The National tribune., 1899-01-19

see dat couple oh big Jineruls oh de
Ahmy are habin lively scrap ober en-
balmed beef * are talkin tub one anuddel
like delegates in caucus in Shinbone
Alley. Oh course, de Teller dat fust yelled
liar is wrong-he iinerully most alters is
He knows heze lyin & is afeared dat de
udder feller will cut in ahead & tell him
so. Den yellin dOan prove muffin, no more
dan beatin de gong cooks de vitties & sets
de table foh dinneh. De sensible way
would hab bin fob dem tub bring hunk
OBJ dat ere beef right intuh de coaht &
made de COmmissaryJinerul eat slab
OBJ hit afore de Jedges. If hit killed him
den he was liar & had got his dose as
he deserved. If he libbed, den Jinerul
Miles wuz mistaken, & should make a
Me x Jinerul Miles wuz bofe brung up
togedder in de ole Ahmy OBJ de Potomac
4 know de right thing tub do ebery time
Dat reminds me about embalmin. Dat
was great bizniS in de Ahmy oh de PotO-
mac at one time, you could see der big
signs stuck up on de trees all around camp
1t helped put de recruits in cheerful
frame oh mind.
We wu2 layin cut near WarrentOn when
de embaImers fust come around. Barney
Higgins, OBJ Ouah company, had Jest bin
killed on picket. Barney wuZ an Irish
man, & one OBJ de best fellers in de world
but he had thirst on him like q fire
dent do tub git whisky, & when he got
hit, den dere wuz circus, l tell you, &
no postponement on account OBJ de wed
der. But the boys all dubbed him, wu2
no end OBJ sorry when a Sneakln bush
wacker put a bullet froo his forehead. II
plenty OBJ money dat dey diddent know
what tub do wild, & de embalmer struck
dem.
Oats jest de ting" SEE Mistuh 10;
we'll hab poor Barney embalmed, q
send him up tub his wife at Canaioharie
wild our lovin sympathy"
SO he planked down SIS, de udders fol
Tered suit, & de embalmer fixed poor
Barney up in de highest style oh art put
him in a painted coffin, & started him by
express tub Canaioharie, wild nice letter
writ by Mistuh 10.
Calico Charley he happened tub be
home az Canajoharie, gittin well OBJ a
Antietam, ( went ober tub de house
when he hearNd dat de express had brung
de body, & he to.e us all about hit arter-
ward. He said:
You know Barney's wilder keeps q
little millinery shop Il store UP dere in
Canajoharie, wild which she supports her
self d child. She's awful stingy, closer
de bark on a tree. x makes cherry cent
count. | walked in wid de exrressman
who presented de letter & bill for SO
charges. She giy Yell dat you could've
heared block when she got it all froc
her haid. In de saints name what does
dis mean?' she seq. Gone & embaIme d
poor Barney, rest his soul Picked him
Filled him full Oh salt. When he was
alive he had a thirst on him like q
whale'si He neber could git enough tuf
drink Now heZe bin filed full oh salt
What'll he do when he wakes up il
purgatory not a drap oh anything in dc
| 4. l.
tub pay for masses tub aize hint An So:
for brinGin him home by express, as if hi
wuz a bundle of9ribbins. When he WI;
alive he WIZ not, above stealing ride il
a freight car, hut now he must ride il
company wild gold x bank notes. >"
Calico Charley done his best tub con
sole her, by takin up a colleckshun tut
| pay dc express charges, & writ tub d
boys tub send money tub pay for d.
masses, which dey done.