Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-10-09

the hill and peddla them to the team
sters and oontrabands. You can't sell
them anywhere about here
The ''hill" was about mile from my
Office, and, as I thought, entirely out
side The limits of our sale-ground.
The Yankee bowed and departed in q
| hurry.
About ten days afterward, when ]
had forgotten this incident, as was
going down to the pier to boat Just
arrived, q man accosted me very po-
litely:
captain, there's box on the Key
port for you"
Supposing the stranger to be q
new clerk, I asked him what it looked
like. The man bowed and grinned,
Every like three dozen Of Scotch
ale-box, sir"
Still puzzled. I asked where it came
from.
why, Captain, Thought it for
! you"
@But, sir; you are stranger to me,
and why
captain, you ought to remember
me. / was here about ten days ago
with q stock of perishable goods, pies,
etc.; you gave me pointer to go over
the hill and sell, and 1 cleared nigh
five hundred dollars on the spec. I
want you to drink to my good luck"
So we parted, and then 1 remem-
bered that on the day l ordered him
out General Burnside had told me he
intended to march his troops to Fal-
mouth instead of sending them on the
cars. 'For," said the General, ''men
can walk; stores cannot"
1t appeared that my Yankee had
heard of this order, and, all dressed in
gray, had located himself at the hill
past which at least four thousand men
marched during the ensuing twenty
four hours. Thus he had sold his
''perishable goods" and quartermas-
ter at the same time.
Soon the West-Pointer A. D. g,
had his innings for yarn, thusly:
When l was out West military
commission was appointed to examine
regimental officers as to their qualifi-
cations, and some of the Colonels and
Majors used to be forever in my quar-
ters, questioning me as to the probable
style Of examination and looking very
uneasy and miserable.
One day, after the examining board
had adjourned, I slipped into their
room and sketched out on the black
board some fearfully complicated
plans Of impossible Notifications, fol-
lowed by long series of hieroglyphics.
Shortly after my return to my own
quarters, one of the to be martyred
Colonels presented himself to bewail
his coming misery.
"Why, Colonel, it seems to me you
ere making too much worry over this.
The questions are easy enough. They
ask you, maybe, What are the con-
stituents Of gunpowder, and their pro-
portions p"
"But I don't know what gunpowder
is made of; I know how to shoot it,
but oh, Lor', that amt enough for
them regular army fellows"
"Then they'll probably inquire what
is the velocity Of cannon ball the
third second of it's fight, and how
many grains of each size powder it
takes to start it."
Il might as well resign beforehand; !;
they'll souse me, sure!" groaned the
poor fellow.
"By the by, Colonel, the board has
adjourned for to-day; let's go up to
the room and perhaps we can see on
the blackboard some trace of the line
they take"
We went, and at first sight of the
mysteries in white chalk, the Colonel
started back. 'Great Scott couldn't
tackle that to be made Commander-in-
chief! I'm dished, certain, surel"
persuaded him, however, to face
the music and not to resign in advance,