The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-05-11

THEY TELL SOME INTERESTING
ANECDOTES OF THE WAR.

How the Boys of Both Armies whiled
Away Life In camp-Foraxinx Elk.
periences, Tiresome Marches-Thril.
Ming ecsnes en- the Battlefield.
TWO or three years ago." said the
Doctor, 'I wss living in New York,
ana was engaged in a profitable bust
ness One evening 1 was seated at
table In restaurant when a we'll
dressed, elderly man came in from the
street walked straight toward me, and
said In low voice: 7 am In great dis
Tess- I am at the end of my string.
l have no money, no place to sleep, and
am hungry. What would you advise
me to dor
"Of course, was annoyed, and 1
showed my annoyance. There was no
reason why the man should have sim
gled me out FOR such a speech, except
possibly, that wore the Grand Army
button. However, that did not occur
to me at the time. and said jocularly,
I know what I would do under like
circumstances. would go outside,
look for good sized stone, clutch it
firmly in my right hand, find large
plate glass window, and hurl the stone
through IT. After that would be sure
OF board and lodging for some weeks
at the expense of the city,
The stranger said with jaunty po-
likeness: You are very kind Thank
you, sir. / will act on your sugges-
don.' Thereupon he walked straight
to the door and went out, and order
ed my supper. In less than five min
utes there was a crash in 'front.' tin
kle Of broken glass, and a clamor of
voices. went with others to the
street and saw that my acquaintance
OF five minutes before had taken my
advice with a vengeance. He had
thrown stone through the window Of
Z tewelry store and was awaiting ar
rest There were all sorts of theories
on the lips Of men who were awaiting
the second move in what they regard
ed as a daring scheme of robbery.
Meantime several policemen were
closing in cautiously on the man who
had thrown the stone. They evidently
regarded him as dangerous character
or as insane Divining this, the stone
thrower said: oh. I will go with you.
No trouble on that score. In fact /
broke the glass that might be arrest.
ed AS policeman grabbed him, /
said: Wait minute. l am afraid
an to blame for this. / said to this
man when he asked for assistance that
/ would throw a stone through a plate
glass window, and in that way secure
board and lodging from the city. That
was a joke, but he seems to have acted
on my advice, and feel in a measure
responsible.
1.-The upshot of the affair was that /
agreed to pay for the broken glass and
to take charge of the man who had
broken it. paid for the supper Of the
stone thrower, secured lodgings for
him, and told him would listen to his
story the next day never expected
to see him again, but he kept his ap-
pointment the next morning. and told
his story. He had been in the employ
Of one house for twenty years, and
when it failed thought he would have
no difficulty in securing other employ
ment. But he found no other place
and finally found himself with no re-
sources and no chance Of employment
The sensation Of being turned out
Of doors, Of being without friends, and
Of being hungry, affected him strange
", and, noticing my Grand Army but
ton as / went into the restaurant, he
decided to lay his case before me. In
his desperate mood my suggestion
struck him as being much better than
suicide. secured him employment
the next day on trial, and he did so
well that he was regularly engaged the
next week. In six months he came to
my Office looking so much better that
/ did not recognize him. He said the
1eweler Of the broken window had told
him that paid a bill Of SO or replac-
ing the glass, and he had come to re-
pay the money.
HE said he had good position and
was abundantly able to pay the bill;
that he was indebted to me for the po-
sition and for the general bracing up
he received In following my advice,
and that he wanted to be comrade in
good standing. Then it came out that
be had seen service in the same bri-
gade as myself, and he recalled an ex-
plot in which he and some Of my own
regiment had been engaged-to their
credit. I understood then the reck-
less, devil-may-care spirit of the fell
low who threw stone through q win
dow on my advice"
MEN Of fine spirit" said the Cap
tain. "were found in all regiments in
the army. remember well the find
ing Of the body of Captain Peter
Schneider, Of the Fifty-seconi Ohio,
at Peach Tree Greek. On til inc of
hand-to-hand fighting, Sen elders
body was found with bullet hole be.
tween the eyes. Not two feet from II
was the dead body Of a rebel major
with a bullet hole in the forehead.
Each man had a revolver In his right
hand and one chamber In each re
volver was empty. The inference was
plain. Captain Schneider and the reb-
el major had faced each other COOL,
tn the heat of battle, had fired at The