Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-08-15
THE CHATHAms.
Fair Cannoneers TO the FFont-A
Lively COurE vsAFtEal-Ehe Fnan-
tom Hop and what It Developed

planned tip TO rlQe InrOuSH OAo SSeHHI
and strike the railroad to escort young
lady who was going up from the Forest
City to Atlanta, and, as their stage would
not leave until two O'Clock in the morning
by gaslight, they swore In Jack, johnnie
Morgan and ''the Good Catch" as assistants,
and procured the bass drum, cymbals and
several horns from the band, to play the
racquet with. The racquet was played with
such orchestral effect that not an eye slept
a wink in the whole ettlement-especisllY
rs they persisted in going around 70 sere-
made all the cottages. The gravity OF this
escapade affOrding an opportunity Tor
mock court martial, accordingly, tne ring
leaders having gotten away Dy night. Inc
others were put under arrest, ana IulI
court convened in the dancing nan. Inc
charges, as formulated, were to the effect
that Morgan did willfully ana vociIerouslY
disturb the peace and quiet Of the commu-
nifty BY striking upon one bass drum, all the
time speaking he never word; that Jack car
rfed Cam ali around the settlement, making
thereon a horrid noise, and that ''the Good
Catch" by his singing and playing, de-
stroyed the slumbers OF the young
ladies, thereby causing tnem ali
the next morning to have
that horrible disease called the hollow eyes.
Upon these charges the offenders were tried.
The hall was filed to OVERLOOKING with the
lady guests and spec ators, ana many wit
nesses were examined. The most prominent
facts ELECTED were that Wash. Willy had
been here at the springs for about week
and all that time had been busily engaged !;
| that a bag of nails were buried under the
iron spring, and that baby had been dipped
in the sulphur spring. After elaborate ar
guments on the case by Jumbo for the de-
Tense and LANYARD for the prosecution, the
| court reserved its decision until the evening
at dress parade, when It acquitted the
prisoners, and found the "Forager," the
| sIpcubatori5 and "Another Innocent
Abroad" guilty of the charges, and sentenced
them to give the battery a GOOD old
/ fashioned set-up. The verdict had nrsG
| been submitted to the calico brigade, and
was by them unanimously approved.
There is one thing we cannot understand
| exactly. and that is the alarming tendency
| of the Young ladies at Chalybeate Springs to
fall out OF buggies. One would suppose that
| their escorts could manage to keep them
| in II only they would catch hold the right
wsv. s'Hardware" hasn't had any to fall out
of his buggy yet. 1t must be all in the way
he catches hold "Bogar" and the Lieu
tenant have been equally as sue
cessful. The "Oflcial" has commenced
IN take lessons on the violin, not the corn
stock fiddle and shoe string variety-but the
| reOular git-me-stuc k-on-the-rOsum- kind.
The Girls have kindly offered to put up
PluffV's hair in papers for him-but whether
from the fact that the ChalYbeate water has
| develoned in It a tendency to curl already,
or from dislike of having the rotunditY of
his forehead obscured by papers, we
have not been advised; anyhow he has not
| taken advantage of the opportunity.
The canary bird has been sadly missed.
The little ball of yarn has not been I'M
wound but once since he left, in spite Of the
| gallant Forager's efforts to extend the fame
| of the Chatham Artillery.
| Strings ever since 1.-TWO hours by sun. u
| They have swarmed all over the guns
every few minutes we have to tell them
that the Guns are loaded, ia order to "scat
ereta,I them. "Pearl Grits" delivered dis
course TO them on the way mistakes are
made about thunder storms in the land OF
| Nod.
A beautiful sight to the soldiers heart was
that of the Young ladies firing the Wash
| in0ton guns, Miss J with pretty fatigue
can on was the first 10 stand herOicslly near
and Duil the lanyard. This she did
without hipching, and as the report woke
the echoes of the mountain pines, the
bovs who were standing around near
the headquarters sent up cneer and came
running down in double-quick time TO the
hotel The Talbotton belle was Juggling at
the string as thew came up, ana the pu-
| being too much for her she called Tor assist
auce ''Jumb0" calamity gave her en- arm
full of it, aud by long pull, strong pull
and mil altogether, the gun went of, AND
so, too, did ''Jumbo" with his armful.
After this new wrinkle the girls professeC
70 be too weak to pull the lanyard without
some one to hold their hands, and In th1'
manner the rest of the firing was done, TOT
| there was no lack Of such assistance at hand
Miss ]. saws that II the Chathams were in
Alexandria when the water supply were GU
eff in the Mshmoudieh, It wouldn't make 6
hit of difference whatever to them. Hard
ware', has succeeded Lee. We saw him
taking her down to the spring to-day.
After dinner the boys woke up again al
the "Stalwart" and ''Dick Deadeye" arrived
| overland from Atlanta with a suspicious
looking something all covered with wicker
work. They had budget full OF wonders
to tell of their exploits, and brought bach
with them new song, "I lost my pref Y Polly
nv counting too slow" The phantom hoI
that | mentioned came off about midnight
Each artilleryman wrapped the drspery o.
his couch about him and hied out to dis
turb pleasant dreams, with torches In hand
with the band to furnish music. ant
with "Jumbo" in his striped pejormi
as knight Grant to guide them on In quest
of adventure. The other boys soon got al
ipkling of the fun, and sailed out to 1oiI
the Phantoms in similar attire. Arrived II
front of the hotel the band struck up {
tune, and never quadrille was danced Will
such signal eclGt, never such waltz Whlrle(
off upon the grass before. The calico brig
ade who had erst while retired I o their slum
bers. reused by the inspiring noise, looked
out upon the grOtesque scene from the up
per piazza with fun beamtng from thei
ewes. but only the tips of their pretty rib
boned night caps were visible. But, stop
new idea. The fire brigade rush to thu
doric columns that uphold the porch, ant
CALAMITY climb up to the rescue. so ao
snrbed were the fair ones with the sceni
effect of the hop, that not until the mrs
red cap peered up over the banisters Dill
thew espy the invader. Then panic to wbicl
Manassas waa. not a circumstance seizs'
upon them and they folded their caps Xix
the Arab and noleilV pushed away through
doors. windows. pell nell, anywhere, any
SSw. After THIS dsfeat they reconnoitere'
o on ssroIn behIhd the window blinds. TIL
next mSJssAinK nos q RAEl could De tound Wn
had baar1 flIb sIiKhtantnOlae in camp tn
nH. though bE degrees it leake
ont that the nssswd that tore fhrough Mr.:
P1s window - ulnd NE ssah along wit
sham TOO and flse route was strewn wit
sinners and other M, Sy.p lsl1e'ita.
The RsiIv bovs' IN sf3 filiii, tIemAhg AM
Dave, have been quhkR 81 s9.,. = an
have been as of ourseiVek q ~ 1917 :. "
It has never been our plees = i 49,. !
the many trips of the batt<s y +, i, ~. 2
whole-souled, alike populaf Wltbg e Nv. -
and the boys, their association With ss1v y IL
though It is, will always be recalled ~
pleasure. q
"Bones" has consented to BE- adopted
and doubtless will be If he stays away
longer. 1.-THE Good Catch" is also tsazlne
lessons on the violin; he has his cap full g
fiddle strings and draws them through bil
teeth in an distracted way that speaks Ct :
malady which Ghslybeate water only aggfa
vates-that of heart ache. We all arc
getting the blues at the thought Of having
to leave. Jack proposes to shoot the first
man who sings "Home, Sweet Home" The
"Stalwart" still exercises his cast iron throat
on the song,
Then blow, gentle winds OF the ocean,
Blow gentle winds Of the sea;
| Then blow gentle winds Of the ocean,
And bring back my darling to me.
To morrow night the grand military ball.
| Until then, 0a TeyOir. OLD WHEEL.