The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-22

Editor The Advertiser:
 dsn: sSsn os % s9s aSSs vIls: . modest way have of letting au he other fellows speak or write hrst. Modesty 10 commendabie.
 the s. S:y after sSs ehsb Sisb.nament @ or dlsmis- sal | had to stay day late. on Thursday evening went to the train and saw all my old fellows on who were in condition and then then sn remained lined
 had the satisfaction. of delivering all our squad or camp Into the bosom the praise and thanks of good wornen for looking after their wayward hus- bands on reunion occasions where the privileges of the city are tendered snem snd thanks and srs not very T llin The answer of good conscience Is . very pleasant thing to have but there's more real, substantiai satisfaction in plug
 10 tell the truth, went the day be- fore to be in the business mems meet. ing. The business men have, . general Idea that they are some pu1kins. and iation. I think that meeting of inef. fectual appeal to the powers that be, . took some of the ''punkin'" conceit out of lem. ., nns speakers if they are not mistaken in tn hemselves, but if pretended to oratory and couldn't get up any more 'rousement" than developed in that meeting I'd sew up and bite on the
 However, I was proud of the old Baptist brother who presided-he itable in securing an, adjournment or our Railroad Legislature.
 to make lem speech but. they didn't say. anything about it and my innate
 I stepped lightly around the '.Dyna- miter" for fesr he was loaded. but he only "shot, ofr his mouth" and the dan
 have heard that their petition for adjournment was something like "pearIs before swine or singing psalms to a dead horse.
 took place in the old Theatre. A good
 many ot us were >on hand and the weather was cold.
 After SO long . time the curtain rose .ns I'm ss sons man to ons% sonsss fo o % having tions of propriety that are entirely out
 Too much formality, railroad infor- nation and city advertisement take the
 warmth out of welcome.
 Something short and sweet indicates c0rdiality and guests can 1oyfully tell of the occasion. Something on the or- der of
 "when I went down to RaleiGh town The gals was glad to see me I bowed my foot and scraped my head, How-dy. gals. how-dyY" But when the old soldiers are cor alled and lassoed and packed in cold all the fills that flesh is heir to'' through wicked and adulterous rail- roads, it's a strain on good nature. l hope General Harrison will never let it occur again, unless it's up-to- Another thing I don't like and that Is, to have all the whole performance ~ we weren't even. from the door. al- lowed to express thanks for the beau tifui addresses of welcome. although we had ''hearn better and we had hearn wus."
 make 1t a rule never to walk in the parade. don't care to be the back that push to the best places in the pa-
 Some years ago General Oates sug- gested q reunion without the women, 1 in a measure. My notion is that the women are less objectionable than the shirt tail fellows who rid (some of 'em in carriagesD while the old fellows walk. TCCkOu uAy hVlAOn VI pAOPAtGty n again out of date. but I think General Harrison ought to give orders against these shirt tail fellows riding on such occasions.
 I found an old company comrade whom hadn't seen since the war. That | was a pleasure.
 Old Jack Brooks was there and hap py, for he's a new married man. now l wanted him to stay the night and we'd takei in the Moving Pictures, but he said he'd rather be moving hack home. I couldn't blame him. When we're newly married there's no plac" like home"
 Only six of our company were on hand. We were so anxious that Tom Drake ford meet us there for we all loved "Old Derrick" Next year. at Birmingham, we expect to have the remnant of our company | together. Some of them are nearly Sn yeats old, but have promised to be | there.
 Our Brigadier General. whom we l haven't seen in all these years, has