The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1891-12-26


Will. chatting recently with Col. A.
l. ,"ns"r Of Akron, Ohio, upon the ~,
suits ~ the lai- war. Col. ,onP-F laid
Ia me- 'Dld yuu -yvr sinp to consider
whA, wonderful r,-stl,s the late war
has bruuFh, aiSpu, for ,his country, and
for III. advancement, of civilization
throughout, all the nations of the -ar;hf
The sacrifices, the suIfvring's aud III.
hnriship> ~ our I-ropl- both North and
South wcrr must extraordinary, His
tory has r,.corl-,l ,hn~s- Of the isas', but
then, arr hundreds 81 thousands of com.
rnd~. still living who arr suffering
every Gay 81 their lives 10y r-as.tn ui the
gr-a, har,ishiI-> endured during their
term of s-TVlr.. II j. difficult for the
younger generation who Arr now cnin.
Ing Ia fully appreciate TIL, state offas,s,
hut ] recently experienced "a little In
c!d-n, which may s-rN" a. an obj-c,
lesson, showing ihat ,h-rr IL one elias,
of I-'opl- who do, and always Will, fully
appreciate the work 1T the old npldirr>.
~ shor, time since, after "a nights rsh.
un the sleeping car, stepped Into -
leading hotel Ia the West ~ take break.
fast Procuring u morning Iaprr, -n'
i-rcd III" dining run'n aud was tn-, nj,
the do-pr hy nlcc.lonlS.ng color.-d man
thing ,o my surprise he conducted me la
what regarded as chosc- .-ai In the
r,om and one that u s,ang-r always
likes Ia .ccupy. n window "a, his back,
and overlooking the Who'll. r'-pm. There
w-r- morn than twenty colur.-d waiter.
Ia the r,-,in, some husil engaged in s-r,-
Ing brrakfaci Ia guests. Others waiting.
apparently. for new arrivals. The head
waiter motion-d To one OF them Ia walt
upon ms. and the gentleman approached
upon my left Ia take my order. immc'
diat-ly another colurcd waiter mp
preached upon my right. and both pre-
s.'n,-d the hill Of fare ut the same time.
10th wrrr entire strangers Ia me. and
each insisted upon taking my order, the
one upon my RICH, insisting tina, tim,
was his table. and the one upon my lief,
claiming that the hcad.waii.r had or
dcr'sd him Ia wHi, upon me. An alter
cation soon cnsuc,i and the head waiter
was compelled ,ocomc back and restore
peace In the family. sharp words fol-
lowed, and was somewhat disturbed by
the incident The hrad.wnitcr ordered
one Of the walters Ia subsidc, and when
the other was taking my order ! said Ia
him, What was the cause Of all this
Disturbance lie replied: "It il that
Grand Army button Ia the lapel of your
coat. You see, when the war broke
out, my father was u slave in Ken.
lucky and the old mans father was u
slave in Virginia II IL had not been
for the boys who wear that Grand
Army button, we would both be slaves
to-day. We appreciate the gallan, SER
vices they rendered Ia us, and when
ever n man enters this dining room
wearing Grand Army button. we like
to show our appreciation of the hard
ships they endured and the great SER
vice they rendered our race 10y seeing
that they are properly waited upon and
cared for. Each of US wanted to wai,
upon you. Any OF us would fight any
moment for u man that wears that but
ton
This was indeed an object lesson, and
while some may criticisc the old soldier
who receives u pension and forget the
services he has rendered his country,
yet so long Ms the colorcd man lives
there will be due appreciation on his
part of the great services rendered their
race by the Boys in Blue. had seen
men high in public favor ignore the
claims of the old soldier, and it was in
deed gratifying to witness this rccog-
milton from the worthy colorcd man.