The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-06-23
STORIES OF SHERIDAN.
First Recorded Surrender to little
Phil

FIll.
The following story, credited in war times
to Major Lyman J. Jackson, of the Eleventh
Ohio Infantry, was brought to light by the
chicago Inter Ocean and reprinted in the
number just In from the west:
Phil Sheridan used to go to school at
Somerset to an Irish school-teacher of a
most Celtic sort, named Patrick McNanly,
"ho believed that the intelligence, morality
ana happiness of scholars depended upon a
liberal use of birch, and this deponent can
verify testify that in that he was truly
scientific. One terribly cold morning of
lS42 or l043, two of Patrick's scholars got
there little ahead of time. They crawled
IN through the window toget warmed, and,
once In, the chief enemy of mankind and
school-boys, as well as the discovery of a
bucket full of ice water, tempted them to
trlck the teacher. They fastened the bucket
OF water over the door in such a manner
that the opening of the door would tilt it
upon the head OF anyone entering, and re-
tired to watch the result from a neighbor-
ing haymow.
Patrick soon came trotting along, rub
hlng his hands vigorously to keep them
warm, hurriedly turned the key and bolted
IN Just as the bucket turned over his
head. 1t is not bull to say that his Celtic
blood was heated by the chilling douse
His situation was a bad one. There wasn't
a boy TO beat anywhere about
He looked all around, inside and out,
and there wasn't soul to be seen. So
he armed himself with six-foot hickory
switch, built on rousing fire, and sat down
to dry, fully determined to fog the first boy
that entered. 1t happened that Phil Sheri-
dan was late that morning, and as each one
proved his innocence, the presumption be-
came the stronger against the few who
were left to suspect. Finally Phil came the
last and. of course, the guilty one, ii every
body else was innocent
Just as he opened the door Patrick made
dive for him. Phil lodged and COM
menced retreat. Patrick thought that
proof of his guilt, and pursued Away
Went Phil UP the street, and away went
the teacher after him, bareheaded, stick in
hand, the whole school bringing up the
rear, and all on the run. Phil lost a little
on the home stretch, and BY the time Mr..
Sheridans house was reached his pursuer was
too close to let him shut the gate, and on
he broke into the back yard There he got
requirements in the shape of a New
foundland pet dog, which instantly made
an attack on Patrick's faux and rear.
"Patrick mounted the fence-so did Phil.
The dog snapped at Patricks heels, and he dis
covered that it was necessary to climb an
dpPlO lIot, "uoTo no LOUiAu LlulSblL OuU Oh
breath, out of patience and completely out
hanked.
"'lake away your divilish, dog, Phil, ,
says he or / I'll bate the life out Of ye.'
"'Like to see you says Phil, watch him =,
Rover and with that he got an old piece of
carpet and laid it under the tree for the
dog to watch over.
1.-THE dog laid down on it, and Phil
mounted the fence, where he sat, contem-
plative, with his chin in his hands and his
elbows his knees. What do you want to
lick me for?" asked Phil.
"'What did you throw the water on me
forp was the answer.
~ didn't throw any water on you
"'You did, though, bekase none of the
boys did, and I'll polish you to death entire
ly, if you don't let me down
"'Better come down first, Phil suggested :;
watch him, Rover. But I'll tell you what
rlLdo,' he added after pause; If you
won't whip me I'll call him off. He wont
go If father calls all day-besides, he sees
you're imposing on me-
Patrick argued and protested and
threatened, but it wouldn't dO-the terms
were unconditional The hot race and cold
water had given him terrible chill. The
longer he talked in the air of frosty Jan
uary morning the colder he got and the
more hopeless his case became, especially
when Phil intimated his intention to de-
mand exemption from all future hoggings
"'I'll tell you what PM, said the teacher
finally, if you'll just call off that haste I'll
not bate you this time, indeed l WON'T
"'Why didn't you say so at firstP asked
Phil. Come away, Rover And away
Rover did come, and away came the teacher
almost too chilled to climb down.
"And this was the first surrender to
Sheridan Phil saws the teacher kept his
word in this affair, but put two foggings
new offenses.n