Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-05-29

flag of truce. and yet your men keep
IN their fire. The bearer OF the dag
! passed to the rear TO report to Cen
Griffin. and in the meantime the Colo
mel commanding the Alabama brigade
! in front Of us came forward and sur
rendered
! His men threw down their arms in
the streets Of Appomattox Court House
and came forward in body. Maj. p
! Morgan. still maintaining his skirmish
| line, sent the Alabama colonel ana his
men to the rear under guard All
these men had SURRENDERED and were
prisoners before orders were received
to cease firing and were not included In
the forces surrendered by Gen. Lee,
hut were paroled with the Confeder-
ates captured at Sailors Creek ana
Farmvillc. Because of our advanced
position our brigade was designated La
! general orders to receive the surrender
/ of the arms of the Army of Northern
| Virginia
AT first the rebs as they turned over
their arms. We're sullen and retlcent,
but when they We're Informed that they
were to return to their homes with
| their horses and mules they were
eager TO secure their paroles, and buoy
ant over the thought Of going home to
| stay. When the first division of Cor.
donS corps marched past our camp go
ing home Mai Morgan assembled the
brigade band on the road SHE aud in-
structed 1t to play Home Sweet
Home Gordon's men Strengthened UP,
caught step. swung their hats, and
went away from us cheering.
Their spirit had an effect on our
boys and as we marched back toward
city Point there was much shouting
TO the effect that the war was over and
much singing of When Johnny Comes
Marching Home BY the way, the
last man killed in the army of the PO-
tomac was Corporal Montgomery OF
Company l. One Hundred and Fifty
fifth Pennsylvania Zouaves. He was
shot on the skirnish line moment be-
fore the flag of truce came To our
front. Chicago Inter Ocean.
How We Did During the War.
We trimmed our hats with wreaths
| of flowers. also made from the pal
metto This task generally devolved
upon me. | was an adept in the art
of making wax flowers. and this knOwi-
| edge was of benefit in handling the
| palmetto; 50 | succeeded in making
some beautiful flowers. which were
| proof against wind and weather. We
| would ntermiX with them tufts of red
and blue and the gorgeous peacock
feathers to brighten them up. Some
| of our hats We're ready lovely.
| The male members of the family also
| sported the palmetto hat. and these we
| finishe simply with band of dark or
| black cloth. These hats We're very
durable. Father wore one constantly
| for three years, aud al the expiration
of that time it was perfectly good.
We also made sets of table mats
with palmetto braid, which We're hand
| some in appearance, and far excelied
| in durability the straw mats gener-
ally purchased at stores. Mother was
so much preposscssed in their favor
| that she continued their use long af-
| ter the war. Many beautiful hanging
baskets. wall-pocketS, picture frames.
| card receivers and other useful and
ornamental articles we also made from
! palmetto.
| The much deSpsed corn shuck came
| bravely to the front in those days, and
| furnished a greater variety OF indis-
pensable articles than any other single
commodity. Our mattresses, foot mats
scrub brOoms and horse collars were
all manufactured from the shuck. Most
excellent mattresses We're made in this
wise: the shucks weer torn into very
fine strips by means of "A common ta-
BILE fork, the upper or hard end cut
away, and the ticking then we'll filled
and tackled with strong card In the
usual manner. These mattresses DOS
sessed many advantages over either
, cotton or moss, AS they are light and
Springy, and never pack.
One OF the lovelest pieces of shuck
work ever saw was Il hearth rug, for
summer use, | used only the inner
portions, which are soft and of
creamy Wilderness These | cut into
pieces about an inch long and half an
inch wide. | crossed the ends Of these
strips, thus forming point at the top.
For the foundation of this rug used a
heavy piece of white cotton cloth. one
yard and a half in length and three
quarters of yard wide. | began sew
ing on the points at the outer edge let
ting each succeeding row cover the
ends of the row above until | reach
ed the center, where | concealed ALI
discrepancies with II fluffy turt OF
shuckS. | then surrounded the entire
rug with thick, heavy fringe formed
of shucks. This rug was greatly ad-
mired, and many of oIIr friends imI.
tated the patter.-A Southern Lady.
What the War Cost in Labor.
1t may be assumed that at mini.
mum the cost Of supprcssing the rebel
lion was SS000000,000, writes Edward