The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1905-10-20

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you leave some things out tha
you feel like inserting after vol
look back over the field and com,
pare notes with your friends.
/ Really, | did not expect to write
so much when / began, and Ger
tainly did not think there would
be so many people interested II
these Pen Pictures. =
| remember a class in Towne's
Analysis at the old Martin School
which | think ought not to be
passed over in silence. All OF
the large boys and some of the
smaller ones, belonged to the
class, and every one stood at the
head of the class by reason OF
the requirement that when one
remained at the head till the les
son was over he was then com
PEELED to go foot.
was thinking just the other
day of the great number of Capt.
Martins old pupils still living;
mean of those who were old
enough to and did enter the Con
federate service. They all serv-
ed through the war who were
old enough. l have heard recent
ly that both the Fisher boys,
Platt Bull and Alfred, and also
Perry Nicks, were good soldiers.
Only a few days ago, an old
friend ofmine was telling of Per-
ry Nicks during the war. Perry
was in a Texas regiment, and
his command was camped for 2
time by my old friends S regiment,
and who knew Perry before the
war, and they met several times
during the war. 1t seems there
was some complaint made of the
boys of the Texas regiment, and
Perry was asked one day what
sort Of men these Texans were
any way. Why" says Perry,
you may know what sort Of
men they are when | tell you
I'm the best man in the com
mand." " / have heard Of Perry
since the war some years ago
still pursuing the legal practice.
Dir. I. G. Harris, row liviag
at old Union church in Lee coun-
| ty, whom we always called Tom,
Of course, was rather small at
Martin S school, but he was like
the Irishman's pig, little but
audi asI find by comparing
notes, he was of the age of Dal-
las StovalI. He is another evi-
dence Of Capt. Martins work
manship, and one more of the
old guard to make doctor. /
was at the Doctors home in Aug
ast at the reunion Of the John
NJ. Simonton Camp Of Oh sol
diers, and the memorial day ser
vice for the dead both soldiers
and citizens buried there, and he
has a beautiful country home,
nestled in as fine natural grove
as the country affords, and seems
to be enjoying life. and is still
actively engaged in relieving the
the sick and suffering ones. ]
know Of but one man now living
| in Lee county who is likely to
lSrow anything of Tom Henry
and ed Garland, Of whom | am
nov going to speak, and that
man is Joshua Ward. living near
| ly north Of Mooresvllle. The on
Nv time [ ever saw Tom Henry
ana I'd Garland was in 1859, at
old Bogeufalah creek, while the
gro lnds were being prepared for
the fourth Of July celebration,
when Buck Owen made the
speech Of which have spoken IN
some previous Pen Picture. AT
that time / also made the ac
lquaintance Of Nat Ward who was
a friend and associate Of Henry
and Garland. The thing that
noticed particularly about Ton
Henry and Nat Ward was Their
great strength. | noticed then
/ driving the postsin the groune
| for the dinner scaffolding, which
lthey did with as much apparent
| ease as I could have driven
1small peg in the ground with {
! hammer, they using great wood
! en- mauls, and swinging then
lover as if they had been mere
walking canes. They all came
i from Tennessee, and We're ther'
! simply ona visit, and did tn
|work Just to show their strength
| for they were certainly unde
no obligation to do It. Ed Gar
Hand was an altogether differen
i iman. He was small, rather lov
of stature, and had a kind OF diff
i1clltg III speaking distinctly q
i account Of his mouth being tWls
sed to one side from the effect 9
Icalomel. as heard. But he wa
al intellectual fellow, and colh
make d fine speech, SO ! heard
/ knew Nat Ward from then q
i to the time of his death, but
have never heard OF Iom Henr