The National tribune., 1898-11-24


in deir ears & Ibis on garlic & bull-fghts
De longer bib, & l seems to be libin
, little longer ebery day, de more L see da
most men air wild trubble as dey air wi
whisky de more dey gftde more dey want
Glib dem a dram & dey wants a jug full
OATS Jest de way hit useter be wild Calibe
65. Wen he got a taste of trubble he scenes
tub want all dat Wuz behind de bar & nebe
rest till he done got hit. He had Spanis
blood in him. His .mudder wuz fond o.
weeds, & useter eat all the Spanish needle
she Good find.
One oh de days wen Caliber So started ou
airly in de mornin fob a regler five-story {
basement Jag of trubbel, wuz wen we wa
on de march tuh Gettysburg.
De fust ting he wuz too lazy tub 90 dowr
tub de crick & git drink, like a decen
mewel, but must come snoopin up tub stea
one from a camp-kittle dat Ide toted up. Bu
hit so happened dat Ide bin bilin some water
fob Mr.. 10 tub soak his shurt in & redoose dt
popylashun, & Caliber 50 he done stuck hi:
fool nose in dat, q scalded de skin Off He
went whoopin froo de camp knocking
ober gun-stacks & pup-tents, & settin ebery
body tub kussin & swearin.
Dat fool mewel's done gone plumb crazy,
at last" sez de Kunnel % Hab him shot tc
wunst."
Bat arter breakfuss went out & cotch him,
* begun pilin on him de household goods oh
de Mornin Glory Mess Jest as Ide got de
last eamp-kittle & blankit tied on, he stuck his
| fool foot on libe coal in de campfire, q
went fiyin froo de camp like a Kansas kitchen
struck by cyclone. De air wuz full ob
mess-pans, & tin-cups & blankets, & de men
all runnin * laughin & kussin.
why wuzzent my ordehs obeyed tub
shoot dat cusSed newell" shouted de
kunnel. Sergeant OBJ de Guard, shoot dat
blamed newell
Just den Caliber 60 caromed up agin de
flip Maiahs tent, which had bin lef standin
tub de last, foh we wuz marchin froo a part
OBJ Merryland whar dar wHz some ladies what
de Maiah knowed, & he wuz primpin hisself
up foh tub call on dem De tent went down,
tongs in one hand & hair-brush iii tdther
He had his coat off ahd hit wuz seed
he had pair of corsets on. Den
ebberybody forgot bout de mewel, & be-
gun guyin de Majah
Arter de rijimint had done marched off
went & found Caliber 90, geddered up all
ouah tings, besides few more dat / found
i'll camp oh. a nine-months' riiimint dat wuz
so excited bout seein de rebels dat dey diddent
keep a sharp lookout fob der traps
BY dis time de rijimint had got way ahead,
& fought Ide take a short cut froo de woods
tub cum upwid dem. | cum down hill
from de woods right on tub party OBJ citizens
dat wus gyardin bridge De moment dey
sees me dey yells, Dar's de rebel cavalry"
& begins shootin q runnin. | wuZ so skeered
dat | cooddent do muffin but hold on to de
mewel, which, like de fool he wuz, struck
gallop q went straight ahead De rear-gyard
OBJ de rijimint wuz only g little ways on, &
de mint dey hears de fiahin dey bout-faced.
Dey saw de citizens shootin at me, & den dey
begin bangin away. / WIZ skeered den fob
shore, foh DER shootin meant awful danger.
One bullet went froo Calber 65's off ear 81
anudder knocked my cap off, But dat fool
mewel he plunged ahead on dead lope, &
bolted right froo de rear-gyard, who COM
menced yellin & latin when dey see what
dey'd bin shootin at De Kunnel he cum a
lopin back tub see what de trubbel wuz &
sez:
Dat internal mewel agin. Why, haint
he bin shot?'
But de boys felt so good toahd de mewel
for knockin down de Maah's tent dat dey
smuggled US off to one side till de Kunnel
had kussed hisself out & gone of, & Mistuh
10 he said he woodent take thousand dollars
foh either me or de mewel.
Just den de cannons begun boomin away
OFF toahds Gettysburg, q de rijimint set out
at de dubbel-quick 81 lef US behine. Ne &
de mewel moseyed on, tryin tub keep as nigh
dem as possible by tabin short cuts fro de
woods dough. / wuz tollebul skeery now
bout short cuts Bimeby begun tub tink
bout pickin up sumin for Mistuh 10 tub eat,
4 l.. p l.
bangn away up at Gettysburg at an orful
rate, & away ober tuh de right could see de
men dubbel-quick up from all direckshuns
But dere seemed tub be no rebels out my
way, * ] determined tuh keep out oh musket
shot till de fuss wuz ober q den go up & find
Mistuh 10 bringin enuf chickens & aigs &
taters to 60 round & hab some foh de Cap
tain, too
j wuz loOlin straight ahead al a farmhouse
bout mile of, q wonderin if dere wuz emmy
rebel cavalry dar TO pick me up, u not mindn
at all what wuZ in de woods on my right q
left, wen like clap of thunder cum de orfull-
est blizzard OBJ guns from de woods on my
left, * rebel yell dat sent my blood down
tuh freezin. Caliber 65 he glib lump dat
shuck eberyting often his back except me,
& wood We shuck me off if / haddent frowed
me aims round his neck He stahted foh
de woods on de right but dere broke out
from dar a still orluller shootin, & skeered
as / wuz / Good see desc last wuz ouah men,
/ tink | died right dar while Calber %
wuz cavortin & plungin, fust dis way & den
dat tuh git out.
WIZ brung tph life agin by his falln ober
de bank oh little crick, * sousin Inc in de
watch. De shootin had by dis time mostly
stopped, 81 wen | crope up on de bank
could see both sides runnin ahead, tryin tub
beat one anudder to Union battery out in de
field, which had all de men & hosses shot
down, q dere 80 or 40 rods away L see ouah
Kunnel raisin hisself outen de weeds. / run
forward tub him, & found dat he wuz cotched
undeh his daid hoss q wuZ stunned. pulled
him out; he looked round & as his sense cum
back, be wuz full OBJ fight as ebber. Sezzee ::
Boy, whar dat Internal mewel oh yourn?n
'fBack dar in de ditch, +" sez |.
Bring him here dis mint, /" sezzee. "We
must sabe dat battery or die"
brung Caliber 65 de Kunnel jumped on,
hit his flank wild his sword, & got tub de
battery wild ouah boys ahead oh de rebels.
Dat night wen | got hold oh Caliber 60, he
wuz spotted as if he had de smallpox, from
de skin dat had bin knocked ofIen him, but
he wuZ kivercd wild glory.