Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 January 1910 — Company K Got the Feathers; Company B Ate the Chickens. [ARTICLE]

Company K Got the Feathers; Company B Ate the Chickens.

Samuel E. Yeoman and Abraham Simpson served in the 51st Indiana Regiment of Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War. Sam was in Co. B and Abe was in Co. I. One night a number of soldiers in Sam’s company went out foraging and brought home a number of chickens. This was inviolation of an order, and they knew it, so they went up to the other end,of the regiment to pick the chickens and the feathers were scattered along behind the tents of the boys of Co. K. The next day a great fuss was made about the foraging and all the denying that Abe and his comrades could do was not sufficient to make the colonel believe that they were not the chicken thieves and as a result they were all placed under arrest and required to give a bond. Sam and his comrades were eating chicken and chuckling over the joke. Abe can’t see the fun in it to this day, although the act was committed almost a half century ago. Be sure to get a pair of shoes for yourself and every member of your fqmily while the Reduction Sale is going on at Fendlg’s Exclusive Shoe Store. A saving of from 10 to 50 per cent. . ' Noted for crisp, fresh crackers and mild cream cheese.—Home Grocery.