The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-09-12
ARMY oATcH.woRps.
somo of the Sayings In Vogue With the
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Confederate soldiers.
When man was telling long yarn,
and one that seemed rather incredi-
BILE. and any one thought he was put
ting it on rather strong, and wished to
call halt they would say: "Oh, there's
wool on that" The word was synony-
nous with the present much-used chest
nut"
The men who never went after water,
but would go around at night helping
themselves from the canteens of their
comrades, were called, shakers"
Strange stories of moxing troops, or of
big victories in different sections of the
country, were known as "canteen dis
patches"
The fruit of the big revival in the
army of Northern Virginia in 1854 was
called Madison Run Christians" 1t is
pleasure to note that many of them
remained steadfast in the faith, and
some of them are to-day live, active
workers in the Christian church.
The vile stuff mixed up with simply
water, flower and salt, with which the
soldiers were fed at times, was known
as putty bread"
The men who had soft snaps and fol-
lowed the army without getting into
fights were called "bcmbproofs.
If man was especially nimble in get
ting away with other peoples property
it was said of him that ''he would steal
any thing but red-hot stove. and he
would take that if he could get wet
blanket"
Some one asked one of the Elliott
Grays If he had read Victor Hugo's Les
Miserables." The reply was: mo, /
see too many thousand Of them around
here every day to read about them"
Hugo also wrote a book called Fan
tine" and Lees Miserables Painting
was one of the worst of the many bad
Confederate attempts at punning. Wet
Measure Harding was a noted man in
the Sixth Virginia He bought some
meal somewhere, and undertook to clear
expenses by retailing part of it to his
comrades He had only tin or wine
quart measure. One of the men OBJ
jected to having his meal measured in
that way, Says he: "Meal Is sold by
dry measure, and you have onlya wet
measure, and that amt right"
Harding replied: ''You fool, can't
take my measure to the fire and dry ii
if it is wet?"
After that he was known as "Wet
Measure Harding"
The dried beef issued out at the last
of the war was known as mule meat, u
and the salt pork as Nassau Bacon"
1t was one time reported that some OF
the people of Poland were coming over
to help the Confederates- After that
one of the jokes was: "Have you heard
any thing from that load Of Foles?"
The Virginia troops were called both
''Gray and "Mossbacks," but why
no fellow could ever find out We
called ourselves THE Cavaliers and
"The knight of the Golden Horseshoe. +"
The North Carolinians were known as
Star Heels" The Georgians were
called "Gobblers," and the Floridians
''Gophers." The South Carolinians re-
ioiced in the name of "Palmettos. The
Louis anians were called Sugar Canes, "
and the Mississippians Crackers.
When the troops first went to the fair
grounds the cadets from Lexington were
the instructors. They were so accurate
and precise that they were known as
"little tin soldiers" Ever after that,
when man tried to put on any extra
frills in the manual or in the company
drill, he would be called "a little tin
soldier. "-Baltimor Herald.