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(’apt. II .digits fora kiss from the cherry !■Ii4 i of the sweet girl who superintended thecooking, and quotes Holmes: I“ Then a health and a Welcome to woman once jmore,she brin *um| aasport that laughs at our door.It i* written on crimaon, it’a letter* are pearls—It i» c un!*»r*.«iam*d ‘Nature,” so, room for thogirl* ' ”ICaptain B. sighs too and stammers out,“ B-b ut they don’t come.”Colonel P (with countenance extended)gravely rem irked, The taste of that pienearly overcame me.’'Lieut. K. expects tO*raorrow tlt;i see the red 1comb commence to grow under our chins.and to hear “gobble ! gobble ! ” all overcamp. Even now it has commenced.It was unexpected. Surprise is depictedin every couutence. Thankisgiving to anarmy of 2lt; ”,lt;• »lt; men iu the licldl I’nheardof! Reaching the trenches—even thcvidette,crouched in his pit within a few rods of theenemy, munches his goodies and lives againthe happy hours of Thanksgivings now'passed.For this expression of the sympathy andsupport of the loyal North, t^e army is, andshould be thankful. But another and brighter expression of support—the victory at theballot box over the miserable, cowardly, cop-1 p rht id traitors—claims, and has, the unbounded gratitude of the “ noble boys inblue. It was a far more glorious civil victory than the timid support of our revolutionary fathers, and we say:“ Flash it with lightnning o’er highway* of wire ! ?peed it, ye *t eeda, with red heart of fire !On with it. white ships, and nevermore tire ' Victory ! Victory ••“ Thunder it, ocean and river and lake !Kcho it, strand* that the uiad.waters break ' ] Fly with it, winds, Hll the universe shake !Victory ! Victory !
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Madison Wisconsin State Journal
Madison, Wisconsin, US
Sat, Dec 03, 1864
Page 2
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