The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1895-05-16

Yes That's where the letter ss mslI
3D. addr-,+ei to my mother aud, s you
zee, uo ore has brokeo the seal
Why. ,h,t. strange Tell me shout
IL.
IL order f. Get the history OF relic
had to cI IT rather pretend that ielt,
gtest iut.isst 10 IT, Bill took the letr
ter and put 1t away, sud after time
told ne the following bit Of family his'
tory
You see NV mother thought more OF
her brotu,r Uucle Ben, than she did OF
almost soy lody IN the world. While
quite y,uus she married 10 the east, sod
she SD father together with Oncle Ben,
came on 10 tbl1 state, ! don't recoIlect
much about NY father, for be died not
/ long sit,r I va. born, bat from what |
/ have aIsays understood the marriage was
NOT q hgpl y oue Well, Uncle Ben finish
ed paving tor the farm and had the deed
made over 30 o.her.
/ merely mention these small details to
sbo" TO" 'nuch inc pfo'hef Suo tue els
Ter we're Hta'ue 10 eSoh otnet' "''''
when The var ofoke OUT oo''e''
1t we'll, Tor was smart chuhk OF ooy
| - Utcle b Il esure that 1t was bis duty
togo MF n''n'' was 'e'! p''''o''0
womsr, but vi u tue Se'hshhesS u VIZ
mans ileclop sic couIa not see "ny SUE
should oe caI'rd ~ on 10 give up nei ou's
brother But Uncle Den "eoiSteu 'ns'
very woman S'onId not cn'y DC oa''ea
upon 10 give up b'r Ofotber' out hef SOD
hrr nsb'ud, Der me II ueeu' oe' ne
was So devoted tue oHlou, 70 st'ous III
/ hls deuuuciatloE OF all people WHO "e'e
lnke"srm' that "hen 'ne ''me cStno ue
was elected captain Of oomPany' Auo
| 20 I'll be mhcheu' les''1s my ho'He' III
the deepest sile| Al D'su' sn0 "oui'
awake me win hef SooS' ana mspy "~e
when / hedfl 20 souno "ouiu pu' my
| hand on her pllIo" 10 ma IL wet Win ne'
tears. OF course the violence Oh nef sf'ei
| did tot last LOT p'loe Snu the Io'o VI
| conntfy uade het oe ofs'e' uu' whenever
We received news 'hs' u'''ie nSo oeen
fought sue NouId 'ocS ue''e'' ID uef rooun
and there walt 10 heSf WA uef oto'uet
was deso'
Thus II went Oh until us 'es'n was tDen
toned ~ the despstches' lie "ss h''Ieo
at Gettysburg ana TWO Gays 'a'ef 'uefe
came letter from him. MY mother knew
that 1t had been written Just oe'ofe he
went Ito Dattle-probaoIy the very last
thing be did was TO seal lt-snd 'he de
clsred that the seal must never be ofokeh
| remember that some oil the nelshDofs
argued with her that she ought 10 see
what the letter had to say ont she ss'a
net II must forever remain sealed 30 sue
never did open 1t and when she came 10
die the told me to keep 1t Just as sue hsl
kept lta d to leave 1t 10 my is'orite cn'ld'
Vih the same Instructors lha she had
slyru me-, My mother Was OF excellent
stock snd have thousht thh lhis prompt
ed her tomelimes to say that the ere OF
hef desc+udsntS might be al unopened itt
ter She always said this lsush'nsly,but
have 10 iced that 1t Is 10 S'pifIt 'i inn
ths' se sometimes show our ride Well
as y,u see, have never opened the ht-
ter and | never intend to- I'm gong to
cave 1t to my son Andrew
Ban snd went fishing tbst siterptpn'
as We Oil nearly eve Saturday during
the summer, and all the time We "tr'
caslng was itching to know sbs' vas
10 that letter Oi course ! knew mat u
contained simply few lines telling bis
ester thst battle "" 90, and that be
Trusted 10 God and the rght But S"ut
ed to zee the lines l could l"ncy the
.pspr oi The sps"Iine ehstae'e's' VII Ten
Al pencil by the light OF a candle
held by bayonet stuck 10 the tronId'
BilI' ssld l. you Nou'u ha'e 'ouu" mt
among the nelghbofs urging your mother
to open the letter
But not II you bad seen that not .
open II was sentiment to Der
Well, | don know about tn't iroO'O
ly bot.
The neIt time ! we2t out llto the cpun
'fy 70 hsA VIII b'i iouhu Lim ~ 'S'u
detected state. LIE troutbt ha' COZ
Inued 10 long that be k9eS 'hai Tue