The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1877-11-02
A Legend and Its Interpretation.

An Olu leSeDO ueScrlpes II sDlel0 set
Hp at cross TO Ids, one side. of which
vas gold, the other silver. Two
Knights one day, riding from opposite
directions, met beside the shield and
described it to each other. but Zach
maintained it was just What he made
it out to be-the one gold, the other
silver. The CONTROVERSY ended in a
quarrel and the development of the
maxim Examine both sides ~
Our soldier boys went into camp, and
while therr the clouds poured out
their moisture literally. The dust was
turned TO mud. the mud TO slop. Poet
ically. the clouds wepr and nature De-
came sad; the earth became sad and
Fhe camp ground was sadly sad.
Would it be any wonder that such sad
;ess sadened the feelings and depre
'.iated into sorrow, that such a sadly
saddening sadness should have CON g
upon them. We thought not, and sad
1T the thought wrote sadly as follows:
Monday afternoon the valiant sol
iiers returned. Vehicles had previ-
,usiy been sent to their relief, but
when they reached the outskirts of
own they alighted therefrom and
marched bravely through the streets.
Gut a s. rry looking set of men they
were With woe begone expression
u their countenaDces, and an air of
riredness in their manner, they march
d, even unto the armory. They look
ID sad, the music sounded sad, and
}ol. Huber, who came into town in
,dvanee, to herald their arrival, spoke
n saddenipg accents; of their camping
It Dunkirk. All are anxious to resign.
~ mote it be.
That was the way
OUR SIDE or THE SHIELD.
ooked. We did not stop to consider
hat there is a wonderful power of re
Imperative energy, in man, even in a
ime of sadness The soldiers saw
Shat we had written, out Of a feeling
,f commisseration for the surround
ing circumstances" through which they
lad passed, and We're mad-(was every
any one so unkind0. We said they
Iad returned--a fac; which all their
,nger could not dispel for it was true
We said vehicles were sent for them,
which they cannot dispute, or at least
hey came home in vehicles Aud we
aid that VIII n at the outskirts of town,
hey alighted, and marched bravely
hrough the streets. We say it is true.
hey did march bravely; will they
ieny it, and so sadden our
thoughts again? We said they were
"a sorry looking set of men," They
we're. Their boots were muddy, their
clothes were muddy to some extent,
and they presented sorry sight "
T. they did not feel sorry, We are sorry
70 hear it, for we should have felt
sorry to have passed through such a
rainy and muddy time "camped out,
and we felt sorry for them. We said
they had "woe-begone expression in
their countenances. Now, there, we
take that all back 1t was little OF
the poets license, to be sure, whereout
We spake. There was no woe there.
1t was all dispeIled, for thes were glad
70 get home and will not deny it. We
said there was ian air of tiredness in
their manner" There was They
ueed not deny it, and more fools they
if they were not tired after so doeful a
week, and so long and tedious a ride
crowded into wagons thicker than
"Shree in a bed They evidently
thought we meant tired quoted, thus
''tired." But thG. is their own con-
clusion not ours, and they must not
attempt to hold us responsible for their
conclusions. We repudiate the vile
slander. We are our own exposition.
We said ''they marched. even unto
the armory." They did. We main
tain it is true; they did. Will anyone
deny iti Let him stand forth. And
40 every allegation we made, We have
sustained. We might continue furth-
er, but here the item runs into its sad
lest strain, and though we might sing
| its merits, we should sing them sadly
or we are sad, and @Saddest When We
Sing Now for
THEIR SIDE OF THE SHIELD.
A PROTEST.
| We. the undersigned members of Co
B., Eleventh Regiment, o. y. g.. dc
protest against the insinuafions con
tanned in items published in the Find
lay Jeffersouian of 26th October. a.
being ungentlemanly, unwarranted
and uncalled for by all surrounding
circumstances, and As having a tend,
ency to lower the mem ,ers OF said
company in the estimation of those
person who do not know the falsity ot
the Representations therein containpd
| We assert that no member of said
company was guilty of one unbecom
ing act, either at the encampment d
on the march going or returning. and
that our march through the streets Of
Findlay was conducted with soIdierly
precision; and further. we do not be
lieve that our appearance was such a.
to indicate either weariness or "woe
begoneness" as charged in the item.
referred to.
T. G. Werts, F. N. Alspach,
N. ID. Sours, A. j. Glathart,
d. F. Lightfoot, w. L. PIatt.
E T. Slddall, Seth II B. Markle
George T Taylor, J. W. Gassman.
z. Z. Sh.,ck. Allen Heckerman,
JAS. s. Rice, John Acker,
Ed K. Taylor, W. s. Bald win.
p. K Barnd, A. R. Strother,
VIM BlQQs. j n prica