The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1890-08-27
FLIGHTS AND SHADOWS OF THE OLD
CAMP FIRES
BY ONE OF rae "olp VETS. .

BY ONE OF THE GOLD VETS.
Does man of-war go a whaling voy-
age when it starts out to whip some
bodyl
Uncle Sam is said to purchase twenty
five tons of tobacco every year, for use
in the navy.
The barber may not have fought and
bled, but he has undoubtedly dyed for his
counlrymen.
1t is worthy of note that the site Of
Andersonville Prison is now part of a
large farm belonging to negro.
Matte" When 1 get married, il will
be to soldier" MollIe-" What makes
you say thatG" "Ohl soldiers have
stacks OF arms.
There are bonds that unite us in life,
There are bonds upon earth that are true,
But we know of no bond like to those
Ofthe soldiers that once wore the blne
The homes of The land are the nurseries
of the nation, and il the homes were all
pure and sweet, there would be little
cause for anxiety about the affairs of gov
eminent.
"Ahl that horse was a gallant beast, y
said General Vane. "You should have
seen him at Antietam. He scented the
battle afar off," "You bet he did, y said
Kuhl, elf you were on him.
General Rusk, Secretary of Agriculture,
has always been a true friend of the sol
der. When Governor of Wisconsin, his
entire staff was composed of onc.armed
and one-iegged veterans, and he takes
great interest in G. A. r. affairs.
II Is an interesting point in American
history that the gray uniform was bor-
rowed from the First Virginia Regiment
and they borrowed it from the Seventh
New York Regiment and was adopted as
the uniform of the Southern confederacy.
It was about twenty-seven years ago
that the Army of tho Potomac was max
Ing its long, hot march from the Kappa
hammock onward to Gettysburg. Well,
those were warm days and just at the
same time 1t was warm for the 'boys"
about Vicksburg.
An old Union veteran was being ques-
TONED by some young fellows about bis
experience during war times. One of
them said: "Mr. P tell us what q
shell is like, coming through tho air. +"
swell boys" said the old man, ''it comes
a-shootiF and a-twistlng along, maxim a
noise that would curdlc your blood. 1t
Is the awfullest, terrifyingest, most In
significant noise you ever heard"
In the city OF Richmond, Va, in the
Capitol grounds, stands fine statue of
Washington. Near 1t is erected statue
of General r. e. Lee. A mother and her
little boy were passing them and when
they came TO the first, which was Wash
ington's, the little one says, 'Mothcr, whose
monument Is ihatG" Gle was the father
OF his country and won our freedom. u
swell, mother, whose monument is this
other one ~ "That, my son, is General
r. E, Lees. ''What did be do, mother ~
''He tried 10 destroy the country"
General Sickles believes 10 only one
flag. In his speech on Memorial Day he
said: Comrades am unmoved by any
rancor or any spirit of hatred. God for
bid but am Union soldier and love
my flag, and say here, and will say
everywhere, that for Americans there is
but one fiag-the flag of Bunker Hill and
Saratoga and Yorktown-the flag of Lun-
| dy's Lane and Erie and New Orleans
the flag of Scott, McDonough, Perry and
Jacksonville flag of Lincoln, the flag OF
Hancock, the flag of Grant, the flag OF
Washington. 1t is the only flag which
represents the right, and in our charity
let us not forget the difference between
right and wrong"