Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 January 1910 — Man of Many Limbi. [ARTICLE]

Man of Many Limbi.

The old colonel * was spinning off yarns of the civil war, and in the heat of reminiscent patriotism his memory became Somewhat tangled. "Ah, gentlemen,” he related seriously, shall never target the charge at Chlckamauga. It was there that I lost my leg.” Ten minutes later the old colonel was relating an Incident of Gettysburg. "And when we dlmbed Little Round Top the bullets were whistling on all ■ides. It was there that I lost my leg.” And thirty minutes later through a misty haze of smoke: Fines, gentlemen. Seven Pines! Ah, that was the battle. One of my legs was shot from under me an—” r But just then a timid little boy looked up and asked, shyly: "Grandpa, were—were you a centipede In those days 7”