The Republican journal., 1882-04-06

theological exposition of the matter, and then
inquired, ''But, my man, why did you ask so
unusual question: "Oh, nothin'" answered
the innocent Dick, "only we have seen it stamp
ed on these sheets of hard tack, and were curl
Gus to know why it was there" At this point
the listeners all exploded with laughter, the
Chaplain saw that he was sold, and walked
rapidly away.
But of all the ''shining lights or men pos
sessng remarkable qualities, in company FL, it
is safe to say that our company cook ranked all
others. He is living now, and if he reads these
lines know he will forgive the description l
give of him, and also thank me for revelations
here made that he never knew before. He was
a short, thin, frail man, with one leg shorter
than the other, and the longer one much more
crooked than its mate. OF course he could not
march in the ranks, and I think he never car
ried a rifle But no man in the Army of the
Potomac could rival him in the art and science
of cookery. Among mess pans, camp kettles,
and dish cloths, Daniel Shone peerless and alone.
He was generous. kind hearted man, and for
the boys who went out with him when the reg
iment was mustered he had profound respect,
and could never do too much for lis. But like
all oid reterans he had a great contempt for re-
cruit> and which he was always anxious TO dis
play. As | think of his kindness TO me. | almost
feel condemned for the many jokes tie othe' fei-
lors played upon him. Like many other men
in positions OF trust. Daniel learned some crook
ed ways. He learned by observation that the
longer he boiled the rations of fat pork, the
more lard would rise to the surface of the
ter when it was cooled. He quickly took advan-
tage of this discovery, and by purchasing flour
at the suffers soon built up quite a business
frying doughnuts and selling them to Us at the
rate of about ten cents apiece. We used to
complain to him that the doughnut business
sadly nterfered with our rations of meat, but
he always gave lis to understand that he knew
his own business. There We're hut few of us
who had any money to buy with, but we We're
all exceedingly fond of doughnutS, and many
Were the schemes we devised to come into pos
session of the coveted stores. One fellow would
invite Daniel to his tent o give him advice up
on some very important matter, and he was
never known to refuse Il request of this nature.
While he was thus occupied some graceleSs
Scamps would enter the cook house. break open
the We'll known box under the table, and bear
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