The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1866-11-08

southern face still glowers abov
us; when cars, eyes and nostril
are FULL OF dust; when there are n
feet but sore feet, AMI we climl
along like n convention Of cripple
on the everlasting "tramr, tramp
tramp" on the route.step, thol
shall yon see poor, distressed hu
manity bearing its burdens will
true soldier philosophy, albci
every face is fun OF distress anC
dirt, and remarks are occasionall,
uttered more remarkable for en-
phasis than politcncss. Does 4
rain 7 In rain as in SHINE the pool
footpad must trudge o.; he is til,
sport OF the elements, and has al
least the cheap luxury of grumbl
ing. The more doleIul the situa
tion, the more gro,esqucly will th,
dry humor of the soliier crop on
to the surface, and he is sure tC
find his joke ut any situation o
affairs.
This is all deuccd nonsense,
grumblcs Jones. u tall file leader
Wonder it old Blowor knows
what hc expects to do With the en-
envy after he subiues 'em I"
III think the President made on
great mistake, remarks Brown,
sedate chap, who rarely smiles
aud whose opim IN is always re
ceived with dcIerence.
"Do you though, Brown p
what was itl Give ue your views,
etc. etc.
Yes, do, and I'm afraid he'll
find it ont "a tho campaign prog.
rcsscs. lie should have made
Jones Lieutenant General instead
OF irant.
Jones subsidies into silence un
der the laugh, aul Smith quietl,
observes that .e has learned som,
news which he gudsses nobody
else knows c
Lets have it. Smith, half a
dozen scnsationalists cry ; where
upon Smith lays his fore finger by
the side Of his nose, and informs
Them that it is reported thnt Nose
by has burned up Whites Ford,
aud blown up the Shenandoah
Valley.
Mon approaches, and the fer
vid rays OF the sun seem to burn
whatever they touch. Dunbar
rcis grow hot and blistering to th,
hands, and the water in the can
teens ia too warm to drink. -
Throats are dry and parched, anC
eyes look restless and feverish
aud you need not look closely tc
ace teeth shut hard together, t.
choke down the complaints that
rise from the heart. Yonder is q
little, weak fellow, PAINFULLY strug
Cling along under the weight o
his mnsket md knapsack. when i
it is evident enough that his leg
are scarcely strong enough to car
ry his own weight. The grea
file.closer at his right Quietly re
lieves him OF his mnskct, and f.
the next mile carries ono on cacl
shoulder. Presently l.ieutenan
Jack observes it, and takes on
himself. The poor, weak boy he
comes almost tainiing with thirst
somcb, dy has a ''iiSSttiie cold water
and It s handed over TO him 6
freely us thon h n river Of it wer,
at hand. Your true soldier has al
invipcible pride not to leave the
company for any discomfort. ii,
will endure everything rather thar
to have it said that he did no
stack arms with his company q
night; and, when he askcs leavct t
fall out, HE officer may know tha
poor. exhausted nature can do II,
more.
The column will halt at noor
for perhaps an hour. and the ex
hilirating song OF the bugle, which
tells the welcome news, ia greete'
with irrepres'ible shouts. TIL,
painting, thirsty crowd can will
difficulty await the commant
break ranks before they ar,
rushing away to the living spring
bubbling ont from the hillside il
its purity, and furnishing such re
frcshment as the cellerage OF th
r thschilds can never bestow.-
They throw themselves prostrat
beside it, drinking it greedily a
lit gushes from the ground. bathinI
hands and head in it's reviviiyini
tide, and then fill their canteen
to Over.running with the preciou
fluid. o yc connoisSeurs Of tn
grape, who stretch your legs lux
uriously beneath mahogany, AM
fancy You have found the h'ghes
pleasure which the glass can Civ,
In Clicvuot, or Moselle, or Bur
gundy, or Curacao yon neve
knew the raptuIo Of one draugh
of Gods best gift when it frees th'
poor sufferer irons torments sncl
as Abraham saw across the Gulf
Living motionless on the grass, tn,
wearied men make the most Of tn
'Ihour, and rest and shade strength
en- them for the work Of the after
noon. The march is soon resum
ed, aud protracted until the sui
has wheeled clear down below IN
western, tree-tops. The eyes c
the nninitiated will rest with some
thing Of amaxemeDt npon the a.
gregate burden which an infaptr
soldier carries, varying from fifr
To one hundred pounds. Make a