The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1884-03-27
PRINCIPALLY DAISIES.
DETROIT, MINI.

PRINCIPALLY DAISIES.
Good Story of the Early Days of the Eighteenth
Chic.
To the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:
When the sound of the late war was first
heard in the land, Lawrence county, Ohio as
token of what that patriotic community was
afterwards to do, at once sent to the field three
hundred young men, the flower of her fock,"
and, in q day or two, one of the companies
principally daisies for lack OF camping ac
commodations, was quartered in the rotunda of
the magnificent State House at Columbus
That evening the boys began TO sing pa
triotic songs, and, having some good voices,
soon made the high dome ring.
Patriotic songs were not so numerous then
as they later became and we soon fell back on
the old-fashioned Methodist revival hymns,
then, and to this day, sung in every school
house and many family circle in the Hang
ing Rock Iron Region" Presently some spec
tatot-a minister think-caled TO the spot by
melodies familiar to his ear, raising his hands,
said: Let US pray!" and we knelt down,
in deyout manner, upon the checkered mar
/ bic floor, while he sent up to Him WHO guides
| the life of man and rules the destiny of ma
! tions feryent petition for the safety of our
| little band and prayer for the preservation
of our beloved country from threatened danger.
offered, followed several times by song and
prayer by various members of our company,
until the praying material was pretty well ex-
hausted, and | began to think our foreman
would have to call on Johnnie Corns to say the
Lords Prayer, and fear he might ask me TO
repeat " Now | lay me down to sleep" when
attention was called, and Governor Tod and
Acknowledgement Darlington appeared.
His exceilency, in a nice little speech, stated
| his appreciation of our conduct and Christian
character; melted us TO deeds Of prodgious
valor upon the field of battle, and closed by
saying: 4 am glad TO see the soldiers of the
/ Union are bearers of the cross, and / feel the
country lCU be saved for who can stand before
| the soldiers OF the Nation and the followers of
| the Lord?n
! General Darlington said he was doubly
| prond-proud IN behalf of the State and proud
| in his own behalf TO accept such soldiers from
! a border county, and in token of his apprecia-
| ton of the praying company" would make
i it company of our regiment.
Reporters happening to be present full and
| fowery accounts of all this were published in
the morning papers, and these being read by
everybody, our reputation for goodness was
made.
not IN THE PRAYING LINE
Next morning, We were sent to Camp Jack
son, mile aud half from town, and here in
few days, we added much to our reputation
not In the praying line however for in that
/ We rested on laurels already won--but in that
/ OF nnGlng among our members a champion in
/ every sport, while the company, as a whole
| could distance in deyiltry any like number of
men then, or thereafter, III that camp. Joe
| Fisher was boxer, Jim White juggler while
| my own success as runner promised failure
when should be called upon to play the role
OF lighter. am here don't know where
/ Jim White is, but have heard that Joe Fisher
/ Is I
Won Ebert, In the Eagle Brewery. Don't mis-
take and think Fisher German, because he
/ makes beer and his name sounds that way or
you may get left; for he was born in England.
and, before his belt required SO many yards,
was as good specimen Of the fail haired men
from Albion as usually comes to our shores
Breaking camp to visit the city was the
fault of US all, and the delight of this particu-
lar individual, for the people there, especially
the ladies, treated US more like brothers than
strangers, and, as evidence OF their patriotism,
| were always very courteous to US.
One day, Joe was walking in the broad,
well-payed alley near the American Hotel.
| when he saw, standing in the door of house
there, handsome woman, nicely dressed,
| wearing charming white apron and hair
neatly done up in the then all-preyailing wa
| terfall. Struck at once, he addressed her, was
invited into the house, accepted, made himself
agreeable for time, and then came back to camp
10 d near MIN was enough 10 make
| think this new lady friend of his paragon of
beauty and pink of perfection. Every two
or three days he would run the guard" stay
out all day, return to the camp in the evening
and I'LL us full of praises of his paragon and
pink, until we began to fear he wouldn't an
swer roli-caii when the day came for US to
| leave for Virginia.
Vainly we asked to see the beauty, or limited,
Wont you take US up for an introduction D
No, sir he'd do nothing of the kind but,
on the contrary, he'd keep this lady's acquaint-
ance for himself. because, you see, the old
saying is changed, and now it's all for Joe,n
SHE THOUGHT SO.
| change came, and for the sequel quote
Joe's own words: "Well, you know, boys, when
| we left home in the rush to save this threat
ened country, we all came away with very little
money. After had called several times, and
enjoyed that lady's bounty on every occasion.
began to get ashamed of myself for accepting
her fayors for nothing, SO / said one day, that
before we left for the front wanted to buy
her nice present n teircn Of my regard for
her a--1- as q memento of the pleasant visits
had made her, but she wouldn't hear of it !;
wanted me to keep my money for time when,
wounded or sick, might need it. Next call, I
mentioned the present again, and said | had
sent home for money to buy it. This time
faDcied she didn't object much as before
Another day she said she wouldn't mind having
q little present from me as a keepsake Last
Wednesday she asked me how far it was to
my home, and thought I'd had time to get a
letter from most any part Of the State, and
began to know I couldn't play the present
game much longer To-day, when got there,
she asked me: LAS your money come yet p
answered, No; but | expect it every mail
now What county are you from2' she asked.
Lawrence county Then she went TO table,
picked up an old newspaper, pointed to the
report of our prayer-meeting in the State
House, and asked il belonged to that pray
ing company. When told her yes, she said :
Well, just thought so Here I've been for
the last three weeks doing the washing of
every man in that company, from the captain
down to the lowest private, and have never
got cent from any Of them yet And now, .
added he I'm ready for the war in Virginia.
Brady Stcece belonged to that company, and