The National tribune., 1884-07-10
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GOING TO MIHNEAPaLys AS A POST.

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GOING TO MISNEApoLEs AS POST
am little girl, thirteen years. My father. c. s.
Bianches, served in CO. D.fIt3th H.; en- listed in
August 1852. He belongs Co Joe Hooker Post, No.
9, Department of WISCONSIN, They have a menu
bersfsip of over one hundred and sixty, and Camp
of Sons OF Veterans They intend to go to the
National Encauipnent rs Post. Papa would like
to hear from the Il3tA comrades and from the
SONS and daughters would like to have the song
beginning. Way down upon the Suwanee River"
viii some one kindly send me copy? For the
first time IN five years Memorial Day was bright
and pleasant. The city was alive with people, snd
the procession WAS grand with the flower girls
about one hundred ami fifty in number-following
the veterans III clrriages The 4th of July celebra-
ton was grand demonstration Blanchet,
Baraboo, Wis.
My father served in the 3D. and 2ist Wis. Three
of my uncies were soldiers, one carries a bullet i'll
his right shoulder. THE TRIBUNE Is grand sol
diers paper, and the young recruits letters are
very interesting. will write nice. true story
and would like to correspond with THE TRIBUNE
girls and boys, particularly Anna S. Robinson
Lulu M. Beach, Ada g. Taylor and George Lace
well.-Augusta Iilman. Hilbert, WIS.
[Augusta has the editors thanks for a kind
invitation to Sunday school picnic. 1t is
pleasant to be remembered.-ED.
My father and four uncles were in the war Two
of my uncles were wounded on Maryland Heights,
on Saturday before Miles surrender. One of them,
Capt Hiteshew, only lived six weeks after he WAS
| wounded AIy fathers name is John w. Morrison :
he served over three years in Co H. Ist Nd He
belongs to Tod Post, No. 20. My mother and old
| est sister belong to the Relief Corps. My mother
lived i'll Frederick City, Md. during the She
would ike to hear from any old friends, either by
letter or through The TRIBUNE, who knew her as
| Mollie Hiteshew. / am i4-Ellen Morrison, 30i
| East Federal street, Youngstown, o.
VETERANS OF TWO WARS.
| My father was a veteran of the Mexican war
served one year. He also soldier of the
| late war, and was wounded three times-once at
/ Dallas Ga, and twice at Mission Ridge He was
| IN the 103d regiment. Go. |. had three uncles
| in the army AL were wounded died of the
wound received. My mother is dead my sister
and keep house for father have four sisters and
/ one brother. / see nothing in the dear TRIBUNE
from the and daughters of the veterans OF the
IO3d Ill. We wish they would write.-Mary Craw-
ford, Smithtield, ILL.,
My father is an old soldier of 81 He was in the
| Mexican war two years and two months and in the
| Union army three years. He is not able to do q
! whole days work at a time. but has not had any
pension yet. His name is Alfred Hatfield Co. l. 23d
| Mo. He belongs to O. III. Wood Post No. 57-Ida
| M. Hatfield, Brookteld, Mo-
MUTE LITTLE coMRADE.
How happy THE TRIBUNEis is in giving speech
to the mute and hearing to the dumb (as often
before eyes to the blind in this letter forward
| ed by Comrade III. T. Walters. 1t is from little
girl who has not been able TO speak one word
but whose heart is as warm and strong for al
that is pure and true and noble as that of any
!
flag and rejoices in the free country and the
brave veterans who saved it, The letteris jus
as the little girl wrote it, and a pretty little
letter it is, and might serve as a model for many
a boy and girl who can both hear and see ant
do not have to depend on sign language t.
make their wants understood, or to learn wha
is going on around them:
DEAR LITTLE COMRADES read your letters.
cannot hear. have been to the institution for the
deaf and dumb. am orphan child My deal
uncle and aunt take care OF me and send me t.
school. My uncle n soldier for three years.
ana IL years old. am glad can read and write
Sarah A. Hughes, Reno, Ind.
On AN EAST TENNESSEE BATTLE GROUND.
My papa takes THE TRIBUNE; we all like it 8.
we'll IL is the first choice of six papers we take
We live 60-acre farm near Loudon East Ten
nessee, on the Tennessee River. Papa thinks thi
is the heathiest country in the world. We hav
lots of little turkeys ducks and chickens; / at
tend to them. i little girl 10 years old NJ,
f. I'd East Tennessee. We have garden peas larg
enough to eat. Papa has over two hundred letter
from old soldiers wanting to come to this country
Some of them have come. Lots of old soldiers liv
in this county. There is q fort place. w,
can stand in it and see for miles mp and down tn
Sweet Water Valley, the railroad, and tine Tennes
see River have two brothers. one IA years oil
and one SIX years old. l go to Sabbath-schoo
every Sunday. My papa is superintendent in tn
NJ. Il. Sunday-school.-Ma Randle Loudon, Tenn