The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-02-06
THREE CURIOUS STORIES.
STRANGE MEETINGS or OLD son.
DIERS AND TRAYELLERs.


n N -
~ Of Names aud Family and business.
Correspondence orns Rocse,t,r Erpr,.
! Among the various regiments recruited
| I'm Central Now York during the late VIZ w,s
| the l6Oth. which was sent to the Department, "A
| the ". and attached tn the army under tht
! com nnnd ~ Gen. Hinks. This regiment took
| an active part In the opera'ions against Pon
| Hudson, and was one " the first to enter thai
Place at the time Of its surrender. july q. lsa1
| II was one OF the regiment. OF Wetzers Bris.
pediton to Sabine Pass, between Louisiana ma
Iexis where large amount OF Confeder 70
belonging 10 the 1soth was raised in Pamyrs.
| N. " and among TIA members was Mr. o. &
| stevens, who served = tull time. was discharged
| ~ ito disbandment, and Is now "A merchant Il
| Pslmvra.
few DAYS since MIR. stevens had occasion "a
| 90 TO Hartford. Conn. and left home on the
| p. NJ. train on the Central Railroad After be-
coming well settled In one OF the sleeping cir.,
| he discovered n till, ndy-compex toned man
| in the opposite section, Who though perfect
stranger, had a large Roman nose which
| Stevens thought he had seen before, but falna
| TO recall any remembrance OF such face, he
| gave no attention to 1t until the train reached
s,ss and hrawny hand tonched Kim on ~ ~
shoulder, the STRANGER at the same time asking
u they STONED there fnr supner. TO this
| stevens answered In the Affirmative, telling him
That II he would 90 along, he would show him
wnere 60 yet good lunch. At that they passed
| offered stevens a cigar. aud thev went into the
smoking car. where the following conversatloa
"well. STRANGER, reckon you live somewhere
In these parts?'
| "And I live wav down In Texas was what
| you used to oali johnny Reb during the war;
All. what part OF the south did you serve
Thrustlng his long leg. under the seat In front
and turning mart way around. he said:
al was 10 Port Hudson until your army nearly
starved us out. and we hid to surrender. After
| | was EXCHANGED WIS n Texas ranger, and I'm Al.
| ly got reconstructed"
"And YOU we're a prisoner at Port Hudsony
10 Won remember seeing the lGOth New Yors
| oil nfacr har
81 think do" said the Texan; and, n I'm
| not mistaken, that was the very regiment ous
And do YOU remember trading canteens with
| one OF themY'
O. :. y. on IT,"
"And got a wooden one with j. T. p. on it,
| said stevens.
" That was mine" said the Texan; " nv MANS
| Is John Y. Pond Bv George J we have drank
| YOUR hand Tor NE" and he brought a tremend-
| Gus squeeze on Stevenss hand, which fairly
| brought the tears to his ewes.
II the conversation had been lively before n
was douhly so then. Mr.. Pond going into full
det.il Of nus history befnre and after the war.
| He had left Connecticut TWENTY-FIVE years aga,
had settled AZ : thine Pas, and va mar; ownef
~ large min which s'cvens's commipd lad
| DESTROYED the wear following the surrender of
| Port hudson. He was now on his way to Nev
Haven to visit sister he hid nos seen IN all
these Years. lie sal that be returned Z, : inc
| after the war. rebWlt the mil. W surccs.flL
aud now had secured II competence thit en-
| North. stevens gave hifu nm .ccYriin account
~ the destruction 81 hts mil. the frat hc had
ever obtained. nd tbs two st IN and ronvor.ed
throughout the entire NIGHT, whiln m, slerthng-
car conductor wondered WHY they did not re-
turn to occupy their bcrths. The next morning
they parted at Ilarif ford. and though their nrst
meeting hal been - enemies, they hid Oh
other GOO t-by with many regrets, such the
best Of friends only know.
AN ENGiNrFR's STORY.
In the autumn Of 1886 | VIVA m engineer IN
the tinlena aud Chicago Union RurOnd, row
the q len DIVISION OF the great Chcsgo and
Northwestern Railway. and WIS sent one IN
day from the iunctiOn-thirty miles west Of
Cuic igo-to Harlem, TO bring up several cAp
Ia ,ded with ilrOad iron. On arriving at II r.
lem found the turntable broken, ini, there
fore, went down to the limits. then Hals'aId
street. To turn my engine about; AZ that time
there were no houses hetwec" the city ana Oak
Ridge, nine miles out. II being a smooth, lryd
prairie all the way. and but little travel except
on me cars lhe road was an "ir ne, aud When
l had got halt over the DIST inre, saw. walking
ON the track. vOunl man and w M WON IN,
each one carrying small parcel, md having The
Appearance Of fucitycs THAT : long before
Mr.. Greeley had instructed the Young men to
go VEST" aud this pair d reallygpt the stat
81 the Tribune seer. for tney were gong wat
as fas' as they could walk, ana at the nm OF
my meeting them. had long s'retch bcfdrs
them that promised no pie tsing company ex-
cent as theY found IN 'ch other.
After turning NV engine stated back, aud IN
a short time overlook the wanderers. when I
stopped the engine and invited them to riis
At first they seemed a littIe timid, but quieted
Their LEAFS, and, having got them nicely seated
| IN the cab, started on. Bv severe q iesiion ng
| learned that tho voung man II d been ~ ne
|
that TIE girl was the only daughter Of the farm
er; that they had determined on gettlng ar
lied against the viii OF the l'hrtus, ana had run
dw ~, -ceNing that maven 81 rest, Chicago.
Here theS got out of nancy, auf. as the youns
man failed = get work, they ma started out 10
look for place among tue farmers. I took
them 70 the Junction, where MS story awakened
a good deal Of interest for them among the rail
road men, resulting IN placing him at DE Il 3D. 70
a nisht-wiper Of locomotives. H'rs they con-
unued through the winter. and "a used e.
them at times. thin6 never saw two prr.ons
wh' seemed to he better or more lovingly
mated than they. The following sprug | lpsi
sight or them, uut slosequently learned that
they had returned T. tst.
Afow days after Cnristmas, 1875 / went into
New orlt. and ordered dinner. WHITE wa'ind
to he served. | saw well to-do frmer.loosine
individual enter and take a Sc It a. the next
table. He was in convcts alton with butcher.
and | thought recognized something familI
IN the voice and features Of the new conner 10
Impressed was WIN tho Ocllef thit had seen
hun before. That on nnishing my llnch 40.
preached and asNcd INN II we had not mei
somewhere. lilo failed to remember having ever
asked II he mad ever been on the Nnr.i ~ tern
Railway. At urst he answered 10 tue uesi.Ne,
but gdi KY correcting himself lie said, " WY,
| yes was out there wears ago"
" Dld YOU work for the COMPANY f'
" Yes wiped engines al DE sab o1" T'a'
Then. for the first time, It occ irrcd - %
who he was, and asked u le rrli"ul .ri8t. ..
iug picked up one Sunday between CIc4-o "a
" / snan never forget that! said he; aat
! KNOW you must he the man VINO nr 'ui q
me then. How my wife would like 10 80
YOU" And lie arose and Eraspei my hsnd 10
token Of my former kindness and ms rensn'
learned that his wife's parents had sent fof
them TO come back the spring inst missed
them; that he had qnally come uto iossess'on
OF the iarm on the death oi his iuher ~ avn
had been very sucCe -stul, an was ai tha tlins
delivering two car loads Of stuDh 90 the "ulth"
by his side.
REMARKABLE CllNcutNcE'
from me Atlnog Pi14.t
Yastarlav IN tha Missouri plc.n c halrOad