Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-06-30
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genesbus recognition Of kindness received
- the part " ono man from another. and
my observation leads me to believe that
examplesof this kind are more nWmerotts
than pesstmists would have rs think. But
perhaps tho most touching incident Of this
nnd came 70 my notice about one year after
The war closed.
4 vas In that bloody struggle myself, and
shared some OF the perils and hArdships Of
The contest, 10 ] am always visiting the
SCENES and places TINT are associated with
e. whenever my business OF travels lead me
N their vicinity. At the time to which
refer 4 was walking through tho cemetery at
Nashville, Tenn.
Asl wandered among the nameless or
rudely marked graves, / happened on a
Granger VINO was planting . Hover on one
o. these mounds. He did not seem
ashamed Of the tear in his eve, and his
hands, hardened and rough with toll,
tfembIed ~ they pushed the soft earth
together around the roots.
asked, Shave you . son buried thcre?"
mo" was the answer.
You. son-in-iawfr
"A Fslative?n
.No.r
Ny persistent, inquiring look finally AZ
fected the man, 30 absorbed in his loving
work, and, after z moments pause, he laid
down . small board which he held In his
hand, and said:
Nsl. 7 viii tsll ron. When the war
neoke ont I was : farmer In Illinois. I
wantad TO enlist, but l was too poor, and
could moi. / had q wife and seven chill
dren. I was drafted. ! had no money to
Duy 2 substitute, 20 / made mp INV mind
that I must leave my poor sickiy wife and
little children and 20 and fight the enemy.
After was all ready to 90, a young man
whom l knew came TO me and said. You
have : large family OF which your wife can
pot take care. l will 60 in your place."
Here the narrator paused, overcome by
emotion almost equaled by my own,
At length he continued: He did 60 for
mo, and In tho battle of Chickamaupa he
Was wounded and taken to the Nashville
Hospital. After a long sickness he died,
and was buried here. He had no family,
not . relative. | and my family alone wept
@ his death, but we were sincere mourneIs.
We have always wished that l could come
% Nashville and see his grave. so we saved
up all the spare money We could, aud yes
terday l came on, and to-day l found nv
dear friends grave"
BY this time the tears Of gratitude we're
coursing down his checks. and l could not
speak for the sympathizing ones in my
own throat, but / stood, with uncovered
head, as he took up the small board and
pressed 1t down into the ground in place OF
q tombstone.
STOPPING to read the inscription, | saw
there was only written the brave mans
name and the words, ale died for me-
But that mound was a hero's grave, and
that board q monument to "man's humanity
70 man."--James g. Jcmet, in Chicago
Ledger.
Good Money.
The war was practically ut an end, and
Union soldiers were no longer in fear Of
battle. The desire, however. for something
else g eat than tho dry army rations
seemed TO Increase with the expectation OF
an early discharge.
In q camp not a hundred miles from
Fredericksburg q squad OF boys in blue OBJ
tanned permission to visit the rural dis
trtcts, which permission they at once
svailed themselves Of. A few miles OF
fair riding and they approached a planters
house, who was yet in blissful ignorance
OF the surrender of Lee, Johnston, and
possibly Of the fight OF jeff Davis and the
collapse of the Confectionery.
The boys were after honey, butter, and
other desired camp supplies which he pos
sessed, and. while as hostile in speech as a
hornet, not averse TO selling.
The boys soon loaded mp, and proceeded
to settle the bill. Beginning to count ont
the amount In g~reenbacks, what was their
astonishment to be informed that that sort
OF rag money was not current there, and
that only gold, silver, or notes Of the Con-
federacy would pay their debt. Fortunate
IL, the boys had q few thousand OF the pa
triot's favorite notes, which they discussed
to him in the most willing and liberal
handed manner, making a present Of a few
hundred by way OF a reward for kind treat
ment.
We have always felt a desire TO know the
feelings OF this man when he learned that
his money was not as good as his patriot
ism. The probabilities are that he was SO
long in learning the facts that he never un-
derstood that the notes were worthless when
paid to him. NAP.
Tho Wooden Leg.