The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-07-11

Among the effects left by the late Col.
j. Albert Monroe was sheet OF letter
paper on which was traced In pencil the
outline of an infants hand. have often
paper which he had treasured up. for
more than qrarter of y century. AT
the battle of A ltietam," he would say
when In one oil his pleasant reminiscent
moodss" we were on the left OF our Hue
OF battle. 1t WAS hot placs can tell
ted against that Of the enemy. Toward
noon we were driven from the left aud
sent to q position near the centre. and
later sont back to our old post on the
left. 1 needn't 20 into details OF that
battle, for you can read that for your
self, but many = good man we lost before
niRnt, but an end TO the encounter. The
next morning when IL was found that
the confederates had retreated. some OF
my men wanted to go across TO the pos
ition against which our uns had b.en
to see how effective our fire had
been. went over with them, and tell
you the sight was a terrible one, even to
me who had seen something OF war ana
its ravages Broken gun carriages.
shattered caisons, dead horses aud human
beings mangled almost beyond re;ogni-
tion were strewn about la terrible con-
fusion. We walked about noting how
we'll directed our gun, had been, wnen
frightfnl wound In hissAesl4aer and neck.
We won shave passed him by without
any more attention than the
hundreds OF others whose vtiffened
C rpses were strewn about on every
hand. The shot which had killed the
artilieryman mad burst open his knap-
sack. aud from IL had rolled several arti-
clos. among them u letter. Out OF Curl
osity picked the letter no. 1t was from
the young wife OF the dead SO der. who
lived In o small Alabawa town, and
brought the news thai little daughter
had been born to them. Tue mother ba
taken the little ones hand. spread It out
on the paper. then traced its outline with
e. pencil. This outline she aftcrward
made more distinct by going over 1t with
her pc. Inside the outlins we're ths
wordss IF you want to kiss the baby
you must kiss this hand" When
read the letter to the boys and showed
them the simple sketch many lip
trembled and l am not sure tina didn't
see tears glistening in eyes that had
looked unmoved on hunured tragedies
OF the battlefield. Well, we made n
grave for that soldier aud we burie d him
where ne fell. That letter was buried
with him too. The one l show you is "A
oopy made st tue time ana have kept
ever since. never think of the fight at
Antietam without wondering whether
that mother, so early widowed by wars
unsparing hand, ever knew that her sim
pie letter had touched q chord In the
breasts of rough aud har dened soldiers
that shall cease to vibrate only when
the heart ceases IT'S pulsatious." This
was the story Of the colonel's letter.
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The Sunday school OF the Manton Bap-
tist church. to the numbr OF ab)ue lU0.
held their annual picnic at Rocky Point
to-day. They y ere accompanied by their
Two well-known residents OF Auburn
secured oat from friend In this city
escentiy and undertook 10 take it home
with them in q bandbox. and there by
hangs tale The lady and her husban d
arrived at the depot at $50 aud waited in
the ladies' room for the departure Of the
train. The cat, shortly after the arrival
of the couple at the depot, proceeded
sS sS in have getting s out sad oi .hs succeed ssa
A moment later it was flying around the
room, and in less than thirty seconds a
dozen ladies in the room were standing
on the settees aud screaming Justify for
help. The man with very red face pur-
sued the cat and finally got 1t in cor
ner aud put his foot on IL, holding it
fast. Then the ladies began TO upbraid
-
and other pet names.
Let the poor thing go,n screamed one
lady. The man made motion to do so
aud the next moment the women were
on the settees again screaming for help.
Finally the cats wind gave out and limp
as a rag 1t was laid out on q window sill
to recuperate, 1t finally recovered aud
when the Auburn train left the depot
the lady had tue cat in her arm 5 aud the
husband still with very red face, was
giving his wife his opinion of cats and
women in lang ,age which was iorcible
If not eloquent
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Little Willie is of an inventive turn OF
mind. and his proud parents are sure that
he Will become famous as great
inventor. He lives ON the east
side and his room, while small, Is
wo lderful in its ingeniously arranged
mechanism. Paraphernalia OF every de-
scription fills the interior, and the heed
less need to take the greatest
care Of themselves when enter
ing into this sacred domain. His
fdventive talent was displayed re-
Gently when he 6xad things so that
every article on the dinuer table was
more or less charged with electricity.
and his fathers remarks when he caugnC
shock by catching hold of his
knife aud fork caused the
boy considerable glee and his mother
some anxiety as TO her husbands condi-
tion In the hereafter. He is now in dis
grace and his pater looks win su p,cion
on everything In the establishment.
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