Feliciana sentinel., 1892-07-02

mem tssrs Of Lthe' Porter fanliy' Vi"
and young, big and little, they "s,s r
patriotism and the martial instinct olo -,
Grandpa Porter had fit in the war OF S
1872 '.apd his greatest sorrow IN h1s
was that caused by the authorities when
they refused to permit him to ennis.
during the war with Mexico
Porter. fhcn "a youth of very tender
wears went. however. with d.!
and also. fought through the re oeiiioh
and earned a coloners- eagles Tor ms
big shoulders. He married soiaiSr
daughter also, SO it is small woh
that their family of nine, girls as wen
as boys Inherited a taste 1or gun fo'"e,
and brass buttons
Az s,,p ,s.tbe bows were Sld enough
=, walk they began wearing soldier
cans and carving wooden or tin SWORDS
and rups and fought mock battles on
the lawn. while their Sisters. beatlne
drums and waving the national co!ors'
.ouealed with nervous delight from
%heir safe place of observation on the
front porch
And not one of them ever onfgre"
these tendencies. either! The two oio,-
er boys, Aftera course at 4 prfvate. MI
itarv sch0ol :. wcrcs sent. each in furn' 10
West Ipi6t. sr,d tie two Younger ones
whilelthcy never took to arrns as a'Pro.
fes,ion. were both leading nismoers Oh
crack" militia companies.
The two Older girls married into tne
army: and Dorothy. aged elEhteen' M:
iorie. aged sixteen. and Beth tother",se
krown q, "Baby'1. the tifteen-year-old
insisted that they would do likewise.
It. so happened. however. that the
Young man who. was devotlhS al m
spare time-prohahiy more-to "or
ING at the fair Dorothy's shrine didn
soldiers SOldleT1uS
rea, or otherwise. : He was a physician
ond a very nice chap. indeed who ha
the approval of all the family, and wa
devoted to Dorothy. This approva
hoyayey.twas dnalificd by disapprova
of his distastc for things military
In order that he might be entlrel
satisfactory, Dorothy had, a few monti
since. induced him to Join the mllit'
company in his own village, winch W.
several miles from Fairfield, "hcfe u
Porters lived; but. somehow or o'he
This did not prove entirely satistacto'
+o either herself or the doctor. For, a
+houph. after several weeks OF tortur
Recrnit Hull became full-hedgeo 1
yate Hull. he got not steP. his"
5esp;tc the fact that n number OF "
c,ncies occurred in one way ana
other, in the commissioned ana III
commissioned offices-and PfNase
hardly gorgeous eDOuSh ioA WV
fastidious daughter, of Eve. csPecia
one who.iias two brothers in the r.
ular army. another who commands !,
swell militia company, and yet ano,I
who is -adjutant of the best regnment
the state. And the annual encainpih'
WIS to take place the first week IN = ,
II made Dorefhp;s blood boil to I'M
how all the girls in her set, wouio
Swelling around' with colonies
ma iors. and: captains. and heutena'
While she would have to content her
with a modest private, and very II
of him; because a prlyate ol.ei ,,I.1s.
duties TO perforin when his superior
fcers areIfaving good time :, /.
The more she thought OF IT,
.,gr;er Dorothy became, and the ma
She made it for poor Phii,swho ol
understand. at all, what was sSpt. y =
ter For. be it.. known, Dorpeny5M
Young person. who resented any E
.. o,,estion her Withstand she
creat MANY Of Tthem-and Dr. I'M
49, mnch in love, and somewha
awe of his pretty sweetheart;
July first -earhe. and with NJ & 1ne
r,;,it;amen belonging to the three
mcnts which. annually caihPeo
,bc First. 'rhe governor ea"e'
w;f. him a glitterirg staff; the OF,
cornmandeF. arrived accom- inlahie'
,nrrs brass buttons and gold 'aeei
-, IN. r,.pt;eer|tsl eauntanaefs ~