The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-11-03
A PRESENT FROM GEN. sHERM,S
now u Georgia woman was Dat,
Her Chickens. ior
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Salt Lake Tribune
Governor Murray tells l,ru,,
story OF his experience in the Ge nsoie
peating: 80 worth re-
Speaking Of the lannon's 49,
through Georgia" said the Governor
II never shall forget the amon u,ao r.
money 1t cost us to keep an old wom0 VI
from crying to death. OF coursa @a
were obliged to subsist off the cnnnt we
as we went along, and we natnrauy!,
took about the best in sight. One d da9,
we took possession of chick an ro uay
Kept by an old lady, who stood at ' the
'front.' gate with a broom and threatenad
70 Ilck all of Sherman's forces if thev
dlo not move on. Now, chickens were
considered as officers meat, and as wa
We're Internally hungry we Went fo r
those Old hens pretty lively Wban
she saw that her favorite fowls w n"n
being caught and killed, she keeled
right over and began to cry. Presently
she began to scream, and finally Won
could near that woman's yells clear to
Atlanta. l sent the surgeons to uuiet
her, but they failed, and then all oftha
olllcers took turns, but the more atten.
ton paid her the more she howled 7
then got pretty nervous over the infer
nal noise, because the whole army
would hear it, and they might suppose
that somebody was torturing the wo.
man. Finally Sherman rode up ano
asked what vas it all about, and when
we told him he said: Give her a bush,
ell of Confederate bonds for her hens
and see if that won't stop her. Acting
on this hint l proceeded to business,
We had captured Confederate train
the day before, with 100000 of Con-
'ederate money, and ! hunted up the
train at once. Well, I stuffed abom
half million dollars in an old came
sack and marched into the house.
4" Madam" said |, opening the sack
81 II give you $4,000 to quit this noise.
1t was still as death in a minute, ana
then her face expanded in broao
smile. l laid the packages of money
on the table, and l never saw such a
delighted woman. The effect pleased
me, and l continue: Gen. Sherman
presents his compliments and 100000
[ never in my life saw such pleased
OLD woman, and wound up by dump
ing the contents of the sack right down
on the floor, and telling her that when
1t came to contributions to distressed
females | could not be outdone by any
man living.
She invited the officers to supper
and she cooked every chicken on the
ranch, and set out cider as free as wa
ter. We were having a pretty good
time when long, lank old coon came
in, and she said it Was her husband.
Pretty soon his eyes fell on the money.
Sarah said he, where in blazes did
you get all this darned truck?'
A present from General Sherman
said she. .....
""Tain't worth q continental cent;
they're kindling fires with it down at
New Orleans
'Ihe old woman rose up, her face as
white as your shirt-front, and her eyes
wasn't pleasant to meet.
{" so you are the blk that gave me
this, are you?' she called out, reaching
for the old broom.
THE entire mass rose and started
from that house. We never heard any
more other, and there wasn't man in
the crowd who would meet that old
woman for all that Confederate money,
if it would bring one hundred cents on
the dollar at the treasury department,
Washington.