Logan Republican | 1903-04-07 | Page 6 | Where the Toddy Went

Where the Toddy Went. Here is a characteristic story of Captain, afterwards General Georgo Pickett, famous at Gettysburg. It was at tho time of the disputes between be-tween England and America as to the boundary line between British Columbia Colum-bia and Washington territory. Capt Pickett had Just mixed himself a toddy, when his attontlon was arrested arrest-ed suddenly by a courier, whoso message mes-sage caused him to mount Immediately Immediate-ly and ride off, leaving the drink behind be-hind him. Ho was gono some hours. When he returned tho empty glass was on his camp table, whereupon ensued en-sued the following colloquy: "Orderly." "Yes, sir." .j . "Whore's that toddy?" "Throw It away, sir; thought you had dono with It, sir." "Whcro did you throw It; down your throat?" "Yes, sir; down my throat, sir," accompanied by a regulation salute. sa-lute. Pittsburg Gazette.