Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-01

"Wcll, fcllcrs!" says he, eve amt
drownded, be wo''
''Not as were sensible Of" says Cha
pin, dry sort of n chap in the bunk
below me.
"You took it rather COOL" says to
Joe.
"Namc's Cooley" says he, laughin'.
And after that wo called him "Cool,"
or "0ld Cool" just as it happened.
We got to land after awhile, as dirty
and water tired lot as ever you sec;
quite certain that soldcrin' wasn't
neither fun nor play; but, bless you'll VIC
hadn't but just said A. There was the
hull alphabet to come.
There was ono colonel had regiment
i'll camp along of us who was the great
est hand to nag the men you ever sec.
lie was as pcrnickity as an old maid,
and as notional as an old bachelor. lie
KEEP the men up to drill as though twas
salvation, and inspected them within an
inch of their lives, and called that disci-
plino; and p'rhaps it was.
But he done worse; he KEEP scttin'
traps for to kotch the men nappn'.
He'd travel outside tho vidcttcs aud
pickcts, SOS TO sec if they was awake
and alert; and if they wasn't thon they
had TO take it,
There VIC was, parcel of volunteers,
doing nothing but drill. in a new, lazy,
sloppy kind Of n climate, with nothing
but meat. victuals and hard broad
tell 80 We pinned after onions and scch
truck worsc'n them old Isr'clitcs in the
hymn book did!
l well remember how one day Char
ley Bliss was roarin' out that old
hymn,
The way is NIL now, as it opens to view,
An behind is tho foanin' Red Sea,
So none now need 10 spe TX Of tho onions and
lcclis,
And don't talk about garlic to me"
Chaplin stepped up. as solemn as
clam, and threatened TO punch his
head.
stop that b,ars:cd tuncl" says he.
"Im nigh about ready to desert for a
head o cabbage. AMI can't bear TO
hear onions made light Of"
Well, as / was sayin', We were new TO
The business, and 10 be spicd on and
roarcd at and kctchcd nappn' made us
all pretty snappish, and Cool himself,
who was ordinarily ~ clever us could
be- was stirred up.
"llI fix himi' says he ono night,
when We was talking it over by the fire.
"Wait till my turn comes"
Sure enough, the next night he was
on videttc duty, and he hccrd noise
in the bushes. Up went his muskct.
"AYho goes thcrc'" he roarcl.
"0iliccr, of The day." says the colonel.
81 know no officer Of the day outside
the lines; throw up your hands, dis
mount aud surrcndcrr' ycilcl Cool.
al tell you I'm officer of the day."
says the colonel mnddcr'n ycller
hornet.
Il know no officer of the day outside
the lines; dism,unt or fire." repeated
Cool. We'll, the colonel r'arcd and
sputicred, but Cool never lowered his
gun, and finally the colonel had to dis
mount and come along towards Cool.
al tell you. you bloclshead, I'm
Colonel Blank, officer of the day."
Cool cooked his gun and lcvcilcl it
at the fcilcr's heal. sayin' agm:
81 know no officer of tho day outside
the lines; give up your side arms or
shall shoot you through the head"
We'll, the colonel RELY b'lcvcd Cool
didn reco'nizc him, so lie handed over
his side arms, and Cool marched him in
clear through the camp to headquarters,
an handed him over to the General.
tell you Mister Blank got a chrgc O.
cold shot in the line o tonguc-ashin
that time, for tho General wa; full o.
steel; but Cool got promoted for bravery.
When VIC got to Port Hudson, one
night before the battle we was lyin'
round on the ground, and Cool he was
stretched out on his back, sort of tilted
up against 4 little stump. fast asleep.
lay about twenty feet off, and VIC had
fire gon', so't l could sec him layin'
ther, like big log, mouth wide open
and big feet turned toes up jos; though
tho wa Mt no;hin goin' on.
Pretty soon I heard ~. zipr and n
mimic bullet just took off the toe of one
OF those grea. army shoes, and then
buried itself in the stump close to his
car; just shaved it! lie riH up a little.
whats gon' on:' says he.
"Why.' says I, there's some ul cts
Hes,