The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1879-11-27

ARMY Ok tho GCuIiSb5CS-
Mark ywair,'s remarks at the banquet
of tho Army of the Tennessee on. the
night of November 19, at Chicago were
in response to the following toast;
fhe Babies: AS they comfort us in our
sorrows, let us not forget them in our fes-
tivities. SiA Fl
Nov, that'sson ,hingiike We hay
emit all had tho good fortune 20 be la-
dies; we hayen'e all been generals, or
poets, or statesmen; but when the toast
Works down 10 the babies, we stand on
bies. II isA ahame that for thousand
years the worlds banquets have utterly
ignored the baby--as IL he didn't amount
to anyti.,pgl IF you, gentlemen, will
stop and think minnte--if you 60 back
fifty or o hundred years, to your early
married life, and recontemplate yous
first baby, you viii remember that ne
amounted to- @ good deal--and even
something over.
You soldiers all know that wuen that
little fellow arrived at family headguar-
ters you had TO hand In your resignation.
He took entire command. You became
his lackey, his nero bodyguard; and You
had 10 stand around, too. He was not. q
commander who made allowances for
time, distance, weather, or anything else !;
you had to execute his order whether it
was possible or not. And there was only
( one form of marching in his manual OF
tactics, aud shat was the double.quick.
he treated you with every sort Of inso-
lence and disrepect, and tho brave5t OF
you didn't dare TO say o word. You
could iffitce tho dehth Storm OF Donsisoh
snd Vicksburg, ana you give back blow for
blow but when ne clawed your sRhisirers,
and pulled your hair; and twisted your
nose, you had TO takeit. When the thun-
ders or war were sounding IN your;
ears, you set your faces toward
Z the batteries anu advanced with
steady tread but when ne turned on
the terrcrs OF ms Hiir; Wnoop yon adyanc-
ed in-the other direction, and mighty
glad of the chance, TOO: When hecsiied
Tor soothing syrup, did you venture to
throw out any side remarks about certain
services being unlnecoming 10 an oiilcer and
gentleman no, you got IL IL ne
ordered MS pap bottle, and It wasn't
warm, did eyon tail:s backY NOE you;
s yor went 70 WORK l,is ana warmed it. 4ou
even M descenqed 80 lar IA your meniai
otfice as 70 take suck OF That warm, IN,
"
three parts water to one of milk q touch
of sugar to modify the collie, aud drop
OF peppermint 70 Kill those Immortal
hiccoughs. 4 can taste that stuff yet.
And how many things you learned as
yop went along! Sentimental young
folks still took stock in that beautiful old
saying, that when the baby smiles ia his
sleep is Is because the angels are whis-
pering 70 MIN. very pretty, but too
thi s-',s----!siinply & ytnd on the stomach. my
friends. II the baby proposed 20 take %
walk at his usuai hour--half-past In
the morning ase you rise up prompt.
anu sremark with o mentet addition
which woulun't improve a Sunday school
muchl that that was the yerything you
were about TO propose yourselfY On you
We're nndet good discipline. And 90 yon
wont hnttsstng mp ana down tho Room ia
yonr "undrsss uniform, yoM not only
prattled undignified baby talk bnt even
tuned mp your martial voices ald tried
10 sing, Roc k-a-hy baby on the tree
TOP, zcr instance. What spe asaoie iIos
the army OF the Hennes5eei And what
Z an altiictlon Tor the SneignporaS TOO, tor
II lss,t every ybnuy within q mic around
i thRs Likes military music at 3 in the
morning Ead when yon had beep
I igeeping THIS SORT soi thints up Two or tnt!e
y hours, and your little velvet head init.
mated that 0thing snifed him ike eKec.
else and noise, and proposed to fight It
out on that line IL it took all night--9o
on! sgha. did ss,nt. d f,'sY You simply
gent cE ~. ;s.s5 is7= i. st:s les.
ditch. ~
ss \ lllIo the idss thtge baby dozen.e
amount s TO anything. w ny, oEe BABY -
JUST g house ana o iront yard tnll py ieaett Z;
one papy can tu.nisn more bnginess than
you and your " ole inteS Sior ektaremant
can attend TO t6 is enteEprislng, irre-
pre5stbie,s SZitiiSal or IA avflesH activities
&---do Wheb you please ycE cnii 6 mako
Sim stay on the reservation. Snfiioiene
Unto tho. day Ia nnH hRbys As long as
you arc In ycnr right mind don't yon
eyer pray for twin inn amount to 9
pernlR ent rot and here ain't my real
5iiherettce between trip lets and an inslr-
+ fectioi ..s5
among the three or four million cra-
dies now sgocEinE IN the land sare soma
sgi lieh this nation would preserve Tor
sgezsas aacrcd ca itga il we COLD know
.is gs. 3 e. sss GIG ca
these Grad les the unconscious arsagnt Of
1 the future Isl ak this nnomenb eething.
sIhis 4 oE II and stfnn. III o word Of
dead esrtle un art ssl, nut perfec sly
psl Ae laslI tells y
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