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Show Ambition for Yankee Soldiers. A Congressman from ono of the bor-dor bor-dor states tells nn Interesting story Illustrating tho makeshifts on which pension claims aro based, and Incidentally Inci-dentally affording a laugh at tho expense ex-pense of his Northern colleagues. "A good old colored auntlo," said ha tho other day, "recently camo to mo to plead for financial assistance. By way ot emphazlng her husband's special claim to my bounty sho said querulously, queru-lously, 'you dono orter to had got my ale man a pension; dat's what yer orter had done.' Somewhat surprised I asked the old lady what her husband's hus-band's claim on Undo Sam's benevolence benevo-lence consisted In. 'He done go wit Marse Sherman In do wah. Ho dono tote ambition for do Yankee sod-jers.'" sod-jers.'" New York Tribune. |