The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1880-01-30

H'1ic caoiyt -ouC WHat tnc use OF my stand
ing? Why, to-day heard fellow say,
'let bygoncs be bygones; hurrah for Grant;
the sooner We forget the better My crowd
is no pnorc. The boys are all asleep and
their bivouac can never be broken; peace
has come. Why not let the sentinel lie
down and rest when his presence but re-
minds you of what is bygone? l am tired
of the whole business. If the town wants
q statue, let it. put up one of Grant. /
want to resign anyhow, and go where pco-
pie have some consideration for fellows
feelings. Why, laying all jokes aside,
have fet Ike agwhipped cur upphere all
day. Yesterday. with Wright's brigade, l
stormcd cemetery heights ), the blood upon
my old mrusket ha. not yet rustcd away. the
breast.works arc not yet level with the
ground To-day, heard the echo of the
old time yell, but it brought me-what I!
The name OF Grant. Well was it that on
this stone was carved the record, for who will
keep our legend through the coming years?
am ashamed, when remember what am"
."The soldiers head sank forward upon the
gun his hands were clenched. l could
not answer him, but the answer was given,
There came through the night the rumble
OF carrlago party was out enjoying the
moonlight. | saw the vehicle quietly draw
upbefore the monument, and in the shadow
there flashed a jewel on lady's hand, ex.
tended upward her other arm enclasped
little curly head, and as they sat, T heard
the story of the war, told by Southern
womarfs aipsto him who should keep it
through the coming years. The carriage
passed, and as one wakes and wonders Mt o.
Sdpeam, i rose. aud gazed about me- The
night was still. The white light fell like
silver mantle around, and on his shaft, with
rigid form and lifted head, I saw the hero
of ans wonians legend with his immobile
face gazing Back over theB bivouac of ahe
boys who slept.
A1gusta, January 2, 1880.
ONE OF THOSE LUCKY OLD HORSE
SHoEs.--'I saw funny sight in the street
just now," said Mr.. Patterson to his friend,
Mr. johnson, in the Fifth Avenue Hotel
ban Der shop, last Monday afternoon II
met an elegantly dressed lady carrying in
her hand an Old horse shoe covered with
mud. presume she had just found it and
was carrying it homo for good luck
"Good luck y replied Mr.. johnson
.:don't talk to me about old horse shoes and
good luck. About ar-moGt1Sa ago my vile
aud / were returning from church, one Sun
day, when just in front of the new Roman
Catholic cathedral in Fiftioth street, horse,
which was being driven at a lively gait,
threw shoe, and it went ringing along the
pavement. Go get that shoe, said my wife,
'and we will keep it forggoods luck.' I
picked it up, utterly running one of my
gloves in doing So. as it was covered with
Md. This I was going to wipe off on the
curb, but myiwite cried out, 'Oh, don't do
that, for. if you do you will wipe out all
your luck So l lugged the old thing all
the way home, and over the door We hung
it, mud and ALL.
"Thc next morning went down to the
store, wondering what my first streak Of
good luck would be. Before night 1 had
"a misunderstanding with my employer
with whom / have been for several years
we both got hot, and the result was that
he gave nc notice that, after the first of
next January, he would dispense with my
services. lAfey days afterward my wife
went to do a little shopping, and lost her
pocketbook containing all tho money, we
had been saving for a long time to spend
for holiday presents and amusements In fact,
for about two weeks everything seemed to go
against me, aud | was in hot water all the
time. Finally, said to my wife one day
that believed it was that confounded; old
horse shoe that was to blame for all, and
that | was bound to take it down and put
it back in the street, just where found it,
and so did The very next morning my
employer sent for me to come and see him
in his private Office. He said he had been
mistaken in the matter about which we had
differed, apologized for what he had said
hoped there would be no feelings about it,
and wound up by engaging me for another
year at an increased salary l went home
that night feeling better naturcd than l
had for weeks, I told my wife of my good
luck, and then she took from her pocket a
letter which she had that day received from
her father, notifying her that he was going
to send her check for $500 for christ
mas present. In fact, I have had only
good luck since threw away that old horse
shoe. They may bring luck to some folks
but my wife and l don't want any more
horse shoes in ours, you bet"
RATHER SERIOUS FOR A JoKE.-AOne
week ago last Sunday Miss E., Of this
city, and Miss S., of Atlanta, two high
ly respected young ladies, and Messrs. j. b
Wilson and G.. w. Thomaston, two highly
respected young gentlemen of Toccoa, with
others, crossed the river into South Carolina
to visit some friends. While there they en-
gagged in some Of tho pranks of young 'peo.