Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1888-01-06

Bufrum, with grim humor would greet
the new arrivals saying in his nasal way:
'Well, boys, they took you in out of the
dewr
Every one was brought in chained in
some manner, but expected when put
into such Il dungeon that these irons
would be removed. In this we were mis-
taken. Either from an excess of prccau- I
ton or from the wish to punish us the
irons were retained. Some were fastened I
together by neck chains and others by
handouts. They economical in the use
of the latter by making one pair serve
for two men, the right hand of the one
and the left of the other being locked to-
gether Reddick was the first to whom |
was strongly attached for some time but
was afterward glad to exchange him for
l}ufTum, who had Il very small hand and
was able by II little painful squeezing to
draw it ont altogether, leaving me with
simply pair of cuffs dangling from my
left hand
That this terrible place was swarming
with vermin, not only rats and mice, but
other kinds, smaller and worse, will be
understood without further statement, as
well as our hclplcssness in guarding
against them while in the dark and in
chains, with not even as much water as
crioyancos If thn taller was fine crpat
9rouut of ,yotnr we drank, ar rather
,,.i.Iod ~ d,.i,,l- Cor our ncrsuosious
sLou,nd mn tlrnnob tbn tram dnor could
nrt ir,lucd him IA Greatly Increase tbe
niln,,..,,,cn which no dnnmrj ri,rht INT the
nflionr nf thn ,n.rd vonld something's
order him to bring us more, which lac
would DO with great crumblin-g Usually
the water buckets would Ice empty long
before thc ttmr nj tIc pivfnl, Of food
,vLnn lr iuI'rnl If ,rnnrr ia r,uleuish
thn,n
ITun,ror ,.oe o1.o very nressino and ms
ono or two of fine uumber had managed
whom eo,rcbc1 to srcretn q LITTLE money
MI thc rcst had hpcu taken from us-we
rosnlvo1 tn fry, to bnv additional food.
Accordingly S,yims was asked if he would
Inv for ms lie asked tlo nuord. and.
un1inr no ohicctious. said. eyes: Won can
Inv n Won 1.-Two tho NANCY - We had u
vnrv nornrst consultation ns to the form
| In ,ybirb tho monnv vould ro fine fur-
| tbost and finally settled ON wheat bread
| and nnl,.sens ms the latter was very
| c1o,u trbo ,nono,, ,v,e b,ndnd nm in the
evenino and we made preat calculations
| or Lnyint a royal breakfast next morning
| all we could eatl The time came. and
| ,vn wore ,,nr, corer than usual for the
| lo,,.o,.i,,,, of ,ho hucl,nt but ,vhen if was
| eoi,nI tLoro was only the starving allow
onno of conn broad md snoilcd pork,
| Cnr,o nro c,lIod ont. s.S,vi,ns how nhont
| ina yLo,t hrnod and molasses,n He
| leonod ovnr and said in his slovest and
| most nrovol,ino tones. "B-o-v.s lost
thot unonrvr, Could we have reached
HIM 7 nm, not SIRE that he wonld not
lava hoo,, Loot olxn, II is hard to mag
|
WIDOW tbo c;rcrm.t.nces We called tn
tho oficor of tha ounrd who came to the
tronIoor md bnord onr orievnncc Int
onIy LAUGHED ot ms saving that if we
truStoI c,vims with orr nancy we would
hovn to tatc the consequences Fortu-
noto1v wa h.d NOT mt unite all orr funds
| nn thjo ono vont,,ra and tho officer tried
| his bnnd with better results. Int the
| n,,,ount n,,rcbo.od was foo small to he of
nny considerable beneft
yo,.v erronnous imnression would he
,,i,or tho ro,dar if be IMAGINED that we
| s,ort o,,r time hero in notLino but holm.
Iae.Iv bor,oonino o,r misery There ware
ti,,as ,yban our eituotion seemed over
vhnIminr. lint usually we kent orr minds
hnsv dnrino waking hours in telling
etor;.s IN sneculnting IN tho nrosnects If
thr war or planning escape. We had no
i1eo that thp rebellion wOull last much
lonrrr. fine oreat armies Of Mcclellan and
IaiInrl, yro thourht would soon crueh
thcir nrnononts and Mitchell would he
rnon Ghottononoo and thus deliver us
fr,,,, am, horril,le confinement Conld we
1.-Two Lut a Iittla longnr tha chances of do.
ii,.orn,,co ,,.,ra ,rond
: W. also talked much of home life and
frio,,ds and Tins ber,me rnollv acquainted
- ~, e. -, IIi+Lor,, wa I'D l.,o,r,,
, I'M If oocb other. but now this inter.
rhon,,o of thnu,ht and history brought ms
cinsn to,athor md rarsnJ the hours r.
| 1,nss vnr,, ,nncb moro rlaosnntIv We
, toI1,od offrt,,ro ,,lnne whom wa ehould he
/ rclnasod from mis- Mace We nermitted
no'ono 70 ,,o+ doyr,eniritod II.d wa heor
| nonGneG in solitude the broad md fore.
Lnii,,', ,,.o,,ld hove boon moro tarrible
: Rrt we made n Ioaaue AGAINST feor and
rrattin(,
J -, nrocortion rvoa +ol.or to nreserv,
l o,r hntlth thnttve r,ight iva AHA ybor
tboro c,n,o chance for esc,ne No on,