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Continued from First 1’age.Sloody scenes and have been through iVtie hardships of war and know what it is to be home with Loved ones around the family tUe-side.Behind the “old boys of ’61” came ibe mayor, members of council and the city ullieials in carriages.briDging tberear ot the parade, and just A9 they drove out Court outo Second ,Vbe head of the columo bad turned top North Waller and was nearing the C. P. V. depot, to give our heroes the grandest ovation ever seen in'Southern Ohio.The boys of the company came in on the regular Norfolk Western pas^eu^er train, which is due here at JO-57. = The Circlcville company also came doom on this train and the baggage of the two companies required considerable time to unload. At the last minute it was uecessary to awing oo another baggage car. This made the train late out of Columbus, aud the unloading of the Circlcville boys at their home was the cause of another delay. The Circlcville people gave tueir returning company .an ovation similar to the one our boys received.The train left CbiUicothe thirty-five minutes late and it was half-past, eleven o’clock when one of the boys, with his head puked far out of the car window, shouted at the top of bis lungs:“Boys, we’re there. There’s the old O. P- V. bridge.’ ’JoUantly the wiudews were tilled ■with eager-eyed boys, as they gazed at the old, familiar trealle-woik. They were iadeed almost home and they were all happy beyond expres-aiun.Then, while they were still looking at the old bridge, the engineer in charge of the train, cacthing the enthusiasm, opened out his whistle, and Us music was heard continuousl} until the conductor could be beard in the furward coaches shouting “Portsmouth,” and the train came to a stop at the Norfolk So Western depotTne procession and the crowd, bow-mmmg £HcaqdOGenera tclegrapi General lt;commam ing nrdei will Turk of sixty ( at home sioned stloughedM. L, O. V. I., Lieut.ing:“Man-Co. II The Gra bands ar si re to courtesh eompa 1)3 way to sservices valor up aia,” a vpanywin this cthe f-ec! just pas; will h«iu that ya encnt. to the Your fr you. FMaever, were waiting at the 0. P. V.depot, and in a few miuutes the train moved on. The engineer repeated bis perforarance with the whistle and at 11: IT, amid the cheers of thousands of people, with the clanging of bells aud the shrieking of every steam whistle in tbc city, the train came to a stop at the 01 F, So V. depot.“Our boys”—Company H—bronzed by exposure arid worn by hard service, vere with their own people again.A few minutes were consumed in unloading the baggage and in the meantime the friends of tlio boys Id the company rushed to their cars to shake hands and wish them joy on their sure return. At 12:50 the boys left the cars and took up theit position in the line of march, immediately behind the old veterans of that other war. How the people cheered idiem as they dropped into line.Then, at the booming of the signal gun, the procession faced about and began moving back down town. They marched down North Waller to Second street, west, on Second to Market, circled around the esplanade, countermarched on Second to ChiUicothc andThrci •foil nslt; 11 At tl mem be in Apr! and the cheers.Lieut, anxious were t them, jorder t kept \\himself call, i yet ar Lieut.order ttheir d at ho 1-irmorjThe those pany: «I •KASiC.cJlt;11cG.1.Arvcj11111it1
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Portsmouth Daily Times
Portsmouth, Ohio, US
Mon, Nov 07, 1898
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