The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1911-11-24
A STORY OF
The LOYAL SOUTH
As Told by Uncle Trad
Hipsley, go years old.
A Skirmish which Brought about
Results Desired, of Which Con-
gress Once Took Notice.
(By Captain W. e. B nnett, Jr., U. s
Army, for The Republican,


1T. Isnwton, Wa d., Aug. II, 1911.
My Dear Edit0:--I visit my old
uncle June 20. found him some
what deaf and absent minded but
hs memory tolrably clear concerning
happenings at the tins 1 write
In compliarcs with tbs request that
write up his account of this incidsn
and the state Of affairs existing at
that time, I Big leave % submit the
following taken from the old gentle
mans own words ON this occasion,
and ON the occasion of visit
made him in 1907, at which time |
took the story just as h. told stand
al near as could in his own words,
told in his oym old fashioned style.
In answer to my request that he tell
me all about the incident, and 10 my
fnsquent questions h told it sub
stanially as follows:
THAT little scrap. Well, there
amt much to tell about. 1t was jes.
a little shoohn' scrape, ike 'xpsct
you have Sssn yourself, ALREADY.
Havn't ys? dcn't know, rephed,
Ut me hear 1t and maybe can tell
you.
well, | amt much of a Story 'sil-
or. | don't believe if did tell
anything it would b. fit5sn 10 mad,
or anybody would wan. TO lead At af-
her it had been printed, nohow But
bfn' as 81 like bsfn accommOda-
bin jst now, since dinusr is ov5r,
an thsre admit, as | said, much TO
tell about it, noEdx, Ill It'll all
about it | r membsr. Wsit till | git
M a chaw of tsoacker first.
1T was a long time ago-l=mme
SOFT was-I recollsct now, it was
IN the fore part OF May, SO, behave.
We had nighs smart o rain dlat
spring an everybody was bahin hand
with their work. | had broke up ell
my ground, but there had come We.
sgpll an had to stop before got
TO plan.in' corn.
Tham was Troublesome times for
long time. Dangerous for soms
people, an not pertckerly healthy for
a whole Lot none of them. There
wasn't much killing about hare. Once
an awhile aAm4bCuy wouid git kill
sd or paebusd off. There was some
bw hes las stole, and som atimaS we
hmrd tell of some feller giutin' hoas-
whnpp ID, OF bein' held up an his
mnsy tals,sR away I'm him but in 9TH
Of pans of the country vie heard of
kilhnis an lts of o5her meannees
9o.n' on. Whom the nigg rs heard
On y was fn,ad mot of i4m MAS
adeard 10 Lave # ard somssJody would
kali EN-.
When the war furst broke out, the
Gov'nOr If thu State give 1t out he
wasn't gOn' 20 have noihin' 20 do
VIII ii an wasn't goin' TO md men
oCG for al,h.T SIDE He refused right
ont 10 ssmd any msh when Presdi mt
Lincoln asked him 10 do it uhe first
Tins. He 'xpscied h. was goin' to
have trouble ovar it | reckon, the
STATE was prat.y much split up en-
uhs question, lots O folks bsllay.sd in
NE Union an good many believed
IN tbs Sou-h. 50 as 10 Dsp down
n ubls an to show | reckon, that
~ maant 10 b. honest an do Jest |
vi at no said he would, tbs Gov'nor |
nj cd the militia cut an armad Them
VI as fur as he had musNa S am pow
iT an lead TO go round, | nsaloon.
There was two bodi TO lhis force
10 fetched GU. Ore he called S att
iuyarcis, the oalor be oallod Home !
iuyands. The Stale Guyafds 90 ans
Ve.e all Gabels 90 start in with. All
4 rs I'm am about this Gaanc nsfglbor-
God who wasn't r BEES WIS muster
d IN as Home Guyards If we wanted
o. Lots of felbsrs btTd out an
.Gn't lake sidos ndh way. all |
hIu The whole aima They s'aid at
Dlcre an tried TO git rich rala.n' osr-
acksr.
As jsat said there wrnI 'nough
lu alie.s To arm al uhe HON Guyards
What thay got w.rnt much ACCOUNT
ohow. SO lots of US owned an
ackad our own guns TIhige was
Ns o. Othpr places IL was ;hs saane
'ay. There was Still SOME game an
b. woods about hare thsn, lo1s pf
,oons, 'DOssums. am squirrels. am
noun hogs. an soma.lm dar.
n lots OF turk y clcee to Rough
Svsk flats. ALI III US hunted some
me when tbs wea,her wasn't nlt-
m to work. Eyr'hody could kill
luirrols with "a nfle that was big
IOugh 10 pack a gun. an everybody
rs lobarabe good sinofin at mark.
malim 5 as much as hundred.
"a hundred an fifty yards off,
IOotin' off han. Most psople thsm
mas dn fac 'msgin' d they might as
al try 10 farm without grubbsn'
10 about. as 70 ay 1t without gun