The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-12-03
ont anywav. Thereupon the snard [ /


go out anyway. Thereupon the snart
said: 'By-by ho-hokey, if you tr-tr-tr
+ try that. I'll lay th-th-th-this g-g-gur
down. and knock you d-d-down; sc
/ help me gracious"' The citizen per
! sisting. the guard put down his gul
and used his fists TO such purpose tina,
! the man WIS glad to return 10 head
quarters and get the countersign."
Brothers Hold a Reunion.
Land of mercy, you're not John
Dory! Why. / thought that you have
been dead these many years.
Such was the greeting that Joseph
Dory received from his brother, John
Dory, Sunday morning. after sep
aration of forty-five years. The
brothers had not seen e<ch other since
August Z. 1858, when they were boys
together on a farm in Madison county
Illinois, twenty-five miles east of st
Louis.
Joseph Dory left the farm and went
to Missouri When the war broke out
several years later he jo:red the Union
forces and combatted the rebel guer-
lila fighters for a lorg time. Then
he enlisted in the naval service and
was assigned to the Black Hawk, one
of the vessels in the Mississippi fiO'
tilIa. John Dory came 10 Indiana and
enlisted in the SiXtyNinth Indiana.
He went through the whole war with
Company A.
When hostilities ceased and the
brothers were mustered out they had
lost track of each other. Then began
search which lasted forty-five years.
and only ended Sunday. when Joseph
DOry called at the home Of his brother
at AIS Blackford street. The lOng-lOst
brother was met at the door by John,
who did not recognize him. but from
a Grand Army button that he wore
In his coat lapel John thought him
an old comrade in arms.
Joseph asked many questions about
Johns boyhood days. and then it be-
gan to dawn OH John that there was
something strangely familiar about
Ills dppSoiahSS- SVih
recognized the family mouth and in
the eyes he saw traces Of a mild ex-
preston that he once knew SO well.
Falling in each others arms. they EN-
braced each other tenderly.
In telling of his efforts to locate
John, Joseph Dory stated that he tray
eled all over the Middle West. He
had talked with many old soldiers
who had known John but none of
them could give any informatio as
to his whereabouts. The strongest
circumstance is the fact that Joseph
Dory attended the national encamp.
ment of the Grand Army veterans
which was held in Indianapolis num-
Der of years ago, and failed to locate
his brother. John Dory says that he
was on the streets every day and at
tended all the reunions. The two
brothers were so near and yet so far
apart. Joseph claims that he could
not find his brothers name in the city
directory at the time.
He gave him up for lost and de-
SPARED ever seeing him again. On
Saturday Joseph Dory was in Decatur
on business and he concluded that he
would make one more effort to locate
his brother in indianapolis. On look.
ing into the local directory for 1903
Joseph says that his heart jumped into
his mouth when he saw the name
Of John Dory. Going to the address
given, he was told that John Dory
did not live there. One more his
high spirits droppei: but they were
revived on being told that
he had only moved two doors farther
down the street. Joseph Dory is now
years old and his brother
John is three years younger.-Ameri-
can Tribune.
A Gallant Soldier.
great mauy members of COn0rpSs