The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1895-10-10
Curious Things Found i'm
a Hat Recently.
A SHERMAN SOLDIER TRIMMED
To Suit an old COnfederate's Idea, The
Story Retold Again Which
Proves Very Interesting.


friend who carries poetry in his hat, if not
in his head, has had to put up with good
deal Of chaf and he is on the still hunt tor
the great unknown"
You can't find him, my boy, not yet,
and really that was too good to keep and
being strictly up to date, / saw good
thing and decided to push it along.
However. his is not the only hat have
seen that bore eloquent testimony that
woman is not always the easiest blessing
to secure
l know another young man of meek
and lowly aspect whose looks would ,ndi>
cate that his thought and effort were bent
toward higher things. he is a singer in
a choir. leader in Sunday School aud
his face is always part Of service at one
of our churches.
He may be seeking consolation in re-
ligion can't say, but that he has found
love delusion and snare, the crown of
his hat betrays the secret. / ar1 sorry
/ have aot means to reproduce the
cartoon, for it might add force to this.
but il is popular joke from Puck or
Judge representing a young street urchin
of the male persuasion watching the re-
treating torn of past sweetheart and he
gives vent to his feelings in the worldly
sentiment. What did I ever see in that
girl to spend a quarter on her"
My friend defends its possession sin his
hat blythe plea that 1t was full of philoso>
ply but those that know him best infer
from his worried look that it is full of ex.
periFacss
WhenE Sherman started on his march to
the sea, be stated that he would divide
the Confederacy, cut swathe fifty miles
wide SO desoste that crow in crossing
would have TO carry his rations on his
back.
wasn't here about that time, but from
all accounts he lived up to his promise
and with fire and p;llage he and his men
carried off every thing movable.
Chickens always come home to roost
and when the G. A. R. went 20 the Atlanta
Exposition il those people didn't get all
Sherman's army took off and ten per cent
for thirty years they let them off a great
deal lighter than they did me
Apropo OF the G. A. r, and lot OF
rubbish that have seen printed about a
united people, fraternal love, "blue and
gray, etc, Il say rubbish and rot, for we are
all citizens of the United States,) heard
good story not long ago that have never
seen in print
He was an old Confederate veteran in a
Northern city, taking in the sights along
with jag In his wapderings he came
across man asking charity. The man
had lost both legs. an arm aud one eye
we're gone in search of lost ear and
a sabre wound across the face conplet>
ed the wreck. Our mellow soldier eyed
him for little while and asked How
hc-you'sh get hurt ] he remnant of
man replied that he was an old Union
soldier, fought under Sherman and was
shot all to pieces during the war. The
old Johnnie Reb pulled out a dollar and
handed it to him, saying. Il give you'sh.
hic>this not because<hic-you's hurt, hic>
but because you 'sh>hic-the first d-n
yankee | ever saw trimmed to my notion"
How that for fraternity
Taking about jags, if the Mayer and
Council ever have another obstreperous
customer like the one fined $50 and cost.
don't fine him but take him for walk be-
fore he gets sober, on the plat orm around
the big cotton warehouse on Church street
and you won't have any more trouble with
him, for if he don't kill himself, it will be
wonder to The LAZY MAN.
AS a rule, man will not grow
stronger until he has to.