The West Virginia journal. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1864-1877, 1866-08-22
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|of HSnooh he think. no is mi ty lt
hAt% - and put my nhaa ~
pssfI 10, sh4>nobOdy thanks him Wit. daii
tho war, whom tho robbcls was In tho scttsl
mcnt, l,ce was nifty scccshcr, atd told Tx
|ionnys whar the uneyon mems hosscs va,
hid, and when the yanks was in tho kcttel'
mcnt ho told them where the rcLs hosset
was, and pretended to be a nifty Lincon man
but you cuddcnt sit him to fitc on nary side
FheLtIyshad terrible pane in tho musculcl
Ipowesror,ss.n.s;ahsd isees. as psevsntsL him
from sholdring his gum, till finely tho yanks
go.:sareol dsn and Started tho DRAFT; thsn
u ort to herd him swnrc and Gus tho lincon
government; and ravc and>swaip round about
the onconste tushunable laws, and dcIririn 4
man Of his, ljbberty, and SIGH like. :.
At>last, flndin his cussin diddent do cnny
good, no tide a Handkerchief round hs he'd and
went to town to 70 doctur Putncy und git a
surtillcut. he toald the doclur he Ind the
urnlgy in tho he'd, and he'd been trubblcd with
information on tho,lranc, and he'd worry coarse
yanos and rumaticlc alTecshun. tho doctur
put on his spcx and sod he cuddcnt 70 nothin
tho matter Of him, and that l,cdc make nifty
stout man for the survis tlIcn d ort to hearn
him cuss- when he got home he hid out in
the woods til the draft was over, md when
he cum in he was nearly oil covered over with
moss when the war was over he was grato
raddiclc for awhile, scd he nodc NIL the time
tho rcbbels wud cit whipped and tridc to
jinc tho rcd string society, but thcy wuddcnt
hcv him kasc TIM was afeard to trust him.
Last spring wun Nv yurc big men over thar
was out in over SETTLEMENT and stadc all
mite with in and toald him lots Of stuff about
tho rnddclcs and about II nu party 10 calld
tho prcsorvatiye6: Id scd the 'Tobblcs he'd
all got to be good union 'lnon and 30 he'd tho
coppcrlc'ls, and hole lot Of uncion mon was
n gwinc to jinc CHI and mike bigger party
then the uncion party, and out vote them and
git MI the ofllsscs in thcr oan hans and CT
they cudclent du that TIM was gwinc to hcv
another war and help the rebs fltc fer thcr
rites. and kill or all tho nisscrs and drive the
uncion men all out Of tho country. lie sed
tha had things pretty we'll fixed up, and now
CT tina cud only drive old Whealcr and oald
IIankcns md old More and oald Cunnisllm
and few other raddicle upcion men outer
the country thadc her peas When hearn
sch tcek rs this I tell you my blud billed, for
my old mnn and tlirco Of the boys tit in tic
yanky army, md lthink thalc have good
time maxim them leave or fbamboozelin en-
into thcr. oal scccsh party either. ~! 20.
But in snooks he got powerful skcarcd
and di,ldcnt know what to do, md has bon
whinrin about ever sense. And my old man
SCI when lie goes over TO yurc town to coart
he sccz sum Jest sich men thnr among the
big bugs whats got no moro scnsc nor i'm
snookS, and mighty nigh as bnd skcarcd az he
is about nisgrr quality and anuthcr war and
sum Of ON woar yunaform in tho war; and
uttcrs Of rin made D." stto Of mummy scllin
whisky, pys, cakes, and noshuns to the soul-
dicrs cudurn the war, and others arc holdin
ofti.c, SIGH NJ squircs, and lawyers and doc
turs but the old man scz he node all the, time
that TIM was bogus md no account for ,inc-
ion men. and thahaint noboddy in our set
tclmcnt gwinc to jipc the new party but
the rcbbcls and SIGH men as i'm snooks. The
oald man aud the boys sez tllarc gwinc TO
stick to the onld flag and tho 'oald uncion
party that sawed the country enduring the
war. .:f..sH sea DOLLY. HODSUN.'