Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1898-11-25
PUMPKIN And TURKEY
T IE WAY A "GoOD OLD REBEL LOOKS
ATTuE PROSPECT OF THANKS
GIVING FESTIVITIES
4 KENTUCKY JUDGES VIEWS
er1EsE ARE MY SENTIMENTS, SAYS
HE, "AND TEACH THEM TO
MY CHILDREN"

ITIcy Screed oil ~ ahkSS'Ni"s
Thoughts to the Cleveland (Ohlc)
G ting Gun:
That Uucle Sam Is "sOme punk
ms he has demonstrated on dlVeis
I'D snndry occasions. J I nPh'
him once under Oil "MaIse R"mr
/ Lee in Vrg,ni,. And still believe
that there never was all army
ecual to the Army OF Northern VIZ
gina; nevar corps equal to the
Second (StOnewsll JacksOn's)
/ Corps, aud that God only had
material enough in our solar sys
tenn to make one man as great ana
Nlse as R1hert Il. L,e. He has
utilized the remnants In making
Admiral De yey, who is nearer to
"Marse ROberW in gencralshlp aud
in diplomacy and in executive
ability than any otEer man whom
,ais country has produced-1r any
other country. for that matter.
TneSe are my sentiments, and l
teach ;hem to my chl dren. Goa
,orhid that the blood of one who
has fought III S'oneSail's Corps
should ever cry "Craveh!' to its
strong convictions.
But Uncle S,m licked me and
such as me. We knOw tfat tie
little handful of us at Manassas,
armed with ShO guns ami knives
made out of old blacEsmilhS' hles,
kept him at bay aud routed Ills
regulars aUd his foIrign soldiers
Of fortune. We know that it TOOK
him fOuI Years, with the world al
his back and no barbrd wire in tht
way, to travel the hun dred miles
from Washington to Richmond
We know that five thousand men
OF Stone al'S Foot CavaIrJ
could have driven HIN iuto TIE
sea at Santiago. Bat we know also
that we are now part OF Uncle
sam, a sharer in the glory OF hi'
stars aud stripes, a factor In hls
victories and All eater of his pump
kin PIE. Ne know that he Is a
persistent old rooster. and "lf al
first he don't succeed he'll "tTy
try again. He licked us, aud VT
old rebels don't intend that any
body else shall lick MIN. Odl
hearts are Uncle 5 ans, our hands
are bis, and all 1f us "DelOng tC
Sideon's Z .nd.'
Fitzhugh Lee answered some
Spaniards very we'll in Cuba wheI
they told him that they would II
case of war, send an army through
the South. He SAID 1t could bt
done, perhaps. If they kept in the
country, but if they came 20 any o
the towns the police would arres
them. That is about the 81, OF l
so far AS the South is concerned
The Old blood is red as it ever was
And upon this day, in the year 0
Onr Lord 1898, we are especially
thankful because Uncle Sam he
gins at last to see that his childrel
who won for him all tho territor,
from the AlleghaUleS to the Pa
ciic are worthy Of seat at hl
table aud a slice of his pie an
turkey. For thirty years the taycr
ed few who burned witches a
Salem and baniShed Baptists I
RhO ie Island brcause the
r. thought hell would be too pleasan
a place for them have elb)wed ii
p from his h0Spltable board. n,
> Joe Wheeler and Fi,zhugh Lee an
Hobsou are hOnOred gucsts-no
, "suests" but honOred children {
the house.
= But leyOnd all this there
something vept anl sacred i
ruank giving Day. The Pilgrli
Fat ers stretched their hands OF
Ov,r the fire Of fagOts, aud stim
y lated by its wsrmth-aDd HOllar
-, gins psalms across the snOV
They thanked God that they We
ID alive; and hough they sang with
IL nasal twaDg, yet no dOubt, the
i were prophetic enough to dream
the time when they coUld 6rOv
old women 10 their hearts cnntel
and sallvate the sinful savage
b. aud bastinsdo the ball headed an
unregenerate Baptists. They pra
ed, possibly, "LOTd make MS iru
4 thankful for the OppOrt unIlies v
4 are about to have to iambast Il
q savagps and to sacrifice the son
Of.guns who may be begOtten
our loi0s." It seems that lhei
4, prayers were aus Fered fDr th
? most complete religious liberty WI
secured for all those wh) believe
with the naiority of the colony.