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He Meant Ambush.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: You appear
10 be the medium through which many old
soldiers End space 10 recall "reminiscences Of
our late war. both terrible as well as Imaginable.
IL will not now be long until we are all num-
bered with the majority, and not half the war
history can ever be told. / have many times
thought OF circumstance, which / wish TO re-
call TO the minds Of our company who may
have heard it aud may yet be living 1t WAS
a little burst Of elOquence and patriotism from
one Of the company that is indelibly impressed
on my memory.
IL occurred during the first six months of tho
war. on Sept. II. 1861. About this date cur
regiment had its first engagement that amount.
ell 10 anything like battle at Blue Mills
Landing, Bio. the loss on the Union side being
about 30 killed and wounded. In the evening
we went into camp ut Liberty, No, a few miles
from the battlefield, bringing our dead and
wounded with us. As was natural, the men
were excited and were inclined TO give their
views Of the eight. as well as Of the good cause
we had voluntarily enlisted IN. Among us was
brave and in every respect good soldier,
who WAS always ready to do his duty when
called upon, but who was rather awkward In
appearance and Of very loose muscle. His
body seemed to swing 10 and fro like limb in
the breeze, and. perhaps, like all OF u.s. was
much younger then than now, and less cul-
tured. BE appeared TO be in deep study over
the situation.
Finally be came up and took central posi-
ton among the boys, making a few gestures
with his long arms. and looking desperate ex-
pressing by his. actions that he wished 10 be
heard, and remarked:
Say, boys, just think of one OF our boys,
poor D. lying over there in that big rebel
school house, shot full Of holes-going TO die
just because he was brave. and wouldn't
throw down his gun TO them dang Secesh.'
tell you. boys, il makes My blood just bile.
thonght this fight would be the last, bat that
l0th III. didn't get up in time TO help as out.
Boys, when we enlisted 10 fight thought
We would come out and have little fun, aud
by this time the eussed thing would be over,
and We would 10 home and see our folks. Some
OF you know our old stock, and that we ali
stand up for old Gen. Jackson.
" Now. I'm going 10 tell yen all what in.
tend 20 do IL D. does die; I'll eight this cuss-
ed war to the bitter end, and then go home and
commence 10 lay in amber for COpperheads"
Should the subject Of this sketch-James r.
G.-be living, and take exceptions TO 1t. will
bnmbly beg his forgiveness, and feel sorry for
having remembered 90 WE'LL. 81. PATRICK,
Co. L, Sd Iowa, Bedford, Iowa.
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THE COLD NEw-YEAR's.

Now Wounded CaFalrEma Suffered in Tennessee.
EDIToR NATIONAL Tribune: In Comrade
Eagie's article Of July Il, about who stole the
bans, be makes mention Of the memorable
cold New Years. 1t IL the first time since the
war that i have seen mention OF it in print.
IL is iBdeiibly impressed upon my memory,
however. and should lave 70 attain the age Of
Eetbuselah j think 1 should still remember IL.
j was wounded At AOrFistOWn, Dec. 10 by a
nusket-b4n through my neck, aud was com
PEELED 20 remain with the WagOn-train for q
lew weeks while ny wound was healing. BY
servant Doc was With me, aud was iHdefat-
igabie IN deVising ways and means for my Gem
Tort. New Year s eve ne were canIped AZ Straw
berry Palms. near the crossing Of the Holston
River. j remember well lying on my back that
evening, ia my little dog-tent, watching the
trayel 90 by--afmy wagons drawn by teams Of
six, eight, or even ten mules. The mud in the
road Was fearful. sometimes the hubs of the
wheels went above ground and sometimes be-
low A battery went past, one gun al a time
and u seemed 10 me that Il took nearly half
tie horses belonging 10 the battery 70 drag
each gun. Ny wound had reached that inter
eStiBg Stage when the paris draw together and
a movement Of toe or finger would make ne
vince with pain, and my only hope Of speedy
recovery Was IN keeping perfectly still aud ali
could do for amusement was 10 watch the
crowds passing along The road, ~ they always
DO IN the rear Of an army.
That night it got colder. bad 10 ask Doc
70 increase the Ere, which he did, besides add
Ing his blankets 70 mine; and still was 20 cold
that ny teeth csattereo iB spite Of the o. bian-
keLs III could have taken little exercise /
would have been all right. but ] couldn't. /
Wa ieScrlgh; suppuT2ti0n had increased the
wound; the flesh bad fallen away and ex posed
the 5oguiaF VEN. and i doubt If could have
moved without starting the blood. Doc fused
shout me while tucking me up in the blankets
En1lOusly iDquiTiBg, Docs you feel any more
warmer, Leitenant2" But couldn't say that /
CID, for the cold kept getting more intense, and
both ends Of ny Little shelteF-teBt were Open
and j. seemed 10 me that the cold was coming
mp from the ground. Doc got desperate after
awhile, and Selling ak went 10 work on the
standing timber, and when daylight came had
glowing fire from half q cord or more Of live
Oak, that did not fail 70 WETm me.
But 81 All the cold weather ever experienced
think that night and morning WAS the worst.
The wagons and artillery soon began 70 rattle
pact, aud noticed that the Wheels were solid
blocks Of mud where they had been chopped
out alter freezing IN. and noticed also that the
wheels Of the heaviest guns failed 10 make any
impression On the mud, as il Was frozen solid
deep down. Oh, yes, ! remember that New
Years weil-E III. WATSON, Co. L, 9th Mich.
Cav, Marquette, Mich.
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Who Stole The Hnm.i

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: This chest
nut belongs 70 the boys, and in this case Is of
National Importance. Hence feel at liberty
20 continue the subject, aud yet il Is only those
who participated that can fully appreciate the
thought. The soldier who had fully expected
TO occupy Southern prison-pen, with all its
attendant horrors, suddenly realizing the fact
that liberty was his, had indeed occasion TO
sing the sweet refrain, Who stole the hams9b
The day after the battle of the Wilderness
found the Michigan Cavalry Brigade marching
South. At 8 o'clock p. m. Of the same day, tho
lst Mich. Cav being IN the advance, we charged
and captured Beaver Dam Station releasing
several hundred Of our own men whom the
JohDnies had chattel mortgage on, and many
OF them belonged TO the PeBnsy yania Reserves
We also captured aud destroyed two trains of
cars and about million rations. We slowed
away all the coffee and sugar possible, and
when the station had burnt to the ground we
had all OF the most delicious ham, nicely
cooked, we could carry away. We remained
1t the station until morning, then marched to
sp0ttsylyania, aud held that very important
position until relieved by the infantry, which
IN this case happened To be the Pennsylvania
Reserves; and il WAS here the mounted band
attached 10 the Michigan Cavalry Brigade
Gen, Custer coDmanding-fOrmed 20 the rear
OF that thin skrmish-ine mentioned by JAS.
ii. Mills, 18th Pa. Reserves, and played " Hail
Columbia" for the boys whilst they relieved
the Michigan boys from their most arduous
task. From Beaver Dam TO Malvern Hill the
song ofteDest heard was
Who stole the ham
Way down at Beaver Dam7"
should like to hear from the boys. as we
are comrades still, fighting under the old fac
for our just rights.-I. H. GRIFFIN, Cos. G. and
ii, LIST Mich. Cav, Bay City, Mich.
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Who Captured The Batter, a. ResaeaI

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: Seeing an
article In THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE, entitled
Battle of Resaca," from the pen of Lewis
BnndiD, / desire to take exceptions to tho
same, as the .comrade did To the article Of
Capt George x. Shaw. If am not mistaken
tho battery captured at Resaca was taken on
Sunday, May Is, 1864, by the Second Brigade
Third Division, Twehtieth Corps, Gen. Joe
Hooker commanding Corps. In 9 Michigan in
the War;" page 394, Is the following "On the
18th of May, 1864. tho regiment (19th Mich. }
participated In charge on the enemy at Re-
SAGA. With the brigade We charged q rebel
battery, capturing the entire battery of four
guns under heavy fire from tho enemy's in-
fantry. Our brave commander, Col. Henry q.
Gilbert, received a mortal wound while cheer
ing on and leading his men to the charge
Capt. G. III. Calmeril was killed in the
charge at the muzze OF one OF the enemy's
guns, while at the held of his company. In
this charge the regiment lost Ii killed and 66
wounded" II am wrong should be pleased
to have some OF the comrades who were in ono
OF the lines passed over, aud who had been
fighting up to the time.ei the charge, tell who
1t was that took the guns at Resaca, said to be-
the only ones taken on the campaign.
thought / was there. but ii Capt Shaw or
Blnudin are right don't know where / was,
and would like 10 know.-GEoRGE Il. Stew
ART, Co. !, 10th Mich, Second Brigade, Third
Division, Twentieth Corps, Bainbrdge Mich.
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Ira Very Essy.
fDelroif Free Press.l

She bad purchased hammock at q store ON
woodward avenue, and as she received her
change she asked
it3D y ~ 'i'l
No ma'am," replied the clerk. 4" You swing
AZ between two trees. wait for dark night. and
then go Out and practice. falling IN aud rolling
out Ia week, IL you are persistent and don't
mind the bruises, you can get 90 that point
where you can fail in before dozen people, hut
Is 70 getting ont, you had better put in another
week ~ falling down stairs and bringing up
gracefully In the hall.
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and never left IL, hut fought good fight with
the rebel ironclad Merrlnac, which reyolu-
tionzed the naval architecture of the world.
The bones of the old Cumberland lie in tho
same spot, with the murmurs of the river James
singing the requiem. | may at some future
time give you an account. of that engagement
as participant and eyewitness of the follow
ing days battle between, the two ironclads
Monitor and Merrimaci--WI WILLIAM REBLIN, u.
S. s. Cumberland, Gloucester, Mass.
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An Expert on TypemrIters.
Merchant Trapeler.l

Can yon manage typewriter2" asked one
married lady Of another.
"Can ] manage a typewriterf / should say
so. ] made three leave my husbands Office
within the last two months. and the last is SO
homely that John is almost afraid Of her The
management OF a typewriter il an art, but I've
got IL down 1uen
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Random Shots.

John Homer. Co. H. 10th Pa, Soldiers Home,
Leayenworth Kan, would like to hear from
any of the comrades of his regiment not hav-
ing seen or heard from any of them since the
war;
Fred Diener, Co. G.. 7th Pa Cav, Milburu,
N. j., wishes that the members OF Minty's Bril-
gade would wake up. He is sure that il did
enough good service to make interesting read
ing. He never sees anything from the gallant
organization, aud would like to have some
member who is competent write something
about the campaigns OF lS62, '63, in Kentucky,
Tennessee and Alabama.
Calvin Benson, Dutch Mills, Ark. would he
glad TO hear from any of Co. L. I'd w. Va. Cav.
Thos. s. Hawley, M. d., 3065 Eastern Ave-,
st. Louis, Mo-, says that many members of the
old Live Eagle Brigade desire to have a Re-
union during the coming Eneampment ut Mill
waukee, and wish that some member residing
in that place would mako the arrangements for
the same.
J. G. Wilcox, First Lieutenant, Co. B, eth
No. Cav, Sedalia, No., says that there were Is
pairs of brothers in his company. besides Jas.
Goodwin and his four sons, members of tho
same company, and the Captain and the Sec
ond Lieutenant were married to sisters. He
thinks this pretty good showing of family
ties in company OF Missouri border ru tiians.
f. X. W., Cimarron, Kan, says that upon
looking over the roster of the 9th III. he came
to the conclusion that there never went into
the service of the United States better pro-
vided regiment; for it had Pain for Colonel !;
Mersy for Lieutenant Colonel; q Coon for Ma
jor; Kitchen for Adjutant; Wagner for
Sergeant-Major; Weather for Drum Major !;
Saltman for Bugler; Fisher for Cook a
Haws for Captain; Rollman for Lieutenant /;
q Greaser for Sergeant; Swine for Corporal,
and Kloek for private.
l.. f. Feland, Co. Z, 18th Ky. Cav, West
Plains, Mo-, says that If any comrades are de-
sirous of changing their locations they will do
we'll TO investigate the claims of Howell County,
Mo-, where there are cheap lands, good eli
mate aud plenty of fruit of ali kinds.
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Have you tried "TausilPs Punch " CigarY
Vengeance.

First Clubman-"What did you blackball
Goodman for? You don't even know him."
Second Clubman-" No, never spoke to him
In my life; but hate him and his whole fam
lily. They live in the Hat below us, and they
have corn beef and cabbage three times .
Waok
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ConsumutInn surelv rnrad

To the Editor f-Please inform your readers that
have positive remedy for COneuin plon by It's timely
use thousands Of hopeless been perlane1ly
cured. shall Ne gd 70 send bottles OF my renedS
FREE % any Of your readers vino have consun lion IN
they will send me their Express and r.. o. Address Re
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Lost and Pound.

William Aderholt. Vernon. ILL.,. has the dis
charge of Hasting Freeman, of Masterson's Co.
(C), 5th Tenn. Was discharged at Convaleseent
Camp. Va, Feb. 10, 1863. He died at the
writer's house, in Tennessee, May %, 1866, Of
consumption.
J. Fortney. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Co. L,
Sd w. Va. Cav, City Engineer, Fort Scott,
Kan. recently found watch while exesyating
one Of the streets of his city. 1t is heavy
hunting-ease Elgin, with this inscription on
the reverse side of the case: " Presented 70
Lieut. L. w. Baker by members Of Co. B. IS6th
Ohio" There may possibly be mistake in
the number of the regiment which may be the
both. He will be glad to return the watch to
whomsOever is entitled to receive it.
Albert Harrell, Adjutant, Upton Post. Pueblo,
Colo. has the discharge OF Stephen C.. Springer,
Co. ID, 18th Mich. He died near Pueblo about
Oct. ID, 1883, and left a homestead not proved
up
Charles w. Granniss. Fair Haven, Conn.,,
found on the field of Fredericksburg the day
after the fight, medal having on one side
ITO Samuel Phillips Co. A. 55th Mass" On
the other side, E" In the war 1861, 2, 3. Union"
w. A. Smith. Berlin, Mich. lost his discharge
from Co. A, Sd Mich, in Washington, ID. c.,
and would be willing to pay for its return.
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Fond Mother" Yes, the dear little fellow 10
Just full of good impulses. Eddie, if you were
rich what would you do with your money 2"
Eddie (who has travelled some)- I'd buy
billion stones and take 'em out to Iowa for the
poor little boys out there to throw at cats"
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FAMED FOR TWENTY YEARS,
For Integrity of its Drawings, and
Prompt PAYMENT of Prizes.

We ne hlLeysflIed Batks BalaEsys MN nm, On 49,
ed az our counters. ~ - y'ssd'.s-
IsI ~, =, n Il. ", Pres LouIaEnna Naf m
=, ~ u hE IlANADX, Pres. State NATL BaaI~.
~. DAi1DM IN, Pres. New Orleans Naf,i BaaI<.
VAIL NUM- Pres Union National BaaE.
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The depressing effects Of warm weather are
overcome By Hoods ssrsaparilla. 100 doses 81
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Hearing perfectly Restored

BY Peck's Pat. Invisible Tubular Ear Cushions III
book free. Call write +. Hiscox. $50 BWAy, N Y,
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Write to E. A. Armstrong, Detroit, Mich, for
his GAR. or s. of V. Price List. Sent free,
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Had Seen PraIrIes.

Ayers sarsaparilla never before equaled its
present daily record of marvellous cures,
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Give Them Their Dues.


w. N. Russ, Co. A, LIST N. c., says that the
Union soldiers are not recognized in the Gus
tom House and postoiiice at Newberne, N. c. A
rebel soldier has charge of both these Govern
ment Offices. while there are plenty of men who
fought for the old flag throughout the war in
that section who are fully competent to occupy
the positions. A petition will shortly be pre-
scented TO the President, which the writer hopes
will receive prompt attention.
J. III. s., lakewood, o., says that considerable
feeling has been aroused among the veterans of
that section at the appointment of a Mugwump
as Postmaster at his place. An old veteran who
had served over four years, and been severely
wounded twice. and who is now disabled, was
the peoples choice aud was backed by the
GAR. Post. The comrada was fully compe.
tent to perform the duties of the office. but the
politicians aud heelers secured the appointment
for the other fellow.
w. Austin, 9th w. Va Cav, Windfall, Ind,
wishes to say that the veterans will sustain
Corporal Tanner in his acts Of justice to the
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GRAND MONTHLY DRAWING
Atthe academy OF Music. View Orleans,
Tuesday, August 10, 1859.
"a PITA DDIKH 1000

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Uuarters 30; Tenths 50; TweHtieths n.
LIST or PRIzE4
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trees; land measures; wages, rent, board, in.
terest, stave and heading bolts, etc.
and Canada. Illustrated edition of 1882.
Ask your bookseller for it. Sent post paid
for thirty.fve cents.
g. w. FISHER, Box 2SS Rochester,N.Y.
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HEATED DISCUSSION.


How They Settle Little Family Affairs Out
in the Woolly West.
A man, while riding along a road in
Kansas, hearing a terrific noise in q
house near the road side, stopped and
thus addressed an old fellow who stood
leaning against tree:
"What means all that racket up
yonder?"
"Oh, it's only sort of family af-
fair"
"a family affair."" the traveller ex-
claimed.
"Yes, my sons, Bill, Dick, Bob an
Ned, are windin' up the discussion
they had this mornin'. They fall into
them sort O. things once in awhile"
Don't they hurt each other?"
"Wall, yes, sometimes. Bill had
his arm broke som time ago an Ned
had one O. his ears chawed off last
fall. Eyes, it's sorter dangerous.
"Why do you let them fight?"
w uy ulu OOuuu lCG OIlO SOuTu WIG
wither?"
Couldn't help himself"
"Wall then KANT help myself.
When they begin to fight me an my
wife jest walk away an wait till they
get through"
Where is your wife?"
"Standin' under tree over on the
other side OF the road"
"Why don't you stay together?"
cause if we did we'd be in fight
in about ten minutes. Thar, the fights
over. Won't you go up an take din
ner with us?"
mo, thank YOU"
"Better come. You'll find the boys
nice an polite"
The report OF gun was heard.
Thar" exclaimed the old man,
Things have tuck lively turn. Don't
b'reve I'm quite fur enough from the
house. must move further. So long"
-ArkunSat0 IraUeleE
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Stay on the Farm.


The farmers life is one mixed with |
toll and pleasure. There is always
work to be done on the farm-a gate
to mend, a fence to reset, an Ok in
the ditch, a broken door to repair, a
garden to pillow, a tank to build,
crop to plan, crop to plant, crop
to cultivate, and a crop to gather,and
a thousand things to keep the active
brain and willing hands and feet en-
ployed; yet if the farmer wishes a
little recreation, he can leave his tools
and labor and spend day or two in
the woods with his gun, or a day
with 'fishlng-rod on the lakes and
streams. 1t is not so with the bust
ness man in the city. His business
must 60 on. He cannot shut his
door and walk out. If he takes day
off, he necessarily has to put some
one in his place. Farm life is real
enjoyable life, If well planned; but
it may be full of misery if not man.
aged with view of making and
mixing pleasure with business. Far
mers do more hard work than bust
ness men, and usually live longer and
harder. Farm life is made more toll
cradle by the joy and happiness we
get out of it. The business man has
his bills to meet every month, and is
often puzzled to know how to make
ends meet. He loses hours of prec-
ious sweet sleep over embarrassments
that stalk in his pathway, while the
contented farmer, without the fear of
being closed up by the sheriff, takes
his rest. Farmers have bills to meet
it IS true; but they do not come like
rifle.balls from a Whitworth gun,
every week or two. The writer has
tried farm life, and loves it. He has
also tried business IN the commercial
world, where no allowances are made
for dry weather, wet weather, short
crops, or low prices. The CONNER
cial world has no sympathy with a
business man. The day his bills
fall due he is expected to meet them;
if he is unable, his paper is liable to
60 to protest, and his business to
pieces. Those who are doing well in
agricultural pursuits should let well
enough alone. The cities are over
crowded with population and power
ty. The most Independent class of
people in the world is that class that
have good home on a good farm
and make their own living.
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An Essay on Anatomy.

San Francisco Chronicle.
1t was in school in one of the
lower quarters; he was a simple
hoodlum boy, and the teacher had
set him to the task of writing an
essay on anatomy. produced and
read with great effect this clear
effusion
"The human body is divided into
tree parts, the head, the chist and
the stummick. The head contains
the eyes and brains, if any. The
chist contains the lungs and a piece
of the liver. The stummick is de-
voted to the bowels, of which there
are five, a, e, j, o, u, and sometimes
W and ""
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Women Who Make The Best Wives.

Members of a Boston debating society
have almost come to blows over the ques-
ton, "What women make the best wives?"
Culture was claimed by many to be the first
essential, love and fidelity the second, and
knowledge Of household duties and ability
to properly perform them, the third. None
of the debators, however, thought to add
that very necessary qualificatisn-health
without which wife is far from perlec.
tior. DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription
will renew the hue of youth in pale and
sallOw cheeks, correct irritating uterine
diseases, arrest and cure liberation and in
Aamation, and infuse new vitality into a
wasting body. "Favorite Prescription" is
the only medicine for women, sold by drug.
gists. under positive guarantee from the
manufacturers. that it will give satisfaction
in every case, or money refunded. This
guarantee has been printed on the bottle
wrapper, and faithfully carried out fol
many years.
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Reflections.

]. A. Macon, in Century.
Stills are no better in conversation
than in foot race.
Folly must hold its tongue while
wearing the wig of wisdom.
1t is the foolish aim of the atheist
to scan infinitude with microscope.
When poverty comes in at the
cottage door, true love goes at it
with an ak.
A vein of humor should be made
visible without the help of reduc-
ton mill.
The reformer becomes fanatic
when he begins to use his emotions
as a substitute for his reasoning
faculty.
Many an object in life must be
attained by flank movements; it is
the zigzag road that leads to the
mountain top.
All the paths of life lead to the
grave, and the utmost that we can dc
is to avoid the short cuts.
The Office should seek the man,
but it should inspect him thoroughly
before taking him.
Humility is most serviceable as al
undergarment, and should never BIZ
worn as an Overcoat.