The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1888-03-03
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Tho following sketch by Pleasant an
appeared in the Detroit r'ee ma s,,
'rsss, Jan. 20: .~ wi
During the dreary days OF inc wa, VI
,ur Southern papers were eeno as;S B.
,early filled With conh'ct'ns usss 81
ions of battles, positions anu sup l% IN so
49,, overvihiue relative to the sup)ec' h,
:. ~ nearest to our hearts. All tnls 8
. .sss read with esgerness, even though d
No knew how unreliable ana unsa''s O
fsc,nrv war reports and rumors always 4
or. But little was published 20 nane q
-. toruet for one brief moment tnat .ne q
shadow of a dreadful strife was upon J
Tho land But once in a while GEAR oau I
Artemus Ward sent US q broao sm I
over the lines. a "joak'' tina. wou!u
wing it's way from one end OF D'4'e 49,; ;I
tho other. and not whit less u.u
u,e relish his fun because he was on .ns
,vronp side In the fight-no ieellns "
sec,ional bitterness ever raiseo q ,'os
hatwean the genial "showinan' anu
80 hundreds of friepds he had maoe III
,ha South. e.Bill Arp" ever quaint anu
couoical. the gentle Georgian wno n"'
e'"a.,s, ve,-and amt agoin' to pc
snh,ero.ted. humylisted, amalgamateu
%. enarvated by misfoTchun," occa-
sson,,lv refreshed US with Que Oh "'s
God wholesome letters Aner tnese
e,.o No humorist was as we'll known
snonu the people at large, IN me .ian. .
If cotton :" as Msjor George MeAn's .s
If New Orleans, think. I'VE. .n
nom de plume Of casa dal'1 We se,h
ont the most ridiculous letters " oos
Confederate aud Federal, n'"ta'y %n
civil leaders letters of advice, wa'" n.as
and instruction. From the camp ~ ~
of old Virginia he gave aec'" .,.o,n,nent
aplnary interviews WIN p,th and
men all over the land, oo.n n !.
s of his being taken prisoner;
W. and his .spardner, Klubs," were
aso,"red together and taken 90
IHpshina,on. where they discovered
,oanv wonderful secrets, when were
.a..as,ol n Southern officers. VI course
80 I'm nr,sonment was "fact ihVet''
~ IN the occaslon," but 1t sent
hearty laugh to people VINO neeeeu y
,,hon II was rare luxury TO nno oi's
,ra1 .wholesome nonsense In the pape's
pnt ali Mt ouce casa Hartz" necah
silent and we wondered why MS pr
was. still, until it was learner ;n", 80.
80. reallv "A prisoner-poor Asa 'e'
.s.,sonar and taken with others oHce'
r. Iohnson,s island. I do not Kno'
no d.te of his release, but We sa"
more of his writings until attel we ".
when he published an occasional y" -,
". ~. New orleans papers, probao'
the Picayune. .,,;,,, no
49,. Voc huilt and brought out 1or II
Onachita river trade. ana was oa'
N. many Invited TO make i'''le &
cnrsion up the river. soon al'er so.'
ehosrd 7 was charmed to hear that "a
Harry was one of the guests rom Ns
orleans. OF course everybody wan.
To see the happy hearted humol's,' y
he did not appear, though some ~.
had passed. AT last ooot s'U NV,
opened and nsn envelope" ~ ~
cloak passed out. "A 'rieho ea'" :" :,
.That was Asa Harlz-he - no' w., w..
A pale, wan face ana pen. ,u."
not bowed by age, but oy u'sea.e ,
parently consumption oy n's so w.
sad man, who wished 10 aVolu wv
sica NJ ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS was poor 1
Msr,1 az I saw him, and it left me I.
,n1 cad. But after his return to N
Orleans he published very anus
DESCRIPTION Of the trip aud OF me 20,
..ss large as a dollar and seventy
cents" he had passed, and such 9
long and cherry letter that we no
The shadow of illness had passed aM
Rut the very next tidings OF Asa IL
told of his dea,h-ouly four weeks
ali Louisiana had laughed over
bright and dashiug letter, no do"o'
last he ever penned.
The MS, of the little poem acco,
nvinr this was given me by Major
Campbell, a warm friend OF the o
soldier humorist, whom, he says
the most delightful companion VINO
health. 1 do not think it has ever
published. To me there is more ps
ihsu hume, in the verses "heh n
ths, the fell disease that cause'
e,rlv der tn was probably contr'
when the "waywsrd reb' was
ner at Johnson's Isle.
MY LOVE AND l.
nY"AsA uARrz,'' MAJOR GEORGE NIX
NV love roposes on rosewood frame
And bunk have l.
A copch of fcath'ry down fills up the