A CENTENNIAL INCIDENT.
The Boston, Herald tells this :—" The day following our centennial festivities the following incident occurred in a South-end saloon :—A friend had invited one of the South Carolina soldiers into the saloon to put another turf on the buried hatchet. While standing at the bar a stranger came in. The Carolinian suddenly dropped his glass and closely eyed the stranger. His gaze was so steady and peculiar that the friend began to be alarmed, and to fear that the hatchet was about to be dug up again. The Carolinian asked the stranger if he knew him. There was no recognition, whereupon the Carolinian asked him if he was not in the late war. ' Yes,' was the reply. ' And you were once stationed at such a place ?' ' Yes.' ' And took part in such a skirmish?' 'Yes.' 'Well, I thought so,' replied the Carolinian, and, raising his hat, showed a large scar on his forehead,, saying, ' There's your sabre mark, my boy; come up and take a drink.' ".
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Globe, Volume IV, Issue 404, 28 September 1875, Page 3
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169A CENTENNIAL INCIDENT. Globe, Volume IV, Issue 404, 28 September 1875, Page 3
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