The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1901-03-13
HE KNEW ALL ABOUT FLOODS
A Confederate Veteran Who Had
Quite q Remarkable Dream.
Atlanta Journal.


Atlanta Journal.
" have been reading The Journals
close call stories with a good deal of
interest" said an old Confederate veto
ran while up at the capitol a few DAYS
ago, and while haven't any of my
W that care TO write about, | will
tell you u story ! heard told by an old
Confederate in u nearby city not long
ago, and of which | an reminded by The
Journals stories.
THE people of the town had arranged
a sort OF celebration or reception in
honor of the boys who had returned
from Cuba These boys had all seen
service in the late Spanish American
war and they were full of experiences.
Especially experiences about bad treat
ment, bad fooC having to sleep on one
or two occasions on the cold ground
with nothing but an OF cloth and blanket
to wrap up in. During the dinner or
barbecue the young veterans were tell
ing Their experiences and graphically
relating all the horrors Of the Cuban
campaign.
"Amongthc auditors who were guests
at the reception were several old Con
icderatc veterans, old grizzly fellows
VINO had seen service with Lee i'm Vir
giula and who had gone barefooted dur
ing a winter campaign, slept on the
frozen ground or in snow many n time
without covering and lived on a quarter
OF u pound of meat a day, with rye coffee
as an occasional luxury, These old vets
had listened i%ntcntly to the experiences
OF the boys just back from Cuba, but
hadn't said anything. Finally one OF
them was called on to tell some of hi,
experiences during the civil war Prob
, ably he didn't think they amounted tc
: much or probably he didn't think il
would be right to spring them at tina
. particular time, after what had gone be
. lore The crowd insisted, and finally h,
!. said that while he didn't have in stool
= any experiences worth relatinro or tina
, really amounted to. very much as wa
! , stories. he would tell them Of a dream
= he had a few nights before.
) "'I dreamed that | died and went t,
Heaven he said. L loafet around 70
8 q while, feeling kinder loncsome-bc
y cause was from Macon you know
u until finally a middle aged angel ar
preached me and began to relate to m
y the story of his death. He was browne
In the .Johnstown flood, he said, an
graphically he related to me all the hol
rors of that terrible DEUCE of waite,
- How it swept over the entire valley an
carried trees and houses before it, lea,
:, ing death and destruction in its wax,
10 He had evidently had Il very cxcitin
death and it left a lasting impression o
him.
:. Gle told me his story and the
passed on to other angels. r~cciting Ii
" horrible story Of the Johnstown flood
each one he met. Finally he approachc
one OF the Oldest angels | had seen
fact, an angel who appeared to be SC
b. cral hundred years old, with long flow
to- ing beard and hair, greatly rcsemblir
III Father Time. To this angel he began
&c tell his story OF the Johnstown hoo
ns but the old angel didn't appear to he,
ne him perhaps he was deaf. At any ra
is he paid no attention to the Johnston
ANGELS story of the Hood.
cr This seemed to greatly chag-in Il
IN ange' with the flood story, SO after fc
lowing old Father Time about for
ne while trying to make him listen to Il
to story, he became discouraged and we
lis to look up st. Peter to complain of h
Id treatment. He told Peter how he h,
he tried to tell the elder y angel the sto
lis or his death and OF the horrors of u
of Johnstown Hood, and how the form
ch PAID no attention to him.
as s The matter with him is
deal 2 asked the Johnstown man
10 Peter.
C. ono replied Peter, I'VE have
he deaf angels here: that's Noah he kno,
al about floods"