The National tribune., 1885-11-26

i and singing:
! "I ara old soldier just come from the WAR,
All of my SONS married but one,
So rise you up, son, go choose you wife,
Go choose y"u fair one, or will take your iife'
! So Tiso up son and go.'
! Go an in tha; way till all Of the company Is
marching arou,-d. IT there should Toe more girls in
! the company than boys, IA is generally the case.
the first boy that u taken choose Glri and she
will t@5a hvr place Ia the rear while he keep his
place beside thu g'r' that called him mp. Then the
ncyt boy can take girl tho way till the whole
! company l. un. II the girls most IN number
th,y can choose boys tin all are up; then the COM
/ pauy viii sing in chorus:
Now we are all married.
| hope the Old soldier VIII rest,
And VIII run home
! And do our best
! Then they viii all scamper for seats, some
| thing they c,I home.-A Soldiers Mother and a
! GTaedmogItr
/ RELATIVE RESPONSIBILITY OF TEACHER AND
PREACHER.
FRIENDS or THE CLuR: take the negative on
! the question proposed by Miss Minnie +. Brown {:
/ Resolved, That more responsibility rests with tine
7 school teacher than the Munster of the Gospel
Mis-, Brown J. probably teaching the young ideas
oI the Badger stale how 10 shoot, as am IN the
! land of Penn. believe il 10 toe the teachers duty
L" trlin the moral Hnd intellectual Hcuiles oi the
/ pupil. The minister's dnty Is 10 imVtTt religious
I instruction. y man may he well educated and he
I "a rascal # he have not religion. \ rlan may De a
guud and honorable citizen and have no education,
II he bc rel lous hence, the greater responsibility
OF hc minister Pupils generally leave school ut an
early age, and the teacher no longer has control
of them. hi, responsibility ends there; but every
minister whose voice they listen to from that time
! forward, l. responsible, to "a certain degree, for
Their well br'ng. IT Is the influence which begins
tic earliest ami lasts the Iong",, winch Is most po-
tent.-Lloyd Forester, Spranlle's Mills, Pa
/ CLUB WHISPERS.
! THE TRIBUHE is a welcome visitor. Seeing the
question OF j. Morgan, @th \. Y. Cav, Sayre, Pa,
would SLY that my father belonged to ihat regi-
ncnt and would like t. hear from comrades; name,
7. EenliS; member OF the G.A-R.-CorL BernIs, Me
nominee. Nich.
Ny father. Thomas $ Eichbaunl. Co. A. 5th w.
! Va. Cav, was known as the little man OF hls
command. His company was attached To McCiel-
hans body-Guard in the West Virginia campaign.
! Ne look anNoualy each week for TIRE TRIBUNE as
! take great interest IN matters ii girl.
! Mary Eichhauru ild), Centerviile, Pa.
! To Jennie T. Eer.ey. who say, she does not be-
leye III dancing s!SetIng because life Is too short
for such pleasures. would AK what would lie bc
| without pleasure" assure you We would all look
H,e idiots, uIopinE around at home all the time,
afraid TO 20 anywhere ia fear of having little fun.
My friend, do no not 80 without tie cream IN this
/ world for buttermiik in the neNt!-A Soldier ;
/ Daughter
am not a soldiers son, but have been reading
! THE TRIBUNE Tor a year. and OF al the papers !
have read IL i the best. have lived in different
towns ih IcullSS iNilil Wisconsin ana NCbfstSA''
ana wherever l nave been have seen lI,E TRIBUNE.
agree with Kittie Wilcox on the Chinese question.
! Here : an album Verse which meets my views:
g True friends, like ivy and the wall,
Both stand together or together fall"
| Ed Burlington, box 'ji, Beaver City, Neb.
My chef otjection to the Chinese is that they are
I and send II OF 10 China. Every Chnaman i'll the
| United states should be sent bacI.-A. l.. Tweedy,
/ Lincoinvilie Ind.
| Girls have an easy time of it Nothing to do but
| wash the dishes. sweep the parlor then prmp be-
fore the lookIng-g,!as~ and play the organ, while
| the boys have 70 work hard all day. Now, let 3
| change the suliecl.-Iienry J. Herman, York, Pa.
Oar Yoang Recruits.
! Kind words of greeting come, neatly expressed,
from the following little girls and boys who find
| GuT TEIBUEE delightful visitor: Josie II. Adair
~. daughter OF Comfade l. c. Aoiar, Terre Haute,
| Ind; Hattie B. Adams o. daughter of Comrade
| Adams IgI-f Ohio Cartlington O.: Louis Brisbin
/ al, son Of ConIrade Hiram A. Brisbn, lst Wis.
| Cav; Lester Bredcntine, henton, o.. son of Com
rAde Brcdentine 81 Ohio Cav, now in Kansas
! taking up a soldier homestead.
/ DEAR TRIBUNE: J am young girl Of IL. have
I been reading Eagcnc Gays letter and father and |
think the same - ne Every comrade SON and
daughter should have Waterbury watch: Father
served III the Sd ohio, and was l5 years old when
/ he marched with Sherman to the sea.-Esther
! WHeailey, PonIeTCy, o.
! DEAR TRIRtHE: / was seven years old when
began read THE TKIBUNE and am now IS. /
! have learned great deal in reading it, Father
| served three years in the ll7th N Y, and died
| seven years after the
| May angel turn your steps aside,
! From charming siilreS and human pride"
| This II my album Sehilnent-Gtsti Boardnlan,
! Eichfcid.
| DE,R TRIBUNE: l am little girl, TO- Papa was
q soldier in Co L, l2th Pa. Cav. had four uncles
in the Papa has lad rheumatism ever since
the war, and has walked on crutches four years,
| hat his pension claim rejected. My oldest
| brother died of consumption in September. He en-
| joyed THE TEIBUNE 80 much. An old soldier
friend of Papas loaned il to him. and then my two
/ Younger brothers saved up their little spending
money which father allows them from their pay,
and surprised him with copy Papa says 1t Is the
best paper he read and the cheapest. So say
| we all.-Etta kCrshner, Tamaqua, Pa
BADLY USED LITTLE BOYS
DEAR TRIBUNE: l am boy Q3) and what 1
would ask is, why is it that everything is done for
the girls and the boys get no syInisaihy7 Who
ever heard a word said for down trodden boys? Z?
| 4 home. n
mother aunt Will say, 80, my, them dreadful
boys," And all the time the girls can bang on the
piano in peace. IL the boys attempt a tune on the
fife is stop that horrid noise" and sister maxi
| ing noise three times as bad. do not think it is
right to only train the girls and let the boys run
wild. Do you, dear TRIBUEE?-Harry Murphy,
! Roseville, iii.
| TRIBUNE EXCHANGE-wANTED.
To exchange: A copy of the Lives OF Our Presi-
smith, Life Of Samuel johnson" and the " Sketch
| Book" paper binding, for copy of Cap uring a
Locomotive" or recltaiions for the same.-Harry
Fox, Murdocksville, Pa. Photographs, with yousg
ladies of 10 and 30; Also pack of hidden cards
for six otereoscopic views Of the Worlds Exposition
at New Orieans-Joe +. Dyer Whitesburg, Tenn.
| Last year of The Century Adgdzne and one year of
S.1ibner'S s. in good condition, for a copy of Field,
Fort and Fleet" by VI Quad. Old coins, seashells
and stamps for minerals Indian relics and coins
b. > Johuson, Box l63, Bolivar. n. Y. Flower seeds.
for bulbs of crocuses tulips, snowdrops. lilies, or
any kind Of house plants. All seeds very fine, par
ticilary asters, of which have 10 kilds.-brs. j.
| l.. Hawley, Box So Fowlerville Mich. Fourteen of
ArthlIr's Magazines November, 1881 to December,
1882 in good order for Pcfersoas Hdgazfe for 1884
Sophia harson. Lennox, Lincoln Co, Oak Pres
ents for bestlookinS photographs of young gentle
men.-EIna Earl. Gode Glennal, Box 80, El
Dorado, Ind.
Music and Poems: "Curfew Must Not Ring To-
night for photographs of young ladies and gentle
| men.-Dora Mcclure, Servia, Wabash Co. Ind
Marches; also, Blue Alsatian Mountains, - The
Old Cottage Clock. The Passing Bell. or Robin
Adair." for words and music of " Somebody's Wait
ing for Me-" or other old bsllads.-Gertrude Baich
Lyle. Wash. Ter. The poem Welcome Home 10
La Fayette."-B +. Saltzman, Lieutenant. Co f.
2jih Wis Georgetown, Wis. We Are Marching
On to Richmond" and Who VIII Care for Mother
Now?''-G B. Croft Concord, Dixon Co, Neb
Morgan, Here Is Your Mule e-"-Iester Bredentine
Kenton, o. Would negotiate for The Battle OF
Waterloo. Marian Kimbal. Sunbury, o.
| Correspondence: With the Club, Crystal Dale
Box l77. Blue Springs, Gage Co, Neb.; Dora Nc
Ciure, Servia Ind; Ida Langworthy, Atlantic,
Iowa; Laura T. Wilson tage III, Weiser City, Idaho
With Joe +. Dyer and other members South and
WesL--Ida MeiIlhinney, Dalton, Wayne Co, O.
With soldiers and daughiers.-Hugh Mont
vile, Ind; Mary Ellison, Box sc. Sawton, Mich
Springs Neb With soldiers sons and daughters
in Florida and the South. by soldiers daughter 5)
Ida T. Gowen, Bath, Mimi. With friends of the
| Club In Wyoming, New Hampshire and Alabama
| Leone De ArmoDd Box lO3, Needmore, Ind With
| young gentlemen, by two young ladies.-Ora l.
and Eerta K MADEIRA, Cearfield Co., Pa. With
young gentlemen by young lady llS) who agrees
with the author of " Please Listen, Boys May
| Roy larfugton O. With members of the