The Norman Transcript. (Norman, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 07, No. 07, Ed. 1 Friday, November 15, 1895 Page: 2 of 8
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VETERANS' CORNER.
TWICE TOLD TALES OF THE
BLUE AND THE CRAY.
At the Hat tic of Monterey—field Oat
AfBluit (ii-cut (Mill Charged Among
the Masked (iun« Army Doughnut*—
The Mule In War.
ND on, still on, our
column kept,
Through walls of
flame, Its with-
ering way;
Where fell the (lead
the living stept
Stiil charging on
the guns which
swept
The slippery streets
of Monterey.
The foe himself recoiled aghast,
When, striking where he strongest lay,
IWe swooped his flanking batteries past.
And. braving full their murderous
blast,
Stormed home the towers of Monterey.
We are not many, we who pressed
Beside the brave who fell that day,
But who of us hath not confessed
^e'd rather share their warrior rest
Than not have been at Monterey?
Army l>ouglinutfl.
A Massachusetts officer details with
evident enjoyment some foraging ex-
ploits of the Northern army during
Sherman's great march. One of these
;wa« of a sort that even the bitterest
Confederate might have enjoyed.
One day a forager noticed an orna-
mental shrub growing In a yard in red
clay, with marks of black loam on it.
It struck him that it was not in its
native soil, and he went for that bush.
I It easily came out of the ground, and
out of the hole under it, of which it was
the tell-tale, came a whole stock of pro-
visions and family clothing.
Another of our m«n, while crossing
plowed field, was attracted by sus-
picious signs and ran his ramrod Into
jthe ground. A foot down it struck
something solid .
The kind-hearted finder hastened to
make others rich as well as himself.
He ran down to the band with two tin
(Cups running over, one with syrup, the
jother with peach butter, while the de-
licious sweets dripped from his cloth-
ing and his person, as if in confirmation
of Ills pleasing tale.
"Plenty more right up there; forty-
two hogsheads full!"
Sometimes a mistake was made. One
of tho band, passing a log house, levied
on it for a calabash of lard, and the
jusual batch of doughnuts was fried that
might.
A peculiar flavor, supposed to be due
to an excess of soda, was noticed, but
(hard-marched men, with sharklsh ap-
petites, did not stop for trifles. Day-
light revealed the fact that the dough-
nuts had been fried In soft soap.
i
Tho Mule ill tho War.
Some one has called the mule the
(best soldier we had in the war. It is
Icertain that the service he rendered
lis beyond calculation. Some teams
were conspicuous, as witness the his-
tory of the following: It was fitted out
lin Berryville, Md., in April, 1861. A
'year later it was transferred to Wash-
ington, and in May was sent to Fort
'Monroe to join McClellan's army. It fol-
lowed tho latter up the peninsula, was
at the siege of Yorktown, the battle of
Williamsburg, and in the swamps of
the Chickahominy. Participating in the
Seven Days' battles, it finally brought
:up at Harrison's Landing, whence it
went back to Washington. It then
hauled ammunition for the second bat-
tle of Bull Run, followed the army to
Antletam, and from there to Freder-
icksburg. When General Hooker took
command of the army it went with him
through the Chancellorsville fights. In
1864 we find It at City Point with Grant.
It served with him until the war closed,
and a year later was in Washington as
ready for duty as ever. The team was
frequently without a bite of hay or
grain for four or five days at a stretch,
and nothing to eat but what it could
pick up by the wayside. There were
times also when it went without water
for twenty-four hours. Those mules
should have been tenderly cared for
during the rest of their lives, and never
worked except for exercise.—New York
Sun.
and seven company leaders went down,
yet the Zouaves stood still and kept
on shooting. Both flag bearers Jell,
and the color guaid was wiped out.
Meanwhile Hazlett limbered up and
galloped off.
The loss of the Zouaves at Bull Run
was unparalleled In any infantry regi-
ment In any one engagement. Three
officers and 82 men were killed out-
right and 7 officers and 163 men wound-
ed—236 casualties in all. Of the
wounded 33 died subsequently, making
a total of 119 deaths in the field.
BASEBALL HISTORY.
Charged Among Mnnkcd Gun*.
August 27, 1862, Stonewall Jacksol
marshaled his corps along the bank!
of Bull Hun between Pope's army and
Washington, cutting it off completely
for the time being from supplies or
supports. Jackson's move was in real-
ity a raid behind Pope to destroy the
immense stores at ManasHas, and tho
ilames were at work when the advance
of the Sixth corps, a brigade known as
Kearney's Jerseys, reached the scene.
General (J. w. Taylor was in command.
He had been sent out from Alexandria
by rail to "find Pope or the enemy,"
for the telegraph and all other means
of communication between Washington
and the front had been cut many hours.
Dashing across Bull Run bridge under
full steam, the train ran into the fire
of a battery. Taylor hurried his men
from tho cars into line of battl6 and
charged everything in sight, the men
not firing a shot, but relying upon
their bayonets for deadly work. When
the Jerseys were within a couple of
hundred yards of the guns, two other
Confederate batteries and two full
brigades of Jackson's infantry opened
fire from positions entirely masked,
yet giving a clear range for
shots to strike the gallant column.
Disaster followed as a matter of course.
Taylor drew his men back in good or-
der as far as the bridge, where he mado
a stand and was mortally wounded
while defending the pa*.s. The affair
cost 350 men besides tho leader, but
it solved the mystery of Pope's where-
abouts. The verdict of history on tnia
exploit will scarcely agree In all par-
ticulars with that of Jackson in his
official report, which says that the ad-
vance of the Jerseys "was made with
great spirit and determination and un-
der a leader worthy of a better cause."
Durvee'n Zouavofl.
August 3D, 1862, closed the second
series of battles at Manassas, or Bull
Run. One dramatic sequel of the day's
operations was the Fitz John Porter
case. When Porter pushed his whole
corps at one lunge between JacKSon
and Longstreet, his extreme left, which
Longstreet enveloped with heavy odds,
was held by Hazlett's battery, Fifth
United States artillery. General War-
ren's demi-brigade, numbering about
1,000 men, connected Hazlett witn the
rest of the corps. Shortly the fortunes
of the day depended upon Porter's
corps, and the fate of the corps rested
with Hazlett's battery. The guns kept
Longstreet in check while Porter
formed his lines in front of Jackson.
Longstreet's men finally rushed upon
them, and Warren's skirmish line drew
back, leaving the battery supports
alone to confront a furious multitude.
These supports were the Duryee Zou-
aves, 490 strong. Warned in time,
Hazlett began to draw off his pieces,
and the Zouaves were ordered to re-
tire. In the uproar of battle the men
could not hear the order, and a captain
who attempted to pass it down the
lines was killed; so also was the adju-
tant, who caught the word and tried
to make the other cayU.ins understand.
The colonel had his iorse shot under
him, the next field Hlcer was killed
A Story of Orant.
On the evening of the day that the
great charge on the fortification out-
side of Vicksburg had been made with
great loss of life to our side and no
practical advantage, General Grant, In
his rounds, came to where my regiment
was stationed at the front, having been
in the hottest of the fight. Grant was
a great man for talking with Ills
subordinate officers at times, and he
said to me:
"What do you think of this business
to-day, McFall?"
I "It's been a good fight," I replied.
"But I must say, general, that I seri-
| ously object to going any further for-
ward. There is nothing whatever to
j be gained by it, and it is a sacrifice of
our men for nothing."
"You are right about that," said Gen-
| oral Grant, frankly. "There was noth-
j ing to be gained by it."
And after that there were no similar
attempts, the regular siege of Vicks-
burg being instituted instead, ending
in the surrender. Grant had been
j urged in this attack by General Thom-
j as, then adjutant general of the army,
| who pressed him to make the assault on
j the fortifications against his own con-
victions. The movement was simply
a series of desperate charges against
the fortified hills outside of Vicksburg.
Rival Meloille*.
During the war it so happened that
at one time the armies on both sides
were encamped on the bank of a river
—on one side the union army; across
the confederate. And as thoy lay
| there in their encampments the bands
on both sides began to discourse music.
J On the northern side it was "The Star
; Spangled Banner" swelling out upon
| the breeze, and on the southern side
j the band responded with "Dixie's
[ Land." Again, the northern side said
j in their music, "Hail Columbia," and
| yet the southern bands responded with
i "Dixie's Land." Again, the northern
J bands played "Yankee Doodle," but
the response was only "Dixie's Land."
] And then a chord of "Home, Sweet
Home," was struck up on the northern
side of the stream and the bands on
the southern side took it up, and it was
"Home, Sweet Home," on both sides,
and every voice responded in perfect
harmony, and strains of those instru-
ments and the great soul of the coun-
try breathed anew and again with the
delightful inspiration of the love of
home. That was the lesson that was
implanted deep in the hearts of all the
men assembled there.—Extract from
Congressman Robinson's Speech.
Against Odd* of Ten to One.
September 27, 1864.—Sterling Price's
raiding band of 10,000 sabers was re-
pulsed at Pilot Knob, Mo. The fort
lay on Price's line of march, eighty-six
miles below St. Louis. It was garri-
soned by the brigade of Thomas Ewing,
1,000 strong. Having almost surround-
ed the little fort, Price began the as-
sault at daylight. Ewing had eleven
pieces of cannon, and with skillful gun-
nery, aided by the rapid fire of 1,000
muskets, repulsed several desperate as-
saults. Knowing that Price would fetch
up re-enforcements, Ewing spiked his
guns after dark and executed a master-
ly retreat, joining the cavalry outposts
between St. Louis and Jefferson City.
The day's delay was fata! to Price's
plans. When he reached St. Louis, its
defenses were fully manned and ready.
There are at least fifteen women In
Chicago who make a living by puiung
and filling teeth.
IT IS ALSO THE STORY OF THE
LATE HARRY WRIGHT.
I lie Most Successful l'layer and Man-
ager that liver Donned a lta*eball
('nlform—The famous Tour of the
Cincinnati R®d*
EW men have
gained the celeb-
rity on the green
diamond that the
shrewd, honest and
energetic late chief
■of umpires, Harry
Wright, had. He
was born in Shef-
field, Eng., Jan. 10,
1835, but his pa-
rents brought him
in 1836, to New York City, where he at-
tended school until he was about four-
teen years old. At that age he went to
learn the jewelry manufacturing busi-
ness. He played cricket whenever the
opportunity offered with the St. George
Cricket Club, his father having been
for many years the professional there-
of. The St. George Club was at that
time located on the Red House grounds
at Second avenue and 106th street.
Afterwards the club opened fine new
grounds at Hoboken, N. J., and re-
moved there. In 1857 Harry was flrst
engaged as a professional bowler by
that cricket club, assisting his father.
It was In 1857 also that he commenced
to play baseball with the then famous
Knickerbocker club, which also had its
grounds at Hoboken, adjoining those of
the cricket club. In 1858 Harry Wright
represented the Knickerbocker club in
the flrst great game between picked
nines of New York and Brooklyn, play-
ing center field for the former. He was
with the Knickerbockers until the end
of the season of 1863. In 1864 and 1865
he was a member of the Gotham club,
playing third base in its games. In 1866
he went to Cincinnati under engage-
ment to the Union Cricket club of that
city, acting as its professional. In July,
1866, he helped to organize the after-
HARRY WRIGHT.
wards famous Cincinnati Baseball club,
and was unanimously elected captain,
a position which be retained as long as
thd Red Stockings were in existence.
Early in 1867 the Cincinnatis, in con-
junction with the cricket club, opened
new grounds. They were at that time
the largest, best located, most complete
in every respect, and by far the finest
baseball and cricket grounds in the
west. Harry Wright's last engagement
as a professional cricketer was In 1867.
The Cincinnati club played on the
Union Grounds, as they were called, for
four seasons, Harry Wright being en-
gaged professionally in 1868, '69 and
'70. The Cincinnati Reds, through
Wright's able management, gained an
enviable and wide spread reputation.
Harry pitched for the club during the
seasons of 1866 and 1867, but the next
three seasons he played as center field,
occasionally alternating with Asa
Brainard in the pitcher's position. In
1S67 the club played seventeen games,
the only defeat sustained being that
from the then famous Nationals of
Washington, on their Western trip.
The Cincinnatis in 1868 played forty-
three games with Eastern and Western
teams, winning thirty-six and losing
seven. The season of 1869, however,
was Cincinnati's record year, and this
celebrated team was one of tho first
regularly trained professional teams
ever put upon the diamond. During
that season the club traveled all over
the United States by rail and steam-
boat, over ten thousand malles, and met
all the leading clubs without loBlng a
game, this being a phenomenal per-
formance. It was the flrst Eastern club
to visit California. In 1870 the Cin-
cinnatis also had a successful season,
although they lost six games, being de-
feated twice each by the Atlantics, of
Brooklyn, and the Chicagos, and once
each by the Athletics, of Philadelphia,
and the Forest City club, of Rockford.
In a game played June 22, 1867, at New-
port, Ky., Harry Wright made seven
home runs for the Cincinnatis, this be-
ing the largest number of home runs
ever scored by any Individual player in
a game. The Cincinnati club having dis-
banded, Harry Wright, in 1871, was en-
gaged to play center field for and cap-
tain the then newly organized Boston
club team. Although tho Bostons did
not become champions that year, Harry
gathered a pretty strong nine together,
which during the following four sea-
sons, were the champions of the first
regular professional association of this
country. He was one of the Boston-
Athletic combination that visited Eng-
land in 1874, and a large share of the
credit for the victories then scored at
cricket was due to his bowling, batting
and captaining. Harry played regu-
larly in center field until the close of
the season of 1874. After the National
League was organized Harry's Boston
team won the championship of that or-
ganization during the seasons of 1877
and 1878. He remained with the Bos-
ton club until the end of the season of
1881. He was engaged in 1882 to man-
age the Providence club, and it finished
second in the championship race that
season, and third in 1883. Harry
Wright, in 1884, was engaged to man-
age the Philadelphia club, with which
he remained until the close of the sea-
son of 1893. The position of chief of the
staff of umpires was then created for
him, and he retained it until his death.
As a player, Harry filled in a most
creditable manner the position of cen-
ter field, and was sometime very effect-
ive as a pitcher, his style of disguising
a change of pace being very trouble-
some to the best of batsmen. As a cap-
tain and manager he introduced the
present system of coaching by signals,
and he became a general favorite by
the faithful discharge of his duties and
the peculiar ability he had of securing
the esteem of the men in his charge.
As a cricketer Harry Wright ranked in
the first class, and for many years took
part in all the important matches
played in this country. He was one of
the team that represented the United
States in the annual international
cricket contest with Canada in 1858,
and also took part in a similar contest
in 1865, when he bowled no fewer than
eleven wickets at the cost of only 52
runs, and scored double figures in both
innings. He was an elder brother of
George Wright, one of the greatest pro-
fessional players of the day, and of
Sam Wright, who was also expert at
baseball and cricket. Harry Wright
was one of the most widely known, best
respected and most popular of the ex-
ponents and representatives of profes-
sional baseball, of which he was virtu-
ally the founder. His remarkable ca-
reer of victories with the Cincinnati
Reds, followed by his successful man-
agement of the Boston, Providence and
Philadelphia teams, thoroughly identi-
fies him with the annals of professional
baseball.
SPORTNG NIOTES.
Tho board of League directors have
refused to grant the Pittsburg's protest
of the Baltimore forfeit. Therefore
Pittsburg will rank seventh.
The late Harry Wright's will, admit-
ted to probate in Philadelphia, disposes
of an estate valued at $13,000.
The Temple cup, which has been
on exhibition in Washington, has been
forwarded to Cleveland by President N.
E. Young of the League.
fillips
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AUTUMN SUNSHINE.
LATEST PRODUCTION OF THE
FUNNY MEN.
The nubble That ISurst.—«'<>"« Than
Cannibalism Itself—The Parson and
Koah's Ark —Satirical Shot# Humor-
out Notes.
ITH bowl on lap,
with cheeks
distent,
The eager child
the bubble
blows;
From thinnest film
to bulging
pride
The iridescent vi-
' slon grows.
Half free it sways,
then swings adrift
To float triumphant through the air;
How bravely all its beauty shows!
The bubble bursts—there's nothing
there.
Hark to the trumpet's brazen notes!
What tropies does the warrior bring?
The banners wave—behold the chief!
In deafening peals the plaudits ring.
The noiseless sands have stolen the
hours;
How soon the funeral torches flare!
"The King Is dead. Long live the
King!"
The bubble bursts—there's nothing
there.
The lover pleads—his mistress smiles;
Low words are breathed; a blush, a
sigh.
A stealthy pressure of the hand,
The raising of a downcast eye.
The vows are said; the symbol ring
Gleams golden as the maiden's hair;
Two souls are shackled till they die—
The bubble bursts—there's nothing
there.
The scholar bends in patient toil,
Beneath the lonely midnight flame,
Dreaming that ere his course is run
Laborious hours shall purchase fame.
And, when the starveling soul is fled,
Dame Fortune doles a niggard share.
He leaves a bloodless, empty name—-
The bubble bursts—there's nothing
there.
The infant cries in pain of life;
The child rejoices with the sun:
The youth sees love on every hand;
The man deems life is well begun.
Then, as he stands confronting fate,
He feels the eyeless sockets glare,
Till greybeard finds his days are done—
The bubble bursts—there's nothing
there.
The West Ahead.
Eastern man—"The boasting of you
Westerners makes me tired. When you
cut up your quarter sections into town
lots, and sold 'em at a high price, it
was to the East that you looked for
buyers, wasn't it?"
Western man—"Jus' so."
"Then it was Eastern capital that put
money into your pockets, wasn't it?"
"Of course."
"Then what have you to brag of?"
"We brag of our smartness in keepin'
that money in our pockets instead of
buyin' back the lots at half price when
you Eastern capitalists wanted to sell,"
Finances Very Low.
Wife—"I hear that the last number
of the Weekly Humor has a lot of jokes
about donation parties. I think it
would please the congregation if you
should write the editor an indignant
letter on the subject."
Struggling Minister—"I can't afford
the stamp, my dear. You forget that
we have just been through a donation
party ourselves."
The Champion Drawing Card-
Fair Customer (breathlessly)—"I see
you are advertising shot silks at five
cents a yard."
Salesman (blandly)—"Yes, madam,
and they will do beautifully for mus-
quito netting. You see they came in
an express car that was held up by train
robbers."
marketable rosslblr.
Housekeeper—"Want any old news-
oapers?"
Junk Man—"No. Newspapers an't
wade o' rags any more. Made o' wood
pulp."
Housekeeper—"Isn't wood pulp no
use ?"
Junk Man—"Guess not: but dump "em
on. If they happen to be made o' maple
wood, maybe 1 can sell 'em at a maple
sirup factory."
Cruel ruiil hn ei|t.
Magistrate—"You are charged with
rushing up to this young lady, and kiss*
ing her against her will, and I sentence
you to '
Prisoner—"The charge is true, y'r
honor; but she had been eating onions."
Magistrate—"Then I sentence you to
kiss her again."
The Livery man's I.os*.
Liveryman—"Terrible accident to-
day. Mrs. Heavyweight hired a horse
of me to take a ride, and had hardly got
started before the horse stumbled.
Friend—"My! my! Did the horse fall
on her?"
Liveryman—"No, she fell on tho
horse."
Worse Than Cannibalism Itself.
vx&fer
This cannibal Is converted, but—oh,
what a temptation.
Oulckly Pacified.
Husband (furiously)—"Here's my
best meerschaum pipe broken! How in
the name of sense, did that happen?"
Wife—"I don't know, except that
when I got up this morning, I found
your meerschaum pipe in the front hall,
and your overshoes on the parlor
mantlepiece."
Husband (mildly)—"Oh, well acci-
dents will happen. I presumo there has
been an earthquake or something."
A Rate Woman.
Jinks—"I never saw a house where
everything ran so smoothly as at
Broadgrin's."
Minks—"Yes; lucky fellow, Broad-
grin. He's got a wife who knows how
to keep the servants amused while she
does the work."
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Tho Wlso Serpent.
He—"The Serpent knew what a
woman was when he entered the Gar*
den o? Eden."
She—"Yes, he knew woman, and man,
too. You remember the story, I see."
He—"Of course."
She—"Yes. He tempted Eve through
her reason; he tempted Adam through
his stomach."
Attracting the Men.
Husband—"I don't care to go to those
lyceum lectures any more. There's
never any one there but a few women."
Wife—"Oh, there will be plenty of
men there to-morrow, my dear. The
lecturer is a Buddhist who is expected
to make mince-meat of the Christian re-
ligion."
Rc«t<iy to Eat at Once.
Tramp—Mease, mum, I've got a wife
and seventeen small children
Housekeeper—I've heard that story
for years.
Tramp—Then, mum, you probably
have it by heart, and there's no need
of mfi spoilin' my digestion by tryin' to
tell i\ between mouthfuls.
Rather Hopeless.
Gus—"Did you make an impression
on that pretty girl you got so wild
about?"
George—"I'm afraid not. When I
called, she summoned her chaperon,
and then the two spent the evening
arguing the points of a new costume,
with me as umpire."
One Connotation.
Jinks—"So poor Puffem was killed
in that railroad accident? He was in
the smoker, I believe."
Binks—"Yes, that's one consolation
we all have. He forgot to take any,
cigars with him, and if he was smoking
one bought of the train boy, death must
have aome as a welcome relief."
Proof Positive.
Mrs. Upson—Seems to me your hus-
band is becoming very absent-minded.
Mrs. Downtown—Indeed he is.
Why,
Deacon Snow—You didn't tole de
troof in you' sarmon to-day, sah, when
j you said dat Mister Noah came fust
outer de ark.
Rev. Mr. Johnsing—Can you proob
dat, sah?
j Deacon Snow—Sartan! It says in de
I good book dat "Noah came fourth out
! ob de ark." You should be keerful how
J you lead your flock astray, sah.
Safety In Numbers.
| Stranger—"Suppose there should be
| an accident on your elevated railroads.
Would it not be terrible?"
j Mr. Gotham—"Well, I don't know.
I "he passengers are generally packed in
I so tight that only the outside layers
would get hurt."
! last night he forgot to go to the club.
Smiles.
j The complaining boarder—This meat
is about the toughest that I ever
came across. The philosophic boarder
, —Yes, but then there is very little o!
I it, you know.—Boston Transcript.
And, speaking of the cup, the colored
gentleman was not far wrong when he
said: "Good name for dat boat ob
ours, Missey. She done keep all de ud-
der boats ofl, so she's de fender!"—New
York Recorder.
"If I were only pretty," she sighed.
"You can easily become so," said her
best friend. "How?" "Disappear mys-
teriously. I never read of a girl who
disappeared mysteriously who was not
pretty."—Chicago Post.
Angry pedestrian (picking himself
up)—The next infernal scoundrel—O,
I see! It was a man on horseback. Nev-
er mind, sir. It didn't hurt me. I
thought it was one of those darned bi-
| cyclers.—Chicago Tribune.
J Waiter—Will you have spinach to-
: day, sir? Guest-Yes, but I don't want
it so spunky as It was yesterday. Bring
j me some with no sand in it.—Boston
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