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Drafting For The Army

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Day
27
Month
September
Year
1861
Copyright
Public Domain
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An wnusing sueno carne off in a small town n the north-eastern part of New York, a week or tw, ago It appears that a young Jman engnged in peddling "Yankee NotiooB," happening to s, op for the oigbt at t tuvern irith his ware, thought ho would have sotne sport with the rustica beí'ore taking his departure, and : dingly be adopted the plan of repreenting himself iu the the employ of 'Uncle Sam." Befo re retiring for the Dight he had iis laudlord of the hotel well poeted, .s 0 his 'lans for the morrow, giving hini roper instruotions to intorm the 'grecne_vs;' tbat there vvr.s a draf ti Dg officer now stopping there. In the morning he sallied forth i'rom he bur-room, aad the first one he 'picked out" of the crowd was a man jretty well advanced towarda-forty-five ear.s of age, apparently a coward at eart. Tlie offieer advaneed towards ,iiii, placed his hand upon hisshoulder, it the same time askiug his name. " Oh ! 1 cannot go ! " exelaimed the man; "I'm not a eonnd man. 1 have ïad my fore finger bruised, three of my ribs broken, and have lost the ose of my right eye. I can't go; I teil yon ['m not a sound man." The offieer thinking the man had enflicient reasons why he ooold not go, ett him and prooéedeé to anotber man ■omewhat younger than the first man :ie accosted. " Come up here, my fine fellowl" g&id the public funotionafy, " What is your name, sir 't " " Oh ! I ihall die before I get there!" cried out tb e sacond, somewhat enccuraged by the suooese of the irst, in getting off from being enrollad, 1 oever can go, I ara so uu wel; ! :' " Very well, my good leüovv," cnraleaely replied " Uucle Sam," ' 1 wiii never release you on such ptetanse as that, unless you will get the writtn certiiicate oí' SDme practising phyaioitts, weli known in tliis vicinitv. Aocordiogly o9 starts the green'un ior the nearest doctor. Anivingat the hou.e, neaily out of breeth, ht sushes iuto the doctor's office, aud cries out, in a stammennu mnnner. " Doe - doctor, I want you to give me a certifícate to show to the man what pulls me oö to foto the army that I am not a v, ell man.1'' " Well," replied the doctor, " don't know as 1 can do that for you. I mmnet say you are not a well man. I would perjure roysetf f I di(i." "Oh, now, dear doctor, you know it would be the laat time I should see Sal il they do tako me oö. Can't you just set it down for me? " While the second character had gone for the doctor's certifícate, the dra ft Dg officc-r had struck on about twenty others congregated about the room, eacb one Imving, in his own eetimation, Bótate very plausible escuse not ivaiitmg to go. It soon bocame rumored around the village what was goiftgOD at the trvern, and bolh o!d and yOaDg, male and i'ernale rushed to the scène, the men begging to be let off for once, and the women crying and goiag into byBieriee, upon the anticipated loss of husband' and lovers. The offieer after having enrolled a sufficieot number of men to satisfv his funloving characterisiics, gave to thra orders to appear on the omand the uext moruing to b in reaaineM to go to Albany the day following to be armed and equipped. Mauy were ihe tears shed that mght, and many were the villa made. Lovers acd husbands parted, as they thought, for the last time. and raofcheratbougot they could never et their Zaohariahs go to be shot at by the tarnal rebels. The morning carne, and the crowd began to gather around the hotel. Everything was ready to start, when, lo, the peddler had deoatnped forlparta unknown. The cry of "sold, sold, sold," went up from every mouth, and the men returned to their work, claring that they ■n-nr.ld treat hin a co;it of tAr and tóathers if bo should happen that way bgaia-, ■ - i - ■ au -■-■

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