The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1881-11-02
Big Hush Money.
From Salt Lake Tribune.

From Salt Lake Tribune.
Governor Murray tells a laughSble
story of his experiences in the Geor-
gia march TO the sea, which Is worth
repeating.
| Speaking of the famous march
through Georgia, said the Governor,
shall never forget the amount OF
money it cost US to keep an old wo>
man from crying herself to death Or
course we were obliged 10 subsist of
the country as we went along,
and we naturally took about the
best in sight. One day we took poss
ession of chicken ranch kept by an
old lady who stood at the front gate
with broom and threatened to lick
all of Sherman's forces if they did
not move on. Now chickens were
considered as Officers meat, aud as
we were internally hungry we went
for these old hens pretty lively.
When she saw that her favorite
fowls were being caught and killed
she keeied right over and began to
cry. Presently she began to scream,
and finally you could hear that wo>
mans yells clear 70 Atlanta. | sent
the surgeon i'll to quiet her, but he
failed, and then all the officers took
turns, but the more attic ntion paid
her the more she howled. | then
got pretty nervous over The internal
nrise, because the Whole army would
hear it, and they might suppose
somebody was torturing the woman.
Finally Sherman rode up anAamasked
what was 1t all about, and when We
told him he said: Give her buShel
OF Confederate boads tor her hens,
and see if that wont stop her. Act
ing on this hint, / proceeded TO busi>
ness. We had captured Conledul-
ate tram the day before with $1,000,
QUO OF Confederate money, and l
hunted up the train AT once. The
money as worth about TWO cents
On the dollar. Well l stuffed about
hall a million dollars i'll an old car
pet-sack into the house"
Madam" said /, opening the sack,
I'll give you $4,000 to quit thls
noise 1t was as still as death in a
minute, and then her face expanded
in a bi DAD smile. | laid the pack
ages OF money on the table and l
never saw such delighted woman.
The effect pleased me, and | contin-
ued: Gen. Sherman presents his
compliments and 100000. new.
er in my life saw such a pleased
| old woman, and l wound up by
dumping the contents OF the sacN
right down OH the floor, aud telling
her that when it came to contrlbu>
tons TO distressed females l could
be outdone by no man living.
"She invited the officers to supper
and she cooked every chicken on the
ranch and set OUT cider as tree as
water. We were having a pretty
good time, when a long, lank old
coon came in and she said it was her
husband. Presently his eye tell OH
the money. Sarah said he, where
in blazes did you get all this darned
truck!'
"A present from Gen. Sherman,
said she.
'Taint worth a continental cent
} they'r kindlin' fires with ii down al
New Orleans
The old woman rose up, her face
as white as your shlrt-tront, aud her
} eye wasn't pleasant to meet.
$50 you are the blk that gave ING
this, are you,' she called out, reaching
Tor the broom.
"The entire. mess rose and started
from that house. We never hearC
, any more OF her, and there isn't ;
: man OF the crowd who would meet
that old woman for all the Conied
| crate money, it it would bring one
/ hundred cents on the dollar, at the
| treasury department, at Washing
ton"