Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-04-17
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Faithfully your Irhehu.
j. n. BRUNDAGE.
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Mr.. Editor Had you published
the Article, sent you in full, It would
have saved me the trouble of referring
to it again.
now ask you to give the whole ar
ticle to your Readers and, if | am
not very much mistaken, it viii ex-
plain my motives in sending it to you
for publication.
Being son of that Emerald Isle,
which you would fain slur the daugh-
ters of, in your chicken and pill apol-
ogy, [ would wish to remind you, that
St. Bridget is the patron Saint Of Xii.
dare and as such is honored by all
Christians il the faith she taught and
practiced.
Were you to read her life Of use
fulness you might learn some lessons
that might be useful to you.
| write the above so that no daugh-
ter Of Erin, having that much revered
name, may feel the least ashamed of
the name she bears, but rather that
she may feel exalted, by bearing the
name Of one Of Gods most eminent
Saints.
will now give you slur or TWO on
her Pats, Mikes and Barncys; taken
from the History Of our Civil War
by Schumacher.
Slur No. l. "Mulligan ordered the
Irish brigade who were posted on the
opposite side Of the works to leave
their position and retake the intrench-
ments Of which the enemy had taken
possession.
This order was obeyed with the
utmost alacrity, and, as seems to be
the invariable fact during this war in
every case in which the Irish have
been brought into action, they charged
with such impetuosity and heroism as
to completely oycrpower the enemy.
They regainded possession of the
intrenchments, killed and wounded
about three hundred, and captured
their colors.
Colonel Mullison, who led the
charge in person, was wounded, and
his clothes were perforated by six
balls. This decisive repulsc put an
end to the operations Of that day.
This was at the battle Of Licking
ton and may be found on the 1G0th
page of the above named History and
now for,
Slur No Q At that critical mo-
ment General Porter dispatched a mes
senger to General Sumner requesting
Immediate reinforccmcats.
The Irish brigade of Mearher. whose
yalorous troops seemed, in almost every
emergency, to be the protecting Egis
Of the Federal army in the Peninsula,
were Immediately sent to the rescue.
They advanced to meet the enemy
with their usual enthusiasm.
The waverlns Federal lines were
quickly steadied the Rebel host in
tarn recoiled, and the periled fortune
Of the day was recovered.
Thus the fight continued until after
nightfall. At ten O'Clock the last gun
was fired. Battle of Malvern Hills.
Page 294, of the same History.
And il you stand in need of few
more such slurs will gladly furnish
you with them.
And after you have got thoroughly
awake from your 'saore' please perusc
your article, headed, "Morc nice than
wise"
shall leave it to your own sense Of
houor TO say if Inherit the compliments
you pay me with in your article, which
1 must pronounce
~ spe linen rare upon the whole,
Of a figure Of speech, call RiEmarole''
You wished an answer, which [ will
give, by saying, if you intended nc
slur?, you used the language by which
we have been slurred for the last Thir-
t. years to my own certain know!-
edge.
Respectfully Yours,