Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1869-11-04

Special Notices inserted at 20 cents per line.
Southern War Phrases.

Inc war originated great many new
phrases in the imaginative South-far
more, if they we've recorded, than in the
North. '.Cousin SAP is pretty general
ly lamanted throughout the South as the
deceased and only daughter of our very
worthy and revered "Uncle the
same having been begotten by him in the
bonds of lawful wedlock with "Aunty
Extension. You may hear the word
confederate" singularly used. For in
stance, VIXEN Texan wishes to express
the strongest possible approval of some
sentiment, he will exclair, You're
mighty confederate" The rebels bad
their "bluebacks" for money, but in Texas,
where they have always chung tenaciously
to their silver, they make slow progress,
and were relieved with much reluctance.
One hundr ed dollar bills were there called
civilians" and $50 bills Blne
Williams" Nevertheless. Texan once
told me with fierce glitter of satisfaction
in his eye. that he had 100000 in
civilians" laid up against that day. which
was certain to come, when he could ex-
change it dollar with dollar for green
backs. The poor fellow. I should much
prefer draft for ten cents on the Old Lady
of California street. Neither did green
backs succeed we'll at first in invading the
State. In March, 1860, they had gotten
no further west than Marshall, and every
where west of that, when a man named
price, be meant ''spizerinctum," corrupt
ed from specie.) A story is related of a
brigade of North Carolinians, who, in one
of the great battles Charlottesville, if I
remember correctly failed to hold GER
tain hill, and were laughed at by the Mis-
sissippians for having forgotten to tar their
heels that morning. Hence originated
that cant name, "Tarheels." For a very
obvious reason, the South Carolinians are
called "Rice birds" Wherever in the
South you see man take boiled rice on
his plate, and eat it heartily without con-
diments, you may know he is South
Carolinian, as infallibly as you may that a
man is plebian- bred when he picks his
teeth in the horse car, without holdinghis
hand before his mouth, on the other
hand, when you see man, at the ira
ditional hour sacred in New England to
mince pie, get cold boiled sweet potato
a little smaller than his calf, quarter it
lengthways, take quarter in one hand
and piece of cane brake cheese in the
other, and eat them by the light of pine
fire you may be certain that he is North
Carolinian. A Georgian is popularity
known in the South as a "Goublergrab-
ber," 'goubler' for gopher-peanut-an nut
which is exceedingly abundant in that
State.) For no particular reason that I
am aware of, Virginian is styled a
clover cater The can't designation in
the rebel army for man of Arkansas was
Josh" This is said to have originated
in jocular attempt to compare arkansas,
Texas and part of Louisiana to the two
tribes and half who had their possessions
beyond Jordan, but went over with Joshua
to assist the remaining tribes. Just be-
fore the battle Of Murfreesboro, (the story
hath it), the Tennesseeans, seeing a regi-
ment from Arkansas approach, cried out,
little confused in their Biblical recollec-
ton "Here comes the tribe of Joshua
to fight with their brethren p For the
Texan soubriquet "Chub," I know of no
explanation, unless it be found in the
size of the Eastern Texans. 1t is related
of the Fifteenth Texas Infantry, for in
stance, that at the mastering in, no MEM
Der was of lighter weight than $50
pounds, while large number made the
scale beam kick at 200. On account of
the great number of gophers in that State
and the former use Of their skins for
money, Floridan is called a"Gopher."-
Overland Monthly.