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KEUAIIA CITY ADS.
TITUS
DEALERS
IN
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MERCHANDISE
SUCH AS
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CLOTHING,
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NE3IA.BLA. CITY, NEB.
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Tresh Oysters by tho Can or Dish. Will also 1
Keep choice awsicai iiisinmiciii". i
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BnOWSVlLLE, XKBRASKA.
I make every size or style of picture de
Mred. Life-size photographs a specialty.
Kvery pains taken to give pleasing and be
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FIRST CLASS WORK
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COLORED PICTURES, ana many other
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w:
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pondence solicited.
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Keeps a fall line of
aietalic and wood
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Sc Sain Street, BBOWNYILLE, XEB.
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AdQorJt and list of testimonials.
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Will sell what remains of the Fumes Nurseries
AT PEI0ES NONE WILL CALL
IN QUESTION,
The trees are three and four years old, and of
choicest varieties, principally fall and winter. The
choicest collection of most Improved varieties
Crab Apples, not before offered for sale, will be
closed out this spring. Everereens, two to four
feet high, raised In oursoll and climate, will be re
tailed cheaper than ever before by wholesale.
Also one and two year Forest Trees Ash,
Elm, Honey locust, and Coffee Tree Gray Wil
low Cuttings .by the million, very fine ties four
to eight feet.
PUMAS NUESEKIES,
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STALLION SEASON.
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Will make the season of
1876, commencing March
1st and ending July 1st, at
the stable of A. S. Holli
day, Brownvllle, Nemaha
County, Nebraska.
PEDIGREE. Hambletonian Chief was
sired by Ilambletonlan Prince, he by Ad
ministrator, he by Rysdyk's Hambleton
isui, the sire of Dexter, Jay Gould,
Volunteer, and tho grandslro of Gold
smith's Maid, and many others noted for
creat speed and endurance. Ilambletonlan
Prince's dam was sired by Black Rock, he
by Roe Buck; granddam a very fast mare
by old Sea Gull, he by Duroc, son of Im
ported Dlomede. Administrator's dam
was hired by Mambrlno Chief. 2nd dam,
Arabian Tartar, 3rd dam by Duroc Mes
senger, son of Duroc. out of a maro by
Messenger, son of imported Messenger.
Hambletonian Chief's dam was sired by
Green's Bashaw, he by Vernol's Black
Hawk, he by Long Island Black Hawk,
son of Andrew Jackson by Young Ba
shaw, sou of Imported Arabian Grand
Bashaw. Young Bashaw's dam was by
Bond's First Consul, grand dam by "Mes
senger. Bello, tho dam of Green's Ba
shaw, was sired by Webber's Tom
Thumb. 2nd dam, tho Chas. Kent mare,
(dam ofRys(lyke'sHamblotonian)by import
ed Bellfounder. 3rd dam by One Eye, (the
sire of Flora Temple), by Hambletonian.
4th d.Mn.SIlvertall, by imported Messenger.
0&?e Bruce's American Stud Book.)
Hambletonian Chief
is a dark mahogany bay, 15:2J4 hands high,
two white feet, star in forehead, with power
ful limbs and muscle, and free open trotting
gait which only needs timo to develop its
self, being inherited by him from his illus
trious ancestors.
He will be allowed to servo only n limited
number of mares, at the low prico of J (
pHyable at time of service; and those kjf IU
who wish to secure his services are respezt
fully requested to make an early application.
Mares not proving to be with foal can be re
turned free of charge. All accidents at tho
owner's risk. Apply to
ljuly GEORGE nATCHETT.Supt.
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OPTS AND SHOE
custom; work
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Repairing neatly done. Xo.SSilalnstreet, Browu
vllle. Xeb.
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lsts. mnslclans. nndthetrade. Address KD.
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HOMEWOOp MILLS
Having in my employ Mr.
HE?BY SHIFFER,
acknowledged to be the best miller In the
State. I am prepared to furnish GOOD
FLOUR in any quantitj. Every Sack war
ranted. My Floor is for sal at all tho principal
stores In Brownvllle. ,,,-r
GEO. HOMEWOOD.
Sheridan Mills. April 1st, 1875.
FRANZ HELMER,
f AGON &gLACKSMlTH$HOP
ONK DOOR WEST OF COURT HOUSE.
WAGON MAKING, Repairing,
Plows, and all work done In the best
manner and on short notice. Sausfaction Buaran
,taed. Give him acall. 3ily.
skr - ife
ALONE.
BY MARY LEMAU GILLIES.
'Twas midnight, and he sat alone
The husband of the dead;
That day the dark dust had been thrown
Upon her burrled bead.
Her orphaned children round him slept,
But in their sleep would moan ;
Then fell the first tear ho had wept
He felt he was alone.
The world was full f life and light.
But, ah, no more for him !
His little world, once warm and bright
It now was cold and dim.
Where was her sweet and kindly face?
Where was her cordial tone?
He gazed around his dwelling place,
And felt ho was alone.
Tho wifely love maternal care
The self-denying zeal
The smile of hope that chased dlspair.
And promised future weal;
The clean, bright hearth nice table spread
The charms o'er all things thrown
The sweetness in whate'er she said
All gone ho was alone!
He looked Into his cold, wild heart
All sad and nnreslgned;
He asked bow he had done his part
To one so true so kind ?
Each error past he tried to track
In torture would atone
Would give his life to bring her back;
In vain ho was alone.
He slept at last, and then he dreamed,
(Perchance her spirit woke.)
A soft light o'er his pillow gleamed,
A voice in music spoke:
"Forgot forgiven all neglect
Thy love recalled alone;
Tho babes I leave, oh, love, protect;
I still am all thlno own."
MAERYING A BEGGAR.
CHAPTER I.
"So much for bringing poor rela
tions into the house ! I really believe
that Charle3 has fallen In love with
the girl!" exclaimed Mrs. Mason to
her husband, a merchant in moderate
circumstances in the city of Boston.
"Well, suppose he has; she 19 a
good girl, is she not?" quickly re
sponded the merchant.
"I don't know but that she's good
enough ; but she is a pauper!"
"Not exactly a pauper, Mrs. Ma
son." "Didn't wo lake her into the fami
ly to keep her from starving?"
"I did. not so understand it. You
needed a young woman to assist you
in sewing, aud employed her at half
the usual wages."
"Yes, and isn't she a pauper for all
that?"
"Gently, Mrs. Mason; you forget
that she is my sister's daughter," salcl
the merchant a little steeruly.
"What if she is? She Is a penni
less girl for all that. A pretty match
for owrson !"
"End why not for our son ?
not a millionaire. If the
don't come easier than they
Iain
times
have
been, I shall fail before the year is
out."
"So much the more reason why
Charles should look out for himself."
"If he loves my niece, I sincerely
hone he will marry her, for I believe
she is one of the best girls iu the
world; certainly sne is vastly super
ior to tbesilly, affected, mincing, novel-reading
misses of fashionable so
ciety. I commend his taste aud his
judgment."
"Well, Mr. Mason, I am surpris
ed!" "Not the least occasion to be sur
prised." "Let me tell you, Mr. Mason, that I
never will consent to see Charles
throw himself away on a pauper. If
you haven't thespirittoprevent so dis
graceful a match, I shall send the girl
away."
"Don't you do it madam," said Mr.
Mason, in a firm, decided tone.
"I siatt do it!" replied the lady,
waxing warm at the obstinacy of her
husband, who in trivial matter, was
In the habit of letting her have her
own wny.
"Better not," quietly responded the
gentleman.
"The minx put on such airs and
smirked so, that I really believe she
meant to catch him."
"What, Grace? Impossible! She
is a little gentle, quiet thing, and I'm
sure the idea of a flirtation never en
tered her simple head."
"Humph!" sneered the lady. "I
know better. And now that he Is real
ly making love to her, the provoking
jade seems to look upon it as a matter
of course ; thinks It is just as much a
proper thing that she should be the
wife of our Charles, as though she
had been born a princess!"
"Poor thine! Isuddoso she is hu
man, and actually loves tho boy !"
"lioves him or not, I'll make an
end of it."
"Don't be rash, Mrs. Mason," re
plied the husband, twirling in his
fingers a buff envelope, marked "Tel
egraph." "What have you got there?"
"I had almost forgot to mention
that brother Joseph has arrived in
New York, and telegraphs that he
will be here to-night by the New Ha
ven train."
"Just like you ! Never tell of a
thing till the last moment !JI said the
lady petulantly.
"I received the dispatoh only two
hours ago."
"Here Is another kettle of fish,"
continued the lady, musing. "That
everlasting niece of yours is in the
way again."
"I hope the poor girl has no more
sfns to answer for.'
' "Where do you suppose your broth
er Joseph will leave his property ?"
M have not tho remotest idea,"
"Don't you suppose that angollo
niece of yours will wheedle him out
of a part of it?"
I hope so." .
"You don't want he should leave it
all in your family, then?" sneered
the lady.
"No, I hope he will do justly."
"I wish I could get her out of the
way before he comes."
"Don't attempt it, Mrs. Mason,"
said the merchant, with very decided
emphasis.
"If Bhe were only out of the way,
Henrietta would oome in for the
whole," added the lady as she hur
ried out of the room to make arrange
ments for the reception of Uncle Joseph.
CHAPTER II.
Uncle Joseph was a Calcutta mer
chant, in which capacity he had ac
cumulated an immense fortune. Be
ing a bachelor, the probable disposi
tion of his property became a ques
tion of considerable Interest among
his relations.
The family of Mr. Mason, the mer
chant introduced in the last chapter,
Included but two children, a son and
daughter.
Grace was the only daughter of a
sister, recently deceased, who had
been for many years a widow.
It was supposedthat Uncle Joseph
would make one of his nieces his
heiress. This was the old fellow's
whim, and no ope could gainsay the
whim of a baohelor. From some In
dication of preference whioh he had
bestowed upon Henrietta in her child
hood, t was generally believed that
she would prove to be the fortunate
one.
Henrietta had been educated to be a
lady. Her delicate fingers were nev
er soiled by rude collision with pots
and kettles, and she had been taught
to believe that it was delicate sensi
bility to be afraid of a spider or a
bull-frog. She played the piano with
passable skill and lingered away half
her time at full length on the sofa,
pouring over the contents of a novel.
Snch was the prospective heiress of
Uncle Joseph's largo fortune. Her
father was far from approving the ed
ucation she had received, and had
used all the influence ho possessed,
short of quarreling, to have these de
fects remedied.
Unole Joseph came and was wel
comed as became the dignity of one
who had a fortune to bestow.
Henrietta thought he was a "dear
love" of a man, and she wondered
that the ladles ever let him remain a
bachelor.
Grace, by the contrivance of Mrs.
Mason, was not present when her
uncle arrived ; but Mr. Mason, under
standing tho trick, sought her in per
son, and introduced her to the man of
mone3'.
The poor girl was too modest and
retiring to force herself upon the no
tice of Uncle Joseph, who was too
deeply absorbed by the unremitting
attentions of Henrietta to perceive her
situation, or discover the menial ca
pacity iu which she acted.
At tea, Uncle Joseph complained of
being ill, and said that he had not
been well since he landed on the pre
vious day.
Mrs. Mason and her daughter were
all sympathy. The ailing bachelor was
conducted to his apartment, ond herb
teas and jugs of hot water were puc
in requisition. Henrietta volunteer
ed to sit all night by his bedside and
minister to his wants; but tho sick
man did hot deem it necessary.
During all this confusion Grace was
not to be seen. She was not permit
ted to assist in the preparations for
the sick man's comfort; everything
must bo dene by Henrietta's own
hand.
Notwithstanding the kind atten
tions lavished upon Uncle Joseph,
there was no iuoprovementin his con
dition ; but on the contrary he rapid
ly grew worse, and at mid-night the
physician was sent for. Henrietta
had not left the bedside for a moment.
She was the' most devoted creature in
the word, and the bachelor could not
but contrast her devotion with the ut
ter neglect of Grace, who had not
once entered his room, everi to en
quire how he did. Henrietta's pros
pects were decidedly brilliant.
The physician came, and after feel
ing the pulse of the sufferer, inquired
where he resided when at home.
Uncle Joseph replied that he had
no home had just come from Cal
cutta. "I see," said Che physician. "Was
there any sickness on board the
ship?"
"There was. I came by the over
laud route to Liverpool, thence by a
New York liner. There was a steer
age full of emigrants on board, among
whom the fever raged fearfully."
"Just so," returned the physician,
"and you have got the ship fever."
"The ship fever !" exclaimed Hen
rietta, rushing out of the room.
The sick man turned, and witness
ed her abrupt departure. With a
sigh, such as only can be wrung from
a bachelor conscious of his loneliness,
he drew the bed-clothes closely about
him, and apparently abandoned him
self to the fate' which the dreadful
disease seemed to foreshadow.
The physician made up his prescrip
tion aud retired. No one was left
with Uncle Joseph but his brother.
"I am deserted, brother,1' said the
sick man.
"No, brother, I am here."
"But there is no hand of woman
here; well, it is a dreadful disease,"
and the sufferer signed again.
Mr. Mason1 went down- to tho Bit
ting-room, whither his wife and
daughter had fled.
"How is this wife? Is Joseph to be
abandoned now that he most needs
attention ?" asked he of Mrs. Mason.
"You don't think we are going to
stay in the room with the ship fev
er?" replied Mrs. Mason.
"You may as well be In the room as
in the house."
"We must leave the house immedi
ately. Why did he not go to the hos
pital? It was not very considerate of
him to bring the ship fever into the
family. He might have known that
he had it."
"Heaven forgive your heartless
ness! But Is my brother to die with
no one to care for him?" exclaimed
Mr. Mason, indignantly.
"You must hire a nurse."
"And you will desert him?"
"We can't stay where the ship fever
is."
"No, papa, It would be suicidal,"
added Henrietta. "His fortune would
do us no good if we caught the fever."
"Go, then ! but there is still one in
the house who has a heart," replied
Mr. Mason, as he left the room to seek
the apartment of Grace.
Grace was ready in a moment to at
tend her uncle to the sick room,
where, regardless of the danger of
contagion, she laved the burning
brow of the sufferer, and did all that
an angel hand could do to render him
comfortable.
Early in the morning Mrs. Mason
and her daughter departed for the res
idence of a friend in the country.
CHAPTER III.
For several weeks Grace, with suoh
assistance as Mr. Mason and Charles
could give, nursed the Invalid with
the most uutlring devotion. All her
time was spent by his bedside. She
was all gentleness and sympathy,
bearing patiently with his petulance
and ill-humor, and never betraying
tho slightest appearance of anger
when ho scolded and even swore at
her.
The fever turned and he began to
mend. He was now out of danger,
and rapidly advancing to complete
restoration.
Tho physician commended the
skill and devotion of his nurse, as
suring him that he owed his life to
her.
But the devotion of the poor girl
cost her dearly; for scarcely had Un
cle Joseph recovered, befoie she was
taken down with the fever, and for
week8'languished on thevvery verge
or the grave.
Yet there "was no female hand to
lave her brow save that of a hired
nurse. Charles Mason loved her as
ho did his own existence, and day and
night he watched over her with a
constancy and devotion worthy
the loving heart of tho gentler sex.
Uncle Joseph, too, was an anxious
watcher round her bed. Though ho
was a bachelor, and had spent the
greater part of his life in India, away
from the gentlo influences of female
society, he showed an aptness in the
sick room that would have done hon
or to a Benedict.
To the intense relief of her devoted
friends, Grace recovered. The dis
ease was banished from the house,
and Mrs. Mason and Henrietta ven
tured to return.
"I trust you have had a pleasant
visit, madam," said Uncle Joseph,
coldly.
"Pleasant! nay, far from it. You
do us injustice; we were perfectly
miserably on account of your danger
ous Illness.1'
"Humph !" said Uncle Joseph with
a sneer. .
Tho love between Charles a"nd
Grace, strengthened by the scenes of
suffering through which they had
passed, was now an unalterable senti
ment. Uncle Joseph had not witness
ed their mutual devotion to him In
his Illness, without suspecting the ex
istence of some strong bond of union
between them. And the yonng man's
untiring attention to her in her own
sickness had confirmed the' opinion.
Seeking a favorable opportunity, he
conversed with Charles upon the sub
ject, who readily anmitted his affeo
tion. The baohelor recommen'ded an
immediate marriage.
The step was not, of course, un
grateful to the feelings of the lover.
And the desire to redeem Grace from
the life of drudgery to which she was
reduced by the heartleesness of hie
mother, seemed to demand their im
mediate union.
The young man's intentions were
soon noised through the family. Mrs
Mason renewed the opposition she
had before made, and even went so
far as to threaten that, if she could
not break up the match, she would
embitter the lives of the parties.
Uncle Joe remonstrated.
"May I ask, madam, what objec
tion you can possibly have to the
marriage?" said he, with consider
able sternness in his manner.
"WhatobjectionJ! why, the girl fa
a beggar ; I have employed her in my
family to keep her out of the alms
bouse, which, I think, is objection
enough," replied Mrs. Mason, dislik
ing the interference of Uncle Joseph.
"Your son, I think, Is not wealthy,
so that he need demand a rich wife."
"He need riot marry a Beggar,
though."
"She is worthy a prince, beggar
though she is."
"O, very likely," sneered" the lady.
"I owe my life to her, and I can
never oease to be grateful to her.
When others forsook me, she was con
stant," replied Uncle Joseph, point-
- edly.
"She knew you were rich," said
Mrs. Mason, sarcastically.
"So did you and your amiable
daughter. You were like angels
round my pillow till the doctor said
'ship fever,' when you fled like
sheep."
The lady looked black as a thunder
cloud.
"I trust you will withdraw your ob
jections to this marriage, Mrs. Mason.
You perceive that Charles Is resolute,
aud will have his own way about it,"
continued Uncle Joseph, in a more
pliable tone.
"His own way! All this for bad
advising! I cannot prevent It, per
haps; but I will never consent to it.
No ! a son of mine shall never have
my consent to marry a beggar girl."
"Madam, she is no longer a beggar.
She Is the heiress of all my fortune,"
said Uncle Joseph with sudden en
ergy. Mrs. Mason's brow contracted.
"And Henrietta?" said she.
"Never touches a penny ! She de
serted me when I most needed a
friend," replied the bachelor, vehem
ently. "If I bad ten thousand for
tunes they would be but a poor return
for all that grace has done for me. I
make over fifty thousand dollars to
the newly-married couple as soon as
the knot Is tied; the residue at my de
cease." The marriage took place soon after.
The ceremony was performed at the
house of Mr. Mason, in spite of the
opposition of his wife; for when the
merchant said it should be so, he had
the firmness to carry his point.
The newly-married couple took up
their residence in a beautiful house,
purchased for them by Unole Joseph,
who consented to make his home with
them.
Henrietta i3 now five-and-thirty
years ofage, and an "old maid."
Mrs. Mason still continues to be a ter
magant, though her husband main
tains his integrity with firmness and
decision. She has never forgiven
Uncle Joseph for making Grace the
heiress, and probably never will.
But the worthy bachelor never ceases
to rejoice over the disposition he has
made of his property, and probably
he never will.
Valne of Covered Hannre.
When rough sheds have been built
tocover the manure heap, the crop3
'fertilized bv this nila have been In
creased in productiveness, suffloient.to
pay for the shed-covering the first
year. We have never Been any exact
figures of the proportionate value of
covered manures, that we remember,
unti.l the following, which we find by
Lord Kincaid, a Scotch land owner
and farmer. They present the best
statement possible, we think, of tho
advantages'of the plan :
Four acres of good soil were meas
ured; two of them were manured
with ordinary barn yard maunre, and
two with an equal quantity of ma
nure from the covered shed. The
whole was planted with potatoes.
The products of each acre were as fol
lows: Potatoes treated with barn-yard ma
nure :
One acre produced 272 bushels.
One acre produced 292 bushels.
Potatoes manured from the covered
sheds:
One acre produced 442 bushels.
One acre produced 471 bushels.
The next year the land was sown
with wheat, when thecfop was"a3 fol
lows: Wheat on land treated with barn
yard manure:
One acre produced 4S bushels, 18
pounds (of 61 pounds per bushel.)
One acre produced 42 bushels, 3S
pounds (of 61 pounds per bushel.)
Wheat on land manured from cov
ered sheds :
One acre produced 55 bushels, 5
pounds (of 61 pounds per bushel.)
One acre produced 53 bushels, 47
pounds (of 61 pounds per bushel.)
The straw also yielded ode' third
more upon the land fertilized with the
manure from the covered stalls, thau
upon that to which the ordinary ma
nure was applied.
In looking round for an original
rhyme for month yesterday, we came
across it in the only place in the
world where it could be found the
New York Commercial Advertiser. It
read aa follows :
There were two men a training went,
'Twas in December's month ;
One had his bayonet thrown away.
The other had his'gun th
rown away. Vicfaburg Herald.
The Catholic Tablet in an able ar
ticle on drunkenness id the United
States, alludes to the fact that In St.
Louis and Chicago 75 per cent, of the
saloons are conduct by Germans, 10
per cent, by Roman Catholics of for
eign birth, 10 per cent, by Americans,
3 per cent, by women, Germans and
Irisn, and 2 per cent, by negroes.
n a P
A Washington doctor3ays that love
is an affair of the stomach, and not of
the heart ; but we really cannot con
ceive of a love-sick swain singing to
his mate, "Ask my stomach what
means this sadnesss." It wouldn't
be right. She might think it was
something else.
a i
Dr. Revillout states' that lemon
juioe used as a gargle, is an efficacious"
speciffo against diphtheria and simi
lar throat troubles. He has success
fully thus employed it for eighteen
years.
ANDEKSOTOLLE.
Some
Eeminisccnces of the Georgia
Prison Pen.
i. Captured Union Soldier's Story of
His Sufferings
From the Ohio State Journal.
The recent amnesty dobate In Con
gress has moved a soldier of this city,
who belonged toi the 05th Ohio Ifant
ry and was captured by the rebels in
1S64, to write out the following narra
tive of his experiences in one of the
southern prison pens in which he was
confined subsequent to his capture.
His name Is withheld from publica
tion from motives of modesty, solely,
and as to his reliability it is only nec
essary that he is vouched for by one
of tho most prominent and respecta
able business men of this city,
Eds. JocbxaIj: I was captured
with about 300 others near Guntown,
Miss., Juno 11, 1S64, and was sent to
Andersonvilio, Ga., where we arrived
June 19th. Four of us, being com
rades, cast our lot together and re
mained together through thick and
thin, and we thought the greater por
tion of our life there was very thin.
We each of us had a gum blanket,
and we had ono wool blanket among
us. When wo arrived at tho pen,
as we call it, the first act of our
friends was to demand our gum blank
ets. Perhaps It was an act of charity,
but we failed to see it in that light.
We were then marched into the pen.
My God, can it bo desoribed? Nev
er, no never. Thousands of beings
that had once been men were orowd
ed around the gate, eager to get a
word of news from their homes. I
feel sure could Brother Hill, from
Georgia, have seen them, he would
not be in favor of another war. Some
of them had pats on, some a 6hirt
without pants, ond I have Been some
men there as naked as when they
came Into the world. Perhaps some
have foreotten what kind of a board
ing house we had. Could you see
thirty-five hogs, with a feuce built
around them, that had been kept in
one field for six months, and through
the center of that field a swamp reek
ing with filth and foaming with mag
gots, you would Bee Anderonville
orison as we first saw it.
We wanted a place to He down, and
kept walking on and inquiring of the
old prisones If we could not lie here
aud there, "No, this ground is all oc
cupied. I can't tell you where you
can get a place to lie." We kept on,
and soon had the satisfaction of see
ing a piece of ground in the Confed
eracy that did not seem to be occupied.
As we came near It we saw there was
a railing between us and it, but wo
had not then heard of tho dead line.
Said I, "boys here it is ; now ve are
all right." An old prisoner stauding
by said, "you had better look at that
guard up there before you go any
nearer.' Looking up to tho stockade
I saw a guard with a rifle cocked, and
at his shoulder all ready to pull tho
trigger. We were near the dead line.
We resumed our march and at last
came to a place where we' could lie
down, but one of us would have to lie
over a sink-holo. This was" a little
bole made in thegroundabout 12 inch
es in diameter and about 18 inohes
deep, and it was used by three Bick
men lying near that could not walk
to the swamp, and thero were thous
ands of such holes scattered all over
the prison. In face I thluk Ander
sonville prison was the largest privy
that was ever enclosed! on tho face of
tho green earth.
I lay over that sink-hole every
night from June 19 to July 1, expect
in for a short time ever hour or two,
when one of tho sick men would
want the use of it. Those who were
well enough to get to the swamp
would try and do so, and they would
not stop on the edge of it either, for
every foot of ground was used for
some poor fellow's bed. So in they
would have to go up to their knees
in filth, and I have seen some of them
so weak from starvation that they
could not lift their feet out of it, and
would fall and remain in the filth un
til they were helped out. What a
glorious place that was for these
"Yanks."
Through the centre of this swamp
ran a little stream of water, about ten
feet wide aud ordinarily from six to
eight inches deep, and our Confeder
ate friends were thoughtful enough
to build their cook-house on this creek,
so that all tho spare grease and slop
could run through the prison. 1 have
greased my old shoes with' grease
from this water many a time. What
a refreshing drink Brother Hill, of
Georgia, could have had he been there
that Bummer of 1864, provided he
would have shut his teeth to keep the
maggots out!
Yes, it was a humane prison. Even
the guards had compassion on some
of us, so much that they would shoot
into the prison at night to relieve
Borne poor Yank that might be in mis-
ery, and I ha?e known tbem to be
successful. I have known prisoners
to bo shot" while sitting on a stump as
much as twenty-five yards from the
dead line.
What did we have to eat? I got
enough to keep me alive while I was
there. Some times we got mush ; no,
not always mush, for I have eaten it
when it had never been warm ; bo we
will call it c'ornmeal and" water, with
out salt. I have had corn bread and
have picked whole kernels of corn
out of it, and have planted the same
where I used to lie, and by doing so
have Seen green leave In Anderson
ville. I have drawn my half pint of
corn meal, with three tablespoons of
molasses, and also a half pint of "nig-1,
ger peas," as the Johnnies called
them, but never have I drawn any
thing, to cook my meal or beans in.
I used to .get a stick of pine wood as
large as my arm once in three days.
The aboverations were to last fortwen-
ty-four hours, but some times they
had to last for two days.
They would bring In corn bread in
their wagons, unload, and drlvo to
the dead house outside of tho stook
ade, load up with dead bodies thai
were but a mass of filth and carrion,
drivo tbem to their hole, dump them
in, and soon bo back with another
load of corn bread well seasoned for
hungry men. Would sometimes get
a little meat, a piece as large as your
finger and I havehad some bacon that
was good, and some of It was very
lively for a weak ma'ri. Perhaps It
was humanity that suggested to them
that they should sometimes bring us
in somo fresh beef that had been
boiled enough to become a rare slime,
it would rope from one piece to an
other as we would pull it apart to eat
It; and again, they would bring us'
some that was good.
It has been stated lately that tho
hounds kept at Andersonvilio wero
not blood hounds. I say, they were;
and there are some poor fellows that
were unfortunate enough to tunnel
under tbestockade who, if still living,
can this day show the work of their
fangs. Every morning, as eure as
daylight came, that pack of hounds
used to bo taken in a circle round the
prison, End many times have I heard,
the loud prolonged bay of the hounds
as they had taken the 6cent, and
when the prisoners are caught, if nob
nearly torn to pieces, there was a .lit
tlo machine called tho stocks In
which they wero stretched out. This
held them by tho neck and heel9,
with.their faces to the sun.
Bui enough". I don't wish to dig
any more oi una corruption ouc or
the old sore, But I do hope thai I
will not live to seo the day when any
man shall have the privilego of voting
for Jeff Davis for any offico that our
Government has the power to bestow;
No man would dislike to hear of an
other war with the South more than
I, but if such should bo tho caso I
would like to belong to a regiment
made up of Andorsdnvllle prisoners;
and our war cry should boj "Remem
ber Audersonville."
Those Enormous Expenses:
Notwithstanding all the howling
about the corruption'of tho Republi
can party, it is a demonstrable fact
that the expenses, deducting thoso
which appertain exclusively to the'
war, are less per head than they wero'
under the Democratic administration1
of Jame3 Buchanan.
The following figures, in round
numbers, for the year ending Juno
30, 1875, tell their own story :
Annual expenses for 1853......M.S82,000,00O
Annual expenses for 1So9......... 81.000,000
Annual expenses for 1860.......... 77,000,00(7
3213.000,000
Per year 331,000.000
Expense for 1675.... 527,000,000
From which deduct In
terest on debt of Dem
cratlc war S103,000,000
Sinking fund appropra- ,, .
tion 25,000,COa
Pensions on account of
war . 20,000,000
Internal revenue expen
ses on account of war- 7,000.000
Refunding war taxes 1,500,000
War damages paid... 4,00O,0CO'
Printing bonds & notes
and negotiating... 2,000,000
Extra clerk hire caused
by war-........M. 500,000
Interest on Pnclflo Rail
way bonds..........- 4.000,000
-5176,000.000
Ter year
..tSG.000,000
Currency ,.....
Difference between
SS3.000.000'
currency and
gold on SGSr.OOO.OOO, average 12,0QO,COO
Democratic expenses population in I860'.
31,000,X)CO; exponsec,$3I,K),G0U; equal to SZGl
per head.
Republican expenses population in 1375,
12,000,000; expenses, S8C,OG&,000; equal to $2.03
per head.
This is allowing nothing on account
of array expenses caused by mobs In
the South, which grew out of the
Democratic rebellion, nor anything
for increase of army, caused solely by
the rebellion, which amoutto$15,
000,000. Every Republican newspa
per should publish this exhibit.
A rascally Frenchman recently
constructed a free pa33 in the shape'
of a wooden leg that carried him from"
Sherbrooke, P. Q., to Concord, N. H.
He simply made a leg of white ash!
with a cushioned socket for his kneo'
to rest in, crooked his leg at a right
angle, and started. Wherever he'
went the conductors passed him,
while the passengers dropped money
and tears into his hat. When he
reached Concord', after leaving tho
train with a caution from the conduc
tor not to slip down, he pulled off his
funny wooden leg, waved it in tho
air, and vamosed.
Stock hogs can be wintered thrifti
ly on finely cut clover hay, corn fod
der, and potatoes, if these articles are'
steamed or scalded with hot water,
and a li'tttle bran or meat sprfnklee
on. The fodder will be' greedily eat7 ,
en, if prepared In thi3 way. ,
Moses smote the water. That w8l
before anybody had struck; oil,
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