Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-02-03
MOTHER oIoKeaoYkl's PICKLES.

The Perseverance. OF ono Of the Most
Noted Women of the civil War.
To many women and 20 very many men
since the war the name Of Mother Bickcr
dyke has been the name Of the modern Ma.
donna. the mother Of man. the woman
whose breast has plllowel more stricken
heads and closed mofcdying eyes than any
other in all the world, pcrhapA When
Mother Blckrrlykc reigncd in her big hos
piial kitchen at Chattanooga she made
frequent visits In an army wagon drawn
by mules TO the country homes and farm,
noross the mountains, over terribly rough
roads and through deep mud, to gather In
ratlona for her boys"
During the cold winter her hospital boys
did very we'll, but In March, ~ storms
drenched the trees aud earth about the
camp. they siokenod and many died Some
were furloughed and sent north. but many
wore left behind. Eighty thousand Union
soldiers had tramped scr the Tennessee
mountains, but only few remained cX.
copt the wounded and sick. Mother Bick.
criyke took TO Huntsville all who were LEFT,
and she had charge Of the large military
hospital. But scurvy followed the dread
full pfivatlons NJ winter, and nothing could
save them except vegetables. fruits or
pickles.
Mrs. Porter took charge Of the boys AMI
'thc mother" started out for supplies Sha
spoke In public halls and churches, with
appeals for her dying boys" She received
gifts Of dried fruits In Nashville; the little
children sent her barrels Of potatoes aud
the aid societies gave her iellies and canned
goods. She stopped at the capital on her
way north. spending week with friends
and begging vigorously.
One day. while General Grant was IN
Washington on business with the presi.
dent, no was driving with some gentleman
on Pennsylvania avenue when he saw Just
Ia trout Of the horses, In the street, asuuny
faced woman waving both hands and call.
ing at the top Of her voices "Gonsrall ]
say general"
The horses werc pulled up suddenly.
The gentleman who was driving said hur
riedly;
"who In thunder IL that"
But before the words left his lips the
general. with a smile, leaned out, oxelaim.
Ing
"Why, Mother Blckcrdykei How came
you horei ] left you with the Army Of
the Tcnnesseel What do you wantP
"picklcsl"
pickles" repeated the general.
yes, sir, pickles My boys and your boy.
are dying for pickles, aud you're Just tbs
man want todayl We need 800 barrels
shipped south this minutew
IAN right, mother" responded General
Grant pickles you shall have, and right
away too. so back TO the boys, they need
you"
Thank you, general III be there. I've
had a blessed tripl Fruit, vegetables and
now pickles. God bless you, goncralr'
With = wave u hcr hand, toss Of hoi
head and tho Kind Of smile that went
through the hearts Of her sick aud dying
boys, she turned away. satisfied with "hei
general
The gentleman FROM the state depart
ment who rode beside him that day laughot
a. the whole AFFAIR. General Grant simpl,
said ITS no laughing matter Whci
Mother Biekerdyko wants anything Il hai
TO be found and that, too, In hurry
Sherman and fall In double quick whei
we hear her voice. Shes worth more I,
Us down here than dozens Of officers, nurse
or whole sanitary commissions
And that night more than 800 barrels o
picked cucumhors, onions, beans, cabbage
and tomatoes were shipped from the cap
ital by order Of General U. s. Grant, coin
mander in chief OF the army,-Now Yorl
Sun.