The National tribune., 1907-03-14
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g. w. Mattoon. Co. E, sth Mich Cav,
Durand. Mich. who thinks The National
Tribune the best paper ever published,
was considerably amused in reading
Comrade c. Autenrieth's article on Ce-
| dar Creek. He knew the infantry boys
who were with Sheridan in the Valley
| were great marcherS and fighters, but
| he thinks Comrade Autenreith must
| have been little more nimble than the
| average. judging from the story he tells
of driving the drove Of fat cattle to
| Winchester. returning to the battlefield
and taking part in the fight until its
close, then returning to Winchester and
driving the cattle back SO that his COM
| rades could have fresh meat for a mid
night meal. AS Sheridan himself put
the distance between Cedar Creek and
Winchester at Is miles. the comrade
would have Travelled 81 miles in one
day, besides having considerable time
for fighting. If all this was accom-
plished between sunrise and midnight
| of the same day 1t was indeed q feat
worth recording. Comrade Nation
says: But, comrade. we are all liable
| to get little off II We trust to memory
| alone, for AZ years is a long time to
| Look back. Keep right on writing, COM
rade, and tell your experiences to the
best of your recollections, for # the par
| ticipants themselves do not relate their
experiences many valuable items of his
tory will be lost to future generations"
| The 18th N. j.
Comrades VIM. II. Cawley and F. n.
Stout, both of Somerville, n. j., were
| in Washington last week. Comrades
Cawley and Stout had been appointed a
| committee to visit the battlefield of
Salem Church, and report on site for
| a monument to the 18th n. ]. Options
were secured on three different sites,
and the matter will be submitted to
the full committee of the 18th n. ].
! The Regimental Association proposes to
purchase the ground, and it is believed
that an appropriation for the moru-
ment can be secured from the Stat,
| Legislature
| Col. Fox, in his "Regimental Losses
| of the American Civil War" states that
the 18th N. ]. lost "a killed. 126 wound
| ed and four missing in the battle of
Salem Church. The 18th N ]. Veteran
Association is one of the most active
| Reunion Associations in the country.
They have planned many successful ex-
cursions, and this year it is proposed
some time in May to charter a special
train, starting from Newark. and visit
Gettysburg, the Shenandoah Valley.
| Washington, Harper's Ferry and other
points of interest, the tour extending
| over six days.
Defense of the Hen.
]. P. Tracey, Springfield, Mo-, says
the hen was slandered in an editoria!
which appeared some time ago in The
! National Tribune, and he tells a little
| story to prove it. When he was boy
there were couple of Shanghai chick
| ems about his fathers place which had
| been raised as pets. The hen made her
| nest in a pile of ashes in front of the
kitchen door. and after laying an egg
| she would, of course, according to hen
cOnventionality, leave the nest and be
gin at once to cackle. The small chill
dren of the household would then rush
like q whirlwind to get the egg. The
hen soon learned that her cacklin.
| brought the children, thereupon she be-
gan playing a trick on them which
showed a plain sense of humor. She
would sit for a few moments on her
nest. then leave it and begin to cackle,
always looking towards the kitchen
door This performance she would re-
peat a dozen or more times day, go
ing about her business in the meantime
perfectly satisfied If this did not show
intelligence and love of practical jok-
ing. what was It?
The McCumbef Bill.
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