Show ABOUT j1m l CAM WIRE A BULLET THROUGH HIS HAT THIRTY YBAHS AGO n Old tdtof flon III Onm Inlr Kline llMOno linn Irixl u1 1 Suit If front Into 11 Ibli Irltmi end them < the-m 1111110111111 far lat = II llrrrnl UK Iles That teas the bullet I illiln hear MM Or John limy who ofllca U I over a clothing store on Wed Madison attest Brairding to the hloiro liar all Ills visitor was looUn nt a queer old cap iich an enlisted men med to wear lit the beginning nt tho war It had nn 1 and a 13 In tarnlthcd brawtlia company and regiment to which the iloctor thrn a mere lay longed At the upper edge ot the crown uf tlio cup rlirhl In the old 10 nt thus lilted top piece them wan n great hole blackened at Ilia edges unit III Yotrlnir tomttilng like an Inch of the blur article of dress Tho doctor hail a ipilot daf and bail fallen Into a retnlnltcenl mood 1 between be-tween patient I got that III the sprlnjrof 02 until the doctor the ho looked nt floe cap ant blew limo Bunt from the rrltor duilof UcstMadlvjii street which lay where site red dint of the pen In cola haul halt moro than thirty year ago It at right near Warwick Court House Va and wa hail Just broken camp nod snore nn tho way Up the penlnmila nn the general movement tonnrJ HlchinoiiJ < What battler Oh It I wean any listllo atoll It era Jiit a little picket fight That wa going on all the time thin wood were full of rebel sharpshooter sharpshoot-er and na didnt dare venture out of camp or they would pick uS off They had < a ttronjf picket Una ahead of tie I all the time and thero wa as good deal of firing Hera It A note In the diary I licpt ul Ito time And I ha pointed 16 the line In fade I pencil Itobel about eight or A hundred yards kept up a constant llrlnj Ilullet went through my cap Did yon hear It ellIhero were no many I couldnt pick out any ono but tht wits thus liul lot I did not hear Yost may ba certain cer-tain of that Wholl you can hear a bullet of course It I hu pitted you and It Is I hnrmlcss us far as you ore concerned 1u wont hear the hullo hul-lo that lilt you Hut till didnt hit you No It I only wont through my cap Hut It I knocked senseless tho con cuttlon I suppose It loft a queer feeling all they innlo a note of It I hero In tho diary because It teemed to mo at the lima qiilta an Important II hilt but fyanw to look ut It dlf fercnlljTat Ito and Were yu ever really wounded Onco or twice How wa It doctor How did It feelOh Oh It hurt a little It lilt mo bore Just above lie right hip and traveled clear across mr bncic lodging lodg-ing In the right side It vas cut out afterward and I hava It I hero Hell where It I ii I flulteuod by itrlklng again tha bone an It I broke them on III way through When was that 1 Oh threo inontln afterward during dur-ing the avail day fight It na In i Julia You know all about tha ponln solar campaign whoa McClellAn moved ida whole army up country In Ito first great astatine on Itlch tnond Well thing didnt go well at all with me Whets I wa hit of course It ended my fighting the enemy cmt ruthlnir across tho fold whoro I lay with Ito root of the wouiuUnl and < with the dead for tha matter of lint And they woro fighting for all hero was In thom and when they uw u ankeo that teamed 101 ba too nuch alive buoy ran him through with tha uajonct It may liana boon cowardly and all that but they woro young In mat battle then and ucilde hey wore terribly fearfully In earn caL And to ono of them raniinod right through too breast with lilt ayoneU Aa ho hurried on ho gave ho gun a twitting motion It teamed han to ba 1 bnrbarltm but It I may bat ba-t seas limply hit haita and the hl1ollo was detached from too gun and rrmalned ttloklng In mo and trough mo down Into the sand Ia vUttor ilmddorud QAnd you lived ten rather replied tie ilootoi aughng Oven that seems a small thug now Of course my panda aver all right and after tho rubal dud gusto managed to wurk out that bayonoU l1I11 It pulled sumo sand up with It and that wits atrlppeil ulT In Iho lung and mod to bothor mo n rood deal but I guana It 1 la till guna now WII laid there ten daa without Ito tllghtoit Attention from anyone Dfuourte them wa no such perfect lioipltal arritngemunt then ua hero comic later and wa limply had to lookout look-out for oursclu homo of ho boy whoso log aver good managed to go to the water unlthoy brought drink to tap rest of uv And thy went through tha huvirsnclts of tho dead and found aomathlng for its to emiL Hut It I was a pretty hard I ten d tys ton to-n man who could lIl I move after all 1llle1 to rain every night and no I used to scrap ft little hallow place i In tho sand I by I our tides aid that would till with water unit keep us most of the day I wusufruld I would I bleed to death to two of the fclluwt toro tha lining out uf a blouno and I plugged up I my Hound with Hint audI I aud-I got along Tho doctor wa turnlnir over the learnt of his old < diary lie hud forgotten for-gotten I that wound on the battlutlil I 1 How did you get out of It I I 1 Oh tha Johnnie took uk It unl a very dlflleull tiling to < ln And they moved 11110 Richmond We had tiling pretty tough for a time soul then they put ns In IlbbyM of u I WM mo of Ira to come out nitre Hut I dldii walk n step They paroled me and I oven taken with the rent tint to 1etcrtburg and finally around sad up the Delaware river to Chester To I That wat my home ttate and I got long bettor toro There they out out the billetafter I It I had boon In my back four months The bayonet wound < wa entirely healed up by that time and without a narttelo of attention nlda from what I could giro It I weighed JiO f when I vat wound rd 1 and I weighed ninety potiiil when I reached Chester Hut mother came tome there and I got along better bet-ter I dont bellavo I litre looked over these old 1 time before In flee years And Ito doctor dUnilnvd the matter mat-ter Hut hero In I n cap and a flattened bullet and a blood Malncd letter sad a quaint old diary to connect thU ro bust and prosperous figure with the wounded lad of thirty years ago The Clurd nnllUr Tho colored toldler who fought foi tha union with a halter about hit neck a 1roderlck Pauglatt any has not been forgotten A moroment Is I on luolln Kochotter for Iho erection erec-tion of a monument In honor of the colored < Tohintoortof Ito stale of Nv York The COlt of Ito memorial It estimated at 37000 and actlra work 111 boing done to ratta that turn The project wa started by Kureka 4tic a MaMinla organization composed of colored men and has been taken up by prominent cltltan and the local now Kiporn Conjrommaii II 8 Ureonleat hai been I appointed rear liner of tho 11111I1 I and I tubtcrlptlont may bo tent to him nt No 100 Lourl trcet Itochcttcr flue bravery of Ibo negro troop In tha civil war has re oelrrd no liquata trlbuta and the project of putting up a monument In I Itocheitter It I ono worthy of support That city is I a peculiarly npproprUt place for Ito erection alnca there for many year dwelt Ircdorlck IIl1ujf law no long tho unqiicitlnneil leader of hit people and there some of hi heat l work wu done Now York Trl buns 10 50 owe aalry Till famou regiment wa organ lo I at Davenport lawn during the month uf July Augutt and bpptetn her tool lu serve thrco year On the expiration uf Ito term uf service the original inuiubcr acorn muitcre out ant tha organization conipowd of veteran and recruit retained < In ervlce until Fob 15 180D Tho cot ulloh of lie regiment worn Lila Henry Wrron promoted to brla filer general July 10 1803 JametO lower dlteharged Aug SO ittt I IMnll Anilnrtou rotlffneil < May 11 ISol and < llllain Thompion brevet irlgidler I general In command nl Imo of mutter out The regiment wa engaged at Illaokwatcr Lexington Lexing-ton nrruniburtf Monterallu Hut lor Oweola Ilrn iint Hill Cedar Creek Irnlrlo drove Little Hack and many other battle The entire iota wa about 300 oRlccr and < mm Hft eight score killed In action llottrnor Tad sod Ih Al > pll nb I A gooil thing I Is told of lovernir r < xl of Ohio whoa labor In tho grit work of tupprettmg Ito rcbolltjii nay ba charaitcrlzed as of the hcitt lest and otosf telling character nol n-ol lady between lllty and Mxty ylr of ago entered tho governors uflro and trade an effort to Induce tlat icnonago to exempt her hmlJul from lie draft Mr Tot lookeqat hon Inttant and exclaimed I Why tho old gentleman lilux I cmpt lout ho I Ah hut ha arnt nn old go the nan and the applicant added I Jiot only 331 I In that case al1 tho gave lorI lor-I cannot do an thing for him Shut Ill tell you what Ill do for yen III caw lion Ornttcd and got kllle I Ill irnirry you myself l I hi 1 r teemed totality the old sly and shin ucconllmrly UaparteiL tsnllts Nav act for plan but for lao rkbt To make ibis tote world fairer ttlll On towlr I tilt 01 lb moat Or sun opted tower of a hill Or hub or low orntsrorftr Or dull or Icon or lirUbtor aim OrbltJeotirutorbrl hlilur AIL oU are but Iho samo I j him o pule of tae atrlfe Ir plwet 111101 bo strife for Inacr Ilow soured toe mlreata moualita are How lain me tats o r a dxcrt UIIrO Ihe bI 01 era leuaelh your 11 The us nret wordore brow tar To dJ ani duo It I ensue 1IoU Thaa braa + t net qurun 01 woe hca I ttii bend car Uli but lblo lie motel II no iotas b W e toe sa Or b oor bOlO but helmetlf Alone unknown h belt ta + niM Ha belt the nk1 wlihibr draw WhetO loa haJet him In tai Djht 110 hell the IIet1 tooth coca 1 on Aa1o IU nbllIor the rl bl Joaqulu r lit tat Int I A young llrltlth Koldlcr wit c luo ting a party from the Lultod lea over the citadel juobao Oiia member tlio party area i nl1l1 maid of nine and to hor the nllg toldlordovotetl most of hit ntt lOll Mia wn n nancy child full Ill thuilixiin ami bloMcd with list teat aggroMlvd patrlotltm of u 11I0 JOlltll Hurciuhl aol Her a thr tout before two worn out bratt rare lOll r-are two gun wa took from yt 10 pie at Ibo battle of Jluuliorlllil And ho imllod III triumph Nonpluuod for n moment tl 1111 WUA tllll then tha looked up mo I homo with me she said ollly nth I I will show you a whole conn we took away from your peoplrJ out thin saino time AmerUaii 1 mo |