Show i I 1 I I Private Howlers Pay I I When tho Civil war broke out an immense Im-mense meeting was held In Bridgeport I j lt rOt Conti and n volunteered for I the Really To the general surprise l one of the rlcheet men II the state Kilns Howe the Inventor of tho Cawing machine I ma-chine arose and made this brief j I PPeechl I r i y man Is I called upon to do what he cn for his country I dont know whet I can do unless It is I to on lot and serve all a private In the Union I ormy I wan no Pori ton I nl wiling i I musket to learn and do what 1 can da wlb a t Hot It soon Yfh the chronic lameness front which llovo suffareol I Incopaeltat1 him from matching 11h I a musket Hn to the extent nf Stand i Ing Sentry DeteQlnd to 10 lt uo however her ollnre1 to serve the I rvKhners and prlnn t ns I I postmoter messenger I Pending home for a suitable home nnd wagon he drove Into llaltlmo sahSd < twice a day and brought to the enall Its letters and parcels It Is I MM that he would run over half the snlo 10 de live r n Idle 10 dme lonely mother i st inxlous for hr Soldier boy or bring back to him a pair of boots vv hlh hrlnl 11 leodod durln the rainy winter rot four onths utter tho Seven I t eenth Connecticut entered the field the govrnl nt WB left Presand ne1 money that no Inment In the Iro I could be made still there wag conse I quenl great suffering among the I funllles of the soldiers and painful 0 I anxiety endured by tho men them selvS 1 no tlay a prlvatpo1lbr cnmn quiet gl Iatpt day Iy Into the Iomnth omc In Wnh InRton and took his eat In 1 the ernr 10 nwnll his turn for In interview Ir 0nUy tile officer said WMI my man what can I do for ouI hno called to see about the pay ment of the Seventeenth Connecticut owrd the nhler The plmltr somv ht Irritated by what h suppose 4 I needless and wbt Imp I raiment Intrru tnn told him 1 sharply that he could n nolhlliB without with-out mnlPY aag If tht unti I vr merit furnished some It wa uele for soldiers 11 to com btherlng him about pay poyI know tint the goYment is I In straits returned the Mldlcr I Mr1tr called to nnd out how much money It will take to give mI regiment to monlh pay I am ready to fur nlsh the nmonnt The nmazNI officer Bk1 thp nm of hls visitor who mod cA fly reled 4iiia mim lie then wrote n draft for tho required sum Wl 000 Two or three day later the regiment was palo Whe Mr Ilowes name WnB eolr ho < went up to the paymasters desk and Fir ned the receipt for 1ZSO ot his ow mny The Officers ot I neighboring regiment enl oVer to tile evntonth Connect cut to see If they could nt Illorsnivar their private Youths Companion |