The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1890-04-12
The Commodore's Shell.

improvement to the roads
The Commodore's Shell.
Commodore Tharpe, at the guard
lock, has an interesting and import
ant relic of the late war, which he re-
Gently brought from his fathers resi-
dence at Ottawa. You knew the
commodore is himself white-haired,
but has a father still living In that
city, now SS years Of age. The relic IS
a percussion shell that was thrown
at Co. A, of the 9th Ills, at Corinth,
from Seminary Ridge, the forenoon OF
Oct. 8, 1862. The troops were massed
at that point, and were removing the
wounded from the hospital then To-
Gated in the TishimengO house, ad-
Joining the depot, where the railroads
cross. The shell passed between Two
men. killing wounded man they
were carrying and plunged through
the heavy brick wall of the hotel,
killing seven men and woundlng
twelve, thus taking an even twenty
men at one shot. The shell did not
explode and the commodore brought
it home in '63, and 1t has been DIT his
fathers place until short time ago.
The Commodore's stepson, James
G.. Cameron. went from Ottawa as
lieutenant in this company, and was
then but twenty years of age. He az
forwards became captain. He was
an exceedingly brilliant young
man, great favorite, and the
idol of La Sale county. He was
afterwards killed at Barton Station,
Alabama, April II, 1863, following the
fall of New Orleans. The Gath was
started out as battalion, and was
known as the Yates sharpshOoters. IL
was composed of one company from
Will, another from La Sale, ana
another from Bureau. Judge Stipp,
circuit judge Of this district, was cap
tain of the latter company, and capt.
Grover headed the company from TINS
county. He was killed about the time
the shell was thrown, and about the
same hour Gov. Oglesby was wounded:
Mrs. Tharpe started for the scene or
the battle on the Monday after the
Saturdays fight, and took charge or
the governor and nursed him until he
was we'll again. She remained in Cor
NTH about three months and taught a
school of little colored people, and
thus was one of the first in the educa-
tional movement of that time. When
the regiment was filed up in '63 or ga,
r.. NJ. Woods, of this city, was selected
as major of the regiment.-J0tit Ne'oS.
Eddie Giguere, the leading man OF
the Kindergarten" company, was
taken in tow by eX-Warden Reedy
on Friday morning. Mr.. Reedy showed
him the glores of the Reddick Lii
bIary, the Court House, the County
Jail, and other objects of interest,
and then proposed visit to the
County Asylum.
Chow far is it?" asked the unSuS-
pecting Giguere.
about two miles"
They got Mr.. Reedy's rig and went
down to the big brick pile. Glguere
was shown the potatoes in the cellar,
the new cargo of salt and the horses.
He was then taken up into the insane
ward, where Caroline reignS supreme.
Who is Caroline?
oh, Caroline is bird. Not exactly
a feathered bird. She is about six foot
tall, has face that might stop cir
Gus procession and voice Ikea hired
man. She is also as crazyaS bedbug.
AS soon as she saw Giguere she smiled.
The smile covered her features until
she looked quite pleasant. Giguere
grinned at the old girl and then, with
a yell that raised his hair, She jumped
at him. He fell down two fights of
stairs and bolted for town, but Mr..
Reedy overlook him and finally per-
suaded him to ride, after giving his
word that he would not go back.
Giguere's hair hasn't assumed its
natural shape yet, and won't for a
week