A Capital Joke - laugh out loud funny
I think most of you will enjoy reading this column which appeared in the Elyria Independent Democrat. Especially if you have an interest in sutlers and/or "Fraternal Orders" during the war.
I smell a Woodburn scam in the making.
Source:
Elyria Independent Democrat, Aug. 13, 1862. pg 2.
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Paul Calloway
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Speaking of cleaning out the sutler. This one isn't as funny but just as descriptive.
Source:
Jackson Sentinel. August 4, 1881. pg 2.
Paul Calloway
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Wayne #25, F&AM
Another good scam on a sutler.
Source:
The Agitator, Wellsboro, PA. Feb 15, 1865. p. 1.
Paul Calloway
Proudest Member of the Tar Water Mess
Proud Member of the GHTI
Member, Civil War Preservation Trust
Wayne #25, F&AM
Good work by those "boys in blue"!! I also imagine from out in the Far West the cry of their brethren in the Ancient and Honorable Order of E Clampus Vitus crying "Sastifactory!!"
Tom Smith, 2nd Lt. T.E.
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I do say, I will beware of the "bum's rush"! I know of a few Hoosiers and Buckeyes (probably a few WIGeroo's too) that I will have to keep my eyes on and my shotgun cocked.
Excellent articles.
Crabby
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John Crabb July 10, 1953 - Nov. 25, 2009
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