The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1902-05-16
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hall that had been prepared for furnish
ing the veterans with free lunch. 1t was
a dining room of enormous proportions.
1t was 200 yards long b. 80 to so yards
wide, and had ten rows of tables extend
there were enough room to feed Sher-
mans army at one sitting. At the front
end noticed pile Of loaf bread the
like of which never saw before. 1t
WAS about s to 10 feet thick at the base.
the pile was or 6 feet high and 20 or
30 yards long. l happened to be near
there about dinner time and watched
the veterans 60 in for their dinner
They flowed in like the stream of river
The rush for grub at the Jonesville re-
union Of veterans, which some of our
readers will no doubt remember, was
nothing to compare with it.
Walking on / passed several eating
booths and heard a man calling ont
''here is the place to get your buffalo
meat" Upon inquiry learned from
gentleman that five buffaloes had been
killed to give the veterans buffalo I.cat
dinner and 1 stepped up TO the booth
and called for dinner. They served me
with buffalo meat. | ate small pece
of it and baked. 1t WAS not of taS' Z
that suited my palate ard 1 Informed
the man that / preferred ham which
was supplied to me aud all was well. | |
secured piece of buffalo rib to bl ing !
home as souvenir.
Hearing great shouting and seeip~
the crowd surging to certain poir. {;
also surged and got there in time u
some cadets toss negro in the W see
a blanket, that started the ar WIN
half an hour the boys run anu Ior
negroes about the gro,~ we're aiter me
ran them down liz .nus ana iteraliy
them high in th. rabbits and tossed
,ometimes II air, throwing them up
,hle sioht =. eet high. 1t was a laugh
while in ?, witness their contortions
M thai, lie air TO keep from lighting
,lankl heads when they fell in the
# ::eCurnlng to Dallas l was not long in
n hing up an acquaintance, Mr..
-; fh'lllps, of 1.-The Manhattan. The
senIieman was member of the Com
neiclal ClurJ of Dallas and after our
IN gave me very kindly in
,iIatlon 20 call at the club room. He
" Uit \, 10 good deal about the city and
20 Isiness men and how some of the
y wealthiest men in Dallas came there
,oor men. met several others from
whom l picked up a number of items
which l will mention little later.
l heard on several occasions remarks
about Sanjacinto Day, sand asking what
it meant" was told it was day that
was always celebrated in Texas, and
that the time had just passed, think
the date was April Goth. All the stores
in every city lii the State usually close
up and all take holiday. Its the cele-
bratiou of the victory for Texas in the
decisive battle at San JaclGto. The
history in BRIEF as / gathered it is: The
Texans were being hard pressed by tDe
MeXicans and were loosing ground.
Gen. Houston was holding body of
Texans in reserve and the Mexicans
were pressing his men so hard that they
had fallen back on the reserve The
Mexirans outnumbered the Texans two
to one. The Texans were hemmed,
General Houston determined to make
last fight and one to the death. He
ordered the bridge over the Brazos river
to be burned which cut off the Mexican's
retreat and giving the battle cry Re
the child of the Alamo, remem-
Der Goliad," the brave Texans dashed
into the opposing ranks. The battle was
hard fought and bloody but the enemy
could not withstand the onslaught of
this determined band of men and they
fled to the waters edge and their general,
Santa Ana, was captured and the Mexi-
cans were killed or driven into the
water aid perished, except those who
were captured. The victory was won,
Texas independence was gained and the
people con tinue to celebrate the victory
to this day. In regard to the war cry
Remember the child of the Alamo and
it may be ell to explain that
in 1886 the MeXicans stormed the Alamo,
a mission house, and slaughtered every
man, woman and child there except one
girl child. 1t was afterwards known as
the child of the Alamo. Every child is
familiar with the history, as the story is
one among the first they learn, and it is
mentioned in Lees new school history
on page 232. AT Goliad Santa Ana the !
Mexican general had Slaughtered 800
Texan prisoners.
My next move after looking at the |