The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1865-11-04
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COL. NOTES EXPERIENCE idN
aoiiHm7oini ~" TEXAS. '.#oBi" 's79'hio:
Cbals.9 g. Nott was was Col. Col oil orfheg 'I5GaBRf aRf
Y. V. and before the-war was Lawyer Of
some prominence, He was taken prisoner
at Brashear La, andosince his EretBrn,, has
written an aecount4ofihis PRISON. life,apic.
turing ''the better side Of everything, and
left t'out only the unpleasant parts of i'his
Imprisonment % We give below some ex-
tracts :9y0da 9f3 ss ss,abGi4 10 f3s na d2Js sa
.The9red flag ofour hospital was n OF un-
derstood by the assauiting party and for a
little while it looked as ifno QUARTER wohld
be given by the wild TEXANS 10 our Sick
and wounded, A, wild looking squad, With
broad hats, and jangling spurs. rushed, sle1
volver in hand upon the, building, In no
very decided mood at the time, and acting
chiefly from tho military habit iofu looking
to some one in authority, i asked sharply
if there was an efficir among theni?w " 'Ehey
stopped, looked a trif1e ,discpnGerted, ,aRd
one answered that be, was "a sergeant, .ilt
Is This is a. hospital + said aatharita7
acknowledgements, 0putitwo meni on .Ignhrd5
at ttheadooiF, and fdonitI 1eti any butt the
wounded pass, 81 b9n1nd eAw bas ,9lil 3oo
t"Well, then9BiIl5 said tAe sergeant5 yod
and John stand guard here, And now See
you don't let nobody go in unless they be
wounded 3.nsfai aL- s;,liaaK aa1oiaroaq
fsAbout thu same instant anotheFasqnad
rushed to a. side eiwindow aBdspokednthdiT
rifles through the's sash DR. Willets, ithe
surgeon Pine 10th; dat the moment was
operating on a. woupdedb soldier WITH
professional GOODNESS he tnrned to the win
dow, and in the decided manner, that one
would speak to q crowd of small boys, said :
1s'This is a9hospital; you mustn't COME
here Go away from the window and get
ont ofn,ylfghts s. . Z Lns sliqn7al 20
is'g'he ififfes were withdrawn; the. party
looked at the window q moment, il a some
what awe struck manner, and then, ssagib 6
TO each iQther, You mustn't go there, i.theE
| withdrew
sSUponti Oolenelu Motifs. asking for SOME
private baggage, which he wished to- save,
| Capt. Watt sent him an order fofit delv-
cry, if il could be found, and DIR. Hughs
| very, kindly, advised hin, TO fake his, ,amb1T
lance and search for it at the fort, where
some captured property was stored. The
guard saysithe Colonel, consisted off
young gentleman in his shirt sleeves, and
no shoes, who when requested to ge, whis-
tied Violently, and perched himself on the
rear Of the ambulance, with. his face toward
/ the hospital and his back toward me-
asked him, with some>surprise, if he was
1 not going to take his rife, at which he
4 stopped wifistling, and said he .reckoned
4 not, p After whistling a few niinuies he
4 further defined his position by saying that i
j Il ran away he ,reckoned be could run alter
me and then, that he reckoned the eli
4 mate had been heapstoo much for me-
/ After Ganother swhistie his stiffness wore
1 away q trile, and he nianifestly TO pnt
me at my case BY saying g.: = Dog gone tie
! Lousanny Climate, and the 'bayous, and the
4 beef and dog gone,tthe LousahYans ;T77
! they're the meanest set OF people ever see.
i I'D just as soon 9sheotone1ofie iem ASA Yank.
This put me quite atumy easeg and weitfen
4 had avery interesting conversation yThe
etymol0gy Of dog gone my guard was fgno-
rant Of he suggested that it meant pretty
! much, what something else did, but wasn't
1 quite SO, bad, in which opinion J. coincided.
| Since then i have, learned that this.eypres,
/ sige phrase is derived fromiJthe,, threat of
i puttingia dog on you, and that itlshVese airs
4 nually in Texas an immense amount of
4 swearing and Iisp found to- answer just as
4 ,teIpp9fl'la yiagld O. bgf iVoha ~" O. she"'
n .ssiiio-g4 rgoJl fsa5pIai .bd0dloJdaiga Ino
! Daring the fortnight that was .spents at
! Franklin Hospital the fareiIwas extraogdl-
nary. 1T was SO much BETTER. says Col.
i Mott, ritharlsI had respected; sc much bet
i ter than Isupn6sed It Possible that pr.is99F! q
4 ers could receive at rebel Hands, so nditIeef-
4 ernt from tie fare which We knew Eas rto
follow, that carefully noted down the bill
on several days and fromtbese self tlaofa-
!, verable specimen .ss9i91shw 'toid1e9 % i19
zFWEDNhsDAy,l Juiylfi, Sunrise ~ ~
4 French coffee and biscuits.
ntBREAKFAsTa-Beef-st ef-steaky yLbeefLstew,wc Gu
cumbess, stewed' peaches, melons, French
j Bread, biscuits, toast and tea. 'e'- s,os ~, 81
4 'DIENER--Soup. roast beef. beefa Ia mode,
cpcumbers, egg plant Lima BEANS French
. bread, BISCUITS, tea.1 lriw od iaaf 3.iioa nsgi
i ,ila,oAld dPris9qners' Dinner Dinner Party. "a sla,
4 AT, Camp Ford, whittier they were subae-
1 qpently removed, ,the, prisoners were very
llpoor aud loy-spirited !; and, when the pgis-
Iohers from Camp Gfoce came tlither in
! Anesspifits, they much feared they would
ufbeeoine gloomy too uhlessitheytcoGfd
raisalthe Spirits lof fbhe firstsdceapaBts 5Rhis
4 they determinedIto. do sby bgiYings themssa
fine dinner party. Colonel Mott and Colo
mel Allen received permission to scour the
peighborhood for provisions. They sue