The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1900-08-09

cool as KlOndike day in winter.
Stand fast, wenty-fOurth-stand as
firm as q rock and when the order
comes every man Of you fight as never
before is the way our boy colonel talk
ed to us that eventful afternoon, when
Pat Cleburne's heroes In gray came
charging down upon us. You bet our
boy colonel was popular with the rank
and file."
Colonel MacArthur's father was
Governor Of Wisconsin for three days,
during a part Of the dispute between
Governors BarstOw and BashfOfd. He
was for many years q judge In the
District Of Columbia. A. WatrOus In
Chicago Times-Herald.
Why Old Men Called Hin "Pspa."
do you know why the yray-headed
boys call that 0ne-armed man papaY
asked the Colonel. "At the meeting
last night he was the youngest man I'm
the crowd. There Is no stOOp In his
shoulders, no bend in his back, NO limp
In his walk, little gray In his hair, and
yet the men STOPPING with age or Grip
pied with wounds or rheumatism, or
gray as badgers. called him papa. In
diana the children refer to some Of the
older men as Uncle e-So-and-SO, but It IL
always Papa Black
In 1861 Black was one Of the young
est. one Of the jOlliest, and one Of the
most adventurous men in company
serving In West Virginia. He looked
Ike boy with his blonde hair and
smooth face, and small hands, and he
acted like boy, even when he was In
q skirmish or on a scouting expedition.
Between the picket posts Of the two
armies was a pawpaw thicket. The
rebels managed to station their out
posts so as to command this thicket,
and Union soldier went into 1t at his
peril. Black knew this, but one morn
ing when he was released from outpost
duty he started gun in hand for what
he called the pawpaw orchard He
was going to have some pawpaws or
lose his head.
Before he had proceeded very far
the case was reported to the officer in
charge and Black was ordered back
When the order was shouted at him he
pretended to misunderstood, waved his
hand and went on In five minutes
the rebels opened fire on the blonuD
head that showed above the bushes.
Still the owner of the head went on
picking pawpaws until he had filed his
haversack. Then he started back
walking deliberately and turning occa-
sionally to thumb his nose at the rebel
pickets. After he left the thicket, the
rebels ran forward. a dozen men fired
and Black went down. He came up
again and started ON a run for our
post. Our boys ran forward to rescue
him and one Of the fiercest little picket
fights in our whole experience fol-
lowed.
BLACK was severely wounded and
that day his arm was amputated- He
declined to accept a discharge and re-
mained with the regiment through the
war, acting a part Of the time as the
Generals orderly. riding recklessly
here and there in line Of battle. At all
events he did good service. but after
his adventure no one called him Black,
but Little Pawpaw. 1t was always.
Hello. How are you, Pawpaw,' but
never. How are you, Black Even
the Colonel called him Pawpaw and he
carried the name home with him. The
girl he fell in love with and married
called him Pawpaw.
when the first baby came to the
family the wife changed the husbands
title, softening 1t to Little Papa and
when his old comrades came to the
house they adopted the name. The
next year they elected him to a town.
ship Office and every vote was cast for
Papa Black. Then he was elected to
q county Office and throughout the
county he was Papa. Nearly every
man, woman, and child in that county
knows the story of how he lost his
arm. and SO when he comes to Chica-
go or goes to Springfield or to Phila-
delphia. he is. among his old army
friends, Little Papa and he doesn't
dislike the name."-ChicagO Inter
Ocean.
Statehouse IL Badly Scared.
There are ten scars in the new"
State house at Columbia, 8. C., made
by shot and shell in 1865, when General
Sherman's army was advancing On tie
city. This has been called the new"
State house. because. although 1t was
begun about 1850, 1t has not yet been
finished. In 1865 all Of the rough work
had been done. and the huge granite
pile was the most conspicuous object
when the Federal army halted ON the
opposite side Of the C0ngaree.
While the mayor Of the town was
going out to meet the commanding gen.
eral, who entered over a bridge two
miles above Columbia, the artillery
threw a dozen shells and solid shot at
the State house. Four Of them passed
through the openings for windows and
shattered themselves against the in
terror walls, while the six that struck
the exterior just made impressions In
the granite.
The marks are plainly visible, and in
the work to be undertaken Immediate
ly for the completion Of this building
the wounds will not be Obliterated. 1t
Is believed this is the only public
building in the country that can claim
such distinction. The building was de-
signed to be the finest State house In
America at that time and was to cost
about $4.OOO,OOO. The general appear
ance resembled the capitol at Wash
ingtOn.-New York Sun.
An Advocate of Peace.
You ran at the first fire. did yOu:.
said the colonel Of a colOred regiment
that distinguished itself during the
war Of the rebellion.
"Yes, sah," was the unblushing re-
ply. IAN would have run sOOnah IL