St. Paul daily globe., 1888-07-09
SAINT PAUL.
CASUAL CHATTER.

faandery of the military order of the
Loyal Legion of the United States, was
Capt. Henry A. Castle, of Minneapolis,
formerly of the One Hundred and Thir-
y-seventh Illinois volunteers. He gave
n this paper some experiences of an
Unlisted man and described in graphic
manner his first meeting with Gen.
Sheridan one fine evening in the month
# October, 1862. AT the time, Capt.
castle was acting quartermaSter ser
him that he was expected to supply the
laily ration of fresh beef for the regi-
nent.
GLOW or where it was to be procured"
laid Capt. Castle, she did not know, but
eft me to find out. L naturally sought
he brigade Quartermaster, which, as
We marched by divisions, was no diff
.ult task. l found the eX-bartender
rom ST. Louis who occupied this post,
Olling against tree near at hand, puff
ng his pipe, and soon learned to my
CONSERVATION that it was none of his
luty to instruct acting Sergeants in
heirs. Reporting this discouraging dis
,overy to my colonel, he advised me to
ind the division quartermaster and state
ny dilemma to him, adding that the
higher went up in the army the more
courtesy might expect in transacting
legitimate business.
-.
Accordingly. 1 galloped off to row
IF white tents, pitched in an old
orchard, which, l was told, was the
headquarters for the night of
he division general and staff.
BY mistake came mp to the tents from
he rear and saw only one individual in
ight-a careless but keen-looking little
nan, about thirty years old, with his
black hat canted on one side of his head
Ind cigar projecting upwards at an
lcute angle from his lips.
HE was sitting on stump, enjoying
Ehe sunset breeZeS in manifest comfort.
promptly sized him up for headquar-
ers clerk, and, riding straight at him,
asked him which was the division quar-
ermaster's tent. My horse nearly ran
nto him, and as he drew back his feet
he said, pleasantly, who the HI are
gou, anyway"
" Oh said l, brdling up little, 'I'm
high private of respectable parentage,
like yourself, / suppose, but you seem
20 have better detail than | have; am
snly an acting quartermaster sergeant,
Ind l can't afford a white shirt like
that.
'He laughed and asked; what do
gou want?
The quartermaster,' was my reply.
"'HeS, but what do you want him
for?' he queried. was about to say it
mas none of his business and ride on,
but, suspecting that he might be the
clerk in that Office and that l would
possibly have to come back to him after
i'll, concluded to be reasonably polite,
md, throwing my tired leg over the
horn of my saddle, told him in few
words what wanted.
SHE said he could tell me about that,
Ind proceeded to give me minute in
ltructionS about detailing butchers, 60
ng to the division herd, selecting ami
mails, slaughtering, dividing, issuing,
.tc., all of which under recent arrange
nentS had to be done every night on
toing into camp to provide beef for the
leXt days march. He spent fifteen
minutes in giving me explicit and valu-
lble instructions on that little, but
eally important, matter, and | was sur
srised both at his interest in the subject
ind his familiarity with it. Just as he
tniShed and | was getting my foot back
nto it's stirrup stiff uniformed officer,
With the straps of major, came out
rom between the tents, and with a
Ormal salute to my interlocutOr held
nut paper and said: Gen. Sheridan,
gant your instructions on this matter
Before giving audience to him the gen.
ral turned to me with quiZZical smile.
IS l briefly apologiZed for the in
brmahties of my address, and said that
general with his coat off could exact
10 Difference; that he intended every
lf1icer and soldier in his command
Ill Il 70, ;c
iutieS, and he wanted it generally un-
lerstood that he was never too busy to
i've any information he possessed to
my of them, from the highest to the
owest."
Scene in well-known st. Paul Ie-
Drt:
Customer some good whis-
ty;none of that rank old bourbon, mind
lou.
Bartender-All right, sir. aside
friend Pm going to give HIM
bourbon and he will think it something
Use; watch him. Bartender hands
he customer the ''other bOttle;" he
,ours out huge drink and gulps it
own. Smacking his lips with SatlSfac-
ION, he says:
"Now, that's something like it. 1t
hyS away over bourbon"
"That's merely sample of people
rho think they know so much," said
he bartender, after the customer had
one. ''He said that whisky was much
ctter than bourbon, and in fact it
eally was bourbon, just what he didn't
rant. There is not one man in ten
hat knows the difference between
vhiSkies; that is, of course. their names.
1any know the difference between good
and bad whiskey, but that's as fars as
heir knowledge goes"
A meeting of reporters of st. Paul
newspapers, called at the Hotel Ryan
yesterday, resulted in the formation OF
;le st. Paul Reporters club. The OBJ
ncts of the organization are very dis
Inct from those of the old Press club
icing to promote the social and profes.
.onal interests of the, news-gatherers
If the city, and to bind them together
Dr their better protection. A clul
Dom is to be established in the center
the city. The officers elected for the
Msuing year are: President, w. X
iOchrane, of the st. Paul branch of the
tribune; first vice president, Frank w
zee, of the Daily News; second vice
resident, Miss Flora Mcdonald, of the
tLoBE; secretary, E. j. Wheelock, OF
be Pioneer Press; treasurer, b. III
tonden, of the Pioneer Press; eXecu
I've committee, consisting of a repre-
entative from each daily paper: j. A
lowell, of the GLOBE; j. l.. Sturtevant
the Pioneer Press: G. M. Wilkins, O
be News, and j. NJ. Hawks, of the Dis
atch.
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''It is very doubtful now," salt
Ol. p. +. Barr, of the Cabl
ompauy, ''whether we will b.
ble to put in any work this seasol
il the proposed extension of the cable
Inc to Dayton's bluff, on account of th