Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1867-06-05
The Soldiers Hayersack.

incidents oil thc'late war, whlcu We oare
say will cheer up for the time being the
rno<t gloomy aud respondent:
While train of soldiers was at -
depot, in North Carolina, man with Il
broad grin on his face, was standing to
himself, apparently enjoying the pranks
Of General Lees boys" As soon a
lie was seen, one of these unknown Soon
ftd' yelled out, 81 say, Mister, have you
sold your dog! and when told that the
animal had not been disposed of the
"reb" begged the fellows pardon, and
said. Il thought you had, as see you
are doing your own grinning."
Fulton, Missouri, sends these two
anecdotes:
One dark rainy night. the I'd or Sd
after the battle Of Cornth, Lieutenant
Tom Green, son of our General Martin
Green, {poor Tom! he was killed at
Franklin; and q better or braver man
never fell in defence Of his country.)
picked up. what he thought was a round
rock and put It nnder the end ct one Of
tie toys of 1pAicA hes fire mas nude. II
was not a rock, but q very large she'll
One of our Irshmen saw it after awhile.
and removed it saying. faith, Leftenant
the Praist told me that PUydtory waS
tuU of jisi sich kindlin rood Us that"
oy the Nashville campaign Of Genera
Hood, one miserably cold, drizzling
sleety night, while we were all huddiin.
around camp fire to keep from freezing
to death, old man Mercer, Company +
1st and Sd Missouri, consolidated made
~ remark that always struck me as yer!
forcible. He laised his head, after being
in brown study for some time, and said.
g tell you what, boys, if there's am
,cot' in man, this trip is going 10 make
him how'll"
One of our neighbors was very ingeni-
ols in keeping out of the army under
some of the provisions of the Conscripi
Act. He raised pork for the army, and
he raised corn, flour and potatoes for the
army. In short, he did everything bur
shoulder his musket and fight wiM the
army. Atlast, finding that the conscrip.
ton would catch him, he finally raised 4
Company of Home Gurads. As he knew
nothing about tactics, his attempts at
drilling were very funny. One day,
wishing his company to wheel, but be-
coming embarrassed, and forgetting the
word of command, he cried out, "comt
round like gate, boys." He was known
ever after as General Gates, of the Home
Guards.
An Alabama colonel, who was as good,
true and brave as he was Ignorant OF tao
tics, was marching his men by the flank
when hot fire was opened upon them.
Gen. Rodes dashed up and gave the order
to charge. The colonel looked embar-
rassed, not understanding that the Gen.
erai,. of course, intended him to first
throw his men into line before making
the charge. The order being again re-
peated, the colonel said, General, do
you mean for me to charge endwuys"
In June, 1868, A. Z. Hills Corps re-
mained at Fredericksburg some time after
the departure of Ewcll and Longstreet
for Pennsylvania. One day. a number
of fresh North Carolina troops had occa.
sion to pass the Third Georgia Regiment
As usual, the "Tar Heels" were made
the target for any number of smart jokes.
aHow's fosin?' sung out Georgia
Cracker Gall out" replied the Tar
Heel. "How's that!'' Why, you see,
jeff. Davis has bought it all to make
youens stick the next time you have to
fight
The following poetical effusion was
written by girl in North Georgia to
her lover in Johnson's army:
otis hard for you'uns to live in camp,
'Tis hard for you'uns to fight,
IT'S hard for you'uns through snow to tramp,
In snow to sleep at night.
But harder for weuns from you'un> to par.
Since you'uns have stolen wc'uus heart.
In Atlanta there is q very respectable
old lady, by the name of Mrs. Few, and
in eccentricity Of character and idiosyn
Grassy of constitution we surmise there
are Jew like her. Many good things are
said by Mrs. Few, and in her manner of
expression there is an originality refresh
ing. Recently Mrs. Few made q cali
upon one of her friends, and in the course
of conversation, the lady whom she WIS.,
tied remarked:
Mrs. Few, for one of your age, you
have remarkable fine teeth
so, yes" replied Mrs. Few, "these
teeth do very well, but Wheeler's Caval-
ry, dod drot 'em, stole my tooth brush
at. Decatur, and have never been able
to git another one since, and my teeth
are not in as good keeping as they was.
w A PRA7ER.-Mark Twain is
badly prosecuted man, judging from what
he says below:
"The man who lives next door to me
on the right keeps chickens; and the
man who lives next door to me on the
left keeps chickens; and the fen1 who
lives across the ally in The rear keeps
ehickens. and so do all the deep-dyed
Williams on either side Of me keep chick
ens-and the roosters crow the whole
might long, and the hens lay an egg apiece
at sunrise and then cackel about it the
whole day long, end have been praying
for three hoIrs, now, and if my prayers
are answered, every man in this rancho
of San francisco who owns chicken
will be sunk SO deepin the hottest sink
of perdition before sunset that telegraph
message sent to him from the surface G.