Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-09-27
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itude to a Cheerful blaze; but tears soon
forting. HGood Lord, ,missis, while you
was freezing you didn't cry, now you is
warm, you let your tears run. For de
| Lords sake, hold up your head; three 4
somebodies is at the door begging to get
der hands warm.n SO / admitted the ten
ants-only too glad to extend the hospital
! ity-beside lending them half-bushel Of
i frequently went to the legislative halls
and was sometimes pleased, sometimes dis
| gusted.
I heard Ex-Governor Wise lecture one
lnightAjust a month, L think, before the
capitulation. The crowd was dense to suf-
| location. His eloquence chained my mind,
rivi tied my ears, and cheered my heart, for
he, with all his native power, inornate and
copious language, pronounced emphaticaI-
ly that our day Of delivery was at hand. l.
Starvation seemed likely to ensne as the
winter waned into spring. Meat was so.
scarce as TO be rarity to epicurians. Flour
brought from two to three thousand dol
| lars. p ao 10" -r e ,T-5HiH 5~ai H9'i1E
/ One morning in March went to market,
and as was slowly sauntering towards the
oyster stalls espied chicken, which al
| most deafenedsme with its lhsty Growing.
| asked of the black man who was standing
by. :.,.7f.i I'd ..il5 sen-llii- oz--E 7zniage IN
Uncle, what do You ask for your chick
asAh. missus, that rooster I ak one hun
| dred and fifty dollars for.".i1 - goiipmaL9
| How old is he, nncle2" 70. E .,'.a5.u .. III
81 carn't say, 'zactly, but it pears to me
that coming this Summer he will be in his
| six yearn1. 1l9di oj h51JT9h s1em ,Han
4 ..Snd Won still ask an large a ysum for him2
Why, he will he as tough as leather "syr1,U
| "Yahi yahl Desc Confederate times peo-
| pie don't stand on tough" said he.
| "hiS AFTER THE CAPTURE. ''''' ~
| ~ - sisTevDtba third dow tb;nos beo,an
.ooos.,,,,o sS,,,a atb; !. ILL., gs, aoJ o,jer
~, star1,e,foy, ,,,as tor;noe +hs' uhnIa ,on,
rIot;on in The face If ;s tr,e' that sutlers
Ind o,ea,,aS ~ sforas tor9,f;nG coroast;hIos
j hs,t - ~ 3,o,,a o. ~ bp%S M o,,e
! cs,,, san,a 10 ofitbe Iaws n,vseIS had mot
| one ,,o,,tb f,,I ayoont orort ~ ,naoI. th q
n,arLatin :, f,,,n;shaS on tSatnrJau was exo
| hansfod aSnd M ., Y,o;obborc could NOT aiva
i -Oneshv one the man Who had left. tn CITY
l stro III bacL again aud some 'soiS;ars' on
naroIe came to their wives hnt excent the
4 comfort that svmnathv 0jves, thew were Of
! M mora rasi service than f;ftb JyreeIs IN
n.oaons HusbondS hod 10 1,,ooaU h,,t
were Human nevertheless- NV six thou
sand, doliars in Confederate money which
had i'm hand tor pocket money, could not
i bring me one ginger cake. Officers, men
| of rank, social distinction and wealth, were
now Iforlornly sitting down to meals for
which they could not hope to pay. The
Iandlady's stock on the fifth day consisted
of half a ham and a half barrel of Irish po-
tatoes. She posted a notice over the door
Il for. sogers.'' and several Federal officers
came to the house, and she got in hand her
first greenback. -,..... f.,.., ~, ..-..
II T was very nearly desperate. when JUDY
lcame in pantinp with DELIGHT. o"Oh now
never saw AGAIN that you 'spect to starve
i for God hears the voung ravens when they
u cry:, here ia some money.n and she nut In
\ nv hand a two dollar greenback--thet first
i ever 1. trained by the lessons
taught during the four past years, made
little tobacco pouches and filled them with
tobacco and got Them sold. which brou oht
J, me little. Soup houses were opened. and
have seen crowds at them. dense to suf-
location. with timid and refined ladies
holdino a little niteher sinking witt
, sbama9 tx he flied oniv 10 Keen from,
Observation-Disclosures hut that 7 never went
bnt .Jadv did thonSb T conid not drink tf,t
, lsoun.~ The Sanitary Commission hoistef
, Its fiap.J and had -distribnted many com.
, fforts before heard of it. And even attel
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