Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1878-08-24
VARIETY
A Disjointed Case.

As he sat there, strappel 20 thTcc-legsed
stool, and with sn old barrcloTean before bin:
grinding out "Oh Susannah 90 be was an
object Of great pity. Bath limbs were og
above tic knees, the right arm was missing
above The elbow. bali Of the lelt car was gone
and the right eye iu gloom. lie wore blouse
and fatigue cap, besides reduced pair Of
trousers, aud rs be sat there. he STOPPED night
in the middle Of '' Oh, Sus--" 10 v.pe the
sweat from his SCARED forehead, and 10 doing
So showed that two ingcrs Of The iei. head
weIe wanting
In front Of the organ was weathcrhcaltH
picard, with such names as "Chancelloryilie,'
. lookout Mountain" " Fredericksburg
Manassas. and dozen other memorable
fields
As the crowd stood gazing OF him. Peter
Parker, o,e Of the oldest residents Of tie town,
remarked:
"Well, stranger. pears as though you'd seen
service, ch 2'
The veteran wiped bis chin, took piece Of
tobacco, and in opening his mouth % pat 10
in showed that twenly-seven out Of his thirty
two teeth were gone somewhere or otheS ln
fact there wasn't much Of lhe man len.
In answer to old man Parker, he replied:
You struck the mil on The head that time,
pard. cause the facts are. I'm beio' buried in
insiallments, and thefell be y lively time
gittin me together again on The gctiin pr
mornin' That ere right lee, what used 20 20
on that stump, is decently buried down 40
Cupepcr Court House. 10 a little grave just
4 behind the barn. The boys plant flowers on
, it every summer That LETT leg which you
sec is gone, is down in old Freinny. rear o
Richmond and has a tombstone over g., siy.
ing Here lies Pete Jones leit leg which ho
lost 10 the days fght ifquiescat 10 Pas
sem. They put little lagon It Decoration
day. That ere right arm is preserved IN
alcohol in The army hospital al Washington.
and them two fingers which Is 90 Is buried coso
10 n big tyce at Gettysburg, where an oppro-
pirate mark has been rai-ol ! was down 90
see my little graves lnst fall aud was q wccpir
over em for some time Them ere teeth is
buried IN Georgia AMI I'm aiearod nobody Is
taken care OF EN-, and that ere piece ~ car
WAS shot away TO nothing AZ Old Oaks battle
field You are looking at my eve are yon f--
Well that's doiu good service IN O .rcrtat0
feld 10 Albany, and"
lis remarks were cut short by a plentiful
supply Of uickcl5 dropped 10 the tin cup, aud
the organ ground out the rest " The annsh.'
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Not lonc since San Antonio oolorel dar-
key did some white-wasfing for man living
IN the Filth Ward. On paying Tor the
JOB the employer paid OF Nose, for that Was
ihe darkcy's name, in Mexican quarters ~ par.
Il was several days before Nose found out
they wcro worth only twenty cents. Nose
was very much hurt about il. jess 10 think
of Colonel - cheatin' dis hard workin mig
eah outem thirty cents Foah de Lord, Nod
nebbcr hab believed Il on him. hadn'toricr
tux de Job in dc fust place And then hs sd-
dcd more chccrfully. " But of ] hadn't white
washed de fence nebbor would hab found ont
whar nh dem chickens roasted what sold noAt
mornin for a dollar De banks hadn't catch
up wild dis niggah yet, beah beah y
Nariar." remarked orc of the horny