The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-04-12

Sherman say: Yes, that is a fact; I
remember it now very distinctly. /
thank the gentleman for reminding me
Of the incident
A Conquered Conquerox.
Over the fence of his Missouri door.
yard Private Humphrey Digges. late
Of the 'Steenth Missouri Volunteers.
held review of the passing world
Ofhcially he was waiting to hail the
butcher. The butcher was due at 10
o'clock that morning. and having re-
ceived FROM headquarters orders ia
hail him. Private Digges had arisen
at 6 and taken his station on post, ia
the exclusion of all other and less wei
come forms of physical effort. From
this post he saluted a passing bicy-
clist.
Halt and light OF, young mani"
he said, cheerfully. Its too fine .
day to be travelling so fast"
The young man. nothing loath. lean,
ed his whee against a fence and en-
tered into conversation.
1.-The way you come in.' said Pri-
vate Digges, reminds me OF the way
l marched into vicksburg forty odd
years g Ever in yicksburg, young
man? No? Well. sir, when l went
down there with Sherman 1 was b
only man In the corps who went
through Chickasaw bottoms and up the
hills Got SO excited going ahead, I
didn't know the army had retreated.
and 1 was just going to snatch b
Confederate Gag onsn their fort up
there when l noticed the firing had
stopped, and looking round, / see ]
was all alone in a mob Of Johnnies.
well, sir. 1 hated to come away
then-but / did 1t. 1 did it and lived
to be glad. of it, for when l went back
into the rear ssf yicksburg later. with
Grant, and the general says. rs there
anybody in the army who knows what
the rebel forts looks like insidey !
says, L do, general and he says.
Bully for you. biggest And so I went
in and told Pemberton what l had
told Grant about his forts. and Penn
berton saw it want any more use,
and he surrendered
Grant said il he had an army like
me he'd "a, licked the whole Confeder.
acy In two weeks.
Come right In, stranger, and stay q
while. Stay two or three days. Just
wait till : go in end get the old WON
an. This is my third wife I got now.
and she's the widow of a Confederate
veteran. Better not say anything about
the late unpleasantness. for she's a
mite touchy."
Private Digges ambled into the
house tc acquaint his wife with the
fact that there YVES company fordinner.
The young man at the gate heard sud
denly sherp and fast explosions like
the report W a rapid-hre gun, end soon
out from the doorway emerged pri-
vate Digges in full retreat, Followed
by his Confederate helpmate.
"No, sir No. sirl l can't have It'll
I can't have it.' she spluttered. I'm
sorry to turn you away. young mai.
but I can't help it. I've got to
cook. I've got to clean house.
l have to 60 to the barn and
feed the horses. l have to milk
the cows, l have to run after the
hens. 1 have to get the eggs. I have
to look after every last bob and tag
ger on this fsvm-rylile that hulking.
no,count 'postle of liberty sets there
by the gate watching Cor the butcher.
I'm sorry to TURF you away, young
man, but 1 can't 10 sor any extra"
Private Digges leaned over the gate
again confidential y.
II reckon we'll have to allow that
what she says goes this time, stran-
GER" he said, sadly. "Ysee, the old
woman-well. when Grant said that
about me n a few others licking
the hull Confederate army, he hadn't
met up with some OF the Southern
women folks at that time"
An Accommodations Sentinel.
The Colonel of an Alabama regi-
ment which served through the rebel
lion, says some one in the Grand Army
Sentinel, was famous for having CIV.
erytksng lone in military style. Once.
while hsld officer Of the day, going on
his tour Of inspection, he came upon q
sentinel sitting on the ground with his
gun entirely taken to pieces. The fol
lowing dialogue then Dol place:
Colonel-Don't you know that a sen
tinel while on duty should always keep
on his feet?
Sentinel (without looking up)-
That's the way we used to do when
the war began, but that's o~utlaved
long ago.
Colonel beginning to doubt IL the
man was really on duty)-Are you he
sentinel here?
sentinel-weIl, I'm a sort OF senti-
mel.
Colonel-well. I'm a sort of officer CT
the day.
Sentinel-Well, IL you'll hold on till
/ sort Of git my gun together I'll give
you a sort OF a sa,ute.
An Australian paper relates that at
some amateur theatricals In Victoria
two people among the spectators, when
eyer the heroine WAS kissed. kissed