The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-04-01

tired colonel by the name of Powell to
make beds for us in his law office. which
was in one corner of the yard close to his
residence. This lady furnished the pro-
visions to help out our host Colonel Pow
ell. who cooked them.
Now comes my friends ths eorgaDs. AZ
ter some three or four days straggler
from the hospital was out on foraging
expedition and ran up against us in this
Office. After asking more questions than
the law allows he found out that the peo-
Pile in the house fed us twice day, and
as II was getting toward eating time he
thought he would join in. as he was feel
ing somewhat poorly and a warm meal
would do him good. He got his dinner
and left and we did not see any more OF
him until the nsxt day at dinner time.
He had a reinforcement of four others
with him said to him; Look here,
Georgia. don't you know when you get
a good thing how to keep it2 Now you
have gone and told Your chums all about
that dinner you got yesterday, ana now
expect to get five more for yourself and
/ chums."
One of these chums spoke up and said
"Bin and we uns belong TO the same COM
pany and regiment. Our regiment Is the
Fiftiett Georgia, and we and him are SICK
like tarnation. When Bill came to the hos
pital last night and told we 'uns that you
'uns Texans was down 10 that place ana
was getting two meals day. hot ana gooi'
we iIns. Bill and us, just thought we
would come down and jine yer. Say, now,
Texas. you'd let us stay II you knew how
sick we 'uns are; besides Bill says you
inns get hot potato soup for dinner, and
il there is one thing that | love better
that potato soup | don't know what it Is
Lieutenant Border spoke up: How
about good roasted COOLERS? You would
walk miles aud fight for them
Yes, so l would; but | would run Tor
potato soup. II you 'uns don't think
like il Just ask me TO join you
We gave in, and one of our crowd was
sent to the house to notify our host what
to expect, as we had been reinforced by
five more for dinner and to spread him
self on potato soup. AS Squantity was
wanted, the quality could take its chances.
They got the soup and returned to our
room. stayed little while. and left for
camp or hospital l cant say which. This
business kept growing every day. when
finally we thought it best 10 leave and
break up. These Georgians went wild over
that potato soup and think If we had not
left we would have had all the regiment
/ to feed. SO potato soup and COOLERS are
! two of the most principal articles of a
Georgian diet.
| IL was a. cold day in the middle of De-
cember when we Texans babe our Geor-
{ ga friends good bye and struck the frozen
road for Bristol. 1--WE all being Of an in
, dependentadisposition. concluded we would
walk, besides we would have better
chance to see the country; no horses to
attend to or other work not booming a
soldier OF the weh-footed kind.
soldier can do some mean things, but
one of the meanest was whep Bushrod
Johnson's army was coming from West
Virginia to join Longstreet at Knoxville
some of his stragglers did It to a farmer
In our travels to Bristol we were on the
country roads and in applying at one farm
house for dinner, at first the farmer sale
no, but after seeing we were wounded
changed his mind, after asking to what
command we belonged. Being near time
for dinner We did not have long to wait
and we sat down to a good, old fashioned
dinner-gresns and fresh pork. This fresl
pork was given him; that IS how we go
some-so he told us. He said:
Last week, some OF that generals that's
been In the mountains of West Virgini,
men stopped at my house and asked ms
wife II she would cook n half OF a sheer
for the other half, as they had a Who'll,
sheen and would give half to have the othe
half cnoked. NV wife. after looking at n
and remarlling it was very fat consented
n do tha coolsinp md MT wantjn, Ia coot
gh m ha ha ri
norcb IN ice, conI and nss nc In,nted
She cooked the mutton tho snl1iers nj
n l., heir bags ana lsft viar co,pa,
IN rom TIC farn, she tei1s r,o that 49, ~
cnol,ed boi, 80 .taon sor ~ ~ vi, ~,
the,,oh. rath;,, 80 ~ ao' 'hS o.o' - 49,
ana ,sa, ~ aaina. Ia au ~ snI tas
, a,u was me sa'ne, anu no, ioscr' pu
M H. ~ ao1Sins o NJ has rait ieacs mex
10y W see Al any nau pseh ouineu Dy I'M
ss.assiei , uiscoNe,eu hog SKIN III TN
s ~, n .,l VI Tue leuee. Ai'er looking at
he uiS ,.,,, !. was ms, sniaii pig ha'
peea hhied ana SKINNED. Going back u
the mousse ne calls MS Wiie TO come GU
Mhefe ne was ana ne would give her tn
SKIN OF the sheep she cooked. The woman
remarked that she thought that sheep wa
FAT and smelled funny when cooking
Az my crowd was on their good be-
haVior we Jared we'll. At string town on
the FORKS OF the Holstonl doctor by the
name OF Bangs took us all in, gave u
upper and lodging, and dressed our
mounu ~ the h,st we nau ior week. In
/ Bristol. why we we're anxious TO get +,
, n n, was tnat me steam cars were Their
i after one more night on ibe or roas Wv, =,
: to Bristol, Tenn. and It was on the morn.
ing OF December 20, 1868. Stockings he