The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1890-03-20

ter. Purtheri Adam Ward agrees 4
give twenty bushels Of wheat, twenty
bushels Of corn, ons COW Eve cords o.
wood % ne family q every msrrlsd mar
who enlists from this town. NoW's youl
timel r.
Adam Ward must have been . rich
man, too old for service and willing 70
spend his property for his country's good
or he may have been Of dutiable age and
E%ealOus only to escape the impending
drafts. But q quarter Of . century has
passed since he made his generous offer,
and q later generation aCcords him the
need Of good faith and patriotism. That
he wa able and willing to do all he
agreed may DO safely admitted. 1t was
no time to b triAing with the handful.
But personal contact with soldiers was
fraught with good results. The following
Is . hanger that seems to have been
tackled on . larger bill Of different colored
papeE.s YT
Home on furloush. Sec Sergeant HGr-
rold at the opera-house tonight. He will
tell Of battles and army Life. You all
know Harold Go hear him, and then
enroll your name. Let him take twenty
men 10 the front from -. Remember
the bounties sl,l76-s77b cash in handl
But time and the war went on, and
neither the tWanging Of the One-stringed
harp Of glory nor the Jingle Of the gum
eas" Of = latter period could fll the gaps
which wounds, death and captivity made.
The grim struggle had passed the pOmp
Of war and reached the short, sti1ed gasps
Of q death struggle. Drafts were ordered.
Men who had declined TO enlist may be
compelled 10 serve. And - the load
settled down We find the last stage Of the
struggle, like the rest, shown In its hand
bills:
Rallyl A meeting will be held in Vol
untser hall ct 9 O'Clock, Monday evening,
August p, 1853, to take action toward
raising more money. Unless more can
be raissd there must be . draft. Let's
have this business settled.
The tenor Of the printing IL all gloomy.
No motive ave computation can move
them. They invoke only the inevitable.
Here IL another from Lynn. Mass:
Come and protect yourselves. Every
man Is expected to be present at the
meeting this evening 10 organize the
Mutual Draft Preventing Association.
A call may b expected next week. Let
the few who have not paid for their ~
sesSment come prepared to pay, and
avoid in this way what you cannot In any
other way escape. This business must
be finished in three days.
Their association was formed Of men
who contributed an equal amount Of
money with which any one drafted could
employ . substitute, and 90 avoid the
dreadful dangers Of war. But alter al the
darkness that the handbflls tell came
rays Of light. Whose heart does not
bound yet at remembering the FIRST sight
Of the great poster. gotten out regardless
Of expense, BY the biggest printing once
in the toWn;~a
Glorious newsi OaPtare Of 1900
prisoners. Terrible fighting on Tuesday.
Great victory on Wednesday. Lee driven
from his Notifications. Our troops In
pursuit. Sheridan destroys Lees COM
munications with Richmond. sigel
moving forward BY forced marchas. Bit
ter fighting near Petersburg. Lee asks
for cessation Of hostilities and IL denied by
Grant. Handbook captures . whole d.
vision-7,OOO prisoners, three generals
and thirty canno taken. Stuart and
Johnstown capturedI
Or that bulleton which came q little
later and famed before the eyes Of exul-
tant readers when 20 many hearts were
aching and % many homes were bereit:
Richmond ID oursl DonelsOn, vicks-
burgh, GettysburEh, Richmond JET
Davis . fugitive. Lee ready 70 surrender.
Load for the last shOti The war Is over
Readyi FireI
And then the herald which came last
in the wake Of the former harhinger Of
good tidings and told Of that surrender Of
the gay-haired virginian, Of the capture
Of his army and the hemming in beyond
hope Of escape Of Johnstown In the South.
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