The Columbus journal., 1903-07-15

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Your date - not % past.
but you NY stay yet here . While.
ro btusa and eeatly sails.
What. were zee borne g b
An houre o. halrs DELIGHT:
And % to bld good night? ..>
Twas pitjs NATURE bsoueht zee 1osU
Merely 70 sheW y0ur worth.
And lose you 0uate.
But you are lovely Lesves vhsrs vs
Their end. though ne'er % brave;
Ana after they have shown their pssoe'
Like you . while they glide us
Into tie grave.
Soldier Taken tos Girl
CeorRe w. Logan q Salem. Va.
Who came to the u. C. v. reunion q
deleeate from Hop Dyole Camp. tells
IN interesting story illustrative OF the
belief Of Union soldiers that many
women discussed themselves - men
and fought In the Confederate army.
Mr.. Logan Was only seventeen years
old when he was taken prisoner In IN
attack on Fort Cannon. He was very
slender. but deepchested. and very
girlish In his appearance. being IsaE'
With hiGh color and wearing his long.
lisht-brown hair brushed strsiSht
hack and impaired. Taken to Point
Lookout and later to City Point. he
attracted the attention Of IN omcer OF
the escort. The Federal ONCE: treat
ed the youthful prisoner with ~
much courtesy - circumstances per
mitted, frequently converting WIN
him.
One day the oflcer asked to be told
the truth regarding the belief among
Federal soldiers that many women
we're serving In the Confederate
army, some Of them being types OF
the best Of southern womanhood. Mr:
LOGAN said II was not true. but he hso
heard. In common with others. thaa
a few women had % served.
II believe this WAS 90" said mr.
LOGAN yesterday. but I do not thinA
there were more than . dozen sucn
instances, and ! have NO positive
knowledge Of any.
The Federal 0lnccr Was thoukhou
for q while after the conversation 70
ferred to. and then urged the prisoner
to forsvear the Confederacy and q
tn the omcer's Pcnnsylvania home. =
can arrange II without trouble. satt
the ofncer, "and my people will re
ceive you and treat you Ike one O
| the family" A dozen times or NOR
the o6lcer urged the point.
II subsequently learned. said MI
| Ioean. that he believed ! was . gir
| and that It was for that reason tha
he wanted me to 90 to Pennsylvania
| He never intimated such . reason Z
me. but my information came In
vay that seemed to be reliable. an
then II was that I understood Why, b<
fore our conversation about wOmeE
he had offered to procure me . betf
ing suit II wished to 90 swimming
any time."-New Orleans Times
Democrat.
Horse Loved His M0stes.
Zone of the strangest incidents
animal devotion Of which ever hear
was that of the favorite horse OF ID
brother, Mai. Frederick w. Matteson
said Mrs. Clara n. Doolittle. . ten
ment inspector, the other day. ~Du
inx the civil war. after my broth'
reached Corinth, Miss. as . major
tho Illinois Yates sharpshOOters. ]
Was stricken with fever and SOC
died.
During my brothers Illness b
favorite horse. Sahib. was tethered
mile away from the wilderness
tents in q small cleared fnclosuT
One morning the groom. who visft'
the horse daily. was unable to hnd
and after searching for hours came
report the loss to my brother. lima
inc his surprise to find the amin
contentedly standing in the tent VII
his head touching my sick brotheI
breast.
"The horse had broken away FRO
! where II had been tied and found
, way to the tent alone. 1t persisted
stayiog near the tent, and the q
, diers, moved by It's devotion. did u
} attempt to drive 1t away. A few d.
. later Sahib, without bride. follow
the ambulance. which carried Il
? body of his master. For three do,
; after nv brothers death the horse !
! fused to touch food and was tncons>
> Chicago Inter-Ocean.
A serlptusal Injunction.
. "At the second battle OF Bull Run
remarked q member of one Of d
New York posts, ''the famous Thirt
fifth regiment from Jefferson count
New York, suffered terribly. and I
} forts were Immediately made by q
: friends at home to NIL Its thinn'
: ranks. Among the first to spring
its rescue was one Augustus Bn'
Who was famous rs . hunter In Jol
+ Browns tract. and distinguished 4
being a capital fellow and IN exc
lent marksman. His uncle. Deac'
Wetherby. met Gus day or two an
he had enlisted and said:
"'Well, Augustus. I understand y
have enlisted In the Thirty fifth?
ayes, uncle. have was the
j ply. and I am to start for the re-
ment tomorrow morning.
+ "'That's right. my boy. that's rfsh
q continued the deacon. I am ve
8 glad you have enlisted, and you ha
n nv prayers and blessings And. no
; Augustus. boy, let me give you
q little advice: When you go into b
Q tie have your gun well charged and
e GOOD order. When the order q CIV
8 to advance ON the rebels. ! want ~
:. nv dear boy, to remember the scr
= tural Injunction, 1T is more bless
J. !. to give than to receiY Y-wash''
ton Star.
q Hooker at Lookout.
y Gen. Hooker. Fighting Joe. ~
e Was proudly called by his devot
u followers, and whom II was my plea
" ure to meet and to know well afs
u the war. was one Of the brilliant .
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