Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1908-12-31

know as it's any compliment to him to
say that he is q friend Of mine.u DPer-
haps it's falling" Mr.. Judd remarked,
IS he bowed and shook hands with the
major. He then said, ave hear 1t re-
ported on the streets and at the hotel that
Grant has been fighting all day at Chat
tanooga. How is ii. Major7''
"I'I tell you how that is, said Mr.. Lin
coin, interrupting, tthey've made an ad-
vance down there and had q little fray,
captured about two hundred OF the en-
envy and gained point or two. but no
general engagement has vet been report
ed, and even what has been done Is not
known to those who make up street re-
ports. He then showed Mr.. Judd some
late dispatches and the conversation
turned upon the general condition Of
affairs. The enemy's style Of sending in
flags Of truce in the midst of an engage
ment was severely commented upon, as
was also q warning sent by the rebel COM
mander before Chattanooga that all nom
combatants should be removed from the
town, indicating that q fierce attack was
about to be made, and which proved to
have been only for the purpose Of intim-
idation and to mislead. Mr.. Judd re-
marked that, from his standpoint, Eve
thousand miles away, he had often
thought that the federal government was
not severe enough, not retaliatory
enough. "Well,' replied Mr.. Lincoln,
sit is well to be no more severe than we
have power to enforce. have often
thought Of the man who made all his ar
engagements to go over and whip Bill
Grimes. When about starting, he was
quite taken aback BY being asked, ssSup-
pose Bill Grimes whips your 81 de-
ole a. - =
| guess ! won't CO." Then followed his
hearty laugh, with the rest Of those pres
emit.
Two days after this conversation. Mr..
Dana autographed from Chaftanooga:-
stGlory 70 God, the day lie decisively ours.
Missionary Ridge has just been carried
by q magnificent charge of Thomas
troops, and rebels routed. Hooker has
got in their rear And about three
hours later General Grant ielegraphed
General Halleck, although the battle
lasted from early dawn tin dark this
evening, I believe 1 am not premature m
announcing a complete victory over
Bragg. Lookout Mountain top, all the
rife pits in Chattanooga valley and Mis-
sionary Ridge entire have been carried
and are now held by us. / have no idea
Of finding Bragg here tomorrow
One morning Immediately after Gener-
al Grierson's celebrated raid, Mr.. Lincoln
came In as usual and, IS this was the
most important recent military event, it
was the subject of conversation. Mr..
Lincoln remarked that it was q most ex-
traordinary movement. Grierson started
ilto the rebel lines from Memphis and
nothing more was heard Of him for nearly
three weeks, when he arrived safely at
=
done serious damage to the Confederate
railroads. machine shops, mills and other
property along his route. Mr.. Lincoln
said II reminded him OF a person be once
heard Of who ran q needle into his hand
and never knew anything Of It again till
it came out Of his foot fifteen years after
wards.
AT another time we had received news
of q series Of raids into rebel territory.
Stoneman had Just returned from an ex-
petition into East Tennessee and south
western Virginia. Sherman had divided
the Conlederacy and safely reached Sa-
vannah. Grierson and Wilson had each
been heard from in Alabama and Missis-
sippi. and no seeding state seemed free
from our incursions. The president said
il put him in mind Of weary traveller in
Western state who, after iourneyiDg
in. He went in and asked il be could be
accommodated with food and lodging.
He was told that they could LET him have
place to sleep but that there was not a
"bite of victualsn in the house. The
traveller gladly accepted the pallet OF
straw and soon fell asleeD, but was awak-
ened BY whispers which disclosed that
there was q cake baking in the ashes of
the fireplace and the woman and her hus-
band were congratulating themselves on
the way they had kept their food and de-
ceived the hungry traveller. Feeling an
noyed that they should have told him
they bad nothing to eat when it was not
true, and that they were now sschuck-
ling" over it, he determined to get even
with them and began to move restlessly
and finally got mp and complained Of
feeling very badly. The woman asked
I him what was the matter. He told her
he was much distressed in mind and
couldn't sleep, and went ON to say that
his father. when he died. had left him a
large farm but that be had no sooner taxi
en- possession Of it than mortgages began
4 to appear; and taking the fire poker, be
said, "My farm was situated like this''
/ illustrating by drawing the poker
through the ashes so as to entirely sur
round the ash cake with the lines
'sFirst, one man got a piece OF it here, on
this side; then another brought in a
mortgage and took OF another pis &c
! there; then another there, and another
there and there and there, drawing Il e
} poker through the ashes each time to ex-
plain locations, until, said be, there was
nothing left to me at all. which / pre-
sumo is the case with your cake.'' "And
l reckon. !" said Mr.. Lincoln, 'sthat the
prospect is now very good for soon hav-
ing tbs rebellion as completely cut up as
the ash cake was.n
When he bad finished reading tele-
grams announcing Sheridan's last fight
with Early in the Shenandoah valley, be
said he thought Early's army was in
about the same condition as a dog he
once heard man say he had killed BY
filling piece Of punk with powder and,
setting it on fire by a short fuse, be
clapped it inside OF a biscuit and as the
big dog rushed at him as usual. tossed
the biscuit to him. In an instant the