Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1881-03-11
NATIONAL HOME LETTER
soLDrERs'HoME, CENTRAL BRANCH, |

SOLDIERS HOME, CENTRAL BRANCH,
MONTGOMERY Co., o.. March Sd, ,'8l. ! |
Mr.. EDITOR After silence OF some
weeks l am on deck again. Capt. VIM.
Furey has been gone over II month visiting
his son Frank, East, and we miss his genial
face, and would welcome his return. For
the last four weeks have been in Union
City, Ind, assisting Mr.. S. NJ. Wentworth
In the Office of the Plain Dealer, one OF the
neatest, ablest edited papers in the Union;
and, by the way, that paper is for sale ow-
ing to Mr. Wentwortl's bad health II is
an excellent office, with large subscrip
ton, job work, and in good community,
and no more perfect gentleman can be found
than Mr.. Wentworth, its editor and prop.
would say to friends from the Mau.
NEE, Toledo and the world at large, that
should they ever travel through Union City,
Ind, they will discover an old rickety barn
daubed over with the iliustrioas name Of
the O,r House, and the amount of bed bugs
and paraphernaia of that institution would
be curiosity to the denizens OF the Five
Points. Bill Orr runs the machine-aione
his respectable family having left him
for beastialty too degrading to 60 into a
newspaper. People who have stopped at
the Orr House one time, give that insti
tntion wide berth,
Our Opera house is at a stand still, and
when 1t will be finished, all hands have
given up prophesying.
The death rate is on the increase, and
this month will sweep off hundreds OF lung
diseased men. Col. Brown is lying very
sick in the hospital, with complication
of diseases.
The Colonel has host OF friends, and
every soldier here il loud in his praise
while Governor here, and he has the sym.
pathy of the entire garrison, in his afllc.
tion. There are about 800 in the hospital
and over 1000 in camp, and 1000 on fur
lough The Maumee boys are all well.
Many Of our boys have gone to Wash
ington City, to attend the Inaugural, ant
look forward to grand time. Success
to them, and every man, woman and chile
who goes to Washington ON the glorious
jubilee.
Visitors are again beginning to thronl
these grounds, and we soon expect Spring
The robins have come and are making tn,
grounds resound with their warblings ant
the boys gather to hear their sweet songs
The long. dreary Winter has kept very
: many of the old lnvalids in barracks, AM
the bright sunshine OF the past few day
has brought them out, and they seem re
vived and refreshed, and their hearts ap
pear young once more, and as nature re
: yives-as does the old soldiers spirits
and at the dawning Of beautiful, brigh
morning, the hearts Of the old blood
1 stained veterans bound with Joy.
!, One OF our boys who was married onl
s a few months lost his wife few days age
by death. Mrs Regay was an excellen
: lady. So we go. So long as we have
r body and SOIL, two hearts must mingl,
r the great and the little, the solemn an
the trivial, wreathing in and ont like th
grotesque coverings OF gothic shrine
only did we know It rightly nothing is tri,
g ial. since the human soul with its awfu
;; shadow, makes all things sacred.
] May the coming Spring dawn upon Ill
y JOURNAL, its editor, readers, and the gei
Q erous people OF the Maumee Valley, wit
y health, psoit and prosperity.
: Your old friend,
! Wan. THos. MCDOWELL.