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_ REMINISCENCES OF THE WAR.
Interesting Incidents Connected
With the Lute War, Bringing Out
a Great Deal of Unwritten History,
in Which the Ptivate and
Subordinate Officers are Given
Credit fttstly Due Them. Some
of the Truest, Noblest and Brav.
est Men That JJver Paced an
Pnem y Were to be
FOUND AMONG THE PRIVATES.
MY J. L. STRAIN.
Chapter VII.
'Tie said that man with latest breath
Betrays the ruling passion strong in
death;
But Rebels, true to country, will
Live till they die, and then?live
still.
How truthful are the foregoing
lines. Heroes more often die unknown
than known. ? Battles are
won through deeds of valor that Sol
Eddin might envy, and the doers
thereof are seldom named Much
praise is lavished on the brave generals
individually; the private obtains
his collectively, and collective
praise is of no more value to the individual
soldier than the collective
prosperity of a nation is to the starv*
, ing unknown out of employ. PickV
\ ett was brave at Gettysburg. He
\ always was bravo; but there were
\ many hundreds just as brave as Pickett
on that field whose names will
never bo heard in connection with
it and its bloody history.
In his memorable oration at Get
tjsburg Abraham Lincoln said
among other things iu speaking of
? the courage of the Ameriran soldiers:
l, ''Men may forget what we say here
1 today, but they will never forget
what they done here then." That
this is true of the men in the South
as well as the North none will dare
to deny. Nor was this all. Instance
after instance rolls up in our
memory where great deeds were done
under the most trying circumstances;
and yet tW\ men have long since
passed awal i and not even a marker
.shows where they sleep in mother
earth.
I Since the details of the fighting
has long been told over and over, and
the old sore of the war has been
healiug nicely during the last few
years and wo do not wish to go into
such details as might engender strife
and revive bad blood. Therefore I
will take up some of the incidentals
and talk of them at which no one
can find any objection and perhaps
our readers will enjoy the man.
i From a surgeon of the ConfedWLt
erate army who was left in charge of
^ our sick and wounded on the retreat
Xra from Gettysburg I got the following
K| which he overheard between a (ierEg
man sutler and his friend at Hagers
town, Md. The citizen said to the
9k Dutchman:
ajfll "Hello! Ilans, I thought jou were
H8 still down in Dixie, fluttering."
B ^lans?"Veil yon zhoost dake von
dhrink o lager peer mid me and I
dells you all aboud it."
They took a drink and Hdns con*
fflj tinued:
BP "You zee de dimes git dool here at
mm Hagerstown und I tinkn I goes mit
fl the army und sutler. Veil, I shoost
H takes me mmo sphring vaggon und
BB mine leedle negro poy, Ike, und gits
99 me soom goots und goes to VilliamsHB
burg, una dare is de cavalree und de
|HB " infandree und de ardillcree, und de
B9 band dey blays jYangee Toodle, und
HBB Sthar Spangled Banner und Hail
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m ****** m ** m m ** m w '**
Sthripes floot mit de tops ov de
houses mit de vind. und I tinks all
goes ride and veli. I fall in mit de
rear of de armee on my vay down
dare und sells mine grackers und
mine sardines und mine lager peer
und gits me de green] packs mit
mine pocket und I tinks me dues veil
in peesness. Yen I gi's toYilliamsburg
I goes to Mr. Taylor und dells
him: Now you zhoost keeps the
sphring vaggon und de negro poy
und I goes to Baltimore und buys
me new goots?und den I buys heap
new gotJts?four to five tousand dollars
forth, und gooms pack to Yilliamsboorg
und gits xne house on
Main schtreet und I puts mine goots
up in dot house und runs me two
sthicks mit de door- to trow calico
agross zhoost to tract de tention.
Und von day cooms von negro pov
und looks in inino vinder und zays:
"Oh, vot poorcy goots, heaps poorty
goots. Vish I had soom dem goots."
I zays you vants buy soom dese goo is. .
He zays, "yes, but I g ?tuo monisb."
Veil, zays I, you gits vay from hero.
He zays: "Never mind, Sheneral
Lee's eavalrec cooms here git dem
goots some dese days und pays you
nodding." Und I zays vot you know
bout it: Sheneral Lee not cooms
here; too many beoplcs here in dis
place. "Never mind, you zees," he
says.
Von day coom von Yakee cavalree
und shteals mine goots; und den 1
goes to Sheneral Decks und dolls de
Sheneral dat von his cavalreo shteal
mine goots, und de Sheneral zay:
"Ilanz I makes dot Yonkee cavalree
bring back dem goots." Und do
next day cooms de Yankee cavalree
und puts mine goots back on de
gOunter, und anodder cavalree Yonkee
man stheals mine goots again
und take dem off mit himsef so I
rl'wln'f V* r? f* oa ^
uiuu v uuv ou U1UUV/I1 guuut US puiorc
dem cavalree stheal dem goots mit .
mine sthore.
Und von day dere cooms yon
nagro vench und price mine goots on
von gounter und she zay: "Misther
Hans, desc goots he's too high. You
no sell dem at dees price. Never
mind, Sthonewall Chackson's men
coom9 here soom day und gets dese
goots for nodding." Den I zay, you
not know any ting bout Sthonevall
Chackson. Phwat I cares for dese
ltopples?I sells mine goots to dem
efdtycooms here. Den cooms in
de bick buck mit de ladies und price
mine goots und dey turn up de nose
und zay: ".PJiwat for you pring
dese goots here? Dese goots beo too
high. Never mine, Sthonevall
Chackson cooras here somo desc days,
he gits dem goots und he no pay nodding
for dpse goots, mine frent."
Und I zavs vot you knows bout it.
Sthonevall Chackson not cooms here;
too many peoples in (lis town. You
no find Sthonevall Chackson in dis
place. He's no goot.
Und von day I sthand in mv door
und look oop de sthreet und I sees
Boom Yonkee cavalaree coorn down
de sthreet fast as dey con coom, mit
all dey might. Yon sthops und zays
"Hans dem cavalrees cooras in dis
town py de tousands." Anodder
Yankee cavalaree cooms down de
sthreet mit von shoe on und anodder
in his hand und his hair und coot
dail sthicks sthrait out mit de vind.
Und says I, hello, mine frent, what
for you rides so fast? Und he z ivs:
j ur no sthop to talk rait you. Doant
you hoar dem goons go loose oop do
road to Reachmond." I said dot is
only a leedle skoormish oop town.
He says, "you soon see mit yousef."
Den 1 looks oop de sthreet und sees
de zQtler vaggon coom, und shust behind
de antler vaggon de ardilleree
unii do ardillercc roonsin mit do /.at
!er vaggou und brakes do z.utlcr vaggon
und dure lays de grackers und
//jibiucs, und segors, und needles,
und pins und calico, und loger peer,
all in Vou grand heap in do sthreet.
und shust pebind do ardillerec coo:nde
odvulree den cootm dc grey buck?
diint behind do Yankee cava'ree mit
dot big Magissick ridin in fro int.
Minevadcr! doess gray-bucks how
dey rode. Dey no fraid, dey dash
p;??t mine sihore und von says: Mine
trout. what for you keep deso goots
here Doant you know our men will
ransack dis town und roon you
Yonkccs out of it." I told him 1
vas no s die). I vas a Cherman and I
%> ' ~ ~ ~
takes no part in dese var, mine home
is in Chcrmany.
I tells him I goes back after dose.
I no sthand sooch men as dese
soljer fellows are. Anodder fellow
comes along mit a big horn and he
blows mit dat horn as dese:
<lUnd whos' been here since I'se
been gone, whoa' been hero since Pec
been gone," und me no sthay to tell
hiui whoa, been here since I'se been
gone. I gooms avay mit disgoost."
During the war a gentleman called
upon President. Lincoln and solicited
a pass through his lines to Richmond.
"Well," said the President, ,kI would
be very happy to oblige you if my
passes were respected, but the fact is
sir, I have within the past two years
given passes to two hundred and fifty
thousand men to go to Richmond and
not one has got there yet." The ap
plicant went out on his tip-toes.
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Siftings.
44 When lovers now go out to walk
At eve they whisper o'er,
The vows of love and splice their talk
With politics some more.
On the Oth wo thought we were
served to a belated piece of winter.
We had frost, ice and Jack frost.
I believe there are people who do
not believe what they believe and
don't believe what they know.
Sometimes i almost wish I was a
bunch of sweet violets. Do you?
Queer world this. So many people
blame other people for what they
themselves would do.
I bet, if I am allowed to bet, a 2
cent stamp that some people are
going to be over-cropped this year,
then the grass will have a walk-over.
How will about the middle of May
do to plant if we cannot get ready
before then?
Do you like to sop molasses,
farmers? Thcnn't would it be a good
thing to have some nice and clean of
our own raising?
Some corn has been planted, some
merely 44run off" and covered, the
land prepared afterwards. This will
require more work afterwards.
Watermelon farming is getting to
be a boom business, and they will be
planted quite extensively, and if the
boom don't fail through over production
the profits will be shared. A
few men will not get all.
T .nof tir a/\1/ ?-> aaaI a?\ a tit i^1\
uaob n cca tt no ? uuui unc mm
much cloudiness, cool east wind and
somo drizzling rain and two days of
much rain. The land is thoroughly
wet and but little plowing was dome.
This is providential and there is no
need to screw our faces up to an
elongated shape and cry behind, behind.
There has beeu some very extra
bad preparing of land done in our
section. Many little weeds have not
been hid even. No erect form or
straight front plowing will improve
the preparing of this land after it is
planted.
I am glad that the charges against
Mr. T. 8. Johns for using cancelled
stamps has proven to be groundless.
I have known him all his life and
know be was rearedjby conscientious
christian parents and never believed
he would do a thing with criminal intent
and I was of the belief from the
first that those charges were made to
gain notoriety for some half-breed
would-be politician.
I wrote up my trip over to
Padgett's O vl; 5th Sunday to the
Sunday School Conventon, but hecause
of the proceedings of court
week it was crowded out. *You see
: ''courting" of almost any kind will
crowd out anything sometimes and so
we must not complain. I insert this
to lot the people over there know that
I did not intentionally slight them by
keeping so silent about it. [It ap.
pears this week.?Ed.]
Satocday, 10th, we had a damaging
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j hail storm. Hail fell so fast that in
i a minute the ground was white. At
the town here it did not last long
and the rain wns not hard, but over
near Broad river after hail ceased
falling the rain fell in sheets. II?il '
drifted into ditches and terraces i
darning them up, the hanks were i
broken and land was badly washed. j
great paths being cut through the I
fields. Small grain was beaten
down and had the appe trance of
water having run even up hill over
them. Young foliage of trees covered
the ground and fruit was damaged if
not ruined. Some hail appeared to
behalf snow, soft, but for tbis there
might not have been a vestage ?>f
fruit left. The rain guage recorded
2.06. Length of time falling two
hours and ten minute?, the most of
this in about 1? minutes, and you
can - imagine how it poured to get
this.T
\ront down to Carlisle last 2nd
Sunday to witness the dedication of
the Baptist cburclf. Dr. T. M
Bailey. Cor. Sec. State Mission
Board preached the dedication sermon
to a fill I house, the t.exf being from
Psalm 84:10. I enjoyed the sermon
and was glad to see Dr. Bailey whom
I think much of, and he is a jolly,
good naturcu old gentleman and
quite witty. That day I had the
pleasure of dining with the family of
Hon. A. C. Lyles and spent the
afternoon and bad a most pleasant
time. Mr. Lyles is a genial host,
and 80 is Mrs. Lylcs a hostess and
no one can sit with a too much "com
pany leeiing with thora, like a per
son not used to Sunday clothes would
feel with them on, I was impressed
with several invitation* to dine while
there but gentlemen I could not accept
but one at a time.
AH of the people here mourn the
loss ofciien'l Hampton whom every-*
body looked upon as one of the
greatest men and who no doubt was
greater in keeping peace and order at
a critical time than in leading an
army in battle. Many a word of
praise for Hampton have I heard
from my lamented father who followed
him through many close places
and in trying times. He was with
Hampton when he captured those
beeves and he was one of the men
who drove them out, I think. He
was with Hampton wheu they were
about surrendered and he cut his
way out, going by a Federal battery
followed by his men who would follow
his command anywhere. Perhaps
this is when he gave his overcoat to
his son to hold so ho could use his
sabre better. 1 often heard him say
that Gen. Hampton's presence or a
word from him was a sort of inspiration
to do or dare anything or^odds,
and that there was no two men that
he had rather follow than Gens.
Hampton and Butler. Gen. Hampton
is low dead and I know Geo.
Butler will never see this, but nevertheless
my father had explicit con
fidcnce in these two cavalry leaders
and never spoke but words of praise
for those, his generals, as brave men
and dauntless leaders and who were
kind to their men.
Hey Denver.
SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION
Hey Denver has a Pleasant Time
With the Pospitahle People
of Padgetts,
It would bo a person lame in the
"upper story," perhaps warped and
twisted all out of bearing that would
stick to bis daily tramp, seldom evet
try to expand any, novor soo any
good in anything, nor be able to ap
preciate what others would of good.
However much I may be a stay-athome,
to try to steer clear of these
breakers alono I often "shuflle"
around and get out into the world,
and mingle with the peoplo m other
sections of our county, and I appreciate
their acquaintance, their
society, and the general welcome I
always receive at their hands; so I
went over to Padgett's Creek church '
5th Sunday to attend the Sunday
School Convention. The weather
had been and was still bad. I had
Konn i r* IKa * * *?aT * I? *
Iuwu vuu vimio ui tiiu grippe or
something and it had a pretty good
grip on me then, and I was not able
to get off on Friday, and had to wait
until Saturday, therefore I lost about
one-half, but in the other half I
had enjoyment concentrated, if not
at the church on convention business.
I certainly had at the home where I
i stayed, the home of genial Mr. I. L
Bobo, where I feel safe in saying I
bad a very weltome welcome from
gifSfeL i
teivsting young ladies of the house.
Misses I'l l and Fannie, their friend,
Miss Lina Rice, a beautiful girl of
tlendersonvllle, N. 0., was there,
and it goes with >ut question that our
entertainment, ihere was hard to
crown, indeed could not he surpassed.
1 have sometime ago learned that
Mr liobo's family know perfee.dv
now to entertain, and one may f el
safe for a very pleasant time when
under that roof or anywhoie else in
their company.
Saturday afternoon I had a most
pleasant drive and?well, to where, j
wnu wnora, the wherefore and all
about it is none of the reader's interest
and I leave you to your guessing.
Oh, I had an all round No. 1 good
time, but had to put forth tuuc'i <-ffort
myself, for as I said cold w >u d
not "down," and that won't agree
with any good time. It belicvc.-t in
making one feel badly and it will do
i*s best to bring about that. It is
always five shillings against one. If
I made myself annoying to anyone
because of it I beg pardon, tor I
tried hard enough to persuade the
iking to stop here around Stu'u-.
I told it I did not care to be bothered
with it, tha; I expected to ste some j
girls, and I am sure I did
not want it around But it did not
keep me irom having a nice time 1
saw a number of friends, was treated
kiudly by them, had many pressing
invitations to homes, but I was only
one person and time was short. I
know they were sincere and my
thanks are duo them all, and I hope
the time is near so I can visit more
or tnose lamiiies, go to thai section
when I have more time to g-.? around.
I wanted to talk to my male friends
more, yos, and the matrons. I was
desirious of being pleasant bu 1
wanted to see and talk with the girls
some too, and so I was in a rush. I
missed seeing some whom I was accustomed
to seeing and saw some
who had been away sometime, Bro.
Gore mentioned them. I saw him
but did not have a long talk with
him. lie was Inlping right along
in the meeting.
I saw B. B. and he i-< getting uuito
"s issy" too Instead of putting him
in a barrel somebody ought to get
him in a "net." I wished to get
him away from his girl so I could
talk to her some myself but he would
not take the hint. I could not step
in between them, I was raised better,
and too he might have sent me off
singing "Nobody's Darling." If he
does'nt do better I am tempted tol
try?well, I would like to go squirrel I
hunting with hiui.
You know, Mr. Editor, and all
who have ever been in thafr country
what a hospitable people they are,
how friendly. The men folks are
very kind, the mcsdames also, and
pleasant and they leave nothing undone
to make a visitor have a nice
time, and there is always a royal
welcome held out to you, you feel it,
and you know it which is much'beticr,
and it is one's own fault if he
cannot enjoy it. On this account I
am sorry that the weather was so
had nn Friilav anil Sahinlaw
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noon that very few attended. Then
you know there are quire a number
of very pretty and sweet looking girls
and they are very pleasant to be with
too. I wish I could see them often.
I am afraid I am not doing this
justice and the readers will get tired
or not read it all, so 1 will stop my
Broad rivor, dark corner, backwoods
jargon right here, let the editor,
type setters and reader take a rest.
II by Denvbk.
Republicans make no pretense of
trying to hide their chagrin over the
testimony before the Sonate committee
on the Philippines, especially that
relating to illegal Hilling and cruel
treatment of natives by order of
American officer*.
Wm. A. NICH<
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A Great Deal of Visiting.
| sakims. April 18 ?This iBabeaatiful
day alter u nice rain. Farmers
w.-re g h (1 t > :9v a nice rain so they
couid ?;Iu:11 ti.vir crops while there
was season in tae ground.
are looking very well,
and the Uowers are blooming so pretty.
The fruit is safe so far.
Mr .1 0 Lawa<m closed his school
lit S . 1 dlo irtS 1" I i< lay, April 11th.
Mr. Jo .ii W. Sanders visited hie
mother. Mr.- Saitie Landford, Sunday
M , . it!;."; (i. RofpnlvmrrH
the d? ?t home with his parents
Sunda *
Mr. tiem Vaughan, who is work"
i.:g <t the knitting mill, spent the
il iy at !;o:11 Sunday.
Miss ?{. ?* t Walker was visiting
M:-* tii a Ci.trk Saturday and Sund
iv.
Mr. Jo Ism I ivy was visiting the
family .t Mr. W. T. Clark Saturday
and Sutidiv.
Mr. Iv. tvey was visiting at Mrs.
Siilie Dans' Sunday.
1 am sorry to say that Mr. Simps
hi Harvey has sickness at his home.
I Its wife and two sons, Anderson
and Ifrmik.
Mr. J. C. Betenhaugh, was visiting
at home a f-wniays last week.
Misses .Jctie Mabrv and Fanni*
Trammd wore visiting the family of
Mis D ivis Saturday night and Sund
?y.
Mr. Press Mungrum, of the cotton
mili, was visiting Mr. J. E. Hughes
Saturday and Sunday.
Rev. K. M. Mcrritt filled his appointment
at Sardis Sunday.
I M?s Bnn Vaughan was visiting
friends in your town last week,
Mr. PoW'll Retenhaugh and wife
were visiting friends on the cotton
mili hill Saturday and Sunday.
I Mrs. Sal lie 0'Shields is visiting
her parents this week.
Misses Lottie and Lucy Hughes
visited Mrs Davis Sundaj.
I will cl jso wishing success to The
Times and its many readers, _
KOSE HUD.
Letter From the Country.
Mil. Editor:?Will you allow me
space in your valuable paper for a
few linos. The sun has again shone
out and t'nc weather is very beautiful.
The little birds are singing their
sweet songs and it makes our hearts
glad to hear them.
Farmers haven't got to do much
work yet hut it is hoped that it will
stay fair awhile now so they can get
to their work.
Mr. William 1 lames while down
on I'ac ?iet river hunting killed a wild
duck. it is great snort vrith Mr.
d 1
llnmes to go'huQting as he likes it
very much.
Union county has some dangerous
gullies on the public roads: If she
iocs'nt see to those gullies and hare
them stopped they are going to take
the road, then what will be next;
Buy a new road.
If this letter don't find its way to
the waste basket I will write again.
F. E. F.
Clifton Flour Customers.
The customers we want are thoee who
require the highest possible quality.
Some of our best customers ate of this
class. They have eoine to stay. There
is not much satisfaction in gaining for a
customer a man for whom anything is
good enough. We like the critical kind.
They App'eciate "Clifton" flour. We
invite the most careful investigation.
We want you to compare "Clifton"
flour with the heat of other brands. People
who do this choose "Clifton" and stiok
to it. "Clifton" flour custooaera are
satisfied customers.
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