The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1871-12-01
NO. At.


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Learn scmctling. Mang Anton, Iearl
something who knows how useful :
may be 30 YOUR Thus said the paFssl
nntary ona dag, many years agla ~ nfihA
y0ung lad.
MaRg Anton considered Tor 4 shile
and then aAid. ~Idsh't like 20 any srhai
want ~ learn, Lar ta
"Ont With II r
-sfs. Wei. i want 10 learn the trumpet y
The nafary Hnailal. fnr he eKpneied
something quite different however, !
mans vii & his kingdom. aud Aihne
Anton received trumpet. For NANNY Z
year did he 4rumpnt assay wen nF iA tr
1 the praise of God aud the delight q
men, at shoosing-mafches. marriages,
family feaste, and other grHat occasions.
and at last Nike other youths, he reached
! bis tweniy-hFNt year. nr
As conscripf Msng Anton was fnftn.
nata, aud drew one of Abe highest num-
I ters IN bin district Ia 1850 he wns
ordered to MuRich, but every one COM
forted him by telling him thAt ON mr-
count Of his high number he would soon
be free. He weni away JOINTLY. for he
hnd never seen the residence Of tho SOW
ereign, and the trumpet wnnld surely be
blown well there A handsome power.
fui Tad, he was soon made 9 cuiraanier IN
hpite .of hia high nEsmbrr. lie phsFel
bis time a. recruit in the training school
AZ Nymphenburg. Oneeyeuing 10 fDok
the inatrumeht pf one az the RiGnal
trumpesers, aud blew alnw ead strain
bis heart was Tar away ii bis bone, aEi
among fhe beautiful fhonntains among
his dear ones there--away among tha
dreams Of lis youth. One 0f the officers
heard fEa strange sound. inquired about
him, and Mnng Anton wan maile truEns
petab svis - aA aa -
About that time he wrote 10 me, - Oh,
how ofthn i think 81 the H6rdss Mane
Anton. learn something who knows
how useful il mar be 70 Jon
In 1866 he was still there, aud IN 1870,
after the rednction of his regiment, Has
made iis mounted trumpniers and Ar.
companied Il into France. An extract
from one on his letters VIII show how
Things prnapefeA with him there i
have, as YOU know. learned not only how
20 blow the trumpet, but 70 ride, and
was nppninted trumpcteF to the staH ~
the Generals ON she nlarrh. NV Genarnl
Il lrind 70 me, and lately j, . mere srun-
peter, was allowed 20 take ride % 4
General's horse, in thepaFirht FrFFferca
How beautiful il II Almost M leauti-
fnl ns AZ home in SchEangau Ferrieres
hsaIonas 10 M RothschiM An fhh very
name II inxpluntnrily grasped HAy poor
slender purse. vet was proud 70 md
myself there, for IL ~ not every one Who
I'm allowed Co ride i'm EerFieHnSu heard
the tramping OF horses. but did rot
trouble myself about them and rode on.
SsiddenIy, ON coming 30 a turn, aaw q
brilliant suit Of officers Of high rank br.
fore me. I rode "a the side, halted, and
sasd 10 myself. Attention 7 for n the
head of the riders came the old King
himself He looked al me, stopped, and
turning 70 the right pulled mp his horse
and the rest stopped also. Ihe c6ieer
en hiB rirhE rods forwards mnd placed
me right gopposite she King Your
Majesty. said he, this Is the Bavarsan
mounted triFnpeees, Mangnsn Hoss. of
the third regiment lhe gave my name
and surname without having asked pe. !
His king gave him the creSs Of merit,
aud NE rccrived tlge iron cross nt Worth
FroschwailaF tbis iS the frumpeter mlhos
under a deadly ere, continued 10 sound
The advance in XII attack on MncAfahon' ~
carnp.ia Tho. KiBgs reached ont hiE hmnd
10 eme--aa q poor trumpeter- all
his suite came forward al but two OF
tf1rrn bore the iron cross, mnd they shock
hands with me. Tears rplled over ms
b,own checks and nopstache, j could
NOS sneak Il word. i stood alone before
tlhe nolsle riders He who presented me
10 the King was mono other than the
Grown Prince OF Prussia Hoss. said
be, 'when4we cRubenp you threw away %
lighted cigar into the garden yon may
be glad that II Is In time Of war, other
wise no man would dare 10 throw burn
ing cigar-ends into ihe garden of Roth
scbild : then, smiling. he handed me his
case, saying, May yon LIKE the con-
tausa. NJ and pointing To- Paris added.
We shall meet there Irodeslowly away,
uiping the tears from my eyes, and 4
was welt I haA not rry trunpct with me-
for In the i1y of my heart x would have
blown the adyanoa on Paris there and
then. Such on The contents Of the case
M were for smoking I have smoked !;
they we're ny .first and plobably my last
rovI cigars. The thaler notes which i
also contained 4 win not use, i send thrnt
10 you Cor Tie rebel df nv poor wounded
cpfntades. The case ifwin keep as Z
remembrance Of tho fsFeadest day Of my
life, and IL 4 die before you---which, I'm
spite Of my youth, Ithink very likely
70 be. the ease--thea you shall keep A.
for the kind interest YOU have al#ays
taken in me. In that ease Jon viii com,
fort nv dear old father and my sisters. =
This foreboding wasS alas too soon
fulfilled: spared in fiwe battles, he died
4 few idays after this of tsphns fever, I'm
Corboil. There lies Maenns Hess pos-
snsenr OF tha iron-croEs, Of the BavArlan
military order ofmerits and OF the medals
Of 1865 &c., ~ ~ Fs