Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1880-08-18

lGalveston Nevs.l

Galveston News.
There was row last night in o
saloon on the Strand, and q middle
aged man was forcibly elected. A
News reporter was detailed to and
out the facts, which furnished AN
amusing incident Of the campaign.
There Was quite q crowd in the
SALOON, talking politics. The shah.
best man pushed his way In and
seemed to take an absorbing inter.
est in the discussion. One gentle.
man said: "Hancock will get
nine. tenths of the federal soldiers"
"You are right" said the seedy
man, in a loud sonoroue voice, slap
ping the speaker OH the shoulder.
lyon just bet be will scoop 'eIn.
l ain an ex.fetleral soldier myself,
aud I'll vote for old Hancock.
The attention Of the crowd was
concentrated on the patriotic sol.
dier. .
"Were you in Hancock's corpsf"
"Gentlemen," said the seedy man,
running his arm through a hole in
his hat, III have voted the Republi.
can ticket all my life, bat next No.
vember my vote goes tor my old
commander. may not like his poi.
tics, and they may say he puts on
style, but when a general of the
United States army gets of bis
horse to help me when ! am lying
helpless On' the blood. stained field
of battle, slippery with human gore,
| am going to vote for him, any.
how
"HurraL for Hancock shouted
the crowd.
"WiIl you join usi' asked several
enthusiasts of the grateful soldier,
as they advanced in solid column
on the bar. The healths of Hancock
and English were drank with Ell.
thusiasm several times.
"Hand out some OF those high
priced cigars said another enthusi.
ast to the bar. keeper. The ex.feder.
al soldier took half dozen.
ave a great notiOD," said auOth-
er enthusiast, holding the Hancock
man of at arms length, aud sur.
veying him from top to bottom,
"lve n great notion TO make you q
present Of new suit Of clothes.H
"Were you badly woundedT ask
ed another sympathetic enthusiast.
II was lying Oh the blood stained
field of battle, slippery with human
gore, weak and faint FROM loss Of
blood, with ms leg shattered by u
reb Il mean hostile cannon ball.
| had fallen early in the fight"
The earnest crowd gathered close
around the patriot to catch every
word.
"Gen. Meade had given orders to
advance and drive the reb-I mean
the hostile foe-frOm his position.
just as / was expecting TO be tram
pied under foot mp rode Gems. Han
cock aud English
"English!" bawled the crowd.
ayes; Gems. Hancock and EnbIish q,
riding side BY side, just as you see
their pictures, only they had their
swords drawn. was lying weak
and helpless On"-
An 80 he was, but this time it
was not on the blood stained field Of
battle, slippery with human gore,
but on the hard pavement, slippery
with tobacco juice.
Ho got up and shuff1ed down the
street, mnttering: alt seems to me
English don't bring as much
strength to the ticket as thought
he would
He mnst have repeated this game
with more success at other saloons,
Hobably emitting all reference to
English's military career, for later
in the evening he was seen explain.
ing the whole matter over again in
an incoherent manner TO an entranc.
ell policeman. In the disjointed
manner peculiar t. advanced inebri.
ates he was saying: ~ was lying
on the blood stained field OF battle,
weak and helpless, slippery with
human gore. A charge Of canister
had passed through all three Of my
lungs; a bombshell had fattened
itself on my spinal column, which
wouM have produced paralysis OF
my lower limbs If they hadn't been
swept away by a cavalry charge on
the frst day of the battle. Ny
head had been severed by a saber
stroke, and was lying twenty yards
of. Just then, as was lying weak
and helpless on the battle stained
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