Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-03-12
New Burial OF Sir John Moore,

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New Burial OF Sir John Moore.
Cincinnati Inquirer.
/ Not q drum was heard, because the
drummer was not feeling very we'll and
asked to be excused, nor funeral note
of any kind, as his corpse to the ram
parts We hurried; not single, solitary
sOn-Of-a-gun of q soldier discharged his
farewell shot DER the grave where the
remains of the late Mr.. Moore were de-
posted. The farewell-shot business was
omitted on account Of the greatscarcity
ammunition. We buried him dark
ly at dead Of night, and did the best job
we could for him under the circum-
stances. We could not borrow, beg, or
steal pick Or shovel in the entire
neighborhood, and were obliged to turn
the sods with our bayonets, which, by
the way, was the first thing that had
been drafted. We did this all by the
struggling moonbeams' misty light, and
the lantern dimly burning, with Just
about half enough oil in it, and strip
of an old flannel undershirt for a wick.
Few and short were the prayers we said,
the chaplain being home On furlough,
and no one within forty miles to take
bis place. We spoke not word of sor-
row, our time being somewhat limited,
as the enemy was not far distant, and
advancing with gigantic strides. We
thought, as we halloWed his narrow bed
and smoothed down his lonely pillow
with canteen, that the foe and the
stranger would tread DER his head, and
70 tho h;1Iou,
far, however, as the enemy outnumber-
ed us about seven to one. Lightly
they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, and
wonder where they can get another
flask filled with the same, and DER MS
cold ashes upbraid him, knowing, of
! course, that he is in no condition to de-
fend himself; but little he'll reck if they
let him sleep on in grave where
BritOn laid him, and not bother him to
get up and take out burial permit or
ask him to pay ground rent. We wish
here to correct the impression that
slowly and sadly we laid him
down from the field of his fame fresh
and CORY. We did no such thing. The
corpse was washed and put in good
shape, and we defy any man to show
that there was drop of gore about him.
1t is true that we carved not a line and
we raised not stone, because there was
no stonemason handy who would do the
job at reasonable figures. About this
time we heard the distant and random
gun that the foe was suilenly firing, so
adjourned the funerel. left the deceased
alone in his glory, and made ourselves
scarce in that vicinity.
Buying Elephants in Trunks.
National Hotel Reporter.
The proprietor Of the Everett House,
St. Louis, recently had a sale Of the
baggage left at his hotel by frauds and
impecunious patrons. There were
eightv-three trunks and valises offered
for sale, and the total amount realized
was $03. A large crowd was present,
but the bidding was far from spirited,
as the contents Of the trunks were not
exposed to view. Many laughable in
cidents happened. One old gentleman
insisted on prying open the trunks with
a big knotted cane, and would only de-
sist when made to do so forcibly. At
| the commencement of the sale he was
observed to be closely cycling huge
Saratoga which had been left at the
Everett House by a female adventures.
| When this trunk was cried he anxious
ly fumbled in his pockets and brought
forth 10 cents, with which he started
the bidding. Finally it was knocked
down to him for 50. "Open it, open
i'll" yelled the crowd, and he did so.
The first thing seen was roll Of news
papers; the next, more newspapers, and
the last a lot of bricks, among which
were found a sheet of foolscap with this
inscription on it: sold again! and new
er got your money back. Yours in
haste" A boy bought trunk for 40
cents, and found in it about $40 worth
Of clothes and a valuable breast pin,
evidently intended for a lady. A la
borer purchased rickety receptacle
held together by ropes 1t was full Of
papers and letters, the latter written by
a lady to her husband and full of pitt
full tails Of poverty, distress and sick
nsss. To enumerate all the mistakes
in buying would take column. Suf-
fee is to say that grocer bought some
surgical instruments, druggist sack
Of dried apples and quantity of beans,
and market woman complete skele-
ton, carefully polished and set on wires
but not put together. The sale wound
up with a free fight which the police
had some trouble in stopping.
Bats and Their Ways.
London Naturalist