Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-07

whose name was Toby, came to him and
said:
~ was not at roll call, yer honor. -
81 noticed your absence, was the
reply.
1.-The orderly sergeant tells me 1 will
have to
DIG 4 STUMP
because was not there said Toby.
''WeH, you ought to be made to
undergo some punishment for breaking
the rules.
eye see, yer honor, became intoxi-
Gated last night, and the boys took me
down here in the holler and tied me to a
sapplin' and that s the reason l was not
at roll call. -
eco and dig the stump, Toby; you
ought to be punished. -
''Faith, yer honor, and don't you
think bein tied up to tree all night is
punishment enOugh?
The general thought it was and so let
him off. '-
Gen Mccullough closed with an elo-
quent eulogivm on the government. His
grandfathers had fought for the flag, his
father had fought for it, his brothers
had fought for it, he had fought for it
himself. And he was ready to do so
again. He would not live under a gov
eminent he would not fight for, and as
long as he could climb on a horse he was
ready to fight for this.
COL. W. D. wYLIE.
Col. WyIie of Dallas, an ex-UniOn
soldier, was introduced and made q ring
ing speech, full of fire and patriotism.
His speech was a high encomium upon
the American soldier, who; he declared,
whether he wore the blue or the gray,
was the most gallant, the most courage
Gus, the most chivalrous Of any age or
any CLINE. The country has
in the last thirty years passed
through the greatest war in the annals Of
time, and her progress since has been
marvellous. 1t shows the indOmitable
energy and determination of the Ameri-
can people. The American soldier, he
declared, occupies the pinnacle OF fame,
and the American republic is the acme OF
national greatness. He thanked God
that, though enemies recently, we are
now under one flag; though parted at one
time, we are now knit together IN bonds
of the closest brotherhood.
But the glory OF American achieve
ment is not all to be given to the men.
While they fought and suffered in the
field their wives and mothers and daugh-
tiers and sisters worked and suffered at
home. The women of the North cheeTed
and encouraged their men just as the wo-
men Of the South did theirs. All were
worthy mates of the noble soldiers OF the
country. When
LEE AND GRANT
shook hands upon the field of Apo
mattox all knew the war was over, and
the noble soldiers of both sides had ac-
cepted the result as final and so recog-
nized it to this day. When he saw man
who was still q rebel, he did not believe.
he had ever been a soldier; when he saw
the man who still waved the bloody shirt
he. knew he had never worn one
during the war As the gallant
veterans of twenty five years ago met
and Joined hands in friendship and
unity, he could imagine the spirits of
Washington and lee, of Grant and
Jackson lowering near; and thought he
could hear the rustic of theiE, angel
wings as they spread them in bessdic-
ton over the scene.
This was as it should be. These peo-
pie are Of the same blood and are bound
together by too many ties of love and
memory TO be kept long asunder. An old
lady went to the cemetery at Gettysburg
to lay flowers upon the graves of her two
sons who had fallen there while fighting
with Hancock. =
''Look - cried her grandson, f*Aere
is a grave without a name. Only'the
words, AN Unknown Confederate.
Somebody's darling lies buried
there, - murmured the old lady, and
from her we'll filed baskets she strewed
the unknown grave with the lily and the
rose.
RETURNING A CAPTURED, FLAG.
Col. Wylie related the incident of the
return of the battle flag of the Fifty
seventh Indiana regiment, captured dur
ing the war by the Thirteenth Tennessee.
He was invited to ClebuTne to q reunion
in 1855 and when he got there ne saw
hanging on the Speakers stand the bat
tie flag Of Parson IS brigade and the bat
tie flag of the Fitty-seventh
Indiana, while surrounding and shelter
ing both was the star spangled banner.
The Indiana flag had been captured in
battle by the Thirteenth Tennessee regi-
nent, and Corporal Crooks had carefully
preserved it ever since. He presented it
to the Texas G. \. R., and they de-
termined to return it to the Fifty-seventh
Indiana, who we're soon to have q re-
union at KokOmO, Ind.
A committee of the Grand Army Of the
Republic went to KOkomiO with the flag,
and Corporal Crooks, Major Heath and
Others went along. The members of the
Fiftv-seventh almost eat Corporal
Crooks. Nothing was too good for him.
\ life sized crayon picture of him was
hung in the capitol at Indianapolis, and
another made and sent to
his mother in Tennessee. That
mother he had not seen for
a number of years. They filed his
pockets with money and sent him to
visit her The whole occasion was an
ovation to Crooks, and long to be re-
membered by all who participated.
GRAND RECORD.
The speaker was proud of the, record
of the men in blue, and equally proud
of the record Of those who wore the
gray. The memory Of Grant and Lee,
of Mcpherson and jackson, is the COM
mon heritage. of the Whole country. Mix
M Dixie and YankeeNI4eedle and no ma
sion can whip us; an6sif you get them
SsSba6ily mixed as l sIn fiOw. the united
universe couIdn t pre*aiEagainstns -
The speaker said he was glad to see
present so many from each
side, and especially was he glad
to see so many ladies. ''God