THE 21ST ILLINOIS, L HOW "COL." U. 8 GRANT HE REGIMENT OBEDIE! TAUGHT A 4 #1 The Soldier First “from the Start’ —Some 1l- Colonel's Order— Yearning to lustrations of Rather Rigid Dis- cipline—Enforeing Sobriety [Centralia (Ills) Cor. Chiecagy Times Capt. I. Taylor, of this city, who is in the mail service on the southern division of the Illinois Central at the present time, and wus adjutant of the Twenty-first Hii nois regiment, and afterward elected cap: tain of a company, gives the following ne. count of the reorgani ation of the regi ment under the command of Gen. U. 5 Grant, who was appointed its colonel: The Twenty-first Illinois regiment was made up from companies that had been orga nized too late to be received under Mr Lincoln's first call for 75,000 soldiers to sup press the rebellion, Governor Yates, how ever, accepted companies enough to orga nize ten regimeuts, and mustered them into the state service for thirty days At Mattoon, 11, the Twenty first was mustered into the service by (. 8. Grant The regiment remained the most of the thirty days at Mattoon, its principal service being to fight the commissary and give more or less annoyance to the oft cials and citizens of Mattoon and sur rounding country. The material of the regiment had come from the workshops and farms, knowledge and duty. at Mattoon proved a failure, and when the regiment was transferred to Spring discipl ne of asolders Yates refused to commission sent them LU, 8. Giant, the mustered them into the state service. His sclection as colonel was not wel received | only as a | 1 the men. They knew him “West Pointer,” and a man who had served in the regular army—two things which, according to the crude idea of sol- command. But it was “Hobson's choice,” take Lim or go home. The men finally yielded, and took the ‘West Pointer” for colonel. In Camp Yates there was 1,000 young, healthy fellows, eager for war, without arms, tents or garrison equippage of any | Kind We had a guard house, and it was generally well filled We had a uard that did duty with sticks for guns their beats, but their backs were when anyone wanted to go in or out this condition the * West Pointer” took charge, by quietly coming to camp on foot, woo pLnied by the adjutant gen eral of the state officer in command, Maj after making some inquiries, he quictly directed the ad utant order It ordered that the guards le re duced, the guard-bouse emptied, and the men in camp from ¥ to 12a m., and 2 to 5p m for drill 8 special point to besi at Springfield, and in the regiment possible to be done at Une e while the seated in little round house riers al camp { OL IT & Neer, Ww ge the departments a few days he had that time ening, colonel the called beadqgu yates, a visit nsporta his own : en have go by foot r, and they m the start. ™ July mace our rst it fu out of Sprouztie d. where truck near a farm house The was detained in town on business, and the bovs made g« the fact by helping 1hemselves to thing eatable they could secure a of march A German, a member of Company D reached camp minus anvthing Bui may as ¢ march four miles ) Was every ine amber of fine fowls not #5 130l Si UCK lians co ul ip Was a nuded to gave chase, and succeeded in bagging it in a brush pile He was just emerging, prize in hand, when Col. Grant arrived in camp. The colonel seized him by the collar, and brought him, chick n in hana, in full view of the camp, and tied him to atree. ‘This was rather rigid discipline Some of the boys felt very indigdant, and gathering around Hans began to discuss the matter Grant sat at his tent and walched them for a few moments. When quite a group had gathered around the German he appeared and gave thecom. man: “Men, go to your quarters!” and they scatiered in short order Our march carried us to Quincy. At Jacksonville many stragglers brought up the rear. Grant, having turned the com mand over to another officer, stationed himself at the gate of the fair grounds, and as the stragglers with their canteens slung at their sides came along he gobbled | each fellow and carefully inspected bis caiteen. Many were found that had not been replenished at the public wells in the | All such the colonel turned upside | city down, neglecting to return the stopper At a little town not far from Naples, where the boys were enjoying themselves in a sal. on, Grant put an end to the fun by clearing out the saloon. Grant took every precaution to keep his men sober, and sometimes after a march had more than a dozen of them tied to saplings at one time ‘These stern and rigorous methods had their effect on the men, for with his punishment he was kind and considerate toward all who respected themselves as soldiers and men, He not a great while before the good men rapidly learned to love and respect the West Yoint colonel From the camp opposite Quincy we went to Palmyra, and thence to Macon, and after remaining there for a short time proceeded to Mexico, Mo, where the reg iment went into camp for several weeks Here Grant improved his opportunities, and with the same firmness put the regi ment through a course of drill brought us to a realizing service of a soldier's duty, From Mexico, Mo., we were transferred to Ironton, in south. western Missouri, and it was while en route there and when the regiment was going on board a bost at Jefferson bar. rack, near St. Louis, that Col. Grant in formed the officers of his command of bis promotion to the rank of brigadier gen: eral, and that he would soon leave us. He went with us to Ironton, but only remained a short ime. When Fe left us to commence his great work hh: carried with him the love and respect 5 his en tire command, Earliest Cannen, The enrliest cannon are sala to have been breech loaders, sud hammer) «ss were known long before the day of per cussion locks, i OUS aj pea - and though of the best was sadly deficient in | The colonel that had been selected | when we were all ready and started off in field, Ills. preparatory to being mustered | into the service for three years, Governor | Lim, and | man that had | { and corn. | and diering we had gained, unfitted him for the | | hands were | thr camp | | the cuaca, or country dance, but there is Ve drilled very little Our guards walked | " turned | In | Being introduced to the MeMackin, and | | is to draw up his first | 3 | else He began the work of | equipping us for the field, and he made it | {Up} equipped as well as it was | was | some | woud Use « f } ug the | at large in the field where they ] go without his | supper, and, Singling out a fine pullet, he | and | COUNTRY LIFE IN CHILI A Sailor Ashore of the Chil. fans «The Country Dance, Hospitality Valparaiso Cor, Courier-Journal | nospitnbne add do everything in power to make their guests enjoy them scives: in in many overdo it by their continued their end to muke you feel per feetly at and by devoting them. seives entirely to your comfort and pleas ure W were assured that the entire hacienda, with everybo ly and everything in it, was at our dis posal, to do with itas we saw fit, and Senor begged us to make the most and leave nothing undone promote our enjoyment. lu they have five meals a day, is expected to do justice to or vou will give offense to your us ench meal has six or seven courses, you have to be very udicious in your cating to partake of everything that is sel 3 several of our o.licers who could not speak a word of Spanish started al first lo eat very heartily, so that when the fourth or fifth course came on they take a mouthful, and they only saved themselves from numer. from our host to eat more by ther ignorance the Spanish language, for that, of course, was the language used ul all tune On the morning after found a nine lot of bridied, waiting for us with Senor Amor all over his hacienda, 30 with the addition of his three daughters, mounted and started for an inspection as well as for a pleasure trip. He provided most of us with a Chilisn outfit in the way sombreros, ponchos, etc, and fact, respects attentions in Us home, Amor of our that w slay, ed woe Deioure vou could not arrival we saddled and after ULreakfast, ready to show us the entire party, our horses, of a b isk canter he remarked that we looked quite like huasos or countrymen. Stretch ing ofl in front of his house was a long avenue of cottonwood trees, with fruit orchards on either side, with pears, peaches, figs grapes, vines and other fruits in the grealest abundance, and beyond were fields of wheat All through these orchards fields were trenches or ditches | Samuel Mi A ; P= { eounty, Mi The better classes of Chilinns are very | thefr | tracted nttention by the unusual | ness and they | for irrigation, and the farm at work running it over the lanl. This is just the fruit season here, and, in spite of a hearty breakfast, most of us were eating fruit while riding ugh the orchards; for really it was so t that could t resist the temptation to be eating i lay long In the of country | people were ready to give us a sample of of waler tem one ni i H Bil evening a pumber too much sameness about it to en oy it to any great degree, and to my mind our good country negro “break-down” in the worth a hundred The step is a slow waltz step, and but one or two couples dance at the same time, but | each individual entirely a'one, and in | case a mistake he or she iperseded Ly some one | 1% made by the woman south 1s CURCES is wy one makes al once The music | alone, and the accompaniment is p ayed | on a harp or guitar, sometimes both, | while all bands sing and keep time by clapping their hands. The habinaro is al most the same thing, but is danced more like 8 wa tz-quadrille, and in this we all joived to please the country people Two of the uaca are the ponchi a lechi und cerveza beer), which arge gl cylindrical from necessary adjuncts of a | milk punch are ed in bowls, which are time and J sere ASS time to i} posed Oo lase a r this has gone on for se ch sip era chia made of ont DeArance, HARE YOU 50 Short- "Tan | In Journalism. »' Halstead When, prising y« siring ism, and up is happens, some enter man calls upon me, d upon the work of journal expresses a willingoess 10 take | 1} I invariably ask, “Are you | a stenograpber'”™ | am cften asked, “If 1 | am a stenographer can | get a situation?” | and | always reply, “If a first-rate one yes " The first-class stenographer has a profession; is as certain of a good living 15 the mechanic, and has vaster fields be fore either her or him, as the case may | e. But a smattering of phonography is | as useless as a smattering of music. 11} you learn to play on the piano or violin, you must play well. If you are phonog rapher, you must follow the fastest speaker, or the most involved conversa tion, take absolutely all of it, and write it out in a good, plain hand I can us sure the future of any young man or woman able todo this and willing to work. as une wi lo enter MMOTS Nelson Got There, Garth's Bull Nelson deserves the credit of hav ing reached Pittsburg Landing before any of Buel's army, and his personal earnest ness accomplished it. You see, we had 1 march from Nashville through Tennessee, and for about sixty miles of the lat part of the journey it was through a wilder ness. Nelson knew that there was big fighting out there, and that our army was needed to help Grant out His command came to Duck river, which was very high, and they got ready to make a bridge over it, which delayed the other ¢ rps the bet ter part of a y As Old Bull Nelson, who was a colossus of flesh, ;umped right into the river, and said “If | can get over this I know you young fellows can. ® They went in after him and crossed that stream and so he got there while Grant's army was still fighting, and the rest of us did not come in until next day or in the night How Gen. I terview |) Dangerous Hallstones [Exchange | The Indian Medical Gazette records the deaths of seven shepherds in the Belgaum district from being struck by hailstones of the size of cocoanuts A large number of animals were killed by the storm, which, from the accounts produced missiles quite as dangerous as the Russian cannon balls, Ages of Various Animals [Chicago Herald.) Pigs have been known to live to the ng? of 20, and the rhinoceros to 29. A horse has been known to live to the age of 62, but avers 26 to 30. Camels some. times live to the age of 100; stags are very long lived; sheep seldom exceed the age 10: cows live about 15 years Knock Out the J. [Norristown Herald. | Before the war closes at Pen jdeh, it Is hoped a cannon ball will hit the name of the place in the middle and knock the § out of it. If the Afghanistan can't along without it, the Vick new anf valuatde berry ¢ rig nated w Jamey STRAWBERKIS Thi ours, Ae nt seedling it at rlossi of 1s vigor foliage, it fruited, and this vigor and ties, The berries are neatly round, of uni- formly large size, deep scarlet and of excellent flavor. In respect to its keep- ing qualities, it is among strawberries what the Hansell and Souhegan are | wvmong raspberries, Its fruits has been known to stand on the vines "a week after becoming ripe, without softening or rottening. It is oot only a stand-by for family use but for a market berry it The originator of this ‘berry is well known stands pre-eminently at the head, a8 n horticulturist, having originated the Martha Grape and other fruits of great value, He has noaver pent out a taken held allowed new varie'y which has place in the front and the fact that the James Vick to come before the publie not ils rank and it, he has as ona of his seedlings is of itself evi- dence of its excellence, The valuable qualities of tais new strawberry may be summed up as fol lows: 1st Fine quality of fruit, great vigor and hermaphrodite (or perfect ) blossoms of berry ; 3rd, Ability to remain on the vines a long time without injury; 4th. Ability 5th Uniformity of size of fruit, which aver 6th to stand drought ages large ; The rapidity it forms newsets: Tth. glossy and beautiful appearance of the f which olinge, retaining ita verdure until very late 1n the fall, i 24, Color, form and firmness th | er of Bluff on, Montgomery | before | strength | of grow'h has to a still greater degree | | appeared in its enormous bearing quali. | with The making it one of the | finest border plants for lower beds that | can be obtained ; Sth, enormous produc tiveness ; all these make it the most valuable market ry which has ever been produced Grown and For Bale by Tux C. L ber Vax Dusex Nursery reneva, Co. N.Y Agents wanted ! Permanent positions on salary, and expenses paid, he Reputat Is seldom injured by surrepti rivalry. Imitators of Hostetter's Stom ach Bitters have not only lost money by attempting underhand competition with it, but have actually contributed WA taricia Lions | to enhance the estimation in which the held uany Car genuine medicine is for years been ae the marks that dis the real from the spurious, and cannot Le per sold eqQusiily good, has jusninted with tnguish 1 | A 4 A] at large suaded that other articles in somewhat similar guise are Fever and sgue, cot HAVE, HAVE, HAVE YOUR CLOTHING. Made: to:-: Order, BY junitties uniting to | | | ! Article | The public | ments, the holder at the expiration of 20 years | or at previops death, or a stipulated | | any year after the first, | render, | ar Bellefoute FLEMING, THE TAILOR. Full Stock, Low Prices, prices, NO FIT, NO SALE. N. E. Cor. Diamond, BELLEFONTE, PA. 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Regal” BULK (Powder sold loose)..... lil RUMFORD'S, when not treshiil REPORTS OF GOVERNMENT CHEMISTS As to Purity and Wholesomeness of the Royal Baking Powder, “I have tested a package of Royal Baking Powder, which I purchased In the open market, and find it Composed olipure and wholesome ingredients egree o of tartar powder of a high « phosphates, or other lnjurious substances, Itis a cream merit, and does not contain either alum og E. G. Love, Ph.D.” ““It is a scientific fact that the Royal Baking Powder is absolutely pure, “H. A. Morr, Pu.D.” “I have examined a package of Royal Baking Powder, purchased by myself in the market stance. ' “I have svalyzed a pack it is composed are pure and wholesome. I find it entirely free from alum, terra alba, Hexuy Monrox, Ph.D., President of Stevens Institute of I echnology.” ¢ of Royal Bakin or any other injurious sub- Powder. The materials of which 8B. 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