Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-06-26

The deacon chuclxled again. But he
should have remembered his own
favorite saying: that it is not well to
count your chickens before they are
hatched.
Four hours later Lieut.. Dick Vain
wright in a two-seated vehicle drawn
by "a span of prancing horses drove to
the Hepburn homestead, where he
found the blushing Amanda and her
mother waiting for him. The deacon
was not the only one who had done
some planning. His wife and daughter
had not suspected that he would sneak
off before daylight, but they were well
aware that he did not wish them to ac-
company him to lIezekiahville, and
had resolved neither to ask him TO take
them TO the village nor to accept any
surly invitation that he might extend
to them. Amanda had quietly seen her
lover and arranged that he should call
for her and her mother at an hour after
which she was certain her father would
be gone.
Lieut.. Wainwright left the women at
the home of Joshua Whipple, cousin
Oh MI lItpiJuIi, VIM ll"Nb III bilC VII
lage After hitching his horses he
walked to the tavern, a large, rambling
structure, situated in the middle Of half
an acre of level ground that was
adorned with great shade trees. Among
the group of soldiers who stood near the
trees was Ezekiel Hepburn. He recog-
nized Wainwright with a cool nod, and
as he turned away there was in his face
a sarcastic leer, the meaning of which
was not, as he confidently supposed,
hidden from the young man. The lover
smiled, too, but his smile was as merry
as il was mischicvous.
At noon dinner was served in the tav-
ern and was announced by three or four
tremendous blasts on big fish horn.
Several hundred persons dined. First
the military, consisting of company
of infantry, 1870 men, and n com
pany of cavalry, 30 men, assembled
in the long banquet hall and seated
themselves at table extending
nearly the length of the room and
at side tables. At the head of the
table sat three ministers, men Of their
cloth being rcvered at that day, who
bugler, the ffcr and the drummer while
playing national airs. Next to the
clcrgymcn were several revolutionary
veterans, whitc-haircd and feeble, and
the militia officers. Each of these hon
ored guests could, If he chose, drink a
glass OF wine; but the privatcs who sat
below them were not allowed any kind
of ardent spirits with their meal. The
oldest divine said grace, and then the
hungry men did ample justice 10 "A first
class New England dinner. After the
soldiers had eaten, most of the visitors
from the surrounding country dined at
the same tables
An hour later the people repaired to
the Presbyterian church-the town
house was not large enough to accom-
modatc so maryland listened to a bonn
bastic address delivered by young law
yer who was a great orator in his own
estimation, and 10 the singing of pa
triotic airs.
Next was a sham fight, which took
place on broad common III the center
of the village. The soldiers were di-
vided into small companies, half of the
cavalry and half Of the infantry being
In each diyiGion Each company was
arranged in platoons, eight men in a
platoon, and behind the front platoon
were all of the other platoons The cav
airy in each company was in the rear of
the infantry Capt Perkins, hero of
the war Of 1912, commanded one com
pany, and the officer acting as the other
captain was Lieut.. Wainwright.
The uniform of cavalryman consist
ed Of red broadcloth coat with buff
cashmere facings, gold lace trimmings
and gilt buttons, and trousers and vest
of buff cashmere. The priyates wore
caps with round crowns of heavy leather
covered with bcarslsin and red feather
on the side. The cap Of an officer was
similar except that upon it was gilded
helmet, a support for long feather that
dropped over the front Of the cap. The
feather was red with n white tip in
front. The cavalry equipment consisted
of yellow sword-belt extending over
right shoulder and holding the scabbard