The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-07-27
A OeNFED's EGG-NOG.
How One Of Hindman,s Men CeIe-
brated Christmas.

One cold, cloudy Christmas day,
when the prospects OF the, confedsracy
we're as gloomy az the weather, an
Arkansaw soldier, whose clothes look.
ed SO though they had been run
through threshing machine, ap>
preached Ganeral Hindman, who 90.
en- q stump near fire, and said:
"Gineral, wouldn't a little aignog
90 putty well this mornin'' You
know, in Aakansaw We allus CELEBRATE
Christmas with little o. the stuff. "
"Yes," the general replied, land
should like to have quart ofit right
now"
"Well, let's GO to your tent, whar
nobody ken see US, and we'll make
Engagements"
Wen they entered the tent the
soldier said; "You git the whiekey,
and I'll git the aigs an sugar"
''All right"
The soldier went away, and after o
while, with detected coun!enance, he
returned with the information thai
some one had stolen the "artickles. u
"l'm devilish sorry" said he, "iol
I've been or savin' them things iul
yer benefit fur a long time. KNOWN
how aiguog would strike yer Christ
mas day."
That's bad" said the general,
"and il could discover the theft, be
should be punished. Stay here, and
let me go out and skirmish.
The general. after much difficulty
succeeded in securing the ingredients,
and ere long bowl of the irothing
drink was prepared.
"Ah," said the soldier, reflling hi
tin cup the third time, ''shis taste;
like old times, when l lister get ar
sfore day and fire of the old iuzee
Put two mems heads together, and
suthin ia goin' ter happeu."
Shortly after the soldier left thf
tent, Colonel Bob Newton. chief o.
Hiudman's staff, entered and said:
"Do you remember old Dave Kick
EFT, who used to run flas boa. or
the White rivera"
Yes, he was here a few moments
ago."
"Hg came to me this morning"
the colonel continued, " and began
to talk about egg nog, and SAID .bst
been keeping eggs and sugar for me
long time, and that il l would fur.
nish the whisky ne would have a
Christmas dTink. l agreed, and EG
gent away. returning pretty SOON, and
eorrowfully announced that some one
had stolen his treasure. Rather thar
sec the old fellow disappointed, I fur
nished everything, and FOR q few
moments we"
"Good morning, gentlemen" said
General Churchill, entering the tent
''Had fine egg-nog early this morn
ing, An old fellow that used TO rur
q Fat boat On the White river. sale
that he would furnish the eggs ant
sugar"
E'But did he DO it?" asked Hind
man and Newton simultaneously.
mo; some wretch had stolen TIT
etuff. Hello! here is Fsgan."
Gentlemen" said General Fa sar
''you ought to have been with me thi
morning. An old fellow, a forms
flat-boaeman, came 10 me and talke(
about eggs Ill he made my rnoutE
water. He said that ne had beeI
saving up q Lot of eggs and sugar TO-
my benefit. and that il would fur
nish the whisky we would celebrate
! sgTee1, and he went awsy, but
never aaW q mora cast-down mar
than he vas upon returning. Som,
one had stolen the eggs, but fur
nished the outfit, seeing that diapa
pointedmen. would about kill the oil
fellow"
"Good morning, gentlemen" aai
General Reynolds. ~ have had
fine time this morning, An old fei
low"
"Hold on shYuteii the other mer
"we know 81 aoou. that egg stealth
business"
General Hindm called an ogdefl
and giving him the name OF the eg
man, said; Find that man an
make him dunk, il i: takes ever
dfop Of whisky in the confederaoy
tSuch merit should not go 1nresa (
ed"