The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1884-08-01
A Confederate Egg-Nog .


One cold, cloudy Christmas day,
when the prospects OF the Confed.
eracy were as gloomy as the wealth
er, an Arkansaw soldier, whose
clothes looked as though they had
been run through threshing ma
chine, approached Gen. Hindmsn,
who sat on a stump near a fire, and
said:
"Gineral, wouldn't a little aig.nog
go putty well this morninf You
know IN Arkansaw we all us cili-
brate Christmas with u little o. the
stuff
eyes, the General replied, Sand
| should like TO have a quart of il
light now" Well, cts 20 to your
tent, whar nobody ken see us, an
we'll make 'rangements.'
When they entered the tent, the
soldier SAID: "You cit the whisky
aud I'll git tue aigs an' sugar.
"All right
The soldier went away, and, after
while, with detected countenance,
he returned with the information
that some QUE had stolen the car.
tickles.r s'l'm develish sorry said
be, "ior I've been savin' them
things fur yer benefit fur a long
time, KNOWN how q aig.nog would
strike yer Christmas day.
"Tbat is bad,n said the General,
"and ii l could discover the theft
he should he punished. Stay here
| and let me 90 out ahd skirmisb."
The General, after much difficult
ty, succeeded in securing the in
gredieDts, and ere long a bowl o.
the frothing drink was prepared.
! "Ah," said the soldier, rehlliul
his lineup for the third time, "thii
tastes like old times, when l ustel
get up afore day an fire of the old
tuzee. Put two mems heads togeth
er, an suthin is goin' ter happen
Shortly after the soldier left the
tent Col. Bob Newton, chief o.
Hindman's staff, entered aud said
ado You remember old Dav,
Aickett, who used to run a flatboa
ou the White riverr
eyes, he was here a few moment
ago.
"He came to me this morning,
the Colonel continued, "and bega
to talk about egg-nog; said that b
had been keeping eggs aud suga
for q long time, and that If woul
furnish the whisky we would hay
Il Christmas drink. I agreed, an,
be went away, returning prett,
soon, and sorrowfillly announce,
that some one had stolen his treas
ure. Rather than see the old fel
low disappointed, l furnishes
everything, and for a few minute
we
"Good morning, gentlemen,
said Gen. Churchill, entering th
tent, chad fine egg nog early thi
morning. An old fellow that use,
| to run a fatboat on White rive
said that he would furnish the egg
and sugar"
"But did he do itr asked Hind
man and Newton simultaneously
"No; some wretch had stolen th,
stuff. Hello, here is Fagan.'
"GentIemen,n said Geu. Pagan
"you ought to have been with IN
this morning. An old fellow,
former fiatboatmau, came to m
and talked about egg-nog till b
made my mouth water. He sal,
that he had been saving up lot Q
eggs and sugar for my benefit, an,
that If would furnish the whisk.
We would celebrate. | agreed, an
he went away, but ! never saw
more cast down man than he wa
upon returning. Some one ha
stolen the eggs, but l furnished th
outfit, seeing that .disappointmer
would about Kill the old fellow
Hello, Reyuoldsp
"Good morning, gentlemen
said Gen. Reynolds. al have ha
a fine time this morning. An ol
fellow
"Iiold on,' shouted the oth'
, men; tive know all about that Ell
stealing business"
: Gen. Hiudman called au orderl.
! and giving him the name OF Il
) egg. man, said: "Find that ma
/, and make him drunk, If 1t tax,
every drop of whisky in the Co
!. federacy. Such merit shall not
Q unrewardcd.n
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