The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1905-09-28
HOW WALDO PASSED
CONTRABAND QUININE

Members of Candy Post who failed
to attend the meeting Saturday
missed very enjoyable time. There
was good attendance. In the ab-
sence of Commander Phelps, Junior
Vice Commander Buck filed the
chair. He not only filed the chair,
literally speaking, but presided with
great dignity. M. F. Jacobs was pres
cut. He came all the way from Port
land to attend this meeting and help
to arouse enthusiasm among the com.
rades to get them to go to Portland ON
Hood River day at the exposition. A
goodly number of the comrades of
Candy Post will b. lip to swell the
Hood River crowd on that day. A
brother of Comrade Rigby was Wis
itor. This brother served in an Iowa
regiment throughout the wal. The
writer learned at this meeting that
the Rigby family sent nine brothers
to the war.
After the routine work of the Post
was concluded, Comrades Stranahan
and Blowers gave reports of their ex-
perience at the National Encampment
at Denver. Both comrades had met
at Denver mel bers of their old regi-
ments and companies whom they had
not seen for 40 years, and it can be
imagined what an enjoyable time they
had. The recital of their experience
made every comrade present wish he
had been there.
"reminiscences of war times we're
then INDUCED in, and some good
stories we're told. Comrade Waldo
told one of the best, and, begging
Waldo's pardon, the writer cannot
refrain from reporting it, though he
can't hope to tell it so good as it
came from the lips of Waldo.
In the days before the war, when
Waldo was little boy, maiden aunt
went to Mississippi, where she was
engaged as governess in the family of
prominent physician. After years
of service in the hospitable Southern
family, when the war came this gov
erness from the North espoused the
cause of the Confederacy, and was
loyal to her Southern friends. A
daughter of this Confederate physician
managed to get pass for herself and
governess to enter the Union lines at
Memphis. When they returned home,
or to the Confederate lines, it was
necessary for the picket guards to
closely search them for contraband Of
war. Waldo was ON picket duty that
day, and as the two women passed
out, he with others of the reserve was
called upon to do the searching.
Waldo, in spirit of fun, after he had
searched the younger woman, became
too bold in his work and caressed the
elder one manner little too en-
dearing, which caused the governess
to show fight, and she knocked young
Waldo down. The ladies we're allowed
to pass the lines and Waldo hoped to
live to forget the incident. After the
war ended the governess visited her
old home in the North. She had an
interesting narrative to relate of her
experience during war times, and
while Waldo was present, related how
she knocked out the impudent young
Yankee soldier when she smuggled
through the Union lines at Memphis
enough quinine sewed up in the lin
ing of her dress to supply a regiment
al medicine chest. Waldo kept mum
during the recital of the story in
which he took so prominent part, but
later acknowledged to his aunt that
he was the impudent soldier and was
forgiven.
At o'clock the ladies of the Relief
Corps served a lunch of pork and
beans, cake, coffee ard fruit, and the
members of the Post accepted an in
vitation to JOIN them. The Relief
Corps is fourishing. Six new men,
bers we're admitted at the meeting
Saturday.
Eagerly Reads Glacier Railroad News.
The Glaciers exclusive railroad ar
ticles concerning railroad develop
ments down the north bank of the
Colombia during the past summer
have been read with interest by people
in the East, where the Glacier has an
extensive circulation. G. S. Smith,
who holds a position in the machin-
cry department of the Minneapolis &
st. Louis Railroad Co., at Minneapo-
lis, writes as follows:
81 have taken great deal of inter
est in reading your paper each week,
especially interesting is the railroad
down the north bank of the Columbia,
as we get statements from the heads of
the two northern rans-continental
lines in our dailies here, and also re-
ports of actual proceedings through
the Glacier. | thought possibly you
would be interested in a clipping
taken from the Minneapolis journal
of last evening, which is purport4d to
come from the headquarters in the
lesser twin. Doubtless you know all
this by this time.
81 am very much interested in your
country, and am of the opinion that
1t has great future, my only regret
Is that | am so situated that | cannot
make a change at present, as we're !
free to do so, | believe Hood River or
White Salmon offer as great induce
ments as any locality. y