Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1870-12-23
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and so dirty that one could scarce tell N
what color they were, we arrived at Ken
esaw. There the warbecame moro inter- q ! L-L

SHehio. w " "4A iSihShpSI tutt usestuit,
and deplore the loss; but such is war.
But one day | saw in the early morning,
with my telescope, the blue coats clam.
bering up the sides 81 the mountain.
Eagerly watched them, and at length |
sawa man creep to the summit, peep
over for an instant, and then wave his
hand to his comrades, as If saying,
Come, boysW | could almost hear his
voice, although was four miles away,
and | knew that The enemy had gone
The General went on to uarrate the
pressing Of the rebel army across the
Chattahooche, on the banks OF which
they passed the Fourth Of July. The
rebels supposed he would stop there, but
he did not he was bound to So, He de
tailed briefly the crossing Of the Chatta-
hoochie; the flank movement Of Scho-
field to Stone Mountain; the battle of
Peach Tree creek, which Hooker would
always remember; the closing in Of the
lines around the fated city Of Atlanta
the fierce attacks Of Hood, whose army
Was hurled back with frightful slaught-
er; the grand flank movement, after five
weeks seige, below Atlanta, resulting in
its evacuation /; and gavea summing up
Of the results Of the campaign, which
was in fact continuous battle for one
hundred and nineteen days. He closed
with an eloquent tribute to the Army of
the Cumberland. He said he thought
the armies Of Tennessee and Ohio some
times moved faster, but when he advanc-
ed the Army Of the Cumberland, in the
centre, he always knew that If he went
away, when he came back he would iind
it therel We regret that the extreme
lateness Of the hour viii not permit Us
to give General sherman's speech entire.
1t was not delivered till nearly midnight
being one ef the last on the list, and was
entirely extemporaneous. 1t was full Of
intense interest to the old soldiers, and
hewas often applauded to the echo.
When he sat down, cheer after cheer
went up for the grand leader A mo-
ment after he sat down, one of the sold
iers, little happy" leaned over the
table and said to him, We don't think
much of you, Uncle Billyl" but there
was more in that negative than could be
expressed by the strongest affirmation.
.ANEcDoTE OF Ex- Gov. FLErciIER.
| reeolleet shat, about that time, Ryland
Fletcher, of our time, since Governor of
the State, was bold and earnest advo-
cate of the temperance scanse. After he
was made Col. Of the reg ment of militia
he determined if possible, to breakup the
time dis-honored practice Of e treating .
on parade days. He called the officers
together, laid ii before them; and OBJ
tanned vote to discontinue the practice.
Though the young colonel was not averse
to popularity, and the opposition he
encountered was bitter, yet hc carried
out his purpose. Some years aferward,
when be had risen to the rank Of briga
der general, some misgivings aroe in
his mind as to the consistency Of The art
Of war and blood shedding with the re-
ligion Of Christ, and he resigned his
commission. When he made hisfarewell
speech at parade, drenching shower
burst upon them and wet them to the
& skin and abridging considerably his
speech which he closed thus. And now
fellow soldiers, whatever else YOU may
think Of this speech Of mine, you win
not call it a dry one NJ Y Temper
aace Adrocdte.
THE NArRAL Hornet. Billings
says: The hornet IL red hot child ov
natur, ov sudden impreshuns, and sharp
konklusion. The hornets alwus fites at
short range, and never argy Il case, they
settle all of their disputes bi letting jaw
elm fly, and are az certain, and az anx-
ious to hit az a mule IL. Hornets build
nests wherever they take noshun to,and
seldom are asked to move, for what
would it piofit man to murder 90 hor-
nets, and have the one hundred one hit
him with his javelin? kant tell you
jist tew day how long hornet kan live
but kno from experience, that every
bug, be he hornet or sumbody else, who
is mad all the time and stings every
good chance he kan git, generally out
lives all ov hiz nabors.
a True LADY, was once walking
q short distance behind a very handsome
~ dressed young girl, and thinking
as | looked at her beautiful clothes,
wonder if she takes half as much pains
with her heart as she does with her body?'
a poor old man was eeminr up the walk.