Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1876-06-16

500. say NOT. Knott, You -ot itpo5
f"i would, Knott. he a licl7
Saws Knott. Twill not now con,es.
Nor vii not DENY.
f'lhe Jay Will this knot unknot
Ana VII You uotiiy.H
Tie lsry Elaine broke out IN wrath,
n chill Eitne sure was he.
Say DE-. 81 VIII not, Knott permit
sueA naughty tlcAery
Says knott: You are before the Board.
And bored we wont be here"
ass Blaine 81 mean that Board to plane
And make knots disappear"
T-en Knott @: pistols loud did tIk,
Ald called the members fools
Ald geese. ana snakes hut kept within
The Farl ameutary rules
Then Bia ne retired, uth victory flushed.
For well he'd played his role.
luf nut 500 Knott. He felt that he
Could crawl thr0u n a knot hole
-T1Jnae.
April gth. 1865.
We promised one Of the lst. Vt. Cavalry
boys, thai We would reprint on the 9th Of
.a-t April ten. Clusters famous order. Is
-led at Appomattox Court House, April
H.l, l-6j. to the Third Cavalry Division, of
which our VI. Cavalry formed a part. In
that order Custer said The record ostab-
li-aol by your courage is unparalleled in
tie annals OF war. During the past six
months. although in most instances con-
iunted 10y superior numbers, You have cap
tlred from the enemy in open battle one
In7ra and f'ersq pieces of field artillery.
aH4-hrs hattle-hlgs and upwards of l0,0O0
prisoners OF war, including sereu general
officers. Within the past ten days. You
lave captured iorty-six pieces OF field artil-
cry ana fHrfy-Ssraq battle flags. You
LAVE never lost gun, never lost a color
and have never been defeated and you have
captured every piece Of artillery which the
enemy had dared open on YOU.
Let u- hone that our work Is done The
captures made by our Vermont boys, at
tsdar Creek and elsewhere, made up large
share oi those so proudly mentioned by Gus
ter We forgot TO publish the order on the
ninth of last April; bat perhaps it Is not
t'o ntc 70 make so much mention of it as
THIS, especially five couple with it the fol-
Owing stirring lines, which appeared the
aiher day IN the Providence Journal
The Ninth Of April. 1868.
ELEVEN YEARS AGO
oae Sabbath morn. long wears ago, beneath an
The southern soldiers stacked their arms and babe
the field -1od-hyc-
surrendered after .ouT years war TO justice and to
-lt
Andhlians of praise and son.s OF 10y ran- through
tie North Fiat 13sat. ''' '''
s.xdays before. and Petersbu--. tie stronghold Of
was ecsap.el ty Union troops then Richmond felt
tie blow.
Aud s.ree taat t.ae, ly day and night, unlike the
Lee, army q ieen u ull retreat- and Grants in
hot pursuit.
Upon that morn. lar-yarsa=o, before the treal, o.
A force Of gallant b.y. IN blue, near Appomattoz
AloaE'a' hin the Jiue l.ue I'm, across the Lynch
iur- TlAd ~ d,
sentry strobe.
We'd reached tAe h'il aud found the ioe at mid
mounted then ANA iosinei the Inc, sent horses
I" the rear , .t-
and loved ones dear.
The orders were 20 hold the road and that at any
We did not know lrtllt were done the Southern
Nardd ~ Ruow that single rad was Lees sole
chance oi seape .,-,.,.--.. ., -
caught hun ia bad shape.
With dauu's first Light. the fight commenced an
W.tb little .,a5n IN either side. The Union troops
v.-.l5t r. small. ,,r.-,de. we heard no firing on
cur right,
fst.
Atlen-th we saw. down on the Jet. mile or more
ne 1~ly y; hattie s.rmia- 6,st-a line OF men in
fa-es4f thew march. straight .or the road. With
steady tread ont slow
''HA .nF ''s'
I'.1 .sT3e was iul4 ten times our own anu 'N'''i'
'r-.,- ODD. ,.sir, and ,y.,r15 tut that the
re .,..,.....-. ., .,.,o.. hmm. ronrd
,b-uf.- fs.,
weeks retreat had len but little courage IN
... .t...- ,.-..., .,.... .-.,, ,,,, shown all
tTopsh iai our years stT.ie se.r, sero;d
.-'-
.. - -,., ,to .-5o-. .s.f,.r.-e t-7 which we
-,. "a,
l.s in '' battle una7' lne'i i-'' '-4' ''-''
.--..-,..,... .,...-...,, s,-,r,,i, tbcv
=. -
fire -,-.,.ot.
-. '- - ,.' i-'' " "
A-dihen ave way. pushed back At last by their
and serene
he knew at once that all was wei. iAe HlO'iie-
he was seen
tt Hur brave BOYS they made aash au~ sA-N'
" irr,enee mere 'l without q "O'''
a1-a.I in vain; again they come, again force u
{" Yield, .....---... b.. .,o,, ocros. III,
anu 1Il.e p,' "-l''n- S'9P - '''f'
. ..#. hut Of mn
need .,
an orderly, Tar-stlined anu %f'n' ''-' "r
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