Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-07-09
THE COLONEL.
A STORY or AN OLD SOLDIER.
"what has become OF Lenoir y'

prjsipp p the bulk of the me,nbersbip ~ of Gar. a,
field POST No a. Grand rmv of tb, Renub. w
~, 80 '',s, ~ :, . 'i.-.n:'-,.. 'N',.p .ao q,
iio, n"" ,os", 'o' ~ a' w" ",,f"' s'io'a'oo M
call 10 attehu ineetihg ior the transacton Oh d.
special business, appointed at tho very in
convenient hour of two in the afternoon. ! ~
rhav b,a ,ou,o,ded 10 tho orior n,dor ,ro | n
,.s, ,ai,n ,,a,, a., Tho ,r,,ooaa,n,,s ,,,,,, an
us' "he" p''' .' =, ',' WIN a q
apstrac.cu an, iuheu at inc preak III tneir
daily routine, ostenlaiiously consulted thelr
watches WIN the Anxiety oi men VINO were | I
neBiecting iihPo',alt lte,gageIhen.s, anu wnen |
the meeung ~ lehgtn auJourneu gathereu | \
INTO cosey knots mere aiid there' ana sette1 G
DOWN ior conioftaple chat anu the ro'NM {
ot oid army remihlscences.
Inc htst speaker oiln breWster, Was
lumber merchant VINO had acquired eNteh.
sive tracts OF lanu covered win iorest
growth second only TO the big trees oil tno
CalaNeFas nnu MarlPosa groves he hau 50
prospereo IN DIS business ventures Una. MS |
name hau pecoihe iueh,neu VIII the haeu,a'
prouuct ne r'neu IN the cohluieIc,al woIlu,
anu ne nau gaihru 'no US p,I, ti y, .e
| OF heuWoou. ne nau ia.e,y purensou p,ls
| large piece OF lahu AT INC ioot OF SMth sneet,
| incluuihg Witnih us pounuarles tnat uhsM-
ory but classical region on the BANKS Oh MIS-
| SION creek Known as tne ouhps, WneIe
| the itaiian scaNengers hao rom tinle iniine- |
| moran uepositcu lne cohtents OF tneir carts,
| anu raNeu lne Puirio anu uecaying MASSES of
paper, scraps oi oiu IRON on au o.ner aI.ieles @ VI
| COMMERCE, as wen AZ tne plecesoi piate peheN-
| olently dropped into the asii-barrel by care
less servants MISSION creek, ~ nigh uue, rs
foracohslueraole distance navigapie stream,
| ana IL was sSeneraliy conceueu 'nat brews'eI
brancn yaru was shrewu venture anu
would soon turn iho Tue oi tralic IRON me me |
| crowded thorouEniare oi 'o,euaft street .ne
Prlnce oi REDWOOD hilisell ha1 ielt an @ .ne
H,oW VI piuueh. man nan .'ni ptaS ipUteS , 80,
| this oNiuohco oi ih9 o"i, ', s,sa.i.S, % 80 @
stormy interview III tne unuerWrilefs olhce
that noon raa nlStuIpcu 'ne seienl,y VIII I.
, Whlcn ne hai hi.heiuo NIo"eu nIs ne"
acqulstioh MeetnG spihe pln COLT go, .I''i'i;
|
siue py sue Win MN througn ,ne iou'
I | years oi the SlNli Wai, he rast 'sIue t''o Iei
Iloa.ics VI ,,,u ony al aiid " linfou WV
i zest lhto an anlhiateu uiscussioi 9i Past ca,h
e | puSnS, III lle couise vi "h,ch u. ,nauo tho
Z INJURY lnat i hes'aS thls cilaptor ino i"o'
uoh was fePeaiou oy an ecnolt,s ch, choius.
l. "Iehor Inc speakeI VINO Noluh'Sc,Su
@ areply was member oil ihat very agfesaoie gi
ana hlghiy entertaining ciass Oh tnulSiuuals
II VINO are commonly arcrcuiteh Win ,he pus p
l. session OF universal knoMledge, ana whose
= iniorhatloh Is aoouL as uinuSe ahu IneAa.t t ~
the average ehcSGioPiula ol ploerapny'
u "Lenolrs wlle aled lust peiore ne was , mus
w. tered out IN oo. BROKE him an up ior
:. | whie, but ne fsilieu anu went uo"h "
" florldi, invested III an orange groFe' anu
III lives ON the iat OIL the lanu;
,e ne was an ouu ielioW-Lehon, TO
marked gray y-Dearued veteran VINO enoeaN-
VS. ored to reconcile his production for powder
m aud cold steel 10y keeping gun-shop IN
- Bush street
III "Odd there wasn't nobler fellow IN the
ic brewster spoke WIN sucl hnWonted energy
:. that the others looked at nm IN surprise, ioi
u he was generaily regarded as Phlegnatc III
IS society ana colu-blooded lh MS business fG
~, lations lie cooled down little as ne Oh
" served the sensation ms remark hau createo
ty and exchanged his enthusiasm Tor Dry, ar
at gumenta,iNe tone.
10 "lou know | was mere boy when
10 enlisted. some OF our folks knew Lenoir
'ul my mother spoke TO nun the DAY We
marched, and-weil, could tell you atblni
nT
gh | ever knew. I'm not gong TO gush over TN
IN man. but you may DO interested TO hear oi
m little incident that happened III hasteIl
NJ Tennessee. You remember July, lsb-, "hei
eS we marched through Tue ihountains am
,ilI catnpcd In narrow deille they called i'atte
,is snake iass by "eorgc shall never iGi
MS get the place to the day oi my death shut =
oc- by steep, rocky walls loose saud unhefloo
ION not green leaf or blade OF grass TO De seer
'en outside OF seant green fringe bordering 10
es- starveling brook that trickied along one soc
noticed such things ana cared more apou
- them than the older men. When Joihe
vi the army was Just turned eighleen' an
lis chuck fuli oil patilolic nre' faNlhg over iii
nj. justice OF our cause ambitious 70 earn di'
tlnctioh, greedy lor carnage anu boodsneo
t9 phe year hau cooleu me uowh III "onueri. .
ard way, an" tio E'nSo might nave g9ne
thunaer ipI aii .tIo9 u'a' iISn.
Would nave reilhlulahsu the Sorieat Va
llo .na. oHol , ma' 'JmsI' Jsd " i w p'Ih ab"i
of on on 1ui "c'''" ' i'' ,i 49, -
lar NJ, o Vs, ,,, ,,au,rso ne rntS9onnrs tor
,astn oT hnma Snnki inr. and wonId have 70
fai,od ,tI Tho ououIsttrs in The country r,
,iy o 1u ", o., 80 ,,inca ins Thav n,
ino rao' ~, m dmiy tbat niyht ,,oated santriel
i"S tIo ~ o,, ,I tha r9as 10 Eoa Sbar loo
anu Wv, VIZ c' - s'o,,, cor ~ tLcI ri ,,a,o y
des M ,i',,,as nua ,b; ,,onid bar. a,ptt ,,s III
lole 70, t " -, NJ, bo,rt s,nL ,,ha, nv, M M
est @ aIIed anJ Il IL HADN'T haen for iI,e rid
nor va 81 h ra triad tn"at at, 10 ,ta,dio sil
oI, Snn' see I Vas nrettv We'll nsed nn ity n
.is' ,anC n,,r.bes The t1ncert,in raiions and n
hed- 80 - ~ h,,,,esicLn rs rbo bnt san
ong nIca,,od ,,,, s,o,,s ana burned nv Lliste,a
ing tae, Tho r;,..lrs' seemed IN radi.ie Tho he
Lon, thay'b 'bad stnrad nm during Tho day they a
ion' was dry and charged wiiR dust / kent \
leu nv heSt a wbils and tben sat down ON
at hnSn,Jar H. .nd lied ihon ! deIiberateiy "a
that dovyn and shnt INV ewes IN ,o 10 sIeen =
all uI:ino tiiur, If ono ~ The eoicers had caupl
,or | Won ), ohSar,!Sod ono ,id snidiar dryiw
III 'un o;soi,' ,,tp 81 L,nanaJ go s,;ai,
'aru "a. i," 3yotiai"va ifnin,har ,,han + haard
bits ,n'',o,', @ 80 ~ na,'aT ,,,,, a,as ar
sa,, Cni",,ai Ia,SI; ihnnaht Tho d,v
i",', ia r,,'o enr ma fr ,i5,re ,,ns I'D
arm ,,, ' 'd .ot t,a' ~, NV, ILL., 49, ann
, 49, "r0E t. boi,,r "h,,, fnr Inen;nc, at y
'Po ppoSt ,,as 80 out,,riJ With f,tisne m