The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1891-09-02
'LIGHTs AND SHADOWS OF THE OLD
CAMP FIRES"
BY ONE OF THE GOLD WITS.

BY ONE OF THE GOLD yRTs
The higher class of military decorations
come under the head Of ''glittering gen.
eralities."
Maud-Why do you call that ring war
relic
Ethel won it in my first engagement.
General B. F. Kelly was one of the ST
lent heroes of the civil war and was the
first Union soldier to receive Confederate
lead.
Rein up your horses and call in your men,
The bugle sounds orally to colors again -
Some saddles are empty, some comrades are slain,
And some noble horses lie stark on the plain
But wars chance-game, boys, and weeping is
vain.
The new type of American sailor is an
object to be pleased with. He may never
come up TO the heroes "who fit nit Far
ragut, but nobody can tell about that I'M
til the next war.
General Custer's venerable father, now
"a years old, was at Detroit the other day
at the cyclorama of the battle of Big
Horn. As he gazed upon the portrait of
his sons death he wept and finally turned
to leave when a lot of veterans of the
civil war who were present, recognized
and greeted him, and an affecting scene
ensued.
Laborers employed in sewer at Dan
vile, Va, the other day, struck tunnel
which is said to be one dug at the time of
the war by Federal prisoners confined in
an old factory which stood on the corner
of Spring and Union streets and through
which eighteen of the prisoners made
their escape. 1t is just large enough for
man to crawl through.
Col. Fred. Grdnt-'I remember with
affection many of the actors In the great
drama of 1861 and go. Ipassed much of
my time with tho private soldiers, who
were ever kind to me. For many of the
memories of the war now have, | owe
to the boys, who were never tired or too
WORKOUT to comfort or pet the son of
the old man. This name for my father
was used by many of his officers us we'll
as soldiers. l am grateful for my asso-
citation with them all and almost claim the
rank of veteran
A Seneca Indian, belonging to the
Fourteenth New York Artillery, made a
bet that he would capture rebel sharp
shooter who was in tree in front of our
line in Virginia. He cnvoloped himself |
In pine boughs till he looked like a tree |
and by slow movements advanced near
the sharpshooter's roost Here, Indian
like, he patiently waited until his prey
had emptied his piece at one of our men,
when he suddenly brought his musket to
bear upon the reb., giving him no time to
reload. The sharpshooter was taken at a
disadvantage. To the command to come
down he readily assented, when the In
dian triumphantly marched him prisoner
into camp, and won bis wager.
During the war, several Confederate
regiments were ordered to march, al
though none of the privates knew their
destination. When they set out the road
was narrow and the Captain in command
of the regiment gave the order, BY
doubling, right face, forward march. y
''To Dublin, shouted an Irishman in the
ranks. Arrah, good luck, me boys;
we're going to Dublin, sure The General
has found out the right place to 60 at
last y .Where do you say we're going 20
called two or three voices "To Dublin
didn't ye hear 2" "Keep still, you bog
trotter ~ "Ah, ha me boys" continued
Tim, "when yez gets to Dublin, it'll be
you will be the foreigners there, and it'll
be me that'll be the native American
When Generals Grant and Ingalls, were
young snbalterns in Oregon, they gave
each other pledge to abstain from the
use of all intoxicants for one year. A
single exception was made to the binding
force of this mutual promise, viz: In the
event of a rattlesnake bite. 1t was de-
clared off or invalid al last il could be
endured no longer. One morning Lieut..
Grant was awakened by hearing tre-
mendous noise near his tent and upon
looking out, there was Lieut.. Ingalls,, bare
legged and bare footed, threshing around
in the brush at great rate. "Rufe,
cried the future General and President,
"What are you doing" Surprised but
comrade replied, Choking for rattle
snake, old man, and / tell you they're hard
to find"
An old man with silvery hair was led
into the "Cyclorama of Gettysburg" by a
bright faced miss. SIS that where the
men are coming over the stone wall 2"
eyes, grandpa" SIS there grove OF
trees ~ Eyes, grandpa, 1t seems to be
full OF men, but the smoke is so thick you
cannot see them" ooh, / can see them"
he cried II was then noticed that he was
blind. The little girl said, sob, no grand
pa, you can't see them" eyes / can,
he answered, 81 can see them very well,
and the broken cannon too" The child
looked at him with surprise and said,
"You are joking now" "No, my dear, "
replied tho old man. "No, that was tho
last thing / ever saw on earth, there was a
caisson exploded there, just this side of
that fence, and that was the last terrible
picture | ever saw, for 1t was then lost
my eyeslght, and | have never got the
picture out OF my mind.
A Personally-Conducted Tour to Cresson
via Pennsylvania Railroad.
The attractive features OF Cresson, To-
Gated in the very heart of the Allegheny
Mountains, are numerous and pleasing be-