The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1871-09-23

pretty good age Tor cafpet-bag. [ was
spick- -and-span new, as they used to say
where | was made, when the great war be-
tween the North and South broke out. but
[ have been Knocked about so much since
that time that poor Emanuel Absalom Stry-
ker would hardly recognize me now. Eman-
uel has been dead this year past. and | am
sometimes greatly concerned about his present
residence.
HIS FIRST MISFORTUNE.
He was my owner, and very clever man
very clever indeed, but unfortunate. 1t
was his fate to be misunderstood and perse-
cuted everywhere. ! remem Der as well as
yesterday when Emanuel bought me, aud |
became his close and constant compauion.-
He was Sunday-sChool teacher then, some
where in Massachusetts Il am not sure about
the name of the place, but it was not far
from BostUn). and he had pleasant way that
made the young people like him very much.
But his misfortune attacked him even there
and got him into trouble. The Sunday-school
had fund, of which ne was treasurer, ana
somebody discovered that the money had
disappeared There was good deal of talk
about arresting Emanuel, and the matter
went so far that, to prevent the shame and
Inconvenience Of being made prisoner, he
put a few things into me one night and
whiskers and goggles on his face that his
own mother would not have known him.
EhArUEL APPEARS IN WASHINGTON.
We arrived in Washington in a couple of
days, and Emanuel opened me and took out a
paper collar, which he put on, and then went
out and was gone for some time. When he
came back be looked pleased, and l heard
him say to the landlord that he had got an
ii ~.
but after awhile, when Emanuel began to
put lot of greenbacks into me every night,
/ began TO see through it. He was very
careful of me then, and kept me on the upper
shelf of the closet and every time heard
him speak he was saying something about
Internal rebels, and the Union, and loyal
men, and his whole soul seemed to be wrap
ped up in the good cause, as he called it
When we had been few months in Wash
ington, something happened that obliged
Emanuel to give up his appointment Il think
it was called an irreguarity). but as he had
put good lot of greenbacks into me he did
not appear to be sorry.
AT THE FRONT AS sUTLER.
The next thing / remember was tina {
Emanuel was clerk for sutler at the front,
and that he used me pillow every night.
After awhile he made some complaint about
him sent away, and then he got the suffer-
ship himself. Everything appeared to be
prospecting with him, and he was making
money fast till it was discovered that a lot
of counterfeits had got into the camp. When
this discovery was made Emanuel was very
much disturbed, and his state of mind be-
came worse and worse, when the provost
marshal put him under arrest The upshot
of the matter was that the provost>marshal
had poor Emanuel put ont of the lines, after
conEscating everything he had except me-
Emanuel did not like TO 60 back to Wash
ington, so he hung around on the outskirts
Of the army till another sutler employed him,
and then we were settled again. We re-
mained there till the war came to Az end =,
and though Emanuel's employer often said
he wasn't making near so much as he should,
Emanuel himself got along so well that
when the business was broken up he had
more gIeenbacks put away than when the
provost- marshal sent him out of the lines
1t was none of my business how they accu>
mulated so fast, and do not mean to cast
any stain upon his memory now by repeating
what l had heard some people say on tie
subject.
PRoTT CITING THE "LoYAL MILLIONS"
When the soldiers went home, Emanuel
took me in his hand and started further
South. We brought up for awhile at
pleasant village, where my owner got sit
uation as clerk in a'provost marshal's Office
NOT the same marshal though, that we
had known before. Emanuel's principal
business there was attending to the colored
people (the marshal was not temperate
man, and most Of his duties fell to EmanueO );
and while he took great interest in these
poor creatures, and cautioned them against
thair W 10
who had provided for them before-to exer-
else any influence over them. he always
charged them whatever money they happen
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