Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-12-03
INCIDENTS.
SCENES THAT WERE PHOTOGRAPHED
ON THE MEMORY.

SetNS u VV6GN6
ON THE MEMORY.
Tho Professor Heard Governor Brough
Make His Last Speech With Head Barred.
General Buell. and the Sergeant Craxcd
With Thirst at the Spring.
"Some of you youngsters, said the
professor, wonder how we old fellows
remember the prominent men of 20 OF
30 or 40 years ago so we'll. Because VIC
associate them with some particular
event, not necessarily of any impor-
lance, but serving to bring the men as.
sociated with it wildly before the
mind. For example, l saw old Govern
or Brough OF Ohio scores of times, but
whenever l think of him l do. not see
him as lie walked i'll his unwieldy way
along tho streets nor us he sat i'll his
office, a dominating presence, nor as he
appeared OH state occasions, nor when
he ragged i'll controversy with the stron-
gest men in the nation over the conduct
of the war, but l see him as he stood
ono night on Il pile of bricks, just out
side Capitol square in Columbus.
"The fall of Richmond had been an-
nounccd. The people were wild with
excitement and enthusiasm. The UNDER
standing vas that the governor would
speak to them that night, and, standing
OH IA pile of bricks at the corner of High
and State streets, he talked to tho peo-
pie of the great Jews and what it meant
to the nation. While he was speaking
it began 10 rain, and still he spoke Oh.
Those in the crowd Who had umbrellas
raised them, and thsre was a general
shout for the governor to put Oh his hat.
AS he stood there that minute, with the
raindrops pattering down OH his bald
head and splattering and sparkling in
tho light of the street lamp near, Gov.
ernor Brough always ONE to me.
"He paid no heed to the rain, and i'll
his deep, resonant voice he said to the
calls of tho crowd: Il will not put Oh
my hat. A man must stand uncovered
i'll the presence Of an event that means
SO much to this people And he talked
OH, the people standing in the rain and
glorying in every word ho said. That
wa the last speech made by Governor
Brough, because the cold that resulted
from the exposure took him down to
death.
"I5rough was one of the very strong
est men of that period in public life,
but do you know that heard II of
the most prominent ladies III Ohio urge
that he be not renominated because he
was SO reckless i'll his use of tobacco?
She forgot the ability, honesty, earnest
ness and zeal of the man who had re-
ceivcd tho largest majority ever given q
candidate for any office in Ohio and
made u violent campaign against him
because he had q rough way and because
he was such an inveterate tobacco
chewcr."
III remember General Buell." said
the sergeant, "not as lie appeared in
the battle of Shiloh. not as he appeared
iii full uniform at grand review, but as
l saw him on q forced march. when he
Wore the nesligee or fatigue dress. Our
company had come, with dry throats
and empty canteens. to II large spring
that burst from the earth with force
enough to turn the wheels of u mill.
The incn proceeded to fill their cantecns
and drink their fill An orderly sat OH
his horse near and advised the men to
be very careful IL filling their canteens
SO as to leave tho water clear for those
who came after. A little apart from
him on "a splendid horse sat an officer in
IL straw hat. The man and the horse.
even though the man was i'll so simple
a dress, made IL fine picture, but the
boys did not look carefully enough at
either to recognize the officer or the
horse.
Zone of the sergeants. crazed by
thirst. plulging forward to the spring.
intent only OIL getting the clear water
to his parched throat, put II foot into
the shallow edge of the spring Instant
ly there came from the man in the straw
hat thequiet and ilnperious order, Take
your foot out The sergeant, irritated
beyond endurance by what he regarded
q trifing matter. turned and said inso-
$ lently: Mind your own business, sir
5 | will have no quartermaster's clerl:
giving orders to me.
LAS though he had been a part of the
man the splendid horse made one jump
, toward the spring and toward the ser
geant, and the man i'll the straw hat
said. with increased emphasis and i'm
periousness. Take your foot out. and
! the bewildered sergeant recognized the
commander Ill chief of the army He
stepped back aud saluted. and then Gen.
eral Buell. said quietly, looking down
with q sort OF sympathy into the dis
mayed face: Fill your canteens. bu,
be careful Thirty thousand men mus,
; take water from this spring before
night
''Those who remembered what {;
II mudhole a Thousand men make of ;
spring understood why General Bucl
stood guard on that day. "-Chicag,
Inter Ocean.
;, A Use For It.
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n they had cutere,, the private Office au(