The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-01-21

OLD TIMER
IL. Ks AGAIN |. II
Tells Some Amusing War Experiences
Of The Sixties.
coNFEDERATEs AL Il ]. GENTLEMEN f: Y Y g
I How Kirby Smith Tried 70 Enforce
Discipline aud Failed 10 Carry
His I'oint-f'oraginE for a
Good Breakfast.
CONFEDERATEs ALL GENTLEM E

which he now calls his panucmoniuiiluu'
,,.,a.,,sa no kelp,s saddlcrs'. carpenters
and blacksmiths' tools there, besides q
.ororniscuous collection OF books and pam
phlcts on subjects varying from such
:, ,,as on psyt biological research as hs
has been able to pick up, TO treaties on
4ncubation and the broodings OF fowls, LOT
he prides himself on being the Only man
In all Virginia who has pure anc uncon-
ta1ninated the original breed OF White
aiacisle game fowl or forty years agone;
a,so his books on horses and dogs, Tor
the winter SHOWS which have frosted II $
..tpow'' and cnelGwed his heart TO sofe AZ
The world, seems to have also made MN
more proud OF the animal world than III
youth. for,
SIN that town a dog was found,
AS many dogs there be,
Both inpngTey,5 puppy, Nhelp and houno,
And ours OF. low degree
$1,000 THE OLD-TiMER.
well, SIR said !. chow are you feel
ing this snowy Nmas?,' Like the late
Henry Dixon cid when he got religion
said The old gentleman. i was just Iu
rnlnating on the days when gave my
life for my country, when the tocsAi =.
w8r5 SCuuQeu - Ss.SH>s
,,avinr loved comfort, enjoyed the prlri-
,epes OF q soldier. We were sent first to
winchester, when, on the night OF July'
18th. we were bivouacked In line OF pat
tie 10 meet Patterson. Finding that he
had left us to hold the bag and slipped
on to Manassas, we pulled out also. We
marched all night and got to the Shen-
andoah river Just at dawn, when we
were rested n little while. long enough
to .lli,er in that altitude, even IN July:
when we were ordered to cross. as Qua
the wife OF Ham Jones star witness an
the story OF Cousin Sally Dillard
LIGHT MARCHING ORDER
well. 1t was cold, and one fellow be-
longing. i think. TO the Third Alabama
Regiment. against orders, got behind
wheat shock on the other s de, 10 make
his toilet, when he was discovered by
Kirby Smith, our then briSadier- the
general reprimandcd the private for dis
obedience of orders.
..Well, you know when that war be-
gan we were all gentlemen and thought
one good man fully as good and perhaps
better than another.
.sThe private YVES gentleman. and OF
course, unused to any kind of authority
which superseded his own ipse dix,t did
I not SUSPEND his toilet operations. where
~ -
gan ITO cut and slash AT the other gentle
man Smith being on horseback and the
wheat shock a short turn, the horse could
! not keep the turn with sufficient agility
10 enable the mounted gentleman to cut
the walking gentleman, who dressed ns
he wnltzed around the wheat shock and
finally got away clothed and in his
right mind
''l,his was the first thing we saw of
ret; ,i,,oi got mt
from amongst those histrioniS wheat
shocks and again Strengthened out into
the road. we had a dEeary and dtsagreeabie
tramp TO a little place called Piedmont.
FIRST TINE HUNGRY.
AZ do not Hike exaggeration, and rerk-
on speak entirely within bounds when
say that there We're hundreds OF men
.hcre that day who, for the first time in
all their lives. really knew, from its
gnawing panEs, what hunger was. A
negro drove up soon after We got there
with a fine pair OF steers hitched to a
cart. These were killed by the order OF
Col. Edmonds. OF the Ihirty-eishth Viz
einia, TO whose mother they belonged,
and before the flesh stopped quivcring
many men had chunks cut out and cn
ram rods and sharpened sticks. was
roasting.
AS A FORAGER.
''Ia.e steers didn't feed half the hum
Sered. Learning that ne would have to
wait then for a train Of cars. which had
sallon the right wing of our brigade on
70 Manassas, i had my first experience
in forasing for breakfast.
Being entirely ignorant of the country,
Its people or geography. concluded to
strike south and keep a bee-line as
near as could and perhaps luck might
lead me to a friendly hive. After what
seemed then to my weary limbs and con-
stantly growing appetite a long jour
a,ey, Came in sight of a nice brick
house and as got nearer saw pros
perity written all around 1t, for every
thing was in apple-pie order.
EVIDENCE OF HIGH LIFE.
..As got to the front gate. some . or
s Beautiful pointer and setter dogs met
me and assure You sir. that the sight
of these marked evidences OF the highest
class Of civilization at once made me
feel that The owners OF these beautiful
animals were sportsmen and II sporismen.
then representatives of the highest type
of manhood.
IT knocked at the front door, which was
opened by an elderly lady. who with easy
courtesy invited me to walk in ! was
Soot-sore, dirty and tired but in the best
English and most courtly manner of
which was master, explained TO her
my stress.
.1She said that she was already having
Breakfast prepared for several officers,
-wfao were upstairs. and asked II would
no up and have wash before breakfast.
II thanked her most sincerely and on get
ting TO the room, found several gentle
men a large tub of water and as ]
thought then, the clearest water had
eyer seen, plenty of c'eaD white towels
] n which 1 looked With the look OF a
stranger .111,ISurs, well yes. in aband-
oned plethora Soon the glad and hearty. Or
perhaps i should say s,omach-stirrins
decentralization Of the breakfast bell
gladdened as.
REAL LUxURIEs.
..Thc breakfast was in keeping with the
kurroundi, IS. and should live TO be as
old as most people wish to live. ] should
never forget that day.
II Learned that 81 was Henry Dlxon's
home. md that he was then an officer In
she Fedei 81 army, while his son was a
sne.a5 OF Dick Ashby,s black horse cav
airy.
ssNow. just see how garrulous an old
man gets. i started TO tell YOU how felt
and took you TO Dixon's because It led
u, TO my tale, told me by a native. He
said that there was large family OF
Hrtchingons around there. all men OF
sl1,S,wfancn md influence. and there were