Democratic Sentinel, Volume 6, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 December 1882 — Private Hogan Knew Him. [ARTICLE]

Private Hogan Knew Him.

“You know a soldier has two dressesfull uniform and fatigue; the one blazing with worsted embroidery; t’other dull and somber-looking. Private Hogan, of the Second United States Foot, went forth one day into the wilderness near the barracks, and, seating himself beneath a tree, essayed to read a small book, -when the ‘ zoom,’ a yellow hornet, stung him under the left ear. ‘lt hurt,’ and Pat chased the ‘ little animal ’ for some time, but fruitlessly. Next day he went forth again; same tree; same book; everything quiet, when buzz! buzz! buzz! a large brown beetle came flying up. Pat looked at him and left. ‘ Ah!’said he, ‘my boy, d’ye think I don’t know ye in yer fatigues?’” Bismarck has just received his fortyfifth decoration, while Gladstone is totally undecorated. A physician writes: “1 have recommended Dr. Guysott’s Yellow Dock and Sarsaparilla in my practice as a general tonic. I cansider it superior to other preparation in cases of female complaints and general prostration. As a blood purifier it always acts like a charm, and as a true strengthens? it has no equal”