The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-10
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 wool had shrunk. and made a kind of
 roll on the edge of the blanket, 70 that
 this mark could not be readily seen.
 Gary looked round and ssid in . loud
 tone: Where is the man who claims
 this bianket7" Some one replied. Hes
 out wonder at work on the redau."
 Gary said. "weH. tell him here is .
 man from Texas who claims this We walked away to headquarters with the blanket. and at we passee'
 some soldier sang out in kind or song: .Who Is the man ,ehe stole tiss Texas mans blanketyS and then some one else, In louder and more distinct tone sang, Where Is the man who stole the Texas mans bIanketr Then two. three, one hundred. five hundred voices took np the refrain in higher key. un- til the woods resounded with where is the man that stole the Texas mans blanket?" and the echoes from the foot of Lookout Mountain snswered "Blank-et!''
 returned to my camp, and on the next day was visited by Mfr. Houston, of Lancaster. s. c. I think he was sergeant. He said, "I am the man who had your blanket, and I've come to tell you how got it.' He was very pleas ant in his manner and we talked for some time. He said that his wife had received the blanket from soldier In | Lancaster district The soldier was sick and stayed a day or two at the house. and gave her this blanket as he had more thar, he needed. He said his wife had sent him the blanket from home. and he had had tt only affew days. This was about the 2eth of October. and this avanishing blahket" served its | purpose we'll during the severe winter
 campaign in East Tennessee. protecting me from many a wintry blast. ward. ing off snow sieet, and rain. ] brought 1t back to Texas in May. 1884. and kept | 1t many years. In 1888 took 1t on . camp hunt on Marnos Creek, about | fifteen miles from Waco.
 While we were absent from camp in | the drive st disappeared again. and. | have never seen 1t since. I heard. how. I ever, on vsry good authority. that the | blanket had been stolen and carried | into the indian Territory, where doubt- l less it enveloped the dusky form of l some heroic Minnehaiia,
 eve are indebted for the above l sketch to Judge John c. West, of Waco. | whose experiences from Texas to- Get | tysburg would fill many ap interesting l page--Mrs c. NJ Tardy, Historian. Ala-
 bama Division, U. D. CD
 \ | At TniEadeen.
 l The !. T. Morgan Chapter of the l U. D. c.'s at Talladega, Ala. has en- | tered upon the most prosperous year l of. its history. We are not only grow | ing in numbers. but in Interest and | good works. and we stand ready at all l times to give wisely to the full ex. | tsnt Of our ability to all the objects ef | our associations
 | N 1T l &nised the William H. Burr Chapter l Children of the Confectionery. who are | an enthusiastic loyal hand of children | Their present work is for the Lee monument and to aid the old soldiers We doubt if any chapter In the. State | has q larger attendance at their month iy meetings than the John T. Morgan chapter. Our programs are carefully | prepared, and 1t is the desire of every leader and her assistants to make l them so interesting that no member ii absent. sa.#-.5s. '
 Our subject for study this year is I the battles of the civil war Much l palms and careful study are given te | each program so as to give the facts accurately and inipartiaiiy, Ii, is.sin- deed thrilling. the story of the war f0E Southern ,independence. The hattlei ! and marches whore our Southern pat 1 riots won martial fame fighting under { the folds of the starry cross of the Southern Confederacy, for liberty and I self preservation, which are God-given | rights. But this imperfect notice ot our beloved chapter. would indeed be !, without force if we did not mention our faithful. efficient officers. ana thsif | wise administration and willing ser- vice to every duty assigned them.
 Our President. Mrs. J. H. Johnson has made a study of the work, and her heart is in 1t, and we are assured there | Is no oficer in the division. or in any I of the chapters who is better qualified
 for her ofaee than our. President. or