Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-05-31
ARMAN WAS KIND.
A SOUTHERN RoET's REcOLLEcTIoNs
OF THE GENERAL.

W '"Ao oA"sihs D'ays OF The War-Gel
eral sherman's Goodness to the ED.
Stanton, Who Was Very Ill In Savannah
Frank l.. Stanton, the popular Georgi
poet, always speaks up for General She,
man when he hears any severe criticism
OF that famous commanders methods.
;. The story told by Stanton has neye
>. found its way into print, but it deserve
place among the minor incidents an,
"reminiscences Of the war period.
:, "Whcn Savannah fell" said Stanton
- y! was little chap about years old
y The confusion and tumult in the street
' frightened me, and was afraid to gt
very far from the house.
Young as was, understood thai
something very serious had occurred,
.. instead OF seeing Confederate soldiers
!. parading the streets with few Federal
prisoners l saw thousands of Federals
= swarming through the town, and they
had a great many Confederates under
guard.
1.-The situation had been reversed.
mat was plain, even to a child.
My father was very i'll, in the last
stages OF consumption, and my mother
was worn out with anxiety and the
cares of the household. Our neighbors
were panic stricken, and everybody
seemed to be expecting some awful ca
lamity.
"Penned up there as we had been for o
long time, without supplies and with.
out any money except worthless Confed-
crate currency, the outlook was gloomy
enough. How was my sick father to get
the things he needed? That was the
problem with my mother.
Somebody told General Sherman
about my father and mentioned the fact
that he was kinsman of a very distin.
guished and powerful officer on the I'm.
ion side.
Zone day when entered my fathers
room found three Federal officers sit
ing there In pleasant conversation with |
the invalid and my mother.
IL was scared and started to run. but
one OF the strangers, middle aged man
with roughly trimmed brown beard.
called me back. He asked my name. and
before knew it had me on his knee.
and ne said SO many nice things to me
that l took quite fancy to him.
lie was General Sherman. and he
mad called with two of his staff officers
to see my father. When the visitors
lett, the general told my mother at the
door that no knew all about the incon.
venlences of siege and insisted upon
sending from the army stores something
that would suit sick man, 1
Under the circumstances such an
offer could not be declined. 1t was a {
picnic for the children of the family. I 6
can tell you. :
After that while the general was in r
me city, something was sent to the h
house every day. Brandy, wine, loaf
ugar lemons, beef, chickens. coffee t
vegetables and don't know what else r
anne in generous quantities. We had q
lenty for the family and for our near. t
st nighbors. h
Nor was that ALL The general sent tt
ne OF the best physicians in the hos. fl
ltal service, and the last days of nv al
'ther We're made far more comfortable T
ian we had hoped for under the adj W
erse conditions Of those dark DAYS. tt
General Sherman came to the house sy
ice more before he left Savannah. er
'nnot remember what he said. but he
as sympathetic and he said something de
,out the pleasure it gave him to aid W
!atlve of his distinguished friend at is
'ashirgton. ha
AT that time was very fond of a M
oWy uniform, and it vexed INV child. th
mind to sec my friend the general to
ways dressed SO shabbily. His staff me
lcers presented a better appearance. Or,
q some of them were really gorgeous he
their spectacular rig. Ire
The other boys and the negroes an,
reed with me that the commander an
lst be III very hard luck or he would
talnly dress better. Still, was then the
WINGED that he was a wonderfully ant
80 man. With my pockets full of his onl
sugar, which l had surreptitiously gar
tracted from the pantry, would Lo,
% been ungrateful if l had formed Thu
other opinion. tiff,
Sherman left tho city and marched the
yard through the Carolinas, and that ma,
ed the war nh,
NO, never saw him again. Nv ia. the
died. and 1 lived in different places, and
work keeping me SO busy that had poll
line to think Of the general or any. I"
else not connected with my imme- tucl
Q business. wish now that l had A
MN before he passed away. As it out,
o"n ol,y recall MIN as he appeared the
y boylsh and wondering eyes, un- The
1p-r,I ,.rA.,.,
otl o"insVances winch did not give seen
"n opportunity to study him. No morl
'er what may be said of his conduct old
ar cannot help liking him. He milk
a good friend just when we most from
ed one. '-Chicago Times Herald. the