The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1891-05-20
"LIGHTs AND SHADOWS OF THE OLD
CAMP FIRES"
BY ONE OF THE "eLD VETS. y
The old soldier is at home whenever he
meets old soldiers.

once started to edit jolonel,
But soon In disgust
He gave up-he was Bust"
For" said he, "the expense is in folonel"
Colonel Royal, commanding a cavalr,
brigade during the war, ordered an office
to "Put his battalion In camp on the othe
side Of the river, facing east. The of
flcer marched his company to the spot
but, as Colonel Royal soon saw, insteat
of obeying instructions, began carryin,
out his own ideas. The Colonel pu
spurs to his horse, dashed through th,
stream and reined up along side OF tn,
officer. "Didn't l order you, SIR" h,
roared, 'to put your battalion In camp
along the river, facing east ~ s'Yes, sir
but this amt river; it's only creek,
answered the hair-splitter. Greek, sir
it's a rivera river from this time forth
by order sir. Now do as / tell you"
Capt. s. L. Pierce, of Linwood, Della
ware county, Md, who died several day,
ago, was engaged in the coastwse trad,
and during the war carried supplies fo
the army. Once be was given packag,
to deliver to General Grant in person. Ii
the neighborhoed Of headquarters he cam,
to man sitting on log. Capt. Plerc,
asked him II be could tell him where b,
could find Gen. Grant. The person oil
the log replied: ''Suppose tell you an
Gen. Grant 2" Pierce said: 81 would tel
you that you are liar" and passed on
On making further inquiries ho was di
rected back to the man sitting on th,
log. The General told him that no apollo
gies were necessary.
Justice Leonard D. Tice, q comrade o.
Farnsworth Post, of Mount Vernon, N
Y, was recently taken suddenly and dan
gerously Ill with hemorrhage of the stom.
ach. About two o'clock one morning, at.
ter the several doctors Ia attendance had
unnecessarily tried to stop the frequent
hemorrhages and the patient was slowly
sinking, one of the doctors asked the JUS
tice II he wished to communicate any In
structions in relation to bis business af-
fairs. "Why 7" asked he, "don't you
think l will pull through 7" mo, Judge, -
said the doctor, 81 think 1t doubtful II
you live until daylight. Shall l send for
a clergyman ~ "well, doc," said Tics.
''If you know OF any Clergyman who
knows more about hemorrhages of the
stomach than you fellows do, then send
for him." The Justice is Vermont boy,
and he recovered, Is out, and attending to
business again.
One day gentleman called at General
Shcriden's headquarters, in Chicago, and
asked ''Is the General to be seen to-.
day 2" "Faix, I think he is that sorr, y
said Corporal Michael. tThen l will
step In, IL you please The Corporal
bowed the visitor into the Generals ante
room. There was no sign of Sherideu,
but the visitor, thinking that he had STEP
ped out for moment and would presently
return, sat down to walt. He waited half
an hour or more and then began to grow
impatient. Finally be returned TO the
Corporal at the door. stSee here, Cor
poral," said he, 81 thought you told me
General Sheriden was to be seenln "And
so he 10, sorr--at Warrington said the
Corporal, 10 matter-of-fact way.
Colonel Smell, of the 10Th Illinois Reg
iment, while In camp at Louisville, issued
orders that no hucksters would be allow
ed in his camp. One day while we were
on dress parade the Colonel spied some
children in camp selling pies TO our con-
valescents. Leaving bis place, he rushed
among them. kicked over their baskets,
stamped their pies into the ground and
came back on parade. His top-boots
glistening with mince meat and dried APP
pies months afterward. We came back
through Louisville, and children with
baskets OF pastry came among us. They
asked and were told that it was the 10Th
to which they replied, "Oh, we
know old Tom Snell's Regiment"
In the last few weeks Of the war, a
Confederate serving under Lee, wrote
home to his father that he was almost
barefooted and completely discouraged.
AS soon as the old man received tho let
ter, he mounted his mule and set of at
gallop, but was soon halted by an &C.
quaintance who called out: "Hello has
there been another fight2" "Not as I've
heard Of, but I've got letter from Cy-
rus" "What does Cyrus say 2" "Hc's
out o. butes and clean discouraged. :"
Sand where ye goingf" "Down to Alb
ner Smiths to borry $500. 900 to send to
Cyrus to get cheap pair of shoes, and
we are going to write him long letter
and send him box o. pills, and tell him
to hang on to the last; for, II Cyrus gets
spirited and begins to let go, the In
fernal yanks will be riding over US afore
VIC kin back a mule outer the barn. -
That's so--that's so |" nodded the other.
II kin let you have the money myself, as
well as not. l was a saving up to buy
box OF matches all At once. But the army
mus'n't 20 barefoot when 1t only takes
300, 900 to $500, 900 to buy pretty good
pair o. shoes"
In the suburbs Of Calers, Alabama,
found white man sitting by the roadside.
He was dusty, ragged, long-haired and
and the dog he had with
him looked even worse. "Are you farm
ing around hers3" / asked as sat down
near him. mo sir, my farming days are
over" be replied. II didn't know but
you had some crops in" "No sir,
haven't raised crop of any thing but rags
since $780," "You work at something
else, | suppose 2" mo sir.'' SNOW look
here, stranger, " he continued, as be squsr-
ed himself around, "When the war open
ed | owned a niggar; that darned Lincoln
Government came down here an run him
aft and the left Davia Govsrnne nj atond