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Page 135
... mule is much more used here than the horse . Kentucky breeds mules for the South , as Virginia used to breed negroes . You see my morals in these matters are getting corrupted by Southern communications . It was a curious fact , that in ...
... mule is much more used here than the horse . Kentucky breeds mules for the South , as Virginia used to breed negroes . You see my morals in these matters are getting corrupted by Southern communications . It was a curious fact , that in ...
Page 154
... mules , even when not ploughing , to draw wood for the engine and cane from the field , and for general work , and if you plough by steam your mules will all be idle when they might do the ploughing ; and , lastly , even in the sugar ...
... mules , even when not ploughing , to draw wood for the engine and cane from the field , and for general work , and if you plough by steam your mules will all be idle when they might do the ploughing ; and , lastly , even in the sugar ...
Page 163
... mules with us , as part of our luggage , destined for the planta- tion . Landed by the plank at 4.30 a.m. , and were driven up to the house ; leaving the captain to get the mules on shore as best he could . Feb. 2 , '67 , Saturday . Was ...
... mules with us , as part of our luggage , destined for the planta- tion . Landed by the plank at 4.30 a.m. , and were driven up to the house ; leaving the captain to get the mules on shore as best he could . Feb. 2 , '67 , Saturday . Was ...
Page 169
... mules ... Management Gross profit ... 3,000 ... 1,200 18,000 43,200 43,200 The capital required for this would be , according to my estimate at the present time , — Purchase - money of a plantation of 1,000 acres , with building and ...
... mules ... Management Gross profit ... 3,000 ... 1,200 18,000 43,200 43,200 The capital required for this would be , according to my estimate at the present time , — Purchase - money of a plantation of 1,000 acres , with building and ...
Page 190
... mules broke first the swingle - bar and then the trace . Jube , the driver , had to take off his shoes and stockings and descend calmly into the ditch . He mended the swingle - bar with the straps Opelousas Railway . C 191 from our rugs ...
... mules broke first the swingle - bar and then the trace . Jube , the driver , had to take off his shoes and stockings and descend calmly into the ditch . He mended the swingle - bar with the straps Opelousas Railway . C 191 from our rugs ...
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Page 41 - Maryland! Thou wilt not crook to his control, Maryland! Better the fire upon thee roll, Better the shot, the blade, the bowl, Than crucifixion of the soul, Maryland, my Maryland! I hear the distant thunder hum, Maryland! The Old Line's bugle, fife, and drum, Maryland ! She is not dead, nor deaf, nor dumb; Huzza!
Page 50 - Where the dead and dying lay, Wounded by bayonets, shells, and balls, Somebody's Darling was borne one day : — Somebody's Darling, so young and so brave, Wearing yet, on his pale, sweet face, Soon to be hid by the dust of the grave, The lingering light of his boyhood's grace. Matted and damp are the curls of gold...
Page 50 - ... damp are the curls of gold, Kissing the snow of that fair young brow; Pale are the lips of delicate mould — Somebody's Darling is dying now. Back from his beautiful blue-veined brow Brush all the wandering waves of gold. Cross his hands on his bosom now, Somebody's Darling is still and cold.
Page 46 - His musket falls slack ; his face, dark and grim, Grows gentle with memories tender, As he mutters a prayer for the children asleep; For their mother — may Heaven defend her!
Page 40 - Maryland ! For life and death, for woe and weal, Thy peerless chivalry reveal, And gird thy beauteous limbs with steel, Maryland ! My Maryland...
Page 40 - The despot's heel is on thy shore, Maryland ! His torch is at thy temple door, Maryland! Avenge the patriotic gore That flecked the streets of Baltimore, And be the battle queen of yore, Maryland! My Maryland!
Page 47 - And the life-blood is ebbing and plashing. All quiet along the Potomac to-night, — No sound save the rush of the river; While soft falls the dew on the face of the dead, — The picket's off duty forever.
Page 41 - I see the blush upon thy cheek, Maryland! For thou wast ever bravely meek, Maryland ! But lo! there surges forth a shriek, From hill to hill, from creek to creek, Potomac calls to Chesapeake, Maryland, my Maryland! Thou wilt not yield the Vandal toll, Maryland!
Page 47 - For their mother : may Heaven defend her ! The moon seems to shine just as brightly as then, That night when the love yet unspoken Leaped up to his lips, when low murmured vows Were pledged to be ever unbroken ; Then, drawing his sleeve roughly over his eyes, He dashes off tears that are welling, And gathers his gun closer up to its place, As if to keep down the heart-swelling. He passes the fountain, the blasted pine tree ; The footstep is lagging and weary, Yet onward he goes through the broad...
Page 49 - Is there any news of the war?" she said. " Only a list of the wounded and dead," Was the man's reply, Without lifting his eye To the face of the woman standing by. " 'Tis the very thing I want," she said ; " Read me a list of the wounded and dead." He read the list — 'twas a sad array Of the wounded and killed in the fatal fray. In the very midst, was a pause to tell Of a gallant youth who fought so well That his comrades asked : " Who is he, pray ?" " The only son of the Widow Gray," Was the...