The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-12-13
AFTER MANY YEARS.
food Luck Of u Michigan Soldier ON His
Trim to IOufsyille 49,. Is z

Good Luck Of n Michigan Soldier ON His
Trip to Louisville.
81 Coulrade Perrine of Petoskey war n
soldier in the Fourth Michigan cavalry.
and drew his first saber, with Other ac.
couterments, ut Detroit. He cut his
name on the inside of the belt inn,edi-
ately Oh drawing it.. Months after, at
Munfordville, KY, he went out, with
three others, to forage for chickens but
various raiders had eleaned out the
roosts, and at last they had to eDntent
themselves with T. fat sheep; which Per
ripe was 10 carly to camp On his horse.
The aniiiial's legs were STRAPPED; and
then It was trilssfd iii, to the, p3nliliel
of his saddle with straps. They rode
merrily toward camp; until, Oil passing
some timber, out of which a side road
issued, a squad Of Morgan's men fired
on them and set up a chase. There
was only one thing to do and that was
TO "git, and they got, under whip and
spur The other three foragers rapidly
pulled away from poor Perrine, as the
heavy sheep made his horse run lop-
sided, and the Johnnies were gaining
on nm fast and shooting from the rear.
Perrine made up his mind that he
didn't like mutton anyhow, and. getting
out his jack-knife he made pass ut
the strap which held the sheep to the
pommel. Now, he had strung Ills sal,er
10 the. pommei also, only On the other
side, and when he slasbed the straD
1t was the sling strap of the saber he
struck, and down went the weapon with
q clatter. The next cut, however, hit
the right one, and down t.lmbled the
sheep. He was galIoping mp q slope
covered by timber, and just after he had
unloaded his saber and sheep a line of
mel III blue rode out Of the timber and
opened fire Oh his pursters, but Perrine
didn't stop until safe in camp. He
learned. however, that his resc,lers were
q part Of the Fourth Kentucky cavalry
That's the part of the story which dates
back thirty-three years.
On the day Perrine was to start back
home from Louisville, week before last
he was sauntering along street lead.
ing to the Tenth street station. He
was wearing the badge of the Fourtl,
Michigan over his heart. and presently
came to a man leaning over gate. The
stranger noticed the badge and hailed
him. saying: Hello, comrade, you be.
longed to the Fourth Michigan cavalry
didn't you:"
Yes. ] did," answered perriue.
Well" continued the stranger "ny
neighbour has saber that belonged to
fellow i'll your regiment The name
is cut on the inside of the belt and is
l.. Is: Perrine, and if my neighbor could
find him he would send the sabcr to
HIM"
To make short story of it. explana.
tons followed, the neighbor was hunted
up and Mr.. Perrine proved his identity
and brought home with him the identi
cal weapon which he had lost so many
years ago. The men belonged to the
Fourth kentucky. and. when they had
Stoned Mnrp4n>S on1 <1,o,,
the saber. while the comrades gathered
in the mutton. Perrine hasn't got done
wondering how it happened that out OF
10000 soldiers in Louisville he should
have been picked out by stranger as
the proper person to supply Information
about himself.-Detroit Journal