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I- ! AN 4Mibtl«ru he will go to heaven—• | Unless ha goes to h—II. ZktzaiI] . A Ftmale Soldier.—('apt. Tobin relate* the fallowing aitiH-d^tG in one of his amusing letters to theitThe Mi*9i;sippiana nr© a great people. The first regiment invented a V, anJ caught the (sneer* in it; but the wcond havq made a much more important Jiscovery, for I which they mean to taka out a patent. It i* no Je*« than* I b plan to **ve Uncle SSam the expense of foiwardiug any| mura coIdler* to Mexico.A young gentleman from Vicksburg shipped aa a soldier in the Second, a*d performed alt hist duties admirably. If«? was a smart, dapper little fellow, wilt;h^ut a hair on hi* face, in the shape of a m?u*Ucbe or whisker.IThere wus always a joke on hi* longue and a smibr on hi* lip, and the men usually relieved him from such hardd work ** chopping Wood, elc. Hi* cheek* were verysmooth—ho was very batidsomi1—ami hi* name was\ Luke Murtey. UtrriiiR size, he was the very counterpartC 1 of Luke fetcr**, late deputy *hcnfT of New Orleans. Theboys called hirn Lucy. Do not tell Sere about it, or may be they'll Lucy him. After awhile, Luke grew sallowoctabout the gill*, and hi* corporation waxed rotund as analderman’*. Luko war sick; his friend* advised a doctor, but Luke said it was a dropsy, a hereditary complaint—his mother had it tw*f’»ie him. Up became very»yitintimate with an old Mexican hag, a votress of Lucina,land I »Q I toned his jacket closer up to hi* ihroat. Thef* jacket an pigeon-breasted, and Sw found afterwards that |Luke, by tight squeezing, had contrived to do what soma Bay the Omnipotent himself can’t do, viz: make two}~ mountains without a valley between them. He grew, sicker-—the hag was sent fur—(they call her ta^c femme,;n Mexican for foolish woman)—aud Luke soon had a littleI- I df*|»«y in his arms. Muiber and baby are »- vr*-il as can5. * be expected. I don’t know whether the boy’s a lad or ag wench, but tlvey're going to christen him after the Com-r ' mander-in-f'hief. Wh*n the Mexicans heard it, they j ' ejaculated, “Holy Virgin, it was hard enough to fightj. the American* when they sent men against us, but whentT the women come, and bring litlle soldiers with them, we a j must be beaten.'’ * Ij YVe’re in a starving condition out at the Texas camp— j nothing to oat except beef, pork, bacon, mutton, ham*,’ venison, bear-meat, snipes, durks, plover, etc.; ami for J«- j ’ sen, only oranges, apples pears, poaches, and dcliciou*1 grapes. If the war be brought lo a premature rlose—which Heaven forbid—I don’l know w hat we'd do for a “ living; as they * »y the penitentiaciea at home have shut f* up f«»r want of bu«Ine«s; and we’ll be too lazy to wurk.r,a Histout of a Viii.jd.h imr. —One great lion of the j
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Indianapolis Indiana State Sentinel
Indianapolis, Indiana, US
Thu, Dec 09, 1847
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