ohio; and the first we
knew Of him,Tthoueh small enough 20
live in drum, was beating the long roll
for the 22d Michigan. At Chick
amauga, he filled the office of marker"
carrying the guldon whereby they form
the lines; duty having its counterpart
in the surveyors more peaceful calling,
in The aag-man who nutters the red sig
nal along the metes and bounds. On
the Sunday o! the battle, the little fell
lows occupation gone. he picked up a
gun that had fallen from some dying
hand, provided himself with ammunition,
and began putting in the periods quite
on his own account, blazing away close
TO the ground, like a freely in the
grass. Late in the waning day, the
waif left almost alone in the whirl Of
the battle, rebel Colonel dashed up,
and looking down at him ordered him to
surrender +" Surreuder!" he shouted,
"you little id son of -"
The words were hardly out Of his mouth,
when Johnny brought bis piece to cor
der arms" ard, as his hand slipped
down to the hammer, he pressed it back,
swpEg up the gun to the position Of
"charge bayonet," and as the officer
raised bis sabre TO strike the piece aside,
the glancing barrel lifted into range, and
the proud colonel tumbled from his horse,
his lips fresh-stained with the syllable
of vile reproach lie bad flung on a moth
er's grave in the hearing of her child !
A few swift moments licked on by
musket-shots, and the tiny gunner was
swept up at a rebel swoop and borne
away prisoner. Soldiers. bigger but
not better, were taken with him only to
be washed back again by a surge of
federal troopers, and the prisoner of
thirty minutes was again John Glen of
ours !" and Gen. Rosecrans made him
a sergeant, and the stripes of rank cover
ed him all over like mouse in bar
ness; and the daughter of Mr.. Secreta-
ry Chase presented him silver medal,
appropriately inscribed, which he WORTH
ly wears, royal order of honor upon
bis left breast; and all men conspire to
spoil him /; but since few ladies can get
at him here, perhaps be may be saved.
Well, like Flora McFlimsey, the SER
yeant :" had nothing TO wears" the
,lothing in the wardrobe of loyal livery
vas not at all like Desdemona's handker-
thief, 8 too little" but like the garments
# the man who roomed month over a
,aker's oven, a world too wide y" and :
% Miss Babcock, Of the Sanitary Com :,
mission, suggested that uniform for the !,
title orderly would be acceptable. Mr.. !,
Waite and other gentlemen of the
Sherman House ordered it, Messrs.
A. ID. Ellsworth & Company made il,
Chaplain Raymond brought it, Miss
presented il, and johnny put il
on. Chaplain Raymond of the 5lst
the by, most earnest and
efficient oiiicer--accompanied the gift
with exceedingly appropriate suggestions
and advice. | happened at headquart-
ers just as the belted and armed sergeant
was booted and spurred, and ready to
ride. Respondent in bis elegant uniform,
rugged cap a pie, modest, frank, with
clear eye and manly face, he looked
more like fancy picture than living
thing. Said he TO the Chaplain {" You
captured me by surprise, yesterday
Now, he is going on F" thirteen, as our
grandmothers used to say but he would
be no monster if we called him only
nine. Think Of sixty,three pound
sergeant-fancy a handful Of a hero, and
then read the Arabian Nights, and be-
lieve them. Long I've the little order
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