La Junta tribune., 1913-07-19

me Seeing about half dozen men
o, my age In group gazing al me
at my display. | stopped and gaIed
a, them and said almos, loud enough
to be heard, You may be the very
men who tried to assaxsinat. honest
old Abe fifty years ago. You mlser'
abl. snakes. crocodiles. chin.
panze.s or whatever ye are. Now
look at these flags and badge asd
be avenged. Old Abe was too smart
for you
when the train pulled out jump
ed aboard and took them all or eN-
cept my G.. 4. r. button. tho ih"
train started for Gettysburg. fifty
five miles away. and It tool the
train just six hours TO make taat
distance. ON account OF II. road
being clogged with other trains
loaded with ex-soldiers and sight
se.rs When We arrived the II
was ten O'Clock at night and going
to the camp got lost and could
not find the Colorado deleEaiion.
Then going into tent told them
was one OF the lost childrt1 Of
the House OF Israel. In other words,
was a Yankee and an ex.uni0n sol.
dier, and that ! was lost. tired aud
hungry They laughed. gave me a
good supper OF hard boiled eggs,
bread and coffee. and a cot to
sleep on until morning. Thcy we're
all .confederates. Al Gettysburg
turned over a new leaf and took
the advice contained In the following
lines:
"A wise old owl sat on an OAK,
The more he heard the less h. spoke.
The less he spoke the more H. beard,
Why can't We all be like this bird"
| did II. A person can learn heaps
In this world II h. will only keep
his eyes aud ears open and his
mouth shut
The only persons ! knew on the
ground were William Green and wife
of Rocky Ford. and | formed no new
acquaintanc.s During the sin days
that | was In camp spent most OF
my time under fine shade Tree on
Seminary Ridge. only a short dis
tance from the Colorado boys tents.
only went about IN thF'cooi OF
the morning and evening This let.
ter Is written on Seminary Ridge.
This Ridge was occupied by the con
federates on III. third day Of the
battle. The same cannon they used
In that fight l. still on this Ridge.
and the same guns the Union forces
used In that battle are still here on
the Identical spot occupied by them
in tina, battle Monuments. tablets
and markers ar. seen eyerywhere.
some OF these monuments COS, hun
drcds of thousand of dollars ! could
easily I'm Who'll. issue VI the Tri.
bune Ia this letter but it could not
be advisable. II anyone fishes to
know any more about this The most
decisive battle of the civil War, let
him go to IN. La Junta library. Get
the habit aud It will make man OF
you.
Tn. .oonf.d.rat's | saw aud met
ncr. are a different class u people
from thos. met In war tim" In Mis-
souri and Arkansas. They are bet
ter looking. and far more Intelligent.
They viii compare faSorably with
th. "a. Union soldiers of any northern
states. saw IN. statue u John
Burns. whom Bret Hart. has immor'
taliI-d In poetry and song He was
q cobbicr aud over seyeniy years Of
age When Lees army approach~d
Gettysburg all IN. people lu that
town, II u said ran away except
him. n. tried to get somc one TO
vo with him and fight Lees army.
but they all refused. Thea selsing
his rifle he cusscd the whole town
and started out for III. front Meet.
Ing a Union regimen, he asked PER.
mission Of tn. colonel TO join one Of
his companies. The colonel advised
him to 90 ou, into the woods snd
fight where there Was some protsc.
tion. ". refused TO do ,hi. and wae
/ permitted To Join one Of Ia. con.
Z panics. Ne fought Just Ike an -.
listed man and ~as wounded three
times. the last wound laying him ost.
His statue Il fine. His LET, hand y
formed into = tight fist. hi. right
hand xrasps his rifle tightly. ~
face has > determined look BIZ
shirt collar II turned inside: BIZ
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