Newspaper Clippings Scrapbook (PH 9-1)(Not Dated) (12 pages)

The Bridge of Muskets. BY JAMES BUCKHAM. 1€ roar of battle was at its height, en the general’s orderly spurred insight, — S right arm shattered; his brave lips white. orward, Stannard’s brigade!” he cried. 2in Sherman’s left at the riverside.” + sprang like wolves out of covert then— thousand desperate fighting men, ‘Id in leash since the break of day— de to the obstacle in the way! farch! Double-quick, boys!"’ Stannard cried. we thundered down to the riverside. ere sat Sherman, as grave and dark a bronze general in a park! hind him rank on rank of blue, ulting to see what he wonld do; e rebels had stripped the bridge of planks, d the swollen river had drown’d its banks. at day’s victory or loss ing on getting his troops across. e€ maneuver—but one, he knew— uld save defeat for the boys in blue. t here was a barrier worse to pass an granite ramparts and gates of brass. e general’s face his anguish showed, we fell in line by the muddy road. 2 engineers on the river brink od talking—they had no time to think. jat was done must be done at once; rry a genius and he’s a dunce! jdenly, out of the smoke somewhere, yeless and hatless, with flying hair, Z yoy came running. ‘Please, sir,” he cried, ll get your men to the other s de!” ‘rman looked down on the little chap a dog might look at a mouse, mayhap. an, with a quiet smile, he said, Tell, young wizard, just go ahead!” > boy looked round with a blush of pride. and me your muskets, men!” he cried, ad you shall cross on a bridge of steel. al’? said Sherman, from head to heel nning the lad with his piercing eyes. rains aren’t indexed by age or size. re’s a strategist, it appears, ger than all my engineers! wrply the general’s orders rang. ae to the stringers the workmen sprang, skets gathered by stacks, by tons, shty heaps of the shining guns, ked with bayonets, side by side, yen deep in the stringers wide; erwoven by muzzle, stock, / an iron network as firm as rock 5k the place of the missing planks, 5 was the way that the eager ranks d their guns, at the boy’s command, the river’s width was spanned. n, as peer ite bite we. Boa i cing and ho ; : eae went up for the barefoot child! ‘rman, baring his honored head, ped where the hero stood, and said, ‘aster workman, you've struck, to-day, yetter blow than my poor sword may! ; ells what happened then, Wee ceely coming of Sherman’s men. thout that charge, we had lost the day, : 2 field—the cause, perhaps; who can say! re, then, a tribute—a laurel spray— the brow of the hero whose timely thought th deathless good for his country wrought! BIDS ISS ae ios 10% 19x94 10s (ox) 3% 19k 13% dS IES Oe I DS IDEN DL 13s Ie IDL ITE DS IBS 15S [35 [90105 185 (00 3S (oa ld oe eens BSS Pe ee else os se SS RLS EFS PSYCHEDELIRIUM TREMENS By Jane Goodsell Remember when HIPPIE meant big in the hips, And a TRIP involved travel in cars, planes and ships? When POT was a vessel for cooking things in, And HOOKED was what Grandmother's rug might have been? When FLX was a verb that meant mend or repair, And BE-IN meant simply existing somewhere? When NEAT meant well organized, tidy and clean, And GRASS was a ground-cover, normally green? When lights and not people were SWITCHED ON and OFF, . And The PILL might have been what you took for a cough? When CAMP meant to quarter outdoors in a tent, And POP was what the weasel went? When GROOVY meant furrowed with channels and hollows, And BIRDS were winged creatures, like robins and swallows? When FUZZ was a substance that's fluffy like lint, And BREAD came from bakeries, not rom the mint? When SQUARE meant a 90-degree angled form, And COOL was a temperature not quite tt arm? When ROLL meant a bun, and ROCK Was a Stone, And HANG-UP was something you did to a phone? “When CHICKEN meant poultry, and BAG meant a sack, And JUNK trashy cast-offs and old bric-a-brac? When JAM was preserves that you spread on your bread, And CRAZY meant balmy, not right in the head? {When CAT was a feline, a kitten grown up, And TEA was a liquid you drank from a cup? When SWINGER was someone who swung in a swing, And a PAD was a soft sort of cushiony thing? When WAY OUT meant distant and far, far away, And a man couldn't sue yor far calling him GAY? When DIG meant to shovel and spade in the dirt, And PUT-ON wes what you do with a shirt? When TOUGH deserthed meat too unyielding to chet, And MAKING A SCENE wes @ rud: thing to do? would Words once so sensible, sober and serious Are making the FREAK SCENE like PSY CHEDELIRIOUS. It's GROOVY, MAN, GROOVY, bi English it's not, Methinks that the language h straight to POT, S.

The Bridge of Muskets. BY JAMES BUCKHAM. 1€ roar of battle was at its height, en the general’s orderly spurred insight, — S right arm shattered; his brave lips white. orward, Stannard’s brigade!” he cried. 2in Sherman’s left at the riverside.” + sprang like wolves out of covert then— thousand desperate fighting men, ‘Id in leash since the break of day— de to the obstacle in the way! farch! Double-quick, boys!"’ Stannard cried. we thundered down to the riverside. ere sat Sherman, as grave and dark a bronze general in a park! hind him rank on rank of blue, ulting to see what he wonld do; e rebels had stripped the bridge of planks, d the swollen river had drown’d its banks. at day’s victory or loss ing on getting his troops across. e€ maneuver—but one, he knew— uld save defeat for the boys in blue. t here was a barrier worse to pass an granite ramparts and gates of brass. e general’s face his anguish showed, we fell in line by the muddy road. 2 engineers on the river brink od talking—they had no time to think. jat was done must be done at once; rry a genius and he’s a dunce! jdenly, out of the smoke somewhere, yeless and hatless, with flying hair, Z yoy came running. ‘Please, sir,” he cried, ll get your men to the other s de!” ‘rman looked down on the little chap a dog might look at a mouse, mayhap. an, with a quiet smile, he said, Tell, young wizard, just go ahead!” > boy looked round with a blush of pride. and me your muskets, men!” he cried, ad you shall cross on a bridge of steel. al’? said Sherman, from head to heel nning the lad with his piercing eyes. rains aren’t indexed by age or size. re’s a strategist, it appears, ger than all my engineers! wrply the general’s orders rang. ae to the stringers the workmen sprang, skets gathered by stacks, by tons, shty heaps of the shining guns, ked with bayonets, side by side, yen deep in the stringers wide; erwoven by muzzle, stock, / an iron network as firm as rock 5k the place of the missing planks, 5 was the way that the eager ranks d their guns, at the boy’s command, the river’s width was spanned. n, as peer ite bite we. Boa i cing and ho ; : eae went up for the barefoot child! ‘rman, baring his honored head, ped where the hero stood, and said, ‘aster workman, you've struck, to-day, yetter blow than my poor sword may! ; ells what happened then, Wee ceely coming of Sherman’s men. thout that charge, we had lost the day, : 2 field—the cause, perhaps; who can say! re, then, a tribute—a laurel spray— the brow of the hero whose timely thought th deathless good for his country wrought! BIDS ISS ae ios 10% 19x94 10s (ox) 3% 19k 13% dS IES Oe I DS IDEN DL 13s Ie IDL ITE DS IBS 15S [35 [90105 185 (00 3S (oa ld oe eens BSS Pe ee else os se SS RLS EFS PSYCHEDELIRIUM TREMENS By Jane Goodsell Remember when HIPPIE meant big

in the hips, And a TRIP involved travel in cars, planes and ships? When POT was a vessel for cooking things in, And HOOKED was what Grandmother's rug might have been? When FLX was a verb that meant mend or repair, And BE-IN meant simply existing somewhere? When NEAT meant well organized, tidy and clean, And GRASS was a ground-cover, normally green? When lights and not people were SWITCHED ON and OFF, . And The PILL might have been what you took for a cough? When CAMP meant to quarter outdoors in a tent, And POP was what the weasel went? When GROOVY meant furrowed with channels and hollows, And BIRDS were winged creatures, like robins and swallows? When FUZZ was a substance that's fluffy like lint, And BREAD came from bakeries, not rom the mint? When SQUARE meant a 90-degree angled form, And COOL was a temperature not quite tt arm? When ROLL meant a bun, and ROCK Was a Stone, And HANG-UP was something you did to a phone? “When CHICKEN meant poultry, and BAG meant a sack, And JUNK trashy cast-offs and old bric-a-brac? When JAM was preserves that you spread on your bread, And CRAZY meant balmy, not right in the head? {When CAT was a feline, a kitten grown up, And TEA was a liquid you drank from a cup? When SWINGER was someone who swung in a swing, And a PAD was a soft sort of cushiony thing? When WAY OUT meant distant and far, far away, And a man couldn't sue yor far calling him GAY? When DIG meant to shovel and spade in the dirt, And PUT-ON wes what you do with a shirt? When TOUGH deserthed meat too unyielding to chet, And MAKING A SCENE wes @ rud: thing to do? would Words once so sensible, sober and serious Are making the FREAK SCENE like PSY CHEDELIRIOUS. It's GROOVY, MAN, GROOVY, bi English it's not, Methinks that the language h straight to POT, S.