Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-15
a Confederate Eec-Nog.
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One cold, cloudy Christmas day, when
the prospects Of the COnfederacy were as
gloomy as the weather, an ArkansaW SOL
| der, whose clothes looked as though they
| had been run through a threshing ma
| chine, approached Gen. Hindman, who sat
| on a stump near fire, and said:
General, wouldn't a little aig-nog go
putty well this mornin'? You know in
! Arkansaw we allus cilibrate Christmas
with a little O the stuff"
eyes," the General replied, "and l
/ should like to have quart Of it right
now"
'Wen, let's 60 to your tent where no
body ken see us, am Wen make some
! '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 a
! while, with detected countenance, he re-
/ turned with the information that some
one had stolen the "artickles."
''Fm devilish sorry" said he, ''for I've
/ been er saving 'em things fer yer beneftfor
| long time, KNOWN how a aig-nog would
| strike yer Christmas day."
''That is bad" said the General, ''and
If l could discover the thief he should be
and skirmish."
The General, after much difficulty, sue
ceeded in securing the ingredients, and ere
long bowl of the frothing drink was pre-
pared.
'Ah," said the soldier, refilling his tin
cup for the third time, ''this tastes like
old time, when ulster get up afore day
an fire off the old fuzee. Put two mems
heads together, an suthin' is goin' ter hap
PEN"
Shortly after the soldier left the tent
Col. Bob Newton, chief of Hindman's
staff entered and said:
'sDo you remember old Dave Aickett,
who used to run a f1at-boat ON White
river"'
eyes, he was here a few moments ago."
''He came to me this morning." the
Colonel continued, sand began to talk
about egg-nog; Esaid that he had been
keeping eggs and sugar for me long
time, and that if l would furnish the
whisky we would have Christmas drink.
1 agreed, and he went away, returning
pretty soon, and sorrowfully announced
that some one had stolen his treasure.
Rather than see the old fellow disappoint-
ed, furnished everything, and for few
moments we
'sGood morning, gentlemen" said Gen.
Churchill, entering the tent; chad fine
egg-nog' early this morning. And old fell
low that used to run a tlatboat on White
river said that he would furnish the eggs
and sugar"
ssBut did he do it p asked Hindman and
Newton simultaneously.
''No; some wretch had stolen the stuff.
Hello. here is Pagan"
Gentlemen" said Gen. Pagan, ''you
ought to have been with me this morning.
And cid fellow, a former fatboatman,
came to me and talked about egg-nog till
he made my mouth water. He said that
he had been saving up a lot of eggs and
sugar for my benefit, and that if l would
furnish the whisky we would celebrate. l
agreed, and he went away, but l never
saw a more cast-dOwn man than he was
upon returning. Some one had stolen the
eggs, but | furnished the outfit, seeing that
disappointment would about kin the old
fellow. Hello, Reynolds!''
"GoOd morning, gentlemen" said Gen.
Reynolds. 81 have had fine time this
morning. And CID fellow"
''Hold onp' shouted the other men;
''we know all about that egg-stealing bust
ness"
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 drop of whisky in the
Confederacy. Such merit shall not go un-
rewarded