The National tribune., 1902-04-10
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"pickaninnies" at each corner of Mrs.
Goat TO hold her feet to the ground while
''Dinah" hastily distracted the lacteal
fluid. The city was thoroughly Southern
in all its appointments. The Southern
man was more pronounced and regular
here than in other places we had been In
the South. Everything that would sch
for money tour money was put upon the
market, especially so in the way of food.
Every huckster had heap de best
sweet-potatO pie or & corn pOne for the
least money, with a genuine Virginia or
Georgia breakdown" upon the sidewalk
thrown in by way of inducement. The
boys often purchased something to get
the contrabands dancing. 1t mattered not,
male or female, old or young, little or
large, all danced, and were expert in the
fantastic art.
ENRoUTE TO NEW YORK.
In February following the occupation
of the city, after having reviewed and
rested his men, Sherman moved north.
The river at Savannah was full Of
torpedoes and other Instructions. The
work Of removing these Instructions be
gan at once, but it was several weeks be
fore the channel was deemed safe for the
passage of boats. The first of our boats
passing the river carried a mail, the first
mail since the occupation of the city, and
on this boat Gordon and myself took pas
sage.
Gov. Stone, of Iowa, and several Off
GERS on leave of absence, were on board
the boat.
Before leaving Savannah Gordon and
| visited Ray and family for the last time
We told them that we could not then re-
ward them for the great kindness that they
had extended to us in time of great
need, for the reason that we could not
draw any pay before getting home Ray
and his wife both assured US that they
would not accept Of one cent from u.s.
Then we bade them an affectionate fare.
well and returned to quarters. The boat
left about two hours after our return, and
as she steamed up the river the hurrahs
of the multitude standing on the levee
were loud and long.
Both banks of the Savannah River for
considerable distance were thick with
canebrake. From either shore we occa-
sionally received a reminder from the
"Johnnies' that we We're not forgotten.
Fortunately their bullets fell harmless
against the boat, but passengers and boat
men kept inside as much as possible We
felt perfectly safe when we reached Hill
ton Head. In due time we touched at
Port Royal, and there took large ocean
steamer for New York.
broad ocean before. We got along very
we'll until we were off Cape Hatteras.
when old ocean seemed to commence buck
ing like brOnchO. The ups and downs
Of our large boat were terrible to exper-
fence. When she arose on the swell Of n
wave we thought that we were going TO
the clouds, and when she went down we
expected TO land somewhere in China. The
huge waves washed the decks at times.
hands hn oil
Gov. Stone was no exception to the rule
but he took the many jokes aimed at him
good-naturedly.
Gov. Stone was one OF the many cele4
brated War Governors that the North was
proud of, constantly looking after the well
fare of the soldiers of his State He was
returning at this time from such a mis-.
sion, having visited personally the soldiers
from Iowa who were serving in Sherman's =
army. He had with him Shetland pony,
beautiful little fellow that the Iowa boys
of Sherman's army had presented to him
and palmetto log about six inches
through and six feet in length. Upon one
end of the log was marked in red chalk,
His Exce!Iency, Gov. Stone, Iowa" The
Governor made frequent visits to look af.
ter the welfare of his nice pony. was
present one day when, for the first time
apparently, he observed the mark ON The
| end of the log. Well" he said. "that ie
putting on great deal of style for a Gov.
ernor | should think"
Not many years ago / met the Cover
nor at little village in Iowa, where
he was to deliver a political speech
In tho evening. j made myself
known TO him, and gave such a faithful
description of the trip from Savannah. the
pony and the palmetto log, that he said
well, sure enough you must have been
one of the passengers. / am pleased ia
meet you. Sit down and we will talk over
the experience of the trip" The result