Show yankee 11 Cu cuteness Cuto toness nesa the recent a sale ale of 0 the fam anione 0 as libby prison in richmond va b giai aj called out alit many reminiscences of which the following told by joseph vill as 11 once onca a guard over ilia union prisoners boners well illustrates the iho yankees oa fertility of 0 resource 11 ho the old prison is sold lit Is it he be fail eaid well gentleman I 1 never go bill by laughing now I 1 cnut h help elp think ingot of the elite trick played by it i lot of 0 there the fact is ii it was bo 60 good tint that although I 1 hod bid been ordered it tn in among them I 1 disobeyed orders it was about ca 63 sod and the alta libby building was so crowded crow Jail that list it hold uny any more prisoners so ao they put a 11 birge lot of them in ia the ati story of the building barets the ali street soon boon lifter after these prisoners boners cam cacir the ofil CIAN got a largo supply af puta toca regular bui amp from ilan lionuel and attired ati au ou ilia licit first elior of tho the la in which thene were conf confined ineil big sweet poto potatoes toes were wara luxuries indurie a I 1 in a I 1 base aft days aal yal still anil turner aal leoso follows fellows kept a strict watch over the building I 1 eau can tell son the third day utter after they had bad been stowed slowed away it was noticed that they were disappearing nt at the ritto rate vl of about a bushel u day at first it was waa thought bought that thai the abo rats raid took them but fa n second thought thon glit showed that the idea was aboard ab auril sentinels were placed I 1 nil around abo building with orders to shoot any luau thoy they caught those theao byams yams but bub they teo sea anybody to dhoot bahoot and although they were posted there lay day and night antl and to co ore OEO was to lo enter the room in which tho the potatoes ces were kept they continued to disappear at the rate lata of a bushel a day the confederates saw baw their yams bams disappearing in this thi way und and were furious alo thida hafl mystery the doors antl the windows of the room were healed and private iiri vate marks mar lis were put on antha the wax so BO that if f auy any one of them wits wai opened it woul boull I 1 bo be known tho the next morning morn iop ilia officers w went alit i into in to t tho he to room 0 in thu the wax was all right but another bushel of potato poti itoe wit hall bad vanished well bir air it was ilia maddest crowd you over sow haw they came after me ma and ordered tuo rue to take my iny stand bland in tho the room they locked uio luo in and I 1 A lighted candle was put at each md end of 0 ilia room so BO that I 1 could soe see I 1 was ordered to shoot on sight anybody I 1 saw stealing these yams bams it was waa terribly in that roves just a taj fast us as I 1 could light ono one bandla und aud go to the other end ol of the room to tj light tho the othor other the rate would out cut the first one down they borto regular confederate rats and a candle was waa a godsend to them after a lot of worry I 1 got the rats fata out oat of tho the way and oat bet down neat near I 1 I 1 he bo fear door waiting for do there I 1 stayed till 12 but though I 1 kept my eyes ou on the potatoes all the time I 1 see sea any of them going shortly after 12 I 1 heard a creaking grating sound bound which teemed to be nil all over the room at once I 1 cocked tuy my gun find andi held my lay breath but still I 1 lice an any y sign of liati except the rats creeping about luu ito floor by georgel 1 I thought I 1 1 this darned place is ia haunted the bound flopped but alm ilm ut ton minnies after it began again I 1 looked lit at the pile pila of potatoes and presently ly I 1 saw something shoot from the ceiling anil and fall on them I 1 saw raw it was a brick biriuk and could distinguish a rope tied to it I 1 crept a little nearer to got a good look at the thing but boore fore I 1 could examine it it will was slowly up and there was wa about it a peels peck of same jama sticking to it it went up p through n i hole which hul had be e u oat cut in in tho the floor above and pre presently antly octine down again with a thump right aimone tho the potatoes it was the most moat artful arrangement you ever aver saw the tha brick had about fifty holes drilled in it and through each hole a sharpened tonline p aca ny nall had been run so BO that v when hen brick bliok tell fell among tho ilia yami these nails naila stank into every one they fell fail on I 1 help laughing at the canart t dodge those yankees lud taken to get la t tit al tho anina I 1 gently put my hand for ward anil V acht hold of the ropo ropa pretty soon boon they began to draw on it anti and when it did not cot move mova I 1 heard a some omo one bay aay brendy Bt endy boys boya the bricks hung filing to BOBi elbing pall her bar bt andily ton dily without jerking jariis BB they iliin pull stead ily fly and lifted me ilia from the tha floor I 1 no jerk easy boys eray 1 the d irea tor sold and they 1 away I 1 got red iu ia the abu faco hldi nr to lo the ilia ropo rop I 1 was waa atrall to if lut A go BO beewi a I 1 thought rome boma of those spiked might strike mo 1110 in passing 1 I thought ot of my lay pocket pocketknife knife and 11 hauled it out just as they were puff putting luff all their weight on the other end of the ilia rope rofo I 1 out it la two and tha end shot backs through the hole hold in tuo tillo ceiling calling and I 1 I 1 ld ad bear a rolling rind cumb liny ji ilia alie hoor floor above showing that I 1 1 i badden giving way esy 0 ot tha file rape had 1 imd 11 1 a effect I 1 heard adoth or voice tay say I 1 there now I 1 told lold you yon BO youve broken the ropo rope weve were lost our brick anti and tomor tomorrow a anre well ill b bo 0 found out then another voice called out at cant you sea it we might hook book it up next I 1 saw a long nock back protruding through the lole hole and a fellow low kooring down thoo than I 1 called ou out I 1 1 if you trouble any more of these theae po t ill shoot hoot that fellows fel lowa head shot buck back through the tha hole just jast like a terrapin rin and I 1 it win was 03 till I 1 iw dent deith ILI there I 1 I 1 hated at to tell on thu be aup cause I 1 it such all a a sharp harp scheme of foraging ou on the enemy but I 1 had to when the officers cors wont up next morning bog to lo the room it took a long time to find ilia hole those yankees had bait out cut it hulo hole about a foot equale through the floor door and it was waa doo done lit co neatly that it took food eyes to ile dia cover it that will where the officers bams yams anas we went a t to |