The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-10-20
BIG HASH MONEY.
The Large Amount Paid a Georgia
Woman by Governor hurry.

Gov. Murray tells a laughable
story Of his experience in the GeOr-
gia March to the Sea, which is
worth repeating:
Speaking of the famous march
through Georgia" said the Govern
or, 81 never shall forget the amount
it cost us to keep an old woman
from crying herself to death. OF
course we are obliged to subsist on
the country as we went along,
and we naturally took about
the best in sight. One day we took
possession Of a chicken rancho kept
by an old lady who stood at the
front gate with broom and threat
ened to lick all of Sherman's forces
if they did not move on. Now
chickens were considered officers
meat, and we were internally hun
cry and went for those old hens
pretty lively. When she saw that
her favorite fowls were being caught
and killed she keeled right over and
began to cry. Presently she began
to scream, and finally you could
hear that woman's yells clear to
Atlanta. l sent the surgeons in to
quiet her, but they failed, and then
all the officers took turns, but the
more attention paid her the more
she howled. L then got pretty ner-
vous over the internal noise, because
the whole army would hear it and
they might suppose somebody was
tOrturing the woman. Finally Sher
man rode up and asked what it was
all about, and when we told him he
said: "Give her a bushel Of Con-
federate bonds for her hens, and see
if that won't stop her" Acting on
this hint, L proceeded to business.
We had captured a Confederate
train the day before with 100000
Of Confederate money, and hunted
up the train at once. The money
was worth about two cents on the
dollar. Well, 1 stuffed about half
a million dollars in on old carpet
sack and marched into the house.
Madam said 1, opening the
sack, I'll give you $4,000 to quit
this noise" 1t was still as death
n a minute, and then her face eX
banded in a broad smile. laid the
packages of money on the table and
l never saw such a delighted wo
man. The effect pleased me and l
continued: General Sherman pre-
sentshis compliments and 100000
L never in my life saw such a
pleased old woman, and l wound up
by dumping the contents Of the
sack right down on the floor, and
tellingyher that when it came to con
tribute to distressed females L could
be outdOne by no man living.
She invited the officers to supper,
and she cooked every chicken on
the rancho and set out cider as free
as water. We were having a pretty
good time, when a long lank old
coon came in, and she said it was
her husband. Pretty soon his eye
fell on the money. Sarah said
he, where in the blazes did you get
this derned truckr"
faint worth a continental cent;
they're kindlin' fires with itdown at
New Orleans"
The old woman rose up, her face
as white as your shirt-front, and her
eye wasn't pleasant to meet
80 you are the blk that gave
me this, are your she called out,
for the old broom.
The entire mess rose and started
from that house. We never heard
any more of her, and there isn't a
man of the crowd who would meet
that old woman for all that Confed-
ate money, if it would bring one
cents ON the dollar at the
treasury department, Washington.