Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1865-01-27
OF the Cedar Falls Gazette.
LErrERk EEe0M LITTLE COCK.
TiTRp Iowa BArrERY
In Camp Near St. Johns uogp'tal,
LITTLE Rock. Jan 9Th 1.uh |

Little Rock, Jan. 9th, lct5.
MEssRs. EDIroRs IL wish, through the
columns ofyour paper, TO inform the uninhab.
tied part of Iowa autl vicinity that the Third
Iowa Battery is still alive and able TO take
their regular ration Of hard tack and sow.
belly" without feeling much hurt after they
get through. Tho reason that wish to give
this information to the part of the country
that | have mentioned is, Judging from the
small numhcrof letters that are received from
Black Hawk, Butler, Floyd, Grundy, and
other counties, that our friends have left and
gone to some part of the country above men
toned. | hope, Though, that they are fortu-
nate enough to take the GAZETTE, for by so
doing they will learn that we still exist. Tho
health Of the boys is good. There is but one
disease that troubles the boys at present
that is very severe pain in the pocket,
caused by the want of ercenbacks. We live
in hopes, though, Of having the disease
knocked " speetereastwards" in a short time
by the appearance of the paymaster.
The weather has been very pleasant for
some time past until this morning, when it
commenced raining. and has rained more or
less all day, with fair prospect Of doing SO
some more.
The holidays passed by with nothing of
any importance, except the burning of part
of block in The center of town, New Years
Eve. How it caught do not know. There
is runor that it caught in meat market
caused by half of hog trying to get thro'
the key hole at soldier on the sidewalk. -
This is the third fire that has occurred in
this place within the last three weeks. The
loss is estimated at about one hundred and
fifty thousand dollars. A part of it was
Government property.
General Steel, Of this place, has been su.
persedcd by General Reynolds. 1t is tho't
by tho soldiers to be very good change. !
notice that three or four days after General
Reynolds took command, we had a" big mess
0: tatcrs'--coulln't tell for certain whether
it was caused by the change of Generals or
not.
To day has been day Of rejoicing with a
part OF our boys over the receipt Of butter,
cheese, dried and canned fruit from home. -
1t came just in the nick Of time, as the boys
had been without money for some time,
thereby dcpriYinE them of the dainty luxu.
rtes so much enjoyed by the soldier. II is
estimated that the anouM Of butter received
was about loee lbs.
will make no excuses about the grease
that you will hnd on this sheet, but will close
my letter by informing you how it came so.
1t happened in this way - Having run short
of candles, we composed an institution call
ed I" slut lamp" by taking tin can and
filling it with grease, then sticking a rag into
il and setting fire TO the rag. Everything
was lovely and the light was bright, until
couple Of corpora!s took it into their heads
to break the calm quietudc that reirned
within by trying their voices on a few notes
that lay quietly resting between the covers
oil an old, worn out, note book. Seizing the
note book, and seating themselves beside the
table on which set the aforesaid lamp, they
began to send forth those melodious strains
that are generally heard on such occasions,
when, all OF sudden, a bright flash vas
seen, accompanied by report somewhat like
the report Of u cannon, shewer Of grease
and our lamp was bursted in fragments this
sheet of paper immersed in grease, and the
singers driven from their posts. Whether il
was the effect Of the music that caused the
abSse accident, | am unable to say should
not wonder if it Was though
One Of the boys has just received the GA
zETTE, and as wish to look over the news, ]
will bid you good day for this time
Yours with Respect, J0sEPHUs GREEN.