The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-08-21
TO THE ATLANTIC.

TO THE ATLANTIC.
Well, Nc, Lutte and the writer went
to the room and took good nap and
toward evening we Were up feeling
much refreshed but still somewhat
stiflened up by the march. We visited
the camp. Scamp L. s. Grant was
situated on the east promenade over
looking Portland harbor. enc of the
very desirably located, being handy to
The city. and in Il very pleasant and
pretty place. 1t would accommodate,
think, about $1,000 men. 1 met
many of my old regiment; some 1 had
not seen for twenty years. You could
not stand i'm one of the streets of the
camp at any time but you would hear
someone making inquiry for comradc
and when he was finally found, all
would watch with moistened eve the
meeting of those old comrades; between
such men there is tie unlike all
others.
After spending a few hours with the
boys We happened into the city hall
and found an immense audience there
for we found it was to be the formal
reception of the visitors. We did not
regret this visit, for it would be pretty
hard to crowd more eloquence into one
evening than we had there. Gen.
Hall presided and his giant wit and e.
Oquent words while introducing the
speakers We're not the longest or loud
est, but few were brighter or sharper.
We hal Gov. Robe, Mayor Deering,
Commander KountZ. Gen. .ilger, of
Mich. Then Gen. Hall introduced
Gen. Logan, and as the latter arose
the entire audience arose and greeted
him with long continued cheers; the
applause died away for moment only
TO be renewed, and eliminated in three
roll>ing cheers. Gen. Logan made an
excellent speech. His allusion to the
old commander, Grant. was very elo-
quent and was applaUded long and
loud. Then came our own EX-Goy.
Anthony; and when it comes to silak-
ing up a crowd like that. Gov. Anthony
is right up close to the head of the list.
The chair now proposed to vary the
proceedings and introduced r. H. Hen
dcStot, the drummer boy Of the Rap
pahannocS; the veterans applauded
the old familiar call. Hon. II. Il. Reed
was the next speaker, eloquent and
brilliant as the best: he speaks with a
peculiar drawl and opens his great
mouth like Il great over grown school
boy. His speech was one Of the best
of the evening. We hada speech from
that splendid old comrade Gen. Slo-
cum, from Congressman Bowtclle, who
with comrade Reel served in the navy.
COmradc Patch. OF the Boston Post,
WIS called from the table and succeed
ell with, it seemed. little effort to
awaken the enthusiasm of the boys.
Gen. Fairchi.d, of Wis, was there and
Gen. Hall in introducing him said we
would notice he had habit of getting
very near the enemy. The boys cheer
Ell him roundly WREN he arose and
they saw the empty sleeve pinned to his
breast.
Having been added to the delegation
from this department it became nv dil-
ty to confine myself quite closely for
the next three days to the CITY hall, but
it was time well occupied. Among the
125 delegates there assembled I heard
more good speaking, more earnest elo-
Iucncc than / ever heard before i'm the |
same space of time. Many men of ma
tional reputation were there a. dele
gates. Generals and congressman
were as common as colonies and Judges
art west. And right here 1 am re-
minded of a Remark of Gen. Hall dur
ing the reception at the city hall. He
said, al am going to Introduce TO you
.O-night some of the best and brayest
Il
when they get Though 1 want to say
o you that tonight over there on the
East Promenade singing songs and
cling yarns are 5000 more old SOL
Tiers, and every one Of them is just as
.ood rs these.
Eut [ find that if 1 do not commence
o taper down somewhere l will no:
iniSli the story of the trip this summer.
% | viii leave Portland and take the
teamer Lewiston" for down east.
he boat is crowded as the California ,
eiegation is going 10 Bar Harbor. Mr. ;
Desert, and ! might say that they took i
18th them almost the entire west; Gen. {
nd Mrs. Logan among the number. {
We left Portland about 10 o'clock at f
light, and soon Were outside the break
ater, past Portland light and We're v
lpping our bow into the broad Attain Y
C. We We're unable to get state e
'om when a comrade from Warren I.
ost, of Winterport, discovered that a
g were from Kansas. He declared il
lat no man from Kansas could go I
ithout 4 state room while anv one
sc slept. And in very few minutes
2 had turned the mate out OF his room
nd refusing to listen to any re;non- Y
rance on our part rushed us into il. ct
ftrr got into the rooci Il curious feel Il
2 began tn creep over me: il WAS not III
\ person who has once had b,
e agile often recognizes it again like Il
| old acquaintance. Well this feel il
z WAS IN old acquaintance of mine. W
nave have had it often before on this D,
asst. | responded quickly TO the call ec
ID Offered up my tribute to Nepune. SC
C. laughed until he crie,l; / didn't Oh
i,ui what he enjoyed it even better tr
an Lutte and I. tl
The next morning found US down til
iong The muscle ridges near Rock RI
,G. j shall have something to say of IL
s beautiful city on my return. Here it
changed boats, taking the steamer il
my boyhood home. The sail from \,
ckland east is very beautiful. The To-
Lawrence river is ADVERTISED more tn
for magnificent scenery Sc,
varied landscape it compares with ia.
eastern Maine coast in about the to