The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-07-16
A CONFED's Eaa-NOe.
How One of Hindman's Mon Cela-
brated Christmas.
The Scheme Which was Carried
Out by the Private from
Aakansaw.-The Egg
Stealing Business.
Texas Siftings.1

One cold, cloudy Christmas day
when the prospects of the c0nfed
eracy were as gloomy as the weather
an Arkansaw soldier, whose clothe,
looked as though they had been rul
through a threshing machine, ap
preached Gen. Hindman, who sat OF
stump near fire, and said:
'Gineral, wouldn't a little aignos
60 putty we'll this mornin'? Yol
know, in Arkausaw we aIlus cili
brste Christmas with a little o. tn,
stuff"
YES" 1.-THE General replied, land
should like to have a quart OF it righ,
nOwn
"Well, let's 60 to your tent, whal
nobody ken Gee US, and we'll make
'rangements."
When they entered the tent the
soldier said: "You git the whisky
and I'll git the aigs an sugar."
"All right"
The soldier went away. and after q
while, with detected countenance, he
returned with the information that
some one had stolen the "artickles." {"
Pm divilish sorry" said he, "for
I've been er savin' them things fur
yer benefit fur long time, knowin'
how q aignog would strike ye1
Christmas day."
THAT'S bad" said the general,
land if could discover the thief, he
should be punished. Stay here and
let me 60 out and skirmlsh."
The general, after much difficulty.
succeeded in securing the { in
gradients, and ere long bowl of the
trOthing drink was prepared.
"Ab," said the soldier, refilling
his tin cup the third time, this
tastes like old times, when 1 useter
get up afore day an fire off the old
fuZee. Put two mems heads together,
an suthin is goin' ter happen.
Shortly after the soldier left the
tent: Col. Bob. Newton, chief of
Hindman's staff, entered and said:
''Do you remember old Daye
Hickett, who used to run a flat float
ON White river?"
''Yes, he vas here a few moments
ago."
"He came to me this morning."
the colonel continued, land began to
talk about eggnog; said that he had
been keeping eggs andl dlsugar for me
a long time, and that if would fur
nish the whiskey we would have a
Christmas drink. I agreed, and he
went away, returning pretty soon,
and sorrowfully announced that some
one had stolen his treasure. Rather
than see the old fellow disappointed,
1 furnished everything; and for a
few minutes We"
Good morning, gentlemen," said
Gen. Churchill, entering the tent.
Had a fine ggnog early this morn
ing. An old fellow that used to run
q fatboat Oh White river said tnat
he would furnish the eggs and
sugar"
"But did he do il, "asked Hindman
and Newton simultaneously.
mo: son.e wretch had stolen the
stuff. Hello! here is Fagan."
"9entlemen," said Gen. Pagan,
''you ought 10 have been with me
this morning. An old fellow, a for.
mer f1atboatman, came to me and
talked about eggs till he made my
LuOuCu wafer. ne SalU LUaI 00 QdU
been saving up lot of eggs and
sugar for my benefit. and that if I
would furnish the whisky we would
celebrate. I agreed, and he went
away, but I never saw q more cast
down man than he was upon
Some one had stolen the
eggs, but I furnished the outfit,
seeing that disappointment would
about kill the old fellow, Hello,
Reynolds"
'Good morning, gentlemen" said
Reynolds. II have had q fine
time this morning. An old fel-
low"
"Hold on" shouted the other
men, I'VE know all about that
egg stealing business"
Gen. Hindman called an orderly
and giving him the name of the egg
man, said: Find that man and
make him drunk, if it takes every
lrop of whisky in the confederacy.
Such merit should not go unre-
warded."