Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-02-02


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sua from tss.i fAmSus s~cfi~n in Illinois
ksosn u. Egypt. After fsncifui intro-
dactioa he relsies the following incident
and story If the battle al Mission Ridge.
during the late rebellion:
When the Egyptians are sober they are
harmless, but two drinks of whisky and
plug of tobacco on an empty stomach
will make them worse than Bashi- Bs-
xouk. Yesterday l saw one charged with
apint of alcohol and two plugs of tobacco,
q dose that only the rich Egyptians can
indulge in. He was terror TO behold.
Phosphoric acid gas poured of him. He
vas loaded down with more psychology
than George Francis Train. He was the
Crushed Tragedian charged with giant
powder.
''I'm steamboat from Hick'ry bayou"
he said, "a regular side. wheeler. I'm q
rattlesnake with rattles all the way up.
I'm the worst man on the bayou, an we
ha'nt got bayou boy that can't whip
Runb0at. I'm a.
80, Bill, be still! Don't fight any more
to-day. faint you--'t's the whisky.
Come along!" And q nice-looking man
took square hold of Bill and held him
- in wise.
"Lem me 60! Lem me chaw somebody.
Lem
But in moment the nice.looking man
lifted Bill into his wagon and drove of.
"Who is that brave farmer who takes
such an interest in Bill9" I asked COL
Barber, the Chairman of the Lecture As
sociation. ..... l
"Oh, that's Cap Mason. He used to be
ahard 'un, but now he's jined the church,
he's the father of every bad man in this
section. They adjust love Cap Mason. ~
"What does Mason do2" asked.
''He's farmer, sir--a big farmer over
90 the Muddy"
'But what does he come over with the
Bayou boys for2 Why does he care
whether they get drunk and fight or
whether they keep sobers"
"Well, the Cap used to be drinker
and fighter himself. He was sentenced
to be shot at once in the army for fighting.
He struck an officer-got on a drunken
frolic, and came nearly killing the Major
Of the regiment-just as Whisky Bill
wants to kill somebody now"
"How did the Captain escaped"
asked. ....
"Well," said the Colonel, "Mason, with
adozen fellows from Little Muddy, en-
listed in my regiment. He was a splen-
did soldier-always ready for battle-one
of the best men in the regiment. but he
would have his sprees. One day, about
three weeks before the battle of Mission
Ridge, Mason brought canteen of whisky
into camp, and, always generous, went to
giving it to the boys. This was against
the orders; 80 I ordered my Msjor to ar
rest him and put him into the guard
house. Mason found out that the Major
was after him with squad of men. and,
full Of deviitry, be began lodging around
the tents to keep from being arrested.
But pretty quick, in trying to keep away
from the men, he ran square against the
Major.
..Here. you rascal said the Major.
seizing him by the coat collar, without
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