The National tribune., 1884-05-01
Conversation Club.
SWEET SIXTEEN AND OVER.


Thank Adda Taylor for her suggestion of a con-
versation club for the older sons and daughters of
veterans. could not resist coming and hope the
circle will grow wide and merry. Ny father served
In company c. LIST Wisconsin heavy artillery and
like many others, lost his health in the service
like the war accounts in THE TRIBUNE and have
especially enjoyed reading : The Gray and the
Blue y and Ministering Angels. Anna L. Minis,
Neosha, Neb.
] am glad the older boys and girls are to have
corner TO chat in. Papa WAS in the 10Th Iowa;
served three years. He is commander of Dennison
Post No. PA. i sixteen and an only child
Lora e. Wilson, Center Point, Iowa.
am sixteen and the daughter of soldier Ny
father, j. b. Beach, served in the 18th o. T. THE
Colonel Roe's story and Saving the Nation" If
AIDA b. Taylor likes my style, will be happy TO
correspond with her.-Lulu NJ. Beach, Mason City,
Neb.
L live in the city Of Concordia in the western
part OF Missouri. Papa is commander OF the Grand
Army Post at this place. i take much pleasure in
reading your paper. THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE es-
pecally the letters from the young folks. would
like to correspond with some of the girls who write
TO THE TRIBUNE. i am sixteen years old and am
assistant r. M.-Rosa A. Wakenhorst.
am sixteen years of age and think your paper
a valuable one indeed. / did not know that girls
of my age wrote letters for it until j saw that of
AIDA b. Taylor. should like to correspond with
her. My father was a soldier and is a member of
| George Kidder Post. Will some one please send
me the song entitled Rally Round the Flag ?'-
Lizzie A. Thayer, New Berlin, N. Y.
j sixteen years old have two sisters both
married. often wish had a brother. My father
has taken THE TRIBUNE three years and we all are
/ fond Of it, He served in company c. 9th Maine
| regiment and discharged at Raleigh N O.
june l3, 1865. He belongs To Knowles Post No
/ u. and my mother belongs to Relief Corps No a.
send you copy of a beautiful poem:
THE BLUE AND THE GRAY.
had two brothers once
Warm-hearted bold and gay;
| They left my side-one wore the blue
! The other wore the gray.
| One rode with Stonewall and his men.
And joined his fate TO Lee;
The other followed Shernan's march
! Triumphant TO the
Both fought for what they deemed the right,
| And died with sword in hand
| One sleeps amid Virginia's hills
And one IN Georgias sand.
The same sun shines upon their graves.
My love for them must stay;
And so upon my bosom lies
This knot of blue and gray.
My father, Joseph Moore. was soldier; served
| four years; in company Il, 18th Wisconsin
he was wounded in the battle of Vicksburg Nav
y, 1868; he has been troubled ever since with the
wound. the ball remaining in his face where he
| was shot until last October when it worked itself
out. lie has been getting pension of only two
dollars month He applied for an increase but his
claim was rejected, and he gets the same as always
| i am seventeen. and have brother, but no sis
ter. My brother is always anxious to read the
stories of the battles, and am so much inter-
ested in the whole of your paper, while papa
would rather, believe, go without his meals than
not have it. would like TO have of the girls
write TO me. do love to correspond with soldiers
| daughters We live near place called Kenawnee,
in Wisconsin. / sometimes very lonesome
| but of course, am not sad. They are talking OF
starting Post at this place: when they do you win