Rensselaer Union, Volume 9, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 July 1877 — Strange Discovery of the Colors of a French Regiment. [ARTICLE]

Strange Discovery of the Colors of a French Regiment.

A recent discover}'at Strasburg recalls an incident of the battle of Froschwiller at the outbreak of the Franco-German War. The colors of the Eighth Regiment of French Cuirassiers, which were supposed to have been lost upon the field of Battle, have been recovered. It appears that a non-commissioned officer of the regiment, finding that the battle was lost, tore the colors from the pole and folded them round his chest. No sooner had he done this than he was mortally wounded by a shell; but he had time, when carried to an ambulance, to confide the colors to another soldier, who promised to restore them to the regiment. The latter failed to fulfill his promise, and, not understanding the value of the colors, he sold the red and blue strips of the flag at Strasburg, having in the meantime tom off the white strip to make himself a necktie. It happened that an Inhabitant of Btrasburg, who is in the habit of purchasing curiosities, heard of the matter, and he at once obtained possession of the two strips sold, which he has rejoined, and upon which are embroidered in gold letters, “The Emperor Napoleon 111, to the Eighth Regiment of Cuirassiers,” and upon the reverse side, “Eckmuhl —Wagram—La Moekowa—Hanau!" The collector, when he ascertained to whom the colors belonged, lost no time in forwarding them to the Colonel of the regiment which had lost them—Pa# Mall Gazette. —A singular occurrence at Norwich, Conn., has excised much attentibn from all parts of New England. A rough-look-ing tramp appeared, at a house for food. It was furnished, and when eaten he waa handed a sickle and requested to cut the grass iu toe yard. He took the knife and actually worked three hours in toe hot sun. The family were so overcome that they gave him a good dinner, twenty-five cents, and a pair of pants. —Mean souls, like mean pictures, are often found in good-looking frames.