The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1904-08-04

Mitchell. In our front was a COM
pany of pioneers who had just
gone into camp there that after
noon aud by night had their Sibly
tents up and the camp in good
shape.
About sundown it began to
cloud up and threaten rain and,
as we sat under pine tree by the
roadside, we were talking about
the pioneers and their old Sibley
tents. At last Joe Collins spoke
up and says, "boys, let US play
trick on those pioneers" "How"
says Tom Book, "and what kind
of trickp" "I will tell you"
says Joe. "We will make them
take down their tents and move
back behind the mountains" AS
it was then about eleven o'clock,
the boys thought it would be q
good joke. "Well how are you
going to do it," says Tom Book.
easy" says Joe. zone of US
will go over into their quarters
and waken their captain and tell
him that a citizen came into our
post in the afternoon and said
that he had heard some rebel
cavelry say that they were going
to attack our post that night"
"Well," says Tom, "what of
that" "Don't you see the
point, "says Joe, "those pioneers
will be between two fires and that
they won't stand" "All right. 3"
says Tom, "but who is going over
there to tell them that big lie2"
"Well, we will draw CUTS" says
Joe. "Alright, "says the boys
"we are agreed to your plan"
Abe Trout prepared six straws
and the boys all took draw by
the freight and the writer was
the lucky one to carry the impor-
tant message to the captain of
the pioneers. In order to make
the officer believe the story, the
writer pretended to be terribly
scared and his voice trembled as
he told the story. The officer
showed signs of fear at once and,
calling his men up, repeated the
message to them and ordered the
tents struck for a move. The
writer returned to his post, but
before reaching the boys, they
could see the result of the order /;
for all was hustle and hustle in
the pioneers camp.
About this time it began to rain
and in a few minutes we could see
the pioneers with the old Sibly
tents and camp equippage on their
backs padding down the railroad
through the rain to the other side
of the mountain. AS no rebels
showed up during the night we
had the joke on the pioneers but
they were none the wiser. On the
suggestion of Tom Book, the boys
voted Joe number one sehemer.
Another incident was confed
crate female spy visiting our
camp. One day in April, the
weather being nice and warm and
the boys lounging around on the
side of the mountain and railroad
a lady came up the road to a
group of the boys and addressing
them very pleasantly asked if
they would be SO kind as to help
her to get her old horse out of the
mire down in the road near Reag-
ans Grist Mill. AS we were al.
ways ready to help lady in dis
tress, a half dozen of us went
down with her. Arriving at the
place we found O boy about ten
years old holding to the bride of
an old gray mare that was down
in the mud and was struggling to
get up.
! There was a bushel of shelled
corn in sack lying by the side of
the old mare, that they were TAX
ing to the mill to have ground for
corn pone. The boys at once got
some rails and. pushing them un-
der the old mare, soon succeeded
in getting her on her feet and af-
ter thanking US very kindly she
proceeded to the mill.
The mill was about fourth of
a mile from our camp and in the
afternoon she came back past our
camp on her way nome, AS she