News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1902-06-25

ing no building near by, we campet
them in a cluster near the roadside
clearing horses away to make room fol
them. Their own horses were prudent
Iy tied a troop or two distant, so that
none of them, should he attempt tt
escape, could get his mount. They
were not bad looking fellows, though
they did not appear very soldierly in
their uniforms, no two of which were
Of exactly the same tint Of gray and
scarcely any two of the same style OF
button. None looked as if he might be
a "fire eater" and the majority were
men of middle age. Nearly all of our
own troopers were young, None seem
ed very sad or angry. In fact, they
didn't al all meet my ideas as to south
erRers and prisoners Of war. They
were ordered to sit or lie down, but
were not bound or restrained in any
other way, except that there were
guards, revolvers in hand, in front and
rear of them, and we were quietly or
dePed to keep a little blaze ali night in
the fires which were nearest, so that
no one could attempt to get away with.
out being seen.
As the sorgeant-who CHANGED to be
Hamiton-and | had nothing to do
but post and relieve the guards. we lay
on the ground and engaged some of the
captives in conversation We found
they were all GeOrGanS, most of them
from small ViIIDUpS ar Dlapt1ti0OS and
+to An w., ,.,,a7, ,,,,,..h anant tI,n Won
o,.aon, ,,,ot tho, ,,nro sorrv il hror,o
o,,x hrt thar nod folt # thSir d,,+v +o
stond NV thnir stnta
..Goo,,, r. ,,n ,, eaid ono op +hor, Off.
M wa h,d ohattod q rittIo r.hi,o "tho+
cor ms ,,.. all to hI,,no for tho r,nr
Tor WA. ,,ns di,ln,t want rona No not'
ter winch ..da wbfns I'm rninad
roo, ro,. ,,oro,s nol,odr ~ n,ol,o rho
crons ,rhfln ;.,n orvav I'm hnra don,t
own No nio,.nrs IN, INV wife an, vorno
uns covr,t no M p,ora,n WORT, tho +r,,c1,
Notch rtftrhan n,rdonI an, ,oo,, aftor
the nfos an, tho min, ,,,ttorsv
I hoard mis- story 50 p,,pv tirps aur.
mo tho war tbot .boa to do a ,,ro.t
dnoI of hainu. sorry for tho nnon,v
0rr nrisonprs hod baan told to hrino
their nrovIsfons vim rheo and oe
thop had p,tan no+n.ng since dime,
time thew asked nnrmission which was
readily granted, to do their cooking AT
the fires Their rattons wprp 60 diffnr.
ont from nurs rbot il was into ,asttoo
70 look CT. Instead Of boiled fat POI 4
they had raw bacon. thin slices Of
which they fried or toasted on sharp
encd sticks. Some had white bread
others blsuit or hoecaEe, while two
or three mixed meal &ld water and
made hOecIkes in the frying panaI
which several of them carried; others
had sweet potatoes, which they baked
in the ashes
Oh, how hungry the smell of their
cooking made me. | understood for
the first time why it was that some of
the poorly fed children in our town
used to stand around the bakery while |
the bread, cakes and pies were being
taken from the great oven in the cellar.
Some Of the Johmies asked us if we
wouldn't cat with them, but Hamilton
and l, half starved though we were,
declined until | noticed that none of |
them was making coffee. Then
brilliant idea struck me. l asked one
of them whether southerners never
drank coffee at supper time.
"Not unless they can cit it." said he,
(which is mighty seldom"
l went to the servant of orr officers
mess and borrowed some ground coffee
anJa sugar. promising to reDay him
when we reached camp. Returning,
distributed it among the prisoners near. |
est me, wish | migbt ever again
earn so much gratitude with so little
trouble as that act cost me. Those
Jobnnies became Dositiyelv iollv. and
they made haste to put cuDs of water
TO boil Said one Of them. n rouch
looking man with hinge Yellow heard.
"Ev'yvtbino I've COTS vourn INV
younr friend I'm most glad we got
can+rrod Take all NV stufr"
1Sinca vo,1,rn 81 kind" said in an
aheoIr+a daIirirn of onticinatfon T,u
Dooon+ q efr,Io sltoo of bacon II hoe a
more tpmnting odor than orr fat pork"
"For oood eo+i,,n said no nc ha cut
eIicos of hocon Cor mo and nut
~, =, ro,.o ~, +1,o f,o .+boro oin,+