The National tribune., 1884-09-18
Cur EeekIy EzBerlcnos Meeting.
NEaEoEIns o. THE wAn-AND Still TN

EEACEIEs OF THE WAR--sND STILL THEY
NAIT-A WORD FOR MRS. BARLOW.
TO JHI i-llT0E. here flGy peaceful coast home
an Oregon, separated from the scenes and friends
~ nsS Hostil, among whom gave mE al for nav
esintrs s.nd tried 10 sing and keep up a Cheerful
heart, iili lEIBI-SE comes Ike Old friend 10
slH Ep inelncrfes 81 a sacred yeI troubled day
EOr liEoae days come back as I read iis r-llliuis
cances - camp and Geld the DAYS wien mothers
lfayed loE tiselF loved and wives bed their
hietl - tiies tnouSls 81 the dangers threatening
tiielf husbands - the 5rouf sisad sisters work ed nd
foIie1 iile days when We bore al hraveiv and
ngIote IapHg, hgme-ike letters 10 car soys IN the
1Ilzgs iilele1 cur hearts breaking s tle time
A. & read TIE 'lzIBUKE seem 10 resd AGAIN the
letters written - years ago. ard sacred 10 the
lie1a9ry ~ illna who answered Then 10 the roil-caI
Irons -.'ofe- NOW they are expecting attack; /;
1ioN they arc advancing Again II = the battle
Ana The ille seems ~ iong-so long hear Of the
capture fben comes I-l55g Prison; then the cx-
cllaIlsse, elia ilea Camp Chase
was 3 solder Nylfe in the syar dayg and my
soldier sleeps Ia tie Nashville Cemetery Sow +
am me VIE oi . colnrade and have tsgo good
DOE'h growing np 10 love and respect tho iiav
tlaae looked for letters from The 18th Mich They
sild gooe service, aisd ana glad one little girl has
ief papa 1oiaes ereD thollsA he Is q wreck oi nat
he Was Capt. Joel smith please give an .assoIIt
- me I'D or you Col siiaiier. intend 10 take
3IiI lf1IBI3f long cala raise a dol Mac
SIC Allcn. Portland, Greg.
ASD STILL TgIEY WATT
To guE EpIroE J must say. there j. no paper 50
lilterc-iliig IRE TRIBUNE 70 soldiers wives
widows illd orphans hope shall f i,Ie III ale
setter4 and the poems and songs wish some Of
tle comrades would write Of fhe 10th X y Nv
husband belonged - Co. q; went ont IA Arrii 81
lie Was wounded ~ Gains mill June c. and
alec iD y troFa the effects u The wound Tlaei,l
entered flis ElEft shoulder passed through his
IlEih Sung, AND one oi Iils comrades sllo was
tzen prisoner with HIM took the bali out Of his
BACK in Libby Prison. Il PASSED right through and
lorSeo juai under The Skin. near ille back bone
1iite issii3tlef ar - iiE gRIBTgE like TO read
ana thai = 3.9yai homag : Work and de f,ro.
Eress ~ te Relief Corps. Were younger S.s,,,l,I
ncver cease Entf the work was fully established ia
CONNECTION Niih our Post. Mrs. Putnam who is
also reader of TIE JRIBUEEi aad succeeded last
HEI1ag "a getting some furnishings aud notices.
and have worked very hard, and only get = a
etcca pension -, sou see, cannot 90 al would
IKE Itut sCiclsTE widows tn and live Ia ttslsgs
tlit anoiigr " inter they wii give as little more
--tts. Elizabeth Thompson FiattsbaFg, X. Y.
WORD FOR MRS BARLOW.
TO rliE EDIToR: Tlse sentiments expressed Ia a
t-git AistflA by AIRS y r. Barlow emitted Deco
tstAea VIII i4loiDs, are mine exactly Had / the
llon0f 81 hef acg aanance would take ler by The
1iaDa apa cii her. not only friend bur The best OF
@fleiisS q tle surviving veterans of the war Deco
Sitlylf ol soldiers grave is good thing: IL eoss
little and makes big show iJsIt els ia5,sfy more
substantial iof the living Is what justice requires nd
An- hands q THIS Government Of ours ID other
wars the Government has given land 10 her SOL
eieis, Now The bOnuholder gets al and file SOL
Nief can whistle Tor the recognition promised bi,,
40 olten thai promiScs are hitter farce The old
hotcifs sife waited patiently for 70 years for the
&seFethilts 10 fulfill its confrrt lB the rlpsrfifa,t.
we are growing old and gray and hopeless and
lAittess, Tor promises neither buy food csolhiag
of peaceful home 10 die in. An officer like Gen