Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-02-03

iate heavy rain to ke.n -. -
ina 90 a. nelds, and away from their wait.
w1aro eauows. Plow horsks were saddlad
waro e"ooies We're; ana where thew
horse 49, q padded sheepESin or folded
Nanoo nAet' glrthed Cd aid Jim or old
OF some 2-year-olu colt served
~ piesenr purpose, and every male in
~, 'aht over twelve and under bnn.
was out and mounted, 'singIe pan-
80 ~! ,! put not infrequently "doubla )"
anu III each and every instance armed !,
'0,,e SORT OF fashion-armed TO the tooth
eh frequently, but by far the most
e s. boys, galloped across str;ns
" green prairie, loaded with a long ham
.e eloeh squirrel rifle, carried upon the
4,shl shoulder or across the Ian unon
.ne pommel of the saddle. Here thew
uash through thicket of yellow bios
sonieu "lld artlchokes, and 1adian Guns
M arlu VIVA hemp, and purple bsiled Unison.
es are expecting to come ryon the EN-
c's DIT any msment-all these who coma
iioiil heelfoot Pond For they have
neard that the enemy-the raiiroaders-
nold armed and hostile posses sion of the
afmers Bank, and, in fact all Sand
town, including the captiyitr Of their
leading citizen, Coonrod Reddso topetbar
with the sheriff and all his nssse
A smoke has been seen in some unac-
countable quarter for a smoke. and from
a suspicion unguardedly psopagated
.here arises the authenticated report that
niue jim Dikeses' house is beiEs burned
aiohg with others, up on Big Ractlesnake
Creek
Boys are careering about with wild de
lght, looking eagerly for the enemy il
every thlcket, at every crossing. Other
squads of boys, far off, up or Gown the
VIDE river bottom, are at times taker
Tor the enemy, and there is Danger OF
collisions among the different squads of
the Wabash people themselves.
however, old Captain Joe E,iet, who
was IN the Revolutionary War, and who
mas mounted his antique cooked hat his
blue brass buttoned coat, his che hugo
leathern epaulette on his right shoulder,
and IS seated in two-horse wagon, play
ing on very shril fife an absurd tray
esty on 1.-THE Girl l Left Behirl Me-"
pauses to suggest that all Sandt0wners
tie piece of red flannel upon their right
arms for sign by day, and a strip of
white tow-linen upon the same ann for
a sign by night. This suggestion is at
once bruited about as a very remarkable
evidence of the practical knowledge Of
an old soldier, and is acted upon a. once
even very many women investing
themselves with this war badge
Great numbers of people from all parts
of the country have made the wi;a cx-
element of this bright, COOL sunny July
day a preteXt for concentrat ting a. the
large house and gathering at the supple
board of Coonrod Redden. The5 all
wanted to hear, direct from Headquarters
the story of the noted old Hooser farm
er's capture. And then they were sure
that his house would be sort of Central
station for the reception of dispa ,ches
from the seat of war. The large stables
" ere full of the visiting ''nags'' OK the
immediate Redden family, and }heir
wives nearest relations; and the Hitch
ing racks and the lane fences we're
thronged with squealing, kicking ana Bit
ing old mares whose maniacal younG colts
were careering up and down lance and
roads, neighing shrilly and in CHAOTIC
chords as they dashed at every old Hnoth-
er mare save the dam that belonged to
the particular dasher.
Not by any possibility was am one
Of the hundreds of careering and strriek-
ing colts ever able to recognize the moth
er, past whom it dashed in mad pursuit
of some unsympathetic and petulant
horse having not the slightest resem-
blance TO the abandoned and ignored
dam.
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