Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-07-16
Logan and the Southern Soldier.

think it was In 1866, the month of June,
three gentlemen sat on the porch of a
private clearinghouse on Michigan
avenue, Washington City. AS they sat
together in low and earnest converse
ton, an old man in worn but once re-
spectacle garments, lame and hobbling
on crutch, pauged directly in front of
the trio, and glanced searehingly in the
faces of all three. There was an ex-
preston in the upturned countenance
of the old man too readily defned-a
look Of weariness-an air, in fact, of
present poverty, that could not be mis-
understood by the group 6
"Can I do anything for you, my
man ?" asked the senior of the trio, at
tentively regarding the stationary figure
in his front. a4 .fa.s
Il think not, sir" was the quick re-
Where did you get that lame Lego"
inquired the first speaker. -
cat Chickamauga." %. ..t =. IL
son what side?" -a
@Your side, if you are Southerner,"
rejoined the old man, leaning YEARLY
on his crutch.
mot mine, friend" said the gentle
man. 81 belonged to the other side. ;"
"That makes big difference" re-
marked the crippled stranger. Il was
about to ask you favor, but you live
on the wrong side of the house."
"What can I do for you, old man 2"
still urged the gentleman, with quiet
gravity. a
Il may as we'll tell you as any one
else. [ am a stranger in this city and
trying to get out of it. I have home
in the far South and enough to live on
when I get there I ran out of money
in Baltimore and was brought here by
the kindness of the conductor on the
train.
,"Have you no money now?"
81 expected a remittance of $25 from
home when I reached this place; but it
has not arrived"
well! you shall not go home on
your crutches if I can help it," and the
gentleman produced his pocketbook
and counted six $5 bills in the palm of
of the stranger.
1T is too much / dislike to take it!
exclaimed the old man, grateful and as
tonished.
Keep it-you are welcome to it,
persisted the gentleman.
81 thank you-a thousand times!"
said the old man. "When I get home
will return every cent of it. Your name
it as long as I live" -,
Never mind that, old man. IF you
have enough, as you say, to live on in
your far-away Southern home, and if
you should ever meet in that home
boy in blue III such trouble as you are
to-day, just hand him the little amount
I give you now and say no more about
The man who sent one of our own
dear boys-a poor Confederate ON his
way rejoicing was Gen. John Alexander
Logan, noted, if some Of our exchanges
are to be his judges, for merciless treat
ment of the Southern soldiers!
Natcheg (Miss.) Crusader.
"THE one thing that has puzzled me
more than anything else in the Presi
Dental canvass" said man who was
wrapped up in Blaine in 1875, in Grant
in 1880, and in Logan in 1884, "is the
Indifference of men like Ingersoll, Hale,
and Frye" But scarcely were the
words uttered when one of Ingersoll's
intimates responded with: IT can let in
little light on that, even though I
cannot explain it. More than a year
ago Blaine said to some of his cronies:
L have chased the Presidency through
two campaigns, and I am done. The
Presidency after this may chase me. IF
my friends in the party want me they
know where to find me-"
The Washington Sunday Herald
Oem.) intimates that the Louisiana
sugar-planters are likely to support
Blaine and Logan, and that the Repub-
icans are very hopeful of carrying the
State.
The President and the members Of
his Cabinet will earnestly support
To-, i l.