Show ANECDOTES OF SHER S HERMAN e was called bump by the boys the cigar story with him in it the oung men of lancaster 0 9 where Sher sherwinn ninn blied with se senator wing when ii lien a boy were fond of loaf ing ng about the etore and listening to t abc lie stories of the older loafers tho the boe boa 9 always a called in tecumseh cump and one of them a ho lie was dinoni the haziest of them and that lie could bo be found nt the stoics of nu ali ceiling ho uns a fellow sas s tills this gentleman from john who was a grent render reader and a sort of a plodder cump had a great idea of going to west ivest point and lie talked of it c continually I 1 shall acier forget the day his uncle finally got him lim his ills appointment he ile was so happy ho he could hardly contain himself him all and ho ile almost walked on the ale alic for several da do s sherman Sli erman began to command those about him at rt cry ry early ago age ilia ills first recorded cordei was issued at the time of his baptism which though his ills father and mother wera strict pres was not celebrated till a few montha months tho death of his father when the future general was quite a lad when his name was wits gi agn en to alie preacher ho he objected to baptizing 0 a auth by the n mo me of a heathen belittled indian tecumseh he ile wanted to call tho the boy simply william but the bo boa would not lo laic 10 it so 80 lie stopped the ceremony said ho he M called mo me tecumseh on and tecumseh I 1 will be called if a baptize roc me so all right 0 if 3 on oil will not I 1 will have havo none iho the ceremony went on many 0 great men arc are absent minded and the t no 0 general was not free from tins this an old comrade tells this stor an incident happened on pine mountain georgia 0 the evening 0 that gun gen sherman sent hit famous dis pitch hold the fort I 1 am coming to Ali toona oct 5 1864 the gf general nor eral reci eTed a fresh cag cigar from some one f cigars being scarce and began to shout for a ligh laetit J clur clar ence peck of gen Whitt ulers staff was mas the fortunate possessor of a freschl lighted 0 capr cigar C and lie politely linn linndell deLt it to gen sherman who lit his ills own cajar 5 and then deliberately threw the lieutenants cigar 0 iwa A bro brood broad ad smile displaced itself all around tho the cren 0 general cral was thinking of those million rations at Ala toona but it appease the disgust of tho lieutenant just before the election of 1888 a new york political dub decided to le ren ide the general o 0 A committee saw him about it ind to learn if it would bo be agreeable 10 its tilts all right 0 boji hp he answered ans wied 1 I shail aftel honored b the icren ide I 1 wont ranke much of a r speech but if 3 a oil care to iiii ii hie ii c a few off hand liand rem I 1 V vill ill make them but I 1 insist upon one otie condition your bind must not pla Alar marching Lhing through georgia it is a good air and all all that but for just absum a of a cen tun turi no band of music has c eer er know ing high gi 1 I ca tome wit wilhoit hoit using 0 it that had has be become onic monotonous dont aou a ou bee t cc anil feel ns Rs 1 possibly inot mother lier note of 11 U |