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8uany (txcept bunaay) at 2:30, 3:30 and 5 p. m.BRIEF TRIBUTE.KIMTo the Memory of a Brave Soldier—idK.iitorGeo. M. Sorrell.'iiiu* Kiitiih all. vme n little .pace in your {taper to p.t\ a brut tn bule to the nn naory of i brave soldierIVe- .., | ami knightly gentleman who pas'ed ana 1 t | at IIoatioKo, \ a., on Sunday l.«-t. Ho «aAndPaThMaa stranger to your people aud low perhup' ovor hoard lit' name, and yet to me heamitin:ieceidof!ide.idwas the grandest of soldier e't of friend.'.When the civil war broke oat i.eoigc M Sorrell was a elerk m his father s ba. k in Nu.uina a, Georg a. A' in . ;d -;j • .. the st a if of Cell, lamest reel he soon attr.u'ed attention by hi' wib| mum* gallant! ' ami ability, but it was not unid he became a brigadier toiler and w o assigned to the eonimand of the brigade to which my rev inient was attached t a at 1 i ante to know him. He was dignified, eold and tormal in his luannei. ami my tifst ii.ipiti -n» •»: him were not favorable Hut i’i ’no line of battle he was a genius, ami under na lie i' a hero. N ituroliy In s«hiii ti t ’ « resjieet ami admiratitm of his meu I ha i the honor to attract his attention, and hr lieeome the best friend 1 had during all my four years of exiieiieme in the t on federate armv. I: a “forlorn hone' w .'S.i * iona j Westl aear nib s : I Thneetled. he selectedto lead it. 1theore! tell baek he placed me in . liarve ot rear guard. In every way give m opportunity to win distinction and w I tided it was my own lault.«ii the evening of Februatv a, lSiio. aiiei ■ a hard day’s engagement along the botdrt of Hatcher's run below I’etersbur.. «.* u ■; red lt;• Hie he -I, I c, ;asked me to accompany him in t i’.tt'e j reoonnoisanee lt;•’ the em-iny lt;posit ion.Blue tilar from her. Blue nd inon?i n t i!river, u inat ho f ll OtitismandTinby si :he s The 1 fire a Withn■rulThere was at the time a -Id fs t lit ot vnsthiTh.piled a: isk' i•s ot 13 way. 4c; and sullen tiring going on lietween tiie ao i valued hties. ami several tun.' I cautioned I-* 1 the gem t es - - g I '■ spite my warning he mounted : lt;e dirt pile m front of a rifle {ut in order tlt; get a I better view of the position «t t ie I iron p I line, h was a sank pt-«eed ag I heaidI the dull thud of the mime ball o it lt;-■ i*h ( fed through his bre.i't and he fell nto my ; f. arms, lim . and 'p« eeide— • I' r 1 tm mien! •,.• ! 1 thought ••lt;! was dead. 1 hen I lelt a ...U gentle tug at my i at. and | nttitig my car !,i h's mouth I heard u n faint!'-wtiispcr: Write to inv fa’he- nd 'endhim mv sw rd. I a 1 I : in my aint'untd a 'trefehcr . »s g t an ! .n* was gently i.mioi to the rear. But death uid not come, although twenty one ■ ' p --ed aw iv before we met agr n. And nowhe i' gone. I honored his name bv giving it to one of mv . iddteo, and I woiud like to lay a little gariaml of uomortelU-upon his grave. i’savtag wi»d recite • j A ,gentle tnd . !i.\ iir* ■ ■ - s.ad. fee i-f ••t.w ‘twin of tin*se days me stili fresh and tender to us old sofdiefs and we mtfcd tie excused for ndulgitig iu them on such ocrr sions .t' this. 1 . I' Met. aid. d.Piedmont. \\ \ Aug. 14.maim Ripar Tht nietlf 1 the rlt; .st r. ! Flt;ide (:•.mw: (Jo.-lar or th' and tTinandmono.It i man :-A iBurdoMothers: lose their dread for “that terrible second summer when they have Dr. Fowler's Extract lt;f Wild Strawberry in the house. Nature’s never specific for summer complaints of j every sort.- , , xf i Mr.Window shades 10c each at hyler s* No. j j,-* j^,.30 N. Centre street. tfmarru1 ho!. ; on age
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Cumberland Evening Times
Cumberland, Maryland, US
Thu, Aug 15, 1901
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