Show WAR SCRAPS som some of the WM war fa in getting something to ett A MILK HOUSE g george thompson our well known barbe barber gihei some of hie his little adaven furor taroa as a uril union on soldier eol diar malys ho biye 11 yi 1 remember nt at ono one time ume whon we were in arkansas I 1 waa was pretty hungry and thirsty thir sly nod and thought that the first milk house houe I 1 came across I 1 would invade of 0 course pilfering li lfering waa ws not allowable lo but wo un would elide slide off once in a while and hunt up something eo methin to eat well I 1 was acting then as it sharpshooter and wae was some distance from iron tho the 1 nuin main body of the troops I 1 when I 1 q a milk house st standing aidin over fl well about a hundred yards from a log cabin I 1 made tor for it and nd opened thedoor and there was an a abunda abundance uce ot of milk inside I 1 picked up a pan and drank until I 1 felt like a i etu tl toad but I 1 thought n my ly chum would like very w well eft to havo have esquie so I 1 picked up a new tin bucket w bich 8 stood tood there filled it with milk and started off I 1 had got but a short distance on my way v when there camo came after me nie great big strapping rapping et southern girl with it big butcher knife in her hand band well I 1 ran as its liani hard as I 1 could across ti the ll 11 plowed field with witt the bucket t fit a inick 11 k iq 10 my hand ana my iny musket dangling at my legs when I 1 got to the stake and rider fence once which eq enclosed closed the thil field the girl was nearly tip w with ith me I 1 dropped tile 11 bucket lucket alai aw got through that fence about as quick as I 1 jumped any fence either before or tote I 1 tell you thorah if it that th tt girl had got hold of me ehe she would have made mincemeat mince meat of me we iu in a short time because I 1 dare not hurt her for icar fear of punishment I 1 ilant visit that m milk ilk house any more fofe 11 THE VIE PAT A ROAST PI I 1 at aitho ilio battle of 0 prairie grove X continued the barber we had bwl a very vry tat fat irishman in war company com piny 1 during arin the tile three dayi d aya we fought tae thera ra our foit tines varied sometimes wo we drove droye the southerners Southern cre and Rome timea they chased lis o 0 the battleground a tin tax the unfold eldo side wai was on a fann farm and there were numerous troll eye in the cornfield which hat lu been washed out bytho th tain well when tho the woul 1 drive us ba back ack the irisha irishman n keep up nith g ith ua us and got left behind every time but ai as goo eoon as he would come 10 to one ORO of guley bet ha would drop in 10 and antl play dead and wait until our bido side would get to chasing the Southerner South emere sand and then ho lie would jump up and blaze away like tt a good fellow ho ile did that for days i but at the tho close of the tho third laiq come back from the gully and imd we afterwards ter wards found him there thero dead well about that pi abd beet best I 1 meal I 1 eyer hd had in roy I 1 1 ifo 14 er th the e one I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 t 4 4 I 1 that tasted t lie best to me was on this very battle ground of prairie gro grove ve with hundreds ot of dead men lying y ing around after fighting hard for or three dye days I 1 waa was hungry li I 1 tell fell you well an old sow caino came along with nine little pigs running around her they were all covered with blood from the tile dead bodies lying around hut but that made no difference I 1 had to havo have some gome fresh pork to eat so I 1 caught ono one ol 01 the tile little pig ers skinned him and roast cd ed him over the camp firo fire lie he made mad a good supper for a few of us and when we got throng h I 1 sorry I 1 caught him A OLD on oneff one of our marches we were called up tip at midnight ono one night and ordered to continue our journey wo we marched all the remainder of the night and the whole of tho the n next ext day and whence hen m e stopped ped for the night v w e were all very tired just after dark I 1 heard some geese screening scree hing I 1 thought there wai was a show for a good d meal ineal so I 1 wandered around about an hour until I 1 found them and caught one I 1 took it to camp cleaned it up in good stylo style and put it on to broil in the tile camp kettle while it was cooking I 1 sat by the fire on a lug log and was so sleepy that I 1 commenced noldine no my head towards the pot I 1 began to think it was about time the goose was ready and I 1 tried to get a piece off but it come tough well you can just depend it was tough well never mind about that As I 1 just said I 1 was very sleepy and between those nods sir air som fellow cai came me and stole my goose out of the pot and left me without any when I 1 woke moke up the pot was red hot and som so was as I 1 but bull I 1 going to bo be done out of it that way sq BOI 1 I went and got another goo goose and cooked and ate it t but it took me all night to do it and in the icorn ing I 1 had a right good breakfast of boiled googe goose |