The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1893-06-29

JRSDAY, JUNE 80. 1893.
until it changed ends and spilled him out.
/ took to my heels and into my tent / went.
But of all the improper language l ever
heard, that delivered to the night air by the
man with the barrel was the worst. He
offered a reward of SO to anyone who would
find out who did it; but he never found out
The poor comrade is dead now"
Another Barrel Story.
G. W. Jones, Co. c, Goth Ind, Turon, Kan,
tells of an incident after his being released
from confinement at Tyler, Tex, July %,
1864. Some time in the next month the
body of ex-prisoners encamped at Donald
sonville, La. A steamer came to the land
ing, q quarter of mile below, and unloaded,
among other things, a halfdozen barrels of
sorghum molasses, as they supposed. Now,
during the seven months that our comrade
and his friends had been the guests of the
so-called Southern Confederacy, they had
contracted q chronic hunger. The writer
and Lafayette East had special longing
for sorghum molasses about this time, and
their appetites being stronger than their
consciences, they planned to take in one of
the aforementioned barrels, and incident
ally to replenish their stock of fractional
currency by supplying the wants of their
fellow-comrades. That night they Invested
themselves of unnecessary clothing, and
waded downstream. They made bold
attack on one of the barrels, but somehow
the feel of it was not just right, and the
stuff that leaked out of it was more sticky
than even molssses, and interfered with their
stepping around. An examination revealed
the fact that pine pitch filled the barrels
not molasses. The boys decided that they
did not care for whole barrel of pitch
indeed what they had On their feet was
enough for ali their wants, and they sadly
waded back to camp, and spent the rest Of
the night in securing their feet with rags
and sand. The story got out somehow, and
stuck to them even more persistently than
the pitch. The comrade wants to hear from
some of his regiment.
They Love the Old National Tribune.
John J. Waggoner, Co. L, 10th Ohio Cav,
Jacksonville, Ind, writes 81 have been
subscriber for more than five years, and think
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE is the best friend
the old soldiers ever had. / shall take it as
long as possible"
j. E. Burkhart, Lamar, Kan, writes:
You are making a brave stand. Those
open letters on the pension situation are
right to the point and better or fairer could
not be written. They breathe the spirit of
Brotherly love and true loyalty"
T. d. G. Smith, Co. d, 1st Del, Philadel-
phia, Pa, writes: "Let nae thank you in the
name of several of my comrades in this city
for the way you have thrown hot shot into
the ranks of the pension-haters. We hope
you will keep up the good work. I cannot
get along without the dear old NATIONAL
TRIBUNE"
Homes for Settlers.
W. FL. Fl. Benefel, Sergeant, Co. G, 18th
Ind. Mt. Inf, Hartman, Tenn, writes
This town is famous for its good citizen
ship, and is free from the curse of the saloon.
City or farm land can be purchased at a
reasonable price, and on good terms. We
have good, lively GAR. Post, composed of
comrades from nearly all parts of the United
States, who have come here on account of
the healthful climate, and away from the
cold billiards. of the North and West. SO
far our fair city has been delightfully."- ex-
empt from the storms and tornadoes that
have swept over so many other parts of the
country. So far as we can learn from " the
oldest inhabitantn this part of Tennessee
has never known serious, destructive storm.
have recently come here from the cold
North to cast my lot with the old vets in
the Sunny South"
Benjamin F. Force, 9th Ind, Dit, No.,
writes: II would say to all Northern COM
rades wanting homes in warmer climate
that we have good climate, cheap land,
pure water, outside range for stock, and are
in the great fruit belt of south Missouri"
Must Not Claim Too Much.
Joseph Morford, Orange flights, Fla, and
several other comrades enter an objection
to the wholesale statement of Comrade r.
A. Moss that the colored troops beat the
rebels at Helena, Ark. The colored troops
were in the bottom below the town and re-
pulsed the enemy at that point, but that
was not all of the battle. They are willing
to give the colored troops the proper credit
for what they did, and they did some noble
work at many places, but they must not
claim too much.
Random Shots.
In renewing his subscription Comrade E.
B. Paul, Worthington, Mimi, says that the
18th of June always brings vivid recOllec-
tions of that date in 1864, when he lay at
the foot of Kenesaw Mountain wounded
twice, and in the hands of the rebels, be-
ginning an Imprisonment which lasted until
April, 1865.
Edwin p Walker, Captain, Co. A, s9th
H., 4123 Lake avenue, Chicago, was Private
Corporal, Sergeant, Second Lieutenant, First
and Captain within two years
after enlistment. He was on the roll of
honor as Corporal, and was selected as
such in the Light Battalion of Willich's
Brigade when it went to Tullahoma, Tenn.
The comrade served three years.
The 58th Ind.
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